MODEL UNITED

NATIONS

ORIENTATION
Guide to Formal Mun
Procedure
Prelude: Introduction to
United Nations
1. General Assembly
2. . Economic and Social Council
3. Security Council
4. International Court of Justice
5. Secretariat
6. Trusteeship Council
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CONDUCT
Always speak in third person when referring to
yourself, in formal session. No personal
pronouns can be used in committee
Refer to other people in committee as “The
delegate of XYZ”
Use parliamentary/formal language during
communication through text
Wear formal clothes in the committee and turn
on your camera when you have to talk
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MOTIONS
 MOTIONS

2) Motion to set 3) Motion to begin Roll

a working Call
agenda

BEGINNINGS

Syntax: The
1) Motion to
delegate would
begin Formal
like to raise a
Session
motion...
 Flow of Debate

GSL: General
Speakers List

SPEECHES

Motion to begin an Motion to begin a

unmoderated moderated caucus
caucus
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POINTS
 Point of Personal Point of Parliamentary
Privilege Inquiry

POINTS

Point of Order Point of

Information
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RESOLUTIONS
A resolution is a document that contains all the issues
that the committee wants to solve and the proposed
solutions to those issues.

Resolution Name
Sponsors and Signatories
Preambulatory clauses
Operative Clauses
 Amendments
Format:
From: XYZ ● Addition of clause
Amendment Type: ● Edition of clause
Addition/Deletion/Edition ● Deletion of clause

Eg. Deletion of clause number Types:

12. Friendly Amendments
Non-Friendly Amendments

2/3rd of all clauses amended leads to scrapping of

resolution
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VOTING
Procedural Voting : Everyone must vote, no abstentions.
Voting is done by using the raise hand feature

Substantive Voting:
Yes
Yes with rights
No
No with rights
Abstain
Pass