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STEPS TO PREPARE FOR VIRTUAL MUN CONFERENCES - Coggle Diagram
STEPS TO PREPARE FOR
VIRTUAL MUN CONFERENCES
Get Your Assigned Country and Read
the Topic Background Guide
Read the Background Guide, which is typically broken down into the following sections.
Topic Background and Introduction.
Past International Action.
Sub-Issues and Topics to Adress.
Questions to Consider and Further Reading.
Possible Solutions.
Research Your Committee Topic
To research issues related to the topic, begin by looking at the sub-issues noted in the Background Guide, and consider how those issues allow this topic to continue to be a global problem:
Define the problem.
Identify the Primary Causes of the Problem.
Consider the Effects of the Topic and How it Impacts Different Countries.
Research Your Country Profile & Policy
In a Virtual MUN Committee, your goal is to be able to step into the shoes of the leadership of your assigned country, demonstrate an understanding of the issues your country is facing, and embrace that country’s perspective as you strive to find actionable solutions. In order to achieve that goal to the best of your abilities, the next step in your Virtual MUN Conference preparation journey is to research your country profile and policy. To do so, start with the following information:
What type of government structure does your country have?
Where is your country located?
What does your country’s economy look like? Is your country developed or developing?
Who are your country’s allies?
Brainstorm Your Solutions
In any Virtual MUN Committee, your main goal is to work with other delegates to pass a resolution document that proposes solutions your country agrees with to the topic at hand. In order to be able to successfully propose those solutions, you should begin the sixth step in your preparation journey: brainstorming those solutions! In order to consider possible solutions, use the following process:
Look at the list of issues you’ve identified for the topic at hand, focusing on issues that are
most relevant to your country.
Analyze the effectiveness of those pre-existing solutions. Are they working? Why or why not?
Consider how you can expand solutions that aren’t working to solve the issues at hand, and for issues that you are unable to locate a pre-existing solution for, create new solutions!
From your SPEARs, figure out what types of solutions your country and the UN are already
implementing.
Write your Opening Speech!
The easiest way to organize your Opening Speech, and all of your future speeches for your virtual MUN Committee, is in three parts:
Hook: an engaging way to grab your audience’s attention.
Point: your country policy on the topic.
Action: your possible solutions on the topic.
Review How to Write Resolutions
A resolution is essentially one long sentence broken down into three parts:
Header
Preambulatory Clauses
Operative Clauses