Basic Terminology
A delegate
What is a person representing a Country?
A suspension of the meeting
What is a break in the meeting?
The earliest stage of resolution and report writing.
Working Papers
The time you create your position paper.
What is before the meeting?
The purpose of an opening speech
What is to explain your country's policy to the committee?
Motion
What is a request made by a delegate that the committee as a whole should do something?
When you set the agenda during a meeting.
What is the beginning of committee, after opening speakers list?
The Member States who create the content of a resolution
The four parts to a position paper
Background of topic, Past actions, country policy, and possible solutions.
The appropriate time an opening speech should be
What is approximately 1 minute?
Adjourn
The time delegates can raise points or motions
What is a formal debate?
The two sections a resolution is split into
Preamble and Operative
The time the position paper is turned in
what is BEFORE the conference?
Something you can use as a guide in creating your Opening Speech
What is a Position Paper?
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What is the group in charge of a Model UN Committee?
When you use the Right of Response
What is when a delegate makes a statement in formal session that directly insults you or your country?
What is the cause of your resolution. (What actions made you create the solutions you did)?
The purpose of a position paper
What is to show the committee that you have a good understanding of the topic and the position of your country.
Specific topics the Opening Speech should include
What is the policy of your country and the sub-issues you want the committee to focus on?
Decorum
What is the order and respect for others that all delegates at a Model UN conference must exhibit
the name of the system used to determine the order of speeches
The contents in the Operative Clauses
What are the actions that the solution is planning preform to solve the problems stated in the preamble?
Another name for a Position Paper
What is a Policy Statement?
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