Tainan
Model United Nations
Day 1
Presenter: Ray Li
1. Roll Call
2. Opening Speeches
 Rights of Reply
3. Lobbying
 Merging Resolutions
 Submitting Resolutions
“ Would the house please
come to order ? ”
Roll Call
To make sure of the number of countries present.
“ The chair will now take the roll call.
Would the delegate whose nation is called please raise
his or her placards high and say ‘Present and voting.’
Observers please raise their placards high and say
‘present.’ ”
“ Delegate of Australia. ”
“ Present and voting. ”
“Delegate of Amnesty International”
“ Present. ”
※ Nations are called in an alphabetical order
Amnesty International-Bangladesh-Brazil-Canada …
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 1/8
Let other delegates know your stance on the issue.
“Now the conference begins with opening
speeches. Would the delegates of Amnesty
International, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada and
Cambodia please approach the podium and
deliver their opening speeches in that order. ”
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 2/8
 Placard
 Podium
 Greetings
Ex: Honorable chairs and fellow delegates
 Finished within 1 minute.
“ Would the delegate of Canada please
proceed to his / her concluding remarks? ”
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 3/8
“ The chair will now entertain rights
of reply.
Is there any on the floor? ”
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 4/8
Situation 1: None.
“ Seeing there’s none, delegates,
you may return to your seats. ”
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 5/8
Situation 2: Delegates of France, Germany, Haiti
raise their placards high.
“ Delegates of France, Germany, Haiti, you
have been recognized. Please state your
rights of reply in that order.”
 Third person
“I would like to …”
“The delegate of France would like to …”
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 6/8
For:
The delegate of France would like to show
appreciation of the ideas of the delegate of Canada
and is looking forward to further cooperation.
Allies !  Further discussion
Against:
The delegate of DPRK protests here for being
offended by the delegate of Canada in saying that
DPRK is suffering from dictatorship.
Opponents.
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 7/8
(After rights of reply)
“Would the delegates of China, Congo,
Costa Rica, Cote d’lvoire, Dominican
Republic please approach the podium and
deliver their opening speeches in that
order? ”
Opening Speech & Rights of Reply 8/8
The opening speeches continue.
5 speeches  rights of reply 
5 speeches  rights of reply 
5 speeches rights of reply  …
 All delegates finish their speeches.
“ Thus concludes the opening speeches. ”
Lobbying 1/3
Find allies to merge a resolution to state
your shared viewpoints and solutions.
“The chairs would now move the house to lobbying. ”
1. Meet potential allies.
2. Give out several copies of your draft
resolution.
3. Discuss ( Merging resolutions ).
 Incorporated clauses  Common perspectives
 Plans to solve problems
4. Decide on the main-submitter.
Lobbying 2/3
The Main-submitter should
 get a submitting sheet from chairs.
 obtain sufficient signatures.
 submit the merged resolutions
to the approval panel.
 submit approved resolutions to the chairs.
Lobbying 3/3
Approval Panel
1. consists of advisors
2. decides whether a merged resolution
is to be debated
※does not accept resolutions when closed
The room
is getting
so cold …
Audibility!
The microphone
doesn’t work!
“Point of personal privilege due to audibility!
Could the speaker please speak louder?”
“Would the house please come to order?”
“ The chair would now take a roll call.
Would the delegate whose nation is called
please raise his/her placards high and say
‘present and voting’. Observers, please
raise their placards high and say ‘present’.”
“The conference now begins with opening
speeches.”
“The chair would now entertain rights of
reply. Is there any on the floor?”
“Thus concludes the opening speeches.”