| Ad Staff |
Administrative Staff. These assist the Chair. They count votes during voting procedures and help with note passing. |
| Amendment |
An alteration to a specific part of the resolution. This can be used to change a certain phrase in a resolution, in order to let it pass more easily. |
| Chair |
This person leads the MUN debates. The Chair decides who may speak and which motions are in order and which are not. The Chair's decision cannot be overruled. |
| Co-submitter |
This is a delegation that is in favour of a resolution before it has been debated. A resolution needs a certain amount of Co-Submitters before it can be submitted. |
| Delegate |
A member of a delegation. |
| Delegation |
All the delegates together, representing the same country or organisation. |
| General Assembly |
The General Assembly (GA) is the main deliberative body of the UN. |
| Lobbying |
This is the negotiating over a resolution between delegates before the actual debate starts. |
| Main submitter |
The delegation submitting a resolution. When the actual debate starts, the Main Submitter will read out the operative clauses, and will give the first speech about it. |
| Merging |
This is what delegates do, while lobbying. Everyone has made a resolution and they will then form merging groups to combine the clauses and write one final resolution. |
| MUN-director |
This is the teacher accompanying the delegates from a delegation, all coming form one school. |
| NGO |
This is a Non-Governmental Organisation. These are not allowed to vote during a debate. |
| NMD |
This is a Non-Member Delegation. These delegations represent organisations or nations which are not Members of the UN. They have the right to speak during a debate, but not to vote. |
| Operative clause |
A clause in the resolution, which urges to take action. |
| Policy Statement |
See page 1 and 2 of the Instructional Guide. |
| Pre-ambulatory clause |
These clauses give background information concerning the issue the resolution is about. |
| Resolution |
This is the document written by the delegates stating what their opinion is on how to deal with the issue. |
| Secretary General |
This person is the the actual "leader" of the whole conference. This person is in charge of everything that happens during the entire conference. If his/her orders will be disrespected, you may be entirely removed from the conference. |
| Student Officers |
These are all the Presidents, Chairs and Deputies. |
