BMUN LXXI FAO

  Hello everyone, my name is Chloe and I will be one of your vice chairs in approximately 29 days! As prefaced in the background guide I have been participating in MUN since 7th grade and I have personally attended BMUN twice as a delegate, so I could not be more excited to serve on this dias. In addition to my other extracurriculars I love reading Stephen King novels with IT, Desperation, and Insomnia being some of my favorites, and I am a huge Broadway fan. At Cal, I just joined a salsa class and plan to go skydiving next weekend with the Berkeley Skydiving Club so if anyone is interested in the varied activity options available here I would be happy to discuss! Otherwise enjoy some photos of me enjoying food and my dogs, both of whom were trying to escape my love.

Hello everyone! My name is Gaby Ocazionez, and I'm a sophomore here at UC Berkeley studying Political Science. I am excited to be vice chairing the FAO committee this spring. We have planned some amazing topics for you guys that we're very passionate about. We hope our excitement has permeated beyond the topic synopsis and on to you guys! In addition to being a Vice Chair for FAO, I am also a deputy of Outreach here at BMUN. We mainly work on organizing the delegate workshop that takes place every fall, in addition to BMUN outreach sessions throughout the Bay Area.  Apart from BMUN, I am involved with a pre-law organization here on campus. In my free time, I love to discover all of the opportunities that the Berkeley campus has to offer, from volunteering to orchestra concerts. I'm also very passionate about art and browsing museums. Finally, I love to explore new coffee shops and restaurants with my friends whenever I have the chance.  The most wonderful and fun thing that...

  Hi delegates! Just wanted to check in and offer a bit more guidance on your position papers. As a reminder, the FAO will be using standard Position Paper format detailed in the "Committees" page on the BMUN website, here is the link to the format . Besides the general format, we wanted to offer some tips on the research process and the formation of your paper.  Research The biggest favor you can do for yourself in the writing process is to really apply time and effort into understanding the topics beforehand. Luckily, your generous dias has written to key to beginning this process: your synopsis! Not only do we recommend reading this synopsis, but we hope that you will interact with it. Ask questions, make connections, reflect on what you learned. Familiarizing yourself with the synopsis is the key to a smooth research experience.  After reading the synopsis, don’t stop there! This piece is just a stepping stone for the research we hope you will complete. Maybe read s...

  Hi all! We are so excited to welcome you to BMUN 71 and the FAO committee. In this committee, you will be learning about the impacts of international aid missions, food insecurity, transnational corportations, and alcohol consumption, among various topics in the politics and economics of international development . Our first topic addresses International Food Aid Systems . Our second topic addres ses the Impacts of Alcohol Consumption on Public Health and Society . 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 cont...

 Hello lovely delegates of FAO! My name is Emma and as you probably know (given you've read the introduction of the synopsis), I'll be the head chair of the FAO this year. Another thing about me is that I work on the research team for BMUN. This year, one of our goals, in order to provide you all with the best possible learning experience, is to discuss the topics more prior to committee in a conversational setting via... BLOGS! My hope is that this blog is a productive space for you all to read a little more about the topics, interact with us and your fellow delegates, and hopefully gain more experience in discussing these topics so that you are in tip top shape by March 3rd. We'll periodically be posting some blogs about current events, case studies, or extended explanations of the topic synopsis... so we invite you to comment! ask questions! leave a like! ask us to clarify! or really anything that can help us make your conference experience rock! Long story short... the ...