Model United Nations

United Nations

1. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded on October 24, 1945, after World War II.
2. The UN Charter, signed by 51 countries, serves as the organization's foundational document, outlining its principles and structure.
3. Membership has grown significantly since its inception, with 193 member states as of 2022.
4. The General Assembly, where all member states have representation, serves as a forum for discussing and addressing global issues.

Roll Call

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Present

Allows you to abstain from voting during the flow of the committee on that particular day, however when voting on the DR, the whole committee is considered to be in a state of present and voting.

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Present And Voting

When a delegate choses the following option, they do not have the option to abstain during motions in the committee.

Motion to set the Agenda:

• The topic that has been mentioned for the the discussion is set .
• Motion - The delegate of______would like to raise a motion to establish the following agenda ______.

Types Of Debates

Formal Debate

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Informal Debate

Formal Debate

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General Speakers List (Gsl)- GSL is the formal debate that happens in the committee it talks about the agenda at a glance . Helping the delegates with a better understanding of the topic at hand.

1. Motion - “The delegate of proposes a motion to establish General Speaker’s List for individual speaker’s time seconds.”
2. By default the individual speaker time for GSL is 90 seconds but it can be changed to 120 or 60 seconds via raising another motion.
3. It is an inexhaustible list. As soon as this list exhausts the committee ends.

Yields

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Yield to the Executive Board:- The time left by the delegate will be given to the Executive Board and they can utilise it as they see fit.

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Yield to another delegate- The time left by the delegate shall be given to another delegate.

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Yield to Point of Informations - Delegates shall be selected on the discretion of the EB to ask question on the basis of the time left.

In the formal debate when delegates are left with their speaking time they can utilise it in form of Yields .

Informal Debate

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Moderated Caucus

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UnModerated Caucus

Moderated Caucus

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To discuss the agenda further especially related to ‘sub topics’ related to the agenda the provision of mod cauc is there .

Motion - “The delegate of proposes a motion to suspend formal debate and move into a moderated caucus on the topic for total time minutes and individual speaker’s time seconds.”

The individual speaker’s time of mod cauc should not exceedthe individual

speaker’s time of GSL.

Unmoderated Caucus

Un-moderated caucuses allow delegates to have informal discussions about the proceedings of the committee .

Motion - “The delegate of proposes a motion to suspend formal debate and move into an un-moderated caucus for total time minutes.”

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Extensions

• These are motions raised to extend an elapsed caucus. An extension may be granted for a maximum of half of the total time of the original moderated caucus or a maximum of 10 minutes for the unmoderated caucus.

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• After a caucus (if there is no extension), the committee generally moves back to formal debate.

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Points

^✤ Point Of Personal Privilege: Point of personal privilege is raised to refer to a matter of personal comfort/safety.

^✤ Point Of Order: These are used to point out a procedural deviation by the presiding official. These are specifically used to point out any factual inaccuracy stated by any other delegate.

eg. The Delegate of USA stated “(quote open) Taj Mahal is in Maharashtra (quote close)” however it is a stated fact that Taj Mahal is in Agra.

Please note, Points of order cannot be used in cases of beliefs of other delegates.

Points

^✤ Point Of Information: Points of Information are directed to the speaker and allow other delegations to ask questions in relation to speeches and resolutions.

These may or may not be allowed during informal debate, according to the discretion of the Executive Board.

^✤ Point Of Inquiry: These are used to ask doubts and questions related to the procedure and flow of debate.

CHITS

For - Substantive

For - POI

To: XYZ

via EB

From: ABC

Point of Information

Put your question and reply

To: EB

From: ABC

Topic of your Chit

Put in the entire content and explain it in your ownwords.

Used In cases of Proofs, and pending speeches in cases of elapsed time.

PAPERWORK

1. Draft Resolution (final proposals with preambles and operatives)

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A formal document with preambles (background) and operative clauses (actions), sponsored by delegates and voted on by the committee.

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2. Working Paper (DR ideas)

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An initial draft of ideas, not voted on, used for informal negotiation during unmoderated caucuses to develop into a formal resolution.

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3. Position Papers (country stance/ solutions)

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A 1-2 page summary of your country's stance, background research, and proposed solutions, submitted before the conference.

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CREDIBLE SOURCES TO JUSTIFY ANALYSIS

1. www.reuters.com
2. www.Aljazeera.com
3. Official UN/government sites (un.org, country.gov)
4. NYT, The Hindu, BBC
5. Think Tanks (Brookings, Carnegie)
6. Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounders (CFR)
7. CIA World Factbook.
8. WHO Data
9. World Bank Data
10. UN Data: data.un.org (social and economic stats)

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WHAT TO AVOID?

WIKIPEDIA, CHAT GPT, GENESIS, AI

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