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BACKGROUND
GUIDE (.pdf)
Welcome to BosMUN 2002! My name is Nikos Tsafos and I
will be chairing the Security Council Committee. I am
originally from Athens, Greece and this is my third
year living in the United States. I am a junior at
Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences,
where I study International Relations, Economics, and
Statistics. I spend most of my spare time either with
the Model UN Association or the Debate Society.
The Security Council is a crisis committee and runs on
an open agenda. While the background guide deals
exclusively with the conflict in Cyprus, I will
provide updates on other conflicts that might arise as
we approach the conference in March. The updates will
be extremely important and should be regarded as
heavily as the background guide as you prepare for the
conference. As a crisis committee, you will be called
to react to fictional scenarios-as such you should
strive to identify your county's interests and
understand the motivations behind your country's
interests as thoroughly as possible.
The committee's default structure will be moderated
caucus. Positions papers should include an overview of
your country's position in the Security Council and
should outline the basic tenets of your country's
foreign policy. While you ought to research your
country's relation to each conflict that is brought up
in the background guide or the updates, you need not
mention anything of that sort in your position paper.
Please feel free to contact me at ntsafos@bu.edu
if
you have any questions. I look forward to meeting you
all in March and trust that we will have a very
enjoyable committee experience.
Sincerely,
Nikos Tsafos
Chair, Security Council
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