Indianapolis
Model United
Nations
Conference
2016
Table of Contents
Welcome Letter……………………..……………………………………………………...……….................2
Important Dates and Fees.........….……………………………………………………...…………………5
Conference Schedule..........….………….…………………………………………………….………………6
School Registration Form*….………….…………………………………………………….………………..7
Delegation Selection ..……………………………………………………………………..…..…………………8
Delegation Matrix and Representation………………………………………………………………….9
Committee Topics……………………………………………………….……………………..…………………12
*This section of the application packet is to be returned to the IMUN.
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INDIANAPOLIS MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2016 CONFERENCE
Thank you for your interest
in the Indianapolis Model United
Nations (IMUN). Our program is
proud to be sponsored by Indiana
University Purdue University
Indianapolis (IUPUI). Founded in
1952, IMUN is the oldest high
school Model UN conference in
Campus Center for IUPUI
the United States, and allows
students the opportunity to act as delegates representing UN member states. IMUN promotes
student interests in global issues and supports their development of skills such as research,
writing, public speaking, problem solving, consensus building, conflict resolution, compromise,
and cooperation.
For the simulation, school
delegations will select a country to
represent in its respective
committees. As delegates from their
selected country, students work
together to research, establish, and
promote their country’s policies and
interests. The students’ first
Negotiations in the Security Council
responsibility in meeting this goal will
be to submit a position paper that outlines their country’s views and goals. At IMUN, students
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will join their peers from various Indiana schools to debate, negotiate, and write resolutions that
address their assigned committee’s topics. In the “Rules and Procedures” packet you will find
additional information in this regarding topics, useful references, and a Model UN terminology
glossary in order to aid in your student’s preparation.
With the current climate of international relations becoming even more prevalent in our
daily lives, this year’s conference will work to include international events such as the migration
crisis in Europe, the treatment of refugees around the world, and the on-going crisis of Iraq and
Syria. In past years we have used special events known as “crises” in order to enhance the
simulation and give a more representative approach to the common day occurrences that delegates
find within the United Nations.
These events have ranged from
the threat of nuclear
contamination, catastrophes of
Mother Nature, rise and spread
of new diseases, and many
more. The reason for these
The taking of hostages has been a form in which the
“crises” have arisen in past conferences.
events are to have delegates
assess a new scenario (with very
little preparation), think on their feet and truly place themselves in the place of their respective
nations. This year will be no different. **Delegates you have been warned** This year, we will
once again be utilizing twitter to connect each committee to each other and laptops/phones will
once again be allowed. If we are expecting delegates to work as their adult counterparts, we
believe that we should trust them in the same manner with a bit of monitoring from our
moderators. This led to great success last year and we hope to repeat it.
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In regards to registration, we request that schools indicate their preferential regional
delegations and pay a flat School Registration Fee of $100 by November 20th, which will be
applied to the total Individual Delegate Fees that are now due January 9th. This selections by no
means guarantees a school a specific delegation, but will help equal out the selections and give
each school equal chances to compete. Country assignments will be provided on December 15th
in which each school will
determine the students that
will serve as delegates to
the committees. On
another note, we will no
longer accept individual
checks from student
Presentations in front of the Security Council
delegates, but request that
advisers send one check for their entire delegation. There is an additional Delegate Committee
Roster that will be due at the same time as the Individual Delegate Fees.
This packet will provide you with important dates, registration fees, committees/topics,
and country availability. Please be sure to carefully read the instructions regarding the contents of
this packet to ensure your participation at the conference. If there are any further questions feel
free to email us at [email protected]. We are very excited about this year's conference and look
forward to seeing you all in March!
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Important Dates and Fees
November 20, 2015
The School Registration Fee for the conference is a nonrefundable $100 per school. This will be
applied to your delegate fee; please make checks for school fee to IUPUI School of Liberal Arts and
write “IMUN” in memo.
December 15, 2015
Country Assignments posted on sent out by email and posted on the IMUN website and Facebook page.
