Congratulations to all of our 2014 delegates! Below you will find the list of award winners: 

Crisis:

Russian Organized Crime
Best Delegate: Musa Starshii- Henry M. Gunn High School
Outstanding Delegate: Yevgeny Kyustarnov- Los Gatos High School
Honorable Mention: Khoaza N- Gulliver Preparatory School
Best Research: Sergei Timofeyev- Katherine Branson School

Meiji Restoration
Best Delegate: Matsukata Masayoshi- Mills High School
Outstanding Delegate: Inoue Kaoru- Gulliver Preparatory School
Honorable Mention: Saigo Takamori- Mills High School
Best Research: Kido Takayoshi- Henry M. Gunn High School

Bismarck’s Cabinet
Best Delegate: Martin Friedrich Rudolph von Delbrück- Katherine Branson School
Outstanding Delegate: Gustav Prinz zu Isenburg-Büdingen- League of Creative Minds
Honorable Mention: Gustav Friedrich von Beyer- California High School
Best Research: Friedrich Albrecht Graf zu Eulenburg- Katherine Branson School

Cabinet of Park Chung-hee
Best Delegate: Kim Jong Pil- Foothill High School
Outstanding Delegate: Mayor of Seoul- League of Creative Minds
Honorable Mention: Minister of Unification- Santa Teresa High School
Best Research: Minister of Finance- Henry M. Gunn High School

Paris Commune 1871
Best Delegate: Theophile Ferre- Santa Teresa High School
Outstanding Delegate: Adolphe Assi- Henry M. Gunn High School
Honorable Mention: Henri Mortier- Albany High School
Best Research: Raoul Rigault- League of Creative Minds

Joint Crisis Committees:

American Civil War: United States of America
Best Delegate: Judah P. Benjamin- Saint Francis High School
Outstanding Delegate: Maria Isabella Boyd- California High School
Honorable Mention: William Preston- Marin Academy
Best Research: John Willis Ellis- Redwood High School
 
American Civil War: Confederate States of America
Best Delegate: John A. Dalgren- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: John C. Fremont- Katherine Branson School
Honorable Mention: William Dayton- Gulliver Preparatory School
Best Research: William H Seward- Stevenson School
 
War of Roses: House of Lancaster
Best Delegate: Cecily Neville- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: George Neville- Foothill High School
Honorable Mention: Sir John Fastolf- Santa Teresa High School
Best Research: Sir Robert Ogle- Monta Vista High School
 
War of Roses: House of York
Best Delegate: John Talbot- Los Altos High School
Outstanding Delegate: George Neville- Foothill High School
Honorable Mention: Robert Clifford- Los Altos High School
Best Research: Edmund Beaufort- Burlingame High School
 
Syrian Civil War: Opposition
Best Delegate: Abdul-ilah al-Bashir- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: Abu Bakr al-Hawleri- Albuquerque High School
Honorable Mention: Hadi al-Bahra- San Mateo High School
Best Research: Ahmed Kahia al-Khatib- Albuquerque High School
 
Syrian Civil War: Government
Best Delegate: Sergei Lavrov- Henry M. Gunn High School
Outstanding Delegate: Walid Muallem- Bellarmine College Preparatory School
Honorable Mention: Hossein Taeb- Gulliver Preparatory School
Best Research: Maher al-Assad- Saint Francis High School
 

General Assemblies:

DISEC
Best Delegate: Luxembourg- Henry M. Gunn High School
Outstanding Delegate: People’s Republic of China- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: Israel- Henry M. Gunn High School
Honorable Mention: Switzerland- Aragon High School
Honorable Mention: Ireland- York School
Honorable Mention: Venezuela- Los Altos High School
Best Research: United Kingdom- Katherine Branson School
 
SPECPOL
Best Delegate: Israel- Henry M. Gunn High School
Outstanding Delegate: People’s Republic of China- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: Sweden- MUN Monterrey Club
Honorable Mention: Algeria- Mountain View High School
Honorable Mention: Netherlands- Gulliver Preparatory School
Honorable Mention: Kenya- League of Creative Minds
Best Research: Chile- Foothill High School
 
WHO
Best: Colombia
Outstanding Delegate: People’s Republic of China- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: United States of America- Quarry Lane School
Honorable Mention: Sweden- MUN Monterrey Club
Honorable Mention: Brazil- Stevenson School
Honorable Mention: France- Albuquerque High School
Best Research: Hungary- Monta Vista High School
 
