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MODEL UNITED NATIONS RULES OF PROCEDURE

CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL RULES ARTICLE ONE: SCOPE The rules of procedure written here are applicable to all committees of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and the Specialized Agencies. However, the rules are self-reliant and can be adjusted accordingly to the necessary requirements of each committee. When such adjustments are needed, the adjustments will be notified to the Secretariat. If a situation arises which has not been addressed by the entire rules of procedure, the Committee Chair will possess the single and final authority to decide which rule(s) to apply. Adapted rules will take precedence over the entire rules of procedure, unless explicitly specified by the Committee Chair. ARTICLE TWO: LANGUAGE English will be the official language of the Conference. In certain Specialized Agencies, other official language of the United Nations may be applicable as the official language, which will be notified in advance. Delegates may present documents written in language other than English, only if the delegate is able to provide a translation to the committee staff. CHAPTER TWO: MEMBERS AND PARTICIPATION ARTICLE THREE: REPRESENTATION A member of the Committee is a representative who is officially registered with the Conference. Each member will be represented by one or two delegates and will have one vote on each Committee. If two delegates represent a Member State of a Committee, only one delegate will have the right to speak and vote during a particular session. One delegate cannot yield or share his or her time to the other member of the same delegation. ARTICLE FOUR: CREDENTIALS The credentials of all delegations have been accepted upon registration. Any modification of rights, privileges, or credentials of any member may not be initiated without the written consent of the Secretary-General. Any representative whose admission raises an objection by any other member will be seated with the same rights as other representatives, pending a decision from the Secretary-General. ARTICLE FIVE: PARTICIPATION OF NON-MEMBERS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Representatives of Accredited Observers and Non-Governmental Organizations will have the same rights as full members, with the exceptions of signing and/or voting on Draft Resolutions or Amendments. These representatives have right to vote solely on procedural matters but not the substantives. Addressing the Committee will only be allowed under the consent of the Chair. Non-Governmental Organizations have certain unique procedural rights stated here: Introductory statement to the Committee. If desired the Non-Governmental Organization may submit a written introduction to the Committee Chair that elaborates the position and power of the Organization. The Chair maintains the right to postpone the introduction if deemed necessary.

Written or oral announcements. A Non-Governmental Organization is allowed to address the Committee in both oral and/or written form, stating its position on the topic discussed and the possible contributions it can make. The usage of this right is only under the discretion of the Chair. ARTICLE SIX: DIPLOMATIC COURTESY During Committee sessions every delegate is expected to exercise diplomatic courtesy to other delegates, staffs, and the dais. The Chair may call to order any delegate which does not act in courtesy. Any delegate who feels that he or she is not being treated with courtesy is encouraged to report the incident to the Chair to be followed with the appropriate protocol.

ARTICLE SEVEN: DELEGATE CONDUCT Delegates have to bear in mind that the Conference has no tolerance concerning slandering, disparaging, harassing, spreading hatred, or any other inflammatory actions to other delegates or to the dais and staffs. Speeches should be totally free from such remarks. Delegates who believe their countries policies merit such conduct must consult the Chair before taking any actions. ARTICLE EIGHT: ELECTRONIC DEVICES No electronic devices are allowed for delegates to use inside the Committee room, including laptops, phones, tablets, e-readers, and other devices, especially when the committee sessions is convened. All usage must occur outside the committee room. ARTICLE NINE: ABSENCES If a delegate is not present during the roll call, the delegate is considered to be absent until a note is sent to the dais, notifying his/her presence, and to report accordingly to his/her roll call response. CHAPTER THREE: STAFFS ARTICLE TEN: POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE STAFF The Committee Dais consists of the Committee Chair along with two or three Assistant Chairs. Each Committee session will be announced to be opened or closed by the Committee Chair. 10.1 Chair The Chair shall exercise ultimate authority over his/her respective Committee. The Chair shall be responsible for all procedural matters on his/her Committee, including (but not limited to) moderating debate, having the final decision on the applicability of rules, and proposing or adopting new rules without approval from the Committee, when he/she deems necessary. Whenever there is any doubt regarding any procedural matters, the Chair will have the final decision on which to apply. 10.2 Director The Director has the responsibility to maintain the substantivity of the debate in each Committee sessions, including ensuring that each delegates are accurately representing the position of their respective countries, and ensuring the proper format and content of the Resolutions. The Director should also assist and give recommendations to the Chair whenever necessary.

