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Guide to a Model United Nations simulation of a Working Group of the Conference of the Parties to the Organized Crime Convention

 

Description: Vienna International Center (VIC), Vienna, Austria.
 

Description of the Guide

This Guide offers instructions and resources for a simulation of a Working Group of the Conference of the Parties to the Organized Crime Convention.

The Guide includes the following materials:

  • an overview of the simulation exercise, including objectives and format
  • a description of the roles and functions of the participants
  • a description of the structure of the flow of the simulated discussions
  • some topics for the simulation relating to the mandate of the Working Group on International Cooperation, which need to be handed out prior to the simulation
  • background material and resources
 

Learning objectives and benefits of an organized crime-related simulation

The Model Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Organized Crime Convention has the objective of teaching students about the intergovernmental process related to the Convention while providing them with the opportunity to practice and/or acquire valuable practical skills related to public speaking, debate, diplomacy, negotiation, written communication and critical thinking. In addition, students will have the opportunity to put into practice and deepen their knowledge of transnational organized crime. During the simulation, students will have to use the appropriate rules of procedures of the Conference - or a simplified version thereof - while presenting and defending the policy positions of the countries they are representing.

Sections of the Guide

The following sub-pages provide further information and resources for a successful Model United Nations (MUN) simulation:

 

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