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MUN training. The Format of MUN conferences. Roll Call Setting the Agenda When Model UN committees have more than one topic available Motion: “The country of [name] moves to place [topic A] first on the agenda, followed by [topic B] and then [topic C].”
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The Format of MUN conferences • Roll Call • Setting the Agenda • When Model UN committees have more than one topic available • Motion: “The country of [name] moves to place [topic A] first on the agenda, followed by [topic B] and then [topic C].” • Once the motion has been made, three delegations must speak in favor of the motion, and three other delegations will speak against it. • Delegates vote (simple majority required)
Debate (begins with a motion that sets a speakers list – time, # of follow up questions, etc.) • Formal Debate: revolves around a speakers list • A country may only be on the speakers list once • Informal Debate (between formal speeches): moderated caucuses (the chair calls on delegates on-by-one) and unmoderated caucuses (the committee breaks for a temporary recess) • After several countries state their positions, the committee breaks for caucuses to develop regional positions
How to make an opening speech • Thank the presiding official. • Provide a brief history on the issue as it relates to your country. • Speak about how the issue is currently affecting your country. Provide your country’s position on the issue. • Explain how your country’s position relates to the positions of other member states. • Discuss some of the past actions taken by the UN, member states and NGOs to address the issue.
Present ideas for a resolution, stressing your country’s objectives for the resolution. • Talk about the role that NGOs or regional organizations have to play in addressing the issue. • Indicate to the committee members whether your country is willing to negotiate. • Opening speech (sample).doc
How to write a resolution • Terms: • Resolution: a document that has been passed by an organ of the UN that aims to address a particular problem or issue. The UN equivalent of a law. • Sponsor: One of the writers of a draft resolution. • Signatory: a country that wishes a draft resolution to be put on the floor and signs the draft resolution to accomplish this. A signatory need not support a resolution; it only wants it to be discuessed.
Preambulatory Clauses • The preamble of a draft resolution states the reasons for which the committee is addressing the topic and highlights past international action on the issue. • Each clause begins with a present participle (called a preambulatory phrase) and ends with a comma. • Preambulatory clauses can include • References to the UN charter • Citations of past UN resolutions or treaties on the topic under discussion • Mentions of statements made by the Secretary-General or a relevant UN body or agency • Recognition of the efforts of regional or nongovernmental organizations in dealing with the issue • General statements on the topic, its significance and its importance
Operative Clauses • Operative clauses identify the actions or recommendations made in a resolution. • Each operative clause begins with a verb and ends with a semicolon. • Should be organized in a logical progression. • Resolution (sample).docx