Welcome to the Halifax Model United Nations HFXMUN
2007 TOPICS and CONTRIES FOR HFXMUN - 2007
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Week 1 · Gather interested parties · Select an Organizing Committee · Decide on a theme and the nations to be represented · Select delegations and issue United Nations background material, role descriptions, and mailing addresses of embassies and Permanent Missions · Produce tentative agenda Although a MUNA is best operated with 50 or more participants at a minimum (a maximum number has yet to be determined), the exercise can possibly be altered by organizers to accommodate numbers that are lower than the 50. In the case of the lower numbers, organizers are advised to consider the Model Security Council (MSC) format that is dealt with in the next section of this Sourcebook. In any case, the following steps in pre-planning are recommended: ___ An Organizing Committee made up of teachers and former students will organize the event. This year, we have expert assistance joining us from Memorial University of Newfoundland. They will run the committee sessions and train any of our students who wish to take on that leadeship role next year. ___ Ensure that all participants acquaint themselves with the Rules of Procedure before the activity begins; however, procedural wrangling should be discouraged by the Organizing Committee. EMBASSIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES TO CANADA - A THRU L EMBASSIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES TO CANADA - M THRU Z PERMANENT MISSIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS
STEP THREE SHAPING THE HFXMUN 2007 Anthony Rosborough has taken a lot of time to shape the Ilsley Model UN. It is IMPORTANT that you read his words: JLMUN 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK This site gives good background information on most countries in the world.
TOPICS AND COUNTRIES FOR THE HALIFAX MODEL UNITED NATIONS (HFXMUN)
POLITICAL AWARENESS
RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY: PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE BOOKS ARE ON RESERVE BEHIND THE DESK, THEY ARE NOT ON THE SHELVES. 1. The Book of Rule: How the World is Governed 2. World Plitical Almanac 3. Power 4. Political and Economic Systems a. Dictators b. Democracy c. Capitalism d. Fascism e. Communism f. Monarchy TERMINOLOGY: 1. Legislative = Branch of government with the authority to make and change the laws of the land and to appropriate funds. 2. Judicial = the branch of government responsible for the administration of justice. 3. Executive = The branch of government that carries out and enforces the law. 4. Secular = separated from the control of a religion. 5. Lay (the laity) = not belonging to the clergy; not belonging to a specific profession. 6. Tribal system 7. Universal suffrage = (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of voting privileges to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief or social status. 8. Political Spectrum = the distribution of political beliefs on a line. 9. Ideology = the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program; the belief system of a person or a group of people. 10. Democracy = 1 government by the people; especially : rule of the majority 11. Theocracy = a state ruled by divinely guided leaders. 12. anarchy = absence of the rule of law. 13. Protectorate = the dependent political unit in a relationship where there is a superior authority holding power over it. The area of the ring dyke of St. Katherine Protectorate has recently earned a World Heritage Site ststus. The decision was made by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. 14. Colony = a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state. 15. Empire = a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority. 16. Oligarchy = a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. 17. Timocracy = 1 : government in which a certain amount of property is necessary for office; 2 : government in which love of honor is the ruling principle 18. Plutocracy = government by the wealthy 19. Military Junta = a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power. 20. Provisional Government = serving for the time being, temporary government. 21. Transitional Government = serving for a period of time with a clear end in mind. 22. proportional representation = It is a voting system that assures that the overall results are proportional to the distribution of votes. If a party receives 30% of the vote it will get approximately 30% representation. In that type of system your vote is always important. The difference between 20% and 30% doesn’t mean anything in a majority winner-take-all election, but it means the difference between 20% and 30% representation in a system that uses proportional representation. (http://ed.labonte.com/pr.html) 23. Veto = I forbid. The power used by a leader (our country) to stop a motion in a meeting, or to stop a procedure. 24. Republic = a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president. Supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law. There is in such a system a balance of power. 25. Parliamentary system = is distinguished by the executive branch of government being dependent on the direct or indirect support of the parliament, often expressed through a vote of confidence. Hence, there is no clear-cut separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches of government. Parliamentary systems usually have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the head of state. 26. imperialist = the practice of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas. 27. capitalist = a person who supports private ownership of capital goods (assests, things you can posses and that have value), the price of which are determined mainly by competition in a free market. 28. coalition = a temporary alliance of distinct parties, persons, or states for joint action. 29. despot = Every 20th century despot or dictator has found it necessary to claim to represent “the will of the people,” even as he trampled on their lives, dignities, and liberties. a : a ruler with absolute power and authority b : a person exercising power tyrannically. 30. tyrant = an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution and who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally. 31. dictator = (http://www.onelang.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Dictator) one holding complete autocratic control; one ruling absolutely and often oppressively 32. totalitarian state = the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority. 33. autocrat = a person (as a monarch) ruling with unlimited authority. 34. demagogue = a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power. 35. proletariat = worker’s democracy, working class people. 36. benevolent (for good) or malevolent (for bad) dictator. Glossary: There are other political glossaries online. Use Google to check them out if you need to. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1451.html (It is based on American politics, so be careful which term you look up).
1. Choose the committee that you wish to work on: POLITICAL COMMITTEE, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, SOCIAL COMMITTEE 2. Study the issues on the above list (hyperlinked). Our next meeting will be to determine which of the four you wish to work on, after having reviewed them by researching them. 3. RESOLUTION WRITING. Here you will find samples of how one writes a resolution. 4. Anthony's example of how to WRITE A RESOLUTION.
RESOLUTION WRITING. Here you will find samples of how one writes a resolution. Hi everyone, ALSO Give some thought to where you want to run the Model UN. We might have the City Hall, or we could do the AV/room. City hall has a round table set-up, very professionally done. There is a gallery for about 30 people if we were going to have visitors. That might be tricky on a week day. On the other hand, we could set up the AV/room and run the Model UN there. We could have our students come and watch, as well as parents in the community. It would be a much easier setup. Think about it, and let me know!
VOTING PRACTICES Go down the list to "country voting practices." There you can find your country
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