2010 ctmun staff training guide

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TABLE of CONTENTS

Training Schedule

Rules of Procedure

Flow of Debate

Background Guide Information

Binder Guidelines

Secretariat Contact Information

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Training Schedule

Please bring this booklet to all sessions. Training will take place in CBA 4.324. All times listed are

tentative; if there are any changes, we’ll let you know.

When Who Why

Saturday, October 16 Everyone-10:00-11:00 Introduction

Saturday, October 23 Everyone- 9:30-10:15

Moderators-10:30

Directors-12:00

Rapporteurs-1:30

Individualized Training &

Photo Day

Saturday, October 30 Everyone-10:00-12:00 Background Guide

Workday I

Saturday, November 6 Everyone-10:00-12:00 Binder Workday I &

Background Guides due

Wednesday, November 10 ( via email ) by 5:00 First Drafts of Binders due

Saturday, November 13 No Training Good luck UPMUNC

Team!

Saturday, November 20 Everyone 10:00-12:00 Binder Workday II

Training recap/Binders due

Saturday, December 4 Everyone-10:00-1:30 Mock Session

Thursday, January 13 Everyone-TBD Logistics Day/MockSession

Friday January 14-Sunday

January 16

Everyone CTMUN 2011!

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Rules of Procedure

points

there are four points of procedure, used to ask questions and understand the waycommittee is run.

point of…

order

may interrupt speaker

draws attention to a procedural mistake, either by a delegate or the chair.

inquiry

may interrupt speaker

asks a question, usually procedural, of the chair.

information (or questions)

asks a question of the speaker, used during formal debate (speakers’ list) at the discretion

of the chair.

the speaker must yield to points of information following a speech. only answers willdeduct from the speaker’s remaining time.

personal privilege

brings up a personal concern that hinders the committee meeting, i.e. temperature,

volume, visual impairment, etc.

point of personal privilege will not be used to leave the committee room to go to the restroom. dais staff will outline their policy for leaving the room at the start of committee

session, or may have a limited number of passes allowing delegates to leave the room.

motions

motions recommend action to be taken by the committee, either procedural or substantial.

the chart later in this guide has information regarding these motions and their purposes.

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some notes

seconds are not necessary and not acknowledged at this conference.

right of reply will be accepted only in cases in which a delegate has been personally

attacked or the delegate’s nation has been criticized for non-policy matters. right of replymust be submitted to the dais through the rapporteur in writing. the rapporteur will note the

submission, and the moderator may mention the right and give the delegate the floor to

clarify the situation.

appeals of the moderator’s decisions will not be considered, as any procedural mistakescan be made through points of order.

questions of confidence will not be entertained. if you don’t know what that is, there’s noneed to look it up.

voting & precedence

delegates have the option of voting yes, yes with rights, no, no with rights and to abstain.

most of the time only yes or no will be used. in the event that a delegate is voting in such a

way that contradicts their country’s policy or character, yes with rights or no with rightsshall be used so that they will be given the opportunity to explain themselves after the vote

has been taken. delegates may pass in the event of a roll call vote, but will be required to

vote yes or no the second time they are recognized.

substantive votes and draft resolutions will be voted upon in the order in which they are

received. moderators will accept procedural points and motions by order of precedence,followed by the order sin which they are received. the following points and motions take

precedence in order:

point of personal privilege

point of order

point of inquiry

point of information

motion to suspend debate

motion for closure of debate

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motion to… you say this does vote requires debate

set the agenda sets the order of topics 50% + 1 2 pro

2 con

open the speakers’ list place delegates on thespeakers’ list to introduce

policies or debate working

papers and draftresolutions

50% + 1 (or without voteat moderator’s discretion)

no

set speakers’ time limit speeches

(automatically set at 90

seconds)

50% + 1 (or without vote

at moderator’s digression)

2 pro

2 con

withdraw motion to withdraw a delegate’s

own motion

none no

suspend debate to break from the speakers

list for a moderated orunmoderated caucus

(delegate must specify

length and purpose)

50% + 1 no

table / resume debate to discontinue or resumedebate on the current

topic

2/3 majority 2 pro2 con

close debate to end all debate, formal

or informal, on the topic

and move into voting

procedure

2/3 majority 2 con

roll call vote must be done after closureof debate and before

voting on the resolution.

50% + 1 no

vote by clause must be done after closureof debate and before

voting on the resolution.

50% + 1 2 pro2 con

amend (for unfriendlyamendments only)

must be done afterworking paper is approved

as a draft resolution by

director and before motion

to close debate. after

closure, amendments are

voted on in order from

most disruptive to least

disruptive prior to votingon the draft resolution.

50% + 1 no

adopt to vote on approved draft

resolutions in the order in

which they were

approved. must be doneafter motion to close

debate.

