MUN

FIRST TRAINING
What is MUN and how it works ?
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BASIC INFORMATION PROCEDURE WHAT TO PREPARE

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01
ABOUT MUN
 DEFINITION
Model United Nations (MUN) is an
academic simulation of the United
Nations, where students take up the
role of Delegates from different
countries and attempt to find solutions
to real global issues.
 DRESSCODE

MALE
Male delegates should
wear long-sleeved shirts
along with ties, long
trouser, blazers and
shoes.

FEMALE
Female delegates should
wear a long-sleeved shirt,
long trousers/ a skirt of
appropriate length,
business dress, formal
jacket and shoes.
 DIPLOMACY IN THE
CONFERENCE

LANGUAGE LANGUAGE
Use parliamentary English is the official
language during the language throughout
conference the conference
PRONOUN ATTITUDE
Always use third- Remain diplomatic
person narrative and civil at all times,
while speaking extending respect
and courtesy to all
people
THE DAIS

THE DAIS
The DAIS of each committee
consists of two (02) Chairs.
Chairs are the moderators of the
committee and have total control
over the progress of committee
sessions.
 USE OF
ELECTRONIC
DEVICES
Electronic devices’ permission
is due to each MUN.

In most MUNs, digital devices

are not allowed during the
conference except unmoderated
caucus and breaks.
 02
PROCEDURE
 There are two (02)
formats of MUN. The
more common one is
Harvard MUN Format.
This is the standard procedure of
a conference following Harvard
MUN Format.
 ROLL CARD
ROLL CARD
● At the beginning of the committee
session, each country is called on to
state their presence alphabetically
● Delegates must respond with either
Present or Present and Voting:
○ Present means that the delegate
can vote for, against or
abstain from voting on
substantive matters
○ Present and Voting means that
the delegate can only vote for
or against when voting on
substantive matters;
abstentions would not be
allowed
● If you arrive late, send a note to the
chair stating your presence and voting
preference.
 OPENING SPEECHES
GENERAL
SPEAKERS’ LIST ● Is the First General Speakers’ List
● Delegates are called in alphabetical
order
● Topic: the delegate’s country in relation to
the topic of the committee, focusing on
the country’s stance and what the
delegate hopes to achieve in the
conference
● Conducted after the agenda has been set
and before formal debate begins

GENERAL SPEAKER’S LIST

● Raise “Motion to open the General

Speakers’ List”
● Raise placards or send notes to chair to
be added
● Topic: delegates can talk about any topic.
● Speakers’ time should be mentioned,
Simple Majority to pass.
● Automatically opens when there is no
motion or resolution
 MOTION
MOTION
● When a Delegate wants to move the
committee towards a certain direction or
activity , he / she can raise a motion to
propose said action.

● A motion can be raised when the floor is

open.

● To raise a motion , a Delegate should

hold their placard high and wait for the
Chair to recognize them before speaking
out their motion.

● Motions need to be voted upon (unless

passed automatically under the Chair's
discretion): if passed , the committee will
move into the direction or activity
indicated by the motion.
 FOUR (04) TYPES
POINTS
Point of Inquiry : to ask Chairs
questions

Point of Information : to ask questions

to another delegate at the end of their
speech (if that delegate has yielded to
Points of Information)

Point of Personal Privilege : to request

for something regarding personal
discomfort (e.g. bathroom usage ,
difficulty in hearing other delegates, .. )

Point of Order : to notify Chairs of a

procedural mistake that the Delegate
believes they have made
 At the end of a substantive speech, a Delegate needs
YIELD to conclude their speech with a yield.

● YIELD TO ANOTHER
DELEGATE: The remaining
speech would be allotted to a
second Delegate, who would
elaborate on the points said by
the first Delegate.

● YIELD TO P.O.I: The

remaining speech time would be
allotted to questions from other
delegates regarding the
Delegate’’s speech.

● YIELD TO THE CHAIR:The

remaining speaking time will be
absorbed by the Chairs.
 RIGHTS
RIGHTS
Right of Reply: It is used when a
delegate feels that their country or their
personal integrity has been insulted and
wants to make a statement and express
their complain.

