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100

What is Setting the Agenda

The first thing delegates must do in committee

100

What is a Directive

Action orders used in crisis committees to direct troops, agencies, and individuals to take an action that is within the authority of the committee

100

What is Holy See and Palestinian Authority


What is Holy See and Palestinian Authority


The two major nations in the United Nations that have observer status but no voting rights

100

What is Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)


A legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government and a term usually used by governments to refer to entities that have no government status

100

What is United Nations Charter

What is United Nations Charter

The foundational treaty of the United Nations, outlines the rules every member and committee must follow

200

What is Quorum


The minimum number of delegates needed to be present for a committee to meet. In the General Assembly, it consists of one third of the members to begin debate, and a majority of members to pass a resolution

200

What is Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

The major treaty signed in 1970 to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons

200

Work in progress

work in progress

200

What is the International Atomic Energy Agency

An international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons

200
Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, it represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled
What is Universal Declaration of Human Rights
300
The way to handle remaining speaking time after a delegate speaks on the Speaker's List
What is Yielding
300
This nation is currently going through a referendum to have a secession of the southern half after years of genocide and persecution
What is the Sudan
300
These four nations are not part of the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) but still produce a significant amount of nuclear technology
What is Israel, Pakistan, India, North Korea
300
Best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases
What is Doctors Without Boarders
300
Comprises of four treaties and three additional protocols that set the standards in international law for humanitarian treatment of the victims of war
What is the Geneva Conventions
400
A right to speak in reply to a previous speaker's comment, invoked when a delegate feels personally insulted by another's speech
What is Right of Reply
400
The current Secretary-General of the United Nations
What is Ban Ki-Moon
400
This nation holds approximately 1/6 of the world population
What is China
400
A United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country
What is United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights
400
The first major international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
What is the Kyoto Protocol
500
A change to a draft resolution that is already on the floor, can be "friendly" or "unfriendly"
What is an Amendment
500
Used when a delegate is voting against their country’s position or against their expected position on an issue
What is Voting With Rights
500
This nation is notorious for a massive illegal drug trade and became known by Medellin Cartel and the Cali Cartel
What is Colombia
500

A permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression)

What is International Court of Criminals

500
Defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources
What is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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