Dear Delegates of the International Labor Organisation,
I am delighted to welcome you to this year’s BERMUN2 conference.
This year’s theme is “Fighting Inequality”. Even in rich western societies, inequality is all around us; gender inequality, wealth gaps and racial inequalities all remain prevalent. In order for social change to occur and inequality to be reduced, the oppressed must rise up to push the privileged down from their glass thrones, which were built on the backs of the exploited.The privileged will rarely give up their privileges willingly; they will only do so when forced to.
“Improving universal labor standards and their implementation” is necessary if we want to help the oppressed in their struggle for equality; we must prevent them from being further exploited by a rich elite. Instead, we have to ensure that no people have to work terribly hazardous jobs, while receiving little money for them. We have to ensure that even the people on the very bottom can afford to have food on their table every day and don’t need to worry about every cent they spend on, for example, their child's education.
On a personal note, I am 15 years old and currently attending the John F. Kennedy School in Berlin. I have been part of my school's MUN program for three years and have attended ten conferences. In my free time, I play three instruments and really enjoy reading, learning about politics, and philosophy. I have lived in New York, Windhoek, which is the capital of Namibia, and Berlin. Together, I hope that we will have productive debate regarding our committee topics!
I am very excited to meet all of you. See you then!
Sincerely,
Clemens Schmid
