MUN@ASU High School Conference

1. MUN@ASU High School Conference November 30-December1, 2012

2. Contact Information • If you need help or have any questions, please feel free to contact us. • modelunasu@gmail.com • Our OED Elizabeth Thuenen’s contact information: • Emails: Elizabeth.Thuenen@gmail.com OR oedmodelunasu@gmail.com • Phone number: 480-272-5211

3. Important Dates • October 1: Optional submission of 1 policy statement for Elizabeth to review and return comments on • November 19: Country packets are due- Packets should include two policy statements for each committee (one for each topic) and one resolution (your pick on which topic)- submit to OEDModelUNASU@gmail.com • November 30-December 1: MUN@ASU HS Conference

4. Country Research • National Interest Matrix

5. Country Research • CIA World Factbook • https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ • Contains basic information on each country • Country Reports • http://www.countryreports.org/ • Also contains basic information on each country

6. Topic Research • Issue Book • Research should begin by reading the issue book for the topics of your committee • UN Homepage or Homepage for your committeee • This will give you additional background for your specific topic so you can write the first paragraph of your policy statement

7. Topic Research • Permanent Mission to the UN • Finding this site will help you find the previous action and official policy to write the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs • Voting Bloc • Finding out who your country tends to vote with will aid you in determining previous and future action by your committee

8. Policy Statements • The policy statement is 1 page long, single spaced and separated by 3 paragraphs • 1st Paragraph gives the history of the problem and the international action taken on it • 2nd Paragraph gives the history of how your particular country has attempted to resolve the problem within its own country and internationally • 3rd Paragraph is what your country wants to see done by other Member States or UN entities

9. 1st Paragraph • What is the issue? • Why is it a problem? • Who and what does it affect? • What have United Nations entities, or other entities done to deal with the issue? • What treaties cover the issue? • It is important to remember that this paragraph is written in perspective of your nation. For example, a history paper on WWII would be written in differently from the perspective of someone in the US than someone in Japan or Germany

10. 2nd Paragraph • How does it affect your nation? • What actions has your nation taken to deal with the issue? • What resolutions has your nation supported or introduced on the issue? • What treaties is your nation a signatory to? • In this paragraph, it is important that you never indicate anything that is going wrong with your country. From your point of view, your country can do no wrong.

11. 3rd Paragraph • This paragraph should be clear on exactly what your country would like to propose for policy as a solution for this topic • Call attention to already-existing resolutions and treaties that your nation believes other states should sign on to • Give an overview of what your nation wants done, how it should get done, and who should do it and when it should be done by • This paragraph is the basis for your resolution, so the phrasing should be consistent with how you would phrase your objectives within a resolution

12. Resolution • A resolution is a plan for action on a topic: it details what nations ought to be doing, how they ought to do it, and why they ought to be doing it • Unless it is a Security Council resolution, it is not bindingIt consists of four parts: a header, a title, a set of preambulatory clauses and a set of operative clauses.

13. Resolution Header A/1/1/Res.1 Body Code/Session/Agenda Topic Number/Resolution Number General Assembly  Committee Body I Session MUN@ASU  Conference Session France  Sponsoring Countries (in Alphabetical Order)

14. Title • The title of the resolution you turn in with the country packet should be the title of the topic you are submitting your resolution on • It should be centered and all caps • It should be followed by an address that’s left justified: The General Assembly,

15. Preambulatory Clauses • These detail the legal and moral reasons for acting on the issue in question • Recall prior relevant resolutions and treaties to establish the legal basis • Format • Indent first line • Underline first word/phrase • Commas after each clause

16. Operative Clauses • Operative clauses should detail what member states should do to deal with a specific issue • call upon nations to do something directly • reaffirm existing resolutions or treaties • recommend various courses of action • establish new entities • provide guidelines • anything else appropriate • Note that you cannot demand any state or entity to do anything as UN Resolutions are non-binding unless they are Security Council Resolutions