Meeting
Stage 5
United Nations Security Council
One of the main roles of the United Nations Security Council is to maintain peace.
The 15 members:
5 permanent
China, USA, France, UK, Russia
10 elected
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5 from Africa/Asia*
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1 from Eastern Europe*
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2 from Latin America*
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2 from Western European and other countries*
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*Countries rotate on 2 year terms
In MUN Trade War...
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Countries / regions get a specific number of votes in the meeting stage based on current voting members.
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Countries / regions vote whether to levy sanctions to maintain peace.
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There is no veto vote.
Is there Peace?
To start the Meeting stage,
the game manager will ask
Peace
Peace means
No attacks that round
No Peace
No Peace means
Attack(s) that round
Voting
Players are given 1 minute to talk with others on voting.
Voting
Game manager asks groups how they will vote.
Voting
If more YES votes.
If more than 1 defending country/region,
each can choose a sanction.
No sanction this round for
attacking country / region.
Voting
If more NO votes.
Voting
Repeat voting process for each
country / region who attacked
during the round.
Next Round
Once all voting is complete.
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The meeting stage usually happens later in the game.
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If there is a tie in votes, consider giving players another minute to talk. Then take another vote.
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If a group is sanctioned (economically) and forced to give 1/2 their resources, that group can choose what they give back to the MUNTW bank.