Hello! My name is Henry Gilliss and I am your crisis director for this committee. I am a junior and this is my third year in model UN and 2nd year working on WALMUN. I would like to welcome you to this year's conference and I hope you have as much with this committee as we had making it. 

This committee's topic is centered around nuclear war, and the tensions leading up to it. Today there is a growing risk of conflict as countries continue to develop their nuclear arsenals and diplomatic communication is dwindling. Even in the 60s we were very close to an all out nuclear war with the Cuban missile crisis but because of careful diplomacy, it was prevented and it can be prevented again in the future as long as we can communicate and that's why this committee is so important. 

Despite the crisis being fictional, it simulates a nuclear standoff that could have happened if history had gone differently and this gives delegates a chance to solve those issues themselves to better be prepared for any future crisis. This event is fictional to give delegates a fresh new challenge that hasn't been solved already, forcing them to think for themselves, but also take inspiration from similar events. The committee is split between two sides of the world with completely different ideologies to each other, creating tension and making things more interesting. 

Delegates are expected to work with each other while still working within their character's best interests, there should be conflict and passing resolutions should be a challenge. But most of all I hope delegates can have fun, this committees fictional and i want delegates to make stuff up and be creative and learn something new, but also have a blast doing it.

Henry Gillis

Hgillis@cincinnatips.org