Be Our Guest: Peruvian Military Council, 1996

A dinner party turned into a rescue mission. 126 days of negotiation and confusion. A high stakes rescue operation with hundreds of innocent lives at stake. What could go wrong?

On December 17th, 1996, the Peruvian Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Group took hundreds of high level diplomats as prisoners in the Japanese embassy. Protesting a variety of issues, such as inhuman treatment in Peruvian Jails, these fourteen separatists took matters into their own hands and now are ransoming the government with the diplomats’ lives at stake. Facing international and domestic pressure, the Peruvian government has assembled a variety of military officials, government leaders, and foreign diplomats to deal with this ever-evolving nightmare of a dinner party.  

This committee will take place a little before the start of the crisis, giving delegates to launch their own spins and creative liberties on this historic rescue operation. Later, the delegates will then assemble on the day of the crisis, and will work on developing Peru’s international messaging, negotiations with the rebel group, and the eventual release of the prisoners in the embassy. This rescue mission is considered to be one of the greatest in history for how successful Peru’s government managed the crisis; it is up to the committee to decide whether they will manage to achieve the same fate. The world is watching as Peru grapples with one of its greatest political crises in a century. Can the delegates navigate their country and the innocent diplomats into safe harbors, or will this deadly dinner become a disaster for the Peruvian government?

Chair:
Anjali Ramesh

  • Anjali Ramesh (she/her) is a member of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service Class of 2026 from Pleasanton, California. She is studying International Political Economy (Andy copied her) with a minor in History and a certificate in International Business Diplomacy. Anjali had a great time competing with Georgetown’s Model UN Team (Go GUMUN!) for her first three years of college and is now happily retired. In her free time, you can find Anjali making pasta, drinking tea, or trying to find the best cafe in Washington, DC.

CRisis Manager:
Andy Xu Sofia

  • Andy Xu Sofia is a member of the Walsh School of Foreign Services class of 2026, majoring in International Political Economy. He is from Berlin, Germany, and has lived in Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai. Andy is proud to have competed on Georgetown’s MUN travel team. He started as a crisis analyst at NCSC 50 and has served as Under Secretary General of NCSC 51. On campus, he is the president of the GU European Club, inviting exciting speakers to come on campus and organizing embassy trips. Andy is beyond excited to be part of NCSC 53 and looks forward to seeing everyone!

USG: Sanjay Rajesh

This committee is in the Councils Organ, and your Under-Secretary-General is Sanjay Rajesh. Committees in this organ are councils crises with 22-30 delegates.


If you have any questions about your committee, please reach out to s.rajesh@modelun.org.