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It is strongly recommended that all delegates familiarize themselves with the Rules and Procedures that SWCHSMUN will be following. For the most part, standard parliamentary rules and procedures that most Model UN simulations follow will be used, however, it’s still recommended that delegates read the Delegate Preparation Guide for SWCHSMUN.
Here is the SWCHSMUN 2021 Delegate Prep Guide.
What you will learn from this event (and the amount of fun you will have!) is a direct function of how you prepare for it. The following checklist will help you organize your efforts in this respect.
1. Learn About Your Issues
The committee you participate in will be examining a few different issues. The first thing you need to do is learn about these issues in general. The official Background Guides will be a good introduction. Do what you can to follow up on the leads it provides to other good sources of information.
2. Learn About Your Country’s Foreign Policy
When your committee discusses its issue, your task is not to express your personal opinion on the matter, but to articulate and defend the position taken by the country you are representing. You must therefore learn about your country’s foreign policy in general, but especially about its policy on this specific issue. The tips contained in the official Background Guide will help you in this respect.
3. Learn About Other Countries’ Foreign Policy
Your main objective in the committees is to ensure that the resolution it adopts is as favorable to your country’s position as possible. To achieve that objective, you will have to work with the other countries that share your views (and against those countries that oppose them!) It will therefore help you to have some sense of what other countries think about the issue so that you will know who your potential allies and adversaries are.
4. Learn the Rules of Procedures
The rules of procedure are available from the SWCHSMUN website in the Delegate Preparation Manual. You will need to be familiar with these rules so that you can participate effectively.
5. Clauses and Resolutions
The goal of every committee at the SWCHSMUN is to adopt a resolution concerning the issues on its agenda. That resolution will be composed by you, the committee members. The best way to get the committee to adopt a resolution that is favorable to your country is to come prepared with ideas for resolutions, or perhaps one or two clauses that you would like to see included in the resolution. Please remember that pre-written resolutions are not allowed at SWCHSMUN. You can then propose that the committee vote on your resolution (or the clause you would like to add to someone else’s resolution) during the discussions. For guidance on the preparation of resolutions, please see the Sample Clauses and Sample Resolutions page on the SWCHSMUN website.
Here is the SWCHSMUN 2021 Delegate Prep Guide.
What you will learn from this event (and the amount of fun you will have!) is a direct function of how you prepare for it. The following checklist will help you organize your efforts in this respect.
1. Learn About Your Issues
The committee you participate in will be examining a few different issues. The first thing you need to do is learn about these issues in general. The official Background Guides will be a good introduction. Do what you can to follow up on the leads it provides to other good sources of information.
2. Learn About Your Country’s Foreign Policy
When your committee discusses its issue, your task is not to express your personal opinion on the matter, but to articulate and defend the position taken by the country you are representing. You must therefore learn about your country’s foreign policy in general, but especially about its policy on this specific issue. The tips contained in the official Background Guide will help you in this respect.
3. Learn About Other Countries’ Foreign Policy
Your main objective in the committees is to ensure that the resolution it adopts is as favorable to your country’s position as possible. To achieve that objective, you will have to work with the other countries that share your views (and against those countries that oppose them!) It will therefore help you to have some sense of what other countries think about the issue so that you will know who your potential allies and adversaries are.
4. Learn the Rules of Procedures
The rules of procedure are available from the SWCHSMUN website in the Delegate Preparation Manual. You will need to be familiar with these rules so that you can participate effectively.
5. Clauses and Resolutions
The goal of every committee at the SWCHSMUN is to adopt a resolution concerning the issues on its agenda. That resolution will be composed by you, the committee members. The best way to get the committee to adopt a resolution that is favorable to your country is to come prepared with ideas for resolutions, or perhaps one or two clauses that you would like to see included in the resolution. Please remember that pre-written resolutions are not allowed at SWCHSMUN. You can then propose that the committee vote on your resolution (or the clause you would like to add to someone else’s resolution) during the discussions. For guidance on the preparation of resolutions, please see the Sample Clauses and Sample Resolutions page on the SWCHSMUN website.