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All About Zach
The Basics
Voting Procedure
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Really Random
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This is Zach's favorite football team
What is the New York Jets
100
This is the percentage of the committee that is needed in order to pass a motion for a moderated or unmoderated caucus
What is 50%
100
This is the percentage of the committee that must vote in favor of entering into voting procedure
What is 2/3
100
This is the first thing you must do at each committee session
What is take roll
100
This is the longest duration of time a moderated caucus can last
What is 30 minutes
200
This is the country besides the United States that Zach has visited the most amount of times
What is China
200
This is the percentage of the committee that must be a sponsor or a signatory to a resolution, in order for it to be debated
What is 20%
200
Once there has been a motion to close debate, this is the number of speakers for/against the motion (you must specify how many for and how many against)
What is 2 against
200
After a speakers list speech, the speaker may yield in these 3 ways
What is yield to the chair, yield to questions, or yield to another delegate
200
When a delegate motions for a moderated caucus, he/she must specify these 3 things
What is a purpose, a caucus time, and a speaking time
300
This is the number of times Zach has cried during a Model UN conference
What is 1
300
When a delegate points out a spelling error in a preambulatory clause, after the resolution has been introduced, this action may happen to change the spelling error
What is absolutely nothing, a preambulatory clause may never be amended
300
This is the percentage of the committee that must vote in favor of an unfriendly amendment in order for it to be incorporated into its corresponding resolution
What is 2/3
300
Whilst debating which topic to discuss first, if a delegate motions to set the topic, it requires this many speakers for and against (please specify the amount for each)
What is 0 for and 0 against
300
If there is a motion to make a resolution an important question, the motion requires this percentage of the committee to pass, and then it means this when voting on that resolution
What is 50% to pass the motion, and that the resolution needs 2/3 majority to pass
400
This is Zach's favorite type of beer
Tsingtao
400
When reviewing a resolution, you should ensure that the first word of each preambulatory clause is this, and the first word of each operative clause is this
What is italicized and underlined
400
In voting for a resolution, if there are 109 countries in committee, and 9 of them abstain, this is the number of countries that must vote in favor in order for the resolution to pass
What is 51
400
While trying to choose a topic to discuss, if motions to set the topic to topic A and topic B both fail, then this will occur
What is return to debating about which topic to discuss first
400
If a delegate motions to question the competence of a resolution it requires this many speakers for and against (please specify for each) and this percentage of the committee to pass
What is 1 speaker for and 1 speaker and against, and 2/3 to pass
500
This beautiful woman is Zach's IAA crush
Who is Elisabeth Back, Trustee of the International Academy of Aeronautics (IAA)
500
Between speakers of a moderated caucus, these are the only 3 points/motions that may be made by a delegate, as still be in procedural order
What are a point of order, a point of parliamentary inquiry, and a point of personal privilege
500
These are the motions that may ONLY be made during voting procedure
What are motion for a roll call vote, motion to reorder, motion to divide the question, and motion to make resolution x an important question
500
God put these creatures on land during the 6th day of creation
What is land animals and people
500
When a delegate motions to make a resolution an important question, it may be made on these five criterion
What are maintenance of international peace and security, election/expulsion of members, suspension of rights and privileges of membership, operation of the trusteeship council, and budgetary questions