Delegate Handbook SIMUN XVI November 4th, 2017

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1 Delegate Handbook SIMUN XVI November 4th, 2017 Welcome to SIMUN XVI! Character-Driven Diplomacy

2 Conference Schedule 8:15-8:45 Delegate Arrival & Regitration 9:00-9:45 Opening Ceremonie Gentile Gym 9:45-Lunch Committee Seion 1 12:00-12:30 Lunch 1 DISEC, EU, JCC Star War Committee, Britih Houe of Common, UNICEF, COP21, ASEAN 12:20-12:50 Lunch 2 SOCHUM, UN Human Right, UNHCR, SPECPOL, Security Council, Political Security 1962, Ruian Cabinet, Caear War Room, OAS 12:35-1:05 Lunch 3 U.S. Senate, WHO, UNODC, UNEP, JCC Spanih and Aztec Empire Committee, Chinee Politburo, UNCAP DEV, Illinoi GA 12:50-1:20 Lunch 4 UNOOSA, Chicago City Council, AD HOC, ECOSOC Pot-Lunch-4:15 Committee Seion 2 4:15-5:00 Cloing Ceremony, Gentile Gym

3 Secretary General: Adam Hime Committee Room Standard Committee ASEAN 344 COP DISEC McLaughlin Room (Ground Floor) ECOSOC 253 European Union 342 Illinoi GA 255 Security Council 345 SOCHUM Foglia Library (4th Floor) SPECPOL 156 UN Capital Development Fund 158 UNEP 153 UNHCR 240 UNHRC 254 UNICEF 145 UNODC 151 UNOOSA 258 US Senate OAS 330 WHO Brunwick Room (4th Floor)

4 Crii Committee and Cabinet AD HOC Caear War Room (Snite Room) Chicago City Council 340 Chinee Politburo: Ruian Cabinet 211 Hitorical Committee 1962 POLISEC Britih Houe of Common 155 Joint Crii Committee JCC: Aztec Empire 464 JCC: Spanih Empire 463 JCC: Star War Rebel 460 JCC: Star War Imperial 462

5 Secretary General: Adam Hime Staff Committee Staff: Aociation of Southeat Aian Nation Chair: Shea Kinander VC: Krytal Rodriguez COP 21 Chair: Will Brodlo VC: Maddie Flynn PO: Iabella Roinia Diarmament and International Security Committee Chair: Kontantine Morakali VC: Aenea Hine VC: Sofiya Vilchynka PO: Katy Hand Economic and Social Committee Chair: Olivia DiMonte VC: Jordan Smith-Berry PO: Mary Jane Hull European Union Chair: Juliet Welh VC: Critina Rinella Illinoi General Aembly Chair: Nick Ziebert VC: Natalya Vaylyk Organization of American State Chair: Lindey Zver VC: Joaquin Benavidez Special Political and Decolonization Committee Chair: Nora Haye VC: Michael Preton

6 United Nation Capital Development Fund Chair: Annie Autin VC: Maya Goyal United Nation Environmental Program Chair: Julia Pangan VC: Jack Lannon United Nation High Commiioner for Refugee Chair: Pearon Love VC: Sachin Medler United Nation Human Right Council Chair: Roe Bena VC: Max Tiemann United Nation Children Fund Chair: Caroline VanDam VC: Michael Crannell United Nation Office on Drug and Crime Chair: Jack Nah VC: Darci Johnon United Nation Office on Outer Space Affair Chair: Jake Gilli VC: Deirdre Flanagan United State Senate Chair: Tiva Gupta VC: Sean McCleary PO: Anthony Karlo World Health Organization Chair: Ben Waverley VC: Jaon Kinander 1962 Political Security Council Chair: Serena White VC: Jonathan Ortega 1982 Britih Houe of Common Chair: Patrick Milito VC: Keenan Troy PO: Brittney Menah

