This year’s model UN event, in partnership with Geneva International Model United Nations (GIMUN), focuses on the topic Women, Peace and Security (WPS).
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which recognizes the disproportionate impact of war on women and girls, as well as the critical need for their full, equal and meaningful participation in all areas of international security.
The event will include an opening panel and debate sessions, where participants will discuss and deliberate on ways to strengthen the implementation of the WPS agenda. Particular consideration will be paid to the role or arms control and disarmament in realizing key goals of the agenda: women’s participation; conflict prevention; protection from violence against women and girls; humanitarian relief and recovery.
This year’s event follows on from previous collaborations between UNIDIR and GIMUN for the 2024 edition preventing non-state armed groups from acquiring weapons and the 2023 edition on lethal autonomous weapons.
Speakers
- Ambassador Song Si-jin, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the Conference on Disarmament
- Dr Renata Hessmann Dalaqua, Head of Programme, UNIDIR
- Sofia Calltorp, Director of the Geneva Office and Chief of Humanitarian Action UN Women
When and where
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 10:00 – 17:00 CET, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Participants
The event is open to university students. Accreditation is managed by the GIMUN.
Further information
For queries, please contact renata.hessmanndalaqua@un.org or shavonne.mcdonald@gimun.org.
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