Model UN Basics
The first speech a delegate gives.
What is an opening speech?
People forced to flee their country
What are refugees?
The 3 sections of a standard position paper.
What is the issue, background information, and proposed action?
Greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide, and human activity.
What are the main drivers of global warming?
WHO
What is the World Health Organization?
Leads the committee and enforces rules.
Who is the chair?
The term to describe the lack of clean water
What is water scarcity?
Explains the history and importance of the issue
What is background information?
A worldwide disease outbreak
What is a pandemic?
WFP
What is the World Food Program?
The order to have an informal discussion with a small group
What is an unmoderated cauccus?
The number of people per unit of land.
What is population density?
The appropriate writing style for a position paper.
What is 3rd person?
Taxes imposed by the government as a trade restriction tool
What are tariffs?
UNDP
What is the United Nations Development Program?
A writer of the resolution.
What is a sponser?
The authority of a state to self-govern.
What is sovereignty?
UN documents and official government sources
What are strong and credible sources to research through?
Weak education, low income, corrupt government
What are LDC's?
ILO
What is the International Labor Organization?
How to give your speaking time to another delegate.
This term describes when conflict prevents access to basic services like food or medicine.
What is a blockade?
country stance vs. the committee's policy.
What is the difference between a position paper and a resolution?
Development without harming the future.
What is sustainability?
UNESCO
What is the United Nations Educational, scientific, and cultural organization?