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Congress Procedures
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CONGRESS
PROCEDURES
● Right of reply: a delegate may ask for a right of reply when the country, the party or the person
they are representing is under offence.
● Point of order: a delegate can call a point of order to flag a procedural breach during a session.
The presidency is then responsible for reminding delegates of the procedural rule.
● Point of Personal Privilege: is employed primarily to address matters related to a delegate ' s
personal identity or concerns.
● Point of information: a delegate asks questions the committee ’ s presidency in order to enable
clarification of a term, a concept, or one of the procedures.
● Fact-checking: Congresspersons may use scientific facts or events to bolster their cases, and
fellow delegates can ask for sources to verify information reliability.