Hello children! It’s me (your mother).

Today I have created this beautiful guide for you which will
outline some MUN procedures, it’s a bit tedious but do give it a read and when we practice things
will be clearer to you <3 Some conferences won’t stick to these rules completely but the general
flow will always be the same. Throughout all this, feel free to share everything with me (your
position papers, resolutions, research documents etc.) so I can help make edits/help you find
information. Also please wait for your chair reports which are documents containing the
information you need to the topics!
1) Instructions ❤️
Specific Instructions for each of you
Eclair (Croatia: ECOSOC) - you have no specific instructions here TT
Jeya (Khalifa Bin Salman, Robert McNamara, Zhao Yun: HCC) - for THAIMUN, you
don’t need to read this guide and refer to your HCC/JCC guide instead (it will be
useful for ISB though)
Mild (Human Rights Watch: UN Women) - Since you are a non-government
organisation (waw so quirky), in order to secure your voting rights, you need to
write a two-minute speech on why you deserve to vote on the issue. People will
then ask you questions based on this, then everyone will decide whether they’ll
give you voting rights. So don’t forget to prepare a speech!
Pinn (ISBMUN I’ll fill in this part once we get your committee and country!) -
there’s no specific instructions for you too (wah)

Things for you to prepare:

1. Resolution ideas - solutions to solve your committee’s problems, or at least some
ideas
2. A position paper/opening statement - this is a one minute speech which should
include your delegate’s stance on the topic, and suggest some of your solution
ideas, to introduce yourself to everyone else.
Note that you can only deliver one speech, so pick the topic you’re most interested
in and talk about that. You don’t have to make one for all your topics.
SEOMUN Position papers CLICK HERE to see my sample position papers from
the time I was tortured in Seoul MUN 2019 ‼️
3. Laptops
4. Proper dress (formal/semi-formal attire)

5. Research!! A lot of research regarding your topic and other countries’ stances on
them as well so you understand everything that’s being presented to you. Also
research your country, their status, how rich they are etc. because this will be
important (for example if you’re an LEDC (less economically developed country)
during resolution writing you would want to include clauses which say that you
what MEDCs (more economically developed countries) to help you)
Research can generally consist of keywords, country stance, background
information, past actions, and possible solutions
6. Your mental health - MUN can be draining so feed your brains some nice food
and water to keep your mental health in check :D
2) Keywords 🗝️
MUN (Model United Nations): a simulation of the actual UN conferences, different
countries come together to help solve a problem in this world
Committee: a group of countries who are working together to solve an issue (eg.
WHO committee works on health issues, ECOSOC works on economic issues,
etc.)
Chair: people in charge of the committee, maintaining it in order, calling on people
to speak, and timing your speeches
Delegate: a person who represents a country in the committee (you have to take
on your country’s stances and viewpoints even if you personally disagree with
them)
Motion: when you ask the chair to take action in a specific way (eg. motion to have
a five minute break, motion to move into an unmoderated caucus to write
resolutions, motion to adjourn the meeting, etc.)
Moderated caucus: delegates give one-minute speeches, without entertaining POIs
(Points of Information/Inquiry, also known as a question lmao) During this time,
you can’t communicate directly with other delegates. You have to do so by passing
notes (see section 7 below), which will usually be for asking questions or
suggesting if you want to work together.
Unmoderated caucus (lobbying): time for you to be tortured by partnering up with
other people and writing resolutions together! In this time, you don’t have to use
MUN standard language and you can make friends. This happens on the first day of
the conference.
Resolution: a document which delegates work on together during lobbying to
outline solutions
Bloc: different groups that have similar ideas and opinions about the topics, who
will typically work together to create a draft resolution.
Main submitter: the delegate (who is a tryhard jk) whose country is the ‘leader’ of
the bloc and will be speaking for the longest to support your resolution
Co-sponsor/co-submitter: other people who worked on the resolution who are
not main submitters and will speak for the resolution
Speaker’s List: in MUN, when many people want to speak, you will raise your
placards and the chairs will put you in a list of who gets to speak first
Yield: when you decide to give up the remaining time in your speech (yield to
another delegate, yield to time for points of information/questions, yield to the
chair[which means you are done speaking])
3) Overall debate procedure 😮‍💨
The debate is the time where your resolutions get beaten to death by the
committee to see if it will pass! (be put into use)

