The Diary of a Sec. Gen.
It seems only yesterday that a wonderful group of 7 people met for the first time to discuss how we were going to go about planning...
Guest Writer
- May 8
Pursuit of European Parliament negotiations for a Social Union
Today’s round of debate still dragged on collective bargaining, as the parties struggled to work together towards an agreement, rather...
Paula Nörr
- May 8
Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history
Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...
Leilani Radaideh
- May 8
The Contumacious Opioid Epidemic: The Five Pillars
Chinese water tortue is a process by which cold water slowly drips onto the scalp or forehead of a victim who is strapped face up on an...
Ana Navarro Bullo
- May 8
The GIG economic times for the EU: on our way to a more socially proactive Union
Thirty years have gone by since the city where we find ourselves, Maastricht, witnessed the birth of the European Union (EU), bringing...
Head Editor
- May 8
Just as soon as it started it was over
EuroMUN 2022 thus comes to a successful close, with much jubilation at the closing ceremony. The fast paced and fun last few days really...
Guest Writer
- May 8
Tasty but chaotic: EuroMUN Food catering review
This edition of the EuroMUN was filled with heated but fruitful debates, but after hard labour everyday, lunch was always much awaited by...
Guest Writer
- May 8
[Guardian] End of a saga in ECOSOC!
As Bill Gates stepped off the private flight onto Abidjan, soldiers sporting sunglasses and semiautomatics watched him closely. Previous...
Guest Writer
- May 8
Socking around - Day 4 EuroMUN
Esther S. for Vogue Piotrek Sanejko - Chair of Maastricht Treaty Committee Brendan Hogan - Head Editor International Press Corps Mercure...
Guest Writer
- May 8
[France24] Russia Declares that the World is Flat!!
Today Russia used it's time in the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to speak to the conspiracy that the Earth is in fact...
Ana Navarro Bullo & Catalina Schlienger
- May 8
Spotting EuroMUN faces
Alex and Kasia, NATO Committee (aka League of Legends) What or who was the source of inspiration for your outfit? (Alex) It was the only...
Guest Writer
- May 8
But what does EP really stand for?
PRESS LEAK - EP doesn't actually stand for European Parliament but for Egan Paquay, one of the chairs of the European Parliament! Egan...
Guest Writer
- May 8
[Reuters] A minute of silence
As the last day of committee sessions was about to begin, the Security Council of EuroMUN 2022 let go of all the discourse and noise of...
Guest Writer
- May 8
[Global Times] Russia steering the UNSC
United States and Gabon promote alternative draft resolution after underlying issues prevented passing the original draft resolution....
Guest Writer
- May 8
[the Economist] Namibian uranium powering new nuclear infrastructure in Cote D'Ivoire
A recent development project in Cote D'Ivoire is under way as the country tries to develop clean and cheap energy for it's burgeoning...
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Reuters] An uncontrollable algorithmic blockage
Poland holds its blockage to the internationally agreed minimum effective tax rate of 15% for large multinational companies. Keeping a...
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Euractiv] European Parliament and Council’s marriage story
Affection is usually defined as the feeling of liking something. Someone or somewhere. Affection could be a good word to define the...
Guest Writer
- May 7
Delegates tired of the never-ending discussions in the UNSC
After countless unmoderated caucus’, at the end of the day the council split. But not in two different blocs working on two different...
![[new york times] Dr. Greedish does his name justice: #CancelDrGreedish](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_d4f3c5c31e6d4d168e463f7b764e0df1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_d4f3c5c31e6d4d168e463f7b764e0df1~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 7
[new york times] Dr. Greedish does his name justice: #CancelDrGreedish
The World Health Organization Committee has been convening over the past few days in order to discuss the matter of the opioid crisis....
Anahita Lotfollahzadeh
- May 7
Facebook: The only crucial book of the digital age
Facebook and co. might be the big tech equivalent to the infamous toxic ex-partner most of us have at least encountered in the movies....
