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Distinguished Advisors and Dear Participants, It is with great honor and gratitude to announce you that the third session of Turkish Education Foundation Model United Nations Conference will take place between 10th and 13th of March, 2016, at TED Ankara College High School. TEDMUN 2016 has started with the initiative of revealing the obvious truth behind the mundane daily news, and we could finally entitle the courage to speak up for the ongoing Syrian Refugee Crisis. With the Civil War beginning in 2011, we haven’t been as much involved in the multitude of the problem as we became with the photos of Aylan Kurdi, a three year old boy who was found motionless on the shore of Bodrum. With this photo, we felt deeply affected to respect the deceived and speak up for what we have not once talked about. Our motives have inspired us to come up with our first-ever Human Rights Council where we wanted to draw your attention to international human rights for all. In 2015; we have seen the American Embassy in Cuba, we have witnessed the Ferguson Events, we were affected by China’s economic instability, and now, we have a chance to make a difference. This year at TEDMUN, we invite you to Break the Silence about what you have to stand up for. With UN, our world has become an interconnected multinational network and our words will reach past distances. The only wrong we may do is to keep silent and cover the bitterness of reality. We ensure to provide you an experience of a life-time in the course of four days. Our academic and organizing team will put their most, if not best, in their duties, yet we expect eagerness and enthusiasm from all of our participants. With all said, it is my great pleasure to see you all at TEDMUN 2016. Yours Sincerely, Defne Dilbaz Secretary-General

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Distinguished Faculty Advisors and Esteemed Participants, It is my greatest honor to welcome you all to the 3rd annual session of TEDMUN. This year’s agenda items were delicately and carefully picked in light of the events our world went through in 2015. Starting from the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, until the recent terror attacks in Paris, Lebanon and many other countries; 2015 has been a year of both major crises, and scientific discoveries. Starting 2016 like a blank canvas in hand, hoping things will go better for our world this year; our aim is to make even the slightest change we can with our determination and all the extra work we put into global politics, in this case, MUN. With the horrendous actions taken by the Islamic State, the ideologies of xenophobia and especially Islamophobia are rapidly strengthening; which in the long run causes nothing but negative decisions of politicians such as the banning of Muslims from entering country borders or even the unjust and wrongful treatment to them in social communities. Caused by such terrorist actions, the emerging refugee crisis around the world is currently unresolved. None of the peace organizations or communities has completely eradicated any problem so far, and it should be obvious by now that donations and humanitarian aid are not enough by themselves. This is the part where we, as young minds, come in; this is the part where we think, observe, work hard, and implement. In a world where people of various age groups stopped caring about what happens around the globe, but instead checking their social media accounts every minute; nothing much can really be expected from the future, pessimistically reviewing the era of extreme technology. If the young minds are numbed with technology, and the obstacles the world faces on a daily basis are ignored, how can we honor poor Aylan Kurdi, washed on the shores of Bodrum, and all those who share the same fate? Gaining the responsibility the international community forces upon our shoulders, is only possible through caring, sharing, learning and taking action.

Sincerely, Deniz Alara Yener President of the Human Rights Council

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TEDMUN POLICIES Behavior and Miscellaneous Policy: Participants are representatives of both their personal identities and schools. They should present respectful and appropriate behavior throughout the conference. Nobody can personally or physically offend any other participant. If inappropriate behavior is recognized; advisors, school administrators or parents will be noticed. The executive team and the head advisors are the core staff of TEDMUN. Every participant is responsible for following their guidelines. Participants may not receive their certificates if their behavior interrupts the welfare of the conference. Illegal Substance Policy: TED Ankara College High School Campus does not allow smoking under campus grounds. During sessions, participants cannot consume any alcohol or drugs. Under the Turkish Law, underage substance usage is illegal. The violation of this policy may result in the expulsion from TEDMUN and a notice to the school administrators. Electronical Device Policy: The chairs hold the discretion to allow electronical device usage during sessions. However, throughout the conference, cell phones and electronical devices should either be switched off or put on silent/ mute/ vibrate in order to prevent any disturb. During the resolution writing process, delegates should bring their own laptop because TEDMUN team will not provide any. Delegates are also highly recommended to bring their own flash disks. Punctuality Policy: Every participant is required to arrive at the venues no later than the first ten minutes. In order to receive a certificate, participants must be present during all sessions. Absences without informing the organizing team will not be recognized. Dress Code Policy: TEDMUN 2016 follows a strict dress code. 10, 11 and 13th of March: Formal clothing -

