Tonight (Thursday, August 25th's) Homework

Ni hao,

OK, here is tonight's homework...





1.) Translate the MUN Draft Resolution Vocabulary. Remember those are the words from your Preable (Preambulatory Clause) and your Proposal (Operative Clause) which begine each clause.

Some examples from the Preamble include Emphasizing, Recognizing, Seeking, Welcoming, etc.
Some examples from the Proposal include Declares, Demands, Endorses, Notes with Interest, Proposes, Suggests, Urges, etc.

HINT: Remember what we talked about yesterday with "spin" and "flowery language." When a reporter asked the head delegate from China about the genocide in The Sudan, his answer discussed "providing stablitity to the region" and "creating mutually benificial relationships which date back to the 1960's between the P.R. of China and The Sudan."

Here is my point...You must translate and use the MUN Draft Resolution Vocabulary words in order to be specific about what you want to do, or (like the delegate from China) in order to be evasive. And you must be able to identify someone if they try to do that.


2.) Come up with a new Strategy for tomorrow's caucuses. Your strategy should also be evident in your Draft Resolution.


3.) Write your Draft Resolution. You must turn it in by 10:00 p.m. tonight to mtgibby@gmail.com.





Draft Resolutions

* What are they?

A draft resolution is a plan to identify the problem and come up with concrete plans to fix it which each country writes down.


* What's in it?

The first part is called the Preable (or Preambulatory Clause). This section explains what the problem is and why it is a problem. This section is usually very broad in its' scope.

Example: The U.S. Preamble to the Constitution

(http://www.aclassicpainting.com/Graphics/Preamble/preamble_large.jpg)


The second part is your Proposal (or Operative Clauses). This section includes concrete plans that articulate (look it up in the dictionary) what will be fixed, when it will be fixed, where it will be fixed, how it will be fixed, how much it will cost to fix it, and who it will be fixed by. Generally, the Proposals are very specific.

Example: The Magna Carta

(http://vi.uh.edu/pages/bob/elhone/Magna.html scroll down)





OK everyone,

JIA YOU!

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!



P.S. If you want to see how not to do your proposals, take a look at what you guys did during first semester of last year. Go to "December" on our blog. Do you remember our "UN Conference on H1N1?"