Skip to main content

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 policy! It would be extremely effective to prepare detailed policy plans which would help you respond to the many crises that will hit the U.S. and U.S.S.R. throughout committee. Knowing your characters policy strongly will be super beneficial within committee when responding to different crises. 

    We will be providing feedback on position papers prior to conference, so aside from preparation, focusing on the detail of your policy will give you a chance to receive feedback on your solutions and ideas before committee commences. 

    I can't wait to meet you all in February and to read your submitted position paper! If you have any questions leading up to conference, feel free to email the committee email (jccbmunlxix@bmun.org) or comment on our blog posts!

Megan Gramling
JCC Head Chair    

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jocelyn Gao Introduction

 Hi delegates! I'm Jocelyn, and it is my pleasure to be one of the vice chairs for JCC this year. I'm a freshman studying Business Administration in the Haas Global Management Program and intending to double major in Political Economy. This is my fifth year doing MUN overall and my first year in BMUN, and I'm really excited to be a part of the conference staff this year after attending BMUN as a delegate these past four years. I've always thought that the Cuban Missile Crisis would fit a MUN crisis committee perfectly, so I'm looking forward to seeing what goes down in committee in February. Outside of BMUN, I am a moderator for the Berkeley Forum, and I write articles for the Business Review at Berkeley. I also really enjoy exploring new cafes, making Spotify playlists, watching whatever's new on Netflix, and taking 20 minute naps.  I can't wait to see what all of you bring to committee, and best of luck!  Jocelyn 
3 comments
Read more

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 ...
Post a Comment
Read more