Resources

ODUMUNC Conference Rules and Procedures

• Resolution Writing Packet
• General Assembly Rules of Procedure
• Security Council Rules of Procedure
• Flow of Debate Sheet

United Nations Resources

• United Nations Cyber School Bus
• UN Dispatch
• UN Main Bodies
• UN News
• UN Website
• Link to Permanent UN Missions

Country and NGO Information

• Amnesty International USA
• BBC Country Profiles
• CIA World Fact Book
• UN Information on Member States
• Foreign Embassies in the United States
• Global Policy Forum on NGOs
• Links to Foreign Affairs Ministries
• U.S. Department of State Background Notes

United Nations and Humanitarian On-line Games

• Be a Refugee
• Darfur is Dying
• Flag Tag
• Food Force
• Free Rice
• Stop Disasters

Previous ODUMUNC Issue Briefs

• Security Council (SC)

  Topics:

  1. The situation in Darfur and spillover to Chad
  2. Weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East
  3. The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Disarmament and International Security (DISEC)

  Topics:

  1. The protection of non-nuclear states from nuclear attacks
  2. Safeguarding against terrorists' use of radioactive materials
  3. Inhumane use of cluster munitions, small arms, and landmines

• Social and Humanitarian (SOCHUM)

  Topics:

  1. Elimination of racism and racial discrimination
  2. Cooperation in developing new and renewable resources of energy
  3. Promotion of human rights

• Legal (Legal)

  Topics:

  1. Report of the International Criminal Court
  2. Comprehensive review of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects
  3. Strengthening the role of the United Nations

• General Assembly Plenary (GA)

  Topics:

  1. Security Council reform
  2. The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

• Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

  Topics:

  1. Strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian action
  2. The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan
  3. Comprehensive international convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

• Non-Governmental Organization Forum (NGO)

  Topics:

  1. Strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian action
  2. The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan
  3. Comprehensive international convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

• Future Security Council (FSC)
  Future Security Council is a one delegate committee only.

  Topics:

  1. Crises in the world of 2030

• Historical Security Council (HSC)
      
  Topics:

  1. The Suez Canal crisis, 1956-1957
  2. The Situation in Hungary, 1956