SNS 2024 Guide Final v2
SNS 2024 Guide Final v2
2024
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CONTENTS
UN Charter Articles……………………………………………………………………………… 3
Resolution Format……………………………………………………………………………...…..6
Resolution Clauses.……………………………………………………………………………..….7
Position Papers…..………………………………………………………………………………....9
Committee Flow….………………………………………………………………………..……....11
Opening Speech…………………………………………………………………………………....17
Sample Resolution………………………………………………………………………………...27
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UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEES
The main bodies of the UN are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic
and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consists of five permanent members (The Peoples
Republic of China, the Republic of France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the
United States of America) and ten rotating member states that are elected for two-year
nonconsecutive terms. UNSC decisions taken under Chapter VII of the UN Charter are legally
binding, and include both Article 41 (Economic Measures) and Article 42 (Military Measures).
This is the only body with the right to enforce these articles.
General Assembly Committees contain all member states and receive one vote. No nation has
the power to veto. GA decisions are NOT legally binding.
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has 54 members elected by the GA for three-year
terms. As in the General Assembly, no state has veto power.
International Court of Justice has fifteen judges of different nationalities, elected for nine-year
terms by the UNSC and the GA. Nations can not be forced to appear before the court. All UN
members are members of the court.
Secretariat services the other principal organs of the UN and administers the programmes and
policies laid down by them. At its head is the Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General
Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council for a five-year, renewable term.
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IMPORTANT CHARTER ARTICLES
2.1 “The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.”
2.3 “All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner
that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.”
2.4 “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force
against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner
inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
2.7 “Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in
matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the
Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall
not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter Vll.”
25 “The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the
Security Council in accordance with the present Charter.”
42 “Should the Security Council consider that measures provided for in Article 41 would be
inadequate or have proved to be inadequate, it may take such action by air, sea, or land forces
as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security. Such action
may include demonstrations, blockade, and other operations by air, sea, or land forces of
Members of the United Nations.”
51 “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-
defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security
Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security. Measures
taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self-defence shall be immediately reported to
the Security Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the
Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary
in order to maintain or restore international peace and security. “
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RESEARCH AND PREPARATION
Resources
1. The Background Guide - data from the BG cannot be used in the position paper
2. The Internet - (See Helpful Organizations References page 16)
3. Your Nation’s Embassy
4. BBC/CNN/other reliable news websites- (BBC is more internationally related and has
background info for every country).
▪ Guidelines
o Clearly sorted into subtopics
o Major treaties are listed
o Stats are available
o Programs are outlined—one or two sentences each.
o A delegate’s point of view on the agenda.
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COUNTRY INFORMATION SHEET
Border States:__________________________________________________________________
Major Allies:___________________________________________________________________
Recent Conflicts:________________________________________________________________
International Development:_______________________________________________________
Human Rights:_________________________________________________________________
Social Development:_____________________________________________________________
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RESOLUTION FORMAT
Recognizing that one line should be skipped after the title and before and after every following
clause,
Gravely concerned that delegates may forget to use a comma at the end of pre-ambulatory
clauses,
Noting that each resolution begins with the name of the organ,
Aware that the format of a resolution may be changed by a Chair or Secretary- General,
3. Welcomes clear and simple wording, explanation, and splitting complex ideas into
sub-operatives;
4. Notes that, when appropriate, an operative having sub-operatives may end in a colon;
5. Observes that a resolution, being only one sentence, always ends with a period.
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➔ Preambular clauses state the problem, operative clauses are the proposed solutions to
them.
RESOLUTION CLAUSES
Perambulatory
Operative
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Concurs Expresses the belief Requests
Condemns Expresses the hope Resolves
Confirms Further endorses Solemnly affirms
Congratulates Further invites Strongly condemns
Considers Further proclaims Strongly endorses
Decides Further recommends Strongly requests
Declares Further reminds Strongly supports
Declares accordingly Further requests Supports
Demands Further resolves Takes note of
Deplores Have resolved Transmits
Designates Instructs Urges
Working paper: a list of ideas, solutions, and/or general clauses that you believe are important
and should be included in an eventual resolution.
The goal in this phase is to create concrete ideas that can be shared with others in the committee
and used to form clauses and finally resolutions. This way, blocs can have something to start a
resolution with and also see what other blocs are considering, with the hope of bringing together
people with the same ideas. Working papers are used to get debate started.
