BLUE BELLS MODEL
UNITED NATIONS
CONFERENCE
Guide
Blue Bells for World Peace
Guide to become a BBMUNer ; A Learner
CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Starting Your Research
• The United Nations
• The Mandate, Structure, and Function of Your Committee
• Researching Your Member State or Observer
• Researching Committee Topics
• Your Delegation’s Positions on the Topics
• Accessing UN Documents
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Researching Your Member State
Once you have familiarized yourself with the structure, history, and functions of the UN system,
the next step should be researching your assigned Member State or Observer. Begin doing this
immediately after receiving your assignment.
Member State
If you have been assigned a Member State, you may wish to begin by researching its political
structure, economic conditions, religion(s), history, culture, etc. Since all of these factors
shape a state’s foreign policy, familiarity with these areas will assist you in forming a
consistent foreign policy. Research the problems within your state regarding ethnic and
religious minorities, suppression of dissent, division of wealth, freedom of the press,
development, health care, education, poverty, the environment, human rights, etc. Also, do
not overlook the more nuanced aspects of your state’s domestic and foreign policies.
About the committee
1. General Assembly: The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the UN
system and is comprised of all Member States of the UN, each having one vote. The
General Assembly addresses issues related to the maintenance of international peace and
security (except when those issues are under consideration by the Security Council), the
peaceful settlement of disputes, international law, development, and human rights issues.
The General Assembly also elects the non-permanent members of the Security Council
and the membership of ECOSOC, appoints the Justices of the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), and chooses the Secretary-General of the UN.
General Assembly Planery
GA-1 GA -3 GA-4
GA-2 Special GA-5
Disarmament Social, GA-6
Economic and Political & Administrative
& International Humanitarian Legal
Financial Decolonization & Budgatory
Security & Cultural
2. Security Council (UNSC): The Security Council is the primary organ of the UN
mandated to maintain international peace and security. It is comprised of 15 members.
Ten elected members serve two-year terms and five are permanent members with “veto”
power: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United
States of America. The adoption of any substantive decision by the Council requires an
affirmative vote of any nine Member States, including affirmation or abstention by the
permanent members. If a permanent member votes against a resolution before the
Council, the resolution is “vetoed” and fails. Unlike General Assembly resolutions,
which are recommendations, Security Council resolutions are binding on the Member
States of the UN when adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter.
UNSC
Counter Peacekeeping
International Military Staff Peacebuilding
Terrorism & Political
Tribunals Committee Commission
Commitees Mission
3. UN Women: UN-Women is unique in that it has two multi-tiered governance structures.
One consists of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),
and the Executive Board. It is the governance structure for the organization’s operational
activities and provides operational policy guidance to UN-Women. The other consists of
the General Assembly, ECOSOC, and the Commission on the Status of Women. It is the
governance structure for the organization’s normative support functions and provides
normative policy guidance to UN-Women.
The Executive Board
The Board consists of 41 members:
10 from African States;
10 from Asian States;
4 from Eastern European States;
6 from Latin American and Caribbean States;
5 from Western Europe and Other States; and
6 from top contributing countries.
4. UN Human Rights Council: The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body
within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and
protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights
violations and make recommendations on them. The Council is made up of 47 United
Nations Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The Human
Rights Council replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
The Council was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 March 2006 by
resolution 60/251.
The following subsidiary bodies directly report to the Human Rights Council:
UNHRC Universal Periodic Review Working Group
Advisory Committee
Complaint Procedure
subsidiary expert mechanism
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous People
Forum on Minority Issues
Social Forum
Forum on Business and Human
Rights
Forum on Human Rights, Democracy
and the Rule of Law
Open-ended intergovernmental working groups
5. UNoDC: UNODC's work covers some of today's most pressing concerns: from drug
abuse prevention, drug dependence treatment and criminal justice reform; to tackling
organized crime and terrorism; through to addressing corruption and economic crime.
However, responding to ever-growing needs in assisting countries across the globe to
counter these threats requires stable resources.
6. NATO: The Structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is complex and multi-
faceted. NATO is run by three bodies. The decision-making body is the Council of
national NATO Permanent Representatives, and the decision-making and legislative
process of which is converted into policy by the civilian International Staff that is divided
into administrative divisions, offices and other organizations. These policies are
produced on advice from the standing committees, of which only five are specifically
military in nature.
7. RAW: No definite structure of RAW, keeps on changing as per the government
instructions and guidelines issued time to time. RAW reports directly to the prime
minister instead of the Ministry of Défense. The chief of RAW is designated secretary
(research) in the Cabinet Secretariat, which is part of the prime minister’s office.
Some officers of RAW are members of a specialized service, the Research and
Analysis Service, but several officers also serve on deputation from other services
such as the Indian Police Service.
8. Lok Sabha: Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct
election based on the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by
the Constitution is 552, which is made up by election of up to 530 members to represent
the States, up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two
members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President, if,
in his / her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House. The total
elective membership is distributed among the States in such a way that the ratio between
the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, so far as
practicable, the same for all States.
9. IWC: Indian War Cabinet is a committee formed by a government in a time of war. It is
usually a subset of the full executive cabinet of ministers. It is also quite common for a
war cabinet to have senior military officers and opposition politicians as members. It
comprised of the President, Prime Minister, Defence Minister, Home Minister, External
Affairs Minister, Finance Minister, Heads of Defence Forces, Designated Cabinet
Secretaries.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Motion:
The proposal for debate which will eventually be voted upon, the main motion is the
Resolution.
Resolution: The resolution is the document used for negotiations.
Pre-ambulatory clauses:
Clauses which form the first part of a resolution. They state the problems related to the
issues discussed in the resolution.
Operative clauses:
Clauses which form the second part of a resolution .They state the solutions proposed in
relation to the problems stated in the pre-ambulatory clauses.
Country statement: Expresses the views and opinions of the country on UN issues or
world affairs.
The House: All the members (delegates) present, except the Chairperson.
The Sponsor: The sponsor is one of the co-authors of a resolution.
Co – Sponsors: Those countries supporting a resolution.
Recognize:
Granting to a member of the house the privilege to speak by the Chair. The Chair
recognises the member by pronouncing the name of the country he/she represents.
Right of Reply: Answer to a country statement. (Delegates are usually allowed 30
seconds).
Yield the floor: The delegate who was speaking leaves the floor and returns to his seat.
Open to points of information: The speaker is ready to answer questions from delegates.
Yield the floor to the Chair: Speaker returns the floor to the Chair.
Yield the floor to another country: The speaker gives the floor to another to speak.
