UN Basics
An international organization founded in 1945 with the aim of maintaining international peace and security, promoting friendly relations among states, and serving as a center for cooperation in achieving these goals.
What is United Nations?
A proposed action submitted during crisis.
What is a directive?
Kazakhstan is located on this continent.
What is Asia?
This is something you should never do during formal debate.
What is interrupting another delegate.
This war was fought between the Allies and Axis powers.
What is World War II?
The number of permanent members on the Security Council.
What is 5?
Private negotiations between delegates are often called this.
What is the backroom?
This country currently has the world's largest population.
What is India?
This procedural motion is used to correct committee rules or errors.
What is a point of order?
This year marked the end of World War II.
What is 1945?
This city hosts UN Headquarters,
What is New York City?
This is the difference between an indivdual action and a group action in a crisis.
What is the difference between a crisis note and a directive?
This is the capital city of Brazil.
What is Brasilia?
This may happen if you insult another delegate in committee.
What is a right of reply?
This Soviet leader was in power during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This power allows a permanent member to block resolution.
What is veto power?
This may happen if your crisis action completely fails.
What is a negative fallout/a crisis escalation?
These are three countries that border China.
What are India, Russia, and Mongolia?
Giving away your remaining speaking time is called this.
What is yielding your time?
This event triggered World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
These are the five permanent members of the Security Council.
Who are the United States, United Kingdom, France, China, and Russia?
These three qualities make a directive strong.
What are specificity, realism, and cooperation?
This country technically has the most timezones.
What is France?
This is a proper way to begin a Model UN speech.
What is 'Honourable Chairs, distinguished delegates...'?
These are two examples of Cold War proxy wars.
What are the Korean War and Vietnam War?