Appeal: If a Delegate disagrees with a

procedural ruling by the Chair, he/she
may raise the Motion to Appeal on
matters that are appealable. The Delegate
would be given 30 seconds to explain
their appeal, after which the Chair may
speak in defense of the ruling. The appeal
would then be put to a
vote.
 MODERATED CAUCUS
MODERATED
CAUCUS ● Topic: sub-topics relevant to the
main topic
● Raise motion: “Motion for a 15-
minute Moderated Caucus, 1.5
minutes each speaker on the topic
of ….”
● The delegate who raised the passed
motion would have the right to
choose between speaking first or
last in the Moderated Caucus.
● Other delegates raise placards to
be added.
 UNMODERATED CAUCUS
UNMODERATED
CAUCUS ● Informal debate sessions
● Raise “Motion for an unmoderated
caucus for 15 minutes/ Motion for a
15-minute unmoderated caucus”
● Delegates may leave their seats and
move around, lobby, discuss with other
delegates, or writing Draft Resolutions.
During unmoderated caucuses, using
electronic devices are allowed
● Delegates are still expected to be
working during unmoderated caucuses,
as these are different from a break time
● The unmoderated caucus can be extended
by half of the time of the previous
unmoderated caucus.
 INTRODUCE DR.
INTRODUCE
DRAFT ● Raise “Motion to introduce Draft
RESOLUTION
Resolution”. Sponsors then read
aloud and speak on the DR
● 2 speakers for - 2 speakers against
the DR
● Motion for Moderated Caucus/
Unmoderated Caucus
● Motion to introduce amendments;
Motion to vote on the amendments
● Motion to move into voting
procedures => Vote on DR.
 MOTIONS REGARDING
DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

MOTION TO INTRODUCE WORKING PAPER

Once Working Paper is submitted and received by Chairs, Main Submitter is called upon to introduce and speak on it; require Simple Majority to pass.

MOTION TO INTRODUCE DRAFT RESOLUTION

Once DR is submitted and received by Chairs; Main Submitter is called upon to introduce and defend the DR; require Simple Majority to pass

MOTION TO INTRODUCE UNFRIENDLY AMENDMENT

Once UA is submitted and received by Chairs; Amendment should be specified; Submitter is called on to introduce and speak on Amendment; require
Simple Majority to pass.

MOTION TO MOVE INTO VOTING PROCEDURE

To move directly into voting on substantive documents (DR, Unfriendly Amendments); require Simple Majority to pass
 MOTIONS REGARDING
VOTING PROCEDURE

Motion to Divide the Question: Delegates will vote clause by clause.

Motion to Divide the House: Delegates will not be allowed to abstain during the
subsequent vote.

Motion to Vote by Roll Call: Delegate will be called out in alphabetical order to state
their vote on the substantive matter. The Delegate can either state “Yes”, “Yes with
right”, “No”, “No with right” or “Abstain”. “With right” means that the Delegate can
state the reason for their vote in the form of a 90-second speech after the voting
procedure has elapsed.
ENDING THE
TOPIC

ENDING THE TOPIC

● Tabling/resuming the topic

● Closure of debate
● Adjournment and suspension
of debate
 However, since most attendees today are
newbies, the trainer would like to summarize
the conference into three main parts.

ROLL CARD &

OPENING SPEECH
Roll card is the period when Chairs
call delegates’ names in alphabetical
order. Delegates will say “Present” or
“Present and Voting”.
Then, all delegates will have to make
an opening speech. An opening
speech should include: delegate’s
country and its stance, how delegate
would like to contribute to the
conference and what delegate
expect.
CAUCUS
Caucus is used to discuss anything
about issue.
Points being discussed is called
“motion”.
There are two (02) types of caucus:
● Moderated caucus
● Unmoderated caucus
DRAFT SOLUTIONS
After caucus time, blocs will have to
write a draft solution (DR) based on
their working paper.
Then the blocs will receive
amendments to perfect the DR.
There are two (02) types of
amendments:
● Friendly amendment
● Unfriendly amendment
 We have learnt about
Harvard MUN Format.
The less common one is
THIMUN Format.
A simple introduction
will give you the basic
information about its
procedure.
03
WHAT TO PREPARE
POSITION
PAPER
 POSITION PAPER
POSITION PAPER

