Countries
Big 5 (US, UK, FR, RU, CH) of the Security Council are permanent
- Should be covered
Other prominent countries include but are not limited to, Portugal (Secretary-General), Brazil,
India, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Brazil, Italy, and all Middle Eastern countries.
Possible Issue Discussions
● Global security
Demilitarization, weapons management, and peacekeepers
● Nuclear weaponry
Uranium mining, limitations, harboring
● Climate change
Petroleum, carbon emissions, global factory limitations
● Conflict resolution
War on Ukraine, armored rebellions, Kosovo Region
● International drug trade
● Cyber security
Regulation, extent, management
Materials per Debate
Country binder
Includes all research to your applied country
Guiding questions
Background information
Committee knowledge, issue knowledge, and factual country position
Questions to other countries
Intentions (Paper)
First steps and your intent in your Resolution (should be done before the floor opens)
Resolution
How your country attempts to solve the issue (to be handled after discussions are over)
Committees IN ORDER 1-6
● Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
● Economic and Financial Committee
● Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee
● Special Political and Decolonization
● Administrative and Budgetary
● Legal
OTHER COMMITTEES
● Credentials Committee
Determines creds of country delegates and reports back to General Assembly
● General Committee
Meets and reviews the progress/ rules of the General Assembly
UN Security Council (UNSC)
International peace and security. The members are as follows:
- UK, US, France, Switzerland, China, Gabon, Russia, Japan, Mozambique, Malta, UAE,
Brazil, Albania, Ghana, and Ecuador
Usage of Peacekeepers must be used through the UNSC and the UN Charter allows full
responsibility for handling international security crises through mobilization of troops.
Calander Outlook
August 10: 1st day of school
August 16: Prelim meeting (set up council, countries, etc.)
August 30: Meeting (First issue, country plan, debate practice)
September 13: Meeting (Continued debate)
September 27: Meeting (Resolution)
October 11: Meeting (Resolution readings)
October 25: Meeting (New issue presented, new country plan)
November 8: Meeting (Country consulting and debates)
November 29: Meeting (Resolutions)
December 13: Meeting (Reading Resolutions)
January 10: Meeting (New issue, new country plan outlines)
January 24: Meeting (Country consulting and debates)
February 7: Meeting (Resolutions)
February 21: Meeting (Reading Resolutions)
March 6: (New issue- condensed conference)
March 20: Meeting (Start resolutions)
April 3rd: Meeting (Wrap-up of final issue)
April 17: Final meeting
May 10 + 17: Possible banquet days
