II. Secretary- General, President of General Assembly, Secretariat

I. General Rules

Rule 1

All matters are conducted in accordance with these rules and the Charter of the United Nations.

Rule 2

Rule Changes

Interpretation of the rules shall be reserved exclusively to the President of the General Assembly and to the Secretary-General. Such interpretation shall be in accordance with the philosophy and principles of Minsk International Model United Nations.

Rule 3

Opening date

The General Assembly and other forums of MINTMUN shall meet every year in session commencing on a date to be determined by the Board of Directors of the MINTMUN.

Rule 4

Composition

The delegation of a Member shall consist of not less than three delegates.

On committees, where the delegation will be represented, it will have one delegate only and one vote.

Rule 5

Official and working language

English shall be both the official and the working language of the General Assembly, its committees and other forums of the MINTMUN.

All resolutions and other documents shall be published in the language of the General Assembly.

Usage of other languages is out of order.

Rule 6

Invitation to silent prayer or meditation

Immediately after the opening of the first plenary meeting and immediately preceding the closing of the final plenary meeting of each session of the General Assembly, the President may invite the representatives to observe one minute of silence dedicated to prayer or meditation.

A formal request for silent prayer or meditation shall be made at the opening of the first plenary session or during the final meeting of the Committee.

II. Secretary- General, President of General Assembly, Secretariat

Rule 7

Functions of the Secretary-General

The Secretary-General shall have authority over all student participants at the conference. The Secretary-General shall have the right to make decisions on all issues or questions vital to the harmonious opera­tion of MINTMUN.

The Secretary-General shall have the right to rule on all questions concerning the competence of a particular forum to adopt a proposal submitted to it. These decisions will be final.

Rule 8

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization

The Secretary-General shall make an annual report to the General Assembly on the work of the Organization.

Rule 9

Statement by the Secretary-General

The Secretary General or a member of the Secretariat designated by him/her may at any time make either written or oral statements to any committee.

Rule 10

Provisional agenda

The provisional agenda for a session shall be drawn up by the Secretary-General and communicated to the Members of the United Nations at least thirty days before the opening of the session.

Rule 11

Duties of the Secretariat

The Secretariat shall receive, print and distribute documents, reports and resolutions of the General Assembly; prepare, print and circulate the records of the session; have the custody and proper preservation of the documents in the archives of the General Assembly; distribute all documents of the Assembly to the Members of the United Nations.

Rule 12

Acting President

If the President finds it necessary to be absent during a meeting or any part thereof, he shall designate one of the Chairmen of the committees to take his place.

Rule 13

General Powers of the President

In addition to exercising the powers conferred upon him elsewhere by these rules, the President shall, subject to the most recent programme of events, declare the opening and closing of each plenary meeting of the session, the adjournment of the meeting, direct the discussions in plenary meeting, ensure observance of these rules, accord the right to speak, put questions and announce decisions.

He shall rule on points of order and, subject to these rules, shall have complete control of the proceedings at any meeting and over the maintenance of order thereat. The President may, in the course of the discussion of an item, decide the limitation of the time to be allowed to speakers, the limitation of the number of times each representative may speak or the closure of the debate. He may also propose the suspension of the meeting or the adjournment of the debate on the item under discussion.

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