50% + 1 no

adjourn to end the committee

session. to be done only at

the end of conference.

50% + 1 no

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the right represents informal

debate; moderated and

unmoderated caucuses.

the left represents formal debate;

speeches made by individual

states on the speakers’ list, either

to enunciate national policy or the position and progress of a voting

bloc.

delegates should be aware of the

best order in which to debate the

topics at hand. sticking to this flow,

keeping good notes, and helping

move forward the debate when

stalled will serve you well.

not everyone wants to speak, and others do not want to write. knowing

the flow of debate will help you

define your role in committee and in

your regional of voting bloc.

flow of debate

flow of debate is the order in which a committee approaches and debates a subject, the

pace of the debate, and the quality of that debate. the chart below outlines the general

order of the committees proceedings, though this is in no way a strict guideline.

PositionSpeeches Bloc

Development

BlocSpeeches Drafting

DraftSpeeches Support

Gathering

SupportSpeeches Finalize Drafts

Draft Debate Final Support/ Cleaning

Introduction

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Background Guides

Your background guide will be the starting point for the delegates when they research the topics. It

introduces the topic, what has been done by the United Nations in the past, and gives them some

idea of what direction they should go when they write their position papers.

Background guides need to be typed in a reasonable size 12 font (Arial, Times New Roman,

Cambria, etc.). The font may be changed after submission for the sake of consistency throughout

the website, but your content will remain unchanged.

Background guides need to be between 1.5-2 pages, and should include the following sections:

-Background-Past UN Action

-Questions to Consider

-Further Information (links to any relevant documents or events, such as The UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights, UN Resolutions, or articles from a credible news source)

An example can be found on the next page.

Please have your director submit your background guide to the Chief of Staff via email

([email protected] ) on Saturday, November 6 th by 5:00 P.M.

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UNHRC

Topic A-Immigration

BACKGROUND

The United Nations has long been concerned with the issue of illegal immigration. The term

‘illegal immigration’ refers to third-party nationals that enter the borders of a U.N member nationillegally often times through border crossing, fraudulent marriages, and overstaying visas. Illegal

immigration usually includes the use of forged documents or the help of organized criminalnetworks of smugglers and traffickers and violates the immigration laws of the destination

country.

Estimates of illegal immigration are derived from the number of refused entries, the number of illegal immigrants apprehended at the border of a member state, and the number of applications

for deportation and removals. Similarly, recent measurements are taken from the estimates of annual overstays in the member states and are thought to exceed six figures in the European

Union countries alone.

In view of the economic and political situation in many countries noted to have large numbers of emigration and with regard to lack of UN jurisdiction the numbers of migration from under

developed nations into developed nations is likely to increase in the next decades. Illegalmigratory movements will continue at a significant rate as long as ‘push’ factors in third countries

and ‘pull’ factors in the UN remain important. Such factors include war, poverty, and religious persecution. The dangers of illegal immigration include deportation, slavery, and human

trafficking.

PAST UN ACTION

The primary concern of the UN has and always will be to take the ‘most humane approach’ todealing with issues of misplaced migration. According to the UN declaration of human rights in

article 13, citizens may not be forbidden from leaving their country but it does not provide thegrounding for an international right to free movement across state boundaries. The United Nations

has repudiated the attempt to label these individuals as illegal immigrant prefer instead to adoptterms such as 'irregular migrant.' While, historically most developing Western Nations and the

United States were open to immigration following WW2 leading the UN policies that followed,recent developments including disease, over population and environmental issues have lead to

sweeping policy changes with regard to the nation state. Thus, the question of populationmovements, their restrictions and the international legality of such restrictions has become a hot

topic with the United Nations. Even more recent concerns such as terrorism and threats to national

security have strengthened border controls in the United States and other developing countries.Although no specific actions have been criticized simply on there refusal to let new individualsinto the country more recent tactics in a number of nations has drawn criticism for its

methodology.

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The most obvious recent case is the United States, whose inhumane actions with regard to

international security and immigration have become an increasing topic of concern within theUnited Nations. No direct action has been taken, but the use of military force and the

encouragement of armed civilian security forces such as the minute minute has met with harshcriticism. The UN is only able to take small actions against the means that preventing international

access to cross border travel rather than to create a legal framework that allows for full migration.As a result the UN charter of human rights has garnered a number of criticisms because people are

unable to leave and migrate to nations and communities they believe are more in turn with their own values.

The UN suggests evaluation of legislation both on commercial carriers’ obligations to prevent

illegal immigration and the facilitation of unauthorized entry, smuggling. This evaluation will becarried out with the close cooperation of member states and relevant stakeholders (transport

industries, and humanitarian organizations).

