A student acting as a representative of a member state or observer in a Model UN committee.

50% plus one vote of the number of delegates in a committee. The amount needed to pass most votes.

Eastern European countries who both claim Crimea.

A legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government and a term usually used by governments to refer to entities that have no government status.

Briefly a member of the UN but no longer.

A break in formal debate in which countries can more easily and informally discuss a topic.

The ability, held by China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States to prevent any draft resolution in the Security Council from passing by voting no.

Terrorist organization that kidnapped Nigerian school girls.

An international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.

Historically, the biggest debtor to the UN.

A request raised by a delegate for information or for an action relating to that delegate.

A document in which the ideas of some delegates on how to resolve an issue are proposed.

Area that experienced a series of bombings by Israel in 2014.

Best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases.

Genocide the UN failed to end.

A request made by a delegate that the committee as a whole do something.

The part of a resolution that describes previous actions taken on the topic and reasons why the resolution is necessary.

Country in which the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic began.

A United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

Number of countries that effectively can control UN peacekeeping and sanctions.

The group of people, usually high school or college students, in charge of a Model UN committee.

One of the writers of a draft resolution.

Terrorist organization in Iraq currently accused of attempted genocide.

A permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression).

Original UN definition of "peace-loving nations".