Strategic Motions
A delegate uses this motion to introduce a formal change to a resolution's text, which can then be changed, added to, or removed.
What is an amendment?
The definitive, pre-established schedule and sequence of business that dictates the progression of the committee session.
What is the agenda?
The procedural mechanism used to completely cancel, invalidate, or nullify an action or vote taken during a previous session
What is a motion to rescind?
The dual phrases spoken aloud during standard voice voting to signal binary support or rejection of a motion.
What are "Aye" and "Nay"?
To prevent informational clutter, a delegate's baseline country profile section in a research binder must be capped at this length.
What is a few pages?
This motion forces an immediate end to debate and requires an asset vote on the pending item, bypassing any further speaker's list.
What is moving the previous question?
The operational threshold requiring a specific minimum number of present members before any official business can be legally transacted.
What is a quorum?
This action permits a committee to pass a non-controversial motion instantly without a formal roll-call or voice vote, provided zero members object.
What is unanimous consent?
The formal pronouncement made by the chairperson to confirm that a motion has officially met the required threshold and passed.
What is stating that a motion is carried (or adopted)?
The specific component of the GREET acronym that analyzes how a state structures its internal leadership, power distribution, and state-sanctioned belief systems.
What is Government?
When a resolution is too complex or lacks data, a delegate introduces this motion to send it to a smaller working group for refinement.
What is a motion to commit (or refer)?
The formal procedural step a delegate must take to be granted speaking rights and physical recognition by the presiding officer.
What is obtaining the floor?
The specific type of question a delegate directs to the chair to obtain structural clarification regarding the immediate business or topic on the floor.
What is a point of information (or inquiry)?
The specific point a delegate raises to demand an immediate physical standing or rising recount when a voice vote is too close to call.
What is a division of the assembly?
A system of governance where authority resides in a single monarch whose power is entirely unconstrained by legislative bodies.
What is an absolute monarchy?
A tactical move used to temporarily shelve a contentious issue without a definitive vote, allowing coalition building to happen on the side.
What is a motion to lay on the table?
The structural format of a committee that allows for structured, formal arguments regarding the merits of a pending motion.
What is formal debate?
A democratic structure where executive power is held within a larger, unified legislative body rather than an independent executive office.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
This point is weaponized by a delegate when they believe the chairperson or another country has actively violated parliamentary rules.
What is a point of order?
A democratic system that concentrates its executive authority within a single, independently elected president rather than a broader parliament.
What is a presidential democracy?
The precise procedural route required to overturn a vote that has already concluded during the current session.
What is a motion to reconsider?
This foundational step places a brand-new legislative document or proposal on the floor as the active asset for committee consideration.
What is introducing a main motion?
A system where religious authorities govern directly, or where overt religious involvement is legally integrated into the state's judicial and political structures.
What is a theocracy (or religious government)?
The priority option utilized when a delegate must immediately address physical disruptions or concerns regarding comfort, safety, or noise.
What is a question of privilege?
The primary structural reason a delegate must master the "big picture" of a nation's government format before a conference begins.
What is how the country perceives the world.