▪ This is the bulk of your time in conference, you will be leading your group in discussion
and putting forth your specific recommendations while listening to others to come up
with the strongest ideas for the resolution.
Draft Resolution: a resolution submitted to the Executive Board, adhering to the necessary
requirements, evaluated and approved by the Executive Board. Draft Resolutions are the product
of debate and negotiation.
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Draft Resolution Guidelines:
1. Content: If there are multiple draft resolutions presented to the Executive Board that address
the same issues AND express similar actions, the Executive Board will encourage delegates to
speak to both groups of sponsors in order that they might combine their efforts.
2. Comprehension: Executive Board will review draft resolution for readability and
understanding. When necessary, Executive Board will request sponsors to clarify/rewrite any
clauses that are vague and unclear so that the clauses state exactly what they mean to
accomplish.
3. Substance: If the resolution says the same thing over and over, the Dias would encourage
sponsors to review clauses and revise if possible.
POSITION PAPERS
Position papers are a country’s policy statement on the topics under consideration by a
committee. They include identifying the key issues for each topic, including providing relevant
statistics; important international and regional conventions, treaties, declarations, and
resolutions; actions taken by a country to address the issues; and recommendations for actions to
be taken by the committee. In position papers, be concise and informative; leave the
commentary out.
Example position paper attached at the end of the guide (page 21)*
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EVALUATION CRITERIA:
Phase I: The paper will automatically be disqualified if plagiarism crosses more than 7%,
additionally one font shall be used throughout the position paper.
Phase II: Each of the following general categories receives a score of 1-5 with 5 being the best.
The scores are added up and the paper gets a raw number. After determining each category, the
executive board can make minor adjustments.
DOs ☺
General
▪ Use country name as much as possible.
▪ Have a topic sentence at the beginning of each paragraph to indicate what you will be
discussing and to provide transition from one paragraph to another.
▪ Have concluding sentence at the end of each topic that summarizes the position of your
country and that stresses the importance of the international community addressing the topic.
▪ When using an acronym, give its full name in the first mention, and then immediately
afterwards include the acronym in parentheses. For all subsequent references, simply use the
acronym.
▪ When citing a UN resolution, list the UN entity that produced the resolution, the resolution
number, and the year that it is from, rather than simply providing the document code. For
example, cite A/RES/70/1 as General Assembly resolution 70/1 (2015).
▪ Use “Member State” when referring to other states in the UN.
▪ Italicize conventions, treaties, and declarations, and provide the year of adoption. For
example, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
▪ Never use personal pronouns but rather use one’s country’s name.
Statistics
▪ Use specific stats Due to a literacy rate of 54%., not Due to a low literacy rate…
▪ Utilise statistics not post a 5 year time frame.
Recommendations
▪ Address all subtopics.
▪ Aim for 3 UN programs and 1 NGO program for each subtopic.
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▪ When looking for programs, first try to find programs located within your country then look
for programs in your region. Also, try to find unique programs such as bees locating
landmines because they are memorable.
▪ Keep recommendations in line with what your country would do.
▪ When making a recommendation, answer the who, when, why, how, and how much.
▪ Write programs the same way you would operative clauses. Mauritania supports programs
such as…; Antigua and Barbados recommends implementing the ______ program…
▪ If you have a program, make sure there is a recommendation to go with it. The easiest way to
achieve this if you are getting stuck is to write The United States recommends implementing
programs such as the ____________ in order to achieve the goals of ___________. Don’t
use this too much, it is just a backup.
DON’Ts ☹
▪ DO NOT USE statistics, programs, or treaties mentioned in background guide or that can
easily be found or that are commonly referenced.
▪ Avoid “fluff” – omit connecting phrases (“however,” “in order to,” “as well as,” “therefore,”
etc.)—making the paper stronger and less wordy.
▪ Remember that MUN is about consensus building. No matter how much your country hates a
policy or another country do not say it (unless it is Israel—seriously).
▪ Never criticize your own country. If there is something negative you’ve done (or continue to
do) portray it as if you are making progress on the issue. Ex: Sudan was an active participant
in the recent Beijing Women’s Conference. NOT: Sudan has been widely criticized for
torturing, kidnapping and selling women and children, but…
COMMITTEE FLOW
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SNS DRESS CODE
Boys
▪ Jacket and tie (if possible)
▪ Socks must be dress socks (no white socks)
Girls
▪ Shoes
▪ Open toe is not allowed; peep-toes are allowed.
