MODEL UNITED nations

the United Nations and simulate UN committees. 
Every student gives speeches

detailing their country’s position on the topic and offering possible solutions.
The goal of the debates is to reach a consensus which could be applied in the real world. Every participant is encouraged to engage actively in the debates and behave according their country’s policy.
The delegates learn to break away from national self-interest and develop international cooperation.

Right now, let’s go through the 3d and 4th step

official UN website where the problem is described. Look up

information to find out:
a) The scale of problem: world statistics, what countries are affected most
b) What UN agencies work to solve this problem. There can be several of them. What do they do? In what countries/regions they work? Where do they get money?
c) What resolutions do the General Assembly or Security Council issue on this problem?
d)Why is this problem still not solved? (lack of financing, lack of education, lack of legislature, lack of professionals, etc.) What actions should countries take together to solve it?

Find information on the problem

to the SDG 7 websites (there are two of them):
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-7-affordable-and-clean-energy.html

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg7

to solve the problem
We stay at the same SDGs website,

it has all information you need (of course, in English). Look for the news in the end of the page, look what innovations have been created, what UN organizations have done. Discover the web site it has lots of info!

are two main bodies who issue the resolutions: General Assembly

and Security Council. Russian versions available!!!!!

Resolutions of Security Council http://www.un.org/en/sc/documents/resolutions/
Resolutions of General Assembly http://www.un.org/en/sections/documents/general-assembly-resolutions/index.html

position to the problem.
Look up the history of the

problem in your country.
Find out the scale of the problem in your country: maybe you also suffer from this problem or you have already combatted this problem successfully and you can share you experience with other governments?
Find out what legislature in your country has regarding the problem
Find out what governmental programs, projects, were implemented in your country that were successful. Maybe you can recommend to create the same project to other countries?
Search for non-governmental organizations activity in your country, they also help to solve problems.
Find out if your country is a donor or a recipient of UN financial and technical help. If you are a donor, you are a developed country who makes contributions to the UN bodies budget. If you are a developing country where the problem exists, you get a financial help from some UN bodies to solve your problems.
Find out if there UN programs that were implemented in your country/region.
Make a conclusion for yourself:
Your country is a victim of the problem and you need help of international community
Your country is not affected by the problem, so you are ready to help financially or recommend some policies and practices that worked well in your country.

and English version at the same time. Reading them both

helps to understand vocabulary. Moreover, English and Russian articles on the same topic in Wiki may be different, and they both give a good start for further research.
Your country’s official government site
Your country’s news articles

use I, always use WE or your country’s name
Refer to

the Sustainable Development Goals often, it is important and very relevant at the conferences.
Stress your readiness to work together and solve the problem (“We are ready for cooperation!”)
Be emotional if your country is a victim of the problem, call for urgent solutions!
Be confident if you are a developed donor country, you have resources and experience, you CAN help others!
Be positive, express the hope for solving the problem! OR, you can also be very pessimistic, if they problem has not been solved for ages in your country ;(

official by saying "Thank you Mr./ Madame/ Honorable Chair/ President..."
Encourage collaboration

among member states by proposing ways that your country would be willing to work with other member states.
By referencing what other delegates have said, you can show support for your allies or indicate which proposals your country does not favor.
Present ideas for draft resolutions.
Explain why your country does or does not support other draft resolutions

solve a problem
To decide on more financing into the sphere
To

suggest a new program that will provide education measures and technical help
To propose other countries to model a successful program of your country

Recommend to governments (solution that should be implemented at the state level)

Recommend to the UN body (solution that should help an affected region)

Recommend to international community (a call for all countries to do something).

land property, economic opportunities, and financial assets. Women farmers perform

up to 75% of farm labor but hold only 18.7% of the agricultural land in the country. The SDG-F has been working in the regions of Oromo and Afar and using a multifaceted approach to generate gender-sensitive agricultural extension services, support the creation of cooperatives, promote the expansion of women-owned agribusiness and increase rural women’s participation in rural producer associations, financial cooperatives and unions. 
Partners
UN Agencies: UN Women, FAO, IFAD and WFP
National partners: Government Ministries, Ethiopia Agricultural Research Institute, regional micro-finance institutes
Financing (in USD)
3,000,000 USD