7 Ad-Hoc Chair: Delaney Coyne VC: Eleanor Weterbeck Caear War Room Chair: Don Harmon VC: Bryce Leggett PO: Matilda Scheftel Chicago City Council Chair: Elizabeth Marinecu VC: Jackie McShan 1969 Chinee Politburo Chair: Adam Chu VC: Walt Fiewieger Ruian Cabinet Chair: Cole Hopkin VC: Joaquin Benavidez Security Council Chair: Olivia Welh VC: Michael Pikarki PO: Max Wink JCC Star War: Rebel Chair: Maggie Doyle VC: Britta Vaughn JCC Star War: Imperial Chair: Chri Mitchell VC: Colleen McBride JCC Spanih Expedition: Spanih Empire Chair: Toma Turriff-Ortega VC: Adam Hidad JCC Spanih Expedition: Aztec Empire Chair: Marc Cordero VC: Danny Kelly

8 Simulation Staff: Underecretary-General of Simulation: Katie Goldman Aitant: G.B. Moynihan Award Criteria SIMUN XVI award policy center around recognizing the mot well-rounded delegate in the committee. Chair will award a Bet Delegate award to the delegate who work effectively with hi or her peer, craft ubtantive reolution and directive, and peak with purpoe. Chair will look unfavorably upon backtabbing, grandtanding, or copying the work of other delegate without due acknowledgement. Additionally, delegate mut ubmit a poition paper to be conidered for an award. Award per Committee: Bet Delegate Outtanding Delegate Honorable Mention Delegate() Delegation Award: Bet Large Delegation (25+ delegate) Outtanding Large Delegation Bet Small Delegation (<25 delegate) Outtanding Small Delegation

9 Poition Paper A implied by it name, a poition paper i a written document prepared before a conference outlining your country poition on the topic() that will be addreed by the committee. Poition paper hould be about one page in length, ingle-paced with 12 pt. Font. The foundation of all good poition paper i good reearch. It i abolutely imperative that you begin collecting relevant and valuable reearch a oon a you receive your country aignment, committee, and topic for a conference. Any plagiarim will reult in an immediate diqualification from award conideration. In writing a poition paper, there are three main thing you need to be thinking about: the relevant hitorical background of your country on the topic, what, if anything, your country i doing currently with regard to the topic, and what your country propoe to do in the future (at the conference) to deal with the problem. Pleae include ource a footnote. A ample poition paper i included below. If you have any quetion about poition paper or reearch in general, pleae do not heitate to contact your Chair.

10 Sample Poition Paper Simon Diplomat Security Council Delegation of the People Republic of China Saint Ignatiu College Prep Drug Trafficking Once the People Republic of China wa etablihed, it wiftly began to take meaure againt the trafficking of opium and other drug inide it own border. The Criminal Law of the PRC, a revied in 1997, defined twelve drug-related crime and attached harh penaltie to them. Province alo enacted local tatute that upplement thi national law. Through trict control and the trong hammer of jutice, the PRC ha uccefully curbed dometic drug production. Today, the Chinee opium trade ha been o everely crippled that it i now negligible, and the cultivation of other drug ha been everely hindered a well. The problem now facing the PRC i the importation of drug from nearby countrie. The PRC recognize drug-trafficking a an international problem. A uch, it i party to United Nation legilation on drug-related crime a well a a number of bilateral and regional agreement with Ruia, the United State, Colombia, Japan, and Mexico. Together, thee countrie collaborate primarily through the exchange of information, aitance in training, and international law enforcement. The mot damaging producer of drug in Aia, however, exit in The Golden Triangle, the region in which Myanmar, Thailand, and Lao all border one another. In addition to crackdown, however, the PRC alo give it Aian neighbor aid to develop their agricultural indutrie, o a to reduce dependency on drug a a ource of income. The PRC ee the ideal repone of the Security Council to drug trafficking in South America and other part of the world a being three-fold. Firt, it mut etablih a network of information haring between nation through international and regional organization uch a the United Nation Office on Drug and Crime, the International Criminal Police Organization, and the Organization of American State. Second, the Council hould allocate aid to be given to nation truggling with rampant drug cultivation to build up agriculture and other indutrie. Latly, the Security Council mut collaborate with the World Health Organization to etablih rehabilitation clinic in the region where drug are mot prominently old. Thi three-pronged trike will continue to crack down on drug cartel, but alo weaken their power in both producer and eller region.

