It is with great excitement that I welcome you to The British Crown at the forty-second session of the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC). My name is Aakash Mathur, and I will be your chair.
Before I introduce you to the issues we will be discussing, I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. I am currently a senior studying Finance, Entrepreneurship, and History. I have been involved in the International Affairs Association at Penn since my freshman year, and I currently serve as Director of Intercollegiate Trips. Over the past few years I have planned several of UPMUNC’s crisis committees, as well as been a delegate at multiple conferences away from Penn.
My staff and I are fully committed to ensuring that your time in committee is both challenging and stimulating. Our topic is particularly interesting to me, as it covers a part of history I have studied deeply in my courses. Since our committee is a joint crisis with the American Continental Congress, their world will be ours as well. We will both begin in 1773, when unrest seems to be brewing in the American colonies. However, as cabinet members serving the King of England, your task is to ensure that we maintain our supremacy throughout the world, not just in our American interests. In order to resolve the various issues that we will face, you will have to think on your feet, work together, and develop creative solutions. I am interested in seeing what direction you all choose to take the committee; feel free to deviate from actual history as much as you like.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Aakash Mathur
aamathur@wharton.upenn.edu