1. Roll Call - when the chair calls your country name, lift up your placard and say
‘present and voting’ (for Mild, you have to see first if the others will be nice
enough to give you rights. Otherwise, just say ‘present’)
2. Opening - The main submitter reads out the operative clauses of the resolution
and gives a two-minute speech to support the resolution (for speech)
3. Question time - Main submitter will answer any and all points of clarification
explain something in the resolution) or points of information (general questions).
You are encouraged to raise your placard to ask questions, and also take note of
what the answers are in case you can use it in the future (for speeches, against
speeches, other POIs)
4. Too speech - A delegate delivers a “too speech” which addresses a topic, but
NOT the resolution. It can encourage debate flow by stopping fighting and helping
others to put their focus back on the topic.
5. Against speech - A delegate delivers an against speech discouraging others to
support the resolution.
6. Enter the standard debate cycle - For-Too-Against speeches regarding the
resolution in that order repeatedly. All speeches are two minutes long (but may be
shortened and you also don't’ have to use all the time allocated)
7. Amendments - these are edits(either deletions or additions) to the resolution
submitted by delegates who want to improve the solutions presented.
“Friendly” amendments are ones which the main submitter accepts, and no need to
debate on, so it is immediately incorporated into the resolution.
“Unfriendly” amendments are those which need to be debated on, temporarily
stopping the debate on the resolution. After one for and one against speech, the
amendment is voted on (a simple majority which is 50% or more is required for
passing).
“Amendments to the second degree” are amendments to an amendment.
8. Voting time - the chairs call for a vote on the resolution when they deem that
enough debate has occurred (oohlala).
A simple majority - also known as 50% minimum - is needed for a resolution to be
passed. Each member has one vote. The resolution can be voted on as a whole or
clause by clause (known as division of question).
 Explanation of vote - if you feel like someone else is voting in the opposite
direction of what their country actually wants, ask the chair for that delegate to
explain their vote.

4) General MUN rules 😪

1. Personal pronouns - do NOT use personal pronouns (I, they, you). You must
ALWAYS refer to yourself as the delegate of X and others in the same way. Eg.
“The delegate of Italy strongly suggests the committee to vote in favor of the
resolution”, “the delegate of China would like to thank the delegate of Australia for
his wonderful For Speech. However, the delegate also would like to ask, did the
delegate of Australia consider that Xi Jinping is the most handsome person ever?”)
2. Finances - in MUN, you don’t need to mention how much something will cost
exactly in the resolution, but others can definitely ask you WHERE you will get the
funds from, so be prepared and don’t make it unrealistic (for example don’t say ‘the
UN will provide food for all of the people in Thailand every single day’)
3. Diplomacy - don’t be rude to everyone else, communicate in English, show
respect to others and listen to them, you know the drill 🧐
4. Speaking - during formal debate and moderated caucuses, you can’t just speak
but rather you have to raise your placard and wait for your country name to be
called
5) How to write a resolution ✏️
Heading: must include committee, question(topic), main submitter and co-sponsor
Preamble: consists of reasons to why the problem must be solved, ends with
commas, and makes use of the following phrases

Operative clauses: the clauses showing the solutions to your problem, they can
also have sub-clauses, ends with semicolons, and makes use of the following
phrases

Resolutions CLICK HERE to see my sample resolutions from the time I was
tortured in ThaiMUN 2019 ‼️
6) Rights and Points ☝️
Right to Reply: if your country was directly targeted and attacked by another
country, or someone made a claim you think is false, use your right of reply to
deliver a freestyle speech to defend yourself
Right to Statement: after roll call, if there is no resolution being presented, you can
ask to speak using this right. Chairs will vet your speech first.
Point of Personal Privilege: use if you need something
If you need the toilet: “point of personal privilege, may this delegate please use the
toilet?”
If you can’t hear someone’s speech: “point of personal privilege, may the delegate
of X speak in a more audible manner?”
If it’s too cold: “point of personal privilege, may the chairs turn up the
temperature? This delegate feels cold.”
Point of Clarification: once the resolution has been presented by the main
submitter, if you need a definition for any word/phrase in there, use this point.
Points of Information (POI): can be used to ask a question to the speaker when
they allocate time for POIs. Can be used to attack someone and make their points
seem weak as well. Good POIs must be concise and specific. Eg. “Can the delegate
of Zambia please explain who is going to provide tents for the refugees referred to
in clause 8 of the resolution?”
If you feel like someone hasn’t answered your question properly, say “this delegate
believes his/her/their question has not been answered/”
You can also request for a “follow-up” which asks another question regarding the
answer to the first question.
Point of Order: used if you believe that another delegate is not following the rules
of the debate flow
Point of Parliamentary Inquiry: if you are lost about how the conference is going to
go next or what steps are next, use this to ask the chair what to do eg. “point of
parliamentary inquiry, when does this meeting adjourn?”, “point of parliamentary
inquiry, how long can the delegate deliver speeches for during this caucus?”
7) Note passing 📄
Note-passing is used when you want to communicate with another delegate
during moderated caucus or debate time, where you’re not allowed to get up from
your seat and interact freely.
To pass a note, write out on a piece of paper TO:, FROM:, and the message. Then,
raise your note up so one of the ‘pages’ can come pick it up for you. During
opening speeches, it is strongly suggested that you pass notes to people you want
to work with expressing your #burningdesire to collaborate with them.
If you can’t answer a POI, you can also say ‘this delegate wishes to answer in note
form’ and do your research, then answer the POI by passing a note to the delegate
who asked you the question.
During voting note-passing is suspended.