▪ Bring an alternative to high heels, you will most likely need it.
▪ Skirt/pants
▪ Nylons with skirt with jacket (if available)
▪ Slip with light colored/ unlined skirts
▪ If you have belt loops, wear a belt (unless there is detailing that indicates they are for
decorative purposes only, such as buttons that interfere)
▪ Skirts should fall either right above the knee, at the knee, or right below the knee—
short skirts are unprofessional and skirts too long look sloppy—unless you are really
tall.
▪ Black denim ≠ dress pants
▪ No corduroy
▪ No sun/spring/Easter dresses
▪ No leggings
▪ Shirts
▪ Camisole is a must, preferably a long one. If you can’t reach above your head without
showing skin, find a new shirt.
▪ Shirts must be tucked in, unless they are cut to be left loose
▪ Short sleeve blouses okay, but with skirt
Overall Tips
▪ Bring a stain stick
▪ Mints, not gum
▪ Hair should be a natural color
▪ Consider developing a personal brand—i.e. be known for always wearing a bow tie, a red
bow in your hair, a noticeable pin, … Embrace wearing a particular item every day
Delegates are expected to present themselves professionally while at conference. Most notably,
this means there is to be no rude/obnoxious/harassing behavior. Any appearance of impropriety is
not acceptable.
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HELPFUL ORGANIZATION REFERENCES
CULTURE
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO
World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO
World Tourism Organization WTO
EDUCATION
International Labour Organization ILO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO
UN Children’s Fund UNICEF
EMPLOYMENT
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Int’l Civil Service Commission ICSC
Int’l Labour Organization ILO
World Food Programme WFP
HEALTH
Int’l Labour Organization ILO
World Food Programme WFP
World Health Organization WHO
INDUSTRY
Int’l Labour Organization ILO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO
World Tourism Organization WTO
World Trade Organization WTO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD
World Trade Organization WTO
ORGANIZATION/LEGAL
Informational Systems Coordination Committee ISCC
Int’l Civil Service Commission ICSC
Int’l Court of Justice ICJ
Int’l Criminal Court ICC
Int’l Labour Organization ILO
United Nations Crime and Justice Info. Network UNCJIN
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United Nations Information Centres UNICs
United Nations Informational Service at Vienna UNIS
United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNITAR
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute NICRI
United Nations Office at Geneva UNOG
United Nations Office at Vienna UNOV
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNRISD
United Nations Volunteers UNV
World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO
World Trade Organization WTO
POPULATION
United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF
United Nations Population Fund UNFPA
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Int’l Maritime Organization IMO
Int’l Telecommunications Union ITU
Office for Outer Space Affairs OOSA
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO
Universal Postal Union UPU
World Trade Organization WTO
OPENING SPEECHES
II. FORMATTING your speech (for your own comfort during delivery):
A. Use a big font size—I use 16-pt. font
B. Use a bullet for each sentence that draws your eye.
C. Try and deliver your speech without referring to it on your device or paper too often.
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D. DO NOT be monotone. Be passionate!
E. Plant your feet hip-width apart and don’t sway or shift weight
F. Stand tall!
G. Be aware of your hand gestures and filler words (try to minimize those!)
H. It is very important to maintain good eye contact and address the entire committee.
A. The Executive Board will likely set an opening speech time limit of 60-90 seconds
B. The opening speech is one of the most important parts of conference.
1.It gives you the opportunity to talk to everyone at once. This is your big shot to be
impressive! You need to sound super knowledgeable, passionate, and good to work with!
This is a chance for you to sell your skills to your committee
2. It is the ONLY speech of conference that you have a chance to prepare for:
i. The majority of speeches at conference will be given based off of a few
scribbled notes you were able to jot down between the end of informal
informal sessions and getting called on to speak in formal informal
session.
ii. Since you get to prepare your speech ahead of time, there is absolutely NO
EXCUSE for doing it poorly.
A sample opening speech has been attached below, with the the topics, “Integrating a Gender
Perspective in the Planning and Implementation of Disarmament, Demobilisation, and
Reintegration Processes,” “Improving women’s Health as a Means to Achieve Gender Equality,”
and “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Context of the Global Economic and Financial
Crisis.”
• Thank you Honorable Chair and Fellow Delegates. The Gambia would like to set the
agenda at _____, _____, _____.
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• Gambia is alarmed that women affected by conflicts are often excluded in DDR
programs, and encourages DDR processes to include elements similar to Burundi’s
Female Former Child Soldier Reintegration that established residential centers that
provided health, vocational, legal and counseling services.