Men should wear a suit, appropriate shoes, and a bow-tie or a tie. Men should wear their jackets when they are on the floor. Women should wear a dress, suit or a skirt-and-blouse with appropriate shoes.

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12th of March: Semi-Casual Clothing -

Men should wear a suit or a jacket and dress pants (no cargo pants), with a dress shirt or a sweater, and appropriate shoes. Wearing bow-ties or ties is not obligatory. Women must wear a dress, suit, dress slacks or skirts with a blouse or sweater, and appropriate shoes.

Participants cannot wear tights, jeans, sneakers, hats, caps, or any other informal clothing. Advisors must ensure that their delegates have appropriate clothing. However, the TEDMUN team will notify delegates with inappropriate clothing – especially inappropriate skirt length – and such participants will be required to change their clothing. Badges and Placards Policy: Participants must wear their badges AT ALL TIMES throughout the conference. Without their badges, they cannot attend sessions or benefit from TEDMUN social events. Badges are also required during lunch and dinner hours. Delegates cannot attend sessions without their country placards. Student Officers must ensure that badges and placards policy is not violated. The information desk will provide lost badges and placards. -

Lost badges cost 20 Turkish Liras. Lost placards cost 20 Turkish Liras.

Plagiarism Policy: Student Officers and delegates must submit original and authentic documents. Before approval panel, resolutions will go through a plagiarism checker and if any resolution violates the plagiarism policy, it will not be corrected in the Approval Panel. Thus, it will not be debated in the committees. Certificate Policy: TEDMUN has certain rules in order to receive a certification of completion. -

Attendance: Participants should be present during all sessions. They can be absent for only one session throughout the conference. Plagiarism: Participants must not plagiarize any other documents. However, they can cite from other resources. Illegal Substance Usage: Participants must not consume cigarettes, drugs or alcohol on school grounds. Underage substance usage is not permitted. Behavior and Miscellaneous: Participants should not cause any tension throughout the conference. Workshop Attendance: Participants must attend the obligatory workshops held on 10th March, 2016.

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Awards Policy: TEDMUN follows an awards policy made up of: best delegate, outstanding delegate, and honorable mention. The student officers will designate the awards under the following criteria: -

Quality of documents; Attendance at all committee sessions; Adherence to all TEDMUN policies; Exhibition of an in-depth understanding of the agenda items; Willingness to cooperate and compromise with fellow delegates; Ability to debate and develop solution proposals.

The Executive Team will also designate a best delegation and an outstanding delegation based on their observations and the recommendations from Student Officers. All awards will be certified with a certificate.

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AGENDA ITEMS General Assembly GA 1 - Disarmament and International Security Committee   

The question of cyberwarfare Nuclear non-proliferation in the Middle East Adjusting security in Europe regarding the applicability of free movement and immigration policies

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Delivering policies against youth unemployment Outlining multilateral principles for sovereign debt restructuring The question of the protection of labour rights with special emphasis on precarious employment and migrant workers

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Improving universal education standards in post-2015 development agenda The question of climate change, with specific reference to Small Island Developing States The question of accessible health care in modern welfare systems, regarding the fiscal responsibilities

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Protection, safety and security of diplomatic missions and representatives Defining the future of the International Criminal Court Establishing guidelines regarding the UN involvement in transitional processes in the aftermath of conflicts and conditions of instability

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Introduction of a reformed UN Security Council mechanism Renewing the principles and conduction of the UN Peacekeeping missions with reference to criminal accountability, the demands for effective engagement and the potential roles in armed conflicts The future of Syria

