Specialized Agencies

Dear Delegates,

I extend to you a sincere welcome to the Specialized Agencies of Harvard National Model United Nations 2011. My name is Jaymin Kim and I am honored to serve as your Under-Secretary-General leading up to and throughout the four days that will bring all of us together in the spirit of Model United Nations. We will be gathering together at one time and one place to partake in rigorous debate, inspiring diplomacy, and thrilling crises. It is my hope that we will carry forth the spirit of international community realized at HNMUN into the real world.

I am a junior living in fair Eliot House, concentrating in Social Studies with a language citation in French. I am devoted to questioning, discussing, and raising awareness about international issues and conflicts. My passion for international relations derives from my life experiences. I grew up in Korea, spent most of my life in New Zealand, and finished high school in Canada, and thus have been exposed to numerous cultures and societies. When I am not immersed in HNMUN, Harvard Model United Nations (our sister high school conference), and Harvard WorldMUN, I am also an enthusiast for parliamentary debating, and serve as the Vice President, Finance in the Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society. I enjoy twentieth-century literature, exotic fruits and cheese, and writing. I also love traveling, exploring, and discovering.

This year the Specialized Agencies will offer some of the most innovative Model United Nations committees with ideas and frameworks that to date remain unprecedented. We have past, present, and future Security Councils. The Truth and Reconciliation Committee will challenge delegates with dramatic crises that beg the question of what justice really entails. Delegates will have the chance to experience the first ever bilingual Joint Cabinet Crisis, set in the Mexican-American War. The South African State Security Council, the Taipei Convention of 2025, and the Committee for State Security: KGB will require delegates to come to terms with crises upon crises in worlds that are as fast paced, controversial, and dangerous as the real world. The contents of the Ad-Hoc committee remain Classified for the time being. I have no doubt that you will be both exceptionally challenged and rewarded in any one of these ten Specialized Agencies committees staffed by truly brilliant staff members. The Specialized Agencies is the organ that allows not only for argumentative discourse about real issues affecting the world, but also for spontaneous crises that simulate the critical challenges leaders of the world must actually face in reality.

Your Directors have put countless hours and extensive efforts into making their groundbreaking ideas behind your committees come into reality. The outstanding study guides that will provide you with foundational understandings of the committees and the critical issues at hand are the result of your Directors’ meticulous research and analysis. Your Crisis Directors have planned innovative crises that will make your committee experience truly thrilling. Your Assistant Directors have worked persistently to ensure that the Specialized Agencies springs to life. The staff members of each of the ten committees are extremely motivated, knowledgeable, and passionate about the Specialized Agencies. They continue to work tirelessly to bring you unforgettable four days of HNMUN.

I cannot wait to meet you all in person next February. If you have any questions at any time, please do not hesitate to contact me. In the spirit of HNMUN and the Specialized Agencies, then, I will leave you to dwell upon your exciting committees. Best of luck.

Sincerely,

Jaymin Kim
Under-Secretary-General for the Specialized Agencies
Harvard National Model United Nations 2011

Historical Security Council, 1967
Director: Serena Bai

Futuristic Security Council, 2030
Director: Willow Latham; Crisis Director: Courteney Smith

Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Director: Kathleen Tang; Crisis Director: Beñat Idoyaga

Ad Hoc Committee
Director: John Sigmier; Crisis Director: Tracy Vo

Committee for State Security (KGB)
Director: Alexandre Durand; Crisis Directors: Peter Bacon and Michaela Ross

Taipei Convention of 2025
Director: Byran Dai; Crisis Director: Jerry Kung

South African State Security Council, 1980
Director: Charlene Wong; Crisis Director: Keshava Guha

Joint Crisis Cabinet: The Mexican-American War – Mexican Cabinet versus American Cabinet
Directors: Rodolfo Díaz, Jeremy Patashnik
Crisis Directors: Stephanie Oviedo, Carlos Bortoni, Ioana Calcev