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Model United Nations

Published in: Social Studies
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A presentation on MUNs Model united nation, which will help students understand the working procedures of various international organisations.

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  2. UNITED NATIONS The United Nations is an international O organization whose aims are to facilitate cooperation between countries in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, and human rights issues o It is made up of multiple committees and legislative bodies, including the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and Security Council Founded in 1945, after World War Il, the United O Nations has a total of 192 member countries.
  3. What is Model United s' a simulation of the United Nations Students play the roles of delegates representing a specific country in a UN committee The goal of a Model UN committee is to pass O resolutions that will resolve the issues being debated The goal of each delegate is to have his/her country's interests and objectives reflected in the resolutions
  4. FLOWOFCDEB- Set the agenda Speaker's List Moderated Caucus Unmoderated Caucus Return to Speaker's List voting procedures
  5. SPEAKER'S LIST One delegation speaks for a predetermined amount of time Yield time to the chair (no questions) or to the floor (questions) Useful for laying out your country's position on an issue or describing a course of action
  6. MODERATED CAUCUS Delegates speak in turn for short periods of time You must be recognized by the chair to speak Quicker than the speaker's list, but more structured than an unmoderated caucus
  7. UNMODERATED CAUCUS Delegates talk amongst one another freely for a specified amount of time Usually 5-10 minutes The chair is not involved in the discussion at all O Useful for writing draft resolutions or negotiating O intensely with other delegates
  8. VOTING PROCEDURES Voting procedures are entered when a committee is ready to vote on draft resolutions A draft resolution must be "introduced" through a motion before it can be voted upon in voting procedures After voting procedures, the committee moves on to the next topic
  9. POINTS AND MOTIONS Motions are used to direct debate O Motion to open the speaker's list Motion for a moderated caucus Motion for an unmoderated caucus Motion to introduce a draft resolution Motion to enter voting procedures Motions must be voted on by the committee and typically require a majority vote
  10. POINTS AND MOTIONS Points are used to ask questions O Point of inquiry—ask a question about parliamentary procedure Point of personal privilege—ask to go to the bathroom Point of information—ask the speaker a question Points aren't voted on, but a speaker can choose not to respond to a point of information
  11. RESOLUTIONS Resolutions are made up of preambulatory and operative clauses Preambulatory clauses describe the situation Operative clauses describe the course of action O taken by the committee
  12. SAMPLE RESOLUTION International Atomic Energy Agency Sponsors: Sweden, UK Signatories: Iran, Spain, Canada, Pakistan, Syria, Japan, Italy, Brazil, Israel Topic: Iran's Nuclear Energy Program The International Atomic Energy Agency, Affirming the right of all nations to peaceful nuclear energy technology, as stated in Article IV, Clause I of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Recognizing the suspicion surrounding Iran's nuclear program and its intended uses, 1. Demands a ban on heavy water use in Iranian nuclear facilities; 2. Demands full Iranian compliance with the NPT Safeguards Agreement;
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  14. SIMULATION OF ORAGANISATIONS FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN BE SIMULATED: The Ceneral Assembly Economic and Social Council Security Council International Court or Justice UN Children's rund Environment Programme Development Programme human nights Council •nternational monetary rund Disarmament Committ UN I-lich Commission ror QeruQees World rood Program World health Organization World Trade Organization
  15. A FEW MORE : European Union African Union Organization or American States Arab League Organisation or Islamic Cooperation SAAQC Association or South East Asian Nations SOME UNCONVENTIONAL ONES; National football league utrA 1971 War cabinet many more