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SALMUN 2009

USEFUL WEBSITES FOR MUN RESEARCH

UNITED NATIONS WEBSITES: These sites offer useful tools not only for reliable documents and information on UN and its member’s affairs, but it is also helpful in learning about the role of the United Nations in solving world issues and what it can and cannot do.


UNITED NATIONS

http://www.un.org

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

http://www.icj-cij.org

MISSIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

http://www.un.int

UN FOUNDATION

http://www.unfoundation.org

UN SYSTEM

http://www.unsystem.org

BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE UN

http://www.un.org/aboutun/basicfacts/index.html

UN BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

http://unbisnet.un.org/index.html

UN DOCUMENTATION CENTRE

http://www.un.org/documents/index.html

UN CHARTER

http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/

CIA FACTBOOK

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

COUNTRY REPORTS

http://www.countryreports.org

INFONATION

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

GLOBAL STATISTICS

http://www.geohive.com

ATLAPEDIA

http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ARMY

 

EBSCO

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

 

 

http://search.ebscohost.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


COUNTRY SEARCH: When researching your country’s profile, you should learn about the historical, geographical, political, economical and social aspects, making you completely aware of your country’s current situation and how it approaches its internal and external issues.

THE ECONOMIST

http://www.economist.co.uk

CNN

http://www.cnn.com

BBC NEWS

http://www.bbc.co.uk

THE NEW YORK TIMES

http://nytimes.com

UN NEWS CENTRE

http://www.un.org/News/

 

 

 

 

MEDIA: These are the sources that will give you daily news on your country and the countries from your caucus. It is important to be updated with the most serious issues in your caucus and the reaction your country is taking on them.

SALMUN FORUM:                                      http://salmun2009.forumbrasil.net/


See the “Articles and Resources” section of the Forum for more specific resources.

Filing Tips

Filing is an extremely important part of both the preparation for and the presentation at an MUN conference. It is very important to be able to prove or discredit one’s point, with reliable documents. As you probably already learned, you will be researching A LOT for the next few weeks. This information will be useless, however, if you do not set a way to keep things organized. There is not a “right” way to file, but you can follow some of these tips that can help you to maintain organization, and therefore, helping you to be ready for any defense – or even an offence! 

  • Have a folder with dividers;
  • Separate your material by:
    • Issues;
    • Events;
    • Countries
  • Label each divider by issues/event/country
  • Know and highlight the source and date the document/article was published;
  • Have a huge file over your country, and subdivided by general info, events, pros, cons, relationship towards other countries, etc.
  • Keep this handbook in your folder as well, so you can come back to it if you have any questions about procedures, etc.
  • Don’t forget to highlight and make annotations in all the information you have. Know the documents, and take advantage of them!

 

Keeping track of what’s where will give you more time to debate, as well as a factual and more specific speech!

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