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PRE PARAT I ON GUI DE
Nati onal Hi gh School Model Uni ted Nati ons
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1he International Model United Nations Association ,IMUNA, is the corporation behind the
National ligh School Model United Nations ,NlSMUN,, the Regional ligh School Model United
Nations ,RlSMUN,, and the Southern United States Model United Nations ,SUSMUN, conerences,
as well as other educational projects. Although most other Model UN conerences hae institutional
ailiations that proide organizational inrastructure and resources such as oice space, inancial
accounting, or legal protection, NlSMUN, RlSMUN, and SUSMUN do not. Consequently, IMUNA
was incorporated largely to proide an inrastructure: IMUNA maintains bank accounts, insurance
coerage, long-term contracts, as well as non-proit and NGO status that allows its conerences to
unction year ater year. 1hrough conerences and educational projects, IMUNAs mission is to
urther global issues education at the secondary school leel through simulation.

leld in New \ork City, annually in March, NlSMUN began as a project o the National Collegiate
Conerence Association, the parent organization o NlSMUN and NMUN ,a college-leel Model
UN conerence,. Oer time, the diiculties o administering two consecutie conerences caused the
NlSMUN leadership to break away rom NMUN and incorporate separately as IMUNA in 199. In
1998, IMUNA started RlSMUN in an eort to expand and extend the organizations mission and
reach. Similar to NlSMUN, RlSMUN occurs annually in December and is held in San lrancisco. In
the all o 2009, IMUNA launched a new conerence: SUSMUN, to be held annually in Atlanta eery
Noember. SUSMUN is meant to sere as a teaching conerence or schools new to Model United
Nations and to urther IMUNAs goal o education through simulation.

In addition to proiding organizational inrastructure and resources, IMUNA has a iduciary
relationship toward NlSMUN, RlSMUN, and SUSMUN. \ithin this relationship, IMUNAs
primary set o responsibilities are to make certain that its conerences occur annually, that the
conerences remain true to IMUNAs mission and educational principles, and that institutional
memory is maintained. IMUNAs secondary set o responsibilities are oersight o NlSMUN,
RlSMUN, and SUSMUN, selection o the Secretary-General and Director-General or each
conerence, approal o the annual budget, and disbursement o unds. Once sta members are hired
or each conerence, their responsibility is to complete all operational tasks that result in a quality
conerence.

Although Model UN conerences are IMUNAs main ocus, IMUNA also pursues non-conerence
endeaors, which are aligned with its mission. lor example, IMUNA has produced curricular
materials, such as Classroom to Conerence, a guide or noice Model UN programs and Crisis in
the Gul, a classroom simulation o the Iran-Iraq war.

IMUNA is goerned by 1 olunteer Board o Directors: seen members-at-large, a aculty
representatie, a comptroller, and eight ex-oicio members comprised o the current and ormer
Secretaries-General and Directors-General. 1ypically, anyone who still has sta eligibility ,i.e.
undergraduates, is not eligible or a Member-at-Large position. Lach Member-at-Large has primary
responsibility or an IMUNA actiity area, or example conerence liaison, the IMUNA Alumni
loundation, or deelopment. 1he Chairman coordinates the work o the Board and conducts much o
the corporate business. All current and ormer NlSMUN, RlSMUN, and SUSMUN sta members
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are part o IMUNA through the IMUNA Alumni loundation. Most recently, IMUNA has been
making a concerted eort to establish a base o alumni to lend both intellectual and inancial support
to the organization or the uture.

One o the things that make participation in IMUNA so special is the dedication o its members in
executing IMUNAs goals to ruition. 1o that end, all members o IMUNA should eel ree to ask any
questions that they may hae, oer any suggestions or constructie criticisms, and approach the Board
with ideas or thoughts. It is through the partnership o sta members and the Board o Directors that
IMUNA is able to empower the next generation o global leaders.

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1he ollowing timelines are proided as preparation tools or both laculty Adisors and delegates. It
is recommended that you post the delegate timeline in a place where students will be aware o their
expected progress. It is also helpul to hae students create their own timelines, speciic to when
they will inish drats and inal position papers.

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Registration or the conerence will begin on / 'ABCDEF at 12am Lastern Standard 1ime
,LS1, and will conclude on /: 'ABCDEF at 12am LS1.
Deposits are due to the Secretary-General on 8@ 'ABCDEF. Deposits consist o US>40 per
participant and are LCLRFESTLJNDQE. Details or submitting your deposits will be included in
the registration process.

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Delegations will be notiied o country assignments and background guides are made
aailable on the NlSMUN website ,nhsmun.org, by / *CHEIDEF.
Once country assignments are receied, assign committees to your delegates right away.
Please inorm the Secretary-General ,lannah Olli, at sg.nhsmunimuna.org o any
assigned committees in which your school will not be participating.
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Students should research their assigned state or the country reports and position papers.
laculty should encourage students to contact their countrys mission to the UN,
international agencies and other organizations.
Once students hae completed their background research, they should begin research or
their position papers, contacting their committee Directors with any questions they may
hae ,Director email addresses are aailable online and in the background guides,.
Check in with each o your students to gauge their progress beore winter break and ask
them i they hae contacted their respectie Directors.
Delegates should be encouraged to use the acation to inish the bulk o their written
preparation.

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Contact the lilton and resere enough rooms or your students and chaperones ,ollowing
the instructions distributed by the Secretary-General,.
I you will be lying to New \ork, begin inestigating special ares and student discounts.
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Contact the Secretary-General lannah Olli ,sg.nhsmunimuna.org, or Chie o Lxternal
Relations Llizabeth Kirschenbaum ,external.nhsmunimuna.org, i you hae any questions
regarding conerence logistics.
Introduce NHSMUNs Service Learning Project (SLP) pre-conerence competition to your
students. Details o the competition can be ound on the NlSMUN website. Contact Chie
o Lxternal Relations Llizabeth Kirschenbaum ,external.nhsmunimuna.org,
with any questions.
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lae your team meet to discuss the assigned countrys role in world politics. Also encourage
them to critique one anothers written work and ill in any gaps in research.
Lncourage students to e-mail their position paper to their Directors i they would like some
early eedback ,they will be electronically uploaded by the aculty adisor by 57 UNLTNFV,.
Requests or position papers extensions due to the Director-General Bonnie Pham
,dg.nhsmunimuna.org, by /> UNLTNFV.

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The remaining balance of your groups conference fees is due to the Secretary-General by //
UNLTNFVW 1he inal balance inoices will be distributed by the Secretary-General in early
December.
1he Participant Inormation lorm ,PIl, and laculty,Parent,Student statements o
understanding should be electronically submitted to the Secretary-General by 5; UNLTNFV.
1hese will be distributed by the Secretary-General in late December.
Registrations or the lilton New \ork should be turned into the hotel by 5; UNLTNFV. \e
resere a ixed number o rooms at the special rate. Once that number is exceeded, the hotel
can charge the ull rate. It is recommended that you make reserations at the hotel as soon
as possible since the special rate is only guaranteed on a irst come, irst sere basis.
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lold mock simulations and speech,question sessions throughout the month.

