Crisis committees are the most enticing in Model UN conferences. Just like general assemblies and specialized agencies, they include an active committee room, heated with fervent debate. However, just a few walls away from that assembly, is a room full of backroom staff, with a spy eye and fine hearing, ready to spice up debate. The crisis backroom staff is there to cause trouble and maximize the impact of the delegates' crisis notes. When a delegate wishes to change the course of the committee, they send a letter to the backroom, describing their plan of action and its desired outcome. When…