Why doesn AMUN use a Speakers List?
Unlike the formal proceedings of the UN and many Model UN conferences, AMUN does not use speakers lists, but rather has speakers who are called upon by our trained chairs and dais staff. At the UN, speakers lists are used as a convenience for delegations making formal, pre-drafted policy statements from their governments, often in front of a lightly attended committee. Typically, very little actual “debate” goes on at the UN during these formal sessions utilizing speakers lists. After an initial round of formal, opening speeches on the topics, most committees will move into much less formal sessions, often done behind closed doors, in smaller groups, and in meeting rooms away from the main session. While a UN Committee will occasionally reconvene for another round of formal debate, it is much more common for all of the work of a Committee to be done behind the scenes. These less formal proceedings then lead into a final session to formalize what was agreed upon, bring a resolution to t