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

1. How can the UNHRC develop policy to encourage cooperation between member states to

address the underlying causes of illegal immigration such as war, social turmoil, and politicalunrest?

2. In what way could the UNHRC more successfully address issues concerning sovereignty andasylum seekers?

3. What role does sovereignty play in member nations level of cooperation with illegalimmigrants? What economic and social effects are caused by the presence of illegal immigrants

and how do those impacts compare to the moral effects of deportation especially concerningissues of political asylum?

FURTHER INFORMATION

International Covenant on Civil and Politcal Rights

http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CCPR.C.SR.1679.En?Opendocument

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Binder Guidelines

Your committee binder will be your main resource for information during the conference. It is

important that you include all the information outlined below so that you are prepared. This is not

only to reinforce your knowledge of the topic, but to help you communicate with delegates when

they ask topic specific questions.

-All parts of your binder should be typed in a reasonable size 12 font (Arial, Times New Roman,

Cambria, etc.).

-Please include the source of any current events articles.-Try to keep your copy/pasting to a minimum. Printing out the Wikipedia page on your committee is

not acceptable.

Your first binder draft is due on Wednesday, November 10th at 5:00 P.M. You will email this to the Chief of Staff ([email protected] ) as ONE Word document. The document should be

titled “CommitteeNameAbbreviation_BinderDraft.doc”. So, if you are the Security Council, your draft will be submitted as follows: SC_BinderDraft.doc

Your binder will be reviewed and annotated with any edits you need to make. These will be emailedback to you on the day of the second Binder Work Day. During that time you will be able to make

your corrections and ask any questions you have to the available OSG members.

Your final binder draft is due on Saturday, November 20 at 5:00 P.M. You will follow the

same procedure for emailing as you did the draft, but instead of draft, it will be called final. (ex:

SC_BinderFinal).

— Topic 1-Background Guide 1

-Positions of the G8 Countries and any other major countries associated with the topic;

paragraph summary of each-2-3 pages of general info (current events, topic specific events)

-Bloc positions for the topic. General summaries of each bloc’s position and what countries

are in these blocs-3-5 page section on history, function, and jurisdiction of your committee

— Topic 2

-Background Guide 2 (everything following this will pertain to topic 2)-Positions of the G8 Countries and any other major countries associated with the topic;paragraph summary of each

-2-3 pages of general info (current events, topic specific events)

-Bloc positions for the topic. General summaries of each bloc’s position and what countriesare in these blocs

-3-5 page section on history, function, and jurisdiction of your committee

-Any other information you think is pertinent to your binder.

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Contact Information

Office of the Secretary GeneralName Position E-mail Phone

Courtney Lee Secretary General [email protected] (713) 594-4234

Janette Martinez Deputy Secretary-General [email protected] (210) 324-1708 Allyson Holley Chief of Staff [email protected] (210) 818-5884

Dana Reichman USG for Logistics [email protected] (505) 362-6411

Aneesa Needel USG for Finance [email protected] (512) 924-5944

Shelby Wilson USG for Technology [email protected] (210) 557-2285

Kara Hernandez USG for Public Relations [email protected] (361) 563-5135

Erica Bhachawat USG for Delegate Services [email protected] (210) 831-2394

Alex Mackey USG for Registration [email protected] (321) 948-6127Nirja Mehta USG for Crisis [email protected] (214) 551-1724

Secretariat

Security Council

Meagan Giltner Moderator

Yahya Khan Director

Nicky Kumar Rapporteur

NATO Crisis

Grace Zhang Moderator

Sam Spencer Director

Gavin Gillock Rapporteur

Warsaw Pact Crisis

Austin Matthews Moderator

Armen Hazarian DirectorKenneth Bolster R apporteur

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

(UNODC)

Haziel Williams Moderator

Aaron Fair Director

Alex Jones Rapporteur

United Nations Development Programme

(UNDP)

Mackenzie Siedl Moderator

Tara Boggaram Director

Elise Voorhis Rapporteur

United Nations Human Rights Committee

(UNHRC)

Gorav Ricky Jain Moderator

Fanni Farago Director

Molly Giltner Rapporteur

United Nations High Commission for Refugees

(UNHCR)Molly Spratt Moderator

Mumta Mittal Director

Savannah Smith Rapportuer

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Reuben Perez Moderator

Ricky Llamas Director

Alexandra Wiechman Rapporteur

Economic and Financial Committee

(ECOFIN/GA 2)

Jingshen Zhao Moderator

Maria Ponce Director

Samantha Smith Rapporteur

Committee Email Addresses

Security Council [email protected]

NATO [email protected]

Warsaw Pact [email protected]

UNODC [email protected]

UNDP [email protected]

UNHRC [email protected] [email protected]

ICJ [email protected]

ECOFIN/GA 2 [email protected]

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