These an PPT which give an basic idea of Modal United Nation for new beginner . These ppt also give structured form and basic rule on which the MUN society run . All you can use these PPT for new delegate who is going to enter in MUN .
3. What is MUN?
• Simulation of the United Nations
•General Assembly
•Security Council
•Economic and Social
Council
•Secretariat
•International Court of
Justice
• Founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and
economic development
4. Why should we do MUN?
• You represent different countries
• You learn how to think from a different perspective
• Builds your public speaking, negotiating, cooperative, writing
and problem-solving skills
• Makes you aware of what’s happening in the world you
live in
• You meet interesting people
• Fun!
5. Who are the different people involved in a
MUN conference?
• Chairs
• Moderate the debate
• Keep time
• Rules on points and motions
• Delegates
• You - student acting as a
representative of another member-state
• Pages
• Someone who volunteers to pass notes from one delegate
to another or to the dais, count votes and help the
chairs out with all sorts of things
6. What exactly do you do in a MUN
conference?
• Lobby
• Get together with other delegates sharing your stance on an
issue and make a resolution
• Debate
• Argue whether or not a resolution should be passed
• Can always make amendments
• Argue whether or not the amendment should be passed
.
• Vote
• As a delegate, you vote on behalf of the country you represent
• Procedural and substantive
7. Flow of debate
Speaker’s List
Moderated Caucus Unmoderated Caucus
Return to Speaker’s
List
Voting Procedures
Set the agenda
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
Useful for writing draft resolutions or
negotiating intensely with other
delegates
11. 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
12. Points and Motions
Motions are used to direct debate
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
13. Points and Motions
Points are used to ask questions
Point of order – if any person is speaking
wrong information you can correct it
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
14. Resolutions
Resolutions are made up of
preambulatory and operative clauses
Preambulatory clauses describe the
situation
Operative clauses describe the course
of action taken by the committee
15. Why is Research Important?
• Research is your friend, your best friend.
• Always, always, always do your research
before the conference
• Research helps define positions and views
• Research is used in every part of MUN:
o Speeches
o Lobbying
o Resolutions
o Debate
16. Getting Started…
• What you need to understand first…
o The country you represent
o The topics you will be debating
about
o How to find these things out
That’s what we are here to show you
17. You and Your Country
• Then discover your country’s Permanent
Missions to the United Nations
o These are a guide to the goals every
nation of the United Nations should
have…
o This will also contain a country’s
policies dealing with different
situations.
• Finally, you will need to discover you
country’s relations with other nations.
18. You and Your Country
• A good start is to find information about
your country in general.
o Where is it located, countries it is surrounded
by…
o It’s economy: Imports, exports, wealth,
countries they trade with…
o It’s government: What form of government…
o The History: Past wars, rival nations, culture,
beliefs (religious), and more…
o Recent disagreements, transnational issues
19. You and Your Country:
Suggested links
• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-
world-factbook/
o The leading source on general, up-to-date, country
information and statistics
• http://en.wikipedia.org/
o Not the best source for statistics but good for
general background information for a nation
• http://www.un.int/index-en/webs.html
o The Permanent Missions to the UN of the nations
and their emmbassies
• http://www.embassyworld.com/
o An unofficial source for links to embassies of every
nations
20. Topics of Debate: What they mean
• To debate, you must understand
what you will be debating…
o Vocabulary
o History of the Issue
Past Resolutions dealing with
each issue
o Views on the Issue
Views and opinions of your own
nation
Views and opinions of other
nations
21. “Where Can You Research?”
• Possible sources for
trustworthy research can be:
• The School/Public Library
• Internet
• Newspaper/Magazine
Documents
• You can even try interviewing
someone
22. Useful Search Keywords
• “Country [stance] [issue]”
ex) Philippines support disarmament
• “Country [press release] [issue]
ex) Canada UN Summit 2006 Israel-Lebanon
Conflict
• [Issue] UN resolution
ex) Korean Conflict UN resolution
• Country [Agreements] on [Issue] with
[country]
ex) Iran’s Agreements on Nuclear Proliferation
with USA
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