Hi Delegates! I'm Jessie!

Hi Delegates! I'm Jessie Mao and a senior at Cal majoring in Political Science and minoring in History. I'm from the beautiful city of Auckland, New Zealand. I'll be on the vice-chairs for SPD(ope) and the best committee ever!

In my spare time, I like to bake, cook, travel, explore the bay area and pet corgis. I've been doing MUN for about 6 years now, coming up into my 7th here at BMUN. I'm so excited to see you all in March for SPECPOL and BMUN! Introduce yourself below and let us get to know you better!

Me posing like a tourist on my first trip to London last year!

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The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis

The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis After years of fighting, the countries of North and South Yemen unified to become a single country in 1990. However, even after years of unification, conflict between the different regions still exists today and has led to the current civil war in Yemen. The main power struggle in the country is between the Yemeni government and the Houthi army (an Iranian backed rebel group). Due to political unrest during the Arab Spring, former President Saleh resigned from his position and allowed Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi to take power. However, Hadi eventually fled to Saudi Arabia, where he held presidential power from afar. The fighting is still happening today, and through all this turmoil, the innocent citizens of Yemen have suffered for years on end, facing economic, social, and public health crises. Recently, there has been a new public health threat in Yemen--the spread of diphtheria. This is a bacterial disease that causes mucous membran...

Hello!

Hey Everyone! My name is Calvin Price and I have the honor to serve as the head chair for BMUN’s Special Political and Decolonization committee this year—I’m really looking to working with you all this year! A little bit about myself: I’m a sophomore studying economics, computer science, and Chinese. I’m originally from Los Angeles, but I’ve moved around quite a bit and have lived all over the world (the picture of me and the monkey is from Bali, Indonesia). I’ve been involved with Model UN since I was 10, attending conferences all over the world, running conferences, and training delegates. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I hope it affords a similar experience to you. Outside of Model UN, I’m also involved in social impact consulting, cryptocurrency development, and love to read and exercise. My email is cprice@bmun.org ; if you have any questions about Model UN, this committee, or really anything, do...

Themes in Our Topics

Hey Delegates! As you’re reading through the background guide and starting to conduct your own research, I wanted to take a moment to talk about the broad overarching themes in our topics. These ideas are present throughout the background guide, but it’s helpful to take a step back and consider the situation as a whole. Political Stability in the Middle East The goal of this topic is to examine how political issues function as the root of various regional symptoms of instability (e.g. economic stagnation, violence and terrorism, human rights violations). Too often, these individual problems are considered and treated in isolation because of their huge scale. However, all continue to exist due to a common underlying cause: the lack of strong, stable, and fair political institutions. This topic seeks to build those institutions and deploy strategies for curing the symptoms, if possible. Coordinating a divided international community to help a fractious regional community...

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