The topics before the United Nations (UN) High-Level Political Forum are Building Partnerships to
Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Ending Abuse, Exploitation, Trafficking and All
Forms of Violence against and Torture of Children. Kenya looks forward to collaborating with fellow
Member States to achieve comprehensive and inclusive solutions on these important topics.
Kenya notes that, according to The Partnering Initiative-UNDESA’s report, Maximizing the Impact of
Partnerships for the SDGs (2018), effective partnerships bring together diverse resources on behalf of
shared objectives. Kenya recognizes that, according to the IMF’s 2019 report, Fiscal Policy and
Development: Human, Social, and Physical Investment for the SDGs, low-income developing countries
need to increase, on average, their GDP by 15.4%, amounting to US $520 billion annually, to achieve the
SDGs, which highlights the need for additional partnerships. Kenya is alarmed that the Intergovernmental
Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IBES) estimates one in four species are
at risk of extinction. Kenya acknowledges the role of partnerships in promoting anti-corruption
transparency policies necessary to achieve SDG 16 Targets 5 and 6 focused on ensuring peace, justice,
and economic stability.
Kenya recognizes that partnerships have expanded significantly since adoption of the 2030 Agenda for
S u s t a i n a b l e D e v e l o p m e n t , a n d a p p l a u d s U N - D E S A’ s S D G P a r t n e r s h i p s P l a t f o r m ,
which facilitates information sharing and dissemination of best-practices concerning creating effective
SDG-focused partnerships. Kenya, noting the success of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science,
Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs, emphasizes the importance of utilizing ICTs to strengthen
networks, interactions, and facilitation among relevant stakeholders. Kenya commends regional
partnership initiatives, highlighting as a model the Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge,
where Member States bordering the Indian Ocean collaborate on financing mechanisms, share technical
support, and advocate for science-based decision-making regarding climate resilient development. Kenya
notes that partnerships between Member States and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have
increased disaster preparedness in low-income developing countries through the provision of low or no
interest loans, a critical need in the face of accelerating climate change impacts. Kenya emphasizes the
necessity of including marginalized persons in all political processes, including the building of
partnerships, as highlighted by the UN Committee for Development Policy’s (UN-CDP), Leaving No One
Behind report, which lays out a three-pronged approach: examining disadvantages, empowering those at
risk of being left behind, and enacting inclusive, far-sighted SDG policies.
To build partnerships to achieve the SDGs, Kenya suggests Member States within the HLPF focus on
three major areas: ensuring transparent partnerships through data sharing and a dedication to ending
corruption, easing the processes by which partnerships are developed, and involving marginalized
persons in building partnerships.Kenya encourages Member States to develop initiatives such as the
Kenya Philanthropy Forum, which promotes multi-stakeholder engagement in Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPs) to create harmonized, centralized philanthropic programs. Drawing attention to the Regional
Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development’s Eastern and Southern Africa program that offers
participating Member States mapping and surveying services such as aerial photography to encourage
smarter natural resources assessment and management, Kenya requests the United Nations Economic
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Commission for Africa (UNECA) to expand funding to promote further collaborative participation by
Member States. Kenya highlights as a model Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data,
which serves as an invaluable convener, facilitator, and catalyst, building trust and encouraging
collaboration among stakeholders to fill critical data gaps and ensure data is accessible and useable to
end extreme poverty, address climate change, and pave a road to dignity for all by 2030. Kenya,
emphasizing the need for Member States to incorporate PPPs in all SDG-related initiatives, suggests as a
model its own Advanced PPP Projects, directed by Kenya’s National Treasury, which establishes clear
descriptions of ongoing projects to ensure a straightforward process for implementing partnerships and
ensuring quick execution.
GENERAL REMARKS
Rule 1—SCOPE:
The rules included in this guide are applicable to all committees. Each rule is self sufficient
unless modified by the Secretariat, in which case the modification will be deemed from adopting
before the session begins. No other rules of procedure would apply. If a situation arises that has
not been addressed by the Rules of Procedure, the Committee Secretary will be the final
authority to guide you on which rule to apply.
Rule 2—LANGUAGE:
English shall be the official and working language of the conference at all times.
Rule 3—DECORUM:
Delegates must conduct themselves as diplomats at all times and should show courtesy to other
Delegates, the Secretariat, Executive Board, and conference staff. They must present themselves
in formal business attire. The Chair will immediately call to order any Delegate who fails to
comply with this rule. The Secretary-General may expel any Delegate for failing to adhere to this
rule.
