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Essential Guidelines for Researching International Organizations and Meetings

This guide outlines crucial steps for researching international organizations, preparing for meetings, and validating information sources. It emphasizes the importance of checking documents, agendas, and participant lists, as well as leveraging trusted resources such as colleagues and libraries. Participants should familiarize themselves with acronyms related to key international bodies (e.g., UPU, UNCTAD, WHO) and understand their roles. The checklist assists in ensuring thorough preparation for discussions, including details about meetings, committee focus, and relevant documentation.

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Essential Guidelines for Researching International Organizations and Meetings

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  1. Research

  2. Ask yourself … • What should I check? • Where should I check? • Which sources should I trust?

  3. What to check • document information (doc. symbol, meeting no., date, place) • agenda item and background documents • names of people and places • titles and dates of conferences

  4. Sources of information • meeting documents (agenda, list of partic.) • colleagues • previous summary records • Internet • library • conference staff • speaker

  5. Acronym quiz (Hint: not all of these are English) • UPU • OMPI • ВОЗ • BIT (two answers!) • UNCTAD • ICC-CPI • МАГАТЭ • IARC • OMS (two answers!) • ICRC

  6. Who or what are the following? • the EU Three? • the Millennium Development Goals? • the joint winners of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize? • the Third Committee of the General Assembly? • the Group of 77? • TRIPS? • a safeguards agreement?

  7. Assignment 1/8 March • write up speeches from miniconference 22 Feb in English and your foreign language(s): ASSESSED • prepare a 4 minute talk on an international organization for 15 March • research remaining answers in acronym quiz and who or what quiz

  8. Talk on international organizations • what the organization does • how many countries it represents • who runs it? • what should everyone know about it? – financial problems, political disputes? • has it been in the news recently?

  9. Meeting checklist • which committee? • which meeting? • which room? • time of meeting? • your likely starting time? • agenda item? • documents? • pens/paper/laptop?

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