January 9, 2016
Individual Delegate Registration Materials (Student Emergency Contact Info, Photo/Audio/Video
Release Permission), Delegate Committee Roster, and Delegate Fee of $55.00 per delegate minus
$100.00 School Registration Fee due.
January 9, 2016
Background guides posted on the website and sent out by email.
February 21, 2016
Position Papers due to IMUN Co-Directors
March 17 + 18, 2016
Indianapolis Model United Nations Conference on the IUPUI campus
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IMUN 2016 DELEGATE SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 17
5:00 pm
Opening Ceremony and Welcome to IMUN 2016
5:30 pm
Each Committee will conduct a refresher course on the process and procedures
of MUN. This session will be un-judged and work to bring every delegate to the
same level to ensure the best conference possible.
6:00 pm
Committees will officially begin. Attendance will be taken and Speaker’s List will
be opened.
6:00 pm
Welcome Meeting for Faculty in Lounge
9:00 pm
Committees will adjourn for the evening.
Friday, March 18
8:45 am
Committees will resume and attendance will be taken. A new Speaker’s List will
be created.
12:00 pm
Staggered Lunch + Advisory Lunch (A.L.)
12:00- 12:30
GA (A.L. 12:30 - 1:00)
12:30- 1:00
WHO, DISEC, SPECIAL, UNHCR, OHCHR, SC (A.L. 12:00 - 12:30)
When each Committee returns to session, attendance will be taken and new
Speaker’s List established.
3:00 pm
Faculty Meeting in Lounge
4:00 pm
Adjournment of Committees
4:30 pm
Closing Ceremony and Awards
5:00 pm
Dismissal of IMUN 2016
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Indianapolis Model United Nations School Registration Form
Instructions: Each adviser will need to submit ONE registration form. Consult
the IMUN country and committee matrix for information on country delegation
size and membership in committees.
Countries will be assigned with our discretion at a first come, first served
basis. For increased odds of getting your top choice, please return as soon
as possible.
Due with your $100 School Registration Fee on November 20
School:
Advisor:
Estimated Delegation Size:
Western Europe:
1.
2.
3.
Top 3 Choices within each Region
(See page 8 for groupings)
Latin America:
1.
2.
3.
Africa
1.
2.
3.
Asia-Pacific
1.
2.
3.
Eastern Europe
1.
2.
3.
Mail to:
Courtney Abshire
Senior Administrative Assistant
Department of Political Science
& Paralegal Studies Programs
425 University Blvd., CA504J
Indianapolis, IN 46205
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Delegation Selection
How to Pick a Delegation
When picking a delegation, there are several factors that should go into your selection: (1) amount of students going to the
conference, (2) how many delegations you wish to send and (3) which delegation interests your students the most. This year we have
two groupings of delegations. The first grouping is a 9-member delegation with mandatory representation in the Security Council and
the General Assembly. Security Council and General Assembly both require two representatives. The second grouping is the 3member delegation with one representative in a lower committee and mandatory representation in the General Assembly. This
grouping, although very important, does not have representation in the Security Council. Once you have looked at all these factors,
page 7 of your packet has the School Registration Form. Countries are assigned at our discretion, but we try to make sure that every
school gets several of their top choices. With this caveat, please do not pick more than 3 countries with Security Council
representation. The availability of each country is below (organized by delegation size and region) with the country matrix concluding:
9-Member Delegations (Representation in the Security Council)
Africa
Asian-Pacific
Eastern Europe
Latin American
Western Europe
Angola
China
Lithuania
Chile
New Zealand
Chad
Jordan
Russia
Venezuela
France
Nigeria
Malaysia
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
3-Member Delegations (No Representation in the Security Council)
Africa
Asia-Pacific
Eastern Europe
Latin American
Western Europe
Central African Rep.
