Know Your MUN
The First MUN NW conference of the year, dedicated to educating new delegates
What is EDUMUN?
The four paragraphs of a position paper
What are introduction, past action, current action, and solution?
What is a sponsor?
You should always avoid doing this when speaking and instead use bullet points
What is reading off a script?
You should do this before researching anything specific about your country
What is get familiar with the topic as a whole?
In MUN you never use personal pronouns and always refer to yourself in this way
What is third-person?
This is the primary focus of an introduction (to connect it to the topic you must explain its relevance)
What is a topic overview?
What is organizing ideas?
You should always use logical and respectful arguments that embody this
What is your country's perspective?
To understand the state of your delegation you need to know this
What is the structure of your nation's government?
Speakers must yield their remaining time during this type of debate
What is formal debate?
What are issues with the situation and diplomatic efforts?
You should always have this in committee for both you and fellow delegates
What is a MUNNW resolution formatting guide?
You should use motions to further discussion in this area
What is points your allies would agree with?
You should look at this information after you understand the topic as a whole
What is the issue in your country or UN actions?
When personally attacked, a delegate may be granted this privilege
What is a right of reply?
The optimal method to organize information from external sources
You should try to combine your block with another if this is the case
What are similar resolutions?
Do this to make your debate cohesive and organized (you may have to slow down your pace not to stumble over your words)
What is speaking confidently?
The bodies you should be looking at in your research beyond your government
What are politically active individuals or private organizations?
This voting method forces the committee to vote on every clause of a resolution individually (please never do this)
What is division of the question?
In your solution try to avoid doing this and instead focus on realistic and practical solutions
What is "[#]-step plans"?
Avoiding doing this in conversation to allow all members of your bloc to contribute
What is dominating the conversation?
Doing these two things will maintain conversation and help you be a good delegate
What is proposing motions and speaking for at least 3/4 of the time?
Something important to consider when doing research for a potential solution
What are ramifications/feasibility and the scope of the issue?