CONTENTS

RESEARCH .................................................................................................................................................. 1
COUNTRY RESEARCH ......................................................................................................................... 2
TOPIC OR ISSUE AT HAND: ................................................................................................................ 6
MAIN COMMITEES .....................................................................................................................................7
RESOLUTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 15
THE READING ...................................................................................................................................15
PREAMBULATORY CLAUSES ............................................................................................................ 16
OPERATIVE CLAUSES ........................................................................................................................17
FREQUENTLY USED TERMS ......................................................................................................................19
POINTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
POSITION PAPERS/POLICY STATEMENTS ................................................................................................ 23
CONFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 24
LOBBYING ........................................................................................................................................ 24
DEBATING ........................................................................................................................................ 26
AMMENDMENTS ............................................................................................................................. 28
VOTING ............................................................................................................................................ 29
CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 29
CLOTHING ........................................................................................................................................ 29
EQUIPMENT .....................................................................................................................................29

RESEARCH
Websites:
CIA: The World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

U.S Department of State

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm

United Nations Website

http://www.un.org/

Permanent Mission of Country to the UN

http://www.un.org/members/missions.shtml

UN System: UN Organisations
http://www.unsystem.org/

BBC Country Profiles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles

UN Documents
http://www.un.org/en/documents/

Main one for quick overview of a country

https://imuna.org/resources/country-profiles/
COUNTRY RESEARCH
TOPIC OR ISSUE AT HAND:
MAIN COMMITEES
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE DOES AND WHY IT DOES IT.
PLEASE READ THROUGH IT!!!
RESOLUTIONS

THE READING
The Heading is a mandatory part of resolutions. Though they don’t contribute to the content of a
resolution, they address the committee; state the issue being resolved, the submitter of the
resolution, and those who’ve co-submitted the resolution (signatories).

Begin with “Forum” indicating the committee

Continue with “Submitted by” to indicate who is the main contributor/main speaker of the Resolution
Follow this by “Co-Submitted by” to illustrate those who’ve signed on (signatories) to the Resolution
Use the full official name of the delegations (one gets delegates to sign on during the Lobbying Stage1
)
Address the Committee (in Upper Case), following this, comes the Preambulatory clauses
PREAMBULATORY CLAUSES
Describe what the issue is. They explain what the past and current situation is and state facts about
the issue. You’ll find during the Lobbying stage, that for delegates who haven’t researched that
specific issue as their focussed one, they are more likely to sign onto your topic if you’ve addressed
and explained the situation of that issue well and have accurate facts about it.

 All Preambulatory clauses must end in commas(,)

 Leave a line between ever clause
 No Clause-Opening words should be repeated in the resolution, if you need to reuse it, either
use a similar word to it, or add “Further” before it like in “Further Noting” or add “with concern”
or “with warning” like in “Noting with concern”
 All Preambulatory clauses must be underlined and not be numbered
 All acronyms must be fully written out before appearing in the abbreviated form, you only need
to write them out once, and then refer to the abbreviated form for the rest of the resolution

In the Preambulatory Clauses PLEASE DO:

 State strong and recent facts about the issue
 Use statistics where applicable
 Mention the past situation and current situation
 Recall any passed resolutions by the UN on the issue
 Relate any other organisations involved in the situation
 State relevant organisations’ efforts in the situation
 If applicable, use developing countries/LEDCs or developed countries/ MEDCs

In the Preambulatory Clauses PLEASE DON’T:

 Be too one sided/bias
 Use “Third World countries”/ “poor countries” or “First World countries”/ “rich countries”

OPERATIVE CLAUSES
The Operative clauses are the most essential part of a resolution. Strong Operative clauses lead to
more delegates voting in favour of your resolution. The Operative clauses explain what can be
done to resolve an issue. Please note that successful and strong operative clauses not only explain
what can be done, but give possible sub-clauses on how it could be achieved.

