Welcome to Crisis Simulations
Dear Delegates,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the twenty-eighth session of The Ivy League Model United Nations Conference, which promises to be the best ILMUNC yet! After having actively participated in MUN conference both in high school and college over the last few years, it gives me great pleasure to be serving as your Under- Secretary General for Crisis Committees and Regional Simulations. Crisis committees provide a dynamic, challenging and exciting delegate experience, and the ILMUNC secretariat has been working hard to make sure that you will have an amazing time at this conference!
Let me tell you a little bit more about myself: Born and raised in sunny Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I am currently a sophomore studying Finance and Math at the Wharton School. Outside the classroom, I am a board member for the Wharton Latino Club, as well as Management 100 Team Advisor. In my spare time I love hanging out with friends, playing soccer, eating and travelling! My passion for MUN started in my junior year of high school. After attending many conferences as a delegate and eventually chairing my school’s own conference, I helped organize and run last year’s ILMUNC as an assistant Secretary General.
ILMUNC XVIII’s Crisis committees, promise to be an amazing experience for you, delegates! The committee staff and I have been working very hard to ensure that your four days at conference are nothing short of amazing! From running business empires in Titans of The Industry to maintaining international peace and security in the Security Council, our committees will put in the shoes of the decision maker in extremely important scenarios and situations both in history and actuality.
You can’t imagine how excited I am to see and get to know all of you in January! Throughout the conference I will be running in and out of committees, making announcements, bringing food, ensuring the debate is running smoothly and of course, delivery rose grams, which is definitely the most entertaining part of my job! I would love to get to know all of you so please feel free to contact me before or during conference with comments, questions, concerns or even just to say hello. Participating in MUN as a delegate was an exciting, fun and enriching experience, and I hope to make your experience at ILMUNC XVIII equally as amazing, both inside and outside committees!
Warm Regards,
João Pedro Dalmeida
Under-Secretary-General, Crisis Simulations
Ivy League Model United Nations Conference XXVIII
usg-crisis@ilmunc.com
Dear Delegates,
I am thrilled to welcome you to the twenty-eighth session of the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference! I am best described as a Crisis enthusiast, having been on a crisis committee in 16 of the 20 Model UN Conferences that I have competed in. As a result, I am very excited to see the newest batch of crisis delegates and to see how you tackle the challenging and engaging crises your committee staff and I have been designing over the past year.
I hope to get the chance to meet all of you in person this January, but for now allow me to introduce myself. I was born in Philadelphia; however I have lived in northern New Jersey for my entire life (which, I assure you, is absolutely nothing like the Jersey Shore.) I’m a student at the Wharton School of Business, studying Economics with dual concentrations in Management and Business in Public Policy. I’m also considering pursuing my affinity for political science with a dual degree or a minor. Outside of the classroom, in addition to ILMUNC I am a member of the Parliamentary Debate team and am on the board of Intercol, our competitive Model UN team.
The exciting and diverse mix of committees we’ve been preparing for you this year are guaranteed to engage you and push the boundaries of what you expect from a crisis committee. As an active member of Penn’s competitive team, I also still know how it feels to be a delegate, so please feel free to contact me with any concerns you have, whether it’s about how to deal with crisis committees in general, specific concerns you have about ILMUNC’s committees, general concerns, or just to introduce yourself.
In addition to a great committee experience, ILMUNC offers a fantastic array of social events, the chance to explore the beautiful and historic city of Philadelphia, and an opportunity to mingle with delegates from across the world, all opportunities that I hope you will take advantage of. I look forward to meeting with and welcoming you this January.
Regards,
Yadavan Mahendraraj
Under-Secretary-General, Crisis Simulations
Ivy League Model United Nations Conference XXVIII
usg-crisis2@ilmunc.com
Committee Overview
Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General (New This Year – by application only)
Consiglio dei Ministri: 2014 (New This Year)
Joint Crisis Committee: Athenian Cabinet (New This Year)
Joint Crisis Committee: Spartan Cabinet (New This Year)
Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations: Mossad (New This Year)
Napoleonic Wars (New This Year)
Titans of Industry (New This Year)
United Nations Security Council
Crisis Simulations have always been one of ILMUNC’s greatest strengths, and we’re excited to offer our most innovate, diverse, and interesting set of crisis committees to date. Each committee is managed by a sizable staff, our "crisis analysts," who develop the exciting and realistic crisis simulations intended to engage and challenge creative high school delegates.
ILMUNC XXVIII is proud to offer our new application-based Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General, the identity of which will not be revealed until two weeks before conference.
In keeping with our commitment to innovation and creativity, we are pleased to offer two futuristic committees this year. The first – Consiglio dei Ministri: 2014 – will simulate the Italian Council of Ministers as they seek to rebuild after a downward economic spiral that has left the Italian populace dissatisfied with their leadership. Our second futuristic offering will be the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations: Mossad. Delegates on this committee will model one of the most effective and notorious intelligence agencies in the world as they seek to address a variety of national security issues facing Israel in the year 2018.
Our historical committees are equally creative and inventive. In Napoleonic Wars, delegates will serve as high-ranking political and military advisors to the infamous Napoleon Bonaparte as they seek to assert France’s dominance in early-19th century Europe. Our second historical crisis simulation will be Titans of Industry, a summit of the "robber barons" and American captains of commerce deciding the fate of the country at the turn of the 20th Century. Delegates will represent such historical figures as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller as the committee discusses issues ranging from their influence on the Presidential Election of 1900 to labor strikes and anti-trust laws.
Finally, we are pleased to once again offer a Joint Crisis Committee that will test the capabilities of even the most experienced crisis delegates. Throughout the conference, the two committees will be working together (or at odds with one another) in a coordinated simulation, challenging delegates to adapt and effectively respond to the actions of the opposing committee. This year’s JCC pits the Athenian Cabinet against the Spartan Cabinet during antiquity and will offer delegates the opportunity to rewrite world history as they seek to gain political dominance in a region fraught with tangling alliances and ambitious leaders.
We recommend that more experienced delegates select the United Nations Security Council, which has consistently been one of our most popular committees in years past. In accordance with its UN mandate to maintain international peace and security, the Security Council will address the most relevant and challenging issues facing the international community.