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1he Serice Learning Project pre-conerence competition ends on 57 (EDFTNFVW
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Prepare a packing list or your delegates:
! \estern business attire or our days o committee
! Research material and extra copies o their position papers
! Casual-wear or the delegate dance and touring the city
! 1rael health kit ,reer to CDC suggestions,
! Pens and paper
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! Money or meals
! Snacks
Arrie at NlSMUN and register with the conerence and hotel on < 4NFAO.
NlSMUN closing ceremonies will end on X 4NFAO at approximately 1:30 pm.
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Once country assignments are receied, start by researching and understanding your
countrys general domestic and oreign policies or the country report. Once you hae
completed your background research, begin more speciic research or your position papers.
Contact your countrys mission to the UN, as well as to international agencies and other
organizations. \ebsites and,or email addresses are aailable online.
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Check in with your laculty Adisor beore winter break to make sure that you are on track
with conerence preparations.
Spend time oer winter break inalizing your country report and position papers.
Contact your committee Director i you hae any questions regarding the speciic topics or
writing your position paper.
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Now that most o your research is inished, meet with other students within your delegation
to discuss your countrys role in world politics. It would also be beneicial to critique one
anothers written work and help each other ill in any gaps in research.
Communicate with your committee Director to ensure ull understanding o your topic.
Position papers are due to the committee Directors by 57 UNLTNFV ia digital upload by your
aculty adisor.
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lelp to arrange and regularly attend mock sessions and speech,question practices.
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Make sure you hae packed the ollowing: extra copies o your position papers, research
material, pen and paper, western business attire or our days o committee, casual wear or
the delegate dance and touring the city, snacks, ood, money or meals, and personal trael
health kit ,reer to CDC suggestions,. ,Remember: QN[BC[ TME KM LCB [EFIKBBEJ at
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NlSMUN closing ceremonies will end on X 4NFAO at approximately 1:30 pm.
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Students who attend Model UN conerences will ind their experience ar more educationally
beneicial i they arrie well-prepared or the simulation. laculty Adisors should begin guiding their
students through the research and preparation process as soon as country assignments are
distributed. Conerence preparation can be diided into two phases: research and writing, and
speech and debate practice. 1his chapter will discuss assigning committees and introduce the two
preparation phases, as well as proide a general timeline or preparation.

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One o the most daunting aspects o being a Model UN adisor is the challenge o assigning
delegates to committees. lere, the adisor has the opportunity to do worlds o good or his or her
students by shaping a productie delegation. On the other hand, there is the potential o being
conronted by many disappointed students due to mismatched assignments. Schools take a wide
ariety o approaches to assigning committees, inoling arying degrees o adisor input. In some
schools, the adisor personally assigns indiiduals to committees, oten using some orm o surey
to assess student preerences and taking into account seniority and past perormance. In some cases,
student oicers make the decisions. In others, assignments are chosen by lot or students draw
numbers to determine the order in which they may choose committees. \hicheer method is used,
the adisor will hae some degree o input into the students committee choices, i only through
subtly steering students toward committees that match their indiidual needs and talents.

Some issues to consider in assigning committees include:

+BTJELB KLBEFEMB0 Students that show enthusiasm or a particular committees topics may be
better equipped to accurately represent the assigned countrys position on the topics.

-FEHKCTM E`[EFKELAE0 lirst-time delegates may be more comortable working with an
experienced partner on a larger committee, or representing a peripheral nation on a smaller
committee. Lxperienced delegates may want the challenge o one o NlSMUNs newer
simulations or more specialized committees.

+[EAKNQKaNBKCL0 1his actor can aect assignments in two dierent ways. Larly in a students
Model UN experience, he or she may deelop a specialty in, or instance, legal issues and be
most comortable participating in the Legal Committee or the ICJ. It may be wise, in such
cases, to allow the student to deelop his or her specialty urther. loweer, it may also be
productie to encourage a student who seems to hae gotten into a rut to explore new
areas. Keep in mind, students who hae specialized early in their Model UN experiences may
hae rejected certain types o committees based on gender stereotyping, noting the larger
percentage o girls on social committees and boys on economic and security committees.
Lncouraging students to break out o these roles ultimately enhances the Model UN
experience or all inoled.

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A delegates NlSMUN experience begins when he,she enters a library to research his,her countrys
policy. By perusing UN documents, goernment papers, treaties and resolutions, students learn to
assume a perspectie they may hae neer thought to take, oten by putting aside \estern alues
and opinions. A well-researched delegate will not only know a signiicant amount o general
inormation about the country he,she is representing, but will also be well ersed in the intricacies
o the topics discussed in his,her committee, while ully immersed in their nations respectie policy
with regards to the topics. 1his includes looking at each issue rom a national, regional and
international perspectie. 1his will not only proide delegates with a strong ability to deend their
nations position, but also guide them as they caucus and compromise in committee sessions. 1o
assist delegates in their research, NlSMUN proides an annually updated list o research links on its
website, www.nhsmun.org.

All students who attend NlSMUN are required to submit position papers to the Director-General
and their committee Directors. 1he research done to complete the position paper proides the
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or all delegates to write position papers. \riting these papers compels students to organize
inormation into succinct policy statements. Mentally categorizing inormation prepares delegates
or the intense debate to come at the conerence and allows or an accurate and realistic simulation.
In each committee background guide ,written by the committees Director,, delegates will ind a
series o questions to address in their position papers. 1hese questions should be seen as a minimum
basis or research, and delegates are encouraged to expand their writing beyond the scope o the
preparation questions. Lach country must submit position papers or both topics in each committee
in which it is represented. I there are two delegates on one committee, they should eenly diide
their research and collaborate on one set o papers or the committee. NlSMUN does not
recommend assigning one topic to each member o a partnership, as most committees only get
through one ull topic at the conerence, and this would leae only one member o the partnership
knowledgeable about the chosen topic.

Committee Directors use position papers as tools with which to gauge how debate will progress at
the conerence. Quite oten, delegates will choose a course o action not mentioned in their
committee Directors background paper. Alternatie policy prescriptions may induce the Director to
do additional research in order to be well-prepared or the debate which will occur at the
conerence. Generally, the only way to discern these alternatie solutions is through the delegate
position papers. As a result, these papers are crucial to maintaining an intellectually stimulating,
accurate simulation.

Adisors can also use the position papers as a means o ealuating students progress and
preparation. In the past, aculty members hae paired students who hae a hard time with such
preparation with more experienced delegates to aid in the paper writing process.

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Please note that under no circumstances will plagiarism o any portion o position papers be
tolerated. Plagiarism is deined as the usage o material rom another source without appropriate
citation. Plagiarism includes both word-or-word borrowing o text and material, and paraphrasing
o material without citation. All material acquired rom existing sources, including text quotations,
charts, graphs, diagrams and data must be cited. Please note that [QN\KNFKMI CS BOE DNAP\FCTLJ
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delegate agreement to present an original policy paper that represents the delegates own work. It is
equialent to stealing, and will thus be treated ery seriously. I students hae any questions about
what constitutes plagiarism, please hae them contact their Director.

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Ater the writing process is complete and all papers hae been uploaded, it is imperatie that
delegates continue to stay engaged in their topics. 1his can be done through speech practice and
mock sessions. Giing delegates time to practice their public speaking skills will build conidence
and help them make a stronger case or their position in committee.

Lach member o the delegation should be prepared to deend his,her position in committee.
laculty Adisors should hae each student practice making quick speeches on their topics, bearing
in mind that speakers time at NlSMUN is short, oten not longer than one minute in the largest
committees. Delegates who can make concise and meaningul statements will be the best prepared
or the committee enironment. Other students should ask questions o each speaker so that they
can gain urther experience. It would be helpul to hae students with little background in the
speakers subject direct some pointed questions that may help the speaker see his,her topic rom a
new perspectie. Remember that asking questions is also a key debating skill, and that irtually all
questions can and should be phrased in twenty words or less. 1his exercise can also be conducted in
a moderated caucus ormat, which is used requently during NlSMUN sessions. Asking students to
also speak about their research experiences, and any inormation learned during the research phase
can also be beneicial or the student and his,her colleagues.

Once delegates hae gotten some experience speaking on their subjects, the delegation can moe
into mock debate sessions. A single topic can be chosen rom current world eents. Delegates
should be gien a ew days to read about the subject and then debate it in the classroom or club
meeting. 1hese sessions should ollow NlSMUNs rules o procedure, which are ound in each
background guide. Mock sessions can be chaired either by the laculty Adisor or student leaders.

