General Advice before Conference!

Hello Delegates!

BMUN is 9 days away!! We are so excited to finally meet you in person and talk about both intellecutal property rights and innovation & sustainable agricultural development!

Update on position paper grading and feedback: we are going to finish grading for all papers before the end of this Sunday and all graded version of your position paper will contain thorough comments and suggestions for improvements.

The content for this week’s blog is general advice that we have for you before conference concerning delegation cooperation, debate, resolution writing and diplomacy.

For delegation cooperation, since we are a double delegation committee, we would strongly suggest that partners within a double delegation demonstrate a high degree of smooth cooperation in interaction with other delegations. The balance and division of labor between the two delegates are important indicators of in-committee performance.

For debate, we would recommend that quality matters more than quantity, which means that it is better to deliver concise and straightforward points. A few examples include bringing about new information/direction to discuss and directly addressing concerns from other delegations.

For diplomacy, this is what you need to keep in mind during negotiation and cooperation with other delegations.

  • Respect your fellow delegations - this means respecting their opinions and their disagreement.
  • Be patient and be polite while you are talking and while others are talking. 
  • Keep in mind that you represent the opinions and interests of your country, not of yourself and this is the same for your fellow delegates.
  • Disagree over opinions and you may attack opinions - but not people!

For resolution writing, we have already talked about the SMART principle, please refer to the article here to refresh your memory! http://g20lxvii.blogspot.com/2019/02/what-should-good-solutionsoperative.html

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