UNHCR
Best Delegate: People’s Republic of China- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: Israel- Henry M. Gunn High School
Outstanding Delegate: Luxembourg- Henry M. Gunn High School
Honorable Mention: Costa Rica-League of Creative Minds
Honorable Mention: Russian Federation- Foothill High School
Honorable Mention: Belgium- Saint Francis High School
Best Research: United Kingdom- Katherine Branson School
 
ECOSOC
Best Delegate: People’s Republic of China- California High School
Outstanding Delegate: Chile- Foothill High School
Outstanding Delegate: Belgium- Saint Francis High School
Honorable Mention: Israel- Henry M. Gunn High School
Honorable Mention: Kenya- League of Creative Minds
Honorable: Hungary- Monta Vista High School
Best Research: Azerbaijan- Redwood High School
 

Delegation Awards

Best Delegation: Henry M. Gunn High School
Outstanding Delegation: California High School
Honorable Mention: Gulliver Preparatory School

We will be updating this page as we near the conference with all the information you need to help you prepare for SMUNC 2014!

Position Paper Guidelines

Parliamentary Procedure Cheat Sheet

Awards Information

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Thank you for your interest in SMUNC 2014! We will update this page as we get closer to the conference!

Dear advisors and head delegates,

As Secretary General and Executive Director, it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the Stanford Model United Nations Conference of 2014. The conference is set for October 17 – 19. Preparations are well under way, and we speak for all SMUNC leadership when we say we are incredibly excited for the conference!

To register, please use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qZVrDJWFudYKn0OsnBu-Yli-93KkGHmEf3rjmkLbf3s/viewform

We have three periods of registration: Early, Regular, and Late. Fees for Early Registration (payments postmarked BEFORE May 15th) are US$80 per delegation and US$65 per delegate. Regular Registration (payments postmarked BEFORE August 15th) fees are US$90 per delegation and US$75 per delegate. Late Registration is US$100 per delegation and US$80 per delegate. This is the price per delegate at the time of registration (ie. If you were to register 10 delegates before May 15^th and then 10 more before August 15^th, you would pay the $65/delegate for the first ten and $75/delegate for the second ten).

After you fill out the form, we will send you an invoice with instructions on how to make your payment. Registration is not considered complete until we receive your payment. All payments are final. You will also receive a followup email from us asking you about your committee preferences.

For any questions, concerns, or other communication with us, our Director of Delegate Affairs, Akosua Busia, will be your primary contact. If you need anything, please email her at smunc.delegateaffairs@gmail.com.

Welcome to SMUNC 2014! We’re looking forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

Brandon Baum, Secretary General, SMUNC 2014

Kunal Sangani, Excecutive Director, SMUNC 2014

Brandon Baum, Secretary-General

Brandon is a member of the Class of 2016 majoring in Economics. His interests revolve around the intersection of economics and politics, and he is passionate about getting others interested in international issues.  He joined the Stanford Model United Nations Team in his freshman year and served as the Undersecretary General for Crisis Operations at SMUNC 2013. He also served as the Development Chair for the Society for International Affairs at Stanford. After spending a quarter abroad in Florence, he is excited to run SMUNC 2014 and forget everything he learned about politics from watching the Italian Parliament.

Kunal Sangani, Executive Director

Kunal is a member of the Class of 2016 majoring in Economics. He’s been involved in Model UN for seven years, serving as co-Secretary General for Central NY Model UN while in high school and as the Undersecretary for Crisis Committees at last year’s SMUNC. Kunal spent Winter term in Oxford, studying applications of Game Theory to political and social theory. He’s looking forward to directing another great year of SMUNC, and to the varied committees, high-level debate, and fundraising opportunities that accompany the conference each year.