Bear in mind that the rules or each Model UN conerence are dierent. NlSMUN will ollow its
established rules, and any motions improperly raised, een i they are allowed at other conerences,
will be deemed out o order. 1hereore, it is imperatie that all delegates study NlSMUN rules
closely and hae experience using these rules beore they arrie at the conerence. 1he NlSMUN
Rules of Procedure can be found under the Resources tab in the For Delegates section on our
website. As a urther aid to delegates, rules training sessions are held on the \ednesday o the
conerence beore opening ceremonies. 1hese are mandatory or all new NlSMUN delegates and
strongly recommended or returning delegates.

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1here are a ariety o other Model UN preparation tools aailable on the internet and in print,
beyond those mentioned here. lor more inormation on these, contact the Chie o Lxternal
Relations ,Llizabeth Kirschenbaum, at external.nhsmunimuna.org.
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Aside rom the UN simulation, NlSMUN also runs arious special programs and serices that are
designed to aid students in their preparation and promote participation. Many o these programs are
coordinated by the members o the Administratie Aairs sta. 1he ollowing is a brie description
o serices oered:

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One o the many beneits o holding NlSMUN in the heart o Manhattan is proximity to the
United Nations and the missions o the Member States. Mission Brieings are held on the morning
o 1hursday, March 2013 and are arranged or schools at the UN Mission o their assigned
country, wheneer possible. 1hese sessions allow delegates to meet with a representatie
sometimes een the ambassadoro the country your school represents. 1he brieings also proide
students the unparalleled opportunity to ask topic-speciic questions to their proessional
counterpart.

lor those schools whose missions were unaailable or a session, alternate brieings are held at the
lilton New \ork with representaties o intergoernmental agencies and prominent NGOs. 1hese
alternate brieings will sere as an opportunity or delegates to learn additional details about their
arious topics. Students are strongly encouraged to attend these sessions to add to their knowledge
o the UN and the breadth o its actiities.

Y-QENME LCBE0 \e will do our best to secure brieings or all schools who wish to hae one.
loweer, laculty must send the request or a brieing to Daid Spiak
,missionbrieings.nhsmunimuna.org, no later than December 12, 2012.

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1he Delegate Resource Center ,DRC, is the NlSMUN library eaturing UN documents, directors
research, reerence works, and position papers submitted by the Conerences delegates. 1he
Director o the DRC, Victoria Reasoner, assists delegates and helps them ind answers to policy
questions beore and during the conerence. New materials are added to the collection each year,
drawing primarily rom donations by other international NGOs. Many students ind the DRC ideal
or drating working papers with their peers and preparing or Committee Sessions as it contains
inormation regarding each topic being debated at NlSMUN 2013. lor the beneit o the delegates,
the DRC is equipped with seeral computers ,SCF FEMENFAO TME CLQV, so that they may ind
additional research online i necessary. Please ree to email the DRC Director at
drc.nhsmunimuna.com with any questions and,or concerns.

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lor the past ie years, NlSMUN has incorporated a conerence-wide serice project into our
programming and has successully raised monetary donations and materials or a wide ariety o
organizations and causes. 1he primary goal o the serice project is to raise awareness and support
or the ery issues debated at the Conerence and demonstrate to students how they can aect and
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inspire change. To increase the benefits of this years project, NHSMUN staff encourages the faculty
to take an actie role in inorming their students about the serice project and motiating them to
participate in it.

1he Serice Learning Project at NlSMUN 2013 will emphasize the importance o education in
ending the cycle o ignorance and poerty by raising unds or the not-or-proit organization called
BuildOn. Among a ariety o complementary programming, BuildOn works to spread education
throughout the deeloping world by building sustainable schools in six countries: laiti, Malawi,
Mali, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Senegal.

lor the irst time, schools will be able to help raise unds or this incredible organization prior to the
conerence! 1he Serice Learning Project at NlSMUN 2013 will now eature a pre-conerence
competition. 1he school that raises the most money or BuildOn beore the competition will be
recognized and awarded at closing ceremonies in the United Nations General Assembly lall.
Instructions or how to donate and participate in the pre-conerence competition can be ound on
our website here: http:,,imuna.org,nhsmun,serice-learning-project-pre-conerence-competition-0

In addition, NlSMUN will be partnering with BuildON to conduct a poster contest or a creatiely
designed poster speciic to laiti, ocusing on the core ideals o BuildOn: empowerment,
compassion, and responsibility. lurther inormation regarding the poster contest will be distributed
to laculty Adisors at a later date.

1o learn more about BuildOn and the Serice Learning Project, please contact the Chie o Lxternal
Relations Llizabeth Kirschenbaum ,external.nhsmunimuna.org,.

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NlSMUN does LCB proide NLV printing serices during the conerence so please plan accordingly.
The Hiltons business center ,located on the second loor, oers printing serices and photocopying
serices or a ee. During the conerence, replacements or lost badges and placards will be proided
or a small ee. Prior to the delegate dance, replacement badges will be >2 and replacement placards
will be >5. During the dance, replacement badges will be >5 and replacement placards will be >.
"$$ students with damaged placards and missing badges will be required to replace them or the
ee.
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NlSMUN is a program that stresses realistic simulation at all leels. Delegates are presented with a
conerence that closely mirrors the daily workings o the United Nations. Our objectie is to proide
students with an interactie simulation to add to their educational experience. Students are
encouraged to commit themseles to the Conerence in the same way that real representaties are
committed to their jobs. In this guide, you will ind a list o the arious types o committees
NlSMUN oers that may help in assigning delegates to appropriate places within the simulation.

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NlSMUN is composed o six organs headed by Under-Secretaries-General, as well as an Lxecutie
Sta reporting directly to the Secretary-General. O the six organs, ie are considered substantie
and are made up o Committee Directors and Assistant Directors. 1he other organ is an
administratie unit, with a slightly dierent structure. 1he ie substantie organs are listed and
described below.

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Lstablished as the irst committees o the United Nations, the GA Mains Committees allows the
General Assembly to concentrate debate on particular political, social, and economic issues, while
continuing to allow participation o all Member States. 1he membership o each committee is the
entire compliment o Member States, which currently stands at 192, as well two obserer nations,
the Palestinian Authority and the loly See. Because NlSMUN allows two delegates representing
each country to sere on each o the GA Mains Committees, each committee will be made up o
oer 250 people.

1hese large committees oer a ery dierent experience or those delegates accustomed to working
with smaller groups. Because ormal debate moes slowly when so many states wish to express their
iews, much o the compromise and debate necessary to the resolution process will take place in
caucuses. An inoled delegation will want to take an actie role in writing working papers with its
bloc and talking with other delegates to gain support or these papers, while keeping track o the
eorts o other blocs. Since each indiidual delegate simply cannot coer the lurry o actiity that
takes place during large caucuses, delegates learn to work as a team to coer all the aspects o debate
within the committee.

Oten, the more outgoing, experienced delegates, who are accustomed to large groups and ast
paced debate and caucus thrie on the GA Mains Committees. loweer, these committees also
represent an excellent chance to train less experienced delegates, by giing them an opportunity to
be partnered with a more experienced delegate while still proiding them with ample opportunity to
participate in the work o the committee.

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;CO^), ociat, Cvttvrat, ava vvavitariav ;OC|M), eciat Potiticat ava Decotoviatiov
;PCPO), ava egat Covvittee..
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1he GA Special Committees are signiicantly smaller than the GA Mains Committees, most o
which range rom about 40 to 58 delegations per committee. \here the GA Main Committees allow
the General Assembly to consider broad sweeping topics, the GA Special Committees allow
specially selected groups o countries to concentrate on speciic political and economic challenges
that the UN aces. 1he work o the committees will be eenly diided between ormal and inormal
debate.

