Rules Overview
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NMUN Parliamentary
Procedure
A Quick Overview
Outline
Why Rules?
Rules for Debate
Rules for Voting
Why Rules?
Increase Efficiency
Increase Productivity
Protect Civility
Encourage Equality and Fairness
Rules for Debate
Getting Started
If you miss
your call,
send a note
to the dais
Make sure you are on time!
Meetings begin with roll call
When country is called, you can answer
one of two ways:
Present (can abstain from voting)
Present and Voting (must cast vote)
In your note to the
dais, be sure to indicate
your status
Rules of Debate
Try to keep
the casual
talk to a
minimum
Debate begins when a motion is on
the floor
To make a motion, or to speak at
all, you need to be recognized by
the chair
The chair will recognize you by
calling your country by name
Raise your
placard
No recognition
=and
nohold
speaking
it high until
recognized
Rules of Debate
UN rules differ from Robert’s Rules
in certain key respects
At the NMUN you have 2 sorts of
debate:
Formal
Informal
Most of your time
and most of your
work will be done
in informal debate
Formal Debate
At the start of formal debate, chair
will ask members who wish to
speak to place their names on a
speaker’s list
The basic “debate” is a series of
short speeches
Speakers list can
be closed by a
motion from the
floor
Speaking limited
time is
Speakers
unlimited,
unless
to
one speech
set by
until
fullmotion
list is to
cycled limit
through
Formal Debate
Speaking of motions…
NMUN motions possible for:
Amendments
Division of Question
Suspension of Meeting
Adjournment of Meeting
Open/Close Speaker’s List
Friendly amendments
have the consent of all
sponsors to the resolution
Amendments are
“friendly” or
“unfriendly”
Unfriendly amendments
lack the consent of all
sponsors
Informal Debate
Most of the work of the meeting will
be done in informal “caucuses”
Meet with delegates from related
countries
Work to:
Draft resolutions
Gather sponsors
No real “rules” other than be
diplomatic and politically savvy
Voting Rules
Committee moves into voting
procedure when speaker’s list is
exhausted
When in voting procedure, all other
committee work – including
caucusing and freedom of
movement into and out of the room
– stops
Voting Rules
Variety of options for voting
available:
Raising of Placards
Roll Call
Remember, if you said you were
“present and voting” you must cast
vote on every vote (i.e., no
abstention)
Voting Rules
Committee will consider
amendments to the resolution
before considering the resolution
Chair determines order of
amendments for consideration
Voting Rules
Also possible to “divide the
question”
Allows body to consider sections of
resolution separately
Order of division done at discretion
of the Committee Chair