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St. Lawrence is off to the National Model UN!

The National Model United Nations (NMUN) will take place in New York between April 5 and April 11, 2025. NMUN is an educational simulation where student-delegates from around the world adopt the role of diplomats and work together to find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems, with these solutions being passed on to the UN itself.

In 2025, St. Lawrence will represent Argentina, and our students will sit on committees discussing the issues listed below. To prepare for this, they have been attending weekly workshops since August, performed extensive research about Argentina and their committee topics, attended a practice simulation at Université Laval, and have written a 1500-word research paper. They have also been raising money for their trip through a series of fundraising events.

In New York, they will be very busy working in their committees, whether it be giving speeches, negotiating, voting, or writing resolutions, often from 8 am to 10 pm! The group will also be visiting Argentina's Permanent Mission to the UN and the UN headquarters. They will have a very busy and, hopefully, very rewarding week.

Good luck to all representatives, and we hope the experience is challenging and rewarding.


All photos taken by Bloom Communications.

 

Paloma Calleja & Séléna Laflamme 

General Assembly First Committee 

  • Confidence-Building Measures in the Regional and Sub-Regional Context 
  • Promoting Nuclear Disarmament and International Security 

 

 

Raphaëlle Vallée & Cléo Camps 

General Assembly Second Committee 

  • Promoting Sustainable Production and Consumption Patterns 
  • Closing the Financing Gap to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 

 

Thi Van Anh Nguyen & Hana Adra 

General Assembly Third Committee 

  • Protection of and Assistance for Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons 
  • The Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation 

 

Fayrouz Mehdane & Saïdou Diaoune 

Commission on Population and Development 

  • 30 Year Review on Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 
  • Addressing Population Growth in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas 

 

Alicia Imlay & Anastasia Gaulin 

Commission on the Status of Women 

  • Addressing the Burden of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work on Women and Girls 
  • Protecting Women and Children in Armed Conflicts 

 

Aya Diwane & Laura McCoubrey 

Human Rights Council 

  • Safeguarding Human Rights in Peaceful Protests and Assemblies 
  • The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age 

 

Ana Maria Perilla Rodriguez & Jia Rong Cao 

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 

  • Achieving Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention 
  • Preventing the Use of Chemical Weapons by Non-State Actors 

 

Allison McEwen & Sarah Murphy 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 

  • Protecting UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Conflict Areas 
  • Water Resources Management and Sustainable Development 

 

Émilie Gosselin & Nathalie Saourine 

United Nations Environment Assembly 

  • Transforming Food Systems to Prevent Biodiversity Loss 
  • Environmental Recovery in Areas Affected by Armed Conflict 

 

Sienna Luprano & Jeremy Rhéaume  

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

  • Enhancing Efforts to End Statelessness 
  • Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence against Refugees

 

Julien Babineau & Dominic Gaumont

Head Delegates