Rules of Procedure in session 8

1. Security Council
Rules of Procedure
to be continued...

2. 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

3. Points
Point of Personal Privilege
Point of Clarification
Point of Order

4. Motions
Over-rule the Chair
Suspend the Meeting
Adjourn the Meeting
Closing the Debate

5. Motions
Voting
VOTING IS SACRED!

6. Voting: 9 to pass
Procedural
- yes or no
Substantive
- yes or no or abstain

7. Motions
Expel an observer
Declaring member party to
the conflict

8. DOUBLE VETO
When a delegation wants to make a procedural
vote into a substantive vote in order to VETO it

9. - Expel an observer
- Declaring member
= procedural voting
party to the conflict
--> make it substantive

10. Raise motion
e.g expel and observer
any points pertaining?
Raise a motion to challenge Is this vote a
the nature of the vote procedural
(substantive) vote?
1
YES Abstain NO (VETO)
YES
Vote on expelling 2
observer NO (VETO) --> FAILS
(substantive)
Abstain

11. Resolution
Written working paper
Draft Resolution
Reaches the Chair

12. Chair announces they
received a draft resolution
(formal debate)
read it out twice
Open floor for amendments
for a period of ....

13. Amendments?
When you want to: modify/delete/add
something to the resolution
modify= changing something in the
clause
delete= taking off the whole clause
add= adding a new clause

14. Format
From: la la land
Type: modify
Clause: 4
Line: 76
Clause before: Allocates NATO funds to be given to the CCDCOE as a step
to maintain security in the region;
Clause after: Allocates NATO funds to be given to the CCDCOE as a step to
maintain security and peace in the region;

16. Continue Formal Debate
Time elapses: NO amendments
allowed to be taken!

17. Motions
1- Close Debate: voting on amendments,
then draft resolution(s) and closing the topic.
2- Vote on Draft Resolution: voting on
the amendments, then draft resolution(s) and
returning to the topic.
3- Vote on amendments: only voting on
the amendments, return to topic.

18. VOTING IS SACRED!

19. Motion to close VOTE:
debate procedurally
Amendments read out:
most destructive- least destructive
NO Friendly
Sponsors asked
for objections?
YES Unfriendly
VOTE:
substantive
YES Abstain NO

20. Voting on Draft Resolution
Motions:
1- Vote by Roll Call: automatically adopted
2- Vote Clause by Clause: vote on each clause
seperately
(DO NOT DO BOTH TOGETHER!)

21. Voting on Draft Resolution
3- Add name to sponsors list: “Sponsors,
are there any objections?”
4- Remove name from sponsors list: if less
than 5, need to add name, if you don’t want the
resolution to be dropped..

22. Voting on Draft Resolution
- Vote on draft resolution depending on
the motions passed
- 9 votes to pass: substantively
- If draft resolution passes- becomes
RESOLUTION!

23. Receive D.Resolution
and read
Amendments written and given
Close Vote on Vote on
motions
Debate resolution amendments
Amendments read and voted upon: sponsors
Roll Call Add name
motions
Vote on
Clause by resolution
Remove name
Clause

24. Debate is closed..