Megan Gramling Introduction

Hi delegates!

My name is Megan Gramling and I will be your head chair for JCC for BMUN LXIX. I am currently a sophomore at Berkeley, hoping to major in Business Administration and Political Science. This is my sixth year of participating in MUN and my second year in BMUN.

Outside of BMUN, I love to hike, watch movies, and travel. I am from Orange County so one of my favorite pastimes, when I'm home, is going to the beach. I also enjoy running and just recently ran a half marathon with my family.

Feel free to reach out with any questions about the topic, our committee, or the conference in general. I am so excited to meet you all virtually in February and hear your wonderful solutions to our crisis!

Megan Gramling

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The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963

In 1955, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Canada and France convened with the United Nations Disarmament Commission to discuss a halt to nuclear weapons testing. It had become evident in the last few years that the radioactive fallout from such testing posed a threat to the global atmosphere, and governments hoped to resolve the issue (Freedman). Before any agreement was reached, Cold War tensions between the US and USSR drove discussions to a halt and no officials documents were signed. Nevertheless, in 1958, both the United States and the USSR announced that they would suspend all atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (“Nuclear Test Ban Treaty”). When John F Kennedy, became president of United States in 1960, he pledged to uphold the moratorium on above-ground testing and sought to reach an agreement with the USSR on a test ban treaty. By August 1961, however, the Soviet Union had announced they would resume atmospheric testing and proceed to test the ...

Position Paper Guidelines

Hello Delegates! With conference approaching soon, I wanted to reach out and share a couple of deadlines, as well as resources, with all of you. Our first deadline for position papers is coming up next Tuesday, February 2nd. This deadline is for any delegates wishing to qualify for a research award. The following deadline for position papers is Tuesday, February 9th . If you wish to qualify for any conference awards, you must submit your position paper by the second deadline. Due to JCC being a crisis committee, we will be using specific position paper guidelines that can be found on our committees page , alongside our topics synopsis and executive summary. All position papers must be submitted via Huxley, our conference site, and information to successfully submit a paper through Huxley can be found at the bottom of our position paper guide. When writing your position paper, I would suggest heavily focusing on your actor's pol...

Timeline and Public Sentiment

A critical component of this crisis will be managing public sentiment while conducting your military/diplomatic operations. To best manage public sentiment, an understanding of the public's perception of the ongoing Cold War is crucial. Remember that the Cuban Missile Crisis is just a small section of the conflict. A brief timeline of the crisis: 1945: Occupation of Berlin, WWII ends, Birth of Communist governments in Vietnam and Korea. 1947-1950: USSR + Iron Curtain, Israel is formed, NATO founded, Mao creates the PROC, Red Scare. 1950: North Korea invades South Korea and the Korean War begins. 1953: Stalin Dies, Korean War armistice 1954: French Leave North Vietnam. 1956: Khrushchev denounces Stalin 1960: U2 Spy Plane shot down over USSR, dissolution of US-Cuba relations 1961: Bay of Pigs, US involvement in Vietnam War begins 1962: US-Cuba trade stops, USSR agrees to arm Cuba Pictures of the missile sites are taken October 14th and IDed on the 15th Our committee begins Oct...

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