Homework for 6/3

Remember:  The Workshop is on Saturday, 6/28, starting at 13:00. You don't have to wear formal clothes. It is best if you can go, so you can learn about the procedures for MUN. The workshop will be mostly in Chinese and will explain all the rules for SKMUN and help you research and participate!

HOMEWORK
1) Hand in the FINAL draft of your Position Paper
              - Fix the corrections that Peter wrote on your paper
              - Add anything that Peter said you should add to it
              - Add any new information you find on your issue

2) Write 4-5 Operative Clauses for your issue
              - each clause should be one different part of the solution to the issue
              - each clause should discuss what should be done, by who, when, and how
              - each clause should begin with an Operative Clause verb (... suggests ... encourages, etc)

1.) Suggests that every Member State government create legislation regarding what percent of the profit of organ sales should be awarded to organ sellers, including: 
          a) setting up laws clearly outlining how much compensation is to be awarded for organ sellers,
          b) setting up laws that prevent organ sellers being denied compensation by agencies or doctors,
          c) providing post-operative medical care for organ sellers to ensure their continued health,
          d) providing post-operative counselling for organ sellers to assist them in dealing with the loss of their organ;

Homework

Write up 4-5 MUN-style solutions to your issue.

Use "operative clause" words and style

Refer to the handout Peter gave you about Draft Resolutions

Examples:

Encourages local governments to cooperate with neighboring countries to prevent illegal importation of black market organs.

Recommends the establishment of a new treaty to be signed by all Member States, to replace the existing Kyoto Protocol, and to be called "UN Climate Change Protocol"

Helpful MUN Website

Here is a helpful MUN website discussing how to write a Draft Resolution (DR)

Best Delegate

Homework

* Turn in your position paper NO LATER THAN FRIDAY to Peter
* If you have already turned in your position paper, you can pick up the corrections from Peter's desk
* Write down 5-6 possible solutions to your issue and bring them to class next week
* Your solutions should be for the whole world, not just your country
* Your solutions should be as specific as possible
* Your solutions should be practical and workable
* Your solutions should be written from the perspective of the whole UN, not just your country

Draft Resolution Primer

Preambulatory Clauses (the Preamble) - 
      outlines the reasons why the council is looking at this issue
      outlines past action taken by the UN, NGOs, and national                      governments
      begins with an adjective or gerund (v+ing)
      each preamble clause ends with a comma ","

Operative Clauses - 
      each clause discusses one part of the solution to the issue in                     detail
      clauses are divided into main, sub, and sub- sub clauses
      clauses should explain the how, what, where, who, and when of                   the issue (no why)
      each clause should begin with a present-tense verb                                   ("Requests....")
      each sub or sub-sub clause ends with a comma ","
      each clause ends with a semi-colon ";"

Draft Resolution Sample

Council: Human Rights Council

Issue: The Military Use of Children

Country: United States of America

The Human Rights Council,

Recalling Article 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), "State parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 15 years do not take a direct part in hostilities",

Bearing in mind the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) which criminalizes leading a military force which recruits child soldiers in the United States, defining child soldiers as "any person under 18 years of age who takes a direct part in hostilities as a member of governmental armed forces",

Deeply disturbed that the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers report that approximately 300,000 children in over 40 countries worldwide are engaged in military conflict,

Alarmed by the advantage taken of children due to their emotional and physical immaturity, such as but not limited to being used for suicide missions, sex servants and spies, exposing them to not only physical but also emotional assault,

1.      Encourages cooperation with NGOs such as Child Soldiers International and Amnesty International to deal with poverty in countries at war by:

a). Organizing funds so as to provide refugee camps with daily necessities by:

i).writing plans to well known business enterprises that include a list of the countries that will benefit from the donations, local situations and what help we hope to receive,

ii). Encouraging tax reductions for donors,

b). Recruiting volunteers worldwide to adopt children who have lost their families by:

i). putting up advertisements on well known websites and on television,

ii). Providing volunteer certificates for those who have accomplished the tasks which grants them discounts and other privileges from governmental business,

c). Raise social awareness of the situation through mass media by:

i). Filming movies and video clips based on true stories in countries with the problem of child soldiers,

ii). Making records, graphs and tables looking into the issue public on leading newletters;

2.      Recommends an international organization called the Child Defense International (CDI) whose mission shall include:

a). Promoting justice among LEDCs by:

i). Encouraging and funding the establishment of local schools,

ii). Seeking cooperation with military arms manufacturers worldwide so as to discourage the provision of arms used by child soldiers,

b). Setting up orphanages to provide child care, primary education and spread the knowledge of child protection,

c). Guiding children to developing talents for later career life,

d). Aiding underage victims of war to overcome possible depression and emotional harm by requesting help from psychologists to research depression resulting in over contact of war violence;

3. Calls upon promoting education in countries:

a). with child soldiers to:

i). Discourage children from joining the military underage and make clear the current situation in military conflict and the hostility they face by joining,

ii). Include lesson on morals emphasizing the basic human right of life,

b). without child soldiers to:

i). Encourage students to engage in charity and carry out solutions to global crisis,

ii). Encourage schools to hold charity activities such as but no limited to fairs and bake sales, the money made donated to NGOs devoted to solving the problem of child soldiers;

4. Further suggests an International Covenant on Child Protection (ICCP) be signed requesting member states to:

a). Provide full time or part time job vacancies annually from local business for people in states at war such as but not limited to:

i). Teenagers (15 and above) ,

ii). Parents with over four children under their care,

iii). Orphans or those who have lost family members at war,

b). Pass laws banning child participation in the military such as but not limited to:

i). Direct contact in military conflict as child soldiers,

ii). Indirect contact in military conflicts as drummer boys, porters or messengers,

iii). Taking advantage of children by using them for suicide missions or as human shields.