The MEDMUN 2023 Secretariat

Lilou Ornella-D'Inca is a second-year student majoring in Politics and Government at Sciences Po Paris, Campus de Menton. Over the years, she has acquired a wide-ranging experience in MUN, partaking in her first Model UN conference at age 11, and acting as a Delegate, Chair, Staffer, Secretary-General, and advisor for her high school’s Model UN club. Born to French-Italian parents, she served as MEDMUN’S 2022 Italian Committee Director in the aim of expanding discussions on Italian issues beyond national borders and of encouraging delegates to draw parallels between the Mediterranean affairs of multiple countries across this region. As MEDMUN’s new Conference Director, Lilou is eager to build a highly motivated and supportive environment in the Content Pole, applying her leadership and organisation skills when mentoring committee directors, taking initiatives, and overseeing the applications process for the upcoming conference. She looks forward to enhancing the quality of debates, ensuring the thorough preparation of all stakeholders, and recreating our remarkable Mediterranean spirit during MEDMUN 2023!

Vinciane Rosenzweig is a second-year student at Sciences Po Paris, Campus de Menton. It’s her second year in this association where she was previously Head of Delegations. She is French but grew up in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, since she was 4 years old. Living in the Middle East for almost her entire life made her develop a particular interest in international relations but mostly the inter-state relations that allow us to understand the major issues of the MENA region today. Currently a Politics and Government major - International Relations minor at Sciences Po, she would later like to get involved in international humanitarian law. As Logistics Director, she will manage a team of five people to control the association's budget, find partnerships in the region and sponsorships during the conference, find ideas for fundraising events, as well as carry out new projects related to politics and international relations with the help of the association's project director for 2022-2023. She hopes, with her logisitc’s team,  to make the conference run as smoothly as possible and make everyone enjoy this MEDMUN 2023 experience to make it unforgettable!

Lucy Lönnqvist is a first year student of SciencesPo Menton, and English Committee Director for MEDMUN 2023. Having been raised in Perth, Western Australia, known as being the most isolated city in the world, Lucy is most excited to witness the facilitation of an increasingly globalised debate chamber in the MEDMUN conference, inviting delegates from a multitude of cultures to unite in the beautiful town of Menton, around a shared passion for diplomacy and hope towards rendering our world a better place. Lucy has participated in Model UN competitions throughout high school and finds there is no better way to consolidate her knowledge of a region than by tackling its complex political, economic, and social issues from a variety of viewpoints in a MUN simulation. Through her role as English Committee Co-ordinator Lucy aims to foster a community of MEDMUN participants whereby each member feels as though they can develop a broader capacity to understand and accept each other’s varying worldviews, cultural differences and most importantly, showcase their arguments and amplify their individual voices to create quality debate within the chamber.

Aurélie Retory is a first-year student at Sciences Po Paris in Menton. Passionate about geopolitics, international relations and economics, she discovered the countries of the MENA region through her experience as a member and then president of the MUN club. This attraction for Mediterranean culture, for its political, social and economic challenges, she wished to develop it and thus decided to join our beautiful Mediterranean campus and the MEDMUN project as Delegate and Chair Coordinators for French committees. It is by observing situations of inequality and sexism, by witnessing conflicts born of misunderstanding and intolerance and by facing the disarray of the youth of her native island that she developed a taste for politics. For her, listening and action go hand in hand, and the modeling sessions are a chance for young people to propose solutions to the biggest problems of our time, and to exchange and share their experiences with people from all over the world. The United Nations is for her a way to act to improve our societies, because there will always be a lot to do, to live better. She is looking forward to welcoming you all to experience three days of sharing, heated debates, laughter and emotions!

Originally from the Golan Heights and born in Damascus, Bader was raised in Syria, the UAE, Lebanon and Jordan. Growing up in a multicultural environment, between Europe and the Middle East has provided him with high levels of maturity and open-mindedness and has played a significant part in my motivation for an international career. Currently, he is a second-year student majoring in Politics and Government at Sciences Po Paris, at the Mediterranean Middle Eastern campus in Menton. Aiming to become a diplomat and work in international relations, his fluency in Arabic, English, French, German and soon Turkish is a strong asset. His experience in this field, especially through internships related to European and international relations such as those at the Bundestag in Berlin and at the City Council of Nancy allowed him to thrive personally and intellectually in a cooperative environment. He has participated in several MUNs, including the 10th edition of MEDMUN in April 2022 as a delegate from Yemen, and SPMUN in Reims as a delegate from Saudi Arabia in the framework of OPEC. He aims to further build from these experiences as part of the MEDMUN 2022-2023 board. MEDMUN is an opportunity to get acquainted with the formal world of diplomacy through debates, exciting exchanges and international meetings, often unforgettable. He is therefore proud to serve as Director of the Arabic Committee, where rich and varied topics concerning the MENA region will be tackled and debated in Arabic.