Afghanistan
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Congo
Bhutan
Armenia
Bahamas
Austria
D. R. of Congo
D.P.R. of Korea
Azerbaijan
Belize
Belgium
Egypt
India
Belarus
Bolivia
Canada
Ethiopia
Iran
Bosnia /Herzegovina
Brazil
Germany
Kenya
Iraq
Bulgaria
Cuba
Greece
Libya
Japan
Croatia
Dominican Republic
Iceland
Mali
Kuwait
Czech Republic
Ecuador
Ireland
Morocco
Nepal
Estonia
Guatemala
Israel
Niger
Pakistan
Georgia
Guyana
Italy
Rwanda
Philippines
Hungary
Haiti
Liechtenstein
Senegal
Qatar
Latvia
Honduras
Malta
Sierra Leone
Republic of Korea
Montenegro
Jamaica
Monaco
Somalia
Saudi Arabia
Poland
Mexico
Netherlands
South Africa
Singapore
Republic of Moldova
Nicaragua
Norway
South Sudan
Syrian Arab Rep.
Serbia
Panama
Portugal
Sudan
Thailand
Slovakia
Peru
San Marino
Uganda
Vietnam
Slovenia
St. Kitts and Nevus
Switzerland
Zimbabwe
Yemen
Ukraine
Uruguay
Turkey
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Delegation Matrix and Representation
Below are the delegations and what committee they are represented in.
Country
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Congo
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Democratic Peoples' Republic of
Korea
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Ethiopia
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Guyana
SC
(x2)
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
GA
(x2)
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
WHO
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
UNHCR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
DISEC SPECIAL
DISEC
SPECIAL
UNHCR
OHCHR
UNHCR
DISEC
SPECIAL
DISEC
DISEC
DISEC
DISEC
SPECIAL
WHO
DISEC
UNHCR
WHO
WHO
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
UNHCR
UNHCR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
DISEC
DISEC
DISEC
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
UNHCR
UNHCR
OHCHR
SPECIAL
UNHCR
WHO
WHO
WHO
UNHCR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
DISEC
DISEC
SPECIAL
WHO
WHO
UNHCR
SPECIAL
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Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Latvia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
WHO
OHCHR
WHO
SPECIAL
DISEC
UNHCR
WHO
OHCHR
UNHCR
OHCHR
OHCHR
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
OHCHR
DISEC
DISEC
SPECIAL
OHCHR
DISEC
WHO
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
OHCHR
DISEC
DISEC
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
UNHCR
OHCHR
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
WHO
UNHCR
OHCHR
DISEC
DISEC
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
UNHCR
OHCHR
DISEC
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
OHCHR
UNHCR
OHCHR
WHO
DISEC
SPECIAL
OHCHR
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Republic of Moldova
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevus
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sudan
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zimbabwe
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
UNHCR
OHCHR
DISEC
SPECIAL
OHCHR
SPECIAL
UNHCR
DISEC
OHCHR
OHCHR
WHO
UNHCR
OHCHR
SPECIAL
WHO
WHO
WHO
UNHCR
OHCHR
DISEC
DISEC
SPECIAL
UNHCR
WHO
DISEC
WHO
DISEC
WHO
WHO
UNHCR
UNHCR
UNHCR
WHO
UNHCR
OHCHR
OHCHR
DISEC
DISEC
OHCHR
OHCHR
DISEC
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
UNHCR
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IMUN 2016 Committee Topics
Security Council
•
•
Countering sexual violence and exploitation in its various forms
Countering terrorism and the spread of terrorist influences
General Assembly
•
•
Inclusion of Non-member representation in the United Nations
Delineating violent extremism from religion, nationality, civilization and ethnic groups
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
•
•
Treatment of LGBT individuals in refugee camps
Countering the growing refugee crisis
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
•
•
Examination in the use of the Death Penalty
Examination of the rights of children in the migration crisis
World Health Organization
•
•
Aiding in the health needs of refugees
Aiding in the growing needs of the ageing
Disarmament and International Security
•
•
Examination of the arms race in outer space
Countering the spread and usage of cyber warfare
Special Committees
•
•
Special committee on peacekeeping operations
Special committee on the UN Charter
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