Tuesday! 

Tuesdays Agenda:

1. Finish Our "Get To Know Your Country" Handout

2. "Writing a Resolution"

3. Moderated Debate as Our Countries

Writing a Resolution:

The UN primarily writes resolutions which, in turn, act as the combined voice of the nations involved in the UN.

Resolutions have two clauses, a perambulatory clause, and an operative clause.

A perambulatory clause is one that starts with a verb that "recognizes something." An operative clause is one that starts with a verb that "recommends an action."

Example of a Preabulatory clause: Desiring schwarma after the battle.

Example of a Operative Clause:  Encourages that all in attendance, including Thor, The Hulk, Black Widow, Hawk Eye, Captain America, go to the schwarma place pointed out before closing the portal. 

Why does it sound funny? Because the subject is missing! In a resolution, the subject is the delegates of the UN, in this example, it is Tony Stark, aka Iron Man!

After I pass out a list of verbs for these clauses, we are going to try to write some for ourselves on the following topics! 

• Aliens have landed and want to negotiate peace. You want them to land in your country. 
• Russia has sent Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles to be placed in Cuba. You are writing a resolution saying that they cant. 
• The UN has decided to place a worldwide ban on (insert whatever here, so long as it is friendly).

After we write our resolutions, we will each put one up on the board! 

Moderated Debate As Our Countries:

We are going to start of by debating with just a few of the rules that the UN uses. We will most likely start with the simplest rules of:

• Having an allotted speaking time.
• Having an allotted speaking order
• Having a moderated or un-moderated caucus
• Having a vote at the end to determine the course of action

Hugo will definitely help with the rules since he has lots of experience with the Model UN!