I'm not so sure how many people care about international politics (
) , but Bay12Court is doing quite well, representing Mock Trials, so maybe a Model United Nations might work better.
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Model United Nations is a very simulation of the real United Nations we know and love. People roleplay as Nations and seek to advance their own interest. It is good to do research on your country's position on world issues, so that you can better advance them, of course.
I can be the "President/Moderator" for this game. Here are the list of members on this year's Security Council.
Permenant Security Council Members (All has Veto Power)
*China---Pandarsenic
*France---Strife26
*Russian Federation--BigFatDwarf
*United Kingdom---Little
*United States--inaluct
Non-Permenat Security Council Members:
Austria
Japan---Emperor_Johnatan
Uganda---Jetman123
Burkina Faso---Aqizzar
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya---Zasit Alebath
Viet Nam
Costa Rica
Mexico---mainiac
Croatia--Dwarmin
Turkey
Pick whatever you want. I don't think we'll get 15 people to play though, in that case, I'll adjust the amount of people we need to be what we need. If we have more than 15 people, we can turn the security council into a General Assembly though.
The rules are semi-simple.
*There are "Agenda topics" by which the UN Security Council can focus on, altough I will be lienant on what the topics are about. After talking to each other about the issues, you can write a Proposal that will seek to resolve the Agenda topic. There will need to be 4 people Sponsoring the Resolution, and 3 people Signatories. Sponsors support the resolution in its entirty, Signatories do not need to support the resolution but want to have the UN consider it. Once you get 4 Sponsors and 3 Signatories, it becomes a "Proposed Resolution".
*A Proposed Resolution can be brought up for consideration if someone motions to "Consider a Resolution". I will give some time for people to debate the motion. A majority is needed for the motion to pass, and the Resolution to be Considered.
*There are are a couple of motions that can be done to Proposed Resolutions that are being considered...
---You can "Amend the Resolution", changing the text of the resolution. A majority is needed for the motion to pass, amending the Resolution. If all the Sponsors of the original Proposed Resolution are Sponsors of the Amendment, the Amendment gets passed without any vote.
---You can "Divide the Question", dividing the resolution into sections to be voted on separately before voting on the final resolution. Dividing the Question requires a majority vote.
---You can vote close debate, preventing anyone from amending or dividing the Question. Closing debate requires a majority vote. The Proposed Resolution gets into the voting procedure, where it needs the support of 2/3rds of the Security Council (and no Vetos from the Permenant Security Council members) for it to pass.
---You can vote to "Adopt by Consensus" the Draft Resolution, bypassing regular voting procedures if everyone supports the proposal. It requires the support of all security council members.
---You can vote to "Table The Issue", setting aside the proposed resolution without a final vote. This requires a 2/3rd majority vote.
Hopefully, this is a simplified version of the MUN Security Council rules. There may be other complications that may arise, but we'll deal with them later, I hope. There are also "Presidental Statements", which are adopted by consenus, but are weaker than that of resolutions, which are technically binding on all UN members.
Some Guides to Help Play:
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How To Write a UN Resolution
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