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All UN or Model UN sessions end with a vote to ______. This means that the debate is suspended until the next meeting. This can be a short time (e.g. overnight) or a long time (e.g. until next year's conference).
What is ajourn?
a specific action made by delegates to direct debate in a certain direction.
What is a motion?
What is the UN's predecessor organisation which failed after being created at the end of WWI?
The League of Nations
What is Earth's largest continent?
Asia is Earth's largest continent at approximately 17,300,000 square miles
Nearly 300 people were killed in suicide bombings at several churches and hotels across ..?...
Sri Lanka
A change made to an operative clause of a draft resolution. This can add, delete, or change an operative clause in a draft resolution.
What is an amendment?
To agree with a motion being proposed. Many motions must be seconded before they can be brought to a vote.
What is to second?
How many active councils are there in the United Nations?
5
What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America?
With a toothy coastline of 2,650 miles (4,265 km), Chile accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America.
Days after the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was damaged in a massive fire, authorities declared the ..?..-year-old building structurally sound.
750
50% plus one vote of the number of delegates in a committee. The amount needed to pass most votes.
What is simple majority?
This is used when a delegate believes that there was a mistake made regarding the rules of procedure.
What is Point of Order (or Parliamentary Procedure)?
Who was the first woman appointed to the post of Deputy-Secretary-General of the UN?
Louise Frechette
What river runs through Baghdad?
The Tigris river runs through Baghdad. It is about 1,150 miles (1,800 km) long. The name "Tigris" comes from Old Persian and translates as "the fast one".
President Trump vetoed a resolution passed by both houses of Congress that would have forced an end to U.S. military support of ..?...
rebels fighting in Syria
Form of voting procedure where voting is done by role call. Abstentions are not in order.
What is Division of the House?
used when a delegate experiences personal discomfort that hinders their ability to participate in committee. Examples: temperature of room, distractions during committee, can’t hear another delegate, etc.
What is Point of Personal Privilege?
On what date was the United Nations established?
October 24, 1945
What is the only sea without any coasts?
The Sargasso Sea is a region in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Volodymyr Zelensky, a ..?.. by profession, beat incumbent Petro Poroshenko to be the next president of Ukraine.
A comedian
when delegates vote on the draft resolutions and amendments.
What is a voting bloc?
The first order of business in a Model UN committee, during which the Rapporteur reads aloud the names of each member state in the committee. When a delegate's country's name is called, he or she may respond "present" or "present and voting." A delegate responding "present and voting" may not abstain on a substantive vote.
What is Roll Call?
The United Nations has its headquarters in New York City. It also has three offices in other cities in the world. Can you name them?
Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. The United Nations also operates field stations in other cities around the world.
What country has the most natural lakes?
Canada has more than half of all the natural lakes in the world. An impressive nine percent of the country is covered in fresh water.
President Joko Widodo won a second term in ..?.., defeating challenger Prabowo Subianto, a former military commander.
Indonesia