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March 5, 2012
Applications for the NAMUN 2013 Secretariat are now available here.
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February 24, 2012
NAMUN XXVII closes another great year. Thank you to all staff and delegates who participated!
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February 22, 2012
The Wednesday Edition of The Diplomat is now available online! Printed copies will be available in the afternoon.
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February 21, 2012
NAMUN XXVII
University of Toronto
Conference Schedule available here.
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January 31, 2012
Background guides for committees have been posted.
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Historical Committees
Delegates are expected to write a position paper outlining their respective country's or character's position with respect to their committee topics. This should be a minimum 500 word paper (not exceeding 1500 words) outlining the relevance of their country/character in the committee. Delegates must send this paper prior to February 20th to the President of the committee.
Ammar Keshodia, President of the General Assembly: ammar.keshodia@namun.org
Liam Salichuk, President of Special Committees: liam.salichuk@namun.org
Patrick Langille, President of the Historical Council: patrick.langille@namun.org
Following her defeat at the hands of Britain and Prussia during the Seven Years War, France was at a time of crisis. People were poor. People were hungry. People were angry. To deal with these problems, King Louis XVI called the Estates General, a sort of Parliament of France. It had been the first time it had been called in nearly a century. The Estates General was split into three, those who fight, those who pray, and those who work. Will the Estates General hold together in the midst of this crisis, or will France fall to revolution and discord?
Bolsheviks and the Struggle for Survival
Following a painful withdrawal from the Great War, the newly formed Bolshevik government struggles to control large parts of their supposed country. It is March 1918, and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk has just been signed, allowing the Bolshevik party to secede from war at a terrible cost. While the result is a diminished nation, the move was a necessary one. All too shaky is the Bolshevik hold on power within Russia and the party must hurry to consolidate their claim. Facing a growing number of internal and external threats, the “Reds” must hope to work together if they wish to survive fierce opposition.
Delegates will find themselves working within the confines of competing ideologies as they struggle to deal with the constantly changing nature of the Russian Civil War. The country and the revolution must be held together at all costs, if the Bolsheviks are to turn Marxist theory into political reality. Will the party be able to come together, united under a common vision of world socialism? Or will treachery and political intrigue force the comrades to scheme against each other for power and glory? It is often said that in the art of war and statecraft it is best to know thine enemy, but knowing thine enemy will not be easy when they are within your own party.
Lee’s Gettysburg Campaign was both a pivotal moment of the Civil War as well as world history. It was at this point where it was determined if the United States would be one or two countries. With Union Command in disarray, General Lee was able to maneuver his army all the way into Pennsylvania. This delegation will be primarily military, and will focus around the various personalities of generals and politicians in this turbulent period in American History.