10.3 Rapporteur The Rapporteur should be responsible for administrative matters with regard to the Committee sessions, including maintenance of the roll call, Speakers List, and records of voting results. 10.4 Other staffs in the Dais Upon the authority of the Chair and Director, any support staffs should assist the Dais in any functions as needed. 10.5 Page Pages are additional staffs in the Committee room, so appointed to assist delegates in passing diplomatic notes to other delegates, or to the dais, vice versa. The pages have the right to read the notes, and whenever deemed to be inappropriate, to surrender the notes to the dais. Pages should assist the dais whenever necessary, such as in, but not limited to, printing, multiplying, and distributing working papers and Draft Resolutions. ARTICLE ELEVEN: STATEMENTS BY THE SECRETARIAT The Secretary-General or any designated member of the Secretariat reserve at any time the right to make either written or oral statements to any Committee. CHAPTER FOUR: GENERAL RULES ON PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE ARTICLE TWELVE: QUORUM Quorum is a number that determines the minimum number of delegates needed to be present to begin an open debate. Quorum is considered to be met when at least one-quarter of the members of the Committee (as declared in the beginning of the first session) are present. A quorum is present unless specifically challenged. A roll call is never obligatory to determine a quorum. In order to vote on any substantive motion, the Committee must consist on at least a simple majority of members. ARTICLE THIRTEEN: ROLL CALL Attendance shall be conducted by the Chair by a roll call, which should be noted by the Rapporteur. Delegates, when their delegation name is mentioned, should raise their placards and shall establish their presence in one of the two following responses: 13.1 Present A delegate that declares Present shall vote in favor, against, or abstain in any substantive matter. In procedural votes, delegate that declares Present should response only either in favor or against. 13.2 Present and Voting A delegate that declares Present and Voting shall vote only in favor or against any both procedural or substantive matter without the possibility of abstaining. ARTICLE FOURTEEN: MAJORITIES During votes, a simple majority shall be considered achieved when there are more Yes votes than No votes. When a voting requires a simple majority, a tie between Yes votes and No votes is considered to be

failed, and the proposal fails. A two-third majority requires at least twice as many Yes votes than No votes. During voting process, the Chair does not need to vote on all Yes, No, or Abstain wherever applicable. If the Chair already sees an apparent majority when voting on either Yes or No, the Chair may proceed with passing or failing the vote. ARTICLE FIFTEEN: ACCLAMATION Before the beginning of any voting process, the Chair has the right to ask the delegates if there is any objections for a vote by acclamation. If there is no objection, the motion will automatically be adopted without going through voting procedure. A single objection to vote by acclamation means that the Committee will go to normal voting procedure. ARTICLE SIXTEEN: PROCEDURAL MATTERS Procedural matters are defined as matters related to the structure of the committee session. All delegates must vote on procedural matters and no abstention is allowed. ARTICLE SEVENTEEN: SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS Substantive matters are defined as matters related to the specific topic being discussed in the committee session. All delegates must vote on substantive matters, with the possibility of abstention. CHAPTER FIVE: RULES GOVERNING DEBATE ARTICLE EIGHTEEN: AGENDA Agenda decides the order in which the topics will be discussed in the committee session. After conducting roll call, the first thing that the Committee decides is to set the agenda. The only motion that is in order for this purpose is in the form of, The Delegation of [...] moves that Topic Area [...] be placed first on the Agenda. Only one such motion is in order. A delegate must make a motion to place a Topic Area first on the Agenda. Delegates may only propose Topic Areas which are listed beforehand. The Chair has the right to modify the Topic Areas at his/her discretion. A Committee which only has one Topic Area will be automatically become the agenda without debate. A Speakers List will be established for and against the motion. Speakers for will speak in support of the suggested Topic Area, speakers against will speak in support of the other Topic Area. Debate over the Agenda can only be closed by a motion after the Committee has heard at least two speakers for the motion and two speakers against. The Chair may recognize more speakers for and against the motion, yet due to time constraints, the Chair has the right to close the debate whenever necessary. Closure of the debate requires two speakers against the closure, which will be recognized by the Chair. Closure of the debate requires two-thirds majority voting yes. If the Speakers List is exhausted, the debate is automatically closed even when the motion to close the debate is not in order. Once the debate is closed, the Committee will vote on the motion, which requires a simple majority to pass. If the motion fails, the other Topic Area will automatically be placed first on the agenda. A motion to proceed to the second Topic Area is in order only after the Committee has adopted or rejected a resolution on the first Topic Area.

