These clauses specify concrete actions the UN should take, typically starting with action verbs like "urges" or "requests."
Operative Clauses
Which committee type is known for rapid-fire discussions and dynamic crisis simulations?
Crisis
This person leads a MUN committee, enforces Rules of Procedure, and guides debate.
Chair
What happens at the start of each conference session?
Role Call
At what time do chairs ask admins to close the doors and suspend notepassing?
Voting
What type of mistake involves an operative clause with only one subclause?
Hanging Clause
Which is most commonly the largest committee of the conference?
General Assembly
What term describes a representative who speaks for the interests of their country’s position, not personal opinions?
Delegate
What can the delegate say that relates to comfort not related to debate?
Point of Personal Privellage
Typically, when will the chair set a CLOSED debate time?
Amendments
What type of clause states the background, justification, and context for taking action but does not itself establish any obligations?
Preambulatory
This UN body serves as the central forum for discussing international economic, social, and related issues.
ECOSOC
What role prepares materials, sends notecards, assists delegates, and provides general support to conference staff?
Admin
Which motion, if passed, requires all delegates to vote on a resolution without the option to abstain.
Motion to divide the house
True or False, if an amendment to the second degree passes, the amendment that it is amending automatically passes.
True
What punctuation should be placed at the end of each clause?
Semicolon
This body would hear cases involving individuals accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide in a Model UN setting.
ICC
In Model United Nations, who is typically considered the chief executive responsible for overseeing the conference, enforcing rules of procedure, and managing overall operations?
Secretary General
Which motion moves the committee from general debate into a structured, time-bound discussion on a subtopic?
Moderated Caucus
What can delegetates say to communicate directly to the chair?
POI to the chair
What type of clauses are labeled with Roman numerals? eg. i, ii, iii
Sub-Sub Clauses
This body is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, often used in Model UN to simulate interstate dispute resolution.
ICJ
This person acts as the liaison between delegates and chairs, often overseeing crisis simulations and emergency procedures.
Crisis Director
What is the term for a formal request to pause debate and discuss specifics, typically granted by the Chair?
Unmoderated Caucus
This point is raised to request clarifications about the rules or procedures and does not advance the debate itself.
Point of parliamentary inquiry