Rule 4—REPRESENTATION:
A member of the Committee is a representative who is officially registered with the Conference.
Each member will be represented by one or two delegates as given in the country matrix for each
committee and will have one vote on each Committee.
Rule 6—Attendance:
At the beginning of each committee session, the Rapporteur will call on Member States and Non-
Members in English alphabetical order to state their attendance. Members will reply ‘present’,
with no distinction between ‘present’ and ‘prevent and voting’.
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Rule 7—Quorum:
Quorum denotes the minimum number of delegates who need to be present in order to open
debate. One-fourth of the expected members of a committee shall be present for committee
session to be opened. Regardless of the quorum, the Chair may open any meeting and commence
with its proceedings at his/her discretion. A quorum is required to have a substantive vote, i.e. to
vote on a resolution and/or amendment.
Rule 10—AGENDA:
The Secretariat shall communicate the agenda to the delegates before the conference.
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CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
MOTIONS
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A delegate may at any time motion for the closure of debate on the item under discussion. A
delegate can motion for this after they feel that sufficient progress has been made on draft
resolutions, and they are ready to be adopted by consensus, or to be forced to a vote. Permission
to speak on the closure of the debate shall be accorded only to two speakers opposing the
closure, after which the motion shall be immediately put to vote.
POINTS
DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
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Any Member State may submit a draft resolution to the Secretary for which no minimum
percentage of support is required. However, since resolutions are sought to be adopted by
consensus, it is advised that representatives build significant multilateral support before
submitting a draft resolution. Ideally, only one draft resolution should be accepted by the
Executive Board, which has been discussed and made acceptable to all delegates during informal
consultations.
Rule 25—AMENDMENTS:
Amendments to a draft resolution shall be submitted formally in writing to the Secretary. When
an amendment is moved to a draft resolution, the amendment shall be voted on first. When two
or more amendments are moved to a proposal, the committee shall first vote on the amendment
furthest removed in substance from the original proposal and then on the amendment next
furthest removed therefrom, and so on until all the amendments have been put to the vote.
Where, however, the adoption of one amendment necessarily implies the rejection of another
amendment, the latter amendment shall not be put to the vote. If one or more amendments are
adopted, the amended draft resolution shall then be considered or voted upon. A motion is
considered an amendment if it merely adds to, deletes from, or revises part of the draft
resolution. There is no distinction between friendly and unfriendly amendments, as consensus for
amendments must be built during informal informals, and amendments by sponsors of the
resolution are to be included without debate into the resolution text. Formal informals can also be
used to discuss amendments.
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request a roll-call vote. The Chair may permit delegates to explain their vote either before or
after the voting.
SAMPLE RESOLUTION
Guided by Chapter IX of the Charter of the United Nations, Article 55, Section (a) and the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to promote higher standards of living, employment
opportunities, solutions of international economic, social, and health related problems, and
international cultural and educational cooperation,
Calling upon all private investors to follow internationally adopted calls for proper conduct as
outlined in the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, the Monterrey Consensus,
and MDG 8,
Affirming the ten principles of the Global Compact launched by the UN Secretary General in 2000,
and other corporate-ethics agreements’ potential to encourage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) that
respects human rights, labor concerns, environmental concerns, and anti-corruption standards while
eliminating double standards,
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Endorsing the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Standards of Codes and Ethics for countries
seeking FDI along with the consideration of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception
Index to aid in developing good governance policies,
Noting that good governance measures such as transparency, accountability, predictability, and lack
of corruption are necessary to attract investors, as outlined in A/RES/61/229 and aware that
privatization attracts FDI, as outlined in A/RES/59/240,
Recognizing the work that the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has done to
provide political risk insurance and guarantee the promotion of FDI through education and
strategic analysis for developing countries, as indicated by the 885 guarantees already issued and
$17.4 billion already insured,
Noting with deep concern that the lack of infrastructural development, lack of knowledge about
healthy foreign investment, and shortage of information for potential investors limits the abilities of
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to attract foreign investment,
Realizing that FDI has the ability to boost a country’s development by providing private foreign
funding of vital infrastructure, greater employment opportunities for native citizens, legal economic
use of natural resources, increased productivity and efficiency, and pecuniary spillovers which
facilitate sustainable growth,
Alarmed that, according to the World Bank, international telecommunications bandwidth prices are
20 to 40 times higher in some developing regions than those in the developed world,
