Conduct

GENERAL BEHAVIOUR

Although SIMUN is an educational exercise intended for young people, delegates are simulating the Councils of the United Nations.  Thus, for the period of the conference, they must be regarded as diplomats and ambassadors for the country they are representing, as well as representatives of their individual schools.  This demands a high standard of personal conduct and behaviour from all delegates, both during the conference sessions and outside the conference venue.

It is extremely important for the continuing good relations among SIMUN at the International French School of Singapore, the local Singaporean authorities, and the diplomatic and business communities of Singapore that delegates behave appropriately at all times.  Therefore, schools are expected to select their students carefully and not bring to SIMUN any student who is likely to create a disciplinary problem.  This is important not only for the good name of SIMUN, but also for the good name of the school concerned.  School Administrators and MUN Directors should be aware that attendance at the annual session of SIMUN is by invitation and that this invitation may be withheld from schools unable to insure that their students conform to the accepted standards of adult behaviour. 

MUN-DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT

All students must be accompanied by, and are the responsibility of, the designated MUN-Director(s).  An MUN-Director must be a teacher at the school, or at one of the schools from which the delegations come.

All students staying in hotels must be supervised by their MUN-Director.  MUN-Directors are required not only to stay in the same hotel as their students but must ensure that their room is located as close as possible to the rooms in which their students are staying.  MUN-Directors of delegates staying with host-families must be available and easy to reach by host families at all times in case of emergency.

MUN-Directors are expected to be present at the International French School of Singapore during most of the day, especially for any individual assignments and for the mandatory meetings, and they must ensure that their students are present in their designated forums.  MUN-Directors are requested to adhere to the dress code.

CONDUCT AT THE INTERNATIONAL FRENCH SCHOOL OF SINGAPORE

Formal dress, i.e. the kind of clothes that real UN diplomats might be expected to wear when attending UN sessions, is required at all meetings.  In order not to cause offense to other delegates, national dress, military uniforms and armbands are forbidden.  The warm weather in Singapore is not an excuse for inappropriate dress.  Delegates and teachers must be courteous at all times to the Conference Staff and to the SIMUN Organizational and Administrative Staff.

Any and all use of AI during this conference for speech writing or research is strictly prohibited and will be sanctioned severely. Delegates found using AI of any sorts will not be invited back to further SIMUN conferences. 

CONDUCT IN HOTELS 

Students must remember that SIMUN is dependent on the goodwill of hotel managements in being able to provide accommodation at a reasonable cost for delegates.  A bad experience by just one family or hotel may mean the loss of many potential beds for future delegates.  Therefore, students must be polite and considerate at all times to all hotel staff and fellow residents.

A curfew of 11:00 p.m. is recommended for every night of the conference and there must be no noise in hotel rooms after 10:00 p.m.  

TOBACCO, ALCOHOL and DRUGS

Smoking is prohibited in and around the International French School of Singapore.  MUN-Directors are responsible for making and enforcing their own rules for their own students with regard to tobacco and alcohol consumption outside the conference venue.  Local Singapore law prohibits tobacco and alcohol consumption before the age of 18.  The use of any narcotic drug is expressly prohibited, and the penalties for such use are very severe.

SIMUN DRESS CODE 

Students participating at the SIMUN conference in any capacity are expected to dress in professional  business attire each day. Advisors are also expected to dress in professional business attire throughout the  conference though not necessarily so formally as the students.  

The following list is provided as a general guideline for both male and female students involved in  the programme.

Any students found to be wearing inappropriate clothing will be asked to change into something  more suitable before being allowed to participate in the SIMUN conference. Students who do not have  appropriate clothing to change into will be asked to leave.

MALE STUDENTS  

ACCEPTABLE ATTIRE FOR MALES

-dress shirt ( long sleeves )

- tie (tied appropriately, should not be worn  loosened around the neck)  

- dress trousers  

- dress shoes  

- suit coat (optional)  

- school uniform (including shirt/tie/long  trousers)  

UNACCEPTABLE ATTIRE FOR MALES

- jeans, corduroy or any kind of denim trousers

- sneakers 

- Articles of clothing with bold patterns and exceedingly bright colors ( bright yellow, fluorescent colors) 

- baseball caps or any other type of hat

- un-tucked shirts (shirts are expected to be  tucked in at all times)  

- shorts of any type  

- t-shirts of any type worn as the primary shirt  as well as t-shirts with writing/symbols prints

- ‘sagging’ trousers - all trousers should be  belted at waist level 

FEMALE STUDENTS  

ACCEPTABLE ATTIRE FOR FEMALES 

- women’s business suit with skirt/slacks,  blouse and jacket  

- professional dresses  

- skirt/blouse combinations  

- slacks and blouse combinations  

- dress shoes, sandals  

- scarves as part of a professional ensemble or  head-dress  

UNACCEPTABLE ATTIRE FOR FEMALES 

- jeans, corduroy or any kind of denim trousers,  skirt or jacket 

- Articles of clothing with bold patterns and exceedingly bright colors ( bright yellow, fluorescent colors) 

- sneakers  

- hats, berets, bandanas  

- very tight, form fitting trousers  

- trousers with studs, embroidery, or any other  type of applied designs  

- miniskirts  

- low cut blouses  

- blouses that are very tight/form fitting

- shorts of any type  

- tops that reveal a bare midriff  

- t-shirts of any type