THE VALUE OF

SIMULATING THE
UNITED NATIONS

1st of March 2014

TOPICS ON TODAYS
AGENDA
Understanding
The

United Nations agenda

Moldova
The

the United Nations

and the United Nations

Model UN Experience

LETS MEET EACH OTHER!

UNDERSTANDING
THE UNITED
NATIONS
UN History
UN Role

UN Structure

Decisions on important
questions, such as those on
peace and security,
admission of new members
budgetary matters,
require a two-thirds majority.

Decisions on other
questions are voted with
simple majority.

Each country has one vote.

Six Main Committees

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security
Committee)
Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee)
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
Committee)
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization
Committee)
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee)
Sixth Committee (Legal Committee)

Argentina (2014)
Chad (2015)
Australia (2014)
Chile (2015)
Luxembourg (2014)
Jordan (2014)
Lithuania(2015)
Republic of
Korea (2014)
Rwanda (2014)
Nigeria (2015)

United Nations Regional Groups

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND THE

UNITED NATIONS

MODEL UN GLOSSARY