Model United Nations Shikshantar

1) Roll Call :- You can clarify your presence by saying Present And Voting or simply Present. If
you are a powerful or affected country, you should say Present And Voting while if you are a bit
insignificant, you should say Present.
2) Points :i) Point of Pesonal privilege - This is a motion used to let the Chair and the speaker know that
something is bothering you (the speaker is too loud, too quiet, too fast, too slow or unclear). When
wishing to bring across a point of personal privilege simply raise your countrys name card and say
Point of Personal Privilege and the Chair will determine whether or not it is in order and s/he will
ask the delegate to rise and state the reasoning behind his/her point. Points of personal privilege will
always be taken into account before any other point.
Procedure : Raise placard and say Point of Personal privilege.
ii) Point of Order - This is the motion used when you want to bring the Chairs attention to a
speakers or another delegates mistake in or violation of parliamentary procedure. If a delegate
breaks any of the rules or regulations stated above or in following sections, wait for the speaker to
finish his/her sentence then raise your countrys name card and say Point of Order. The Chair will
determine whether this is appropriate or not. If appropriate, s/he will ask you to rise and state your
point, i.e., is it in order for the Delegate of Kuwait to do a cartwheel?
Procedure : Wait for the speaker to finish his/her sentence then raise your countrys name card and
say Point of Order.
iii) Point of Parliamentry Inquiry : This is a question directed to the Chair concerning parliamentary
procedures in regard to time and related issues.
Procedure : Raise placard and say Point of Parliamentry Inquiry.
iv) Point of Information: This is a question a delegate might have for the speaker after s/he has
finished his/her speech. A Point of Information can only be brought forth when the Chair has asked for
them (after a speakers speech, s/he may or may not agree to be open to points of information.) When
the Chair has authorized points of information, simply raise your countrys name card and wait to be
called on. Here are some tips to Point of Information:
Useproperetiquette and stayrespectful.
Only ask ONE question when called on
If thedelegate hasnot answered thequestion to yoursatisfaction you may ask for a follow-up question
by saying Request Follow-up. The Chair rarely recognizes these. Points of Information are not only
used to make the speaker look like s/he has said something wrong; it is very helpful to an argument if
the delegate agrees with the speaker but do it in a form of a question. E.g. Does the delegate of
_________ not agree

Motions in the MUN :Motion to establish the General Speakers List :

Speakers List: a list that contains the order of speakers in the committee. The specific way that the
order is determined varies by conference. The Speakers List is the default format of debate and
committee will proceed with speeches until a delegate makes a motion to change up the debate
format.The minimum individual speaker time in the GSL in 30 secs while maximum is 90 secs.
Procedure : Raise your placard and when recognized, say, The delegate of Israel would like to raise
a motion to establish the General Speakers list.
Motion to move into Moderated Caucus : A type of caucus in which delegates remain seated and the
Chair calls on them one at a time to speak for a short period of time, enabling a freer exchange of
opinions
than would be possible in formal debate.
Procedure:- Raise placard and when recognized, say With the prior permission of the EB/Chair, the
Delegate of Israel would like to suspend formal debate and move into a moderated caucus on topic
___________ with the total time being _______ (Minimum 10 mins, maximum 30 mins) and
individual speakers time being _________ (Minimum 30 secs, maximum 90 secs).
Motion to move to Unmoderated Caucus :- A type of caucus in which delegates leave their seats to
mingle and speak freely. Enables the free sharing of ideas to an extent not possible in formal debate
or even a moderated caucus. Frequently used to sort countries into blocs and to write working papers
and draft resolutions.
Procedure :- Raise placard and when recognized, say With the prior permission of the EB/Chair, the
Delegate of Israel would like to suspend formal debate and move into an unmoderated caucus with
total time being __________ mins.
Timeline of MUN :
1) Roll Call
2) Establishing Agenda : The order in which the issues before a committee will be discussed. The
first duty of a committee following the roll call is usually to set the agenda.The order of the agenda is
the equivalent to the order in which the committee topics will be discussed. This order is proposed
by a delegate and voted by the committee. Any delegate can then start the meeting by putting forward
the motion to set the agenda. The delegate does this by putting up his/her placard and waiting to be
recognized by the dais. Once he/she has been given permission to speak, he/she will say:
Thank you, Mr./Ms. President. The delegation of [represented country] would like to put forward a
motion to set the agenda.

The president of the committee will then begin the voting process: Thank you, Delegate of Israel.
The Delegation of Israel has proposed a motion to set the agenda in the following order: the topic of
Suez Crisis and the topic of The Cold War second. All delegations in favor of this order, please raise
your placard. All delegations opposed, please raise your placard. With 43 votes for and 3 against,
this order of the agenda passes. Through this process, delegates have decided in what order they
will discuss their committee topics. There are no abstentions in procedural votes.
3) Passing a motion for Establishing the GSL
4)After this, the Chair asks anyone who wants to speak to raise their placards and the Chair then
recognises the delegates and their name is written on the list. YOU CANT TAKE YOUR NAME
OUT OF THE GSL. The individual speaker time is max. 90 secs. You can also increase/decrease the
individual speaker time later.
Procedure to increase/decrease the individual speaker time :- Raise your placard and recognised say
With the prior permission of the Chair, the Delegate of Israel would like to increase/decrease the
individual speaker time to _________ secs. (Max. 135 secs).
5) Formal Debate begins.
6) Moderated or Unmoderated Caucus may take place.
7) Resolution Writing
8) Voting on the Resolution.
Crisis Situation:A crisis is something of a grave situation. E.g, a fresh massacre took place on the Gaza Strip. In a
crisis, the rules of the committee are changed. One is not allowed in or out of a room, and cant even
communicate to anyone outside. One cant change their stand on a topic. All points are suspended.
Then, each person has to issue a Presidential Statement.
Presidential Statement :- During a crisis, each Delegate gets a chance to issue a presidential
statement. This a a separate stand taken by a Delegate on behalf of his country, corresponding with the
countrys foreign policy. It should include a resolution for the crisis.
Resolution :- Your goal is to pass the resolution. The resolution is a set of solutions for the problem
at hand. 2 or 3 or 4 groups or blocs of countries may draft a resolution together.You need a simple
majority of countries (51% or more) agreeing on the resolution in order for a resolution to pass. A
resolution has two parts; Substantive Clause and Operative Clause.
Draft Resolution :- A draft resolution is the rough unvoted resolution. It has three parts Heading,
Preamble and the Operative section.
Sponsors :- The Countries which get together and draft the resolution. Max. 5 sponsors

Signitories :- The countries which want to debate on a resolution. It is not necessary that you support
the resoulution.

Format of the Resolution

i ) Heading Includes topic, name of sponsors, name of signitoris.
ii ) Preamble You HAVE to use the first words of the preambulatory code. If you dont do this, the
clause is scrapped. Always end the clauses with a comma. Preamble starts with verbs and ends with
commas.
iii ) Operative Clause This always ends with a semi-colon.

Tips
1) NEVER annoy your Chair. 2) Before researchig, read your background guide and learn about your
country. 3) Anything you want to say can be passed by a chit. Really good chits can be sent via the
EB. If you want to add your name to the GSL, send the chit to the Rapporteur. 4) We are marked 70%
for speeches and 30% for chits. 5) Dont bluff a lot. 6) Dont raise stupid points of Personal
Privilege. 7) Speeches have more effects on the committee. 8) Write down your speech before
speaking. 9) Make notes. 10) Be alert as to what other people say. 11) Keep a record of people who
are nervous and target them.
~ Nandini.