UN & MUN PresentationKMUNA 2015

Introduction to the United Nations

Introduction to the Model United Nations

The United Nations and

The League of Nations

- It was the first intergovernmental organization of the kind with the principal goal of peaceful resolutions of international conflicts and preventing war between its members - ideas on which the United Nations will emerge afterward

The League of Nations(created in 1919)

Why is it important?

Lacked tools to implement decisionsCountries withdrew

In spite of the shortcomings of the League, the idea of a necessity of forming the United Nations prevailed among the Great Powers during the World War II

United Nations founded with 51 member states, counting 193 today

To keep peace throughout the world.

To develop friendly relations among states.

To help states work together to improve the lives of the poor, to conquer hunger, to eliminate disease and illiteracy, and to encourage the respect of fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals.

To be a center for harmonizing the actions of states that strive to achieve these goals.

Main goals of UN

UN armed forces negotiated among membersOnly 5 permanent members of UNSC have veto powerProcesses of decision-making to provide adequate

answers to questions of international peace and security

In order to overcome the shortcomings from its predecessor, couple of important changes were introduced:

General AssemblyECOSOCSecurity CouncilTrusteeship CouncilInternational Court of JusticeSecretariat

Overall structure of UN

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security Committee – GA1 DISEC)  is concerned with disarmament and related international security questions;

Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee – GA2 ECOFIN) is concerned with economic questions;

Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee – GA3 SOCHUM) deals with social and humanitarian issues;

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee – GA4 SPECPOL)  deals with a variety of political subjects not dealt with the First Committee, as well as with decolonization;

Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee)deals with the administration and budget of the Untied Nations; and 

Sixth Committee (Legal Committee) deals with international legal matters.

General Assembly - main committees

African Group

The United Nations Security Council

Asia-Pacific Group

Eastern European Group Latin American and the Caribbean Group

Western European and others Group

UNDPFAOUN WomenUNICEFUNHCRUNESCOUNEPHRCIAEAUNRWA

Other organs of UN

Some notable initiatives of the UN on global level - - the Millennium Project and

the 8 Millennium Development Goals

Recent initiatives

Why Model United Nations?

- simulation of the UN General Assembly and other multilateral bodies. In Model UN, students step into the shoes of delegates from UN member states to debate current issues on the organization’s agenda

- while playing their roles as delegates, students make speeches, prepare draft resolutions, negotiate with allies and adversaries, resolve conflicts, and navigate the Model UN conference rules of procedure – all in the interest of mobilizing international cooperation to resolve problems that affect countries all over the world

What is Model United Nations - MUN?

Before playing out their delegate roles in a Model UN simulation, students research the issues that their committee will address and focus on the position of the country they represent. Model UN participants learn how the international community acts on its concerns about topics including peace and security, human rights, the environment, food and hunger, economic development, globalization, etc.

Committees and topics Each delegate or delegation is assigned a country within

one of the committees They represent the country’s position on the topic(s) Rules of Procedure govern the process Overseen by Dais (Chairs, Directors, Rapporteurs)

At a MUN conference

The rules by wich a Model UN committee is run:

oYieldsoPointsoMotions

Rules of Procedure

oQuorumoResolutionoVoting Procedures

Experiential Learning

Cooperative Learning

Multicultural Education

Future Focused Skills

Fostering global citizenship, inclusiveness, initiative and awareness

MUN experience

It Provides students with higher lever critical thinking skills that they may not acquire from other academic classes

It teaches students public speaking and debating skills

It teaches students Parliamentary Procedure

It gives input to students from all areas of social studies: geography, history, world history, current events, European history, economics, anthropology and sociology

It teaches students interpersonal skills and tolerance for the opinions and viewpoints of other students

It teaches students research and writing skills

MUN Skills

Why people join MUN?

Boost your resume

Keep up with the news

Think and learn through new lenses

International and multicultural exposure

Brush up on your public speaking, teamwork and other skills

Get hands-on in planning and organizing events

Change your environment for a while

Meet interesting people, diplomats, learn and share ideas

Volunteer for a cause

Make friends and have fun

But, most of all, it’s a learning, skill-gaining and inspiring experience

It’s a potential win-win-win

MUN is built on priciples of UN

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