1be C. eciat covvittee. are tbe |vitea ^atiov. Deretovevt Progravve ;|^DP), |vitea ^atiov.
vrirovvevt Progravve ;|^P), the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), |vitea ^atiov. Office ov
Drvg ava Crive ;|^ODC), ava tbe |vitea ^atiov. Povtatiov vva ;|^P.),.

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Like the GA Special Committees, the Standing Committees and lunctional Commissions o the
Lconomic and Social Council are select bodies ormed to consider speciic aspects o global issues.
1hese committees, which are some o the smaller committees at NlSMUN, address social and
economic issues. 1hey oer a ery dierent experience rom the Mains. Delegates will ind that, due
to their size, the Stand and lunc committees will generally work in a less ormal ashion, as
allowed by the small group o delegates. Oten, such small groups produce the most intense debate
seen at NlSMUN.

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;C!), tbe Covvi..iov ov cievce ava 1ecbvotog, for Deretovevt ;C1D), tbe |vitea ^atiov. avcatiovat,
cievtific ava Cvttvrat Orgaviatiov ;|^CO), tbe Covvi..iov ov Crive Prerevtiov ava Crivivat ]v.tice
;CCPC]), tbe |vitea ^atiov. vvav etttevevt Progravve ;|^ abitat), ava tbe Office of tbe |vitea ^atiov.
igb Covvi..iover of Refvgee. ;|^CR).

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1hese committees coer much the same scope as the Standing Committees and lunctional
Commissions o the LCOSOC, but tend to include a larger and more dierse representation. 1hese
committees oer opportunities or delegates interested in social and economic issues to experience
the more ormal debate ound in larger committees.

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^atiov. vav.triat Deretovevt Orgaviatiov ;|^DO), tbe !orta ooa Progravve ;!P), ava tbe !orta
vtettectvat Proert, Orgaviatiov ;!PO).

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Due to the unique qualities o each committee on Specialized Agencies, they will be described
indiidually. Please bear in mind that representation on each o these bodies requires a separate
delegation ee. Additionally, the Security Council and listoric Security Council are double-
delegation committees. 1hese committees are tailored to highly speciic interests and are usually
resered or the most experienced delegates.
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+EATFKBV )CTLAKQY0 1he Security Council, a separate organ o the UN, debates issues directly
threatening world security. As the only UN body authorized to mandate the use o orce, the
Security Council must be able to respond immediately to a crisis situation in order to presere
global peace. 1opics addressed in the Security Council are usually recent matters with new
deelopments in the media almost eery day. 1ypically, experienced delegates in the Security
Council must be highly familiar with their countrys position, as well as be up to date on new
deelopments. 1he Security Council demands that delegates be able to assimilate new
inormation quickly and react eectiely.

,KMBCFKANQ +EATFKBV )CTLAKQY0 In the listorical Security Council, delegates will be gien the
chance to re-write history and address the issues threatening global security during historical
time periods. Delegates must study the eents leading up to the crises o a chosen year. Upon
starting debate, the delegates will be gien updates on the situation based on the actual eents
as simulated time progresses. \hile delegates must represent the policies o their countries, they
are not tied to the same course o action ollowed in the past and are encouraged to seek new
solutions or what are now old problems. 1he listorical Security Council will demand creatiity
and an excellent understanding o history.

Y-QENME LCBE0 Both the Security Council and the listorical Security Council consist o ie
permanent Member States ,lrance, Peoples Republic o China, Russian lederation, United
Kingdom, and United States, that exhibit eto power, enabling any permanent Member State to
automatically ail any resolution being oted on by oting against it.

1LBEFLNBKCLNQ )CTFB CS UTMBKAE0 1his is a highly specialized body, demanding a dierent set o
skills rom most NlSMUN committees. Students become judges, seeking to apply precepts o
International Law to the cases placed beore them. Judges ollow a pattern o questions to
inoled parties and deliberation upon the issues inoled in place o customary procedural
debate. 1he International Court o Justice is dierent rom the other committees o NlSMUN,
in that the delegates hear cases based on actual concepts o International Law. 1hus, delegates
must research International Law and the workings o the Court itsel in order to properly
deliberate upon the cases set beore it.

)CTLAKQ CS BOE %TFC[ENL 3LKCL0 1he Council o the Luropean Union is one o the legislatie
bodies o the Luropean Union and eatures one representatie rom each o the 2 member
states. Delegates will be debating pressing political, economic, and social issues related to the
Luropean Union, and unlike many other United Nations committees, the CoLU has the power
to create laws to bind their member states. Delegates must do extensie research on their
countrys position on the issues discussed at hand but at the same time, be well-inormed o how
the issues aect their ellow member states.

)FKMKM0 1his year, NlSMUN will be simulating the United Nations Organization Stabilization
Mission in the Democratic Republic o Congo b4'*3+)'c as the crisis committee. In 2010,
the Security Council expanded the mandate o MONUC, the original peacekeeping mission
in the DRC. MONUSCO has been gien the priilege o extending military inluence in the
DRC in order to stabilize and moe orth towards peace. lighly experienced delegates will be
simulating arious roles o key players in the stabilization mission in the DRC, and constant
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updates on the situation will emerge throughout the committee sessions. Delegates will be
orced to think o quick and innoatie solutions to the crises that occur.

*6' (CFTI0 1he NGO lorum will simulate how Non-Goernmental Organizations ,NGOs,
most accurately interact with the United Nations. 1hus, delegates representing their respectie
NGOs will be assigned to other committees ,excluding GA Mains and Specialized committees,
to potentially assist the committee in their topics. lor example, the delegate representing Sae
the Children NGO may be assigned to the United Nations Children's lund to audit and present
inormation that will proide other routes o approaching resolutions to the topics. Later in
committee sessions, delegates will then moe to discuss this year's topic, NGO Roles in
Combating lIV,AIDS, and orm solution proposals.

3LKBEJ *NBKCLM -EFINLELB (CFTI CL 1LJK\ELCTM 1MMTEM0 1he United Permanent lorum
on Indigenous Issues is an adisory body to the Lconomic and Social Council, and the lorum
handles issues speciic to indigenous populations. Instead o representing countries like in other
United Nations committees, delegates will represent the 16 independent experts within the
lorum. Lach expert will research and represent the iews o the major indigenous populations
within each indiidual region. In committee, experts will hae the chance to discuss all o
the arying positions on the topics and orm resolutions based on the needs o indigenous
populations. Delegates will need to do thorough research on both the background o the issue
and the major indigenous groups they are representing, but in doing so delegates will become
highly specialized experts on indigenous issues.






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One o the special perks o NlSMUN is a dedicated and accessible sta. Our entire sta is
knowledgeable about international aairs and Model UN, most with seeral years o experience at
the high school and college leels. Many o our sta members are also actie in world aairs, and
most will pursue internships with an international ocus at some point in their uniersity careers.
NlSMUN encourages aculty and delegates to contact sta ahead o time with questions about the
conerence, whether they are topical or procedural. Below you will ind a description o the arious
sta positions.

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1he job o the Secretary-General ,SG, is to coordinate communication between sta, aculty,
delegates, and the IMUNA Board o Directors. 1hus the tasks o the SG are abundant and aried.
1he SG ultimately bears the responsibility or all aspects o the conerence, whether substantie or
administratie. In the all, ater background guides are completed, the SG assigns countries to
schools and coordinates the distribution o materials to participants. Between all o these actiities,
the SG keeps busy meeting with hotel and UN oicials to conirm conerence space. 1hese
arrangements must be made to ensure that all delegates receie the most rom their NlSMUN
experience with the ewest possible logistical problems. 1he SG also works closely with the Senior
Sta to make sure that eerything is running smoothly.