A motion to proceed to the second Topic Area after a resolution has failed requires a second and is debatable by at least one speaker in favor and one speaker against. The motion requires a vote of twothirds of the delegates present and voting to pass. In the event of a simulated international crisis or emergency, the Secretary-General, member of the Secretariat or the members of the Committee Staff may invite the Committee to set aside the debate on the current Topic Area so that the more pressing issue can be addressed immediately. If a Draft Resolution is passed, the Committee may return to the earlier Topic Area. If a Draft Resolution on the crisis fails, the Committee may return to the earlier Topi Area only by the consent of the Committee Staff. All motion for caucus shall be ruled dilatory during the agenda setting. No delegates may yield their time during the Speakers List in the agenda setting. ARTICLE NINETEEN: DEBATE The setting of the agenda is followed by the opening of a new, continuous Speakers List, which is used for general debate. The Speakers List will determine the order of speakers for all debate, expect when superseded by any motions, introduction of Draft Resolutions, or amendments. Speakers may speak in general on the Topic Area being discussed and may address any Draft Resolutions. Once a Draft Resolution has been introduced, it remains on the floor and may be debated until it fails, the Committee postpones debate on it, or the Committee moves to the next Topic Area. ARTICLE TWENTY: CLOSURE OF THE DEBATE When the floor is open, a Delegate may move to close the debate on the substantive or procedural matter under discussion. The Chair may rule this motion dilatory, subject to appeal. When the closure of the debate is proposed, the Chair may recognize two speakers against the motion. Closure of the debate requires the support of two-thirds of the delegates present and voting. If there are no speakers against the closure of the debate, the Committee Chair will ask for vote by acclamation. ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE: UNMODERATED CAUCUS A Delegate may motion for an unmoderated caucus at any time the floor is open, or when the Chair declares that this motion is in order. The motion must be specific in time limit, not to exceed twenty minutes. The motion will then be put into a vote and require a simple majority to pass. In the event of multiple motions for unmoderated caucus, the Chair will rank the motion in descending order based on the length, or under his/ her discretion, ask the second proposer to change the time to the other motion (vice versa). The Chair may rule this motion out of order, especially when a substantive debate is yet to be seen, or when the motion is proposed way too early in a committee session; not subject to appeal. This motion may only be extended twice. ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO: MODERATED CAUCUS The moderated caucus is a temporary halt on the Speakers List which is present on the floor, and allows Delegates to substantively debate on certain critical clash point. A motion for moderated caucus is in order whenever the floor is open, before the debate is closed. The Delegate making the motion must specify the total time (not to exceed twenty minutes), speaking time for individual speeches, and a brief explanation on the purpose of the moderated caucus. he motion will then be put into a vote and require a simple majority to pass. In the event of multiple motions for moderated caucus, the Chair will rank the motion in descending order based on the length; while when there are multiple motions for the same purpose but different length, the Chair will invite Delegates with the same motions and purpose to agree on the length. During moderated

