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Motion to Roll Call

- Please respond with Present and Voting


- Delegates should stand when the respond
- Calculate simple majority
State the Agenda
Motion to Open Debate

Motion to open General Speakers List


- Add about 3 people
- Delegates can yield their time to:
- The chair
- The delegate of..
- The floor (for questions)
- Always have someone on the GSL

Open the floor for motions “The floor is now open”


- Moderated Caucus:
1. Topic
2. Total time
3. Speaker’s time
- Formal language
- Unmoderated Caucus:
1. Total time
- Can use informal language
- Can stand up and move

Different kinds of points


- Point of Information
- Point of Parliamentary Inquiry
- Point of Personal Privilege
- Point of Order
1. Cannot be asked during a speech (unless point of personal privilege)
2. No points of information in a moderated caucus
3. Points of information can only be asked in a GSL if time is yielded to the floor or
points
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Resolution
- Signatory vs. Sponsor
- Sponsor has actively written the resolution (2-5)
- Signatory is okay with the gist of the resolution. Wants to see this put
forward. No limit.
- Clauses
- Preambulatory Clauses
- Operative Clauses
- Italicize the first word of each clause
- Amendments
- First degree vs. Second degree

Remind your Delegates about:


- Speak in Third Person
- Formal clothing

To research your country further:


- Go through this and give instructions accordingly:
https://bestdelegate.com/mun-research-made-easy-15-things-every-delegate-should-
have-in-their-research-binder/
- Rules of Procedure in detail (not exactly how ours go so take this just as a
reference): https://teimun.org/mun-101-the-rules-of-procedure/
- Preambulatory and Operative clauses examples:
https://www.carthage.edu/model-united-nations/writing-resolutions/#:~:text=Preambul
atory%20Clauses%20%3A%20The%20preamble%20of,and%20ends%20with%20a
%20comma
- Chairing Script: https://munconferences.weebly.com/chair-script-for-debate.htm

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