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1he Director-General ,DG, has one main responsibility: oerseeing the substantie program o
NlSMUN. 1he primary components o the substantie program are sta hiring, drating
background guides, and delegate preparation. 1his coordination includes assisting with topic
selection, oerseeing the paper-editing process, and ensuring that the papers are ready to be
published in October. In addition, the DG must train the sta or the Conerence itsel. 1his
training occurs throughout the year and ocuses on the rules o procedure and conduct in
committee. Delegate preparation includes updating the Detegate Prearatiov Cviae and receiing
position papers. During the Conerence, the DG assists sta, delegates, and aculty with any
questions or concerns pertaining to the substantie program.

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1he Conerence Director ,CD, oersees the administratie and logistical programs o NlSMUN.
1his primarily consists o coordinating with the lilton New \ork, the Administratie Sta, and the
Director o Security. 1he CD is a ital part o the budgeting process, interacting with endors
,especially the hotel,, and proiding support to the SG and other members o Senior Sta.
Interaction with the hotel can take the orm o public relations, coordination o bussing, superision
o committee layout, and proision o security inormation. 1he CD also oersees the ordering and
deliery o conerence equipment and materials.

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1he Chie o Lxternal Relations ,CoLR, acts as the contact person or the aculty and outside
groups. 1he CoLR is responsible or ensuring that laculty Adisors hae an enjoyable and
rewarding experience at the conerence. 1his includes proiding a aculty lounge and deeloping
workshops and other eents created or the acultys beneit such as a committee simulation. 1he
CoLR will also be sending e-mail updates and editing the aculty newsletter. In addition, the CoLR
deelops NlSMUNs annual serice learning project and works to secure the keynote speaker or
opening ceremonies. At the conerence, the CoLR acts as the oicial contact person or the aculty,
outside speakers, and the media.

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1he Director o Security ,DoS, ensures the saety o the delegates and sta while at the NlSMUN
conerence and attempts to minimize their impact on the hotels other guests. 1he DoS ormulates
security policy and creates the sta security schedule. le works closely with UN security to
coordinate plans or the opening and closing sessions. As a member o Senior Sta, the DoS also
assists in other administratie work or NlSMUN and is requently employed in the creation o
logistical planning that is crucial or the running o the Conerence. 1he DoS also works with the
CoLR to communicate security procedures to participating schools. Inormally, the DoS seres as
the sta expert on long, sleepless nights.

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1he Chie o Sta ,CoS, is in charge o maintaining communication between sta members, as well
as making all o the stas trael arrangements prior to the Conerence. During the Conerence,
while most sta members are running committees, typing resolutions, and superising security
shits, the CoS attends to each staff members wellbeing ,i.e. proiding rereshments, adice, and
moral support,. Oerall, the CoS is responsible or building a cohesie sta unit by organizing
inormal gatherings and other actiities, which sere to enhance the stas success.

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1he ie substantie Under-Secretaries-General ,USGs, are each the head o an organ comprised o
ie or six committees. 1he USGs sere as the liaisons between their Directors and Assistant
Directors and the SG-DG team. Lach USG is responsible or superising the substantie and
administratie aspects o his,her organ. Substantiely, they oersee topic selection and the research,
writing, editing, and ormatting o the background papers. Administratiely, they maintain constant
communication with their organs and help prepare them. 1he USGs sere as the primary teachers
or the Assistant Directors by oerseeing arious projects and introducing them to NlSMUN.

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1he CoAA is the liaison between the members o Administratie Sta and the CD and SG. le
oersees the Mission Brieings, NlSMUN Research Archie, and Delegate Resource Center. le is
ital in ensuring that the substantie and administratie stas are united, rather than two separate
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entities. le must also prepare his organ or the work they will do at the Conerence so that the
paper-low process is carried out in an eicient manner.

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1he Directors choose topics or their indiidual committees and write the background papers that
are sent to the schools. Many hae also participated in numerous conerences and all hae been
through extensie training in parliamentary procedure. 1hey are responsible or oerseeing all
aspects o their committees beore and during the Conerence. Directors are crucial to NlSMUNs
success in that the experience delegates hae in committee has a direct impact on the Conerences
uture reputation. 1hus it is ital or Directors to be thoroughly prepared or a successul
committee. Directors contact inormation is made aailable so that aculty and delegates hae the
opportunity to ask questions about topics or arrange inormal meetings to discuss the Conerence.

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NlSMUNs Administratie Directors are responsible or proiding a ariety o conerence serices
and sta support. 1hey help to run the Delegate Resource Center, Oice, Mission Brieings
Program, and the sta Computer Center. Once they are hired, Administratie Directors work
closely with the CoAA to ealuate the preious years perormance and identiy ways to improe
their work low. 1hey also spearhead the letter writing campaign to schedule Mission Brieings,
obtain resource donations, and pursue committee speakers. During the Conerence, they oersee
their respectie domains and try to proide whateer assistance they can to delegates, aculty, and
sta.

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As the name implies, Assistant Directors ,ADs, assist Directors in committee throughout the
Conerence. Prior to NlSMUN, ADs complete a ariety o research projects and parliamentary
procedure reiews designed by the DG and USGs to ensure their preparation or the conerence. At
the conerence, ADs work with Directors to interact with delegates and chair committee sessions.

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NlSMUNs Administratie ADs are responsible or processing all the working papers and
resolutions rom each committee. In addition, they print all documents distributed during the
Conerence, as well as proide customer serice at the Conerence Reception Desk and Resource
Center. Administratie ADs sere their organ at large, and loat rom one Administratie entity to
another as needed. 1hereore their preparation or the Conerence consists o projects designed to
gie them the lexibility to work in each setting.








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NlSMUN conducts a aculty program designed to enhance educators experiences at the
conerence, while leaing time or adisors to obsere their delegates in indiidual committees. 1he
task o running a conerence o oer 3,000 participants is not easy or a sta o 84. laculty
inolement is thus essential to making the conerence run smoothly. 1his chapter contains a
description o eents aailable to adisors and chaperones, as well as suggestions or making the
Conerence more rewarding or educators.

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Beore arriing at the Conerence, all delegates and a parent,guardian sign the Statement o
Understanding ,distributed by the Secretary-General in late December,, which indicates that they
hae read the Conerence Code o Conduct and lilton Rules and Regulations. Please help us by
making sure your delegates abide by conerence and hotel regulations. Below is a brie list o
conerence policies.

"BBELJNLAE0 All delegates are required to attend all committee and plenary sessions. Committee
sta will take roll by country at the beginning o each session. 1hese roll call sheets will be
posted in the laculty Lounge ater the start o each session. I you notice that a student was
absent, please be sure to remind him,her o the importance o attending all sessions.

)TFSE^0 NlSMUN strictly enorces curew. Delegates must be in their rooms by 12:30 am on
\ednesday and 1hursday nights, and 1:00 am on lriday night. Co-ed rooms are not allowed.

2FEMM )CJE0 Delegates are expected to wear \estern business attire during all ormal sessions,
including crisis sessions or the Security Councils. \e also ask that adisors and chaperones
wear \estern business attire while obsering sessions and attending workshops. Note that the
dress code or the delegate dance is casual or all participants.

%L\QKMO NM BOE 'SSKAKNQ ZCFPKL\ $NL\TN\E CS *,+43*0 Delegates are required to speak
Lnglish in committee sessions at all times. All schools located outside o the United States will
be required to submit a signed document rom the laculty Adisor certiying that their students
understand the rule o speaking Lnglish in all committee sessions. lailure to ollow this rule will
jeopardize that schools possibility of attending future conferences. The form will be distributed
in late December by the Secretary-General.

+AOCCQ 4EEBKL\M0 Adisors are permitted to hold meetings with their delegates in their own
hotel rooms prior to curew proided the number o delegates present does not exceed 15. I the
schools delegation consists o more than 15 delegates, the meeting must instead be held in the
committee room assigned to your school by the Conerence Director.

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!EAOLCQC\V 3ME0 Because o the unair adantage gien to delegates using electronic deices in
sessions, NlSMUN does not allow the use o laptops, PDAs, iPods, cell phones, or pagers
during sessions. Also note that NlSMUN sta will not accept any work created prior to the
conerence, including documents submitted on disks.


