THERE ARE 2 MORE DAYS UNTIL VAMUN XXX!
I have a word from your Crisis Director, Paul Moniuszko:
Delegates,
Since this committee is based in the future, here are some changes that have occurred in the timespan between now and 2015. Be sure to keep these in mind when preparing your country’s positions and arguments for committee, and structure any ideas you’ve drawn up in your position paper around them for debate.
In regards to the EU, the Euro itself has depreciated significantly over the past 5 years. The causes of this are murky still, but membership in the EU has become much tenser over the past few years due to the weakening economy in comparison to the Yen and American Dollar. This has had repercussions across the board, ranging from the funding of programs such as Euro-Corps and the joint agrarian policy pursued over the years by EU member states. Additionally, nations such as the Ukraine, Russian Federation, and Iceland have submitted applications to become member states of the EU.
In Africa and the Middle East, conflicts in Sudan, Central Africa, and Israel are still occurring. These conflicts have severely affected the number of young people attending and receiving schooling, thus requiring the committee’s attention as how to solve this problem. In conjunction with this, instability on the region has caused OPEC to place a price ceiling on oil, lowering prices as they were in 2010 by $10-50 depending on the year and economic conditions. Additionally, the scarcity of oil has increased, thus leading OPEC and nations such as the Russian Federation to be much more demanding in the oil market.
Finally, the mean global temperature has increased by nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit across the globe, with areas such as India and South East Asia having increases as much as 2 degrees in some years. This trend over the past 15 years can no longer be ignored, and the governments of many of your nations have demanded solutions to this oncoming crisis. Over the past five years, natural disasters have not only become more prevalent, but become much more powerful in nature. To provide an example, a tsunami exponentially stronger formed in the Indian Ocean during the Winter of 2013, but fortunately missed land. If it had made a landfall, the effects would have been nothing short of catastrophic.
In short, the world’s problem as we knew them in 2010 have only gotten worse, and the time has come for this committee to provide solutions to these essential problems. Creativity, cooperation, and sustainable solutions are of the utmost importance for resolutions this committee creates.
Hope you are looking forward to this weekend, get ready for some fun!
-Paul Moniuszko-
Please keep these news updates in mind as you prepare your opening statements (limit them to 2 minutes). A brief summary of your position paper should suffice as your opening statement, so do not panic, this is not extra work.
Can’t wait to meet all of you!
