NATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS

Negotiating Strategy

Financing

Member States Contribution (% of total UN budget)1. United States 22.00%

2. Japan 19.47%3. Germany 8.66%

4. United Kingdom 6.13%5. France 6.03%6. Italy 4.89%

7. Canada 2.81%8. Spain 2.52%9. China 2.05%

10. Mexico 1.88%

Membership

There are currently 192 Member States States which accept the goals and

obligations of the Charter The General Assembly decides the

admission of Member States based on the recommendation of the Security Council

Conferences and Agreements

United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (1949)

Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1979)

The Millennium Declaration (1999)

Specialized Agencies

International Atomic Energy Agency Food and Agriculture Organization United nations Educational, Scientific,

and Cultural Organization. World Health Organization World Bank

History of MUN

90,000 students participate in US alone NMUN and Harvard NMUN simulations of

League of Nations in the 1920s NMUN: 4,000 students, 266 Universities,

50% international Wright State University: 30+ years of

awards

Negotiating Process

Committee (Robert’s Rules of Order) Policy Speeches Caucus Informal Sessions Voting Procedure

Policy Speech Eye contact

Speak to your ENTIRE audience Appropriate gesticulation

What do you do with your fidgety hands? Communicate with hands but do not distract

Strong stance & good posture NO dancing, swaying, or pacing

Speed Slow down and give yourself time to think

Enunciation Speak clearly

Proper Pitch Don’t be a drone! Make it sound interesting by varying your pitch and

using emphasis when appropriate Positive Tone

Always be proactive in tone “Canada looks forward to…”

Caucus Strategy

What is the greatest contribution I can make to the work of the committee?

Ways to maximize not only your potential, but also the potential of others

Impress > Cooperate > Create > Persuade

Putting a face to a name (of a country) (even before committee starts, in elevators for example)

Staking your claim early as a large influence in committee, first impression syndrome

1. Impress

2. Cooperate

While remaining true to your policy, incorporating and building upon the ideas of others

Making yourself readily available, not waiting on others

Making a solid effort to include everyone, even the difficult, introverted, and refuters

3. Create: Resolution/Report

Diplomatically representing national policy through the product

The good, the bad, and the ugly The yours, the theirs, and the who’s?

4. Persuade

Honorably convincing others of your intellectual superiority, as a person and an expert

Not arguing, but diplomatically negotiating the superiority of your policy position

Put your seed in their head, watch it grow as they maintain it as theirs

Avoiding the fear of learning something from someone else

Mobius strip, A or B vs. C = A+B… more than just compromise

Other Factors: Personality

IS EVERYTHING Strengths and Weaknesses, acuteness of

self-perception This dictates your strategy, you don’t get

to choose, only discover Sizing up others, understanding types,

and capitalizing Divide and conquer

Other Factors: Adaptability

Network of productivity, birds-eye-view and Prioritizing

Emergency Protocol, effective ‘abort’ phrases, excusing yourself, should of skipped it syndrome

Other Factors: Administration

Mutual respect, avoid arguments and groveling,

Avoidance of unnecessary questions and corrections

How would they see you, group you, or classify your type

Stereotypes

The Whole Package Intelligent, Charming, Persuasive, Creative,

Diplomatic, Omnipotent, Disarming The Whole Average

Deserving of being here, Polite, Agreeable, Interested, Contributes, Participates,

The Vacationer Aloof, Uninterested, Hung-over, Unprofessional,

Distracting, Counter-productive The Demon Delegate

Disagreeable without reason, Accusatory, Personal, Scheming, Diabolical