Applications are opened for the following positions: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIALS: (ROLE DESCRIPTION:) 1. PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY The President of the General Assembly plays a crucial role in making sure that the general debate that takes place during GA Plenary sessions or any meeting of the General Assembly runs smoothly. He or she has complete control over rulings on matters of procedure, time limitations for speakers, and making decisions on extending, curtailing or adjourning debates. In addition, the President is expected to be neutral and promote consensus among Member States. 2. VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY The Vice-Presidents may be called upon to replace the presiding officer. Acting as the presiding officer he or she has the same powers and duties as the President. A Vice-President may be called upon by the President to deliver the President’s statements, chair meetings, or act as a facilitator on any matter before the General Assembly, such as deliberations (formal or informal) on the draft resolutions submitted under a particular agenda item or negotiations on a text or statement to be adopted. As a member of the General Committee, the Vice-President shall also assist the President in drawing up the agenda for each plenary meeting and in determining the priority of its items. They will also be assigned to regional blocs to moderate regional caucuses and make sure that their region is fairly represented in the final resolution. 3. CHAIRPERSONS The Chairperson is the presiding officer of one of the General Assembly Main Committees. The Chairperson shall have complete control of the proceedings at any meeting. These duties shall include declaring the opening and closing of each meeting of the committee, directing its discussions, ensuring observance of the Rules of Procedure by ruling on all Points of Order, granting the right to speak, and announcing decisions. The Chairperson may, in the course of the discussion of an item, propose to the committee the limitation of the time to be allowed to speakers, the limitation of the number of times each representative may speak, the closure of the list of speakers or the closure of the debate. He or she may also propose the suspension or the adjournment of the meeting or the adjournment of the debate on the item under discussion. NB: The President of the Security Council is the chair of the council for the conference and performs same functions outlined above. 4. VICE-CHAIRPERSONS One Vice Chair is needed for each of the committee/agency that would be simulated. The Vice-Chair may be called upon to replace the presiding officer of the committee. Acting as the presiding officer he or she has the same powers and duties as the Chairperson. 5. RAPPORTEURS The Rapporteur (the term is equivalent to record-taker) is to follow the proceedings of the Main Committee in order to ensure that they are properly recorded in a report of the session. The Rapporteur approves the draft report prior to submission to the full General Assembly and is assisted by the Secretariat staff members in the preparation of the final report. As a member of the Dais, the Rapporteur also has a behind the scenes role to play in the organization and management of the Main Committee session. APPLICATION PROCESS: - Interested individuals should submit an application describing their past experience participating in MUN conference and explaining why they want to be a Secretariat or GA official. A curriculum vitae should also be submitted (all in PDF format) to gimun2014@yahoo. - The subject line of the mail must contain the following in order of appearance: GIMUN Official Application and your full name. - Letters of application should be addressed to the Director, Ghana International Model UN 2014, Council for Capacity Development, Accra-Ghana. - For further clarification, kindly call +233242743057/+233243617999/+233265900283 or send an email to gimun2014@yahoo PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for the submission of applications is Friday, August 16, 2013 at 13:00GMT.
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