Dear Delegates,
Welcome to the Middle School MUN Committee of the 2025 BERMUN Conference!
At this year's BERMUN conference, I have the honor of co-chairing the MS MUN Committee. This will be my first time chairing a committee at a BERMUN conference and one that will definitely be packed with fun experiences.
This year's conference theme is “Building a Rules-Based Order to Withstand Authoritarianism”, which means that we need to create frameworks or rules and work with institutions like the WTO in order to withstand authoritarian threats. In a world, in which governments are shifting to the right and Member States like the United States of America are giving up past responsibilities, this conference theme is essential in order to prevent tensions and protect democracies.
So, how does that connect to one of our two themes; “Ensuring the freedom of speech”? Freedom of speech is the right that guarantees the freedom to express one's opinion, information, ideas, etc. without state interference. As such, it is one of the cornerstones of democracies and one of the most rudimentary and fundamental human rights. Therefore, freedom of speech is also one of the human rights that we have to protect most, in order to withstand autocracies and safeguard democracies.
On a personal note, I am a 14 year old 9th grader at the John-F Kennedy School. I like to engage in international and national politics and I like to play tennis, cello, swim, and row. I have attended two BALMUN, and three BERMUN conferences and have been part of the MUN program at my school for 2 years. I attended the MS MUN during two of these BERMUN conferences. During these conferences I have learned that it is imperative to use your voice and to speak up. The more you engage, the more fun experiences you will have and remember. Or to put it in a rhyme:
The more you participate,
The more fun you’ll have in debate.
I’m looking forward to seeing you all in November!!
Sincerely,
Mattis Möbius
