Documents and Submissions; and Procedural and Substantive Motions
100
A vote on a substantive matter done alphabetically.
What is a roll call vote?
100
A point taken by a delegate when his/her personal comfort has been affected; this may not be used to insult.
What is a point of personal privilege?
100
A motion to enter a state of committee during which delegates may leave their seats for a specified length of time to work on draft resolutions; no points or motions shall be in order during this period.
What is an unmoderated caucus?
100
Unless directed by a committee chair or secretariat member, this may not be used in committee.
What are technological devices?
100
A document that is composed of operative and substantive clauses and requires at least two sponsors and ⅕ of the committee as signatories to pass.
What is a draft resolution?
200
An action taken during roll call vote, which results in the delegate being placed at the end of the voting roll--rescinding the delegate’s right to abstain.
What is a pass?
200
A point taken by delegate to indicate procedural error.
What is a point of order?
200
A motion to suspend formal debate for a specified length of time and discuss specific questions.
What is a moderated caucus?
200
Delegates wishing to speak may add their names to this by submitting a written request to the dais.
What is the Speaker's List?
200
This is a mechanism for debate and does not have to conform to proper resolution format.
What is a working paper?
300
This vote fraction is required to reprimand delegates for diverging from policy.
What is 2/3?
300
A point that is used to clarify a point of procedure.
What is a point of parliamentary inquiry?
300
A motion that can be made starting from fifteen minutes before the scheduled end of a committee session to suspend meeting until next session.
What is a motion of recess?
300
All delegations are required to vote in these matters, and may only vote “yes” or “no.”
What are procedural matters?
300
Corrections to operative clauses that receive approval from all sponsors of the resolution and from the dais; immediately incorporated without a vote.
What is a friendly amendment?
400
Recognized only once all amendments on a resolution have been voted on, this is a motion to vote on specific denoted sections of the resolution.
What is division of the question?
400
If a delegate feels that his/her personal or national integrity has been impugned by another delegation, he/she may request this right.
What is a right of reply?
400
A motion which requires ⅔ majority to pass, and if passes, all draft resolutions and amendments are brought to immediate vote.
What is a closure of debate?
400
A necessary condition for formal debate to begin, defined as one-third of the members of the committee as determined by the number of delegations present in the first committee session of the conference.
What is quorum?
400
Corrections to operative clauses that do not receive approval from all sponsors; require ⅕ of the committee as signatories and passes with a majority vote.
What is an unfriendly resolution?
500
Once in voting procedure, a delegate may motion to do this, if the resolution under debate is of vital importance.
What is designation as important question?
500
If a voting decision is unexpected, the delegate may request this right.
What are rights of explanation?
500
A motion used to stop debate on given substantive issue without having voted on resolutions.
What is a tabling of debate?
500
Delegates who repeatedly misrepresent their country’s foreign policy are subject to this repercussion.
What is censure?
500
This is a motion to withdraw a document from committee without further possibility of reintroduction; may be raised immediately following the introduction of a draft resolution.