Next Wednesday, we will finish our conference. Last Wednesday, we voted to suspend the debate until next class period in order to go home. The motion passed 6-0. In order to restart the class, someone must move to restart the debate.
By tomorrow, you must write a resolution and turn it into ME - not the blog!!! Keep in mind, the best resolutions are going to be voted on during the conference. We will have one resolution for each side (unless one faction of people working on one resolution decides to divide the house.)
You want your resolution to win!
You want your resolution to ...
- have the best language
- achieve your countries' goals (you don't want it to be too "watered-down").
- attract enough people in order to win (you don't to be too "heard-headed").
Look on the blog for help writing resolutions. I look forward to seeing your written resolutions tomorrow.
- Mr. Gibson
P.S. Some of you forgot to complete your homework on the structure of the UN!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Outline of Conference
Debate/Speeches
*** This is where a Model UN Conference starts.***
***Look at your "Proper Procedures" paper for help.***
- First comes a "General Debate"
- During the General Debate of the caucus, each team will give a speech. The speech will come from the position paper
- Your speech should have...
- Introduction
- Introduce topic & give your country policy.
- Introduce topic & give your country policy.
- Country Background
- Explain how your country is affect by the topic.
- Explain how your country is affect by the topic.
- Topic Background
- Do not spend too much time on the history of the problem,
- However, you should mention...
- past UN resolutions that address the problem
- why your country is involved with the problem
- what your country has done to fix the problem in the past.
- involvement with the problem.
- past UN resolutions that address the problem
- Do not spend too much time on the history of the problem,
- You DO NOT WANT TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS during this speech.
- You will propose solutions at the "Substantive Debate."
- You will propose solutions at the "Substantive Debate."
- During General Debate, you also want to learn who will support your policy and who will not.
- Listen closely to what other delegates say.
- Think about what bloc you and other countries are in.
- Plan who you are going to make allies with during caucus.
- Listen closely to what other delegates say.
- See Sample speech (Example D) When you give your speech during the general debate portion, remember to...
- read your speech from your position paper.
- speak on behalf of your country
- Brazil feels that...
- Brazil feels that...
- take a deep breath before you begin.
- be confident.
- speak from your stomach.
- thank the chairman/chairwoman for the opportunity to speak.
- read your speech from your position paper.
***Guest Speakers***
*** During the opening speeches, every country will include speeches based upon their position papers. Sometimes you will show videos to help make your argument. But sometimes, the committee chairs of individual nations will also ask a guest speaker to address the committee.
- A guess speaker should be someone who is/has…
- experienced, firsthand, situation that deals w/ your committee.
- If you are talking about economic development, bring in someone who is living in an area that is undeveloped and poor.
- If you are talking about nuclear disarmament, bring in someone who lived through Hiroshima, Nagasaki, or Chernoybyl.
- If you are talking about economic development, bring in someone who is living in an area that is undeveloped and poor.
- qualified to speak on the subject. Such as…
- If you are talking about economic development, bring in a Nobel Prize winning economist
- If you are talking about problems from nuclear weapons, bring in a nuclear scientist.
- If you are talking about economic development, bring in a Nobel Prize winning economist
EXAMPLE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wOH2rDtS1Y
Dalai Lama giving a speech at the United Nations
- After everyone has given their speech, the committee will have a caucus.
Step 4.) Caucus
- A caucus is where the group members address ideas and negotiate what actions must be taken. It comes in between General Debate and Substantive Debate.
- In a caucus, each delegate goes and talks to other countries and discusses what they think about the issue.
- Caucus time is ONLY 5 – 10 MINUTES, so you must BE QUICK & ORGANIZED.
- (youtube clip)
- Caucus time is ONLY 5 – 10 MINUTES, so you must BE QUICK & ORGANIZED.
- During caucuses you (the delegates) discuss policy with other countries and begin writing resolutions.
- Resolutions are documents written by countries that list actions that should be taken in order to solve the problem.
- At the end of the conference, everyone will vote on resolutions.
- During caucus, your country should be trying to find other countries that you think will vote for your resolution.
- Basically, during caucus time, you are trying to FIND ALLIES!
- We will go more into resolutions later, but you most know something about them in order to know what caucus is.
- We will go more into resolutions later, but you most know something about them in order to know what caucus is.
- Resolutions are documents written by countries that list actions that should be taken in order to solve the problem.
- Your caucus strategy should be something like this...
- What is our country trying to do?
- Which bloc should we look to for help?
- Which individual countries from other blocs can we persuade to be our allies?
- How much will we have to compromise with other countries in order to get what we want?
- What is our country trying to do?
- Caucusing is like meeting up with your friends and discussing where you will go to eat. Do you want KFC? Zhen bao? Bao zi?