11 Parliamentary Procedure The following i the official operating procedure for SIMUN. The point and motion below are lited in order of precedence. Only one point or motion may be entertained at a time, and point or motion of higher precedence hould be indicated by raiing a placard. The Chair hold final ay over which point or motion are in order at a pecific time. Any quetion about Parliamentary Procedure may be appealed to the Secretary General. Point of Order: Thi point may be raied when you feel that a delegate or the Chair i not abiding by correct parliamentary procedure (a laid out for the conference). A point of order i allowed to interrupt the peaker. Point of Peronal Privilege: Thi point i ued to indicate peronal dicomfort or impediment to debate. It may be raied during the debate if, for example, you cannot hear the peaker or feel uncomfortably hot or cold. Thi point i allowed to interrupt a peaker, but may not refer to the content of any peech or working paper. Point of Inquiry: Thi point may be raied after a peaker yield to quetion. It i ued to ak a quetion of the peaker relating to the peech jut given. It may alo be ued to ak the chair a quetion regarding parliamentary procedure during a normal eion. Motion to Open Debate: Thi i the firt motion of the conference and i made to move into formal debate and open the primary peaker lit. If there are multiple topic on the agenda, the body will firt debate on the order they are to be dicued until there i a motion to et the agenda. All delegate wihing to be added to the peaker lit hould raie their placard at the requet of the chair or end a note to the dai. Speaking time during debate may be limited with a Motion to Limit Debate (ee below). Motion to Set the Agenda: Thi motion i made with a pecific topic mentioned to be debated firt and the other econd. Two peaker for, two againt, and require a imple majority to pa. Motion to Adjourn the Seion: Thi motion adjourn the committee eion for good. It will only be entertained by the chair at the end of the lat committee eion. Thi motion require a econd, i not debatable, and need a imple majority to pa. Motion to Supend the Meeting: Thi motion upend the body between eion. Thi motion require a econd, i not debatable, and need a imple majority to pa. Motion to Enter Unmoderated Caucu: Thi motion temporarily upend the meeting for a pecified amount of time. Ue it to create reolution, talk to other delegate, or anything ele you may need to do. It require a econd, i not debatable, and need a imple majority to pa. Motion to Enter Moderated Caucu: Thi motion bring the body into a moderated debate on the iue on the floor for a pecified amount of time. The moderating officer will then recognize

