The canon start date of /r/ModelWorldUN was March 24th, 2018 at 6:00 PM EST

Hello,

The results for the vote on GAR-21 is as follows:

Aye - 6

Nay - 1

Abstain - 1

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The results for the vote on GAR-17 is as follows:

Aye - 12

Nay - 0

Abstain - 1

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/clads.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/clads.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The results for the vote on SCR-18 is as follows:

Aye - 1

Nay - 1

Abstain - 1

The United States exercised their veto.

Therefor, the Resolution fails!

vHello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/jjdive824.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/Jaccobei.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The results for the vote on GAR-13 is as follows:

Aye - 6

Nay - 0

Abstain - 3

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The results for the vote on GAR-12 is as follows:

Aye - 4

Nay - 3

Abstain - 4

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The results for the vote on GAR-11 is as follows:

Aye - 9

Nay - 4

Abstain - 0

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The results for the vote on SCR-17 is as follows:

Aye - 1

Nay - 3

Abstain - 0

China and the United States exercised their vetoes.

Therefor, the Resolution fails!

Hello,

The results for the vote on SCR-16 is as follows:

Aye - 3

Nay - 0

Abstain - 2

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/rocketapples.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/ninaad18.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/jjdive824.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/jespertjee.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The results for the vote on SCR-15 is as follows:

Aye - 4

Nay - 3

Abstain - 0

China exercised its veto.

Therefor, the Resolution fails!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/Ninjjadragon.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/ninaad18.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The results for the vote on GAR-32 is as follows:

Aye - 16

Nay - 2

Abstain - 0

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The results for the vote on SCR-14 is as follows:

Aye - 6

Nay - 0

Abstain - 0

Therefor, the Resolution passes!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/ninaad18.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The resolution being debated can be found here.

This resolution was authored and submitted by /u/Ninjjadragon.

Rules for Debate:

For Ambassadors, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mrs. President,

Representing [your country here],

Your speech

Please note you may not say "I" unless it is something explicitly personal, all things said are to be on behalf of your country.

For private individuals, you must introduce yourselves as follows:

Mr. President,

Your speech

You may use I as you are representing your personal opinion.

Schedule

This resolution debate shall last three days, then proceed to amendment or resolution voting.

Amendments

Only General Assembly members may submit resolutions, and they must be submitted via the stickied comment. There are two types of amendments, a friendly and an unfriendly amendment. For the former to be added to the resolution, the sponsor must sign on and it will be instantly added. For the latter to be added, the sponsor must not sign on, an additional General Assembly member must sign on, and it shall require a majority vote during voting to be added.

You do not submit either type of amendment, the type will be determined by whether or not the sponsor signs off on it.

Get debating!

Hello,

The results for the POTUNGA and VPOTUNGA elections are as follows...

POTUNGA

ConfidentIt - 5

Rocketapples - 11

Abstentions - 0

DNV - 11

Therefore, /u/Rocketapples is duly elected President of the UN General Assembly.

VPOTUNGA

Yeas - 15

Nays - 1

Abstentions - 0

Therefore, /u/Pulsar512b is duly confirmed as Vice President of the UN General Assembly.

Ambassadors,

Welcome to the POTUNGA and VPOTUNGA elections!

#What is the POTUNGA? The VPOTUNGA?

The POTUNGA is the chair of the General Assembly and is generally tasked with oversight of it and its members. The POTUNGA has the right to rearrange the General Assembly docket and extend or shorten debate on a resolution in the GA. The VPOTUNGA is the deputy of the POTUNGA and acts as such, should the POTUNGA be unavailable they will act in their stead.

#How will POTUNGA and VPOTUNGA Elections work?

The process of electing the POTUNGA and VPOTUNGA is far simpler than that of the Secretary General, any number of candidates may be nominated and then a vote shall be held amongst the Member States.

#What is the timeline?

The Nomination and Q&A period shall last three days, after which a vote shall be held amongst the Member States, where a plurality shall be required to elect the POTUNGA and VPOTUNGA. The vote shall close after (a) all Ambassadors have voted or (b) two days time has passed.

#Who are the candidates?

The candidates for POTUNGA are as follows:

• Confidentlt

• Rocketapples

The candidates for VPOTUNGA are as follows:

• pulsar512b

#Let's get this election going!

