This year, the Secretary-General s Good offices will take place in June of 1987 in Marseille, France. The moderator and staff members will be simulating Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar and members of his senior staff who will act as mediators between two disputing parties. At the time, the Iran-Iraq war has been waging for seven years and has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Iranian citizens. In the weeks leading up to the negotiations, Iran has begun what it believed was that final offensive to completely defeat the Iraqi government. However, Iraqi strength has proven to be greater than expected, sustaining the deadlock.
Fighting still continues in the volatile region, and blood continues to be shed.
Pressure is now being placed on the Secretary-General to employ his good offices to find a peaceful resolution to the war. For this reason, selected delegates must be well researched on both sides of the conflict. Since this is a historical simulation, everything that transpired after the set date of the negotiation has not happened, and might never happen. Anything is possible.