How to use the United Nations (UN) Website for your Model UN Research

By Victor Lang
Model United Nations Development Organization (MUNDO)

Hi folks, haven't written on here for a bit. Don't worry, I'm going to continue with my series on Hotel and Venue Selection and Negotiations for Model UN Conferences later on. Before I do so, this is a good video I created on how to use the United Nations website for your research. I have also reposted this in the Delegate Resources section. Happy hunting!

It seems like most tutorials about how to research for Model UN are so wordy and ineffective. A screencast is a video of a computer screen that can explain very clearly how to do something on the computer.

This is a screencast of how to use the UN Website for research, specifically showing you how to find resolutions, speeches and voting records on the UN website. Speeches are the best place for you to find your country's policy. Using the technical information, the verbage and speaking style presented in speeches can be recycled for your own performance in committee at the conference.

Time of the video is a bit less than 30 minutes.

Contents of the video:
- UN Website Basics
- Intro to the UN Databases
- Intro to UNBISNet
- Finding Resolutions on UNBISNet
- Finding Voting Records for Resolutions
- Finding Speeches
- Finding Old Speeches on the ODS

After the video starts, click the icon with 4 arrows to make it full screen.

How to use the United Nations Website for your Model UN Research from MUNDO on Vimeo.

Note: This video was originally produced by MUNWorld.Com, in conjunction with the Model United Nations Development Organization (MUNDO), and the Chicago International Model UN (CIMUN).

- Victor Lang is the Managing Director of the Model United Nations Development Organization (MUNDO), and is Principal of Cloudview Real Estate, LLC.