How to Do Research in MUN by Ibrahim Siregar

7/27/2019 How to Do Research in MUN by Ibrahim Siregar

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HOW TO DO ARESEARCH FOR MUN ?By Ibrahim Siregar (Sec-Gen of E-MUN 2011, Director of CPCJ in E-MUN 2010, NTU MUN 2010, NMUN DC 2010, Harvard WorldMUN 2011


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Why do we need to research inMUN ?

Position Paper Working Paper Draft ResolutionMUN Source materials of your countryYour generals speakers list and specialsspeakers list speech


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Know your countries well...

Official Government WebsiteExample given :- www. austral ia .gov.au

- Official Department/Ministries WebsiteExample given :http://www.dfat.gov.au/
http://www.australia.gov.au/http://www.australia.gov.au/http://www.australia.gov.au/http://www.dfat.gov.au/http://www.dfat.gov.au/http://www.australia.gov.au/http://www.australia.gov.au/http://www.australia.gov.au/


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Know your countries well...

Sometimes you dont find what you really want onthe government website....

Dont give up, give it a try in www.google.com !

Example : you want to what is Fijis stance to GlobalWarming ?Go to www.google.com , click its advanced search,

change the filetype to pdf, and its language to be

English, you got some of them !I got one here :unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/fjinc1.pdf
http://www.google.com/http://www.google.com/http://www.google.com/http://www.google.com/


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Learning how to use UN website

Click welcome (for English)Click General Assembly, Security Council or Economic and Social Council

For Documents in GA, click Documents. For pastUN resolutions click Past Sessions, as anexample click 64th (2009 2010), clickResolutions, then look for UN resolutions thathave correlation with your topic area !

Example given : A/RES/64/238 Situation of humanrights in Myanmar -> GA 3D SOCHUM
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=A/RES/64/238&Lang=Ehttp://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=A/RES/64/238&Lang=E


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Learning how to use UN website

In Security Council, click Resolutions (you willfind years, click on one of the year). Besideresolutions, you can also click :

- Reports of the Secretary General- Annual Report

In ECOSOC, click Meetings (click its year) and

their documentation (on Documentation)


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By googling, find a journal

You want to look for Fijis stance on globalwarming, use googling language at your Googling search:

Not this : Fiji Global Warming

But this one : fiji+global+warmingBetter with this : fiji+in+global+warming

filetype:pdf The most specific : fiji+in+global+warming

fiji+in+global+warming filetype:pdf


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Go to this website for statistic anddata

CIA The World Factbookhttps://www. c ia .gov/library/publications/the-

world-factbook/ Gallup

www.gallup.com/home.aspx

http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/http://www.gallup.com/home.aspxhttp://www.nationmaster.com/index.phphttp://www.nationmaster.com/index.phphttp://www.gallup.com/home.aspxhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/


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Journal

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CLJyale l awjourna l .org/ www.harvard law review.org/ www.law.duke.edu Journals
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CLJhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CLJhttp://www.harvardlawreview.org/http://www.harvardlawreview.org/http://www.harvardlawreview.org/http://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.law.duke.edu/scholarship/journals&rct=j&sa=X&ei=uL-fTZbKJIeGrAfQ-dCIAw&sqi=2&ved=0CHsQ6QUoADAJ&q=law+journal&usg=AFQjCNHssWPbuC3BVFRyw81I6Q64MEjEOwhttp://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.law.duke.edu/scholarship/journals&rct=j&sa=X&ei=uL-fTZbKJIeGrAfQ-dCIAw&sqi=2&ved=0CHsQ6QUoADAJ&q=law+journal&usg=AFQjCNHssWPbuC3BVFRyw81I6Q64MEjEOwhttp://www.harvardlawreview.org/http://www.harvardlawreview.org/http://www.harvardlawreview.org/http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CLJhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CLJ


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Rules for research

No WikipediaNo blogs (except competent experts blog)No Wikileaks


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The 15th ALSA National EnglishCompetition Model United Nations Technical Meeting

Happy researching !