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Flow of Debate
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ItissometimeshelpfultothinkofaModelUNconferenceasifitwerea
playinwhichdelegatesaretheactorsandSecretariatmembersarethe
directors.ThestorylineofastageshowissimilartowhatModelUNerscall
the"flowofdebate"theorderinwhicheventsproceedduringaModel
UNconference.Justlikescenesinatheatricalperformance,debateunfolds
inseveraldifferentparts.Thechartbelowshowsthevariousstagesof
debatethattakeplaceduringaModelUNsimulation.Beingfamiliarwith
howtheactionwillproceed,fromthefirst"scene"tothelast,isan
importantwaytoprepareyourselfforaModelUNconference.

Roll Call
TheChairpersonwillannounceeachcountry'sname.Afterdelegateshear
theircountry,theyshouldanswer"present."

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Setting the Agenda

WhenModelUNcommitteeshavemorethanonetopicavailable,thebody
mustsettheagendatobeginworkingononeoftheseissues.Atthistimea
delegatetypicallymakesamotion,stating"Thecountryof[name]movesto
place[topicA]firstontheagenda,followedby[topicB]andthen[topic
C]."Oncethemotionhasbeenmade,threedelegationsmustspeakinfavor
ofthemotion,andthreeotherdelegationswillspeakagainstit.These
speechesshouldalternatebetweenthoseinfavorandthoseopposed.Once
thesesixspeecheshavebeengiven,avoteistaken.Settingtheagenda
requiresasimplemajorityvote.

Debate
FormalDebate:Formaldebaterevolves InformalDebate:Informaldebate
aroundaspeakerslist.TheChairbegins involvesdiscussionoutsideofthe
byaskingalldelegatesinterestedin
speakerslist.Duringmoderated
addressingtheothermemberstoraise caucuses,theChaircallson
theirplacards.TheChairthenchooses delegatesonebyonesothateach
delegatestobeplacedonthespeakers canaddressthecommitteeinshort
list.Acountrymayonlybeonthe
speeches.Duringunmoderated
speakerslistonce,butdelegatesmay caucuses,thecommitteebreaksfor
addtheircountrytotheendofthelist atemporaryrecesssothat
aftertheirspeech.
delegatesmaymeetwitheach

otheranddiscussideas.
1a.Whenthesessionbegins,speeches
focusonstatingcountrypositionsand 1b.Afterseveralcountriesstate
offeringrecommendationsforaction. theirpositions,thecommittee
breaksforcaucuses(ofteninblocs)
2a.Afterblocshavemet,speechesfocus todevelopregionalpositions.
ondescribingblocpositionstothe
entirebody.
2b.Writingbeginsascountries

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worktogethertocomposedraft
3a.Delegatesnowmakestatements
resolutions.
describingtheirdraftresolutionstothe
committee.
3b.Countriesandgroupsmeetto
gathersupportforspecificdraft
4a.Delegatestrytogarnermore
resolutions.
supportthroughformalspeechesand
inviteotherstooffertheirideas.
4b.Delegatesfinalizedraft
resolutions.
5a.Delegatesmakestatements
supportingordisagreeingwithspecific 5b.Draftresolutionsponsorsbuild
draftresolutions.
greatersupportfortheirresolution
andlooktoincorporateothers
6a.Delegatespresentanyamendments ideasthroughfriendly
theyhavecreated.
amendments.

Close of Debate

Oncethespeakerslistisexhausted,thecommitteeautomaticallymovesto
voting.Also,onceadelegatefeelsthathisorhercountry'spositionisclear
toothersandthatthereareenoughdraftresolutionsonthefloor,heorshe
maymakeamotiontoproceedintovotingprocedurebymovingforthe
closureofdebate.

Voting Procedures
Onceamotiontoclosedebatehasbeenapproved,thecommitteemoves
intovotingprocedure.Amendmentsarevotedonfirst,thenresolutions.
Oncealloftheresolutionsarevotedon,thecommitteemovestothenext
topicontheagenda.

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