Simon Wirtz
- May 7
Space as an extension of earth?!
Some thoughts about the next decades in space More than 50 years ago, NASA and humanity reached a milestone in space exploration when...
![[Reuters] “We need a European Union!” Passionate speech from Ursula von der Leyen at the EP](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_bb2880f3fa6942169ee6255d53d3c083~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_384,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_bb2880f3fa6942169ee6255d53d3c083~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Reuters] “We need a European Union!” Passionate speech from Ursula von der Leyen at the EP
The third day of debate in the European Parliament was marked by a flash appearance by the President of the European Commission,...
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Al jazeera] SCOOP- Deception at the WHO?
SCOOP - An anonymous source in the WHO is accusing the Philippines of “spreading fake news and distorting facts about their country’s...
![[Global Times] Chaos! In the Security Council](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_547c4b4a80c64814983feb4c6ca84f66~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_547c4b4a80c64814983feb4c6ca84f66~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Global Times] Chaos! In the Security Council
Loud rambles, shouts and implied accusations of neo-colonialism is what a passerby would have heard when walking past the UN Security...
Guest Writer
- May 7
[new york times] Detente on the horizon?
“Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right- not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom,...
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Guest Writer
- May 7
[guardian] Dr. Jack Greadish, both the problem and the solution
The Delegation of Canada of the WHO - currently debating on the massive problem that is the Opioid Crisis - invited an expert today, to...
![[Reuters] Germany rearming, Europe shudders.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_9ce10694440f430bae66313e1e7a7e18~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/4bd560_9ce10694440f430bae66313e1e7a7e18~mv2.png)
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Reuters] Germany rearming, Europe shudders.
The entire European Community is noting with grave concern the enthusiastic remilitarization of Germany. How are the twelve present...
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Russia Today] Cloaks, daggers and Typewriters in NATO!
We are receiving reports from people close to the NATO leadership that the USA is threatening to withdraw from the alliance. UNSC has...
Guest Writer
- May 7
Sockcess - Day 3 at EuroMUN
Esther S. for Vogue Laila Tello - Registration & Logistics Team Dimitra Psychari - Maastricht Treaty Committee Camillo Schmidt - USG of...
Guest Writer
- May 7
Negotiations over the Adriatic fall apart!
Snipet from a translated Italian News paper Il Mondo 1919 Reportedly Yugoslavia and Italy had reached an agreement to solve the Adriatic...
![[reuters] Negotiations derailed over border disputes, gets heated!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_bbf2350544b242e98f71aee7a0eb9d3a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_bbf2350544b242e98f71aee7a0eb9d3a~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 7
[reuters] Negotiations derailed over border disputes, gets heated!
After the bombshell demands by the Danish this morning the negotiations on the Maastricht treaty have completely derailed with old...
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Guardian] Bill Gates and Côte d'Ivoire have a bone to pick?
ECOSOC invited Bill Gates to ask for funding. During his appearance in the comittee Bill Gates was willing to fund everything we ask for....
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Russia Today] Russia, the voice of reason at the UNSC!
"We have heard some initials during this conference- UNITAMS, SRF, ABBA. Now we have the initials - W.T.F?!. What are we doing here?...
![[Süddeutsche] Returning Back What Is Rightfully Theirs?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_297d8462e94c47d0b7d1d8f9836dd792~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_297d8462e94c47d0b7d1d8f9836dd792~mv2.jpeg)
Guest Writer
- May 7
[Süddeutsche] Returning Back What Is Rightfully Theirs?
For the third day of the negotiations on the Maastricht Treaty, let’s take up an issue that has been continuously overshadowed by a sheer...
![[New York Times] Germany is guilty! Agreement at the close of the second day!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_000099e1224346d285af8aa62434af97~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_000099e1224346d285af8aa62434af97~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 7
[New York Times] Germany is guilty! Agreement at the close of the second day!
Last night the powers at the Paris peace conference managed to agree on the first stages of the accord, on the question of guilt in the...
