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Motion Description Seconds/ Votes

objections needed
Motion to Adjourn Raised to end the committee session for lunch, dinner or yes Simple
Meeting until the next session of the committee Majority
Motion to Close Raised when ending the last MUN session in the Yes Simple
Debate conference after voting on draft resolution. Majority
Motion to Extend Raised to introduce more points of information to the no Chair’s
More/_X_ More speaker. Discretion
Points of
Information
Motion to Table / Raised to stop debating a clause and moving it to the yes 2/3 majority
Adjourn Clause bottom of the list.
Motion to Divide Raised to repeat the voting procedure without allowing no Chairs
the House abstentions. This motion can only be raised if initial voting Discretion
fails to reach a conclusive vote on a clause or draft
resolution.
Motion for a Raised to repeat the voting procedure by calling each no Chairs
Roll-Call Vote country’s name. Discretion
Motion to Move to Raised to move to moderated caucusing, delegates should yes Simple
Moderated Caucus: specify the topic, Total speaking time (the length of the majority
topic x, total moderated caucusing) and the individual speaking time
speaking time of y, per delegate.
individual speaking
time of z.
Motion for Raised to move to an unmoderated Caucus. Speaker yes Simple
Lobbying Time/ should specify total time (total length of the unmoderated Majority
Unmoderated caucus
Caucus, total time
of x.
Motion to Extend Raised to extend lobbying/ unmoderated caucusing time. yes Chairs
Unmoderated discretion
Caucus
Motion to move to Raised to move to clauses stage, where the committee yes Simple
clauses discusses and votes on clauses. Can only be raised with Majority
chairs discretion.
Motion to vote on Raised to move to voting on draft resolution. Can only be yes Two thirds
draft resolution raised with chairs discretion. Majority
Motion to follow Raised by delegate to raise a follow up question to their no chairs’
up point of information. It can be raised once per point of discretion
information at most.
Order of Disruptiveness
1 Motion to Close Debate
2 Motion to Adjourn Meeting
3 Motion to vote on draft resolution
4 Motion to move to clauses
5 Motion for Lobbying Time/ Unmoderated Caucus.
6 Motion to Move to Moderated Caucus
7 Motion to Extend Unmoderated Caucus
8 Motion to Table / Adjourn Clause
9 Motion to Extend More/_X_ More Points of Information
10 Motion to Divide the House
11 Motion for a Roll-Call Vote
12 Motion for a follow up

Points Disrupt
speaker?
1 Point of Information: No

Questions for the speaker. Can only be entertained during General Speakers List
and during clauses stage.

A delegate may raise one point of information per speech, even if they raised a
motion to extend points of information. However, they may be chosen to raise
an additional point of information if there are no other delegates wishing to do
so.
2 Point of Order: A point of order is raised by delegates to address an incorrect No
procedural move by the chair.
3 Point of Inquiry: A point raised by delegates to ask about the rules of No
procedure or any matter pertaining to MUN and the conference. The chairs are
to provide an answer.
4 Point of Personal Privilege: a point raised by delegates when they experience a Yes
personal discomfort and ask for the matter to be rectified. [the voice of the
speaker is too low, the AC temperature is too high, etc].

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