Points And Motions Staff

COLONMUN 2008 Cristóbal Colón Model United Nations

POINTS AND MOTIONS

Motion of Procedure

Point of

To/For Open the session

Floor open? yes

yes

Open a Topic

yes

yes

Open the Speaker's List

yes

yes

Make an extraordinary yes session of ___ questions Open a Moderated Caucus yes

yes

Make an extension of the Moderated Caucus Open a Simple Caucus

yes

yes

yes

yes

Extend the time of the yes Caucus Introduce Working Paper__ yes

yes

Introduce Draft Resolution yes _____ Close/Postpone the session yes

no

Close the debate

yes

yes

Personal Privilege

no

no

Order

no

no

Parlamentary Inquiry

yes

no

Vote?

yes

no

yes

Description To begin the session To choose the topic to be discussed To asign the order to speak in a limited time To ask something to the delegate that has just passed to the SL To open an informal debate with a limit of time To continue with a new time limit when the first is over Usually to work on the PWP or PR making direct contact To continue with a new time limit when the first is over To read the Working Paper after being aproved by the chair To present to the committee the DR after being aproved by the chair To suspend temporarily the debate To conclude the debate. Next, the Draft Resolution is to be voted. When the delegate is experiencing a physical inconvenience When a mistake on the protocol is made To make a question to the chair about the protocol of the model

Notes: *The president can declare the session opened *In order to make an ext. Session of questions, the delegate to be asked needs to accept *PWP: Possible Working Paper PR: Possible Resolution WP: Working paper DR: Draft Resolution *After introducing a WP or a DR, the chair recomends either an unlimited session of questions to the sponsors

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or a Moderated Caucus.The decision of what to do next is up to the delegates. *While introducing a WP or a DR, the delegates can't say or explain anything. They must only read the document. *After closing the debate the DR automatically will be voted.In case its rejected, the delegates may declare incompetent the committee to discuss or solve that problem, or keep trying. *point of personal privilege is never used for procedural matters To SC and HSC:

Motion

of Veto ( to the delegate of

yes

____) for a G5 meeting

yes

just G5, needs unanimity G5

When the G5 wants to expell a member or observer of the committe for the session. Can only be used once per session. When the G5 members want to have an exclusive meeting. It is necessary for them to stay in the room.

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