Rule 32. Amendment to Amendment

1. An Amendment to an Amendment is a Motion that adds to, deletes from or revises any part of an Amendment.

2. An Amendment to an Amendment can be introduced orally during the course of discussing the initial Amendment but before the voting on the latter has commenced. The proposing party should clearly explain its point which is put to vote after the evaluation by the Expert.

3. Introducing an Amendment to an Amendment after voting on the initial Amendment is not in order.

4. If several Amendments to an Amendment have been introduced, they shall be considered in the order they have been submitted. After voting on an Amendment to an Amendment, the Board returns to the Debate on the initial Amendment. Adoption of an Amendment to an Amendment does not mean adoption of the initial Amendment.

5. An Amendment to an Amendment to an Amendment is out of order.

Rule 33. Friendly Amendment to Amendment

1. If approved by the Authors of the initial Amendment, an Amendment to an Amendment shall be considered friendly.

2. Friendly Amendments to Amendments are immediately incorporated into the initial Amendment without a vote being cast. After that the Board returns to the discussion on the altered initial Amendment.

Rule 34. Withdrawal of Amendment

An Amendment (or an Amendment to an Amendment) may be withdrawn by its Authors at any time before voting on it has commenced.

Rule 35. Decision

1. When the list of Amendments is exhausted, the Board shall vote on the Draft Decision including all Amendments incorporated in it.

2. Before the vote the Secretariat shall supply the Delegates with the final text of the Draft Decision.

3. If supported by the simple majority of the Delegates present and voting the Draft becomes the Decision of the Board.

4. The Decision shall have no Authors and shall be considered the result of the work of the Board.

Points and Motions in Order of Priority

Rule 36. Precedence of Points.

Points shall be considered in the following order of preference:

1. Point of Personal Privilege;

2. Point of Order;

3. Point of Parliamentary Inquiry;

4. Question on Voting;

5. Question to the Expert;

6. Procedural Motion;

7. Right of Reply.

Rule 37. Point of Personal Privilege

1. A Representative may at any time (but not during the voting procedure) introduce a Point of Personal Privilege in order to remove personal discomfort, which impairs his or her ability to participate in the proceedings. The Representative shall rise when called by the Chairperson and explain the grievance.

2. A Representative who raised a Point of Personal Privilege is not allowed to talk on the matter in question.

Rule 38. Point of Order

1. A Representative may raise a Point of Order if a rule of procedure is not properly observed by a Representative or by the Chairperson. The Chairperson will rule on the validity of the point. A Representative rising to a Point of Order may not comment on the topic of discussion. A Point of Order can be ruled out by the Chairperson. This point may not interrupt a Speaker or voting.

Date: 2016-03-03; view: 720