Parliamentary Procedure

Parliamentary Procedure 1 Rules are not subject to change.

2 English is set as the official and only language.

3 Courtesy is to be shown towards all CCBMUN integrates.

3,1 Secretary General must be addressed as Mr. Secretary General and the President of the General Assembly as Ms. president.

3,2 Committee Chairperson must be addressed as Mr./Ms. Chairperson.

3,3 Fellow Delegates must be addressed as Mr./Ms. Delegate or the Hounorable Delegate of.

3,4 Speeches in the General Assembly must begin with Mr. Secretary-General, Mr./Ms. President. Speeches in committee session must begin with Mr./Ms. Chairperson. 4 Quorum – Both President of the General Assembly or Committee Chair Person may declare General Assembly open with at least ¼ of its members present.

4,1 A member is a state officially registered at the conference and recognized by the UN.

4,2 Quorum is necessary for any vote to be taken.

5 Agenda - The order in which the issues shall be debated and which resolution shall be introduced is at the discretion of the President/Chairperson.

Parliamentary Points

Point of Order

During the discussion of any matter, a delegate may rise on a point of order to complain departure from parliamentary procedure.

* This point may interrupt a speaker. * The chair is in his/her judgment of considering proper or incorrect

the point of order.

Point of Inquiry or Information When the floor is open, a delegate may rise a Point of Parliamentary Inquiry to ask the President/Chairperson about the rules of procedure

* This point may NOT interrupt a speaker.

Point of Personal Privilege

A delegate may rise on a Point of Personal Privilege to address a concern regarding the environment on the committee. This includes Temperature, Connectivity among others.

* This point may interrupt a speaker. * The Chair is in the position of considering the Point of Personal

Privilege proper or given the case, incorrect.

Right of Reply A delegate may rise in a Right of Reply if it feels that her/his personal or national integrity has been insulted.

* This point may interrupt a speaker. However it shall not be granted until the conclusion of the speech presently being made. The reply must be limited to one (1) minute only.

* The Chair is in the position to decide whether or not to grant the Right of Reply is final or not open to appeal.

* A delegate may not reply to a Right of Reply. * A second Right of Reply addressed to the same delegation must be

submitted to the chair by written. The Chair will recognize the delegate if considered proper and the delegate will have one (1) minute to develop the reply.

Voting•Each member state of the united nations shall have one vote. States with observer status are bot permitted to vote

•Each state may vote yes, no or abstain. On procedural matters, members may not abstain. Note: Delegates who, during attendance, answered “present and voting” may not abstain when voting for a resolution.

•For a draft resolution to become a resolution it requires a majority (50%+1)

•Of the resolution is targeted to an specific country or group of countries 2/3 majority is required

•Voting shall be conducted by placard

•If there is a tie (50/50) or a majority of abstentions, the draft resolution shall be considered defeated

Closure of debate When the floor is open, a delegate may move to close debate on the matter to be discussed

The chairperson may choose not to accept this motion

The chairperson shall allow up to two speakers against this motion

If closure of debate passes, the committee session shall move into immediate voting on the resolution or amendment being discussed.

Challenging the competence A delegate may request the chair to allow challenge to another delegate, if that delegate has persistently misrepresented the foreign policy of his/her country to the point of distorting and damaging the committee´s development.

The chair shall allow the delegate who challenges the competence to speak first explaining in what way the challenged delegate misrepresented his/her country's foreign policy, then the challenged delegate has the opportunity to defend him/herself.

After both delegates have spoken, the chair must begin the voting by roll call. A simple majority is needed for this motion to pass. If the motion passes then the challenged delegate will lose his/her voting privileges for the day, if the motion does not pass, then the challenging delegate will lose his/her voting privileges for the day

RECONSIDERATIONThe motion of reconsideration is in order simply when a resolution has been adopted , and must be made by a delegate who voted with the majority on the substantive proposal. A 2/3 of the delegates voting is required for reconsideration occur.

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Parliamentary

question

Second Interrupt vote

Requirement to pass

Purpose

Point of order No Yes Chair Raised by delegate to

address procedural matter

Point of personal privilege

No Yes Chair Raised when a delegate

experiences personal

discomfort

Right of reply No No Chair Requested when a delegate feels his

delegation has been directly

ofended

Point of information

No No Chair Raised when a delegate has

questions regarding

procedures; directed to the

chair

Motion to open agenda

Yes No Simple majority

Used to set the order in which the

topics will be addressed

Motion to recess

Yes No 2/3 Used to request a small break

Motion for a caucus

Yes No Simple majority

Used to open a moderated or unmoderated

caucus.

Motion to table

Yes No 2/3 Used to cease the discussion on the working paper in

question and vote to not consider it

Motion to close debate

Yes No Simple majority

Used to end debate and go directly to

vote

Motion to reconsider

Yes No 2/3 Used by a delegation if it believes the

integrity of the first vote has been compromised.

Motion to divide the question

Yes No Simple majority

Used to vote the operative clauses

independently Resolution Yes No Simple majority

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Amendment Yes No Simple majority

Used to correct errors in working

papers

Lobbying Time to improve your resolution Use this time to: -Discuss it with your allies -Add clauses, reword it, merge them -REMEMBER: you need support from you allies to pass a resolution

Lobbying will give you an idea of who will support or oppose your resolution

*REMEMBER: MUN tries to solve problems and not defend an ideology thus resolutions must be realistic.

After improvement you must make it sing by other nations that willSupport the resolution against any criticism.

The resolution will be submitted to Approval Panel for any grammar,spelling, format errors.

Warning Guidelines Warnings are given to those delegates that do not conduct

themselves properly during the event mainly to keep order and obedience.

This will affect the academic evaluation of the delegates.

Warning process: 3 warnings: 5 min expulsion 5 warnings: 30 min expulsion 7 warnings: All day expulsion 9 warnings: MUN expulsion (at the discretion of the Secretary

General)

Dress code Boys: - Tie and formal shirt and pants. -Jackets are not required but recommended. -DON’T: wear jeans, shorts, sneakers, sandals.

Girls: -Formal shirt and caprice or nice pants. Or Formal dress -DON’T: use cleavage, skirts/dresses above the knee, show shoulders.