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Model UN Resources

What is a Model UN?

A Model United Nation (MUN) is a simulation of the sessions of the principal organs of the Organisation in which secondary school and university students assume the role of delegates. By means dialogue and negotiation they try to find solutions to the numerous challenges that the International Community faces.

In this pedagogic activity, schools/institutes are assigned one or several countries of the 192 Member States. In this way, the young people, momentarily relinquish their personal ideas, learn to comprehend, respect and tolerate new and different forms of thinking. In exercising the role of delegate/diplomat, knowledge of international politics and geography, drafting resolutions, negotiation, oratory and protocol skills are acquired

The MUN is an educational programme supported by the UNIC. It is a valuable personal development tool and training for youth in the mechanisms of dialogue and international negotiation and in the political and socioeconomic agenda of the international community and in multilateral fora.

The Support provided by the UNIC

The UNIC collaborates with the organizers of theMUNs by providing ACADEMIC SUPPORT, in the following manner:

Provides advice in the selection of themes (current on the UN Agenda) to be debated in the MUN;
Responds by email for orientation and docmenation made by organisers and participants
Recieve in its library participants who wish to consult UN publications and online materials. Organising authorities are requested advise in advance the themes/ issues selected to allow the Library Assistant to organise the referenced materials in advance. ( go to reference library page)
When necessary will establish register of institutions that carry out MUNs, for information purposes,posting it on the web the UNIC website.
Whenever possible and depending of commitments the UNIC Director may attend the opening or closing of those MUNs that have requested so in writing a month in advance.

Registration of Organisers of MUNS

The UNIC is interested in receiving the details of MUNs that are being planned so that it can be added to a calendar for publishing on this site. tthe institutions that organise models are invited to email the following information to library.portofspain@unic.org:

Model UN (MUN) Details
- The name of the Model UN
- Venue (planned or confirmed)
- Date/s that the MUN will be on
- Name of the organising institution/school/group
- Contact Information (address, phone, email)
- Participant Level (secondary school, university, etc.)
Scope (internal, national, regional)
Focal Point Details:
- Contact Name
- Email
- Telephone number

Organising group visits to the library

Group visits to the Library are always welcome. A gruop should be no larger than six persons and in the case of secondary school students must include a supervisor - a responisble adult(e.g. teacher, parent) .Students/participants wishing to consult with the Library Asstant (LA) and have access to materials from the UN collection should use the following guidelines:

Review the visiting hours for the UNIC Library (go to library page)
Give sufficient notice (at least five working days) to the LA of the planned visit to allow for the prepartion of relevant materials.
Provide a complete list of names of persons visitng the UNIC and the subject matter to be researched
Be on time

Attention:
The LA is not obliged to receive any un announced visits to the library nor facilitate groups larger than six person at any one time.

Other Information

2007 Model UN Assembly's agenda looks at HIV/AIDS and Youth.

There are a number of resources listed below in two parts. General Information - provides all round resources on preparing for a simulation and what is expected of participants. Support Information for the 2007 Agenda points to useful official UN documents and resources that provide content for the area of focus.

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General Information

Cyber School Bus- model UN	The UN's online tool to assist Teachers and Students
Global issues on the UN agenda	This is a list of issues that the UN focuses on
Calendar of Model UNs Around the World	See when other Model United Nations around the world are due and get updates on them
Model UN preparation Guide	A easy to use guide to help you prepare for your Model UN Conference
How to write a position paper	Learn how to write a position paper
Sample Position Paper	Here is an example of how a position paper should be written
How to write A Resolution	Learn how to write draft resolutions, make ammendments etc...
Sample Resolution	An example of what a resolution should look like
Tips on Public Speaking	Find useful tips on how you are expected to speak and address the Assembly here

Support Information for the 2008 Agenda

Gateway to the UN System's work on Climate Change	TheUnited Nations offical website on Climate Change
UN Framework on Climate Change	Over a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty -- the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) -- to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable.
United Nations Environment Programme - Climate Change	Get information on the UN specialised agency for the Environment on its work with Climate Change
The official MDG Website	Visit the official MDG website and get up to date progress reports and much more on the Millennium Development Goals.
High Level event on Climate Change - Bali 2007	Get information on the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change where more than 150 countires met to decide on a global agenda for this issue
Useful Climate Chante Statistics	Find quick statistics on the situation with the Earths climate

The Koyoto Protocol	After two and a half years of intense negotiations, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the third Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 3) in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997. The Protocol shares the objective and institutions of the Convention
Convention on the Rights of the Child	Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour	The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) was created in 1992 with the overall goal of the progressive elimination of child labour, which was to be achieved through strengthening the capacity of countries to deal with the problem and promoting a worldwide movement to combat child labour
Committee on the Rights of the Child	The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. It also monitors implementation of two optional protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.