All UN or Model UN sessions end with a vote to ______. This means that the debate is suspended until the next meeting. This can be a short time (e.g. overnight) or a long time (e.g. until next year's conference).
What is ajourn?
100
a specific action made by delegates to direct debate in a certain direction.
What is a motion?
100
A right to speak to a previous speaker's comment, invoked when a delegate feels personally insulted by another's speech. Generally requires a written note to the Chair to be invoked.
What is a right of reply?
100
This is an amendment not approved by all the sponsors to their draft resolution and must be voted upon before it can be included into the text.
What is an Unfriendly Amendment?
100
The staff of a Model UN conference. At BRAMUN, this includes the Secretary General and the Chief Informations Officer.
What is the secretariat?
200
A change made to an operative clause of a draft resolution. This can add, delete, or change an operative clause in a draft resolution.
What is an amendment?
200
To agree with a motion being proposed. Many motions must be seconded before they can be brought to a vote.
What is to second?
200
A country that has ratified the Charter of the United Nations and whose application to join has been accepted by the General Assembly and Security Council. Currently, there are 193 member states.
What is Member State?
200
A guide to a topic being discussed in a Model UN committee usually written by conference organizers and distributed to delegates before the conference. The starting point for any research before a Model UN conference.
What is a Background guide?
200
Delegates who authored the draft resolution or actively contributed ideas. They support the draft resolution and want to see it get passed, so they should vote for it. All resolutions will require a minimum number of them.
What are Sponsors?
300
50% plus one vote of the number of delegates in a committee. The amount needed to pass most votes.
What is simple majority?
300
This is used when a delegate believes that there was a mistake made regarding the rules of procedure.
What is Point of Order (or Parliamentary Procedure)?
300
a debate format in which delegates can leave their seats to go and talk to others freely and informally
What is Unmoderated Caucus?
300
A document written in resolution format, approved by the chairs, and introduced to committee but not yet voted upon.
What is a draft resolution?
300
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is Mrs. Luciana's favourite animal?
400
Form of voting procedure where voting is done by role call. Abstentions are not in order.
What is Division of the House?
400
used when a delegate experiences personal discomfort that hinders their ability to participate in committee. Examples: temperature of room, distractions during committee, can’t hear another delegate, etc.
What is Point of Personal Privilege?
400
A list that determines the order in which delegates will speak. Whenever a new topic is opened for discussion, the Chair will create one by asking all delegates wishing to speak to raise their placards and calling on them one at a time
What is a Speakers' List?
400
The part of a resolution which describes how the UN will address a problem. It begins with an action verb (decides, establishes, recommends, etc.).
What is an Operative clause?
400
Delegates who wish the see the draft resolution debated but may or may not agree with all of the ideas. However, they think there is some merit to it and want to see it presented. Some resolutions will require a minimum number of signatories.
What are Signatories?
500
when delegates vote on the draft resolutions and amendments.
What is a voting bloc?
500
The first order of business in a Model UN committee, during which the Rapporteur reads aloud the names of each member state in the committee. When a delegate's country's name is called, he or she may respond "present" or "present and voting." A delegate responding "present and voting" may not abstain on a substantive vote.
What is Roll Call?
500
This is when a speaker decides to give up the remaining time in his or her speech. Typically, there are three types. To the chair, to another delegate, to questions/comments.
What is yield?
500
A summary of a country's stand on a topic, written by a delegate before a Model UN conference.
What is a position paper?
500
Different groups that have similar ideas and opinions about the topics. In the real United Nations, there are regional ______, but delegates can choose to build their own _____ in Model UN. These will typically work together to create a draft resolution.