Dear Delegates and Advisors,
It is my honor and pleasure to invite you to the Commonwealth School’s fourth annual Model UN conference, COMMUN IV, which will be held on April 28, 2019 on our Back Bay campus with the help of the United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB).
COMMUN began in 2015 as an opportunity for middle school students to develop and exercise their debate skills in a wide variety of crisis and United Nations committees. Past delegations have resolved conflicts between intergalactic empires, generated thoughtful and effective solutions to air pollution, peacefully mediated the Vietnam War, and much more.
This year, we are excited to announce another fresh assortment of fun and thought-provoking committees. Delegates in the World Health Organization (WHO) will be discussing the availability of clean drinking water in impoverished and drought-prone regions. The Security Council (UNSC) will be debating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and thinking of new solutions that take into account recent developments in global politics. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will be tackling the complex and deeply troubling South Sudan refugee crisis. In COMMUN’s first ever specialized committee, the Council of Europe (CoE) will be discussing the rights of the Roma, a minority group living across the continent.
We will also be offering three crisis committees this year. In our two-room Mexican-American War joint crisis committee (JCC), delegates will represent politicians and generals on both sides of the conflict, as well as the leaders of several indigenous groups inhabiting the contested territory. In our Sengoku Jidai (Japanese warring states period) crisis, delegates will represent the various daimyo of important clans in the struggle to unite (or destroy) Japan. Our third crisis is a two-room JCC set in the fictional world of James Cameron’s science-fantasy film Avatar.
COMMUN is unique among middle school MUN conferences because it offers a great experience to all delegates, regardless of previous experience. Beginners will pick up the basics quickly with the help of friendly and experienced chairs, while seasoned veterans will still be challenged by the complexity of our committee topics (and ensuing crisis developments). We also have a high staff-to-delegate ratio which makes COMMUN a great opportunity for delegates to receive individualized attention as needed.
Again, we are thrilled to invite you to COMMUN IV this coming spring. For more information regarding the conference, please take a look on our website, and don’t hesitate to email me with any questions.
It is my honor and pleasure to invite you to the Commonwealth School’s fourth annual Model UN conference, COMMUN IV, which will be held on April 28, 2019 on our Back Bay campus with the help of the United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB).
COMMUN began in 2015 as an opportunity for middle school students to develop and exercise their debate skills in a wide variety of crisis and United Nations committees. Past delegations have resolved conflicts between intergalactic empires, generated thoughtful and effective solutions to air pollution, peacefully mediated the Vietnam War, and much more.
This year, we are excited to announce another fresh assortment of fun and thought-provoking committees. Delegates in the World Health Organization (WHO) will be discussing the availability of clean drinking water in impoverished and drought-prone regions. The Security Council (UNSC) will be debating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and thinking of new solutions that take into account recent developments in global politics. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will be tackling the complex and deeply troubling South Sudan refugee crisis. In COMMUN’s first ever specialized committee, the Council of Europe (CoE) will be discussing the rights of the Roma, a minority group living across the continent.
We will also be offering three crisis committees this year. In our two-room Mexican-American War joint crisis committee (JCC), delegates will represent politicians and generals on both sides of the conflict, as well as the leaders of several indigenous groups inhabiting the contested territory. In our Sengoku Jidai (Japanese warring states period) crisis, delegates will represent the various daimyo of important clans in the struggle to unite (or destroy) Japan. Our third crisis is a two-room JCC set in the fictional world of James Cameron’s science-fantasy film Avatar.
COMMUN is unique among middle school MUN conferences because it offers a great experience to all delegates, regardless of previous experience. Beginners will pick up the basics quickly with the help of friendly and experienced chairs, while seasoned veterans will still be challenged by the complexity of our committee topics (and ensuing crisis developments). We also have a high staff-to-delegate ratio which makes COMMUN a great opportunity for delegates to receive individualized attention as needed.
Again, we are thrilled to invite you to COMMUN IV this coming spring. For more information regarding the conference, please take a look on our website, and don’t hesitate to email me with any questions.
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Andrew McGuire
Commonwealth Class of 2019 COMMUN IV Secretary-General secretary-general.commun@commschool.org |
