Rules of Procedures in session 7

1. Security Council
Rules of Procedure

2. - English + translation
- Dress Code- formal (must wear tie,
no jeans!, leather shoes, business attire)
- “Honourable Chair, Honourable
Council”
- No side talks!
- No eating

3. CHAPTER V:
Article 28
The Security Council shall be so organized
as to be able to function continuously. Each
member of the Security Council shall for this
purpose be represented at all times at the
seat of the Organization.

4. The Flow

5. Quorum
- 9 Delegations present

6. Roll Call
- Present, Present and Voting
- Send a note if late

7. Adopting
the Agenda
- Amendments to change agenda

8. Opening Speeches
- Stance in the situation
- Give/Waive/Postpone

9. Formal Debate
- the CONFERENCE!
- Speakers list- debate ends
when there are no names

10. Informal Debate
- Raise placard to speak
- Ends when time elapses
- No placards > move to
formal debate

11. Caucus
- No ROP’s are applied
- Ends when time elapses
- A member must be present

12. Quorum
Roll Call
Adopting the
Agenda
Opening
Speeches
Informal Debate Formal Debate Caucus

13. Your Tools

14. Points
Point of Personal Privilege
- e.g: repeat last statement, raise the AC,
lower voice
- Raised at anytime, except opening speeches

15. Points
Point of Clarification
- Clarifying anything in the ROP’s
- Raised at anytime except while someone is
speaking and during opening speeches

16. Points
Point of Order
- Used to raise motions
- Raised between speeches and (in)formal
debate

17. Motions
Over-rule the Chair
- Mistake in ROP’s
- “based on what grounds”
Speaker for and Speaker against

18. Motions
Suspend the Meeting
- Pausing debate for certain period of time
- Time said and ends when elapses
- To go to coffee/lunch break, next day
- Roll Call after

19. Motions
Adjourn the Meeting
- Closing the debate for next year
- Last day of the conference

20. Motions
Closing the Debate
- Moving from one agenda to another
- Close the topic

21. CHAPTER V:
Article 32
Any Member of the United Nations which is not a
member of the Security Council or any state
which is not a Member of the United Nations, if
it is a party to a dispute under consideration by
the Security Council, shall be invited to
participate, without vote, in the discussion
relating to the dispute.

22. Motions
Voting
Procedural
- anything with procedural matters
- yes or no
- 9 to pass
- observers do not vote!

23. CHAPTER V:
Article 27
Decisions of the Security Council on
procedural matters shall be made by an
affirmative vote of nine members.

24. Motions
Voting
Substantive
- anything with the substance we are
discussing
- yes or no or abstain
- 5P’s vote no - it fails
- 9 to pass
- observers do not vote!

25. Quorum
Roll Call
substantive Adopting the
voting Agenda
Opening
no points
Speeches
Informal Debate Formal Debate Caucus
ppp’s ppp’s
no points
po (to move back to po
formal, requires consenus) pc
pc

26. Diplomatic
Warning!

27. Notes
To: Lala land
From: chair
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