12 peaker for a pecified amount of time, who cannot yield to anyone but the Chair at the end of their peech. Thi motion require a econd, i not debatable, and need a imple majority to pa. Thi motion may not be made once debate ha been cloed. Motion to Table the Topic: Thi motion table a topic (ending debate on the topic) until it i reopened with a Motion to Reconider. Thi motion require a econd, i debatable (two peeche in favor and two againt), and need a two-third majority to pa. Motion to Divide the Quetion: Thi motion may be made to requet that the reolution be divided in a manner pecified by the motioner (it can be by every other letter, by prime number, or even by every ten word). Thee claue will then be voted on individually. Thi motion require a econd, i debatable (2 peeche pro/2 con), and need a imple majority to pa. If the motion pae, the body then vote on the operative claue a they were divided out. If an operative claue fail to receive a majority vote, it i left out of the reolution. Motion for a Roll Call Vote: Thi motion requet that the Chair conduct a roll-call vote on the reolution. Thi motion only require a econd to be accepted. Motion to Adopt by Conenu: Thi motion requet that the body adopt the reolution by conenu, meaning that no delegation would be cating a no vote if the reolution were to be voted upon normally. A delegation may abtain, but hould one delegation object, the motion i out of order. Motion to Appeal the Deciion of the Chair: Thi motion appeal a deciion of the Chair to the body. Thi motion require the conent of the Chair and may be deemed out of order. If accepted by the Chair, the Chair and the Delegate hall each be given one minute to preent their argument to the body. Thi motion need a imple majority to pa. If paed, the deciion of the Chair i repealed. Motion to Introduce an Unfriendly Amendment: Thi motion bring an amendment that ha already been ubmitted to the Chair with the appropriate number of ignatorie to the floor for general debate and a vote when debate i cloed on the reolution. No econd i required. It i only for unfriendly amendment, for friendly amendment are jut conidered automatically part of the reolution. Motion to Introduce a Working Paper: Thi motion bring a working paper that ha already been approved by the Chair with the appropriate number of ignatorie to the floor for general debate. It require a econd, i not debatable, and need a imple majority to pa. Motion to Limit Debate: Thi motion et the amount of time a delegate ha the floor during normal debate (excluding moderated caucue). It may alo be ued to change the et peaking time. Motion to Reconider: Thi motion i ued to bring a reolution or topic that ha been previouly tabled back to the floor. It require two peaker in favor and two againt and need a two-third majority to pa.

13 Point or Motion Point of Order Point of Peronal Privilege Point of Inquiry Motion to Open Debate Motion to Set the Agenda Decription Debatable? Interrupt Speaker? Require Second? Ued to point out miue of rule/procedure No Ye No Ued to point out factor hindering peronal comfort No Ye No Ued to ak quetion to peaker or to chair about rule or proceeding No No No Open the conference/eion and the primary peaker lit No No Ye Determine which topic are conidered by the body and the order in which they are addreed Ye 2 Speaker For, 2 Againt No Ye Deciion Ruling of Chair Ruling of Chair Ruling of Chair Simple Majority Simple Majority Motion to Adjourn the Seion Adjourn the body and end the conference No No Ye Motion to Supend the Meeting Temporarily upend the eion No No Ye Motion to Enter Unmoderated Caucu Motion to Enter Moderated Caucu Motion to Table the Topic Motion to Cloe Debate Supend the eion for a et amount of time for caucuing No No Ye Supend the rule of procedure for a et amount of time for rapid dicuion moderated by chair No No Ye End debate on the current topic temporarily and change the order of topic to be conidered Cloe debate on a pecific topic and bring all reolution on the floor to a vote Ye 2 Speaker For, 2 Againt Ye 2 Speaker For, 2 Againt No No Ye Ye 2/3 Majority

14 Motion to Divide the Quetion Motion for a Roll Call Vote Motion to Adopt by Conenu Motion to Appeal the Deciion of the Chair Made during voting procedure-divide a reolution into eparate item to vote on Made during voting procedure-require the chair to conduct a roll-call vote Ye 2 Speaker For, 2 Againt No Ye No No Ye Made during voting procedure-requet that the body adopt a reolution by conenu No No Ye Appeal a procedural deciion of the Chair to the body ue with extreme prudence No No Ye Only Require Second No Delegation can Vote No (May Abtain) Motion to Introduce an Unfriendly Amendment Motion to Introduce a Working Paper Formally introduce an amendment that ha already been approved by the Chair with the proper number of ignatorie Formally introduce a working paper that ha already been approved by the Chair with the proper ignatorie and ponor No No Ye No No Ye Motion to Limit Debate Motion to Reconider Limit the peaking time in general debate to a pecified peaking time Bring a previouly tabled topic or reolution back to the floor Ye 2 Speaker For, 2 Againt Ye 2 Speaker For, 2 Againt No No Ye Ye 2/3 Majority