Secretariat

Jason Lopata, Undersecretary-General for Crisis Committees

Jason is a member of the Class of 2017 from Los Angeles, California.  He has yet to declare a major, but he is interested in Economics and Public Policy.  Jason has a passion for international affairs.  He constantly reads and attends lectures about global events, and he has had the opportunity to travel extensively, visiting over 20 countries in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia.  He was very involved in the leadership of his high school’s Model UN club, and has remained committed in college.  Within the MUN umbrella group SIAS, Jason serves as the Programming Officer, coordinating the club’s events and speaker series; he also served as Crisis Director of the Axis & Allies JCC at last year’s SMUNC, and travels with the Model UN team.  Outside of SIAS, Jason is involved with the Stanford Debate Society, where he has competed domestically and abroad.  He also has an interest in global business, and will be spending this summer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s EDGE Program.
Joe Troderman, Undersecretary-General for Crisis Operations

Joe is a member of the class of 2016 majoring in Chemical Engineering and minoring in East Asian Studies. He is also a member of Stanford’s Model UN team, which he joined his freshman year. He enjoys reading and music, playing zhongruan and daruan in Stanford’s Chinese Music Ensemble. Joe is very passionate about the environment, especially with regard to energy policy and climate change. It is in large part from this that his passion for Model UN and choice of major stems. In SMUNC 2013, he served as the Crisis Director for French Revolution of 1789. He had an amazing experience working in that committee and is excited to work with the rest of the SMUNC secretariat to ensure that this year’s conference is an excellent challenging, learning, and fun experience for all of this year’s delegates.

Timothy Wu, Undersecretary-General for General Assembly Committees

Timothy is a member of the class of 2017 prospectively majoring in Biology and Economics. He hopes that in this rapidly converging world, an interdisciplinary pathway will provide a unique insight to international issues. Timothy grew up in Taipei, Taiwan, and attended his first Model UN conference during sophomore year. He founded the first Model UN Program in his high school, and is passionately intrigued by the educational value of the special forum of real time geo-political problem solving that is Model United Nations. This year, he’s excited to work with the rest of the secretariat, striving to achieve the Aristotelian mean between style and substance in order to advocate for this particularly thrilling form of international affairs learning.

Ben-Ken Chao, Undersecretary-General for Specialized Bodies

Friday, October 17

5:00 PM    6:45 PM        Opening Ceremony

6:45 PM    8:00 PM        Dinner

8:00 PM    10:30 PM        Committee Session 1 (2:30)

9:45 PM    10:15 PM        Advisor Meeting 1

11:00 PM    12:00 AM        Chair and Secretariat Debrief

Saturday, October 18

10:00 AM    12:00 PM        Committee Session 2 (2:00)

12:00 PM    1:45 PM        Lunch

1:45 PM    5:00 PM        Committee Session 3 (3:45)

1:45 PM    2:15 PM        Advisor Meeting 2

5:00 PM    6:15 PM        Dinner

6:15 PM    8:30 PM        Committee Session 4 (2:15)

8:30 PM    12:00 AM        Delegate Social

9:00 PM    10:00 PM        Chair and Secretariat Debrief

Sunday, October 19

10:00 AM    12:00 PM        Committee Session 5 (2:00)

10:30 AM    11:00 AM        Advisor Meeting 3

12:00 PM    1:00 PM        Lunch

1:00 PM    2:30 PM        Closing Ceremony

Committees:

Crisis:

Russian Organized Crime in the 1990s–Chair: Alina Utrata, alinau@stanford.edu

Bismarck’s Cabinet–Chair: Sean Hiroshima, shiroshi@stanford.edu

Meiji Restoration of Japan–Chair: Justin Hsuan, jhsuan@stanford.edu

Paris Commune of 1871–Chair: Katie Kaiser, kekaiser@stanford.edu

Cabinet of Park Chung-Hee–Chair: Yegina Whang, ywhang@stanford.edu

Joint Crisis Committees:

American Civil War

Union- Chair: Alex Richard, richard4@stanford.edu

Confederacy- Chair: Shivani Baisiwala, shivani1@stanford.edu

Syrian Civil War, Government– Chair: Arnav Mariwala, arnavm@stanford.edu

Syrian Civil War, Opposition— Chair: Thu-An Pham, tpham7@stanford.edu

The War of the Roses

House of York- Chair: Teo Lamiot, tlamiot@stanford.edu

House of Lancaster- Chair: Gabrielle Rhoades, grhoades@stanford.edu

General Assemblies:

SPECPOL–Chair: Amartya Das, adas17@stanford.edu

WHO–Chair: Anthony Cordova, acordova@stanford.edu

DISEC–Chair: Gabriel Rosen-Duran, grd@stanford.edu

UNHCR–Chair: Dan Brown, dbrown3@stanford.edu

ECOSOC–Chair: Wendy Li, liwendy@stanford.edu