United nations security council: Rumble In the jungle

Specialized: UNSC: Rumble In the Jungle

Background guide available now!

check emails for password

SBIMUN XV will not be collecting position papers from delegates.

The United Nations Security Council is one of the primary UN bodies with a mandate focused on maintaining international peace and security. As with many other conflicts in the mid-1900s, the Congo Crisis was a proxy conflict for the Cold War, acting as a platform for world powers to exercise their scope and influence in recently independent countries. In late June 1960, the Congo declared its independence from Belgium, but the declaration was only the start. A conflict including peacekeepers, succession, and coups would lead to the deaths of over 100,000 people during the five-year conflict and cause lasting damage in the region. Delegates in the UNSC will convene days after independence on July 1st of 1960, in an attempt to uphold the UNSC mandate during a Cold War, and to prevent that war from becoming hot. Please be aware that this is a dual delegate committee and will include both GA and crisis elements throughout the weekend.

Staff

Ela Schulz

Crisis Director

Ela Schulz is a fourth-year history and political science major. She began Model UN in college and is a die hard crisis delegate. Outside of MUN, Ela interns for the UCSB Democratic party, spends time with her fraternity PAD, and works with her local Community Service District. After graduation, she plans to apply to law school and pursue a career in politics. For fun, she loves to read, cook, and knit!

Jacob Varela

Chair

Jacob Varela is a third-year student at UCSB with a double major in History and Economics. He is from Placentia, California in Orange County. He has been doing Model UN for five years now, with two years of experience in high school before joining the team here at UCSB. He is incredibly proud to be a part of the team that he now considers a family to him. He's traveled around the country (and beyond) for conference and chaired at SBIMUN and GauchoMUN. Outside of Model UN, you find probably find Jacob reading on the beach, trying to find new places to eat in Isla Vista, or cramming for his next economics midterm.