How It Works

How RRSMUN Works

How Does The Royal Russell School
International Model United Nations Work?

Before the Conference:

Each school selects a country/countries which they would like to represent.
The Committee Issues for the Conference are sent to schools and delegations (maximum 6) research and write resolutions on their chosen Committee Issue(s) - one delegate per committee.
Prepare in advance your Opening Speech to the General Assembly and your Policy Statement for your committee.
Research and write your resolution.
Prepare headed note paper.

During the Conference:

(1) Lobbying
Armed with their resolutions (delegates should bring with them 20 - 30 copies of their resolutions), delegates go to informal discussion, debate and consensus building on the issues in their committee, and try to secure the support of other delegates. You may choose to take good points from other resolutions, and merge your resolution with another.
Do bring your resolutions on disk, as this will facilitate the merging of resolutions.

(2) General Assembly - Opening Speeches
Each country is given one minute to deliver a speech to the General Assembly, relating to its role in the United Nations and to the issues about which it feels most strongly.

(3) Approval of Resolutions
When a resolution has the correct number of co-submittors, it is handed in to the Approval Panel of Advisors who will check the format, punctuation and grammar of the resolution: not content. If approved it will be sent to Committee Chairs who will decide whether it is to be debated.

(4) Committee - Preliminary Session
Each delegate is given the opportunity and encouraged to address the Committee outlining the position of his/her country to the issues in the Committee.

(5) Committee - Main Sessions
Formal debate on the issues for each Committee. At this stage amendments can be submitted. If a resolution is passed by the committee it is then eligible to be presented to the General Assembly. Each Committee decides which resolutions, in order of preference it would like debated in the General Assembly.

(6) General Assembly
Debate on the resolutions passed by the Committees