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Maintenance of international peace and security: settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering terrorist threat in the region Prevention of conflicts in Africa Security dimensions and geopolitical significance of climate change

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Human Rights Council Sub-Commission 1: Civil and Political Rights  Establishing and strengthening job opportunities for persons with disabilities  Enforcing women’s civil and political rights  Eradicating Xenophobia with respect to Ankara and Paris attacks Sub-Commission 2: International Refugee and Migrant Rights   

Providing humanitarian conditions and ensuring fundamental human rights for Palestinian refugees Ensuring UN Convention on the Rights of the Children and Overcoming Violence against children in refugee camps Providing humanitarian measures to shelter internally displaced Syrian refugees and improving the conditions of refugee camps, with respect to the Syrian refugee merge to Europe

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OVERVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL The United Nations Human Rights Council consists of two sub-commissions at TEDMUN and follows the “Ad-hoc debate system”, which is utterly against any and all pre-written documents, and works with delegates submitting clauses as amendments and is based on delegate cooperation and consensus. The council will be chaired by one president and two cochairs. The debate and all forms of work will be performed in English. Each member state or organization will be represented by one or two delegates and will have one vote in each sub-commission. All delegates are expected to deliver opening speeches regarding the commission’s agenda items, without regarding to an external document of any sort. The chairs may set the debate open and begin the session if at least one fourth of the committee is present, whereas a majority of the committee is required present in order to move into voting procedure. All of the agenda items are expected to be debated upon and one resolution containing clauses of the items will be discussed at the plenary session. Two thirds majority is required for a resolution to pass both within the committee and at the plenary session. The usage of mobile phones, tablets, laptops or other electronic devices are strictly forbidden during formal debate. Delegates may use laptops during lobbying time at the chairs’ discretion. The chairs have the right to set rules using their initiative, and all delegates are obliged to comply with them even if the general rules do not state so. A delegate has the right to skip at most two sessions in order to be able to get a certificate, however the constant presence of a delegate is strongly recommended for award nomination. Delegates are obliged to comply with the dress code at all times, otherwise they will not be allowed in the committee room. All submitted documents will be checked for plagiarism before acceptance to the session beforehand. Any document that has been detected plagiarism in will be counted invalid. The delegates are obliged to submit their policy statements until 25th of February 2016.

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DELEGATE 101 How to get prepared to TEDMUN In order to successfully participate in the Model United Nations program, participants ought to research about the United Nations, their countries, about the conference topics and policy statements. The committee topics will be further expand upon by the student officers in the committees with the chair reports. How to research on UN? - What to know about UN? To get fully familiar with the concept of the Model United Nations, delegates must research and find about the structure and agencies of UN, read the UN Charter, gather background information on the United Nations, and understand its purposes, practices and rules of procedures. What to know about your country? In order to successfully participate with the debates in the committees and the topics, a delegate must get familiar with the country that they are assigned to. The location and geographical position and importance of the country, past and recent history, social and cultural structure, political structure, economy, foreign policies and relationships of the country, the country's recent UN activities through the local embassy or other UN body offices must be researched and known upon. How to research upon the committee topics? In order to understand the committee topics and their relationship with the countries, the delegates must make a detailed research before attending the conference. To develop an understanding of the issues that will be debated, delegates must look out for background materials on these issues; realize how the issue affects the country they represent and find out what is the position of the represented country on the issue. How to prepare an opening speech? An opening speech is a statement of your country regarding the topics of your committee. This 2 minute of speech will be the first speech of your delegation in the committee. You must talk about the possible solutions your country has in mind as well. The position papers are a great way to understand what a opening speech is. Just like in a position paper, you stand out for your country. However, reading your position paper on the floor would look unprofessional on the floor. Thus, it must be aimed to give an effective speech in the opening speeches.

