UN trivia
How many countries are in the United Nations?
What is 193
A person who is representing a country
What is a delegate
Used to request changes for personal comfort (i.e. make microphone louder, make room cooler/warmer, turn on more lights).
What is a Point of Personal Privilege?
A document written in resolution format, approved by the chairs, and introduced to committee but not yet voted upon is called a draft resolution
What is a Draft Resolution?
To give up the rest of your speaking time during debate
What is to yield to the chair?
Where is the United Nations headquarters?
What is New York, NY
A card that delegates use to vote, ask questions, etc.
What is a placard?
Who you ask a Point of Information to?
What are other delegates, after they are finished making speeches.
delegates who authored the draft resolution or actively contributed ideas
What are sponsors?
A debate format that allows delegates to make short comments on a specific sub-issue
What is Moderated Caucus?
What are the official languages of the United Nations?
What is Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
The Chair and Director of a committee.
What is the dais?
What is motion to open debate?
delegates who wish the see the draft resolution debated but may or may not agree with all of the ideas. However, they think there is some merit to it and want to see it presented. Some resolutions will require a minimum number of these
What are signatories?
a debate format in which delegates can leave their seats to go and talk to others freely and informally
What is Unmoderated Caucus?
What are the six principal organs of the United Nations?
What is the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, The Secretariat, International Court of Justice, Trusteeship Council
The minimum number of delegates needed to do substantive work in committee.
What is a quorum?
A motion used at the very end of Model UN, when it's time to go home.
What is a motion to Adjourn the Meeting/Close Debate?
combining two or more draft resolutions to make a bigger or new draft resoluti
The last step of committee
What is voting bloc?
Which of the six principal organs is currently inactive and what does it do?
What is the Trusteeship Council; helped colonies transition to full countries.
Etiquette for participating in committee.
What is decorum?
Used when you believe the Chair has made an error in the running of the committee.
What is a Point of Order?
statements in the first section of the draft resolution that describes the problems that the committee wants to solve as well as previous measures taken to combat the problem
What are Pre-ambulatory clauses?
statements in the second section of the draft resolution that outlines the specific solutions the sponsors wish to implement; usually numbered or outlined
What are Operative clauses?