caucus, no other motions are allowed. The Chair may rule this motion out of order, not subject to appeal. The Chair may rule any Delegate out of order if his/her speech is not in accordance to the topic of the moderated caucus. If no delegate wishes to speak during a moderated caucus, the caucus will be immediately considered to be expired. A moderated caucus may be extended only twice after the caucus has ended. ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE: SUSPENSION OR ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING The suspension of the meeting means the postponement of all Committee functions until the next meeting. The adjournment of the meeting means the postponement of all Committee functions for the duration of the Conference. Whenever the floor is open, a Delegate may move for the suspension of the meeting or adjournment of the meeting. The Chair may rule such motion out of order, not subject to appeal. When in order, such motion is not debatable and will be moved to voting procedure, and require a simple majority to pass. A motion to adjourn the meeting is in order only if three-quarters of the time allotted for the last meeting of the Committee has elapsed. In the case of any real emergency as declared by the Secretariat or the Committee Staff, debate will automatically be suspended without exceptions. ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR: POSTPONEMENT AND RESUMPTION OF DEBATE Whenever the floor is open, a Delegate may move for the postponement of debate, or tabling, on a Draft Resolution, amendment, or topic currently discussed on the floor. The motion will require a two-third majority votes to pass and will debatable only by one speaker for and one speaker against. No debate or action is allowed after the motion is passed. A motion to resume the debate which is previously postponed will require a simple majority to pass and will be debatable by only one speaker in favor and one speaker opposed. Resumption of debate will cancel the effects of postponement of debate. ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE: RECONSIDERATION A motion to reconsider is in order when a draft resolution or amendment has been adopted or rejected, and must be made by a member who voted with the majority on the substantive proposal. The Chair will recognize two speakers opposing the motion after which the motion will be immediately voted upon. A two-thirds majority of the members present is required for reconsideration. If the motion passes, the Committee will immediately vote again on the draft resolution or amendment being reconsidered. ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX: APPEAL An appeal can only be made to procedural matters. A Delegate may appeal any procedural decision of the Chair unless it is one that cannot be appealed as stated by the rules of procedure. The Delegate can only appeal a ruling immediately after it has been pronounced. The Delegate will be given thirty seconds to explain the reasoning behind the appeal. The Chair may speak briefly in defense of the ruling. The appeal shall then be put to a vote, and the decision of the Chair shall stand unless overruled by two-thirds of those members present and voting. A Yes vote indicates support of the Chairs ruling; a No vote indicates opposition to that ruling. The Chairs ruling shall stand unless overruled by two-thirds of the Committee voting No. CHAPTER SIX: RULES GOVERNING SPEECHES ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN: SPEAKERS LIST During formal debate, the Committee shall at all times have an open Speakers List for the Topic Area. The Chair will either set a speaking time or entertain motions to set a speaking time. A separate Speakers Lists will

be established, when needed, for procedural motions and debates on amendments. A member may add its name to the Speakers List by either responding when the Chair calls, or by submitting a written request to the Chair. The names of the next several members to speak will always be posted for the convenience of the Chair. The Speakers List for the other Topic Area will not be open until the Committee has finished with the first Topic Area. If no motions are on the floor, the debate shall automatically return to Speakers List. A motion to close any Speakers List is never in order. ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT: SPEECHES Delegate may only address the Committee when a permission is obtained from the Chair. The Chair may call a speaker to order if his/her remarks are irrelevant to the subject under discussion, or considered to be offensive or insulting to the entire Committee. Delegates are required to make speeches in 3rd person perspective, and no speeches made from the 1st person perspective is allowed unless the Chair approves it. No props are allowed unless the Chair gives approval for it. ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE: TIME LIMIT ON SPEECHES The Chair may give limitation on time allotted for speeches. The minimum time limit will be ten seconds. When a Delegate exceeds the speaking time, the Chair may call the speaker to order without delay. However, the Chair has the discretion to be reasonably flexible about the time limit to allow a Delegate to finish the speech considering the varying fluency of English among conference attendees. ARTICLE THIRTY: YIELDS A Delegate granted the right to speak on a substantive issue during a Speakers List may yield in one of three ways at the conclusion of his/her speech: to another Delegate, to questions, or to the Chair. A Delegate must declare any yield at the conclusion of the speech. 30.1 Yield to another Delegate The Delegates remaining time will be offered to the chosen Delegate. If the Delegate accepts the yield, the Chair shall recognize the Delegate for the remaining time. To turn the floor over to a co-Delegate of the same member state is not considered a yield. The yielded Delegate may not yield back or re-yield to other Delegate. 30.2 Yield to questions The Chair will call if there is any Delegate wishes to raise question, limited to one question each. Follow-up questions is in order only at the discretion of the Chair. The Chair has the right to call to order any Delegate whose question is, in the opinion of the Chair, rhetorical, leading and/or not designed to elicit information. 30.3 Yield to the Chair Such yield should be made if the Delegate does not wish the speech to be yielded to the above choices. The Chair will directly move to the next speaker. Only one yield is allowed per speech. There are no yields allowed if the Delegate is speaking on a procedural matters. Even if the Delegates time has elapsed, he/she must still yield.

ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE: COMMENTS If a substantive speech involves no yields, the Chair may recognize up to two Delegates, other than the original speaker, to comment for thirty seconds on the specific content of the speech just completed. Commentators may not yield. No comments shall be in order during debate on procedural motions. The Chair may call a speaker to order if his/her comments are irrelevant to the speech made. ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO: RIGHT OF REPLY A Delegate whose personal or national integrity has been impugned by another Delegate during any speech may submit a Right of Reply only in writing to the Committee staff. The Chair will grant the Right of Reply at his/her discretion; this decision is not appealable. A Delegate granted a Right of Reply will not address the Committee except at the request of the Chair. A Right of Reply to a Right of Reply is out of order. CHAPTER SEVEN: RULES GOVERNING POINTS ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE: POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE Whenever a Delegate experiences personal discomfort, which impairs his/her ability to participate in the proceedings, he/she may rise to a Point of Personal Privilege to request that the discomfort be corrected. A Point of Personal Privilege may only interrupt a speaker if the Delegate speaking is inaudible. Otherwise, the Delegate rising on the Point of Personal Privilege must always wait till the end of the speech to raise the Point. When the Delegates point has the possibility of affecting all the Delegates in the Committee, the Chair may ask for a vote whether the said adjustment should be made. ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR: POINTS OF ORDER During the discussion of any matter, a Delegate may rise to a Point of Order to indicate an instance of improper parliamentary procedure. The Point of Order will be immediately decided by the Chair in accordance with these rules of procedure. The Chair may rule out of order those points that are dilatory or improper; such a decision is not appealable. A representative rising to a Point of Order may not speak on the substance of the matter under discussion. A Point of Order may not interrupt a speaker during the speech. The Delegate who rises to a point of order must wait until the end of the speech. Additionally, the Committee Chair has the right to address a Delegate if proper parliamentary procedure is not being followed. ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE: POINTS OF PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY When the floor is open, a Delegate may rise to a Point of Parliamentary Inquiry to ask the Chair a question regarding the rules of procedure. A Point of Parliamentary Inquiry may never interrupt a speaker. Delegates with substantive questions should not rise to this Point, but should rather approach the Committee staff during caucus or send a note to the dais. CHAPTER EIGHT: RULES GOVERNING THE PATH TO DRAFT RESOLUTION ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX: WORKING PAPERS In the middle of the conference, any Delegate may propose working papers for Committee consideration. Working papers are document intended for Delegates to aid the discussion and formulation of Draft Resolution, and need not be written in Draft Resolution or any particular format. Working papers are not

