Official TBSMUN 7-9th April agenda

The Official TBSMUN ’11 Agenda

Thursday 7^th April:

9.00 am

Start of Conference at The British School of Warsaw

9.00 am – 10.30 am

Opening Ceremony

10.30 am – 11.00 am

Tea break

11.00 am – 12.00 pm

Opening Speeches delivered by Ambassadors

12.00 pm – 2 pm

Lunch break for Delegates

2 pm – 4 pm

Panel discussions within committees

Friday 8^th April:

9.00 am – 10.30 am

Panel discussions within committees

10.30 am – 11.00 am

Tea break

11.00 am – 12.30 pm

Panel discussions within committees

12.30 pm – 2.00 pm

Lunch break

2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Panel discussions within committees

Saturday 9^th April:

9.00 am – 10.30 am

General Assembly

10.30 am – 11.00 am

tea break

11.00 am – 12.30 pm

General Assembly

12.30pm – 1pm

Closing Ceremony

Delegate application forms!

TBS MUN 7^th-9^th April

Application Form

Return by: 28^th February

School:

MUN Director(s):

E-mail:

Delegate details:

First Name	Surname	Male/Female	Committee

We will reply with which country you will be representing.

Please send these forms by e-mail to:

jpastak@thebritishschool.pl

How to write a policy statement

Each delegate is required to present a policy statement at the Opening Ceremony: 

A Policy Statement should be a short (max. 5 minute) speech that each delegate must prepare before the conference. It should outline the delegate’s country’s policy on the topic that is discussed in the delegate’s committee.

At the beginning of discussions over a specific topic the Chair will call the delegates out in alphabetical order according to country. Delegates will be called out in turn to read their Policy Statement on that particular topic.

Delagates should begin their Policy Statements (like all other formal speaches during the conference) with a phrase such as “Honourable Chairs, Distinguished Delegates”. At the end they should specify whether or not they are open to Points of Information and should then yield the floor to the Chair.

How to write a resolution

Each delegate should prepare a Draft Resolution for each of the topics in his/her committee. During Informal Lobbying delegates will have the option to make alterations and merge their Resolutions. Each Resolution requires a main submitter and 5 co-submitters in order to be considered. Please bring a printed and electronic (on a USB memory stick) version of the Draft Resolutions.

Each Resolution should consist Preambulatory Clauses and Operative Clauses. The Preambulatory Clauses should recall or remind of previous documents and agreements about the issue. The Operative Clauses should be numbered and should describe new suggestions of how Member States should approach the issue.

The format of the Resolutions should be similar to the sample Resolution that we have placed on this website. Also, we advise delegates to visit the UN website and review real UN Resolutions to gain a better understanding of how their Resolutions should be structured.

Example Resolution

RESOLUTION

FORUM: Security Council

QUESTION OF: Terrorist Activities by the PKK in Turkey and the territorial

integrity of Turkey and Iraq

SUBMITTED BY: The Republic of Iraq   

CO-SUBMITTERS: Great Socialist People’s Arab Jamahirya, The Republic of

France, The United States of Mexico, Croatia, Vietnam, Iran, Republic of Uganda,

People’s Republic of China

The Security Council,

Recognizing that the views and actions of the Kurdish Workers’ Party are in no way a

representation of the beliefs of other Kurdish people residing in Turkey or its

neighbouring countries,

Condemning unequivocally terrorist activities that have been undertaken by the

Kurdish Workers’ Party in Turkey,

Stressing the importance of all member States recognizing the magnitude of the

problem for the whole region,

Recalling Resolution 1373 (2001), particularly operative clause 2(d) which decides

that States shall prevent those who finance, plan, facilitate or commit terrorist acts

from using their respective territories for those purposes against other States or their

citizens,

Further recalling operative clause 4 of Resolution 1373 (2003) which expresses

concern about the link between terrorist organizations and drug trafficking,

Stressing the significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which

proclaims that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein,

without distinction of any kind, such as race, religion or other status, 

Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial  

integrity and unity of both Iraq and Turkey,

Recalling Resolution 1511 (2003) which stresses the right of the Iraqi people freely to

determine their own political future and control their own natural resources,

Reminding member States of the recognition of Kurdistan-Iraq as an autonomous

region of Iraq by the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq of 2005,