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During all committee sessions at the lilton New \ork, laculty Adisors are inited to make use o
the laculty Lounge to prepare materials and get to know their colleagues rom across the world.
1here are also seeral eents geared speciically toward educators or proessional deelopment
opportunities. All eents are scheduled to allow time or obseration o students in committee.

Lducators and arious proessionals inoled in the realm o International Aairs will proide
workshops on a ariety o topics during the Conerence. 1hese are usually held on \ednesday
eening and throughout the day on 1hursday. 1opics may range rom ways to eectiely teach
Model UN and speciic topics in world aairs to learning how to become local or global actiist.
Additionally, the Conerence tries to schedule isits by recruiters rom the UN and,or the
Department o State, with sessions or both delegates and aculty. Note that due to space
limitations, pre-registration may be required or some eents.

On \ednesday and 1hursday nights, all laculty Adisors are strongly encouraged to attend the
laculty,lead Delegate meeting. 1his gies participants the opportunity to oice concerns about
how the Conerence is proceeding, and allows NlSMUNs Senior Sta to share important
inormation and updates about delegate and aculty actiities.

1he IMUNA Board o Directors will hold a wine and cheese reception or aculty, usually on
1hursday aternoon. 1his eent proides an opportunity to get to know NlSMUN Senior Sta and
other educators. lriday is a more relaxed day or adisors, as delegates are busy preparing
resolutions or plenary sessions.

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Returning aculty members agree that one o the most rewarding aspects o their NlSMUN
experience is watching their delegates working diligently during committee sessions. In order to help
you to better organize your time, the ollowing adice has been proided by returning aculty
members and past sta members on the best ways to obsere and ealuate your students
perormance during committee session.

#TJ\EBKL\ VCTF BKIE0 It takes more than a ew minutes to get the eeling o how committee
work is progressing and to determine the extent o your delegates participation. Allow a
minimum o 15 minutes per committee to get a clear idea o the progress.

%LACTFN\KL\ *,+43* HNQTEM0 laculty members hae the important task o instilling in
their students a sense o pride in cooperatie learning. \hen proiding students with
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constructie eedback, it is critical to stress the students cooperation with the entire
committee in order to achiee an accurate and productie simulation. Redirect delegates
attention away rom competition and towards education, cooperation, and compromise.

*CBKL\ [FC\FEMM0 Because it is diicult to remember what happened in speciic committees
ater an entire day o obsering students, NlSMUN recommends taking notes during each
session, doing so can make your eedback to delegates more precise and more helpul.

'DMEFHKL\ JTFKL\ HCBKL\0 During oting procedure, which typically occurs during the last
ew committee sessions o the Conerence, no one is permitted to enter or leae the
committee room. A note will be put on the door to inorm other delegates, aculty, and sta
that the committee is in oting procedure, and it is asked that adisors please be respectul o
this rule ,except in the case o an emergency,.

-FCHKJKL\ BOE MBNSS ^KBO SEEJDNAP0 Students feedback and important obserations you
make in committee may also be helpul or Directors and Assistant Directors. loweer,
please remember to be as courteous as possible in approaching them during committee
session. \ou may also proide this eedback at the head delegate and aculty meetings.

+[ENPKL\ ^KBO MBNSS0 Directors and Assistant Directors will be more than happy to take a
moment to update you on the committees actiities. Since they do hae many responsibilities
during committee sessions, it is best to wait until a caucus to approach or signal to them.

!NPKL\ N MENB0 laculty should take a seat in the obseration section at the back o the room.
I it is necessary or you to reach a delegate, you should wait until the committee is caucusing.
Calling a delegate out o committee is disruptie to that indiiduals experience, and to the
committee as a whole, so this measure should be taken only in an emergency situation.


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Participation in NlSMUN is an educational experience rom which students will beneit or the rest
o their lies. Because o our commitment to ensuring educational equity, NlSMUN stries to keep
its ees as low as possible, and works with the lilton New \ork to attain the best rates aailable or
its conerence participants. loweer, the costs o attending any Model UN conerence are high. In
addition to conerence ees and the nightly hotel rates, participating schools should also budget or
hotel taxes, transportation to and within New \ork, and meals. Consider the ollowing suggestions
for raising money for your schools MUN program and travel to NHSMUN.

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Many schools raise money through the traditional aenues o sponsoring bake sales, organizing
car washes, or selling git-wrap. 1hese should not be ignored since they are relatiely easy to
organize and can usually guarantee raising at least >200, although this amount will ary according
to school size and geographic location.

I yours is a priate school, consult with your deelopment oice or unding help. I your
school is publicly unded, consult with an appropriate administrator. In most cases, een schools
on tight budgets can ind a ew dollars to contribute to Model UN programs. Make sure that you
stress the educational alue o the NlSMUN experience.

Most schools hae some orm o student goernment that oten has unding aailable or
student actiities. Contact the student goernment leaders and their adisors or help in securing
unds.

1he public is becoming increasingly aware o the signiicance o international politics. Many
cities hae \orld Aairs Councils or other internationally-minded groups that would be willing
to help your students. It has also been recommended by past delegates and laculty Adisors that
schools contact their local Chambers o Commerce in order to secure unds.

According to the Federal Reserve Banks Community Reinvestment Act handbook, the CRA
requires regulatory agencies to encourage banks to help meet the credit needs o their local
community, including any low or moderate-income areas. Various proisions o the Act were
passed by Congress during the 190s in an eort to outlaw the practice o redlining. As its name
implies, the Act requires banks to reinest money into the neighborhoods in which they operate.
Many banks also ulill their CRA requirements by proiding money or educational endeaors
such as study abroad programs and summer class sessions. Contact the Community and
Consumer Aairs Department o banks in your area to receie more inormation about applying
for grants to be used towards financing your delegations trip to NHSMUN.

\our local library should hae a listing o area philanthropic organizations and some o the
causes they support. 1his list can usually be ound in the reerence section. Identiy some
organizations dedicated to urthering education or international studies and contact them or
inormation on grant opportunities.
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Local businesses, both large and small, hae been known to be signiicant contributors to Model
UN programs in the past. Organize students to contact a certain number o businesses each.
Oten businesses decide how their donations will be allocated at the beginning o the iscal year,
so it is best to contact these local businesses as soon as possible.

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Include inormation about IMUNA, NlSMUN and Model UN in general so that local
businesses, banks, councils and indiiduals are aware o their educational merits. Remember:
! 1he International Model United Nations Association is a not-or-proit organization,
! IMUNA holds Non-Goernmental Organization Status with the United Nations,
! IMUNA and NlSMUN are completely olunteer run,
! Model UN urthers global education and oers students an international perspectie o
world aairs.

Mention the costs o the trip. It may be helpul to include a break-down o the costs into
sections including conerence ees, hotel ees, transportation costs, and estimated ood costs.

Personalize the letters. Look or reasons why the particular businesses, organizations or
indiiduals rom whom you are soliciting unds might be interested in donating to Model UN as
opposed to other programs. lor example, a local Greek restaurant may be inclined to make a
signiicant contribution to the organization i the team is representing Greece.

Depending on the organizations rom which your school is requesting donations, it may be more
eectie or letters to come rom laculty Adisors, school administrators, or directly rom
students. laculty Adisors should keep this in mind when delegating letter writing to these
arious parties.

Lxplain the research and other work the students undertake to prepare or the conerence.

Keep letters concise and proessional, but personalized. Let it come across how much your
students are looking orward to this opportunity, and how unique it is to their educations.


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NlSMUN is an acclaimed and esteemed Model UN conerence, and thus we expect all participants
to behae in a mature ashion. Please careully read the Delegate Code o Conduct, Standards or
laculty Adisors, and lilton Rules and Regulations documents, as some items are new. NlSMUN
takes the saety o our participants and the reputation o our conerence seriously. 1hank you or
doing the same.