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Being an Ambassador and Ambassador Speeches: The ambassador of a country can be seen as the most responsible person of that country’s foreign and internal affairs. The ambassador is responsible towards and the actions of his/her delegates, thus they have the option to check out on their own delegates in the sessions and committee works. Every ambassador is called in the opening ceremony in order to present their country’s general policies upon the conference, and the country’s thoughts on the conference’s main topic and the agenda. Please do not forget that the opening speeches are the first chance for every delegation to prove themselves in the house and to draw attention towards their country. The effective ambassador speeches will affect the delegates positively in the committee works and debates. Every country will have approximately 2 minutes in order to present their ambassador speeches. Right of Reply’s are granted in the opening speeches’.

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RULES OF PROCEDURE a. Debate  The debate is conducted in clause-by-clause and in a closed debate format. (Ad-hoc debate system.)  After taking the floor, a speaker can: o Yield the floor to the chairs, o Yield the floor to another delegate o Answer points of information from the committee; they cannot yield the floor to another delegate after answering just as they cannot answer points of information once after their time for speaking has elapsed. b. Procedure for Amendments  Amendments are conducted in a closed debate format.  The delegates are allowed to submit new clauses once after all clauses formed during lobbying time are debated.  The Human Rights Council adopts amendments by simple majority. Voting procedures for amendments is the same with that of clauses. Delegates may abstain. c. Voting  When voting on both clauses and amendments, delegates may vote in favor, against or may abstain. No delegate holds the veto power.  The Council adopts clauses by simple majority. If a delegate is to vote in favor or against a clause or amendment, they must object to the motion of moving into the voting procedure and make a speech supporting their decision. d. Parliamentary Language and Behavior  Referring to the chairs: “Most distinguished/esteemed/highly esteemed, etc. chair(s)”  Referring to another delegate: “Honorable/distinguished delegate” (The use of first person pronouns; namely I, he, she, you; is strictly forbidden)  The usage of euphemistic phrases is highly recommended (LEDCs instead of “poor” or “third world” and MEDCs instead of “rich”, etc.)  The delegate must be in standing position at times of delivering a speech or listening to the answer of a point they asked. e. Points  Point of personal privilege: o Definition: A point to personally request something to be changed (the temperature to be set higher/lower, speaker’s tone to be higher/lower, etc.) o Conditions: It cannot interrupt the speaker on the floor unless it concerns inaudibility.

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Point of order: o Definition: A point that refers to a procedural matter only. It is used if a chair makes an error in the order of the debate or in the setting/observing of debate time. o Conditions: It cannot interrupt a speaker under any circumstance. Even if a procedural mistake has been made, i.e. a delegate taking the order of another, the concerning delegate must wait until the speaker on the floor to be finished.

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Point of information to a speaker: o Definition: A question directed to the speaker on the floor, cannot be raised outside the point of information round and thus cannot interrupt a speaker. o Conditions: The delegate may raise their point only if they are recognized by the chair. The point must be in a question format and cannot be used as a means to prove a point. Direct dialogue is strictly out of order and follow ups are granted on the first degree. Point of information to the chairs: o Definition: A question directed to the chairs about anything that is not unrelated to the session. May be about the schedule of the day or a fact that needs clarification. Cannot go off-topic. o Conditions: Cannot interrupt the speaker. If the question is a factual one, the delegate might be granted a certain amount of time to research on the topic on the chairs’ discretion. Point of parliamentary inquiry: o Definition: A question asked to the chairs regarding the rules of procedure. The aim is to get information. Its difference from a point of order is that a point of order aims to correct something that is out of order, whereas a point of parliamentary inquiry clarifies something about the procedural rules. o Conditions: Cannot interrupt a speaker. Must be a straight-forward question.

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f. Motions  Motion to move to previous question: o Definition: Prompts the moving into the next matter in hand. (i.e. if the house is in a closed debate and in time in favor, the house can move into the time against with this motion.) Also works as a motion to move into the voting procedure. o Process: Requires a “second” by the house and calls for a vote if an “objection” is heard. o Voting: In case of an objection, calls for a 2/3 majority to pass.

