MUN Chairing
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This slideshow was realised for the training session of the MUN Club at Charles de Gaulle International High School in Dijon (France). It provides recommendations for those wanting to chair committees
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- 1. T R A I N I N G S E S S I O N M O D E L U N I T E D N AT I O N S C D G PERFECT CHAIR How to be the E S T. 2 0 1 3
- 2. –William Shakespeare “Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious.”
- 3. Outline • Definition • Session Preparation • Session Execution & Follow-up
- 4. Part 1 : Definition
- 5. What is a chair ? The person in charge of a meeting or of an organisation (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman)
- 6. Held accountable for • Preparing the session with the team • Communicating the materials with the delegates • Helping the delegates before and during the session • Ensuring that the flow of debate is respected, the content serious and the order maintained • Following up with delegates after the session
- 7. DOs • Be fair with delegates and encourage them to participate in a respectful way • Know the diplomatic procedures and the proper vocabulary • Know the topic better than any other delegate • Try to be as close as possible to real UN chairing • Talk to delegates before the session and during lobbying
- 8. DON’Ts • Be disrespectful with delegates • Send Research Reports and countries the day before • Be distracted by your phone, internet, etc • Use someone else RR without reading it • Be inflexible
- 10. Part 2 : Session Preparation
- 11. How we used to work • Chairs decide among themselves who will chair the next session • The topic is selected either by the Chairs or by the Committee • Research Reports are written, participating countries are selected • Email is sent • Resolutions are reviewed, committee is selected
- 13. Research Report • Provide enough information to debate • Written in plain english • Depending on the difficulty of the topic provide solutions • Try not to be biased • Encourage delegates to research more
- 14. Country Attribution Completely Random Half / Half Completely Attributed
- 15. Completely Random • Countries are chosen based on topic • They are entered on the website • The website generates an ordered list • The ordered list is match with names in alphabetical orders
- 17. Half / Half • First come, first served • Random until satisfied • Random with adjustments • Random with permission
- 18. Email • Better if you can personalise • Should include all the links • Post it on Facebook/Twitter as well • Follow up on replies
- 19. Part 3 : Session Execution
- 20. Opening Debate
- 22. Points • Point of Information • Point of Personal Privilege • Point of Inquiry to the Chair • Point of Order
- 23. Motions • Motion to move to voting procedure • Motion to enter debate • Motion to enter lobbying • Motion to divide the house • Motion to expand debate • Motion to follow up
- 24. Voting Procedure
- 25. Dealing with time • Open/Closed Debate • Limit the number of points • Grant motions to move to voting, deny those to divide the house • Accelerate things up (due to time constraints, we will now move to)
- 26. Useful Phrases • May the house come to order • Delegates ! Side talk is out of order • Delegates, the official language is english, please refrain from using french • There will be no direct dialogue between delegates • Could the delegate rephrase in the form of a question
- 27. Best Practices • Keep a participation sheet • Thank delegates at the end of the session • Try to make the process as fair and transparent as possible • Live tweet during the session • Send lots of notes
- 28. Questions ?
- 29. Thank You Bryan Blanchot & Tom Descubes M O D E L U N I T E D N AT I O N S C D G E S T. 2 0 1 3 T R A I N I N G S E S S I O N