BMUN LXXI 23rd

Hi everyone! My name's Michael Miller and I'll be one of your vice chairs for 23rd this spring. I'm a junior majoring in applied mathematics at UC Berkeley with intentions of pursuing a career in software engineering and data science. This will be my 6th year doing Model UN, and my second with BMUN. I'm also the current Undersecretary General of Logistics for BMUN so you might see me running around putting out fires each day of conference. Outside of academics I enjoy practicing my photography, cooking new dishes from a variety of cultures, and generally learning about the world. Besides that I really like reading mystery novels and listening to true crime podcasts whenever I have free time. I also love working out, playing games, watching movies, and spending time with my friends. I hope that our committee will be a great learning experience for all of you. The historical period which we have decided to focus on had a massive impact on many aspects of international rel...

Hello! My name is Tanirika Singh and I am so excited to be on the dais of the 23rd committee this year!  I'm currently a third year studying Molecular & Cellular Biology with a concentration in Neurobiology. Despite having spent 6 years now being involved in MUN, every year brings its own excitement and I'm really excited to meet you all very soon! Beyond BMUN, I'm a researcher in the School of Optometry on campus and also teach a public health course during the Spring Semester. In my down time, I love spending time with my friends exploring new places to eat in the Bay, museums to visit, and hikes to bookmark.   I can't wait to meet you all very soon! Having once been a delegate here at BMUN in this same committee and now chairing, this conference is a full-circle moment for me. I genuinely look forward to hearing all of your ideas and hope to make this committee a memorable experience for you all! In the meantime, most definitely do not hesitate to reach out with ...

 Hi everyone! My name is Eric Pan and I will be one of your vice chairs for the 23rd committee for BMUN LXXI.  I’m currently a 2nd-year majoring in History and Political Science. I’ve been fascinated by history and politics since I was a child after a lot of exposure to documentaries and visits to various museums, and I am really happy I’m able to continue my pursuit of my passion here at Berkeley.  I’ve been involved with MUN for all four years of high school, although I’ve never been to BMUN as a delegate and used to attend SMUNC instead. (I know, treacherous) I’m glad to now however, stand (or I more accurately guess sit) on the other end of the committee, and help continue this great tradition of facilitating political discourse! Outside of BMUN, I’m involved with the Undergraduate Political Science Association at Berkeley, Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, and also Berkeley Chinese A Capella. In my spare time, I enjoy singing, traveling, and my newly pic...

Hi everyone and welcome to 23rd! My name is Vivian Kuang (she/her) and I’ll be one of your vice chairs at BMUN 71. I’m a junior majoring in Political Economy and Data Science with a concentration in Race and the Law, and I'm originally from here in the Bay Area. My academic and professional interests center on inequality, more specifically incarceration and policing, immigration, and Asian American and ethnic studies. Recently, I've become more interested in learning about ethnic studies research epistemology (the production of knowledge, and resisting traditional power structures that disempower the research perspectives of people of color and other marginalized people), as well as social movements and community organizing! I generally focus on the US in my work, but I think it's really informative and important to examine global history as well, which this committee has definitely helped me with! My hope is that this committee will be a learning experience for you as well...

  Hi delegates! We are so excited to welcome you to BMUN 71 and the 23rd Session committee. In this committee, you will be tackling the issues faced by representatives at the 23rd Session of the United Nations in 1968. Our first topic addresses the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) . Our second topic addresses the Vietnam War . This blog will act as our committee’s more informal avenue for discussion and communication before the conference– and we’d love to see you interact with it! The purpose of this blog is to (1) allow you to actively engage with the content of this committee and (2) give you all the opportunity to learn about other countries’ policies before the debate actually starts. You can post comments on posts that we make and write about literally anything relevant to the topics at hand! For example, if you’ve found follow-up content or research you’d like to share, would like to discuss your country’s opinion on the topic, or have other ideas in...

 Hello Delegates! My name is Timothy Yue, and I am the Head Chair for BMUN 71's 23rd Session. My pronouns are the he/him series. I am a third-year History major here at UC Berkeley, and am primarily interested in East Asian history during the 19th-century, and international systems of law and politics. My experience with Model United Nations is comparatively limited; I chaired for BMUN last year, which was my first experience with MUN. I did, however, do seven years of Speech and Debate throughout middle school and high school, in which I competed in a wide variety of events. Outside of BMUN, I am a student editor for UC Berkeley's Oral History Center, and a competitive player of the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game and Super Smash Bros Ultimate . Please reach out to us anytime at 23rdbmunlxxi@bmun.org if you have questions. We look forward to seeing you soon! Timothy