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Model United Nations Terms Quiz

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Definition
Term
Competitive event hosted by schools/universities
Conference
The particular group you are in during an event
Committee
Group of students who travel to a competitive event together
Delegation
What a participant is called
Delegate
The term for when two people represent one nation or person
Double delegation
Set of rules to aid and guide committee in a productive and inclusive way
Parliamentary procedure
Nameplates with who/what a delegate is representing used to vote
Placard
Attendance
Roll call
The person or people running a committee
Chair
The group running the committee
Dias
How to call order
Decorum
An official request for something to be done in committee
Motion
A group of delegates working together
Bloc
Section of a paper written to enact policy
Clause
Delegate that wrote a paper
Sponsor
Delegates that would like the see a paper being presented in committee but did not write it
Signatories
Who grants secret requests and presents sudden changes that prompt crisis committees
Backroom
Definition
Term
Type of committee that has the end goal of passing one or multiple resolutions (tend to be larger)
General Assembly
Type of committee where delegates pass many directives, deal with active and immediate changes, and have a personal arc (tend to be smaller)
Crisis
Type of committee similar to a GA, but smaller, more niche, and sometimes with slightly different rules
Specialized
Type of committee that doesn't provide a background guide in advance
Ad-hoc
Discussion with a set time to speak, a given subject, and a speakers list (ex. 6:30 on xyz)
Moderated caucus
Discussion with a set time, but free to wander the room and no speakers list (ex. 15 min _____)
Unmoderated caucus
Discussion with a set time and no speakers list, but delegates must remain in their seats
Gentleman's unmoderated caucus
The first available opportunity for delegates to speak in committee, purpose is to set the topic
Primary speakers list
Opens after the above when topic is set
Secondary speakers list
First paper written by group of delegates, presented but not voted on, get merged later
Working paper
Final merged paper written by multiple groups of delegates, goal of committee is to pass
Resolution
Short papers voted on in rounds in crisis to solve immediate issues
Directive
Directives submitted on behalf of a few characters
Joint Personal Directive
How delegates in crisis committees make secret requests
Note
Sudden changes or actions that need to be acted on in crisis committee
Crisis drop/break
Storyline of a delegate's character in a crisis committee, usually through notes
Crisis arc
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