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Motion to reconsider a resolution: o Definition: A motion used to bring the attention of the house back to a previous resolution. It is done at the end of all committee affairs and used for tabled or failed resolutions. o Process: It is not debated and immediately voted upon. o Voting: Requires 2/3 majority.  Motion to extend debate time: o Definition: A motion to call upon more time for the discussion of the resolution or amendment. o Process: Not open to debate. A simple voting or more commonly a ruling by the president is used. o Voting: Requires simple majority.  Motion to divide the house: o Definition: It is voting by roll-call when the voting results are very close. The division of the house may be up to the chairs’ discretion as this is generally a time consuming process. g. Amendments  There are 3 types of amendments: o Add: The delegate may add an entirely new clause or sub-clause to the document in hand. o Insert: The delegate may choose to insert a new, continuous phrase into a clause or a sub-clause, with the condition of adding only one segment at a time. o Change: The delegate may replace a part of the clause or sub-clause with different wording. The delegate is allowed to change the wording of the entire clause but the clause cannot detract significantly detract from its original topic. Changing the wording of an entire clause is not an opportunity for a delegate to hijack the clause and make it theirs.  Amendment to the first degree: o An amendment is only in order if it is submitted to the chairs on an official amendment sheet before the delegate takes the floor, and must

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be easily legible. Amendments are only entertained when the delegate on the floor is the submitter of the amendment. Chairs do not entertain an amendment, but wait for the submitter of the amendment to move it; however, short speeches before the amendments are perfectly in order. Amendment to the second degree: o Amendments to the second degree can only be entertained in the time against the amendment to the first degree in question. Same procedure as for the first degree amendments is followed. o It is an amendment to change a specific part, insert an additional segment or strike out a particular segment of the amendment to the first degree. It is not an opportunity to submit a completely new amendment to create a combination of amendments.  Closed debate is the format of the amendment debates. The debate form is a closed debate. Friendly amendments: o They are amendments that intend to improve the resolution or the amendment in a minor way; but since the resolution in the Human Rights council is written in a consensual and collaborative way and do not include main submitters of any sort, they are out of order in the Human Rights Council.

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POSITION PAPER FORMAT As it was stated before, all delegates attending the session as a part of the UNHRC are required and obliged to write position papers. With respect to the sample position paper provided, the position paper should consist of the following: A. Introduction to the agenda item; with respect to the chair report and research sources provided, it is expected from delegates to write in a formal way about the agenda item in a roundabout way, without referring to their country or their personal opinions, B. Country policy on the agenda item; taking into consideration any and all documents published or treaties signed on the topic, without referring to their personal opinions, but rather writing about past events or future plans in the country, and basically what the government says or does about the topic in hand, C. Solution proposals; the delegates are expected to propose certain solutions without being too specific, on the agenda item, simply stating what they have in mind about how to solve the problems in hand, before taking the steps for a resolution.

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SAMPLE POSITION PAPER Committee: GA- Disarmement and International Security Agenda Item: National Sovereignty and Asymmetric Warfare Country: Republic of Turkey Delegate: Deniz Alara Yener A. The protocol of "Responsibility to Protect" is a key point in the protection of civilians in case of an armed conflict. Turkey has not before faced a situation where it had to initiate "Responsibility to Protect", but it has acted as a positive third party state during many armed conflicts in other states. Take the Syrian conflict for instance, Turkey remained generally positive when facing the incident and helped protect the civilians by any means. The Turkish government stood up to the Assad regime and suggested them to quit the violent actions, and take peaceful and stabilizing measures instead, however the cruel actions taken by the Assad regime did not stop, and therefore it was realized by the Turkish government that the current regime in Syria could no longer be considered legitimate due to its failure to protect its own people. Turkish government has been hesitant to be directly involved with the Syrian conflict and rejected to be a part of the coalition led by the United States, to fight against ISIS, instead, the government insisted that any significant attack against the ISIS must also include taking Bashar Al-Assad down. During the conflict, the Turkish government remained to be committed to the protection of lives and interests of the Syrian people. One of the terror groups that majorly concern the Turkish Government is the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The PKK insurgency consists of a variety of Kurdish nationalists and insurgent groups aiming to create an independent Kurdistan, covering parts of Turkish land and some border locations. There is a significant Kurdish minority concentration in Eastern Turkey, and in the 1970s, these Kurds in the Eastern area began rising, claiming they needed equal rights to any Turkish citizen. The official launch of the Kurdish insurgency was in 1984, by the currently imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK demanded a Marxist, independent, socialist Kurdistan within Turkish borders, and therefore protested, expressing their demands. In fact, Turkey was recently threatened by the leaders of PKK that they will attack Turkey if it doesn't intervene to save the Kurds in Kobani. B. Turkey is strongly against any and all kind of terrorism, regardless of the way it is done or what it aims. It sees the groundless killing of innocent people as a crime against humanity. In light of this, Turkey actively participates in any kind of combat against terrorism, both nationally and internationally. Turkey has combated with the cruelest forms of terrorism since 1970s and still continues to do so. The capture of PKK’s former leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999 was a major turning point for Turkey’s combat with terrorism. It is a known fact that terror groups can use religion as an ideological mask for their interests and that this action has dangerously increased recently; however Turkey believes that it is wrong and unethical to form a relation between any religion and terrorism, especially Islam. Turkey always has and always will do anything within its reach to eradicate terror, being a multi-cultural nation that has people of various beliefs.

