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1. RULES OF PROCEDURE
To help maintain order, Model UN conferences adopt rules of procedure
(UNA/USA OR OTHERS) to establish when a delegate may speak and
what he or she may address.
1. ROLL CALL
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASS WHEN YOU GO TO
SCHOOL?
ATTENDANCE RIGHT
THE PROCESS IN SCHOOL IS ONCE YOU ARE MARKED PRESENT YOUR
ATTENDANCE IS DETERMINED TILL THE DISPERSAL.
1. PRESENT (P) – JUST AS IN SCHOOL YOU SAY PRESENT WHEN YOU ARE
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY ACTIVE, YOU CAN OPT TO SAY PRESENT IF YOU
WILL NOT SURELY VOTE FOR OR AGAINST FOR THE END DOCUMENT OF THE
COMMITTEE. *DOCUMENTATION PROCESS WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER*
2. PRESENT AND VOTING (PV) – IN WHICH YOU ASSURE THAT YOU WILL
SURELY VOTE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST FOR THE END DOCUMENT
*NOTE – PRESENT IS PREFERRED SO THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE THREE CHOICES
OF VOTING (FOR, ABSTAIN, AGAINST) FOR THE END DOCUMENT.
2. MOTIONS
JUST AS YOU NEED A MOTION TO MOVE SOMETHING, YOU NEED MOTIONS IN
MUN’S FOR A MOVEMENT OF DEBATE.
3. FORMAL DEBATE
DEBATE
FORMAL INFORMAL
GENERAL PROVISIONAL
MODERATED UNMODERATED
SPEAKER'S SPEAKERS LIST
CAUCUS CAUCUS
LIST (GSL) (PSL)
GENERAL SPEAKER’S LIST - Once the agenda for the committee has been
established, the chair opens the floor for establishing the General Speakers
List. The General Speakers list is for the purpose of general debate on the
agenda at hand. To establish the General Speakers List, the delegate needs to
raise a motion for it and it shall require a majority vote of committee to pass.
Delegates wishing to speak on the General Speakers List are supposed to raise
their Hands .The Chair shall then select a number of speakers on the list at his
or her discretion.
MOTION EXAMPLE (GSL & ALTERATION):
1. “With the Prior Permission of the Executive Board the delegate of xyz
Country would like to raise a motion for establishment of General Speakers List
with the individual speaker’s time (default:90 secs) being (60/75/105/120
secs)”
2. “With the Prior Permission of the Executive Board the delegate of xyz
Country would like to raise a motion for alteration of the individual speaker’s
time from 90 to 120 secs”
PROVISIONAL SPEAKER’S LIST – In this form of speaker’s list you can debate on
specific topics/subtopics of the agenda by raising a motion with a specified
time, a specific individual speaker’s time and a specific topic and it shall require
a majority vote of committee to pass
1. YIELD TO EB – The delegate yields their time to the chair and it is utilized by
them;
2. YIELD TO POI – On the basis of the time left The Executive Board Decides
how many bracket of questions can be entertained for the speaking delegate;
4. INFORMAL DEBATE
DEBATE
FORMAL INFORMAL
GENERAL PROVISIONAL
MODERATED UNMODERATED
SPEAKER'S LIST SPEAKERS LIST
CAUCUS CAUCUS
(GSL) (PSL)
Motion for Moderated Caucus: The Delegate of India would like to suspend
formal debate and raise a motion for moderated caucus on the topic State
Security for a total time period of
(10/15/20 minutes) and each speakers time being (30/45/60 seconds).
The person who raises the moderated caucus is asked for attaining the
privilege of becoming the first speaker (You should always accept these). Other
delegates are then recognized on the discretion of the Executive Board.
5. CHITS
Chits are an effective way of communication with the Executive Board or other
delegate’s .Sometimes delegates are unable to complete their speeches and
time runs out.
Sometimes delegates have a lot of research but do not get a chance to speak
on all the sub-topics.
Therefore, in Model UN, delegates use chits to send their research to the
Executive Board or other delegates. There are 2 forms of Chits:
Tip: Highlight the important parts of your chits so the Executive board gets
easy to read it.
