Dear Delegates, Student Officers and Advisors,

I am Deniz Ünver from Uskudar American Academy, Istanbul and I am a junior. RCIMUN
2012 will be my 14th conference and 5th time chairing. I am one of the presidents of the MUN
club at our school. I've taken various positions in MUN including the press, training, stoff etc. I really enjoy doing
MUN in French as well.

MUN has enhanced my interest in world politics and problem-solving. RCIMUN was my first
delegate experience and has contributed a lot to my general understanding of MUN. Seeing
that MUN has become a passion for me that fulfilled my expectations, I decided to pursue a
career related to international affairs and become a lawyer or a politician.

My interests include languages, reading, traveling, photography and playing the piano.
Journalism is one of my hobbies; I enjoy literature and was the former chief editor of
our school magazine. I have an eclectic music taste, I listen to pretty much every kind of
music but I like jazz and indie the most. Furthermore, cooking is a passion for me, after my
university degree, I'm planning to take gastronomy lessons.

As I mentioned, one of my hobbies is reading and The Other Hand by Chris Cleave is one of
my favorite books. This is a quote included in the book and is one of my favorites: "If your
face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man."

RCIMUN was my first experience as an actual delegate and has contributed a lot to my
general understanding of MUN. Therefore, I believe that this will be a very significant and
enjoyable conference for the delegates. I would recommend all participants to research
thoroughly and read the chair reports before the conference. I wish you the best of luck!

See you in April,
Deniz Ünver
Co-chair of the Political Committee