- When you are discussing where you want to eat, you are caucusing.
- The restaurant you choose is the winning resolution.
- When you are discussing where you want to eat, you are caucusing.
- As a committee, you will decide which type of caucus to have. There are three types.
- Informal caucus
- Moderated caucus
- ***Formal Caucus***
- Informal caucus
- After the caucus you will write and vote on resolutions
How to write and vote on resolutions
Writing and Voting on Resolutions
- Working paper
- (Example E)
- A working paper is a draft of your resolution that you create during a conference.
- A working paper is a draft of your resolution that you create during a conference.
- It is considered the first draft of your countries' resolution.
- You compile all of your ideas on this paper.
- At the beginning of the conference, you will spend most of your time discussing the issue with your country and then with other countries. As you talk with your country and other countries, you create the working paper.
- Funding
- OK, you have just been assigned a committee that is dealing with some economic issue. You and your fellow delegates all agree that there is a problem AND you have all agreed on how to solve the problem and you are ready to write a resolution. Great! Right? Well, there is still one more problem…How will you pay for this?
- OK, you have just been assigned a committee that is dealing with some economic issue. You and your fellow delegates all agree that there is a problem AND you have all agreed on how to solve the problem and you are ready to write a resolution. Great! Right? Well, there is still one more problem…How will you pay for this?
- Think back to the example about the four students debating where they will eat lunch. How was the poorest student convinced to go for zhen jiao?
- The same thing is true in the U.N. Somehow, you have to pay for whatever resolution you pass.
- So, where should we look for money? (Example G)
- The World Bank
- Amendments
- Amendments are revisions made to resolutions before they are voted upon that are written in order to…
- Get other countries on board
- Clarify any vague language
- Get other countries on board
- Using the "proper language" in Amendments
- When writing amendments, you must use the correct language(See example H)….
- When writing amendments, you must use the correct language(See example H)….
- Move into Method of Voting
- Each country votes "yea" or "nay" for each respective resolution.
- Each country votes "yea" or "nay" for each respective resolution.
Example J – How to write a resolution
(Example I - Resolution)
RESOLUTION ON POVERTY
Topic: Poverty
Committee: United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Sponsored by: Canada, Portugal, France, Russian Federation,
To the General Assembly,
Recognizing that poverty in the world has become increasingly common in least developed countries (LCDs),
Aware that there is a need for development of infrastructure and housing at the grassroots level,
Realizing that poverty has caused problems in health of civilians and the economy of the nation,
- Requests governments to consider population and development programs through:
- asking UNCHR and WHO for aid which includes:
- food,
- clothing,
- building materials,
- food,
- using Amnesty International and the Red Cross to distribute the aid;
- Stresses the need to establish access to clean water for inhabitants;
- Further invites mobilization and allocation of necessary funds needed for these programs through:
- the use of multilateral banks ,
- international cooperation efforts,
- donors to the United Nations and other aid organizations;
- the use of multilateral banks ,
- Recommends the promotion of proficient and targeted allocation of aid and programs used to eradicate poverty through:
- the proper monitoring by the UNCHR on the distribution of aid,
- the expedient use of resources available,
- government cooperation in the deliverance of aid;
- the proper monitoring by the UNCHR on the distribution of aid,
- Supports aid to be first transported to the poorest areas to have the greatest impact;
- Draws attention to the need for primary health care, preschool, and basic education to be established in poverty-stricken areas.
Signatories: United States, Malaysia, Micronesia, Iran, Philippines, Venezuela, Yemen,
Economic and Social Council - Anne
Economic and Social Council
Anne Hsu
10/13/09
1. Who: Economic and Social Council (Current president:
2. What:
-ECOSOC has 54 members, all of whom are elected by the General Assembly for a three-year term.
-The president is elected for a one-year term and chosen among the small or middle powers represented on ECOSOC. ECOSOC meets once a year in July for a four-week session.
-ECOSOC serves as the central forum for the discussion of international economic, social, humanitarian and environmental issues, and for formulating policy recommendations addressed to Member States and the United Nations system.
-The Council plays a key role in fostering international cooperation for development and in setting priorities for action.
3. When: established in 1945
4. Where: headquarter in United State, New York
5. Why: to assists the General Assembly in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development.
6. How:
-Viewed separate from the specialized bodies it coordinates, ECOSOC’s functions include information gathering, advising member nations, and making recommendations.
-ECOSOC is well positioned to provide policy coherence and coordinate the overlapping functions of the UN’s subsidiary bodies and it is in these roles that it is most active.
-Make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly, to the Members of the United Nations, and to the Specialized Agencies concerned; Make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.
-Prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with respect to matters falling within its competence.
-Call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Nations, international conferences on matters falling within its competence.
-Co-ordinate the activities of the Specialized Agencies through consultation with and recommendations to such agencies and through recommendations to the General Assembly and to the Members of the United Nations.
-Furnish information to the Security Council and assist the Security Council upon its request.
-The Council holds several short sessions, ad hoc meetings, round tables and panel discussions with the participation of non-governmental stakeholders throughout the year, to prepare for its four-week substantive session in July. The work of the Council is also carried out by its subsidiary and related bodies.
Reference: http://www.un.org/ecosoc/about/subsidiary.shtml
United State of Economic and Social Council
Anne Hsu
10/13/09
1. Who: Economic and Social Council (Current president:
2. What:
-ECOSOC has 54 members, all of whom are elected by the General Assembly for a three-year term.
-The president is elected for a one-year term and chosen among the small or middle powers represented on ECOSOC. ECOSOC meets once a year in July for a four-week session.
-ECOSOC serves as the central forum for the discussion of international economic, social, humanitarian and environmental issues, and for formulating policy recommendations addressed to Member States and the United Nations system.
-The Council plays a key role in fostering international cooperation for development and in setting priorities for action.
3. When: established in 1945
4. Where: headquarter in United State, New York
5. Why: to assists the General Assembly in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development.
6. How:
-Viewed separate from the specialized bodies it coordinates, ECOSOC’s functions include information gathering, advising member nations, and making recommendations.
-ECOSOC is well positioned to provide policy coherence and coordinate the overlapping functions of the UN’s subsidiary bodies and it is in these roles that it is most active.
-Make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly, to the Members of the United Nations, and to the Specialized Agencies concerned; Make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.
-Prepare draft conventions for submission to the General Assembly, with respect to matters falling within its competence.
-Call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Nations, international conferences on matters falling within its competence.
-Co-ordinate the activities of the Specialized Agencies through consultation with and recommendations to such agencies and through recommendations to the General Assembly and to the Members of the United Nations.
-Furnish information to the Security Council and assist the Security Council upon its request.
-The Council holds several short sessions, ad hoc meetings, round tables and panel discussions with the participation of non-governmental stakeholders throughout the year, to prepare for its four-week substantive session in July. The work of the Council is also carried out by its subsidiary and related bodies.
Reference: http://www.un.org/ecosoc/about/subsidiary.shtml
United State of Economic and Social Council
UN Organs and Special Agencies
These are the special agencies in the United Nations, 17 in all:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
-Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO's mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
-An intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the field of nuclear technology. It seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes.
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
-It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation.
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
-IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries.
International Labour Organization (ILO)
-ILO deals with labour issues.
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
-Coordinate international maritime safety and related practices. the IMO promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to prevent marine pollution.
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
-Established to standardize and regulate international radio and telecommunications. Its main tasks include standardization, allocation of the radio spectrum, and organizing interconnection arrangements between different countries to allow international phone calls
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
-Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the UN Charter.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
-The Organization's primary objective is the promotion and acceleration of industrial development in developing countries and countries with economies in transition and the promotion of international industrial cooperation. The Organization works towards improving the quality of life of the world's poor by drawing on its combined global resources and expertise in the following three interrelated thematic areas:
1) Poverty reduction through productive activities
2) Trade capacity-building
3) Energy and environment.
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
-Coordinates postal policies between member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system. Each member country agrees to the same set of terms for conducting international postal duties.
World Bank (WB)
-The World Bank, a part of the World Bank Group (WBG), makes loans to developing countries for development programmes with the stated goal of reducing poverty. The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group in that the first only comprises the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association, while the latter incorporates these entities in addition to three others (i.e.IFC, MIGA & ICSID).
-see Annie's for more information
World Food Programme (WFP)
-The food aid branch of the UN, and the world's largest humanitarian organization. WFP provides food, on average, to 90 million people per year, 58 million of whom are children, WFP works to help people who are unable to produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families.
World Health Organization (WHO)
-Acts as a coordinating authority on international public health.
-ex. Deals with H1N1
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
-Its purpose is to encourage creative activity and to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world. The organization administers several treaties concerning the protection of intellectual property rights.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
-The specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO or WToO)
-Serves as a forum for tourism policies and acts as a practical source for tourism know-how.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
-It provides monetary cooperation and financial stability and acts as a forum for advice, negotiation and assistance on financial issues.
Informations from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Organization#Organization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_Nations_specialized_agencies
General Assembly
General Assembly
Sabrina Su
10/13/09
General Assembly
Secretary General
H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki
Who
General Assembly
What
1. It occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.
2. Comprising all 192 Members of the United Nations, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.
3. It also plays a significant role in the process of standard-setting and the codification of international law. The Assembly meets in regular session intensively from September to December each year, and thereafter as required.
