IV. Conduct of business

Rule 19

Unmoderated Caucus

In unmoderated caucus, delegates may leave their seats and address other delegates in an informal manner. Its purpose is to discuss the issue in informal format, to merge draft resolutions, to explain position of the country.

Rule 20

Moderated Caucus

The purpose of the moderated caucus is to facilitate substantive debate at critical junctures in the discussion. In a moderated caucus, the Chairperson will call on delegates to speak at his or her discretion. The Chairperson rules the debates in official manner.

Rule 21

Roll Call

At the beginning of each session Chairman will call on Member States in English alphabetical order to state their status of attendance. Member States may reply ‘present’ or ‘present and voting’, where ‘present and voting’ means the Member State cannot abstain on the substantive vote.

Rule 22

Speeches

No representative may address the General Assembly without having previously obtained the permission of the Chairperson.

The Chairperson shall call upon speakers in an order determined by the Chairperson.

Rule 23

Time-limit on speeches

The Chairperson may limit the time to be allowed to each speaker and the number of times each representative may speak on any issue

Rule 24

Yields

A delegate granted the right to speak on a substantive issue may yield in one of three ways:

Yield to another delegate. His or her remaining time will be given to that delegate.

Yield to questions. Questioners will be selected by the Chairperson and limited to one question each.

The Chairperson will have the right to call to order any delegate whose question is, in the opinion of the Chairperson, rhetorical and leading and/or not designed to elicit information. Only the speaker’s answers to questions will be deducted from the speaker’s remaining time.

Yield to the chair. Such a yield should be made if the delegate does not wish to yield to questions or another delegate. The Chairperson will then move to the next speaker.

Delegates must declare any yield by the conclusion of his or her speech. If time runs out, the

Chairperson will simply move on to the next speaker.

Rule 25

Recognition of Speakers

Delegations wishing to speak on an item before the Council will signify by raising their placards.

The exception to this rule occurs on any Point of Order, Point of Parliamentary Inquiry, Point of Information or Point of Personal Privilege, at which time a Representative should raise their placard and call out “Point of _______”.

Rule 26

Right of Reply

A delegate whose national integrity has been impugned by another delegate may request a Right of Reply. The Chairperson shall determine an appropriate time limit for the reply. The Chairperson’s decision whether to grant the Right of Reply is not open to appeal. A Right of Reply to a Right of Reply is out of order.

Rule 27

Draft Resolutions

A draft resolution may be introduced when it receives the approval of the Chairperson. Signing a resolution need not indicate support of the resolution, and the signer has no further obligations.

For a draft resolution to be considered it must be organized in content and flow, have a minimum of 30% of the delegations in attendance listed as co-submitters, and the signature of the Chairperson.

Rule 28

Amendments

An amendment is a proposal that does no more than add to, delete from or revise part of a draft resolution. Amendments can only be submitted by a speaker who has the floor. They may be moved in debate time against the resolution. However, an amendment must be an attempt to improve the resolution and must not seek to change its general intent. It is nevertheless debatable.

Rule 29

Amendments to the Amendment

An amendment to the amendment will be in order. No amendments of the 2^nd degree will be in order.

An amendment to an amendment may be introduced in written or orally.

In order to introduce an amendment to an amendment, a delegate shall request the floor when the Chair asks for speakers either against or in favor of the original amendment.

Rule 30

Voting on Amendments to an Amendment

Voting on an amendment to an amendment shall take place once debate time on the amendment to the amendment has elapsed. If the house passes the amendment to the amendment, the original amendment also passes as a whole. If the amendment to the amendment fails the house goes back into debate on the original amendment.

Rule 31

Note Passing

Note Passing is in order during the entire session, except during voting on a resolution, for the purpose of communication with other delegations and the Chairperson. The Chairperson may suspend note passing for any period of time if he feels that decorum in the committee is not maintained. All notes passed between the delegates shall be screened by the administration staff responsible for note passing. Should a member of the staff find a note not in compliance with section of the Rules of Procedure, the note shall be passed to the Chairperson, who will take appropriate disciplinary action against the sender of the note.

Note Passing shall be suspended during voting procedures.

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