Parliamentary Procedure
How one introduces a paper or changes debate.
What is a motion?
Sources should be cited in this format.
What is MLA?
The initial clauses recognizing the problem the resolution will solve.
What are pre-ambs?
This collection of 13 territories declared independence from a colonial power in the 18th century.
What is the USA?
Likely originating as an onomatopoeia or imitation, this word means to eat or chew noisily.
Traditionally the first motion made in committee.
What is a motion to open debate?
Created by a US government agency, this is a good starting point for your country background.
What is the CIA World Factbook?
The final clauses which take action.
What are operatives?
A bloody slave revolt guaranteed this Caribbean nation's independence from France in a 12 year war.
What is Haiti?
From Latin for 'exempt from public service', this word means a heightened defense or resistance, particularly to disease.
What is immune/immunity?
How to allow another delegate to speak when you've finished your remarks.
What is to yield your time? (to another delegate)
Do this if you can't find information on a smaller country.
What is make stuff up?
In a crisis committee, one writes these instead of resolutions.
What are directives?
This nation became the 193rd member of the UN when it declared independence in 2011, following two civil wars.
What is South Sudan?
This word comes from the Latin's word for 'citizen', and now refers to anything regarding a city.
What is Municipal?
This form of debate does not occur at the actual United Nations.
What is a moderated caucus?
Position papers should include these two types of potential solutions.
'Condemns' can only be used in this committee (in a GA).
What is Security Council?
This nation with a large Kurdish minority was founded as a secular republic in 1923.
What is Turkey?
From Latin for 'defense', this word refers to weapons of war.
What is ammunition? (Munitions also acceptable)
Round robins and two-for-two-againsts both require this unusual motion.
What is a suspension of the rules?
A strong position paper includes these 5 sections.
What are Country Background, Topic Background, Past Action, Country Policy, and Possible solutions.
You need at least two of these to list them in an operative.
What is a sub-clause?
This nation declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, but is only recognized by 101 UN member states.
What is Kosovo?
From Latin for 'public spirit', this word refers to a close group or a political philosophy.
What is commune/community/communism?