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Here’s a short blurb from my co-chair Lynette Robinson, who is a 2nd year in BMUN:

Last year I co-chaired WTO and served on the logistics staff. I like sleeping, trying new foods, and shaking my bootay. I dislike being stuck inside all day. I look forward to seeing all the smiling, innocent faces of the delegates this March and my advice for you is to do really well on you papers and mention at least 2 facts of some sort (it will really earn you those extra points that make a difference). See you in March.

And here’s Ryo’s Introduction:

Hello delegates,

My name is Ryo Wakabayashi and I am one of two co-chairs for UNEP this year. I’m a freshman majoring in chemistry. I’m originally from Tokyo, Japan, but attended middle school and high school in the Bay Area. Besides studying and preparing for BMUN 56, I really enjoy watching and reading about sports. My advice to you would be to simply come prepared and feel confident about yourself. I’m really looking forward to see you all in March. Let’s make UNEP the best committee in BMUN56!

I’ve been getting some emails about position papers, so I’ve attached the Position Paper Guidelines for BMUN56 to this post. I think that this information is also in the delegate guide. Please review it for information about how the paper should be structured and also for the grading rubric.

Position Paper Guidelines

I would like to see everyone follow the format as closely as possible, and I also have a few more important tips for your UNEP paper. I don’t expect 18 page papers and would actually be a overwhelmed if anyone sent me papers the size as novels. Please try your best to be concise and only include relevant information - but of course be complete in your research. Also don’t forget to cite your sources in your paper with either footnotes or citations - without citations, your score could suffer even if the paper is well written. On the topic of sources, please do not cite Wikipedia as a source of information, although you might find useful links to other pages there. Feel free to also use the sources on the topic synopses! Be creative and smart about possible solutions and analysis of the situations - I look forward to reading all of your papers.

Lastly, BMUN has a VERY strict plagarism policy regarding position papers. Our official policy is that any paper that is caught using material without citations will be disqualified from a research paper, and that any school with more than four cases of plagarism will be disqualified from a delegation award. For our committee, any delegate that has been caught plagarizing will be disqualified from ANY award, both research and in-committee - so please do not plagiarize, it is definitely not worth it and always a disappointment to your chairs and your fellow delegates.
Just as a reminder, here are the deadlines that have been on the website:

Before Feb 1st- Eligible for Research Awards
Before Mar 1st- Eligible for Committee Awards

Good luck!

Samantha