Debate
How do I get chosen to speak, be placed on a potential speaker's list, or propose a motion/resolution?
Raise your Placard!
Raise your Placard!
Counting is the Chair's Job
Are you allowed to come to a Conference with a Pre-Written Resolution
NOOOO!!!! (You can have ideas/Bulleted outlines AT MOST)
How do you give up any extra time at the end of your turn in Debate?
I YIELD MY TIME TO THE CHAIR!!
Who/What is the Chair?
The one responsible for managing the session of debate, including ensuring procedure is followed as well as Decorum.
How does one refer to themselves during any Model UN Session?
The delegation of (COUNTRY NAME) believes
(COUNTRY NAME) Believes
NEVER USE I, WE, OR ME
What is a Motion?
a formal proposal made by a delegate to direct the committee toward a specific action or procedure
What is the purpose of a Resolution?
To solve a problem with SPECIFIC, CONCRETE ACTION!
What is a Speaker's List
Typically the first mode of debate entered during a Conference/Session. Typically, Delegates will go up for an allotted amount of time and assert their position on a topic!
What is the only Model UN Committee Whose power extends beyond Proposols?
Security Council!
What is the standard order of debate?
2. Moderated Caucus
3. Unmoderated Caucus
2 & 3 Alternate until a Resolution is presented
4. Resolution Amendment & Voting
What response during Roll Call eliminates the possibility of a Delegate abstaining from a vote?
Present & Voting!
What is a Friendly/Unfriendly Amendment?
Friendly amendment: the sponsors agree and it automatically passes
Unfriendly amendment: the sponsors disagree and it goes to a committee wide vote. 2/3 needed
150: What is Moderated Caucus, How is it different from a Speaker's List.
150: What is an Unmoderated Caucus?
Moderated: Formal Mode of Debate with a Set Speaking time, Overall Duration, and Topic
Unmoderated: Informal mode of debate with a Set Duration during which Delegates are free to get up, go around the room, and converse with other Delegates to draft and submit resolutions?
What is Roll Call
Essentially, the part of Model UN at the beginning of each Committee Session when Attendance is taken; you are either Present, Absent, or Present & Voting.
Propose a Moderated Caucus.
Motion for a # Minute Moderated Caucus with a # Second Speaking time on the topic of _
What % is needed for a Procedural Vote to pass? Substantive vote?
Procedural (Anything having to do with a Motion Made): Typically only 50%, or a simple majority is needed
Substantive (Resolutions-Related votes): typically 66.6%, or a 2/3 Majority is needed
Name 3 activities that occur during the resolution review period that does not actually involve voting on it
0. Reading/Presentation of Bills by Sponsors
1. Revision for spelling and grammar
1.5 Q & A
2. Amendment
3. 1 for 1 against (numbers may vary, EX: 2 for 2 against)
All or Nothing: Define Operative & Preambulatory Clause. Which comes first in a resolution?
Bonus 100: Give an Example of Each.
Pre-ambulatory Clause: The part of a resolution that describes previous actions taken on the topic and reasons why the resolution is necessary. It begins with a participle or adjective (noting, concerned, regretting, aware of, recalling, etc.). (typically comes first)
Operative: The part of a resolution that describes how the UN will address a problem. It begins with an action verb (decides, establishes, recommends, etc.).
How do you ask to use the bathroom?
Right of Reply (Point of Reply is Acceptable as well)
What happens if a Sponsor votes against their own Bil?
The Bill automatically fails (in most Committees it's typically not allowed to do this as it wastes time cuz why are you voting against something you wrote)
(Happens more often than you'd think)
What is the minimum Required Number of Sponsors/Signatories
IT DEPENDS!! :)
It is dependent on the size of the committee, and will be announced by the chair when asked
Who are Sponsors and Signatories. Note a specific point of concern with Signatories that often gets overlooked.
Sponsors are typically the Primary authors of a bill who are deeply invested in it's cause and want to speak it on it.
Signatories are those who wish to see the bill be discussed, NOT automatically those who merely support the bill.
When multiple motions are proposed, what order are they voted in?
Most Disruptive to Least Disruptive (Unmods are First, then Mods)