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- Terms
- 370 terms
- Categories
- 1 category
A
10 entriesB
19 entries- Backchannel Note
- Background Guide
- Background Note
- Backroom Response
- Best Delegate
- Best Delegate Award
- Best Large Delegation
- Best Position Paper
- Best Position Paper Award
- Best Position Paper Format
- Best Small Delegation
- Bloc
- Bloc Alignment
- Bloc Building
- Bloc Leader
- Bloc Negotiation
- Bloc Strategy
- Bloc Whip
- BMUN (Berkeley Model UN)
C
51 entries- Cabinet Crisis
- Cap Block
- Caucus
- Caucus Chair
- Caucus Speaker List
- Chair's Privilege
- Chargé d'Affaires (MUN)
- Chief of Staff (MUN)
- Clause Numbering
- Closed Speakers List
- Closing Ceremony
- Collegiate Circuit
- Committee Gavel
- Committee Photo
- Communiqué
- Conference Circuit
- Conference Dress Code
- Conference Handbook
- Conference Secretariat
- Conference Theme
- Consensus
- Consensus Decision
- Consensus Minus One
- Continuous Crisis Arc
- Continuous Crisis Committee
- Country Matrix
- Country Policy Statement
- Crisis Alliance
- Crisis Arc
- Crisis Arc Resolution
- Crisis Arc Trigger
- Crisis Assassination
- Crisis Backroom
- Crisis Committee
- Crisis Coup
- Crisis Defection
- Crisis Directive
- Crisis Director
- Crisis Joint Operation
- Crisis Loop
- Crisis Note Pad
- Crisis Personnel
- Crisis Plot Armor
- Crisis Reset
- Crisis Simulation
- Crisis Staff
- Crisis Subterfuge
- Crisis Update
- Crisis Update Broadcast
- Cross-Bloc Negotiation
- Cross-Committee Crisis
D
29 entries- Dais
- Dais Note
- Dais Ruling
- Default Speaking Time
- Delegate Dance
- Delegate Social
- Delegation Assignment
- Delegation Size
- Diplomacy Award
- Diplomatic Courtesy
- Diplomatic Etiquette
- Diplomatic Faux Pas
- Directive
- Directives
- Directives Committee
- Director
- Director-General
- Directorate
- Disarmament and International Security Committee
- Disarmament Commission (UNDC)
- DISEC
- Division of the House
- Double Bloc
- Double Delegation
- Double-Page Resolution
- Draft Resolution
- Draft Resolution Number
- Draft Resolution Signatory
- Draft Resolution Sponsor
E
8 entriesF
10 entriesG
4 entriesH
13 entriesI
15 entries- IAEA
- ICJ
- ILMUNC
- In-Character Action
- Informal Consultation
- Informal Debate
- Informal Lobbying
- Inter-Committee Crisis
- Inter-Delegate Diplomacy
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Circuit
- International Court of Justice
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- International Press Delegation
J
10 entriesL
3 entriesM
27 entries- Mandate
- Mid-Power Country
- Middle School Circuit
- Mock Press Conference
- Moderated Caucus
- Moderated Caucus Time Allocation
- Motion for a Roll Call Vote
- Motion to Adjourn
- Motion to Appeal
- Motion to Censure
- Motion to Close Debate
- Motion to Close the Speakers List
- Motion to Divide the House
- Motion to Divide the Question
- Motion to Expel a Delegate
- Motion to Introduce a Working Paper
- Motion to Limit Debate
- Motion to Move into Voting Procedure
- Motion to Open Debate
- Motion to Recess
- Motion to Reconsider
- Motion to Reopen the Speakers List
- Motion to Set the Agenda
- Motion to Suspend Debate
- Motion to Suspend the Meeting
- Motion to Table
- Multilateralism
N
11 entriesO
11 entriesP
35 entries- P5
- P5 Delegation
- Pad Pass
- Page (MUN)
- Parliamentary Procedure
- Peacekeeping Operation
- Permanent Five
- Photographer Delegate
- Placard
- Placard Etiquette
- Placard Recognition
- Point of Information
- Point of Order
- Point of Parliamentary Inquiry
- Point of Personal Privilege
- Policy Alignment
- Portfolio Power
- Position Paper
- Position Paper Deadline
- Position Paper Formatting
- Position Paper Rubric
- Position Paper Submission Portal
- Power Country
- Power Delegation
- Power Vacuum (Crisis)
- Preamble Drafting
- Preambulatory Clause
- Preambulatory Phrase
- Press Release
- Press Release (MUN)
- Primary Speakers List
- Private Communiqué
- Procedural Voting Procedure
- Public Communiqué
- Public Directive
Q
2 entriesR
21 entries- Rapporteur
- Recess
- Regional MUN Circuit
- Reporter Delegate
- Research Award
- Resolution Block
- Resolution Calls Upon Clause
- Resolution Formatting
- Resolution Header
- Resolution Merger
- Resolution Number
- Resolution Reading
- Resolution Whereas Clause
- Right of Reply
- Right of Reply Motion
- Robert's Rules of Order
- Roll Call
- Roll Call Vote
- Roll Call Voting Procedure
- Rules of Procedure (ROP)
- Runner
S
38 entries- Secondary Speakers List
- Secretariat
- Secretary-General
- Security Council
- Security Council (UNSC)
- Security Council Resolution
- Security Council Veto
- Setting the Agenda
- Setting the Speaking Time
- Signatory
- Simple Majority
- Single Delegate Committee
- Small Power Country
- SOCHUM
- Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee
- Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM)
- Soft Power
- Soft Power Diplomacy
- Sovereignty
- Speaker's List
- Speaking Time Extension
- Special Political and Decolonization Committee
- Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL)
- Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL)
- Specialized Agency
- Specialized Agency Committee
- Sponsor
- Sponsor Bloc
- Sponsor List
- Sponsorship
- Strategic Note
- Subsidiary Body
- Substantive Amendment
- Substantive Debate
- Substantive Note
- Substantive Vote
- Substantive Voting Procedure
- Suspension of the Meeting
T
10 entriesU
20 entries- UN Women
- UN-Habitat
- UN4MUN Procedure
- Under-Secretary-General
- Underrepresented Delegation
- UNEP
- UNESCO Committee
- Unfriendly Amendment
- Unfriendly Signatory
- UNHCR
- UNICEF
- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Unmoderated Caucus
- Unmoderated Caucus Time Allocation
- USG of Committees
- USG of Crisis
- USG of Delegate Affairs
