Welcome Post + Expectations

Hi delegates!


We are so excited to welcome you to BMUN 72 and the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) committee! In this committee, we will be simulating the UC Berkeley Third World Liberation Front Strike of 1969.


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 content or research you’d like to share, would like to discuss your character's opinion on the topic, or have other ideas in mind, this blog is the place for that!


The official TWLF committee page can be found here, where you can find our executive summary, topic synopsis, and the link to this blog. 


Here, I will also touch on some important guidelines and expectations as you start your research:


Position Papers

We highly recommend taking advantage of the synopsis as the starting point in your research. It is a bit long (sorry), but we promise that it’s a digestible read; plus, a good portion of it is images and citations.


Please also note that we are using a different position paper format from the standard, default position paper format. Our position paper guidelines are available here as well as on our TWLF committee page. Papers due on February 18th to be considered for the Research Award, and February 25th to be considered for any committee award. Please reach out to us if you need more time, and we would be happy to grant an extension (no later than March 1st). 


Procedure Guide

TWLF will also be using a different procedure from standard BMUN/MUN procedure, due to the unique nature of our committee. If you are familiar with MUN, it is a hybrid between standard BMUN procedure and crisis procedure, but we encourage everyone to read the procedure guide we have written for more specific details, which is available here as well as on our TWLF committee page.


As you can probably tell, we are doing things quite differently from a traditional MUN committee, so if you have any questions about our topic, the procedure, your position paper, or BMUN in general, please don’t hesitate to contact us at twlfbmun72@bmun.org and we would be more than happy to answer!


Good luck with your preparation! We’re so excited for BMUN 72!


Best,

Vivian Kuang

Head Chair of TWLF, BMUN 72

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