IGA (Introductory General Assembly)

Issues:

Global Energy Crisis Helpful Sources Sample Res. Natural Disaster Response Helpful Sources Sample Res.

Members:

• Region A
• Region B
• Region C

Directors: Coming Soon

The General Assembly program is the single largest organ of the Hope College Model United Nations conference. The General Assembly sessions serve to introduce students to the nature of the United Nations system and give them an awareness of some of the issues this body debates.

The Introductory General Assembly is for beginning students who want an introduction to the UN simulation. The Introductory General Assembly considers resolutions that have been drafted by Hope College students.

The issues facing the Introductory GA include: Global AIDS Epidemic and the U.N. Definition of Terrorism. This resolution has been created especially for the Introductory General Assembly and is not an actual UN resolution. Students participating in the IGA are expected to research the topic and resolution to which they are designated, and prepare amendments to be submitted.

The following is a change to the IGA as of 2004. On Thursday night an optional event for overnight IGA delegates will be provided. This will entail a speaker, as well as a captivating documentary, both of which will deal with the IGA issues.

On the day of the Model UN, delegates will arrive in the morning, hear panel discussions on their topics, give a brief statement on their standing on the issues, caucus for support of their amendments, and submit their amendments to the steering committee. After lunch, the General Assembly will then hold a plenary session on each topic and discuss the selected amendments. All delegates are expected to accurately represent their countries in submitting and cosponsoring amendments, debating, and voting.

In the caucusing portions of the morning, the time will be devoted to obtaining support from other countries, and compose amendments. There will be two delegates per country; therefore they both should be equally qualified to support their amendments during the caucusing period and during the actual debate.

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Resolution Preliminary Draft: Subject to Change

SUBMITTED TO: GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SUBJECT:

ALARMED

FURTHER ALARMED

RECALLING

FURTHER RECALLING

KEEPING IN MIND

REQUESTS that the international community meet these goals:

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Resolution Preliminary Draft: SUBJECT TO CHANGE

SUBMITTED TO: GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SUBJECT:

ALARMED

FURTHER ALARMED

RECOGNIZING

BELIEVING

FURTHER BELIEVING

KEEPING IN MIND

REQUESTS that the international community meets these goals: