From the Delegations of Bolivia, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Serbia, the Czech Republic, Nepal, and Thailand in GA 4:

Dear Editor,

Firstly and foremost, we would like to extend a formal apology to the Fourth General Assembly’s Chair. On behalf of the committee, we acknowledge the foolishness and immaturity of our actions. We would like to emphasize our deep regret for the confusion and frustration the body caused and look forward to ensuring that this does not happen again.

We recognize that diplomatic courtesy is an important part of making sure that both delegates and AMUN staff are comfortable and ensures that the conference can run smoothly. We know that the staff is composed of volunteers and we are all genuinely appreciative of the work the staff does to make sure that we as delegates can come together and create an environment where we can learn from each other in a respectful manner.

Not as a defense of the actions that happened in the Fourth General Assembly, nor an excuse, we would however like to emphasize that the vexation shared by several delegates was not aimed at the chair, but rather at the AMUN rules that have limited the languages that are allowed to be used in speeches, specifically after it had been allowed multiple times before. Realizing that the body’s response to learning this information was immature, we do want the chair to know that we did not aim to disturb or frustrate him, but rather express our own frustration with the limitation. We realize this does little to mitigate the distress the body caused, but hope that it can provide an understanding of our actions to this chair.

We look forward to future AMUN rules to allow for the six languages that are designated as recognized United Nations Languages, to be allowed to be spoken during speeches, with the caveat that an English translation be provided after. Given that multilingualism is often used as a way of role-play and providing emphasis in Model United Nations, we would look forward to clear rules to be made in the future so that delegates may use other languages without compromising the accessibility of the conference. In this way, we hope that this same mistake will not be made by future AMUN conferences.

We thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

The Delegations of Bolivia, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Serbia, the Czech Republic, Nepal, and Thailand