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C. The Republic of Turkey supports the following solution proposals: Re-emphasizing and re-applying the expired treaties and conventions regarding terrorism, counter-terrorism, and asymmetrical warfare, such as the 2005 Warsaw Convention, Beijing Protocol, Terrorist Bombings Convention, etc., and if it is not possible to re-apply any of the conventions regarding the issue, forming new ones. The aforementioned organizations shall precisely define the problem, offer solid and efficient solutions, and be inspected properly and regularly. The organizations are expected to refrain from organizing, encouraging, participating in, financing, or tolerating terrorist activities and to take appropriate measures when they encounter any sign of terrorism. In order for appropriate measures to be taken, if the case involves shelter seekers, before granting asylum, it must be made sure that the asylum-seekers have not been engaged in any terror act before, if they have, their safe return to their origin shall be maintained for their fair judgment; and if not, they shall be taken well care of and watched very carefully and closely in order for the prevention of any possible future terror actions.

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RESOLUTION FORMAT AND SAMPLE RESOLUTION Today there is an increasing amount of global problems in the world, from human rights violations, to environmental concerns and disputes between countries. The United Nations is an international body responsible for solving global issues in a formal, diplomatic manner through cooperation and dialogue between countries. A UN resolution is the embodiment of the main function of the UN which is solving problems. As TEDMUN’16 follows the THIMUN procedure, delegates are expected to write their resolutions beforehand. (This rule is only required for General Assembly committees) Thus; the chairs must be certain that every resolution put out is in accordance with the general format and context of a resolution. Preambulatory Clause Phrases Affirming Alarmed by Approving Bearing in mind Believing Confident Contemplating Convinced Declaring Deeply concerned Deeply conscious Deeply convinced Deeply Disturbed

Deeply Regretting Desiring Emphasizing Expecting Emphasizing Expecting Expressing its appreciation Fulfilling Fully aware Emphasizing Expecting Expressing its appreciation

Fulfilling Fully aware Further deploring Further recalling Guided by Having adopted Having considered Having examined Having received Keeping in min Noting with deep concern Nothing with satisfaction

Noting further Observing Reaffirming Realizing Recalling Recognizing Referring Seeking Taking into consideration Taking note Viewing with appreciation Welcoming

Operative Clause Phrases Accepts Affirms Approves Authorizes Calls Calls upon Condemns Confirms Congratulates Considers Declares accordingly Deplores Designates

Draws the attention Emphasizes Encourages Endorses Expresses its appreciation Expresses its hope Further invites Deplores Designates Draws the attention Emphasizes

Encourages Endorses Expresses its appreciation Expresses its hope Further invites Further proclaims Further reminds Further recommends Further requests Further resolves Has resolved Notes

Proclaims Reaffirms Recommends Regrets Reminds Requests Solemnly affirms Strongly condemns Supports Takes note of Transmits Trusts

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THE HEADING COMMITTEE: SOCHUM- GA3 ISSUE: The question of promoting maternal healthcare in developing countries MAIN SUBMITTER: Germany CO-SUBMITTERS: China, Japan, Morocco, USA, Algeria, Italy, Hungary THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Deeply regretting that every day 800 women die due from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth and in 2010 the mortality ratio was 287,000,

The heading of a resolution must include; the committe name followed by the question, as stated in the delegate guide, the main submitter and lastly the cosubmitters of the resolution. Prior to the preambulatory clauses the committe name should be stated in capital letters.