When
Established in 1945
Where
United State, New York
Why
It occupies a central position.
How
According to the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly may:
1. Consider and make recommendations on the general principles of cooperation for maintaining international peace and security, including disarmament.
2. Discuss any question relating to international peace and security and, except where a dispute or situation is currently being discussed by the Security Council, make recommendations on it.
3. Discuss, with the same exception, and make recommendations on any questions within the scope of the Charter or affecting the powers and functions of any organ of the United Nations.
4. Initiate studies and make recommendations to promote international political cooperation, the development and codification of international law, the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and international collaboration in the economic, social, humanitarian, cultural, educational and health fields.
5. Make recommendations for the peaceful settlement of any situation that might impair friendly relations among nations.
6. Receive and consider reports from the Security Council and other United Nations organs.
7. Consider and approve the United Nations budget and establish the financial assessments of Member States.
8. Elect the non-permanent members of the Security Council and the members of other United Nations councils and organs and, on the recommendation of the Security Council, appoint the Secretary-General.
Cabinets:
1. H.E. Dr. Ali TrekiPresident of the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly
2. Dr. Jamal BenomarChef de Cabinet
3. Mr. Asim Iftikhar AhmadDeputy Chef de Cabinet
4. H.E. Dr. Saad ElshlmaniAmbassador / Senior Advisor
5. Mr. Jean-Victor NkoloSpokesperson
6. Mr. Jonas JølleCounsellor / Third Committee
7. Mr. Gustavo Sénéchal First Secretary / First Committee
8. Ms. Mónica Sánchez Second Secretary / Revitalization, System-Wide Coherence
9. Ms. Margie Kam
Advisor / General Assembly Affairs and Special Events
10. Mr. Jonas von Freiesleben Associate Expert / Security Council Reform
11. Mr. Ali Mohamed Treki
Second Secretary
12. Mr. Yeasin Arafat Webmaster
13. Ms. Alicia Santomauro
Administrative Assistant
14. Ms. Alice Farhat Administrative Assistant to the President
Reference
General Assembly of the United Nation
http://www.un.org/ga/
Sabrina Su
10/13/09
General Assembly
Secretary General
H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki
Who
General Assembly
What
1. It occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.
2. Comprising all 192 Members of the United Nations, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.
3. It also plays a significant role in the process of standard-setting and the codification of international law. The Assembly meets in regular session intensively from September to December each year, and thereafter as required.
When
Established in 1945
Where
United State, New York
Why
It occupies a central position.
How
According to the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly may:
1. Consider and make recommendations on the general principles of cooperation for maintaining international peace and security, including disarmament.
2. Discuss any question relating to international peace and security and, except where a dispute or situation is currently being discussed by the Security Council, make recommendations on it.
3. Discuss, with the same exception, and make recommendations on any questions within the scope of the Charter or affecting the powers and functions of any organ of the United Nations.
4. Initiate studies and make recommendations to promote international political cooperation, the development and codification of international law, the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and international collaboration in the economic, social, humanitarian, cultural, educational and health fields.
5. Make recommendations for the peaceful settlement of any situation that might impair friendly relations among nations.
6. Receive and consider reports from the Security Council and other United Nations organs.
7. Consider and approve the United Nations budget and establish the financial assessments of Member States.
8. Elect the non-permanent members of the Security Council and the members of other United Nations councils and organs and, on the recommendation of the Security Council, appoint the Secretary-General.
Cabinets:
1. H.E. Dr. Ali TrekiPresident of the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly
2. Dr. Jamal BenomarChef de Cabinet
3. Mr. Asim Iftikhar AhmadDeputy Chef de Cabinet
4. H.E. Dr. Saad ElshlmaniAmbassador / Senior Advisor
5. Mr. Jean-Victor NkoloSpokesperson
6. Mr. Jonas JølleCounsellor / Third Committee
7. Mr. Gustavo Sénéchal First Secretary / First Committee
8. Ms. Mónica Sánchez Second Secretary / Revitalization, System-Wide Coherence
9. Ms. Margie Kam
Advisor / General Assembly Affairs and Special Events
10. Mr. Jonas von Freiesleben Associate Expert / Security Council Reform
11. Mr. Ali Mohamed Treki
Second Secretary
12. Mr. Yeasin Arafat Webmaster
13. Ms. Alicia Santomauro
Administrative Assistant
14. Ms. Alice Farhat Administrative Assistant to the President
Reference
General Assembly of the United Nation
http://www.un.org/ga/
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