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Agnese D'Ercole is a first-year student at Sciences Po Paris, Campus de Menton. Born and raised in Rome, where she attended a Classical Lyceum, she then moved to an international boarding school in the UK. By attending the IB, she conducted academic research on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, thus enriching her interest for the main political issues of the Middle Eastern region. The huge multiculturality of the region, as well as the desire to dismantle the Eurocentric stereotypes on the MENA region, made the Campus of Menton extremely academically stimulating for her. Agnese has been engaged in MUN conferences since 2017, when her participation in RIMUN as the delegate of the UK made her appreciate the vivacity of debate and the thought-provoking topics of the conferences. Thus, she joined other four MUN conferences as a delegate and in 2020 she became Chair of her high school MUN club. Her first-hand knowledge of the Italian territory and its main political issues motivated her to act as the Italian Committee Director for MEDMUN 2022. She is beyond excited to organize a committee focused on underlining Italian issues and trying to solve them with diplomacy and she is looking forward to welcoming you all for this enriching experience.

Mariza Michailidou is currently a first year student in Sciences Po Menton, enrolled in the French track. She was born and raised in Athens, Greece. As a Greek, she is very interested in the topics of brain drain and immigration. She is passionate about languages - she is currently learning Arabic and Turkish- and classical literature. Of course, she loves MUNs, having participated in her first MUN conference at the age of 14. As the head of the International Court of Justice, she hopes that every MEDMUN participant has a great time, engaging in fruitful debates and learning more about international relations.

Kousai Ghrimil is a first year student at Sciences Po Paris, Campus de Menton. As a Tunisian who was born and raised in Qatar and then the UAE he was exposed to diversity from a young age which sparked his interest in international relations and the importance of globalism. Throughout high school he joined many MUN conferences which has further ignited his passion for politics, particularly his interest in the African continent and the MENA region as a whole. Having previously designed unconventional conference topics he will be this years Ad Hoc committee director, where he will ensure that the committee is engaging, fruitful, provocative and most importantly fun!

Louise Castel is a French first-year student at Sciences Po Paris, Campus de Menton. She was borned and raised in Brittany, and also has Martinican origins. Since she has been a UNICEF Young Ambassador, she has taken action for the benefit of Syrian and Afghan children. Passionate about conflicts such as the Syrian war, crisis and humanitarian action in the Middle East, she has decided to join the Menton Campus to understand the issues and the history of this area, and to learn Arabic. Wishing to put those important subjects on the table, she is happy to become the new marketing director in MEDMUN, in the Communication Pole. She will ensure with his team that the image of Medmun is highlighted on the networks, through aesthetic videos and posts that will make people want to attend conferences. She is looking forward to meeting students from around the world and being able to lead projects and debates together.

Rania Moalla is a first-year student at Sciences Po Paris, Menton Campus. Born and raised in Tunis, her political ambitions towards her country led her to grow interest in the geopolitical issues of the Maghreb and more globally of the MENA region. This is how the human and social sciences, including international relations, quickly fascinated her. She then discovered the universe of MUNs 2 years ago, which became one of the greatest parts of her life, especially when she was elected president of the MUN club of her school in her senior year. From that moment, she chained delegations and committees, going from delegate to chair. She has participated in several MUNs in Tunisia, under the name of TIMUN, as well as MEDMUN 2022 under the delegation of French high schools in Tunis. Therefore, she is very pleased to be your Secretary, Day-Of-Logistics and Projects Supervisor for this year's conference and hope you’ll live your best diplomatic moments in Menton!

Max Guichard-Cavalieros is a first-year student at Sciences Po Paris, campus de Menton. Parisian native, his ten years abroad in Vietnam, Jordan and Nigeria, emphasized his taste for international affairs. Readings, including The Caliphate. Political history of Islam or The Prophet and the pandemic, narrowed his interest to the MENA region. His will to gain a non-Eurocentric view and to be confronted to a multicultural reality in his studies, reinforced his wish to join both the Menton campus and the MEDMUN team, which contributed greatly to transmit the international and political science-turned teachings he came to study at Sciences Po. In parallel, his three years spent in an association, ultimately promoted to secretary-general and vice-president, gave him experience in short and long-term planning, logistics and management. He looks forward to creating a pleasant working atmosphere, as he already wished when organizing a MUN in Paris in 2022.  As a Co-Head of Finance, Catering, Accommodation and Transportation, he hopes to make the conference run smoothly and make everyone enjoy this MEDMUN experience to make it unforgettable!

Mara Beteagu is a first-year student enrolled in the Dual BA program between Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris, Menton campus. In her home country, Romania, she has had the chance to participate in numerous activities regarding foreign affairs, including Model United Nations Conferences. She started attending this type of conference in her first year of high school and quickly became her passion as she attended over 15 events around the entire country. She has occupied several positions varying from a delegate, chairperson, trainer and member of the Secretariat. Her biggest accomplishments in the field of MUNs were being the Secretary-General of the first Romanian conference with a French-speaking committee and a year later, being the Conference Manager of the same event, which accommodated over 150 participants, including an international delegation. As the Head of Operations, Workshops, Charity and Outreach, she wants to make sure this year’s edition would be enjoyable in both logistics and academics. For her, MEDMUN represents a fresh start and an opportunity to experience an international conference and get closer to a team of dedicated people.