Beginner Delegate Workshop

1. Beginner Delegate Workshop

2. What is the UN ? • United Nations: An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security • 193 Member states

3. What is an MUN? • Model United Nations • Learn UN procedures • Reflect about current world issues • Meet people from around the world • Have fun • ARMUN, LMUNA,

4. General Assembly • Contains all member states • International issues • Meets in many yearly sessions and covers a wide variety of topics • Resolutions passed  Security Council

5. Security Council • VETO Countries: USA, China, Russia, UK, France • Permanent and elected members • Immediate action

6. Human Rights Council • Ensures the protection of Human Rights • Deals with Human Rights violations • Tries to improve global living conditions

7. Crisis Council • Solving ongoing issues • Deals with challenging crisis that involve the world as a whole • Mystery Crisis

8. Special Conference 1 • Only in MUNs • Follows the MUN theme • ARMUN  Take a Change

9. What Are You? A representative of a nation/country/NGO i.e. “The delegat(e)/ion of (insert here)”

10. Research? What Research? • Your country • Committee topics • Chair Reports • Beginner Delegate Booklet • Websites: • United Nations Website • CIA World Factbook • ARMUN Website: www.armun.nl • Google it…

11. Beginner Delegate Booklet • To help you prepare for ARMUN • Can be found on the ARMUN website or on the Teletop ARMUN course • Contains: • Chair Reports from each committee • Schedule • Rules • Debate procedures

12. Policy Statement A brief statement in your country’s point of view on the issues in your committee • PI: Talk about the issue and recent events relating to it • PII: Current circumstances concerning the topic and any recent action taken by the UN, member states, NGOs, etc. • PIII: Outline how your country would like to resolve any problems, concerns, or conflicts related to that topic. *Find example in your booklets

13. Resolution: In the Making • The foundation on which every UN action is based • A statement made by a committee expressing their desire to change a situation • Your basis for discussion • Can be submitted by a nation or NGO • 3 Parts: • Heading • Perambulatory Clauses • Operative Clauses *Find example in your booklets

14. Heading • Forum: (e.g. ECOSOC, Security Council, etc.) • Question: (The issue the resolution is about) • Submitter: (e.g. Your country) • Co-Submitters: (Other countries supporting you)

15. Preambulatory Clauses • Introductory sentences basically describing what the submitter considers the problem is and your thoughts about it • Take no action • Not numbered • Each clause must begin with a word from the list of Perambulatory clause words. *Find list in your booklets

16. Operative Clauses • Focus of debate: Each clause addresses a particular aspect of the issue • Take action • Numbered • Stay concrete and rational: When calling for certain action, explain briefly how it should be carried out • Each clause must begin with a word from the list of operative clause words. • Each clause ends with semi-colon (;), though the last clause ends with a full stop (.) *Find list in your booklets

17. Debate Procedure Do what the chair tells you to do! • Opening by chair (Introduction: Remember who they are!) • Roll Call (Say “Here” or “Present” when your country is called ) • Agenda (What you’re going to do for the day!) • Reading out operative clauses of chosen resolution and speech by main submitter • Debate, speeches, questions, amendments, etc. • Voting • Repeat 4-6 for next resolution • Closing *For further details, yes that’s right, look in your booklet

18. Amendments • Submitted by delegations wishing to change/add/strike clauses in resolutions

19. Note Passing • Definition: Admin • Can only be written on official note passing paper (Country specific) • Suspended during voting procedures • Censored by Admin • Can be suspended indefinetly if chairs think it is too distracting for delegates

20. Positions (Food Chain) The Boss: Secretary General Sidekicks: Board of Directors Staff : Heads of Security, Tech, Press etc. Superiors: Chairs/Co-chairs Delegates (That’s You…) Admins (MYP2)

21. PointsA question • Point of information • Question addressed to speaker who has the floor • Point of personal privilege • Your own well being • Point of order • When you need an explanation on procedures from the chair

22. Things to Remember • There’s no “I” in delegate • “I think” “The delegation of… thinks” • No personal pronouns!!! • When starting a speech (you have the floor), you must always address the chair and the house first!!! • “Honorable chair, fellow delegates, …” • Pay attention (The chair might suddenly decide to call up non-volunteers…) • Listen to the Chair and do what they tell you to do (If that means doing push ups in a corner, then so be it!)

23. MUN Lingo • Abstention • Amendment • Closed/Open debate • Delegate • Floor • House • Lobbying • NGO • Objection • Operative Clause • Perambulatory • Placard • Resolution • Yield • Motions (not applicable in ARMUN)

24. I Hope You Learned Something Any Questions?