Greetings,

This is the Thread for Changes for the fourth session of /r/ModelWorldUN. This thread has two primary purposes, those being to help new members get involved and ensure that resignations are carried out in a manner that is organized. The process for each will be lined out below,

#Joining ModelWorldUN

For those of you wishing to join our simulation, this is where you can come to claim a country and get engaged with the community at large. It's rather simple, all you need to do is check here for any vacant Ambassadorships and then submit a comment using the following format:

Country Claim

Username: [Your username goes here]

Country: [The country you wish to claim goes here]

Then a UNAC member will respond to your comment once your claim has been approved, and if it's been denied we'll help you get a new one sorted out as quickly as possible.

#Resignations

If you wish to resign from a position in our simulation, please do so in a way that makes it easier on the UNAC to catalog. We ask that you leave a comment using the following format so we know what's happening.,,

Resignation

Username: [Your username goes here]

Position: [The position from which you're resigning goes here]

#Removals

The UNAC will occasionally perform activity checks and remove individuals have failed to vote for three or more sessions in a row, and we will notify those individuals on this thread of their removal from their Ambassadorship.

#Questions and Conclusion

I'll be glad to answer any and all relevant questions in the comments below, just bear with me because we have a lot of events going on as I write this. Thank you all for your involvement in our sim!

-Ninjja

Head Admin

#Welcome to ModelWorldUN's Fourth Assembly Session!

I stand before you today to usher in another period of geopolitical debates and discussions, ones that will strive to find solutions to the issues impacting every single one of us. I could've never dreamed ten months ago when I founded this simulation that it would survive this long or have a community that is this well versed in the problems our planet is facing. I'm not only full of hope for the growth of this community, but what this community can and will do for the world when they're handed the reigns of governance. You are the changemakers of today and tomorrow.

Now that I've got my little spiel of hope and crud out of the way, it's time we jump into the major announcements for our fourth session. The first half of this point will pertain to things that are staying as is, while the latter piece will go over changes that everyone needs to know about.

#Business-As-Usual

Most of our daily routine here at ModelWorldUN will be staying the same, you don't need to worry about any major shakeups to the schedule or the standing procedure of voting. Now, that being said, I think it's only fair we give our new friends information on how all this works and refresh some of our returning members so we're all on the same page.

Resolution Scheduling

The schedule we use for posting Resolutions is as follows:

Sunday - Resolutions posted for debate, said debate will be open for 5 days.

Tuesday - An amendments thread will be posted on either the General Assembly or Security Council thread depending on the type of Resolution, any and all proposals need to be posted on these threads. For an amendment to proceed to a vote, it must be seconded. Proposals will be open for 24 hours.

Wednesday - If there are any amendments that garner the necessary support, they will proceed to a 48-hour vote on their respective Subreddit. Results will be posted within 24 hours of said vote closing.

Friday - Debate closes on the week's Resolutions and a 48-hour vote opens.

Sunday - Resolution vote results posted.

As far as which Resolutions are to be posted, please refer to the master spreadsheet and your body's respective docket.

Debates

Debate rules will remain the same as they always have been, make sure you address the chair and make it a point to be respectful of the other members of your chamber. The former is fairly easy, you just have to state your Reddit username, what country you represent, and say Mr. or Madam President. For example, if I were to engage in debate I would say...

Ninjjadragon,

Representing the United States,

Mr. President,

The latter isn't too terribly difficult either, you just need to keep things to the topic being discussed and not sling mud at your political opponents.

Voting

All voting will continue to be on your chamber's specific subreddit, as you will continue to vote on the thread designated for a specific issue. For those asking, said subreddits are /r/ModelWorldUNGA for the General Assembly and /r/ModelWorldUNSC for the Security Council.

Country Assignments

As the Ambassador Selection has officially ended, we now have a complete list of Ambassadors and their claimed countries available for you to see. That list can be accessed here.

#Changes for ASIV

Now, as much as I may pretend I don't, I know I'm not perfect nor is every decision I've made throughout my time as your Head Administrator. So, after discussion with the UNAC and listening to community feedback we've decided to bring in a few changes that we believe can and will make our simulation a better place.