Welcoming progress made by the government of Turkey in recognition of the Kurdish

population in Turkey,

Stressing the importance of having clear borders between separate regions, 

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

 

1. Calls upon all nations to recognize the PKK as a terrorist organization;

2. Recommends to set up a commission under the Security Council of the United

Nations Organization in cooperation with the UN’s Counter Terrorism

Implementation Task Force which will be responsible for restricting the

PKK’s access to financial resources;

3. Encourages the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to take action

against the drug trafficking which provides profits to the PKK as well as

weapon smuggling which provides both armaments and profits for the PKK;

4. Encourages nations, espiecially Turkey, to promote mutual understanding in

order to create a tolerant and peaceful society;

5. Further encourags the government of Turkey to provide further rights for the

Kurdish minority within its boundaires;

6. Allows the government of the Republic Turkey to take action against terrorist

activities of the PKK;

7. Calls for peaceful negotiations of the governments of Turkey and Iraq, under

the supervision of the United Nations, concerning the borders between the two

countries;

8. Proposes that the United Nations allow the issue of the Kirkuk Province to be

resolved without direct foreign intervention by negotiations between the Iraqi

government and the Kurdistan Regional Government under the supervision of

the UNO;

9. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

Rules of Procedure - official TBSMUN conference rules

It is important for every delegate to know what the specific rules of procedure are for each MUN conference, as formal register is mandatory and knowing the rules will make the debating process a lot easier! 

Rules of Procedure

Diplomatic Conduct

·      The working language of the conference shall be English.

·      During the debates delegates should address each other and the chairs in the third person with respect and using proper diplomatic language.

·      Delegates should wear formal attire (business suits and ties for the male delegates).

·      Mobile phones are to be switched off during the debates.

·      No personal communication is allowed between delegates during the debates. However, delegates may send each other notes that pertain to the agenda through pages.

·      The Chair may discipline delegates who behave disrespectfully by giving them warnings and reporting them to the Secretary General who will take appropriate action.

·      The threat of war is strictly forbidden. Any delegate who suggests this may be suspended or expelled from the conference.

·      Delegates should remember that the main objective is for the participants to take part fully in the discussion of the topics.

·      It is essential that delegates seek to create resolutions which are representative of the policies of specific interest groups and which make realistic recommendations or actions to be taken, whilst dealing with the issues.

Structure and Rules of the Debate

·      The Roll Call: At the start of each session the Chair shall administer a roll call in order to determine a quorum (when at least 50% of members with voting rights are present). When a committee member’s country is called out the delegate shall raise his or her placard and say “present”.

·      Setting the Agenda: After the first roll call delegates will be able to set the agenda by raising a motion to make topic X the first topic under discussion. The Chair will then ask the delegate to make a short speech in favour of this motion. Then he will ask if there are any speeches against. If there aren’t any then the Chair will move directly into voting procedure. A simple majority is required for such a motion to pass. If the motion fails than the other topic automatically becomes the first topic under discussion.

·      General Speaker’s List: After the agenda is set the Chair will open the General Speaker’s List. Delegates will be called out in alphabetical order. The Chair shall then give delegates the right to the floor according to the order established by the General Speaker’s List. Other delegates may raise Points of Information if the delegate who has read his/her Policy Statement has stated that he/she is open to Points of Information. Rights of Reply will fall under the Chair’s discretion. Delegates may join the General Speaker’s List when the Chair invites them to do so or by sending a Page note to the Chair. All other ways are considered to be out of order. At the end of a speech a delegate specify whether or not he/she is open to Points of Information and must then yield the floor to the Chair. This mode of debate is called Closed Debate.

·      Structure of the Speech: When speaking, delegates must address the floor exclusively in the third person avoiding the use of the first and second person.

·      Points of Information are questions to a delegate who has delivered a speech and is open to Points of Information. They must pertain to the topic of the delegate’s speech and be stated directly after the speech. When the Chair asks if there are any Points of Information, delegates wishing to ask a question should raise their placards and wait to be given to right to the floor. Follow up questions are in order, however, follow up to follow up questions are not.