Lach document holds a speciic purpose, collectiely ocusing on the expectations understood by
delegates, laculty Adisors, lilton New \ork personnel, and NlSMUN sta. In outlining clear
guidelines, we hope to preent any undesirable circumstances rom occurring and acilitate an
enjoyable conerence experience. 1he documents allow or transparency and understanding, so
please read them careully.

Please note that the Statements o Understanding lorms ,distributed by the Secretary-General in
late December,reerencing the Delegate Code o Conduct, the Standards or laculty Adisors,
and the lilton Rules and Regulationswill need to be signed by the delegate, his,her
parent,guardian, the aculty adisor,s,, and the school principal ,or the equialent,. It is required or
all aculty adisors, delegates, and parents,guardians to read these documents beore signing the
Statements o Understanding lorms. \e require that all aculty adisors send in their student
behaior contracts by email to the Secretary-General ,sg.nhsmunimuna.org, no later than January
28, 2013.



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1he lilton New \ork has a three-strike policy regarding noise complaints and disturbances.
lollowing the irst complaint, lilton security will issue a warning. lollowing the second warning, all
non-registered guests will be asked to leae the room. 1he third incident will result in all registered
parties o that room being asked to acate the hotel. 1his will also apply to noise iolations in the
guest room corridors, as the lilton requests that you be considerate o your neighboring guests.

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1he sprinklers in the lilton New \ork are extremely sensitie equipment. Do not hang anything on
the sprinkler heads and do not hit them or any reason. lire extinguishers and pull station alarms are
to be used or emergencies only. 1he lotels ire alarm system is tied to the lire Department o
N\C and they will respond to each alarm. lalse alarms will be inestigated and will be handled by
law enorcement. \ou will be held inancially liable or any damages caused by misuse o this
equipment, and it may result in your dismissal rom the lilton New \ork.

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In the instance o a lockout, only registered guests with appropriate identiication to that speciic
room will be permitted to enter the room. Please carry personal identiication with you at all times
or this reason. 1his is a procedure is or the saety o the rooms occupants.

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Congregating in the lobby is strongly discouraged. Delegates seen loitering in the lobby or extended
periods o time, or using the space as a social area may be asked to leae. 1his is enorced out o
consideration or the other guests in the lilton New \ork, as well as or saety reasons.

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Please be aware that guests are not allowed to switch rooms on their own. 1he ront desk must
complete all registration items. Should there be a problem with the room or a roommate that
mandates a change in the arrangements, please consult the ront desk.

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1he lilton New \ork is not responsible or guests belongings. Do not leae property unattended.

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Guests are not to use the serice eleators, those caught are subject to the lilton New \orks
security policy.

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All Conerence personnel will act to uphold these rules and regulations. lilton New \ork sta may
address any inringement directly, while serious inraction will also inole the Director o Security,
the Secretary-General, the Chair o the IMUNA Board o Directors and the appropriate laculty
Adisor. laculty Adisors are to ensure that their delegations conorm to the regulations o the
lilton New \ork. 1he lilton New \ork reseres the right to address serious iolations o these
rules by remoing the oender,s, and their delegation rom the hotel.
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NlSMUN is an experience designed to allow young adults to explore the many acets o
international diplomacy. In order to ensure that the Conerence is sae, educational, and un,
students must adhere to the ollowing rules. Reckless, irresponsible, or obnoxious behaior will not
be tolerated. Students and their parents or guardians, as well as laculty Adisors and school
principals ,or the equialent o,, should amiliarize themseles with these rules prior to students
departure or the Conerence. NlSMUN reseres the right to deny uture admission to NlSMUN
conerences to students, laculty Adisors, and,or schools i these codes o conduct are breached.

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1. "BBELJNLAE: Delegates are expected to attend committee during all scheduled sessions. Students
are not permitted to leae their assigned committees during inormal caucuses.

2. 2FEMM )CJE: Delegates are expected to adhere to standards o \estern business attire during all
committee sessions and at the UN. At its most inormal, this indicates a jacket and tie or men,
and a skirt or dress pants or women. Clothing worn throughout the conerence ,in the lilton
and at the UN, must be appropriate and unreealing. 1his means that skirts must be no shorter
than 3 inches aboe the knee, stomachs and shoulders must be coered. No jeans, t-shirts, tank
tops, sneakers, or sandals will be permitted.
Y-QENME LCBE: I a delegate is deemed by any member o NlSMUN sta to be dressed
inappropriately during or between committee sessions, he,she will be asked to return to his,her
room and change clothing beore being permitted back into committee.

3. )TFSE^0 1he Conerence schedule indicates the mandatory delegate curew or each night. At
that time, all delegates must be in their orv rooms. No co-ed rooms or moement between
rooms will be tolerated. Only those students participating in oicial NlSMUN actiities ater
curew, such as crisis sessions or Press Corps meetings, will be exempted rom this proision. At
night beore scheduled curew delegates are expected to keep noise at acceptable leels, bearing
in mind that there are other guests in the lilton.
Y-QENME LCBE: No exceptions will be made to this rule, een with the permission o laculty
Adisors.

4. +AOCCQ 4EEBKL\M0 Adisors are permitted to hold meetings with their delegates in their own
hotel rooms prior to curew proided the number o delegates present does not exceed 15. I the
schools delegation consists o more than 15 delegates, the meeting must instead be held in one
o the committee rooms ,speciic committee room will be determined at the actual conerence,.
I an adisor is ound to be haing a meeting with more than 15 delegates, the meeting will be
required to relocate to the assigned committee room.

5. )FEJELBKNQ #NJ\EM: All conerence participants must wear their credential badges at all times
when in the lilton New \ork or the United Nations complex. lor saety reasons, badges .bovta
vot be worn outside these two locations. Lost badges ITMB be replaced through the NlSMUN
Secretariat. In order to be admitted to the United Nations, a badge insert will also be proided.
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1his insert will be required or both opening and closing ceremonies, so we strongly recommend
that the laculty Adisor collect the entire schools inserts ollowing opening ceremonies and
redistributes them or closing ceremonies, as no replacements will be proided and they are
mandatory or admission.

6. +NSEBV: Delegates must obey the laws o the City and State o New \ork, the rules o their
indiidual schools, the NlSMUN code o conduct, and ire and saety rules o the hotel as well
as any additional lilton New \ork rules and regulations. 1he use and,or possession o alcohol
or other drugs is strictly prohibited at the Conerence.

. !OE .CQE CS BOE (NATQBV "JHKMCF: 1he laculty Adisors or each school are the persons iv toco
arevti. or their students and thus may make additional rules or the students or whom they are
responsible. laculty Adisors cavvot, howeer, exempt any o their students rom the points
outlined aboe.

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All conerence personnel will act to uphold these rules o conduct. NlSMUN sta members may
address any inringement directly or may reer the matter to the Director o Security. 1he Director
o Security, the Secretary-General, and,or the Chair o the IMUNA Board o Directors will address
serious iolations, though eery eort will be made to consult with the students laculty Adisor
prior to such measures.

laculty Adisors are required to take an actie part in ensuring that their delegations conorm to the
regulations o the conerence and are expected to aid the NlSMUN sta i any inractions should
occur. IMUNA, Inc., the corporate sponsor o the National ligh School Model United Nations
Conerence, reseres the right to address serious iolations o these rules by remoing the
oender,s, rom the Conerence, expelling the sponsoring school o the oender,s, rom the
Conerence, and,or barring the school rom uture NlSMUN participation.

1he Conerences sta will make eery eort to resole iolations o this code in a air, quiet, and
timely manner in house. loweer, i incidents inole hotel security personnel or the metropolitan
police, IMUNA, Inc. will cooperate ully with the authorities.


