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MUN New Delegate
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a delegate? | represents a country, a UN organization or an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) in a forum. He/ she has to enrol him/herself as the representative to the country or organization he/she has been assigned to. |
| What are the delegate's tasks before a conference? | - To research his/her country or organisation - To research the issues the committee he/she belongs to - To write a policy statement -To write an opening speech - To write a resolution |
| What are the delegate's tasks during the conference? | - To lobby - To debate on the resolutions of his/her specific committee |
| What is the General Assembly? | the largest forum. It occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 192 Members of the United Nations, It is divided in six committees: |
| First committee on Disarmament and International Security (GA1) | is concerned with disarmament and related international security questions |
| Second Committee on Economic and Financial (GA2) | deals with issues relating to economic growth and development such as macroeconomic policy questions , financing for development, sustainable development, human settlements, poverty eradication, globalization and interdependence. |
| Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural (GA3): | has an agenda items relating to a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues that affect peoples all over the world; |
| Fourth Committee on Special Political and Decolonization (GA4) | eals with a variety of subjects which include those related to decolonization, Palestinian refugees and human rights, peacekeeping, mine action, outer space, public information, atomic radiation and University for Peace. |
| Fifth Committee on Administration and Budgetary (GA5) | is the Committee of the General Assembly with responsibilities for administration and budgetary matters; considers and approves financial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agencies and makes recommendations to the agencies concerned; |
| Sixth Committee on Legal (GA6) | is the primary forum for the consideration of legal questions in the General Assembly. |
| The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | : o Promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and economic and social progress; o Identifying solutions to international economic, social and health problems;Facilitating international cultural and educational cooperation; |
| The Security Council (SC): | o has responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security; o recommends to the parties, when a complaint concerning a threat to peace occurs, to try to reach agreement by peaceful means; |
| The Disarmament Commission | the function of considering and making recommendations on various issues in the field of disarmament, such as non-proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons, control of production, stockpiling and trade of arms. |
| Environment Commission (EC) | the function of considering and making recommendations on various issues in the field of environment and ecology, such as climate change, sustainability, protection of biological diversity. |
| the Human Rights Council | responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. |
| Special Conference | gives, every year, the main theme of the THIMUN Conferences. Most of the time, THIMUN uses the Millennium Development Goals, established by former Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2000, as its main source of inspiration for the year theme. |
| What Is The General Behaviour Of A Delegate? | to behave like a diplomat of the country you represent. In addition, you are a representative of your own school. This double representation implies that you must behave at any times as properly as possible insideduring the conference itself and, outside |
| Why Does the conference Have A Dress Code? | to show our respect to the countries that we are representing at the conference. |
| What Is A Policy Statement? | This is a document that briefly and clearly explains the policies of your country/organization with respect to the issues dealt with at the conference. |
| Why write a policy statement? | it forces you to focus on the exact points of view of your country - it serves as a reference document t during the conference. may also provide an excellent tool in the lobbying process; may also serve as the basis for your opening speech |
| What is in a policy statement? | 1. Explain key terms; 2. short summary of recent action on the issue; 3. Refer to key int'l agreements on the issue 4. the country’s general position on the issue; 5. your own solutions |
| What questions should the Policy Statement answer? | 1. What is the background to your country’s point of view on the issue? 2. What is your country’s current position on the issue? 3. What does it hope to achieve in relation to the issue? |
| How long should a policy statement be? | not exceed 300 words. |
| What Is A Resolution? | formal statement of a proposal to a UN Council, Committee or Commission. It consists of one long, but coherent, sentence divided into clauses and sub- clauses. should not represent the position of one country but rather of many UN member states. |
| What is the style of A Resolution? | The language is very formal, diplomatic and somewhat legalistic. It is divided into a preamble (opening) and an operative (action) section. |
| What is the preamble? | the introduction of the resolution. It contains the background and the argumentation to the issue you have chosen. |
| How to write the preambulatory clauses? | write your references to former UN resolutions, ratified conventions, and/or declarations. provide official figures, the most recent ones possible, to illustrate the issue. emphasise the difficulties that have been encountered in the past. |
| What are the operative clauses? | They contain the policy statements of the body making the resolution. The clauses should be clear and unambiguous. They present by order of importance what the UN should do or what attitude it should adopt. |
| How to write the operative clauses? | You must ensure that your proposals are actually workable and that they fully reflect the existing policies of the country or agency that you represent. You encourage, and/or invite countries to sign/ratify a convention/declaration |
