YMCA Model UN - Burlington County, New Jersey

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Committee Description

The Nation Building Committee (NBC) attempts to resolve current regional disputes between nations or ethnic parties by rebuilding or creating a new nation at different points in history.

Five students will be assigned to the role of UN Mediator. These students will mediate the five major discussion tables for the committee, which are:

• National Boundaries
• Constitution/ Governance
• Economic Packages
• Social Systems
• Security

The remaining seventy to seventy-five students will be assigned to represent the interests of all other parties including all ethnic groups impacted by the creation of the new nation/nations, assisting nations, and neighboring nations. These delegates will develop and negotiate proposals for action on each major discussion point.

Delegates are expected to prepare a statement of intent on the history of the nation or area in question, addressing any issues that may fall into one of the five major discussion points identified above. These statement of intents are due on November 1st. Delegates will also be expected to perform additional research following November 1st, as well as submit at least two detailed draft proposals identifying the needs and goals of their respective position.

During the weekend, all of the committee members will initially meet in one of the five assigned topic areas. In that committee, members of the committee will share proposals in an effort to develop consensus. Periodically the entire committee will be called to order in an effort to ratify portions or entire sections of the “proposals for action” developed within the five major discussion points. The UN Mediators will present the “proposals for action”. The committee will follow the same rules of procedure as identified in this manual. Additional time will be allotted for members of the same nation to meet to discuss negotiating strategies.

Topic

The 2011 YMCA Model United Nations NBC will focus on the Second Congo War that started in August of 1998.  The committees will focus on rebuilding and/or strengthening the central African region .The goal is to peacefully end the internal strife that exists within this unstable region. See the 2011 NBC Manual for more details!

Resources & Sample Documents

2011 NBC Manual

2011 Sample Intent Form

2011 NBC Sample Draft Resolutions

Nation Building Committee Assignments

STATEMENT OF INTENT & DRAFT RESOLUTION

The statement of intent should be written like a research paper with all sources documented. The statement of intent should discuss the official government position for the country on all the topics presented in the delegates’ assigned committee.

Draft Resolutions outline the specific actions a delegate recommends to be addressed in a resolution.  This document is written before the conference to initiate debate and actual resolution writing at conference. Delegates take what they’ve learned about their country’s positions from the statement of intent to determine the specific actions for resolutions created during the conference. Each delegate is to prepare 2 one-page Draft Resolutions. Due December 1^st.