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March 19- 22, 2002
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Participants
Agenda
Programme of events
Sponsors
Student officers
IMUNG Director T.Taganova about SPIMUN

SPIMUN 2002 brought together about 500 delegates and teachers from Bahrain, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA. Russian participants were represented by Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Moscow, and Saint-Petersburg MUN Groups.

The highlight of the conference was the Opening ceremony, which took place in the famous Taurida Palace, formerly the seat of the pre-revolutionary Russian parliament, the Duma. The Opening ceremony was sponsored by city Committee of Education and by the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Commission sessions were held in gymnasiums 157, 2; schools 185 and 207; St.Petersburg University (Foreign Relations Department) and Anichkov Palace.

Participants of SPIMUN conference 2002

Foreign

Noerresundby Gymnasium, Denmark
American School of Warsaw
Anatolia College, Tessaloniki
Qatar Academy
Universita'di Trieste
American International School of Florence
International School of Stuttgart
International School of Lausanne
German School of Athens
Benjamin Franklin International School, Barcelona
American School of Doha
Leysin American School
American School Foundation, Mexico
International Community School of Addis Ababa
American Community School of Abu Dhabi
Ibn Khuldoon National School, Manama, Bahrain
American Community School, Beirut
St Edward's Upper School in Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Copernicus High School, Warsaw
Gymnasium Jana Nerudy, Prague
Estonian Debating Society
Dhahran Academy High School, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Tartu Miina Harma Gymnasium
International School of Prague
Neuchatel Junior College
Turku Vocational Institute
Cacilienshulle, Oldenburg
Gymnasium # 1, Minsk

Russian

Saint-Petersburg schools # 2, 98, 157, 185, 328, "Alma Mater", "Anichkov Palace"
Ivanovo MUN Group
Moscow school # 1415
Yaroslavl MUN Group

SPIMUN Agenda 2002

Security Council
  • Threats to International Peace and Security, caused by Terroristic Acts
  • Problem of Humanitarian Intervention
  • Situation in Afghanistan
ECOSOC
  • Provision of Economic and Social Aid to the Countries, suffering from different Sanctions
  • Human Rights and Extreme Poverty
  • Combating Organized Transnational Crime

Human Rights Commission
  • Limitations and Restrictions on the Right of Freedom of Speech, with Regard of those which promote Violence
  • Observation of Human Rights of Civilian Population in Afghanistan
  • Combating Religious Extremism

Environmental & Cultural Commission
  • Protection of Natural Resources for Present and Future Generations
  • Protection of National Cultures in the Process of Integration and Globalization
  • International Cooperation in the Peaceful Use of Outer Space
Economic & Financial Commission
  • Economic and Technical Cooperation between Developing States
  • Integration of Economies in Transition into the World Economy
  • Possibility of Ending the Economic Sanctions against Iraq
Political and Disarmament Commission
  • Prohibition of the development, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Bacteriological and Biological Weapon
  • The Risk of Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East and in Central and South Asia
  • Prevention of Arms Race in Outer Space
Conference on the Baltic Region
  • Mutual Development of the Potential Tourists Attractions in the Baltic States
  • Review of Visa Regime within the Baltic States
  • Problem of Radioactive Safety in the Baltic States
  

Programme of Events

Tuesday, March 19
17.00 - Registration for foreign guests
17.30 - Orientation Meeting for foreign guests
18.00 - Home Parties for foreign guests

Wednesday, March 20
9.00 - 12.30 Opening Ceremony
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.00 Workshop for newcomers
13.30 - 18.00 Lobbying
15.00 - 17.30 Approval Panel

Thursday, March 21
9.30 - 12.00 Committee Sessions
12.00 - 12.45 Lunch
12.45 - 15.30 Committee Sessions

Friday, March 22
9.30 - 13.00 GA, BC & ECOSOC Plenary Session
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Closing Ceremonies
18.00 - 22.00 Dance Party

Student Officers

Dmitry Tchernishev (Secretary General/President of GA)
Alexander M. Malitch (Deputy SG)
Tatiana Vasilyeva (Deputy SG)
Anastassia Khokhlova (Vice-President of GA)
Oliver Karl Kuschel (Vice-President of GA)
Security Council
Arthour Mezhitov
Vladimir Rybkin
Gero Elerd
ECOSOC
Eugeny Shishenin
Elena Dubova
Persephone Noulika
Human Rights Commission
Maria Ilyukhina
Elena Starkova
Maria Skordili
Political & Disarmament Commission
Alexander Stadnik
Anastassia Khokhlova
Andrea Kussman
Economic & Financial Commission
Anna Moskaleva
Elisaveta Luzeva
Gustavo Sotelo
Environmental & Cultural Commission
Dmitry Danilovitch
Natalia Zhikina
Erin Alsup
Conference on the Baltic Region
Vladimir Kopkin
Dmitry Krasnov
The Opening Ceremony

We would like to thank the following organizations for their contributions to the 2002 Conference:

  • Interparliamentary Assembly of Commonwealth of Independent States
  • St. Petersburg Committee of Education
  • St. Petersburg State University
  • "PETMOL" - St.Petersburg Dairy Number1
  • "Coca-Cola" St.Petersburg
     


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