HSC
Historical Security Council
Committee Agenda
The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).
The Situation in East Pakistan (1971).
Briefing Note
“Re-evaluating historical conflicts that shaped the modern world.”
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
— Winston Churchill
History is often seen as a closed chapter in our lives, as a sequence of outcomes which we cannot change. In the Historic Security Council (HSC), we aim to reopen that book and rewrite the pages of history. Our aim for this committee is not just to look back at the events of the past, but immerse ourself into crucial moments that have defined the past and continue to influence today’s geopolitical landscape.
Our first agenda: “The implications of Cuban Missile Crisis and the Deployment of Strategic Weapons in the Caribbean” deals with the wake of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion (1961) and the persistent threat of Operation Mongoose. Beyond the immediate threat of nuclear annihilation, we must address the violation of the Monroe Doctrine and the failure of traditional diplomacy. Freeze Date: 24th October, 1962.
Our second agenda: “The Proposed Formation of an Independent Government in East Pakistan” explores the Pakistani unification’s breaking point. Following the central government’s perceived negligence during the 1970 Bhola Cyclone and the subsequent refusal to honor the Awami League’s landslide victory, the social contract in the East has vanished. Freeze Date: 3rd December, 1971.
Bibliography
- /01General, UN. “United Nations Assistance to East Pakistan Refugees.” United Nations Digital Library System, 13 Feb. 2026.
- /02Hansen, James. “Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis Learning from the Past.” Studies in Intelligence, vol. 46, no. 1, 2002.
- /03Office Of The Historian. “The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962.” U.S. Department of State.