Guest Writer
- May 7
Light, Lit, Neon!
Black and white? More like neon everything and everywhere. No gray in sight. After this evening, someone dare to say one more time that...
Rhiannon Read
- May 6
Who is ensuring the Rights of Refugees? The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis
Mustafa Mohammed Murshed Al-Raimi, a 37-year-old Yemeni migrant, was buried in Bohoniki, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. He was one of the...
Brendan Hogan and Valentina Giolli
- May 6
The Cultural Fallout of the Cold War
27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...
Sarbani Bag and Jonathan Wijayaratne
- May 6
Snakes and Ladders: Sudan’s Long Way to Democracy
Sudan’s movement towards democracy has been a long and arduous journey that has yet to find light at the end of the tunnel. The fight for...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- May 6
A license to hack: Russia in Ukraine
In cybersecurity it is no longer asked if your system gets breached, it is asked when. No system is safe in the 21st century. Since...
![[Global Times] UN Security Council - Comments from the People's Republic of China](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_9114a02a5bb14fc881766a2f1526db0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_9114a02a5bb14fc881766a2f1526db0a~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 6
[Global Times] UN Security Council - Comments from the People's Republic of China
Speaking to the Global Times The People’s Republic of China’s delegate celebrated the success of the P5 caucus on getting the important...
Ana Navarro Bullo
- May 6
A push for worldwide digitalisation, no more dependency on China and energetic transition
Starting the post-lunch session with a Just Dance punishment, the Economic and Social Committee has targeted developing countries’ –as...
Guest Writer
- May 6
WHO Day 2 - Opioid crisis
On this second day of the WHO negotiations regarding the opioid crisis, the overall atmosphere was collaborative, although some tension...
![[The Economist] UN Security Council: What happened during the P5 unmoderated caucus](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_97b1b62dc955406aad9a8481751f68a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_97b1b62dc955406aad9a8481751f68a3~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 6
[The Economist] UN Security Council: What happened during the P5 unmoderated caucus
Only moments ago, a P5 unmoderated caucus took place during the United Nations Security Council. The United States began the meeting by...
![[Global Times] American hypocrisy at it's finest! US moves to ban The Global Times.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_509087b635db4ca4a8127993ed459011~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_509087b635db4ca4a8127993ed459011~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 6
[Global Times] American hypocrisy at it's finest! US moves to ban The Global Times.
After receiving reports that the US was unhappy with our latest piece covering the ongoing NATO conference, with rumors circulating that...
Guest Writer
- May 6
Day 2 - Sockphistication at EuroMUN continues
Esther S. for Vogue Neele Hartel - Maastricht Treaty Committee Julia Stölben - USG of Logistics & Registration Darius Kölsch - USG of...
![[Fox News] The Human Rights Council - Another of Biden Snowflakes embarrasses America at the UN](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_0db1dc993dca4300814877099f0e1030~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_0db1dc993dca4300814877099f0e1030~mv2.jpg)
Guest Writer
- May 6
[Fox News] The Human Rights Council - Another of Biden Snowflakes embarrasses America at the UN
Given the fact that there is no confidence in Joe Biden and his administration, it is unsurprising that the United States delegate is...
Ana Navarro Bullo
- May 6
Heated Caucuses for the Regulation of the Big Tech
Little agreement and diversity of opinion among EU’s top diplomats at the opening session of the conference’s second day. A loud majority...
Guest Writer
- May 6
[russia today] American Oligarch bribes NATO countries!
Breaking news: Elon Musk agreed to support France in development of it's cybersecurity by creating a special myspace-like platform and...
![[euractiv] Once again, shall we agree to disagree?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4bd560_9a7309a58a264ffdb32621f6796d981a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4bd560_9a7309a58a264ffdb32621f6796d981a~mv2.jpg)
Ana Navarro Bullo
- May 6
[euractiv] Once again, shall we agree to disagree?
The second round of debate has focused on the establishment of a common minimum wage across the EU, leaving the UBI and the regulation of...