official documents and may presented by the Chair to be given a designated number, copied and distributed. Delegates may consider the working papers introduced after the working papers are distributed to all Delegates, and Delegates can begin mention the working papers by its designated number. For submission, working papers require no signatories or votes of approval. No documents may be referred as working papers before it has been introduced. The Chair, at his/her discretion, considering also the time remaining for the conference, may invite all Delegates to discuss all working papers present on the floor, either by motioning, or inviting all submitters of working papers to start the discussion one by one. ARTICLE THIRTY-SEVEN: DRAFT RESOLUTIONS A Draft Resolution may be introduced only after approved by the Chair and is signed by a minimum of 20 members in the General Assembly, 10 members in the Economic and Social Council and Regional Bodies, or minimum of 5 members in the Specialized Agencies (including the Security Council). Signing a Draft Resolution does not necessarily indicate support of Draft Resolution, and being signatory does not include further rights or obligations. Signatories should be listed in alphabetical order on every Draft Resolution. A Draft Resolution requires a simple majority of members present to pass. Only one Draft Resolution may be passed per Topic Area. ARTICLE THIRTY-EIGHT: INTRODUCTION TO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS Delegates are required to type the Draft Resolution in formal writing, following the samples given to all Delegates. After fulfilling the requirements as set by the previous Article, Delegates may submit the Draft Resolution to the Dais. The Dais may read the Draft Resolution and check all the requirements, including the formatting and the substance of the Draft Resolution, after which the Draft Resolution is given a designated number, printed, and copied. No document may be referred to as a draft resolution until it has been introduced. Only after the Draft Resolution is printed, copied, and distributed to all Delegates, then Delegates may propose an introduction to the Draft Resolution. By this time, Delegates may begin refer to the designated number of Draft Resolution. Such motion requires a simple majority, by then the Draft Resolution is considered to be introduced and it is on the floor. The Chair may either read the operative clauses of the Draft Resolution, or alternatively invite a certain number of Delegates to come forward to answer questions on the Draft Resolutions which they sign. The Chair may also allow for informal presentation of the Draft Resolutions. More than one Draft Resolution may be on the floor at any one time. A Draft Resolution will remain on the floor until debate on the specific Draft Resolution is postponed or a Resolution on that Topic Area has been passed. Debate on Draft Resolution follows the General Speakers List for the Topic Area. ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE: AMENDMENTS Delegates may amend any Draft Resolution that has been introduced by adding, deleting, or revising parts of it. Only one amendment may be introduced any given time. An amendment must receive the approval of the Chair and signatures of a minimum of 12 members in the General Assembly, 5 members in the Economic and Social Council and the Regional Bodies, or a minimum of 3 members in the Specialized Agencies (including the Security Council). Amendments to amendments are out of order, however, an amendment part of a Draft Resolution may be further amended. Amendments only valid for operative clauses, no preambulatory clauses may be amended. The final vote on the amendment is considered to be a substantive vote.