·      A Right of Reply is when a delegate wishes to comment on or correct factual information in another delegate’s speech. Delegates wishing to be given the right to reply must raise their placards and, after they are recognised by the Chair, must request a right to reply. A right of reply to a right of reply is out of order.

·      Open Debate: In order to move from Closed Debate to Open Debate a motion to move to Open Debate should be made. This motion requires a simple majority to hold. During Open Debate all delegates may request the right to the floor. After their speech they must specify whether or not they are open to Points of Information and then yield the floor to the Chair.

·      Informal Lobbying: In order to move to Informal Lobbying a motion must be passed. The delegate proposing this motion should suggest a specific time period for this mode. During Informal Lobbying delegates are free to move around the room and discuss Resolutions with other delegates. A motion to extend Informal Lobbying is in order only after the original time period for Informal Lobbying has elapsed. The Chair shall only consider this motion of time constraints allow for it.

Introducing and Voting on Draft Resolutions

A Draft Resolution may be submitted to the Chair at any time during Informal Lobbying. It should be given in electronic form (on a USB pen drive) and the main submitter should be clearly indicated.

·      Debate on a Resolution: The Chair will ask the main submitter of the Resolution to read out the Operative Clauses and deliver a speech in favour of the Resolution. The Chair will then ask other Delegates who wish to speak in favour of the Resolution and will later ask those who wish to speak against it. After delivering their speeches Delegates must specify whether or not they are open to Points of Information and yield the floor to the Chair.

·      Introducing Amendments: Amendments may be introduced at any time during the debate on the Draft Resolution. Delegates wishing to introduce an Amendment must write it down on the provided Amendment Sheet and send it to the Chair via the Pages. The Chair will then display the content of the Amendment on the Screen and will ask the Delegate who introduced it to deliver a short speech in favour. Voting takes place after a Motion to Move to Voting Procedure is passed or when the Chair decides that it is in order. Amendments to Amendments are out of order. A Friendly Amendment may be introduced if all the Submitter and the Co-submitters agree to this. In this case there is no voting and the Amendment is automatically incorporated into the Draft Resolution.

·      Voting on Draft Resolutions takes place when a Motion to Move to Voting Procedure is passed or when the Chair decides that there is no more time to continue to discuss the Resolution. Voting on Resolutions is according to Roll Call Voting Procedure.

Voting

One delegate from each country will call out the vote using either ‘In favour’ or ‘Against’, whilst raising their placard.

Motions

After a Motion is proposed it must be seconded by another Delegate in order to be considered. If there are no objections to the motion than the Motion automatically passes. If there are any objections then voting on the Motion takes place.

·      Using ‘motion to move into voting procedures’ and ‘motion to expand debating time’ when you have any problem of controlling time of speech.

·      ‘Motion to table the resolution’ allows people to stop discussion and should be saved for later. If two - thirds agree that the resolution should be tabled, it will be put on the bottom of the resolution-pile of your forum and will be discussed after all the other resolutions have been debated.

·      If you move to suspend the meeting, be sure to specify the purpose. Simple majority vote is absolutely required.

Additional Points and Motions

·      Motion to Divide the House: This is in order if there was a significant amount of Abstentions. If this Motion carries then the voting on the Amendment or Draft Resolution is repeated and during this voting Abstentions are not in order.

·      Point of Parliamentary Inquiry: is raised when a Delegate wishes to ask the Chair about Rules of Procedure. It may not interrupt a Speaker.

·      Point of Personal Priviledge: this point is raised, example, when a Delegate wishes to leave the room or cannot hear a Speaker.

·      Point of Order: this may be raised when a Delegate feels that the Rules of Procedure are not being properly observed. The Chair will decide whether or not the Delegate’s Point is valid.

Security Council

The same Rules of Procedure apply to the Security Council with one exception. During the General Assembly if a Permanent Member of the Security Council (China. France, Russia, UK or USA) votes Against the Resolution than the Resolution automatically fails. There will be no Power of Veto in the Security Council Sessions for the sake of debate during the General Assembly.