ILYMUNEWS DAY#2!

ILYMUNews 2013

5TH OF APRIL 2013

Smooth and successfull second day of the conference!

A smooth second day, despite the fact that Im sure all of our feet are suffering from wearing restraining dress shoes all day long (I know Henry and I are). The press room has been flustered and crowded all day long, but we writers and the rest of the team have gotten a lot of good work done Im sure you readers will enjoy. As for my experience, Ive spent the entire day sitting in a chair, typing (so much I fear my body has fused to the chair), so I havent gotten a chance to see much of the conference. So, dearest delegates, please tweet and post on facebook or whatever else you can think of, let all of us here, stuck to our laptops: whats the ILYMUN experience like outside the press room?

Jessica aigle
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Todays amazing opening ceremony!

students able to take part in anglophone debates. It does sound pretty flattering to know that at least 150 of Rhone Alpes students can all debate in English! The speakers interests to open up internationally seem to be fulfilled by the commitments of all of us young people rich of diverse backgrounds. All trust the delegates ability to achieve a lot by sharing opinions and innovative ideas. Member of the executive board Soojee Kim also reminded how the ILYMUN project came up: if no Kaelan Tardy or any Pierre Mohamed had existed, none of us would be united here. ILYMUN took shape thanks to a partnership between motivated students and enthusiastic investors from the region that provided necessary support. All have been putting efforts in that project since last September. Basically, the most significant part of ILYMUN is that it was initiated by the students, for the students Mr. Cossard Francos voice resonates in all of our minds today: follow your dreams and cultivate your talent.

Today the ILYMUN officially conference kicked off on a positive and encouraging note. Speakers have shown their admiration and enthusiasm for the efforts made by organization members and delegates. French officials from the Rhone Alpes region and the city of Lyon ( The adjoint a la mairie de Lyon Mr Jean Michel Daclin, Mrs Florence Perrin, Conseillere regionale de Rhone Alpes, deleguee aux formations sanitaires et sociales et a la vie etudiante and Mrs Francoise Moulin-Civil, rectrice de lAcademie de Lyon) expressed their pride to have 150 Rhone Alpes

Alix de la selle Photo by mathias gontard

Sabers crunchy stats :

The top 3 delegates that talk the most: The first place goes to the CSI The 2nd place goes to the Lycee Victor Hugo Aaaaand last but not least : the ISL One deleguate regretted partying too much last night and fell asleep. 5 people late per committe means singing dare. International security commission is the perfect committee. 1 admin out of ten actually works..... for real.

Lazy admins...

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COMMITTEE 5 : CLIMATE CHANGE

Hello, my name is Jeanne, I'm seventeen. I live in Lyon. In my country, nowadays, we have six to ten heat waves per year. Soon, we'll have twenty of them per year. Heat waves are dangerous: people don't have time to cool down during the day or during the night. Here, in 2003, an enormous heat wave during the summer, the mortality rate excess was about 80%.

ture worldwide will increase of 3C at the very least. City life involves huge responsibilities. The heat island effect increases today: cities create a high temperature dome over themselves, increasing internal temperature. Mostly, they are responsible for the CO2 emissions worldwide. Do we really want our climate to heat up; do we want pollution to increase? If we don't, a few solutions exist to mitigate climate change: We can equip our houses, by installing protection against external heat. This would decrease our use of electricity. We can use common means of transportation instead of using our own car, which would reduce the CO2 emission. Finally, My name is Peter, I'm fifteen. My family we can always substitute fossil fuels with susis Greek. My dad used to tell me about a buil- tainable sources of energy. ding he worked in when he was younger: on this buildings' roof grew healthy, green grass. Dad said it increased the roof's albedo, meaning that it reflected more light and evacuated rainwater once the sun was back on the sky, producing fresh air. Hi, I'm Toshi, I'm eighteen. Here, in Japan, we have an eco-friendly system to reduce the greenhouse gas emission: we use cold water to cool the roads during the summer; we use hot water to melt the snow during the winter. That way, no more need to use snowploughs to remove snow from the roads and the CO2 emissions will be reduced. Im Fanny, I'm sixteen years old. I live in the United States...and I just learned that my country's CO2 emissions are the highest in the world. If we keep on producing so much greenhouse gas, soon, the average temperaPAGE 3