Operative Clauses
 All acronyms must be fully written out before appearing in the abbreviated form, you only
need to write them out once, and then refer to the abbreviated form for the rest of the
resolution
 All Operative clauses must be underlined and be numbered
 Sub Clauses must be lettered ( a), b), c), d)…)
 Sub-sub Clauses must be in Roman Numerals ( i), ii), iii), iv)…)
 If a sub clause does not end the clause, their ending punctuation must be a comma (,)
 If sub-sub clauses does not end the clause, their ending punctuation must be a comma (,)
 All Operative clauses must end in semi-colons (;)
 Leave a line between ever clause
 No Clause-Opening words should be repeated in the resolution, if you need to reuse it, either
use a similar word to it, or add “Further” before it like in “Further Requests” or add “Strongly”
like “Strongly Requests”
In the Operative Clauses PLEASE DO:
 Aim to find solutions, which solve the smaller problems that contribute to the issue
 Elaborate on the solutions in your operative clauses (sub clauses and sub-sub clauses)
 Make use of any UN organisations or create ones to help the issue
 Emphasize cooperation between governments and relevant UN organisations
 Explain different methods of approaching the same problem through clauses

In the Operative Clauses PLEASE DON’T:

 Break the sovereignty a government has over its land
 Mention specific sources and specific (numbers) amount of funding
 Be vague with your solutions, or simply state a way of solving something without explaining
ways of doing so
 Create unrealistic solutions to the issue, which are vague solutions/ not possible to be put
into force

Format for Operative Clauses:

FOR ALL CLAUSES, NEVER PLAGIRARISE!!!

FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

Abstain
When debate time elapses, delegates are to vote1 on the resolution or an amendment. Delegates
who wish to abstain are those who do not support the resolution or clause and also do not oppose it.
“Any delegates wishing to abstain from voting?”

Bloc
A bloc is a group of member states who share similar views, or are of the same culture/ political
policy/ language/ trade group/ geographical region etc.

Adjourn
When the debate session adjourns, it means that session time has ended. The chair announces to
delegates that the committee will be adjourned, either for a break, lunch or for the day. “Delegates,
the committee is adjourned for lunch. Please be back at 1:45 for us to begin debate on another
resolution.”

Caucus
During a caucus, delegates may informally discuss a topic between themselves and lobby ideas on the
current issue at hand and try to think of some constructive ideas to better the issue. “Delegates, the
chair will entertain a five minute caucus for you to discuss the situation in DPR Korea”

Amendment
An amendment is a change (addition, removal or adjustment) to a clause or a resolution. It is
submitted by delegates during debate3 and is debated upon in closed debate3 and is then voted on.
“The delegate submitted an amendment to strike clause six”

First Degree Amendment

An Amendment to the First Degree is where a delegate submits an amendment to add, remove or
adjust a clause in the resolution to become better and more appealing to the House. “That was a
strong amendment to the first degree, submitted by the delegate of Japan. It helped improve the
resolution greatly!”

Moderated Caucus
A Moderated Caucus is where delegates may exchange ideas in the form of a break, but with one of
the chairs present to moderate the discussion, however this is rarely implemented outside of the
Security Council1 .

Un-moderated Caucus
An Un-Moderated Caucus is like a Moderated Caucus, except chairs do not moderate what is being
discussed. These are rarely requested by delegates, as breaks are used as a form of UnModerated
Caucuses.

Right of Reply
The Right of Reply is where delegates may reply to a speaker’s comment. It is requested by a delegate
to the chairs when a delegate has been insulted, or was mentioned on a delegate’s speech and wishes
to answer the delegate back on what they said about them. “The Delegate of DPR Korea stated how
Japan was a Terrorist Island wishing to demolish DPR Korea. The Delegate of Japan requested the
Right of Reply to explain to DPR Korea and the house that they aren’t a Terrorist Island, but want
stabilised international peace and cooperation.”

Roll Call
The Roll Call is done at the start of the day and after breaks. It’s like the register at school, where the
chairs (instead of teachers) check for which delegates are present and if debate may begin.

Notes and Note-passing

A note is a piece of official delegation paper that delegates can send around the committee. Between
delegates, they pertain to the debate and try to get each others’ opinions or to get to generally talk to
delegates. However, if the house gets rowdy, the has the right to suspend note-passing.

Second
A Second, is something called out by a delegate who agrees with a motion. If a delegate doesn’t agree,
they call out “Objection!”. If a chair sees that a motion is in order, they’ll ask if there are any
delegates who second the motion, and if there are, the motion would be entertained. “Motion to
Move into voting procedures!” “Are there any delegates wishing to second that motion?” “Second!”
POINTS
POSITION PAPERS/POLICY STATEMENTS

Refer to the mark scheme.

CONFERENCES
LOBBYING
DEBATING
AMMENDMENTS
VOTING

CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT

CLOTHING
Dull coloured formal.

EQUIPMENT
-Notebook
- Pen, pencil
-Notes
-Folder
-Laptop