Mock Parliament: MUNA

MUNA (Mock United Nations Assembly)

Kofi Annan has said, “We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we
can find the political will”.

Description:
As the name suggests, event is mock version of United Nations General Assembly. A team of
two students will be assigned a country. They will be called delegates of that country. Five
nations- US, UK, Russia, China and France hold the VETO power. Game will have a setup
similar to that of UN General Assembly meet where representatives represent their nation. News related to countries will be flashed on the screens and delegates would have to defend or explain the stand of their nation on the current situation. Delegates must know about the foreign policies of countries involved, trade partners and economic conditions around the globe. Flashing news would make situation more complex and it will test the spontaneity of the delegates. Problem will be stated in the form of the news for which delegates would have to come up with their proposal.

Caucus Meet: Delegates will break for lunch, which is called as Caucus meet. During this
delegates would have to convince other nations of the proposals of their interests.
Proposal will be presented in the meet and the voting would be done. Now, proposal passes only
when it has majority and “Yes” from all the 5 Veto powers. Country has a choice to say yes, no
or abstain during the voting. Game concludes when proposal passes. Terminologies of UN
assembly, complex situations and interesting foreign policies of the countries make this game
very exiting and challenging.

General instructions:
• Entries are invited in teams of 2 students.
• Short listing will be done by asking teams to answer the questions based on UN, Foreign and
Trade policies of the countries.
• Five teams will have the Veto power countries.
Rules and regulations for the participants:
• Become familiar with your country's history, culture, political structure, and current
political affairs.
• Know your allies and your opposition. In order to adequately represent your country
during the conference, you will need to interact with delegates from other countries.
Knowing their positions on your topic will help you predict their arguments during
debate.
• Delegates would be observed and judged during their interactions in caucus meet also.

Important Dates:
Last date for Registration: January 15, 2009

Prizes:
1st - INR 3000
2nd - INR 2000

Event Manager:
Ketan Garud - +91 9924934626
Email: muna.perspective@gmail.com