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| The LEMUN 2008 Crisis Committee simulation will take participants on a roller coaster of international events. This year’s crisis will focus on South and South-east Asia. The actual crisis will be disclosed to participants shortly before the conference. After that participants face the challenge of responding to rapidly evolving scenarios. The crisis simulation takes place between so-called national security advisors of various countries. The decisions of these ‘advisors’ should be considered as their countries official policy. There will be two ‘advisors’ per country. These ‘advisors’ (participants) must research their countries foreign policy and keep abreast of the latest international events concerning their assigned country. They have to know the bordering countries, the military structure of their country, the dependency on other nations, membership of alliances, membership of blocs, their country’s recent history etc. etc. Above all participants must be creative in facing and solving crises of any magnitude. There will be no resolutions in the crisis committee. Everything will be done through discussions, press releases and diplomatic communiqués. The goal of the crisis committee is to avoid an international disaster and although war may arise out of necessity, peaceful solutions through diplomacy is the objective. The countries involved in the 2008 crisis are: China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, United States of America and Vietnam. The participants will be appointed by the Executive Committee of Leiden Model United Nations. They will be notified in the second mailing (end of September). It is of the utmost importance that participants can be reached through e-mail immediately after registration. The Press Release: The Press Release is a form of communication that will be read aloud in the Crisis Simulation. Though it is recommended that Press Releases be truthful, they don’t necessarily have to be. Nations can sometimes choose to spread their propaganda through press releases and in most cases, the international community will choose to believe the quickest, most detailed and convincing one. Press releases are a very useful tool in crisis and may have significant impact upon the simulation. Diplomatic Communiqués: Diplomatic Communiqués are a form of private messages between the individual nations. Diplomatic Communiqués are only read to the nation in which it was addressed. They are most often used to forge alliances and schedule meetings between the ‘advisors’ of various nations. Crisis Committee 2005 Crisis Committee 2006 Crisis Committee 2007 | ||||||||||