To: EB
FROM: INDIA
USE OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
Problem: One of the major problem children face in armed conflicts is military use of
schools. Schools are used for recruitment of children into armies after proper training.
Case: In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, 30 incidents of such use
were recorded in 2015, compared with 9 in 2014. A total of 20 incidents were recorded
in Afghanistan, 40 in South Sudan, 34 in Ukraine and 51 in Yemen.
Under international laws, all parties in a conflict must not target civilian objects such as
schools.
Solution: Since the Oslo Conference on Safe Schools, in May 2015, more than
50 States have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration and committed themselves to
better protecting educational facilities, pupils and teachers from attack, including by
incorporating the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use
during Armed Conflict into national legal and operational frameworks. I encourage all
Member States to endorse the Declaration."
2. Via EB Chits: Delegates can send chits to other delegates to ask questions or
send replies. If you want the Executive Board to take into account your
question through chit or your response through chit, then please send the chit
through the EB.
POSITION PAPER
2. PRESS RELEASE –
PRESS RELEASE
BY: FRANCE
You can counter delegates’ points/ can tell your initiative is the meeting/ can
tell how the meeting and debate went according to you
3. WORKING PAPER –
WORKING PAPER
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT
3. The intervention would be made but by not violating international law and rule of law,
Under this agreement the ambassador and the government of Venezuela allows for an
intervention.
8. DRAFT RESOLUTION –
DRAFT RESOLUTION
SIGNATORIES: SPAIN, CHILE, AFGHANISTAN, IRELAND, UAE, SRI LANKA, UKRAINE, IRAQ,
NORWAY, NIGERIA, USA, EGYPT, GUATEMALA, ISRAEL, JORDAN, PANAMA, LEBANON,
GERMANY, FRANCE, RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA,
RECALLING UNGA RESOLUTIONS 71/237, 71/173, 58/208, 59/241, 60/227, 61/208, 63/225,
65/170, 67/219, 69/229, 68/4, 60/206, 62/156, 64/166, 66/172, 68/179, 69/167, 62/270,
70/1, 69/213, 71/1, 70/296, 71/256, 69/283, 71/296, 55/25, 68/4, 69/213 AND UNHRC
RESOLUTION 36/42, COSTA RICA HOUSE OF ACTORS PLAN OF ACTION, THE BANCO DEL
PUEBLO SOBERANOS MICRO FINANCE PROGRAMME IN VENEZUELA, THE CITIES OF
SOLIDARITY PROGRAMME IN COSTA RICA AND PANAMA, THE ZAMBIA INITIATIVE, BELARUS,
MOLDOVA, AND UKRAINE LOCAL INTEGRATION PROJECT, MEXICO RESETTLEMENT PLAN OF
ACTION AND ROMANIA EMERGENCY TRANSIT CENTRE PLAN OF ACTION,
5. URGES ALL THE MEMBER STATES OF THE UN TO THINK ABOUT REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS
WITH CONSIDERING THEIR PROTECTION AND INTEGRATION IN THE COUNTRY TILL THE
COMPLEX SITUATION IN THE REFUGEE COUNTRY NOT GETS PEACEFUL, AND FOR THE
MIGRANT SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTRY,
Reaffirming the 1999 report of United Nations Secretary General regarding the economic
sanctions,
Further Reaffirming the Article 53 of the United Nations Vienna Convention on the Law
of treaties and the Article 4 (2) of the International Covenant on civil and political rights,
1. Decides To deploy a UN Peacekeeping force, UN Special political mission, UN food
and humanitarian aid in Venezuela to ensure human rights, fundamental rights, a fair
election, protection of Venezuelans;
2. Decides To implement the mechanisms such as Displacement Tracking
Matrix(DTM), Camp coordination and camp management(CCCM), Migration
emergency funding mechanisms(MEFM), Civil society organisations(CSO’s),
National human rights institutions(NHRI’s);
3. Decides To do an intervention in Venezuela under the rules and regulations known as
3 point plan of action by the United Nations and these points are:
I. The intervention will be made only in Caracas (The capital of Venezuela),
II. The principle of collateral damage should be followed,
III. The intervention would be made but by not violating international law and rule of
law;
4. Recommends member states to implement of the UN Office for Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Cluster Approach to provide coordinated
assistance to refugees, whereby relevant bodies such as the United Nations Children’s
Fund for child protection, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment for Women (UN Women) for women protection , World Food
Programme (WFP) for food security , World Health Organisation (WHO) for health
protection , etc come together to assist refugees ;
5. Recommends the collaboration between the International Maritime Organisation
(IMO) and European Union Border Agency FRONTEX to expand existing search and
rescue operations in accordance with Article 98 of the United Nations Convention on
the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS) on rendering assistance at sea;
6. Encourages member states to further strengthen the temporary protection or stay
arrangements (TPSA) in accordance with the 2014 guidelines of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR);
Once the draft resolution has been accepted by the Executive Board, delegates
can discuss the draft resolution in the committee. For this, the committee has
to introduce the draft resolution on the floor of the committee through a
motion.
