Crisis
Your personal game plan and narrative for a crisis committee
What is a Crisis Arc?
What is the (Primary) Speaker's List?
How you respond during roll call if you would like to reserve your right to remain neutral later on
What is Present?
A stereotypical delegate who monopolizes committee, both in mods and unmods. They are typically very good, but don't always act diplomatically
What is a Power Del?
The delegation of Thailand describes the views of the delegation of France to be "aloof and out of touch." The delegation of France motions for a
What is Right of Reply?
Often used in crisis committee, all delegates have to speak in this version of a moderated caucus:
What is a Round Robin?
How the chair rules on a motion for a subject that they perceive irrelevant to the current topic
What is Out of Order?
Motion for when you are unsure of what is going on in committee
What is Point of Inquiry?
Proposing a resolution change favorable to the author
What is a Friendly Amendment?
A new crisis update comes in that India has declared war on Pakistan. The entire committee starts to cause a raucous. The chair asks for:
What is Decorum?
The people outside of Crisis committee pulling the strings:
Motion for when you are choosing the topic to debate
What is Motion to Set the Agenda?
The presenters of a working paper are speaking at a low volume. To get them to speak louder, one can motion for a:
What is a Point of Personal Privilege?
The minimum amount of delegates needed to be present for a committee session
What is a quorum?
You notice that there are 3 minutes until lunch time. After lunch, committee will come back for session 2. You motion to:
What is Motion to Adjourn?
Type of resolution used in crisis committees
What is a directive?
What the chair manages/the order of events in committee
What is the Flow of Debate?
Motion for when you think either you or the chair is unsure of procedure or made a mistake
What is Point of Parliamentary Procedure?
A delegate selected by chairs to pass notes around the room
What is a page?
Your Bloc ally, the delegation of the Czech Republic, motions for a 10 minute unmoderated caucus. You would like to signal to the chair that you support this motion:
What is To Second?
The type of conference that greatly restricts your ability to carry out great levels of violence in a crisis committee:
What is a demilitarized conference?
Number of speakers in a 9:45 moderated caucus
What is 12?
The order that the chair considers which motion to vote on:
Group of people in charge of moderating a committee
What is the dais?
The delegation of Botswana, frustrated that they were not picked for the last moderated caucus, motions for a moderated caucus on a subject only slightly different from the last mod. The chair, wanting to hear debate on something else, rules this motion ___.
What is dilatory?