| What can you do in operative clauses? | You may propose, welcome or deplore all new situations. You may support, congratulate or refuse new proposals. You may confirm, regret what it is already existing. use verbs in the third person singular of the Present Tense. |
| The heading of A Resolution? | FORUM: you write down the forum you belong to. QUESTION OF: you copy the issue of the resolution. SUBMITTED BY: you write down the name of your delegation country or organisation. |
| between each clause. | There is a line-space |
| The opening verb of each clause is | underlined. |
| The lines of the resolution are | NOT numbered. |
| Each operative clause IS | numbered. |
| The sub-clauses begin with | a), b), c), etc.; |
| sub-sub-clauses begin with | i), ii), iii), etc. |
| Acronyms and abbreviation are | written out in full the first time they are used. |
| Each preambulatory clause is followed by | a comma. |
| Each operative clause is followed by | a semicolon. |
| There is only one full stop, that is, at | the END of the resolution. |
| make sure that you not only take a number of hard copies of your draft resolution but also | an electronic version (e.g. USB, flashdisk, iPod, etc.) |
| You should have enough draft resolution copies to | distribute to other members of his forum during the lobbying process. |
| How long should an opening speech be? | hould last 1 minute. In this minute, you should address very clearly to the audience the position of the country/organisation you represent on the primary concerns about the state of the world. |
| In the beginning of the speech you should | ddress the President of the GA and the delegates present by starting your speech, saying something like: ‘Honourable President, Distinguished Delegates’\ open your speech with a strong sentence to gain audience attention. |
| The main body of your speech should | address the issue on the agenda your Delegation feels most strongly about. Keep it diplomatic and concentrate on getting one single message across. |
| How should you end the speech | It is standard practice to end the speech with a flourish such as: ‘Thank you, Mister/ Madame President’. |
| Present your speech- how should you speak? | you must remember to speak slowly and clearly. |
| If you are a non-native English speaker- should you worry about making mistakes in English? | bear in mind that there will be non-native speakers in your audience. If you are a non-native speaker, do not worry about making mistakes. You will not be the only one to make them. |
| How should you sum up the format of an opening speech? | consists of an opening flourish, a main body that drives home one point only and a closing flourish. |
| WHAT IS LOBBYING? | The key to doing this well is to be pro-active, which means taking active steps to present and discuss your proposals. Keep an eye on the fact that the aim is to negotiate in order to reach consensus. |
| how do you merge resolutions? | ou may find other delegates with a similar resolution and decide to combine the two, making the resolution stronger and more likely to succeed in debate. |
| how long should my draft resolution be? | not be longer than two A4 page |
| What do the chairs do during lobbying? | They should coordinate the work of the delegates in the lobbying process to prevent unrealistic or illogical resolutions being produced. |
| What will I do during lobbying after I merge my resolution? | his is the time when you will try to obtain sufficient co-submitters to register your resolution. Generally, time spent on lobbying usually results in a stronger resolution. |
| The chair: | the one conducting the debate and maintaining order while remaining totally impartial. |
| The House | All the members of the forum except the chairman. |
| The submitter | The person who is proposing the motion in the form of a draft resolution for debate. |
| The motion | The proposal for debate, which will eventually be voted upon. |
| A point of information | A question directed either to the speaker who has the floor or to the chairman by a delegate of the House who has been duly recognised by the chairman. |
| A point of order | A question directed to the chairman by a delegate of the House who feels that a mistake has been made in the order of debate or who requires clarification of the rules of procedure. |
| A point of personal privilege | A question directed to the chairman by a delegate who refers to the comfort and well-being of the house (e.g.: audibility, temperature in the house). |
| To have the floor | To have been given the right to speak in debate before the House. |
| To yield the floor | To give up one’s right to the floor either finally or temporally for a point of information to be asked. |
| How to address yourself and others | Speakers need to address each other in the Third Person at all times. Always “honourable speaker” or “fellow delegates”, never “You” or “I”. |
| How to present (sit or stand? | Delegates should stand when speaking and should not sit down until after the speaker has finished answering the delegate’s question. |
| How to address the Chair when speaking | Delegates should address the chair and the House before presenting their speech Example: “ Honourable Chair, fellow delegates...” |
| adress to the chair | - “Mr./Madam Chairman...”. |
| you want to speak | - “The delegate of ... requests the floor” or “wishes the floor”. |
| you have a question | - “The delegate of ... would like to rise a point of information |
| you think that there is a mistake in procedures | “The delegate of ... would like to rise a point of order”. |
| you want to speak specifically about... | “The delegate of ... wishes to speak in favour of/against this motion/resolution/amendment because...”. |
| introducing an amendment | “The delegate of ... moves to amend the resolution by striking/inserting/adding the words...”. |
| asking for support for a resolution | “The delegate of ... urges the House to give its support by voting for/against this motion/resolution/amendment”. |
| asking for the speaker's support | “Does the speaker (not) agree with me that...”. |
| correcting the speaker or chair | - “Is the chair /the speaker (not) aware that...”. |
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