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
The default, ongoing roster used in formal debate and Model UN to determine the order in which delegates are called upon to make their main speeches when no motion passes.
What is:
General Speakers List (GSL)
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. Extremely important, as this determines your diplomacy points.
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 or scrimmage
What is:
Committee Background Guide
Notes that are sent to the chair should be addressed to the _____.
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, the "meat and potatoes" of your resolution
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
This is the minimum number of delegates who must vote "yes" for a Unmoderated or Moderated Caucus motion to pass.
What is:
What is a simple majority of members present? (Or 50% + 1 of delegates present in the room).
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