Research
Your country’s unique stance on the issue, UN programs, events, resolutions, and agreements your country has participated in
What is:
Country Policy
The UN's "Main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ"
What is:
General Assembly
Organization that preceded the United Nations
What is:
The League of Nations
People who are interested in hearing a resolution presented, no limit to how many you can have
What are:
Signatories
The UN currently believes that climate change is "a ____ we can win."
What is:
race
NGOs provide support for a specific stance on a topic. NGO is the abbreviation for this
What is:
Non-governmental Organization
A ___ is when Khushee runs around yelling with an envelope in her hand
What is:
Crisis
Number of current number of UN member states
What is:
193
People who actively take part in the drafting of a resolution, contribute ideas to a resolution, or pledge their support of a resolution's topics
Sponsors
Fossil fuels, automobiles, and industrial processes contribute to ____.
What is:
Global carbon emissions
Government database that has basic information on every country
What is:
CIA World Factbook
Order in committee/diplomacy. Delegates ought to maintain ___.
What is:
Decorum
The six official UN languages
What is:
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Comes after the header, phrases that describe the situation being addressed by a committee and its importance
What are:
Preambulatory Clauses
Defined by the UN as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
What is:
Sustainability/sustainable development
Most important document to read before entering a conference (written by the dias)
What is:
Chair Report/Committee Background Guide
Notes that are sent to the chair should be addressed to the _____. What the chair, clerk, and runner are called as a collective.
What is:
Dias
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council
What are:
US, UK, Russia, France, China
Phrases that describe the actions being taken by delegates on the committee topic on a working paper.
What are:
Operative Clauses
A collection of 17 global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better...future for all." to be achieved by the year 2030.
What is:
Sustainable Development Goals
Four sub-sections of a position paper (or general topics to research)
+bonus 50 pts for fifth section
What is:
1. Topic Background
2. Past UN/International Involvement
3. Country Policy
4. Possible Solutions
+bonus: sources
Motions that are deemed inappropriate by the chair, unnecessary, or cannot be carried out because of time constraints are considered ____.
What is:
Dilatory
The ninth (current) secretary-general of the UN
Who is:
António Guterres
The group of delegates who write a working paper together
What is:
(Resolution) Bloc
Protocol that legally binds developed country Parties to emission reduction targets.
What is:
Kyoto Protocol