UNICEF
Parliamentary Procedure
Topic A
Topic B
ASFMUN
100
What does UNICEF stand for?
Former-United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, now- United Nations Children’s Fund
100
What person must be used to speak? 1st, 2nd or 3rd?
Third "The delegate of France would like to point out that..."
100
What is Topic A called?
Elimination of Discrimination against children and parents based on sexual preference, orientation and gender identity
100
What is Topic B called?
Eliminating the use and recruitment of child soldiers for armed conflicts and other purposes
100
Who is the MUN coordinator?
Ms. Perri Devon-Sand
200
What year was UNICEF founded?
1946
200
What are the three types of yields?
Yield to another delegate: speaker’s remaining time will be given to the delegate stipulated in the yield. The delegate that the time is yielded to may not yield his/her time. Yield to questions: delegates wishing to ask the speaker a question must raise their placards, be selected by the moderator, and are limited to 1 question each. Follow-up questions may be allowed at discretion of moderator. The speaker’s time is only running while she/he is answering questions (not while the question is being asked). Yield to the chair: remaining time will not be used, the floor will be declared open, and the moderator will directly move one with the general debate
200
What does LGBTQ stand for?
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer
200
About how many child soldiers are present to this day around the world?
250,000-300,000
200
What is the name of the award you can receive for outstanding performance during the conference?
Best Delegate
300
What committee is it mandated by?
The General Assembly
300
What is the point where a delegate may ask the moderator about the rules of procedure called?
Point of Parliamentary Inquiry
300
What percentage of LGBTQ youth said that bullying is their greatest problem at school?
21%
300
Name three of the ways in which children are used in wars?
As fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, human shields, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes.
300
What is the name of your Moderator and Deputy chair?
Moderator: Nicole Deputy Chair: Sofia
400
How many field offices does it have?
157
400
What motion is made at the beginning of the conference to debate Topic A or Topic B?
Motion to Set the Agenda
400
What percentage of LGBTQ youth has experienced cyber-bullying?
42%
400
What two areas of the world have the largest concentration of child soldiers?
Africa and the Middle East.
400
How much (in %) is the parliamentary procedure quiz worth of your total grade?
5%
500
Where are the UNICEF head quarters?
New York City, New York
500
For a resolution to be introduced, it first has to be signed by what fraction of the committee?
1/4
500
How much more likely are children identified as "different" to attempt or commit suicide after they are bullied?
Twice more likely
500
Name a treaty or protocol that attempts to eradicate the use of child soldiers?
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, ILO (International Labor Organization) Convention, Geneva Conventions, Rome Statute.
500
Name the three members of the Secretariat and their roles
Renata Brockmann (Secretary General), Regina Aban (logistics), Alec Edid (Simulations)