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Presentation of the Committees – Distribution of topics
Assignment of the role of delegate / representative for each committee
Research on the selected topic
Each committee will have to research on social topics that are related to their committee and are influenced by anti-democratic measures.
When the delegates finish with their research on the topic they have selected, they will need to prepare a presentation with suggested new policies that must be implemented in order to provide possible solutions on the matter.
Example of social themes
Climate change and violent extremism
World Heritage in danger due to armed conflicts or other matters
COVID-19 Impact on Terrorism and Violent Extremism
Structure of presentation
1.Short introduction on the topic under examination
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2.Examples of 3-5 anti-democratic tendencies that are connected to each committee’s topic and require a solution in order to promote and ensure social justice, equality and prevent situations of polarisation to rise.
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3.Possible solutions – new policies that need to be implemented
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Public speech
The representative of each committee will have to give a public speech presenting the findings of their research as well as their policy suggestions to provide solutions on their topic.
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Creation of alliances – Amendments – Draft resolutions – Vote – Award
During this step the committees are invited to form alliances in order to make their arguments stronger and get more votes in the final voting procedure. They can form alliances of two or more committees and combine their policy suggestions in order to gain more support and votes.
After they decide on the new amended policies, the alliances will have to draft their resolutions. A resolution is the main result of the work of your committee and is meant to “resolve” the problem that a committee is focused on. UN uses resolutions to make decisions and they are written by groups of Member States collaborating on their ideas. Resolutions have two main functions: to determine what the United Nations will do about the issue, and to recommend or request that individual Member States undertake actions to help solve the issue.
There is a very specific format to resolutions, and three main sections: the header, the preamble, and the operative section.