15 Reolution Writing Preambulatory Claue The firt ection of the reolution conit on the Preambulatory Claue. Thee claue tate the nature of the problem and etablih the reaon and precedent for the action outlined in the econd half of the reolution. Acknowledging Expreing atifaction Affirming Fulfilling Alarmed by Fully alarmed Approving Fully aware Aware of Fully believing Believing Further deploring Bearing in mind Further recalling Cognizant of Guided by Confident of Having adopted Contemplating Having conidered Convinced Having devoted attention Deeply concerned Having examined Deeply convinced Hoping Deeply diturbed Keeping in mind Deeply regretting Noting with regret Deiring Noting with atifaction Emphaizing Noting with deep concern Expecting Noting with zet Operative Claue The econd ection of the reolution contain the Operative Claue, the action that will be taken by the body. Thee claue are numbered and begin with preent tene action which are generally tronger than thoe ued in the preamble. Each Operative Claue i followed by a emi-colon, except for the lat one (which end in a period). Accept Deignate Reaffirm Affirm Emphaize Recommend Approve Encourage Requet Authorize Endore Regret Call Expree it appreciation Reolve Call upon Expree it hope Solemnly affirm Condemn Further invite Strongly condemn Reaffirm Further declare Support Congratulate Further proclaim Trut Confirm Further remind Urge Conider Further requet Draw attention to Declare accordingly Ha reolved Demand Note Deplore Note with

16 Sample Reolution Reolution: 1.3 Committee: Diarmament and International Security Topic Area: Reponibility of the United Nation to Alleviate Apartheid in South Africa Sponor: Tanzania Signatorie: Autralia, China, Gabon, Madagacar, Ruia, Spain, United State The General Aembly, Recalling it Reolution 22/184 of January 1979 and 34/93 of 12 December 1979, a well a Economic and Social Council Reolution 1980/50 of 23 July 1980, Reaffirming once again the pecial reponibility of the United Nation and the international community toward the oppreed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement, Nothing the great advance of the movement againt apartheid and for national liberation and the rie of political concioune of the oppreed people of South Africa, Condemning the violence and repreion by the apartheid regime againt all opponent of apartheid, Recognizing the need for increaed humanitarian and education aitance to the oppreed people of South Africa, a well a direct aitance to the liberation movement in their legitimate truggle, 1. Appeal to all State to provide humanitarian, educational, financial and other neceary aitance to the oppreed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement; 2. Urge the United Nation Development Programme and other agencie with the United Nation ytem to expand their aitance to the oppreed people of South Africa and to the South African liberation movement recognized by the organization of Africa Unity, in conultation with the Special Committee Againt Apartheid; 3. Urge all agencie within the United Nation ytem to enure the participation of the South African liberation movement a recognized by the Organization of African Unity in their relevant conference and meeting, and to provide financial aitance for that purpoe; 4. Decide to continue the authorization of adequate financial proviion in the budget of the United Nation to enable the South African liberation movement recognized by the Organization of African Unity the African National Congre of South Africa and the Pan Africanit Congre of Azania to maintain office in New York to participate effectively in the deliberation of the Special Committee and other appropriate bodie.

17 Participating School Adlai E. Stevenon High School Buffalo Grove High School Carl Sandburg High School Carmel Catholic High School Chicagoland MUN Club DePaul College Prep Downer Grove South High School Eat Leyden High School Wet leyden High School Evanton Townhip High Franci W. Parker School Glenbard Eat High School Glenbrook North High School Glenbrook South High School Hononegah Community High School Jone College Prep Joephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart Kaneland High School Lake Foret High School Lane Tech High School Lincoln Park High School Loyola Academy Lycée Françai de Chicago Lyon Townhip High School Maine South High School Marit High School Metea Valley High School Naperville Central Nazareth Academy New Trier High School Nile North High School North Shore Country Day School Oak Park and River Foret High School Rolling Meadow High School Saint Patrick High School St. Laurence High School Univerity Laboratory High School Walter Payton College Prep Waubonie Valley High School Whitney M. Young Magnet School William Fremd High School York High School