Unit+7+United+Nations

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=UNIT 7: UNITED NATIONS= =Kanto Model United Nations (Kanto MUN)= = 6 April 2013 = =STEP 1: COUNTRY RESEARCH= =Country Research Worksheet= =Please complete the country research worksheet by Friday, March 5 and bring it to class.= == == =Country Research Resources= =These are valuable sites to use when researching your country.= =[]= =[]= =[]= =THIMUN= =International Court of Justice= =Missions to the United Nations (by country) []= =UN Foundation= =UN System= =UN Cyber Schoolbus= =The Economist= =CNN= =BBC= =Embassies= =Ebsco Host in the Library= =Speech= =Present a 60 second speech on your country in class. Begin with "You should visit -- because...= =STEP 2: ISSUE RESEARCH= =THIS IS THE PREAMBLE, WHICH DESCRIBES ISSUES RELATED TO THE MAIN ISSUE:= == =YOU CAN SEARCH THE UNITED NATIONS DATABASE OF SPEECHES, VOTES, AND RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO YOUR COUNTRY AND TOPIC:= =[]=

=THIS IS A HANDOUT THAT SUMMARIZES SOME OF THE KEY VOCABULARY OF THE ISSUE:= == = = =Collect a total of 10 articles about either the issue or your nation's position related to the issue and submit them to Mr. Baker.=

=STEP 3: POSITION PAPER=

=Position paper worksheet sample:=

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=Country Position Paper on Issue= =[]= == =Sample Position Paper= =STEP 4: RESOLUTION WRITING= =Clauses= =The next step is to write the ideas in your position paper in the form of clauses. For example: Urges UN member nations to share information....= =When you have written two or three clauses, you should add them to either UNIT 7 DRAFT RESOLUTION A page or UNIT 7 DRAFT RESOLUTION B page, depending on which countries you agree with.= =Resolution= =When three or more countries have agreed on several clauses and are ready to present it to the class for debate, then it is a resolution.= =Preamble= =The Kanto 2011 preamble is available now. It summarizes international cooperation that has already taken place on issue. This will automatically be placed as the introduction to all resolutions.= =Merging Resolutions=

=STEP 5: DEBATE=