Conference flow
What is Quorum?
50%+1 delegates MUST be present inside the council to start the conference
What motion do you use if you want a follow up question?
Motion to follow up
When did the UN come to existence?
1945.
Where are the organs physically located?
the UN headquarters in New York, except for ICJ located in The Hague, Netherlands
How many members are there in this council?
15 members
In which speeches are you allowed to raise a point of information?
Moderated caucus
What is point of procedural inquiry used for?
used to ask a question regarding rules of procedure
Why was the League of Nations suspended?
World war 2
What is one subsidiary organ of General assembly?
GA1 (disarmament & international security)
Or GA2 (Economic and financial committee)
Or GA3 (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural committee)
When are the conference days?
6 November and 7 November
What is the "bus stop" between different parts of the conference?
Formal debates
What is a point of order?
used to ask the chair to correct a procedural mistake
When was the League of Nations formed?
1920
How many subsidiary bodies are there in ECOSOC?
30
What are preambulatory clauses?
list the problems relevant to the current topic and describe why it is important that action is taken upon them in resolution papers
What do we do in moderated caucus?
Write resolutions
Raise a motion to enter moderated caucus
Motion to enter moderated caucus for a period of 1 hour with speaker's time of 1 minute
What are the five major allies that were pivotal in shaping the UN?
United states, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, and France
Who is the current Secretary General in MUN and UN
MUN: Ahmed Elbaz
UN: António Gutteres
When do we divide the house in voting?
if resolution voting is even we use this to count each vote one by one
What do we do after introducing draft resolutions?
For and against speeches
Strikethroughs, amendments, additions
Voting on draft resolution
What is the difference between "motion to suspend meeting" and "motion to adjourn meeting"?
Motion to suspend meeting: proposes to delay the meeting for a certain time or go on a break
Motion to Adjourn meeting: proposes to end the current session
The UN came into existence with the signing of the UN charter by ____ Nations of the ___ _______ conference.
51, San Francisco
When was the trusteeship council suspended? And how many Trust territories did it provide international supervision for?
November 1st 1994, 11 trust territories
What are our two topics?
DPRK missile launches and nuclear tests in 2006
Chain and Taiwan