● The Position Paper is a pre-

conference piece of writing
that summarises the topic
background, stance/viewpoints
and suggested policies of a
Delegate's allocated country on
a committee's given topic
● With the Position Paper ,
delegates are able to express
their knowledge and
understanding on the given
topic as well as their writing
and research skills.
 FORMAT
POSITION PAPER

● Supported File
type: .doc, .docx, or .pdf
● Font: Times New Roman
● Size: 12
● Spacing : 1.5
● Language : English
● Citation/References : MLA
(8th Edition)
● Word limit : 500-600 words
 GUIDELINES

STRUCTURE:

CONTENT: ⏷ Identification (council, name, country, topic)

⏷ Topic introduction ⏷ Format of an essay

⏷ Key issues ⏷ Citation: MLA 8th

⏷ Effects of the issue

⏷ Country stance REMEMBER THAT:
⏷ Past policies and analysis ⏷ Detailed, formatted document
⏷ Proposed solutions ⏷ Citation required
⏷ No plagiarism
⏷ Requirement for award eligibility
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WHAT TO BRING
DRAFT
RESOLUTIO
N
KEY TERMS

SIGNATORIES
Would like to see the
DR discussed

SPONSOR OPERATIVE
Main writers and Actions, solutions

supporters

PREAMBULATORY
Introductory clauses
 SESSIONS OF AN DR

HEADING
Committee’s name, Sponsors, Signatories, Topic’s name
PREAMBULATORY
Introduces the issues, Previous actions, Mentions previous statements
OPERATIVE
Most important, Action-oriented, Detailed, Practical, Inclusive
 SAMPLE DR
HEADING

Committee: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes

Topic: Strengthening international collaboration in the treatment of drug disorders
and prevention of drug abuse
Sponsors: Canada, the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany,
the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Kingdom of Thailand.
Signatories: The Federative Republic of Brazil, South Africa, the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, Japan, Saudi Arabia.
 SAMPLE DR
PREAMBULATORY

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes,

Recalling resolution A/RES/74/178 of the UNODC on the agenda of “International cooperation to address and
counter the world drug problem”,

Bearing in mind the purpose of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime committee within the United
Nations is to supports
Member States in addressing drug use and drug use disorders,

[...]

Recognizing the current difficulties for countries facing severe consequences of drug disorder is the lack of
professional strategy, lack of individuals consciousness and lack of suitable education system, …..
 SAMPLE DR
OPERATIVE

1. Recommends each member state to implement stricter policies and regulations to prevent prescription
drugs misuse:
a. Establishing a state-run electronic database used to track the prescribing and dispensing of
controlled prescription drugs to patients:
i. Recommending each nation to require a monthly report about drug prescription in that area,
ii. Suggesting that the website should provide general data (number of cases related to drugs, risk-
rate predictions, etc) locally and internationally, not the specific identity of each patient,
iii. Strengthening law enforcement and improving the sense of responsibility for
pharmacists, hospitals, and
other healthcare service providers;
1. Reduces transnational crimes such as drug trafficking by methods including but not limited to:

[...]
AMENDMENTS
 An Amendment is a
revision or addition to a
DR that aims to improve
the DR.
An Amendment requires
signatures and needs to
be approved by the
Chair.
 TYPES OF AMENDMENT
CONTENT

1. DELETION: Strike/ omit

2. ADDITION: New clause/sub-clause
3. REVISION: Modify
 TYPES OF AMENDMENT

1. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT:
● Indicate the support of all sponsors of the DR and are automatically added to the DR without voting.
● The Chair would notify the committee of changes made to the DR due to Friendly Amendments .
1. UNFRIENDLY AMENDMENT:
● Do not receive the support of all sponsors of the DR.
● Unfriendly Amendments need to be introduced , which is followed by the submitter's speech on the
Amendment
● The Chair would call upon 2 speakers " for and 2 speakers against the Unfriendly Amendment.
* Introduce Unfriendly Amendment: Raise motion to introduce Unfriendly Amendment > 2
speakers for - 2 speakers against > Motion to vote on the amendment
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OTHER INFORMATION
 REVISION

Revise all the

information that you have
learnt today.
 QUESTIONS

If you have any question,

now is the time to raise.
 THANKS

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THIS LESSON