A motion to introduce an approved amendment may be introduced when the floor is open. After this motion, the Chair may read the amendment aloud, time permitting. The motion will pass by a simple majority. General debate will be suspended and a Speakers List will be established for and against the amendment. A motion to close debate will be in order after the Committee has heard from two speakers for the amendment and from two speakers against. The Chair will recognize two speakers against the motion to close debate, and a vote of two-thirds is required for closure. If there are no speakers against the motion to close debate, the Committee Chair will ask to move to voting by acclamation. When debate is closed on the amendment, the Committee will move to an immediate vote. Amendments need a simple majority to pass. After the vote, debate will resume according to the general Speakers List. CHAPTER NINE: RULES GOVERNING VOTING OF DRAFT RESOLUTION ARTICLE FORTY: REORDERING DRAFT RESOLUTIONS A motion to reorder Draft Resolutions will only be in order immediately after entering voting procedure, and before voting has started on any Draft Resolutions. If the motion receives the simple majority required to pass, the Chair will take any motions to reorder Draft Resolutions and then vote on them in the order in which they are introduced. Voting will continue until either a motion passes, receiving a simple majority, or all the motions fail. ARTICLE FORTY-ONE: DIVISION OF THE QUESTION After debate on any topic has been closed, a Delegate may move that the operative parts of a Draft Resolution be voted on separately. Preambulatory clauses and sub-operative clauses may not be altered by division of the question. The motion can be debated to the extent of two speakers for and two against, to be followed by an immediate procedural vote on that motion. If the motion receives the simple majority required to pass, the Chair will take motions on how to divide the question and prioritize them from most severe to least severe. The Committee will then vote on the motions in the order set by the Chair. If no division passes, the Draft Resolution remains intact. Once a division has been passed, requiring a simple majority, the Draft Resolution will be divided accordingly, and a separate procedural vote will be taken on each divided part to determine whether or not it is to be included in the final Draft Resolution. If all of the operative parts of the substantive proposal are rejected, the Draft Resolution will be considered to have been rejected as a whole. Parts of the Draft Resolution that are subsequently passed will be recombined into a final document. The final document will be put to a substantive vote. ARTICLE FORTY-TWO: ROLL CALL VOTING A Delegate has the right to request a roll call vote after debate on a Draft Resolution is closed. A roll call vote can only be in order for substantive votes. A motion for a roll call vote may be made from the floor and seconded by 20 members of the General Assembly, 10 members of the Economic and Social Council and Regional Bodies and 5 members of the Specialized Agencies. Alternatively, the Chair, at his/her discretion, may also propose for a roll call vote. If there is no such motion, the voting procedure will be conducted using the regular procedure. In a roll call vote, the Chair will call members in alphabetical order. In the first sequence, delegates may vote Yes, Yes with Rights, No, No with Rights, Abstain, or Pass. Delegates who vote either Yes with Rights or No with Rights reserve the right to explain his/her vote only when the Delegate is voting against

the policy of his/her country. The Delegate will only be allowed to explain an affirmative or negative vote, not an abstention from voting. A Delegate who voted Pass during the first sequence of the roll call must vote (i.e. may not abstain or pass) during the second sequence. The same Delegate may not request the right to explain his/her vote. The Chair shall then call for changes of votes; no Delegate may request a right of explanation if he or she did not request on in the previous two sequences. All Delegates who had requested the right of explanation will be granted time to explain their votes. The speaking time will be set at the discretion of the Chair, not to exceed thirty seconds. The Chair will then announce the outcome of the vote. CHAPTER TEN: PRECEDENCE OF POINTS AND MOTIONS ARTICLE FORTY-THREE: POINTS AND MOTIONS IN DEBATE Points and motions will be considered in the following order of precedence: 1. Point of Personal Privilege 2. Point of Order 3. Point of Parliamentary Inquiry 4. Adjournment of the Meeting 5. Suspension of the Meeting 6. Unmoderated Caucus 7. Moderated Caucus 8. Introduction of Draft Resolution 9. Introduction of Amendment 10.Postponement of Debate 11.Resumption of Debate 12.Closure of Debate In addition to the above order of precedence, motions will be voted under these conditions: In unmoderated caucus, longer motions take precedence. In moderated caucus, longer motions take precedence. Motions to extend, both in unmoderated and moderated caucus, take the last precedence. ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR: POINTS AND MOTIONS AT THE START OF VOTING PROCEDURE At the start of voting procedure, the following points and motions are in order, in the following order of precedence: 1. Point of Personal Privilege 2. Point of Order 3. Point of Parliamentary Inquiry 4. Reordering Draft Resolutions 5. Division of the Question 6. Motion for a Roll Call Vote
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In making this Rules of Procedure sample, I consulted some RoPs from different conferences, including Harvard National Model United Nations Conference, Harvard World Model United Nations Conference. Credit for the two conferences for the underlying framework of this sample, which afterwards I adapted for certain needs.
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