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Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácia Lula Da Silva Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácia Lula da Silva Topic: Planning for the Olympic Games MUNUC 32 TABLE OF CONTENTS ______________________________________________________ Letter from the Chair………………………………………………………….. 3 Letter from the Crisis Director………………………………………………... 5 Structure of Committee………………………………………………………..7 Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………...10 History of the Problem………………………………………………………..20 Past Actions and Possible Solutions………………………………………..22 Character Biographies………………………………………………………28 Glossary.………………………………………………………………………..36 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………...37 2 Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | MUNUC 32 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR ______________________________________________________ Dear Delegates, Welcome to MUNUC XXXII! Jessie and I are beyond excited to spend a weekend discussing the 2016 Olympics with you all. At every step of the way, Jessie and I (along with our excellent team of assistant chairs) are here to facilitate your exploration of this topic. My biggest wish is that you come out of the weekend with a deeper understanding of the complex global issues we discuss and a better grasp of Model U.N and the skills it demands. We’re confident that all of you can achieve this by the end of the weekend. My name is Heleena, and I’m your (honorable) chair for the weekend. I’m a second year at the college, double majoring in Environmental and Urban Studies and Public Policy Studies with a specialization in economics. I’m involved with MUN and all its iterations on campus. Along with organizing this committee, I’m staffing a committee for ChoMUN (the college conference we host every year) as a Crisis Director. I also compete on our College MUN team. If you ever have any questions about college MUN, feel free to reach out with questions before, during, or after the conference. Aside from MUN, I like to spend my free time planning trips, reading, and watching old movies. I really enjoy classic films and I try to make it to a movie theatre as much as my schedule (and wallet) will allow. I also like to volunteer! Last year I spent an hour or two per week volunteering at a local charter high school. I’m looking to explore this further this year and find more charitable causes to dedicate my time to. Jessie and I have both decided to take some time in our letters to discuss the limitations we’re placing on debate. While the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine consistently provided issues during the planning of the Olympics, and these issues did flare up during the 2016 Olympics, we don’t plan on entertaining this during our committee. The issue is simply too sensitive and the risk of offending or hurting members of committee is too great. Delegates who choose to fan these 3 Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | MUNUC 32 flames will not be rewarded. We hope you understand our decision. In addition to this, we ask you to be delicate in how you discuss Brazilians living in poverty and the child victims of the Zika crisis. In the leadup to committee, please feel more than free to shoot me an email ([email protected]). We plan to explain the mechanics of debate and Parliamentary Prose at MUNUC, but I’m always available to answer any questions you may have before, during, or after debate. We’re so excited to have you! - Heleena 4 Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | MUNUC 32 LETTER FROM THE CRISIS DIRECTOR ______________________________________________________ Dear Delegates, Welcome to the 32nd annual MUNUC conference and welcome to Brazil 2009! We hope to make this year the most fun, challenging, and exciting year of MUNUC yet. I can’t wait for us to tackle important issues in politics, infrastructure, and hosting a sports tournament with the entire world watching. I am Jessie, a rising fourth year at the University of Chicago. I am a math and economics major, and a huge history nerd. Last year at MUNUC I ran the Press Corps, and two years ago I ran Republican Spain Continuous Crisis. In addition to running a MUNUC committee, I am also running the Joint Crisis Committee in our college model UN conference, CHOMUN. I did Model UN in high school. Model UN gave me confidence in public speaking, taught me crucial skills about working with other people, and most of all fostered my interest in international relations and the news overall. I have since applied my quantitative skills and interest in the world to a variety of finance jobs which is what I hope to do for a career. Outside of Model UN, you can find me in an art museum in downtown Chicago, stressing about getting a job after graduation, or making latte art in a student-run coffee shop on campus. I studied abroad this spring in Paris doing math, and last spring in Israel doing history. Heleena and I wanted to run a committee that would incorporate our diverse set of interests and let us talk about both the big picture and every day history that plays out in the Olympics every two years. For example, historically, Brazillian oversight put Israeli and Arab athletes on the same bus which almost resulted in athletes missing their events for refusal to ride the bus. While this committee will allow us to explore a lot of different topics, conflicts, and problems faced by a developing country, it is crucial that all complex issues be discussed with respect and an awareness that for almost any topic you debate, someone in the committee room may hold a deep set aversion or sensitivity to the ideas and topics we are discussing. Please proceed diplomatically. 5 Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | MUNUC 32 I cannot wait to meet you all, and I know we are going to have so much fun this MUNUC! Feel free to email me with any questions, concerns, or just to introduce yourself. A fun fact about me: my celebrity look alike is Amy Poehler. All the best, Jessie Wrobel [email protected] 6 Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | MUNUC 32 STRUCTURE OF COMMITTEE ______________________________________________________ Disclaimer Typically, it is unusual for a background guide to acknowledge issues or events that transpire after the beginning of committee. We understand that convention - and chose as executives to break it . At the end of the day, we want to encourage the most advanced, informed debate possible. Given the complexity of the various corruption scandals and the Zika Virus, we thought it unfair to delegates if we neglected this information in our background guide. To reiterate - this committee begins in 2009, almost immediately after Brazil won the bid to host the Olympics. Use the information we’ve detailed in this guide as a solid beginning for research for this committee. Further, do not assume that we are only discussing issues explicitly detailed in the background guide. We chose only to describe the most relevant and difficult issues that occur after the start of the committee. Look to news articles from that time period to anticipate our crisis updates, and be prepared to react to delegate driven content. This may seem confusing - and we’re here to help! Send us an email if you have any questions about any of this. We would appreciate delegates that take the time to ask these questions before committee, so we can dedicate as much time as possible to discussion and debate. Committee Structure This committee is a fictional body composed of both figmented and real figures. Most of the people in this committee were original members of the Brazilian cabinet. We then added representatives from various bodies related to Olympic planning. Some of those figures were from within the Brazilian government and others were representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Delegates should look towards the “Character Biographies” section of this background guide to learn more about their character’s individual motivations, goals, and priorities in committee. 7 Brazil 2009, Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | MUNUC 32 We plan to proceed in hybrid format, beginning first with a typical single topic General Assembly (G.A) structure for our first 2 sessions and transitioning into a regular crisis committee during the third session of the committee. The G.A portion of debate will center around the water crisis in Brazil that caused a multitude of problems for both the Brazilian people and for the Olympics., The G.A. portion of committee will have delegates writing long pieces of legislation which they will then work to synthesize into a comprehensive piece of legislation with the ultimate goal of passing a resolution to address these issues. A resolution is a document that contains solutions for a specific topic. This resolution will enter effect only if it is passed through voting. Beginning delegates should approach resolutions almost like laws. We elected to pass resolutions in order to provide delegates with a mechanism to create long-lasting policy, as opposed to the typically short-term nature of directives in crisis. Throughout the general assembly portion, delegates may send “crisis notes” to the back room and committee staffers will respond--more on this below. Further, the G.A portions of debate will be conducted in Parliamentary Procedure. If delegates are unfamiliar with this style of debate they may consult the MUNUC Delegate Handbook or the MUNUC Website. About halfway through the third session of committee, delegates should prepare to enter a crisis format for the remaining duration of the committee. There are three crucial aspects to a crisis committee: crisis breaks, directives, and crisis notes/arc. Crisis breaks--in response to committee actions or to update committee, MUNUC staff will come into committee with “real world updates.
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