Reaffirming the conclusions of the 2005 World Summit Outcome, which addresses the role of
science and technology for development, specifically concerning information technology transfers
and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), and A/RES/58/200 which upholds the role of the
technological diffusion in developing countries to strengthen their respective private sectors,
Concerned that, according the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook,
electricity is significantly more available to the developed world than the developing world,
limiting investment possibilities and technology,
Recalling the importance of FDIs in building necessary infrastructure, especially the development
of roads and rail,
Further noting the role the World Bank and regional banks play in providing developmental aid,
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Recalling the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects Report that highlights a competitive
market as the most beneficial market structure for developing pro-growth policies and best address
the needs of the poor,
Acknowledging the importance of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) and their role in
licensing, registration, promotion and attraction of FDI,
Appalled that 1 in 10 people surveyed by Transparency International reported paying a bribe for
some service in 2006, and emphasizing that bribery and corruption together make doing business
unprofitable and unappealing to foreign investors,
Recognizing programs such as the German Agro Action Office, as examples of outward FDI
successfully applying to small-medium enterprises (SMEs),
Bearing in mind the objective and principles of the Brussels Declaration and the Programme of
Action for the LDCs to meet global goals of poverty eradication, sustainable economic growth and
integration of the LDCs into the global economy,
1. Suggests that all developing countries, in compliance with A/RES/55/2, continue reform
processes towards more predictability and transparency, providing assurances to private
investors that they deal with reliable partners;
2. Emphasizes that all Member States should ratify and fully implement the United Nations
Convention Against Corruption as a means of promoting transparency and good governance
policies which many investors feel are necessary;
3. Stresses the importance of further trade barrier reductions, as the World Trade Organization
has prioritized under various round of negotiations, to enable developing countries better
access to world markets;
a. Civil society and firm alignment through local stakeholder participation in the firm’s
decision making process;
5. Proposes that Member States support the four core values outlined within the Global
Compact in eliminating double standards and considering cultural and societal factors to
create and maintain a sustainable FDI environment, such as:
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a. Abolishing child labor, forced labor and employment discrimination;
7. Suggests that the United Nations Convention on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) create
an information sharing network to evaluate both quantitative and qualitative investment
growth through mechanisms such as:
a. Issuing annual reports on investment progress to Member States, civil society, non-
governmental organizations, and regional bodies, measured by:
8. Further suggests joint insurance partnerships between MIGA and regional insurance
agencies such as the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATIA) to decrease risks of
investment by spreading the costs of insurance over multiple bodies;
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9. Invites Member States to work with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
in creating yearly regional governance conferences, modeled after the African Governance
Forum, to address good governance practices with goals of:
e. Introducing best practices and pro-private sector reforms as defined in the World
Bank’s Doing Business 2006 report, such as:
f. Encouraging LDCs to create or strengthen existing IPAs and collaborate with the
World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in order to
strengthen the private sector;
11. Calls upon the United Nations Information and Communication Technology Task Force
(UNITC) in collaboration with UNCTAD to assist in the development and implementation
of UNICT policies, and to promote technological transfers, which are beneficial to
increasing FDI inflows;
12. Further recommends the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) set up
an Foreign Direct Investment Facilitation Fund (FDIFF), administered by the Commission
on Sustainable Development, to provide companies that assist in the development of LDCs
with low-interest loans and grants, with the following suggestions of criteria:
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a. All participating companies do so on a voluntary basis as a means of increasing
investment opportunities based on the following principles:
i. FDIFF will give loans to companies based on the country’s ranking in the
Human Development Index (HDI); therefore, a company investing in a
lower-ranked country will receive a larger loan;
ii. Rates will be assessed annually and apply to all future loans, all outstanding
loans will be repaid according to the rate in which they were assessed;
iii. Development in social, environmental and governance improvement
programs in conjunction with FDIFF;
iv. Other considerations and situations will be deffered to ECOSOC;
b. Companies shall invest portions of profits accrued through FDI in social spending,
environmental protections, and good governance;
13. Stresses the importance of the full involvement of all relevant stakeholders in the
implementation of the Monterrey Consensus at all levels, and also stresses the importance
of their full participation in the follow-up process, in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the General Assembly, in particular the accreditation procedures and
modalities of participation utilized at the International Conference on Financing for
Development and in its preparatory process.
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