TRAINING SESSION
Basic Procedural Flowchart
Roll Call
Primary
Speakers’
List
Set The
Agenda
Secondary
Speakers’
List
Caucusing
Introduce
Draft
Resolutions
Vote on
Draft
Resolutions
Celebrate!
This is how your committee sessions will flow!
Roll Call
Present
Present
and Voting
If you declare yourself present, you will be required to vote on all procedural matters, but you can abstain from substantive matters (e.g. voting to pass draft resolutions).
Which do I choose?
Roll Call
Present
Present
and Voting
If you declare yourself present and voting, you will be required to vote on all procedural and substantive matters (e.g. voting to pass draft resolutions).
Typically, delegates who declare themselves present and voting during roll call anticipate that they will have an influential role in debate.
Which do I choose?
Roll Call
Present
Quorum: ⅓ of all delegates present, minimum number required to begin session
Simple majority: ½ + 1 of all delegates present, required to pass most motions
Supermajority: ⅔ of all delegates present, required to pass destructive motions (e.g., enter voting procedure, changing defaults)
For more details on which motions require a simple majority vs a supermajority, consult the UTMUN ROP!
Which do I choose?
Present
and Voting
Speakers’ Lists
There are two types of speakers’ lists.
The Primary Speakers’ List is how your first committee session will start. Delegates will be selected to speak on which of the topics in the background guide is the most important to address. Use your Primary Speakers’ List speech to advocate for debating on a topic which your country is interested in!
The Secondary Speakers’ List is opened after the agenda has been set and a topic has been chosen. Delegates will be selected to speak on anything that is relevant to the topic. The Dais will also entertain motions to enter caucusing after enough delegates have participated in the Secondary Speakers’ List.
In both speakers’ lists, delegates will each have a default time of 1 minute of individual speaking time unless a motion is passed to change it.
When the committee motions to set the agenda, they will continue to debate on that topic until a resolution for it has passed.
There are only 2 topics in GA and ECOSOC. Choosing one topic first means that the other topic will default to second.
Setting the Agenda
Caucusing
Moderated Caucus
Delegates can propose a moderated caucus when they want to focus their discussion on a specific topic. To propose a moderated caucus, delegates need to include:
Unmoderated Caucus
In an unmoderated caucus, delegates are permitted to freely speak without the moderator calling on them. To propose an unmoderated caucus, delegates only need to specify the total length.
Unmoderated caucuses are more destructive than moderated caucuses and will be voted on first.
Motions
Order of Destructiveness
Motion to enter voting procedure
Motion to introduce draft resolutions/public directives
Motion for an unmoderated caucus
Motion for an extension
Motion for a moderated caucus (details on ROP guide)
ChairMUN
This online platform will be used to help with moderating! The staff will use it for timing speeches and keeping track of motions.
Resolutions (GA/ECOSOC)
SPONSORS
SIGNATORIES
TITLE
PREAMBULATORY CLAUSES
OPERATIVE CLAUSES
There are 4 main parts to a resolution.
Sponsors: Delegates who are sponsors on a resolution are the ones who wrote the majority of it.
Signatories: Delegates who are signatories want to see the resolution presented. They don’t necessarily need to support it!
Preambulatory clauses: The first part of a resolution’s body details the reasons why it is being written. E.g. “Recognizing the importance of Model UN…”
Operative clauses: The second part of a resolution’s body details the actions that the sponsors recommend to the committee. E.g. “Encourages all delegates to participate.”
Resolutions
Tips & Tricks
Examples
Write a note to a fellow delegate via paper. ‘To:...From:...’
Your note will be reviewed by UTMUN staff.
If your note passes our equity checks, it will be sent!
The Note System
The UTMUN 2024 note system is in-person. Here’s how it works.
UTMUN 2024 Academic Policies
SPONSORS
RESOLUTION SUBMISSIONS
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WORKING PAPERS OUTSIDE COMMITTEE SESSION
AWARDS POLICY
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