Alarmed by that fact that 99% of all the maternal mortality occur in developing countries,

→Each preambulatory clause must begin with a preambulatory clause in italics,

Expressing its satisfaction upon the fact that between 1990 and 2010, maternal mortality worldwide dropped by 50%,

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Having studied World Health Organization’s reports on maternal health which states that maternal mortality can be eliminated by prenatal checkups, obstetric care, skilled attendance and family planning, Realizing the important role of the WHO on maternal health and the work under the annual World Health Assembly agenda item on the monitoring of the progress of the health-related Millennium Development Goals, Notes that the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 13% with the RESCUER project in Uganda, 1. Requests the World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) to collect accurate data on maternal deaths and the healthcare systems of the member states in order to; a) know the causes of deaths and contributing factors by reviewing the past maternal deaths based on countries and assisting the governmental duty-bearers in the process of determining the reason, b) analyse and interpret the collected data to specify; i. the growing trends, ii. avoid ability of the deaths, focusing on the factors that can be remedied iii. groups that are in risk and the reasons of it iv. maps of the maternal deaths indicating the top areas that need to be addressed, c) make the necessary recommendations in the areas such as; i. training requirements of the health personnel, ii. use of resources in a case where they like to have an impact,

Any and all acronyms used throughout the resolution must be stated fully, prior to usage of its abbreviation. →Preambulatory clauses shouldn’t be repeated in an identical form. OPERATIVE CLAUSE BEGINNING →Sub operative clauses should be labelled using a letter(not capitalized)followed by a brackett. →Sub-sub operative clauses should be labelled using lowercase roman numbers followed by a period.

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changes in the national regulations and policymaking based on facts and figures they have collected;

2. Recommends member states to adopt a comprehensive national plan that contains a sexual and reproductive health strategy considering the data collected by the WHOSIS that aims to eliminate maternal mortality ,with the help of the regional committees that are established for this purpose, based on four levels which are; a) Health facility level in which; i. All deaths are reviewed in order to prevent similar deaths in other health facilities by identifying gaps and problems in the system that need to be addressed, which requires cooperation and dialogue among these national health establishments, ii. The improvement plans are written in order to raise the quality of care to eliminate that factor in the facility which can vary from staffing to health deficiencies such as medication and other items that may lead to inadequate management of the woman’s complication, iii. the maternal mortality findings and quality improvement plans are summarized and submitted to the regional committee, b) District level (regional committee level) in which; i. All of the findings and quality improvement plans are gathered and discussed with key stakeholders, ii. General causes are determined, areas of greatest need are identified, the actions are priotorized bearing in mind its potential impact to reduce MMR, feasibility including costs, resource requirements, and ease of implementation, specified risk groups are focused on iii. These recommendations for action were then included in an annual district maternal health plan, c) WHOSIS receives the national health plans, makes necessary recommendations and gets feedback from the health facilities about its applicability. *The original version of this resolution has been shortened for practical usage of this booklet. It is aimed to give some information about how a resolution is, but it does not aim to be used as a resolution for any other conference.*

→All operative clauses should end in semi colons, →Sub operative clauses and sub-sub operative clauses should end in commas.

The first word on each line of the operative clause should be aligned with the one prior to it(the text should be alligned to the left) There should be a single line space between the end of one operative clause and the beginning of another.

→The operative clauses used at the beginning of each clause should be underlined. →The usage of operative clauses shouldn’t be repeated.

The resolution should be written in Times New Roman with a font size of 12 throughout.

A full stop (period) should only be used at the end of the last operative clause.

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