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Model United NationsChange the World
United Nations Washington State Model United Nations
Legati Mundi – Global Ambassadors
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What Is the United Nations?
UN established at end of WWII October 24, 1945 to:
Maintain international peace and security
Develop friendly relations among nations
Cooperate in solving international problems
Have a center for harmonizing the action of nations
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6 Major ‘Bodies’ of the UN
Security Council – peace & security
General Assembly – parliament of the world – oversees
Secretariat – Secretary-General & staff
ECOSOC- economic, social, humanitarian, cultural
Trusteeship Council – inactive, regions without govs
International Court of Justice –international disputes
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What is the Model UN?
• Realistic Simulation• You are a UN Ambassador• Debate Topics in Committee• Cooperate to Pass Resolutions• Public speaking, leadership, world problem solving, cooperation• MUN students become leaders in politics, law, policy and IR, business, and medicine
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What’s It Look Like?
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Strategy & Diplomacy
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Increase Peace and Lessen Human Suffering
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What You’ll Do
1. Assigned a Country.2. Choose Committee.3. Read Background booklet.4. Research country (we can help)5. Prepare 2 short (1-2 page ) position paper on your committee topics (we can help)5. At the meeting: find allies, promote resolutions your country would support6. Vote and Solve Global Problems!
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WASMUN Committee
DISC, WIPO, SC, EU, OAS
1st- Disarmament Committee – Non-Proliferation treaty and Banning of fissile materials
World Intellectual Property Org – Protection of global intellectual property and Patent protection and HIV/AIDS drugs in developing countries
Security Council – Arab Spring and Central Africa
European Union – European Financial Crisis and European Gas and Oil lines
Organization of American States – Rights of Migrant Workers, Sustainable Energy
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UN High Commission of Human Rights
Comments on, debates, and proposes resolutions for human rights – can operate in all committees
Current UNHCHR Pillay is from South Africa, judge on the SA High Court, Harvard Law educated –
Priorities – discrimination, rule of law, poverty and famine, migration, armed conflict
Set standards, monitor, implement
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Problem Finding
• Your Country’s Priority• Threats to Peace, Economic
Success• Humanitarian Crisis?
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What Can the UN Do?
$$: Allocate money, create funds, programs
Unite: Ask for Collective action, Censure / Condemn
Sanctions:
Diplomatic Sanctions – isolate or remove ties
Economic Sanctions – ban trade excepting medicine or food
Military Sanctions - military forces – peacekeepers
Symbolic Sanctions - sports events etc
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Unproductive UN Dialogue
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‘Dumb Sanctions’
All-or-None Embargoes
US-Cuba trade embargo causes innocent people to suffer – denied food, medicine, visits with family members
North Korean embargo – North Koreans suffer from poverty and hunger
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‘Smart’ Sanctions
Out-of-the-box Solutions to World Problems
Regulating the Sources of Misery
Example – regulating diamond trade
that financed guns for African wars
Other examples: arms embargoes,
freeze financial assets, travel bans
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Model UN Position Paper
Restate the Committee Problem (e.g. nuclear proliferation)
Your country’s position on the topic
Past UN action on the topic
Proposed ways to solve problem
We can discuss in club and share possible solutions.
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What We’ll Do in Our Club
Share research re: facts of our country
Write Position papers for your committee
Practice 2-3 min position speech
Practice impromptu speaking and debate – pros & cons
Brainstorm scenarios involving our country or the world
Practice staying ‘in character’ with the country
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Be a Diplomat
• Represent your country, not yourself• Have your country’s best interests at
heart• Know the UN system, Rules &
Procedures & Topics• Act like a diplomat – professional,
willing, a leader, collegial and cooperative in formal and in formal debate
Diplomatic Platypus
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Study the World
BBC: www.bbc.co.uk
CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Search for press releases or statement by your government on your committee’s topic