General Debate
How long are opening speeches?
90 seconds.
What is the "General Assembly" of the UN?
Representation for all 193 Countries
Equal votes, equal votes
Meets in NYC
What is the dais? Who are the four roles?
The dais is the group of four staffers that oversees debate and makes sure everything runs smoothly. It consists of the:
Chair, director, rapporteur, and evaluator.
What are the two main types of caucus?
Moderated and unmoderated
This country exited the EU during "Brexit"
United Kingdom
During opening speeches, if you do not finish your speech, what do you do?
Yield your time.
How many sovereign states are represented in the UN General Assembly?
193.
If you speak to a dais member, how should you address them?
Honorable Chair/Director/
Rapporteur/Evaluator
The first time we open the Speaker's List, what happens?
Delegates give opening speeches.
This author wrote Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
What are the four types of points?
Information, personal privilege, inquiry, other
Name one main goal of the UN.
- To address the world's challenges
- To maintain peace and security
- To develop friendly relationships between countries
- To solve international problems
What is the role of the director?
The director guides delegates through the process of writing resolutions.
In the third section of the conference, what do we vote on?
Resolutions
This artist sings Tití Me Preguntó.
Bad Bunny
At the beginning of the conference, what does the rapporteur do?
Calls the roll.
What is the Secretary General of the UN's name?
António Guterres
The rapporteur calls the roll, keeps track of time, and tallies votes.
What is the main distinctions between a moderated and unmoderated caucus?
Moderated caucuses have set speaking times. Delegates stay in their seats and take turns speaking.
Unmoderated caucuses allow delegates to move about the room freely to form alliances and write resolutions.
This former British Prime Minister is nicknamed the Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher
Points of inquiry are used when delegates need parliamentary procedure to be clarified for them.
Points of information are used when delegates believe the chair has not followed parliamentary procedure.
China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.
What is the role of an evaluator?
The evaluator grades the delegates and takes notes to assess how well the delegates did and to allow the dais to decide who advances to the next stage.
To motion for a moderated caucus, what do you say?
“Honorable chair, [country] moves to suspend the debate for a moderated caucus with a total time of [minutes] and a speaking time of [minutes]”
Spencer is how old?
22