Novice: United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT)

Committee Profile

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Chair Letter

Dear Delegates,

My name is Emma Riedel, and I will be serving as your chair for the Novice United Nations Habitat committee at BruinMUN XXXIII. I’m looking forward to getting to meet you all and I’m going to do my best to make this a fun and informative experience!

I am a third-year studying Anthropology and Political Science and minoring in Education Studies. I love traveling, cooking, exploring LA, music, and spending time with my friends. I also work as a Bruin Ambassador on campus and I hope to go into education policy after university. My interest in policy and government and in leadership pulled me to staffing Model UN conferences while at UCLA!

I joined Model UN my freshman year of high school where I got the chance to travel several times for conferences and become close with our team. Traveling to colleges I realized that I loved the organization of the conferences and wanted to be like the students who ran our committees! I traveled and debated in high school but once I came to college, I knew I wanted to staff. I still keep in touch with my friends on MUN teams at other schools and am privileged to have found this club at UCLA and serve on your BruinMUN senior staff.

This committee is going to be covering various concerns within the development of sustainable, healthy communities around the globe. We will explore how cities should adapt to pandemics to continually foster community health and how to support and protect coastal cities in light of climate change and rising sea levels. Debate will be lively and I have faith in all of your abilities to be cooperative and creative in drafting solutions. That being said, I remember what it’s like to be in high school and new to Model UN so if you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to reach out–that’s why I’m here!

Best,

Emma Riedel

Chair

unhabitat@bruinmun.org