Motion for Introduction of Draft Resolution: The Delegate of India would like
to raise a motion to Introduce Draft Resolution 1.0 or Draft Resolution 2.0 etc.
This motion is then put to vote in the committee.
If it passes by simple majority, the draft resolution is officially introduced on
the floor and can be discussed.
Debate on draft resolutions can take place in the 3 forms. The most popular is
a Clause by Clause discussion.
1. Clause by Clause discussion: In a clause by clause discussion, the sponsors
come on the podium and read out a clause of the resolution. Delegates can
then ask questions on these clauses. Then the sponsor reads out the second
clause and so on and so forth.
2. Moderated Caucus: Draft resolution can be discussed through a moderate
caucus too.
3. Provisional Speakers List: A Provisional Speakers List is the same as a General
Speakers List. The main difference is that a PSL can end and has a particular
topic. Other rules such as of General Speaker’s list are applicable as it is.
AMMENDMENT PROCESS
TO: EB
FROM: INDIA
AMENDMENT
DRAFT RESOLUTION NO: 1
TYPE: ADDITION AMENDMENT
Requests all member states to enable safe unimpeded access to humanitarian
aid and humanitarian aid personnel in conflicts zones;
2. Deletion amendment: It deletes a clause from the current resolution
To: EB
FROM: INDIA
AMENDMENT
DRAFT RESOLUTION NO: 1
TYPE: DELETION AMENDMENT
Delete Clause 5
To: EB
FROM: INDIA
AMENDMENT
DRAFT RESOLUTION NO: 1
TYPE: MODIFICATION AMENDMENT
Requests all member states to enable safe unimpeded access to humanitarian
aid and humanitarian aid personnel in conflicts zones;
Sometimes delegates can suspend discussion on one item under discussion or one agenda
under discussion and shift to another agenda. This happens in committees having 2 agenda’s
for debate. Please not that in this conference, each committee has just one agenda.
Motion for Tabling Debate: The Delegate of India would like to raise a motion for tabling
of debate on the current agenda “Name of the agenda”.
Once an agenda is tabled, delegates can come back to the agenda again through a Motion for
Resuming Debate.
Motion for Suspension of Meeting: The Delegate of India would like to raise a motion for
suspension of meeting.
9. LINKS TO FURTHER RESEARCH TO BECOME A
BETTER MUNNER:-
1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LU7mWNXMNe
WPfKcSuj_xW9bXz3nPF8Bc/view?usp=drivesdk
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wzHuZFAuDzei
F_LyN_gc3Q6nZtrgpMBo/view?usp=drivesdk
3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KpYXom-
07IX9JeXr_zmLmFo5Dy4N0J3g/view?usp=drivesd
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4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/11NVlR0n5B4Fk
1KiVEIekebDzHs9BZTEl/view?usp=drivesdk
5. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m6c69SJ5x3wC
7zlJs8_3RllGK7Q5-8wv/view?usp=drivesdk
6. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14SJvGM__rm_8n
rsyorS4Y5N9YpGFmP-D/view?usp=drivesdk