Intro to MUN and Rules of Procedure
Intro to MUN and Rules of Procedure
Delegate Briefing
Rules of Procedure
Briefing
By the Academics Team
● Quorum
● Debate Line
RoP
○ Roll Call
○ Opening Speeches
○ GSL
○ Points, Motions and Yields
Rules of Procedure ○ Voting
○ Resolution Writing and Debate
● Debate Etiquette
Quorum
● Roll Call
● Opening Speeches
● GSL
○ Points, Motions and Yields
○ Voting
● Resolution Writing and Debate
Roll Call
● Duration: 60 seconds
● One compulsory opening speech per topic
● Purpose of an Opening Speech:
○ Express your delegation’s stance and interests
○ First impressions in council
● Things to include:
○ Stance & interests
○ What you hope council will achieve
● No yielding of time to chairs
General Speakers’ List (GSL)
● After opening speeches, council will move directly into the GSL, i.e.
there is no Motion to Move Into GSL
● To be added to the GSL,
○ Raise your placard when the Dais asks for speakers on the GSL
○ Send a note to the Dais requesting to be added to the GSL
● 90 seconds per speech
General Speakers’ List (GSL) - YIELDING
● To the Chairs
○ The only option if you have < 15 seconds left
● To Points of Information
○ Opening yourself to questions from the floor
○ Chairs will moderate, points should be phrased as a succinct
question
● To Another Delegate
○ The other delegate my accept/reject the yield
○ If yield rejected, speaker must yield to another party
General Speakers’ List (GSL) - YIELDING
● No second-degree yields
○ If you have yielded once, you do not need to yield again
○ Attempt to yield to another delegate -> rejected (0 yields) -> yield to
chairs (1 yield)
○ Attempt to yield to POIs -> successful (1 yield) -> yield to chairs (2
yield) -> “thank you”
General Speakers’ List (GSL) - Points
● Introduction
● Amendments
● Direct Voting
Resolution Debate - Structure of a Resolution
● Header
● Preambulatory clauses
○ State the purpose of the committee convening for a particular
session
○ Begins with an italicised verb in its past participle or past continuous
form, and should end with a comma
The World Health Organisation,
● Operative clauses
○ The solutions proposed in the committee after debate and
discussion has been carried out.
○ Are numbered, and begin with an italicised verb in the simple
present tense