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Drug cartels The Mexican Drug War (which gained this popular nickname for the violence it comprises) is a battle between various organized crime groups such as the Gulf Cartel, and consists in trafficking drugs at an estimated value of $13.6 to $49.4 billion per year. These conflicts between rival cartels can reach extreme violence, which can result in the eradication of entire populations, leaving only ghost towns, whose economies have collapsed and most of the population have fled due to drugrelated warfare. This has a devastating impact on the lives of Mexican citizens, who live in a country with the single highest murder rate in the world, a large amount of which are related to drug wars. Despite the governments relentless struggle against these drug cartels, the latter seem too powerful and have too many people under their control (around 1500 of 7000 Federal Investigation Agency officers are suspected of being under the cartels control). Crime and violence run rampant over the country and have practically taken ownership of it. Even accessing information on what is going within the country is a dangerous task, in the past thirteen years alone, fifteen journalists have been killed on Mexican land while researching the Drug War. The Mexican people live in fear and cannot do anything to fight it, as they know that if they report the crimes they witness (only one out of then is reported), not only will their lives be threatened, but so will those of their family members, as the proper authorities hold no power over the drug cartels, and the chances are, the criminals will most likely not suffer any consequences (as only one of every thousand are actually punished). In my opinion, living in the globalised, developed society of today, people should not have to live oppressed by fear and should be able to count on their government to take the necessary measures to ensure they live in a peaceful and productive community. Over the years, people have fought adamantly against this crime-ruled regime: over a million people have marched down the streets of the Mexican capital in 2004 to free themselves from these criminal tyrants and regain the control of their city that they deserve.

The fight continues, as this is an important issue in our modern society. It is this journalists dearest hope, as well as that of many others, that the United Nations will find the appropriate measures to address this pressing issue. During this conference, we hope you delegates and the security council may shed some light on potential solutions. Bor milacic

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dont go to college, develop phone apps!

What would you do with 30 million pounds (thats 60 million US dollars)? Thats the question seventeen year old Nick DAlvisio asked himself after Yahoo purchased his mobile site-resizing app for the whopping sum of 60 million dollars. However, the path to riches was fraught with hard work and public humiliation, but Yahoos new CEO, Marissa Meyer decided the app was worth the massive amount. In 2011, DAlvisio was trying to get Gizmodo.com to place his app as app of the week. After being ignored, he harassed Gizmodo with literally hundreds of emails, desperately begging for coverage, saying that he would be too broke to afford food if Gizmodo did not give his app coverage. Gizmodo editor Casey Chan responded by publishing all of his emails and portraying him as a whiny, annoying brat. Considering most teenagers have emotional breakdowns because someone didnt talk to them or adolescent self pitying fits of rage, you, dear reader, are most likely well-acquainted with the concept. So, you understand this kind of public humiliation must have been pretty brutal on poor old Nick. However, the Bieber look-alike took the criticism alright and got back to work: His app Trimit went from internet laughingstock to $60 million in less than two years. The dramatic comeback shows the world that even the most annoying, anti-social, immature teeny bopper can be worth millions, If a 17 year old with no PR experience can develop an app worth so much, what, exactly, is stopping you from making something of yourself?

Ben nicolas

Parties and other teenage mischief

As most of my generation is, I am quite fond of late, sloppy party nights riddled with flashing lasers, disco balls and some confusion about the origins of the smoky sense in the air (is a smoke machine lurking somewhere in the dark, or is that an illicit substance I am choking on?). Teenagers like to hop and flail to the beat of blaring electro and house or whatever it is the youth these days is into (dubstep, thats it!) and what better place to do that than at a wild party after a long day of debating and walking around in painful shoes? Unbeknownst to most, there have been many historical (or do I mean hysterical?) parties throughout the years. Whether it be Michael Aligs Insane Club Kid Disco Bloodbath parties and McDonalds raves (dont ask, it happened exactly like it sounds), or perhaps just a chill night with friends and some crappy movies, everybody in the world has a hazy memory ! of a night they will never forget (this could be because they dont remember any of the actual events of the night itself and are stuck with queasy reminders and a headache), you know, whatever, to each his own. The ILYMUN team has a party on the program for this evening from eight to nine, and though violence and blaring music arent guaranteed, we are sure you will leave dizzy and perhaps a little disoriented (not because of intoxication but because of PURE, DISTILLED FUN.) Meet us at Vapiano at the Confluence shopping center (right across the conference building) for some quality, sophisticated "lounge-ish" time and mouthfuls of pizza and or pasta.

Jessica aigle

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Economic and Social Council Committee Crisis: Will Fungal Infection Destroy the Worlds Wheat Production? The distinguished Marie-Claire Courmayer, currently working in Bayer Crops arrived at 3pm in the ECOSOC room. Food for the world was her main subject. Wheat, which is one of the important staple food crops of the world, was the main object (Europe, U.S.A, India and China, the parts of the world that produce the most wheat). There are 225 million acres worldwide of weeds from whence 600 million pounds of wheat produced per year. In Europe, France is by far the largest producer. One of the main impairments, though, to the production, is the infestation of fungi such as black rust in crops. (Black rust is of the fungus race Ug 99, and is responsible for the ravaging of agricultural production in Uganda in 1998. It is transported by wind and spread to many areas, alarming scientists, as, up to date, 85% of buyers currently consume infected wheat). Maddie Le Gall

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Head of Press and Communication: Mathias Gontard Editors: LEo Wilkinson, Jessica Aigle Graphics Design: LEo Fitouchi Reporteurs: Jessica Aigle, Alix De La Selle, bor milacic, ben nicolas, maddie le gall

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