ICJ Reforms

First up, the ICJ is (hopefully) gonna get some action this term and most of that will be at the behest of our new ICJ Councilor and President /u/AlvaroLage. He has outlined the purpose of the court and its plan in sim here. So I'll leave things at that and encourage you to give everything a read if interested!

Vice POTUNGA and Deputy Secretary-General

Remember how in November I teased the addition of a Vice POTUNGA and Deputy Secretary-General to assume office should the top dogs resign? Well, we've finally decided on the process for each to be elected or selected and that all begins today. A Vice POTUNGA will be elected alongside the POTUNGA using the same procedure and will assume the office of POTUNGA temporarily should the office fall vacant until a fresh election can be held. The Deputy Secretary-General will be nominated and confirmed by the General Assembly in the same fashion as an Under-Secretary-General and will assume the office of Secretary-General should it fall vacant until a fresh election could be held. These new positions will hopefully ensure that we no longer have to worry about pausing the entire sim to fill a few vacancies.

Security Council Seats

Security Council seats will no longer be elected by Blocs, more on that to come, but rather will be randomly selected in proportion to the real world rules. That being said, this term's Security Council members are as follows:

• The United States

• France

• The United Kingdom

• China

• Russia

• Venezuela

• Chile

• Poland

• Nigeria

• Morocco

• Iran

• Japan

• Philippines

• Canada

• Spain

Blocs

Unfortunately, it seems Blocs were a complete and utter flop. They didn't really succeed in their goals and as such we've decided to discontinue them for the time being. Regional groupings, however, will remain and will still have their own channels in the main server.

Resolution Submissions

We've opted to get rid of the old docket submission form and replace it with a system that is far more streamlined. Now you simply need to comment your submission on the thread for your respective chamber, and it will quickly be turned around and added to the spreadsheet. This change was made in the interest of transparency and making organization easier. General Assembly submissions go here and Security Council submissions go here.

Thread for Changes

We will be keeping the Thread for Changes for this session, all resignations will still be required to go here but the UNAC will now use this as a place to announce the removal of Ambassadors who have been deemed inactive. In addition, this will be where all new members will need to go to claim their countries and be seated in the General Assembly going forward.

#Open Session Scheduling

Before we can begin debate on any Resolutions proposed by our members, we have to see to it that our new POTUNGA and VPOTUNGA are elected to preside over the General Assembly. A thread will go up tomorrow between 5 and 6 PM EST for candidates to declare, with the election set to close by next Sunday. The first batch of debates will go up then barring any sort of complications along the way.

#Conclusion

I wish everyone the best of luck going into this term, you're all going to kill it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments and I'll respond when I have the time.

-Ninjja

Head Admin

Good afternoon,

Due to numerous emergencies that have broken out over the last week and a half, the UNAC and I have decided to extend the timeline for this Ambassador Selection. Country and Seat Claiming will remain open through midnight on Friday, with normal business getting back up and running on Sunday.

Thank you,

-Ninjja

Head Admin

#Country Claiming

As you all hopefully know, we a United Nations simulation and the United Nations requires Ambassadors represent countries to function properly. So, we need our Ambassadors to fill out the forms below so we can assign them countries! Please note that if you don't fill out the form, you will be assigned a random country.

General Selection Form

Click here to find the General Selection Form

EVERYONE needs to complete this form and there are no strings attached, so long as you don't claim a G20 country there's nothing more you need to do.

G20 Selection Form

Click here to find the G20 Selection Form

The G20 yields significantly more influence on the global stage, and that's why we require folks who want to serve as a member of it fill out a form. Click the link above and get to it, and apply!

Happy form-filling!

Signed,

• Comped

Deputy Administrator

#Welcome to the fourth Ambassador Selection of /r/ModelWorldUN!

Today I am overjoyed to bring you the first half of the process, seat claiming. For those unaware, seat claiming is where you claim an ambassador seat in the General Assembly and country selection will start when this ends.

#How do I claim a seat?

It's simple, you just need to have a Reddit account that is at least 2 weeks old and has at least 3 comments and you comment below "Seat claimed", and you're all set!

#How long does this last?

This will end on January 24th, country claiming will open on the 21st.

#What countries can and cannot be claimed in part two?

The US, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, and Australia cannot be claimed currently.

The Security Council countries will require a short application via Google Form, with the remaining UN Member-States will be claimable without issue.

###NOW CLAIM YOUR SEATS!