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Welcome to the Spanish bilingual committee for BMUN 67! This year we are very excited to welcome you all to UC Berkeley for our annual Model UN conference. As your dais for this year's conference, we hope you all have an amazing weekend.

 This year, our committee is the Inter American Court of Human Rights with the topic: Atala Riffo y sus niñas vs Chile. Please read over the topic synopsis and position paper guidelines thoroughly!

 Here is the link to find all the information you need for our committee. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions regarding position papers, procedure, etc.

 See you in a few months!!!

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