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1. Lach laculty Adisor bears the primary responsibility o iv toco arevti. or the health, saety,
behaior, and participation o all students rom his or her school at all times during the
Conerence.

2. .tt laculty Adisors share responsibility and concern or the health, saety, behaior, and
participation o all students rom all schools.

3. laculty Adisors are not participants in the simulation.

4. During the Conerence, laculty Adisors are proessional colleagues in a shared educational
enterprise, with the mutual responsibilities, concerns, and beneits that such collegiality implies.

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1. "HNKQNDKQKBV0 At least one laculty Adisor rom each school should be readily aailable to the
participants rom his,her school, the conerence sta, and other schools adisors at all times
during the Conerence. 1his generally means that at least one adisor rom each school should
be in the hotel unless all o the schools delegates are attending Mission Brieings or participating
in a group actiity elsewhere.

2. )ON[EFCLEM0 1he NlSMUN sta and lilton New \ork encourage schools to take into
consideration the number o delegates a school is bringing and proide an appropriate and
adequate number o laculty Adisors and,or chaperones accordingly.

3. .EM[CLMKHELEMM0 laculty Adisors are expected to respond promptly and positiely wheneer
they are contacted by members o the conerence sta, the IMUNA Board, or adisors rom
other schools concerning the health, saety, or conduct o any o their students.

4. ,ENJ 2EQE\NBE 4EEBKL\M0 At least one laculty Adisor rom each school is required to attend
the laculty Adisor,lead Delegate Meeting held each eening o the conerence as well as the
laculty Adisors Meeting held during the irst committee session.

5. )TFSE^M0 1he laculty Adisor,s, rom each school should check er.ovatt, to make sure that
eery student rom that school is in his or her orv room at curew each night, and should make
eery reasonable eort to keep students in their rooms and quiet throughout the night. No
student may be out o his or her room ater curew unless escorted by a laculty Adisor rom
his or her school or a rea.ov of beattb or .afet, ovt,. 1he conerence security sta will do all that it
can to assist in these eorts, but laculty Adisors bear the primary responsibility or
enorcement o curew. It is to eeryones adantage or all laculty Adisors to assist and
support one other in the enorcement o curew regulations. laculty Adisors must not
encourage students to moe about the hotel ater curew by sanctioning or conducting post-
curew meetings, howeer worthy their purpose. Delegation meetings should be held in the
morning beore committee sessions begins. At the request o a laculty Adisor, the conerence
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sta will make meeting rooms aailable or such meetings or groups o iteen or more.
Likewise, laculty Adisors should not permit students to order take-out ood ,i.e. pizza,
Chinese, etc., ater curew, since such ood needs to be picked up in person rom the hotel
lobby, constituting a iolation o curew.

6. "BBELJNLAE0 1he laculty Adisor,s, rom each school shall ensure that all participants rom the
school are present throughout each committee session, are adhering to the dress code, and are
obsering the decorum necessary or each committee to conduct its business. Committee Chairs,
Directors, and Assistant Directors are responsible or calling the roll at the beginning o each
session, enorcing rules, maintaining order, and directing the work o each committee. loweer,
these indiiduals cannot be eerywhere at once, and they cannot proide the same indiidual
attention to each delegate that laculty Adisors can. 1he conerence sta needs the support o
laculty Adisors throughout the committee sessions in order to proide the best possible
learning experience or each participant.

. #EONHKCF0 All laculty Adisors are urged to respond to iolations o the dress code, breaches o
decorum, or general disengagement and bewilderment during the committee sessions on the part
o any conerence participant. Student participants should be adised to expect such responses,
and to treat all laculty Adisors with the same attention and respect that they extend to their
own. laculty Adisors who obsere inappropriate behaior by students rom other schools
should, as a matter o proessional courtesy, communicate their obserations to the students
own adisors or to a member o the NlSMUN sta.

8. .CQE CS BOE (NATQBV "JHKMCF0 laculty Adisors play an indispensable role at NlSMUN, both in
maintaining security and good order, and in keeping the conerence running smoothly. 1heir
most important and demanding contribution, howeer, lies in using their skills as teachers to
help their students hae the best possible learning experience.

In order to do this, laculty Adisors obsering committee sessions .bovta:

Act as a connecting link between students and Director when needed,
Ask leading questions to help students recall what they already know or apply their
knowledge to new problems,
Ask questions o and express concerns to committee sta members betreev
committee,
Ask questions o and express concerns to the Secretary-General, Director-General,
Chie o Lxternal Relations, or other appropriate senior sta members,
Lncourage students to speak, caucus and use rules o procedure,
Proide students with positie eedback,
Sere as sounding boards or students ideas,
1reat committee sta members as colleagues.

laculty Adisors obsering committee sessions .bovta vot:

Criticize or argue with committee sta members in the presence o students,
Dictate or correct students policy positions,
Disrupt committee session to speak with committee sta members,
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lacilitate by means o laptop computers, cell phones, walkie-talkies, or other
technologies,
Inole themseles in debate or caucus, or otherwise disrupt committee procedure,
1hreaten or intimidate students in order to encourage them to participate more
actiely,
\rite, type, or edit students speeches or draft resolutions.

laculty Adisors are urged to help their students implement the essential points o philosophy o
the National ligh School Model United Nations Conerence. 1hese include the belie that the
learning experience o Model United Nations comes principally rom the process o decision-making
in committees, that negotiation and cooperatie problem-soling are the heart o this process, and
that accuracy and authenticity in playing the roles o delegates and in representing the actiities o
the United Nations as a whole are essential i students are to gain a realistic iew o their world and
its problems.

laculty Adisors at Model United Nations conerences are ineitably role models, een more
publicly on iew than they are in their daily lies at school. 1his reality proides great opportunities
to make a dierence in students lies beyond the classroom. It also creates dangers o which
laculty Adisors must be aware o. In either case, students will learn rom their adisors examples.

linally, laculty Adisors are urged to take adantage o the proessional and personal beneits which
their attendance at the National ligh School Model United Nations Conerence oers them: the
intellectual stimulation aailable in the Conerences laculty Program, the renewal o hope and
energy which oten comes rom interchange with ones proessional peers, the broader iew o ones
daily work gained rom exposure to students and teachers rom dierse places and backgrounds, and
the rereshing idealism o the conerence sta. Most teachers hae ew such opportunities. Dont
orget to enjoy this one!
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Please note: 1his is a tevtatire schedule and is subject to change slightly. 1here will also be additions
to the schedule once the aculty program is inalized by our Chie o Lxternal Relations in lebruary
2013. 1he aculty actiities generally take place during committee sessions. A inalized conerence
schedule will be distributed to all aculty in their registration packets at the conerence.

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9:00 am 4:00 pm Registration
10:00 am 4:00 pm Delegate Resource Center Open
2:00 pm 3:00 pm Rules o Procedure Brieing ,Beginner Delegates,
3:00 pm 4:00 pm Rules o Procedure Brieing ,International Delegates,
6:30 pm 8:00 pm Opening Ceremonies
8:30 pm 12:00 am Delegate Resource Center Open
8:30 pm 11:00 pm Committee Session I
12:00 am Delegate Curew

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9:00 am 12:00 pm Mission Brieings and Alternate Speakers
9:00 am 12:00 pm Delegate Resource Center Open
1:30 pm 5:00 pm Committee Session II
:30 pm 11:00 pm Committee Session III
12:00 am Delegate Curew

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9:00 am 6:00 pm Delegate Resource Center Open
9:00 am 12:00 pm Committee Session IV
2:00 pm 5:30 pm Committee Session V
5:45 pm 6:15 pm NlSMUN Sta Interest Meeting
8:00 pm 12:00 am Delegate Dance
1:00 am Delegate Curew

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9:00 am 11:30 am linal committee sessions ,in designated rooms o the UN,
12:00 pm 1:30 pm Closing ceremony awards ,in the GA lall o the UN,