Head Chair Introduction - Sameer Ameen

Hey everyone! My name is Sameer Ameen (he/him) and I will be serving as your Head Chair for BMUN 72's UNSC! I am a third-year Society & Environment + Rhetoric student intending to go to Law School after Berkeley. My primary interests in environmental studies include Native American Law, Environmental Justice, and Policy and Water regulation. This is my third year in BMUN and second year on the Officer Corp. This year I am serving as the USG of Outreach and Education which means I am responsible for acting out BMUN's educational mission. You may have seen me or the other chairs at last year's Fall Delegate Workshops or the many Outreach Sessions my staff and I planned this year. Outside of BMUN, I serve as a Climate Action and Resilience Fellow for Berkeley's Office of Sustainability, working to draft content for the 2026 Berkeley Climate Action Plan. I appreciate each of you opting to participate in UNSC this year. While the topics will be challenging, I am confident you all will walk away with a better understanding of the crises that plague many parts of the world and the forces that exacerbate them. Please reach out to us at any time at unscbmun72@bmun.org if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you soon!


Best,

Sameer 



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