Dear Advisors, Delegates, and Esteemed Guests,

 

On behalf of our Executive Team, I am delighted to have the privilege to welcome you all to the 6th annual session of TED Istanbul College Model United Nations (TEDIMUN) as the Secretary-General of TEDIMUN’26. This year’s session of TEDIMUN will take place between 6-8th of February with its enthusiastic participants. Bearing in mind the importance of being focused on peace, sustainability and cooperative harmony for the benefit of future generations, our upcoming conference will take place with the theme: “Preserving Peace: Sustaining Cooperative Balance amidst an Ever-Changing World”.

 

Having hosted around 430 participants at our previous session, we are once again eager to welcome our enthusiastic participants who are encouraged to foster fruitful debates, establish productive discussion environments and experience an exclusive learning opportunity. Since the establishment of TED Istanbul College Model United Nations Club, following the THIMUN rules of procedure, we are honoured to gather young minds together in order to achieve significant development for everyone surrounded by such a gathering environment. Leading to our sixth annual session, we have hosted over 1495 participants with extreme professionalism. This year we are maintaining our two assemblies, one being the General Assembly and the other one being the Special Assembly, in order to take on-point measures and actions upon tremendously sensitive and crucial issues with more debated resolutions. In addition to our two assemblies, the Historical Security Council (HSC), the Security Council (SC), and the Advisory Panel (APQ) I am thrilled to announce a new committee: the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In addition to our new committee, which we have the full belief will provide our conference with high-quality deliberations, the Special Assembly committees are going to be inspired by real-life UN offices and committees to further debate critical global issues.

 

As global challenges such as climate change, political instability, economic inequality, and technological disruption continue to reshape our world, the need for cooperation has never been greater. Having analysed the current situation of the globe as a whole, it is unquestionable that collective development in every aspect is a crucial need for the modern era. Meanwhile, understanding the current diplomacy, the future should be a matter to be focused on for maintaining the actions taken today, in our ever-changing world. Nonetheless, focusing on the future is the primary step for maintaining a sustainable environment while tackling the issues of the world in harmony and with diplomacy. Acknowledging the means and the dynamics of cooperation, which is mutual respect, being open-minded and critical thinking, we would like to let young minds experience the power of diplomacy and cooperation in our conference.

 

Cordially, 

Defne Yılmaz

Secretary-General of TEDIMUN’26