Bandung Conference
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Background Guide
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Dear Delegates,
Welcome to GSMUN XVIII! We are thrilled to welcome you into the meeting of the Bandung Conference as we prepare to tackle the issues of Pre-and-Post Colonial Africa and Asia. Chairing your committee will be Fiza Shaikh and Zoe Nelson along with our wonderful vice chair Thomas Green.
All delegates are expected to arrive at GSMUN with an understanding of the topics assigned to their committee. This includes the necessity of understanding how the country or individual that the delegate is representing in debate has historically viewed these issues. The best starting point for your research is to read the background guide that we have prepared for you, which can be found on gsmun.net. After conducting your research on these topics, you will be expected to write a position paper with a minimum of 500 words that gives a brief overview of the relevance of each topic in terms of how it pertains to the country that you are representing. Your paper should also include possible solutions to address problems raised by the two topics mentioned earlier. It may be helpful to use the questions that we have posed at the end of each topic summary in the paper as a guideline for what you should do. If you are unsure of the format of a position paper, there are numerous examples online that should be helpful. Please note that although this is not a school assignment, and footnotes are not mandatory if a bibliography is provided, plagiarism of any kind is still unacceptable. Every paper will be checked for possible plagiarism, and if any cases are found, the delegates in question will be reported to the conference’s Secretary General, as well as the delegate’s school sponsor. However, we appreciate in advance the hard work and diligence that we are sure you will put into writing this paper. It is to be emailed to the dais before the conference or turned in physically at the first committee session. Without a position paper you cannot be considered for awards.
Delegates may also find it helpful to review Model United Nation’s Parliamentary Procedure, commonly known as “parli-pro.” This is essentially a series of rules, norms, and phrases that we will use to keep decorum during committee and to help foster debate as well as to simulate the procedure of the actual United Nations. However, we will be happy to spend several minutes going over parli-pro at the beginning of the first committee session and to answer any subsequent questions about it as the conference proceeds.
Now that you have a basic understanding of the layout of the Bandung Conference, as well as our procedure, we hope that you will find it easier to research these topics and apply them to your country’s position via your paper. Once again, it may be helpful to use the questions that are listed in the background guide as a reference for addressing certain points in your paper as well as prompting ideas for possible solutions to these issues. It is also important to consider both the long-term hostility and short-termed crises that have resulted from colonial occupation of these two conferences. If you have any subsequent questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you and hearing your ideas on our topics!
All delegates are expected to arrive at GSMUN with an understanding of the topics assigned to their committee. This includes the necessity of understanding how the country or individual that the delegate is representing in debate has historically viewed these issues. The best starting point for your research is to read the background guide that we have prepared for you, which can be found on gsmun.net. After conducting your research on these topics, you will be expected to write a position paper with a minimum of 500 words that gives a brief overview of the relevance of each topic in terms of how it pertains to the country that you are representing. Your paper should also include possible solutions to address problems raised by the two topics mentioned earlier. It may be helpful to use the questions that we have posed at the end of each topic summary in the paper as a guideline for what you should do. If you are unsure of the format of a position paper, there are numerous examples online that should be helpful. Please note that although this is not a school assignment, and footnotes are not mandatory if a bibliography is provided, plagiarism of any kind is still unacceptable. Every paper will be checked for possible plagiarism, and if any cases are found, the delegates in question will be reported to the conference’s Secretary General, as well as the delegate’s school sponsor. However, we appreciate in advance the hard work and diligence that we are sure you will put into writing this paper. It is to be emailed to the dais before the conference or turned in physically at the first committee session. Without a position paper you cannot be considered for awards.
Delegates may also find it helpful to review Model United Nation’s Parliamentary Procedure, commonly known as “parli-pro.” This is essentially a series of rules, norms, and phrases that we will use to keep decorum during committee and to help foster debate as well as to simulate the procedure of the actual United Nations. However, we will be happy to spend several minutes going over parli-pro at the beginning of the first committee session and to answer any subsequent questions about it as the conference proceeds.
Now that you have a basic understanding of the layout of the Bandung Conference, as well as our procedure, we hope that you will find it easier to research these topics and apply them to your country’s position via your paper. Once again, it may be helpful to use the questions that are listed in the background guide as a reference for addressing certain points in your paper as well as prompting ideas for possible solutions to these issues. It is also important to consider both the long-term hostility and short-termed crises that have resulted from colonial occupation of these two conferences. If you have any subsequent questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you and hearing your ideas on our topics!
Chairs
As a Junior, this is Zoe's fifth year at GSMUN. Having experienced GSMUN as a delegate, a crisis staff member, and a chair, she can honestly say that this conference has become one of the most meaningful and influential events of her life. Therefore, she cannot wait to help re-create the same atmosphere of intellectual thinking, rigorous debate, diplomacy, and world awareness that helped her to find her passion for Model United Nations in the first place. When she is not working on school assignments or Model United Nations, she is also an active member of Future Problem Solvers, EduPAC, Model Congress, and Debate. She also runs cross country and teaches cotillion, in addition to doing volunteer work at VCU Medical Center. In her free time she loves watching Modern Family, playing with any of her four cats, continuing on her quest to find the perfect milkshake, and hanging out with her fabulous friend and co-chair Fiza Shaikh. She looks forward to meeting the delegates in her committee, and to hearing the diverse range of opinions and views that they will bring!
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Fiza Shaikh is currently a junior at Maggie Walker, and has been involved in MUN since her very first GSMUN in eighth grade. Through Model UN, she’s gained an intricate understanding of North Korean propaganda, the role of chocolate in world trade, and how to order Chinese food for six people. When not doing any of these things, Fiza can be found in Spanish Club, writing, or watching Parks and Rec. Additionally, she spends quality time with her cats, plays piano, bass, and cello, and reads avidly. She knows that this GSMUN is Ghana be the best yet!
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