We will be adhering to the UNA-USA procedure for
this conference.
Begin Formal Session-
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” raises a motion
to
begin the formal session.
Roll call-
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” raises a motion
to
begin roll call.
How to respond when your country is called-
● Present and Voting- The delegate can either vote in
support or against the resolution. Note that you
cannot change your stance or abstain from voting on
the resolution at the end of committee.
● Present- The delegate can abstain from voting for the
resolution at the end. They also have the ability to
change their stand to present and voting through the
conference.
General Speaker’s List (GSL)-
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” raises a motion
to
establish the GSL (general speaker’s list).
The GSL is inexhaustible, it serves the purpose of
expressing the delegate’s stance on the agenda. Per
speaker time for the GSL is generally 90 secs.
Yielding time: - When there is extra time left in a
delegate's speech they can yield it.
Yielding time to another delegate- Allocates the
remaining
time to that delegate. (The second delegate may not yield
their time to the third delegate)
Yielding time to questions- This allows other recognized
delegates to raise questions on the delegate’s speech.
Yielding time to the Dias- The Dias can decide what they
will be using the remainder time for.
Moderated Caucus-
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” raises a motion
to
suspend formal debate and move into a moderated
caucus
on the topic “x” and the time period of “y” minutes and
per
speaker time being “z” seconds/minutes.
If a delegate isn’t recognized to speak, then they can
send
their points through substantive chits.
Format of Substantive Chits-
Substantive chit
To: Executive Board
From: Delegate of “your allotted country”
Topic of moderated caucus
*points*
Unmoderated Caucus-
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” would like to
suspend formal debate and move into an unmoderated
caucus of time period “x” minutes.
Points-
● Point of Parliamentary Inquiry-
This point is raised by a delegate to clarify anythin
regarding the rules of procedure or to know the status
of the committee.
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” would like to
raise a point of parliamentary inquiry.
● Point of Personal Privilege-
This point is raised by a delegate to address a personal
issue.
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” raises a point
of personal privilege.
● Point of Information-
This point is raised when a delegate wants to ask
questions about another delegate’s speech usually
during the GSL and other speeches upon EB’s
discretion.
How to raise it:
The delegate of “your allotted country” raises a point
of information.
● Point of Order-
This point is raised to point out logical fallacy or
factual inaccuracy in a delegate’s speech.
The delegate of “your allotted country” raises a point
of order, factual inaccuracy/logical fallacy.
Factual inaccuracy- When a statement made is
factually wrong or incorrect.
Logical Fallacy- When a statement made is logically
impossible.
Points through chits: -
To- Delegate of “country you want to address”
Via- The Executive Board
From- Delegate of “your allotted country”
Type of chit-PoO/PoI
*statement*
Position paper-
Contains the position or relation of the country to the
agenda and suggested solutions. Times New Roman or
Arial fonts are to be used with font size ranging between
12-14. Note that delegates are required to bring two hard
copies on the day of the conference, one for the EB and
one for their reference.
Resolution-
A resolution or reso, contains all the solutions that the
committee wants to introduce in the form of a formal
document that shall be discussed and put to vote.
Sponsors/ Authors are those who have majorly written
the
resolution whose countries must agree with every clause,
and who would be answering the questions based on the
resolution. The number of sponsors is usually kept
between 2-4, this will be confirmed on the day of the
conference.
Signatories are those who would like to see the
resolution
tabled and discussed in front of the committee. They do
not necessarily agree with the clauses of resolution.
Resolutions must have at least 1/3rd of the committee’s
strength as signatories to be able to present them to the
committee. Note that a delegate can be a signatory to
more
than one resolution but a sponsor cannot.
Format for resolution: -
(Name of Resolution)
Committee name-
Sponsors-
Signatories-
Agenda-
(Preambulatory Clauses)
Every preambulatory clause ends with a comma (,)
(Operative Clauses)
Every operative clause ends with a semi colon (;)
Every sub clause to the operative ends with a comma (,)
Annexures- They are attachments or supplementary
documents to the resolution. These are mostly used to
elaborate an operative clause better
Full stop at the end of the resolution (.)
Amendments-
There are three types of amendments which include
Addition, Deletion or Modification. This is often sent
through chits. If there are 1/3rd amendments made in
the
resolution then the resolution is scrapped.
Friendly Amendments- Accepted by all resolution
sponsors and added to the resolution.
Unfriendly Amendments- Not accepted by all sponsors,
must be put up for vote.
Format:
Type- Addition, Deletion and/or Modification
From- Delegate of “your allotted country”
To- The Executive Board
Operative clause number, line number
Type of change- Addition/ Deletion/ Modification
Proposed change- (Only for modification)
