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UCN Parliamentary Procedure

MOTIONS

MOTIONS OUTSIDE OF LEGISLATION

  • Members of the General Assembly may offer motions for the conduct of the Assembly

  • When making motions, members should address them to the Chairman and clearly define what their motion would seek to do

  • Motions are not Resolutions and do not carry the force of law

  • Motions may be done to alter the manner in which business is conducted by the Assembly, but cannot deviate from the Charter of the United Council of Nations

  • Motions need only be introduced, seconded, and approved through voting by a simple majority of present members

RESOLUTIONS AND AMENDMENTS

RESOLUTIONS

  • Resolutions are pieces of draft legislation to be considered and voted on by the General Assembly of the United Council of Nations that, if approved, become UCN laws

  • Each country delegation can sponsor or sign as many resolutions as they wish

  • Sponsors are countries that contributed to the content of a resolution or draft and intend to support it.

  • Signatories are countries who would like to see the draft debated but do not necessarily support all the elements of the resolution.

  • A signatory of a resolution does not have to vote in favor of the resolution.

  • Introduction of a resolution or draft requires 20% +1 of the General Assembly to sign on either as a sponsor or as a signatory.

  • Each resolution must have a sponsor.

  • Both resolutions and amendments alike require a simple majority to pass.

FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS

  • Friendly amendments are clauses or changes added to a Resolution by any member after the Resolution has been introduced

  • Must be approved by all sponsors of the resolution

  • Automatically added without a vote as soon as they are submitted to the Chairman

UNFRIENDLY AMENDMENTS

  • An unfriendly amendment is an amendment or change added to a resolution after it has been introduced without the approval of the sponsors

  • Requires 12.5% +1 of the General Assembly as sponsors/signatories before being presented to the Chair

  • Requires a majority vote before being added to the draft resolution

INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION

  • A Resolution is formally introduced once it has been fully drafted and has the required number of sponsors/signatories

  • At least one of the sponsors introduces the resolution to the General Assembly by offering it to the Chairman

  • After being offered to the Chairman, the Chairman may take other motions or approve the introduction, and bring the Resolution to a vote

  • Resolutions may also be introduced by a suspension of the rules at Chairman’s discretion

Q&A

  • If desired, a member may motion for a question and answer period on the Resolution, during which General Assembly members may question any of the sponsors on the content of a resolution

  • Q&A can be initiated through a motion by one member and a second from another, or at the Chair's discretion, and elapses after a Chairman specified time period or when no more questions arise

  • Non-substantive questions are used to question and correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, or to clarify (without changing) any part of a draft resolution.

  • Substantive questions wish to question the meaning and intentions of the draft resolution.

VOTING

VOTING PROCEDURE

  • Each resolution is voted on in the order that it was presented (General Assembly Resolution #1, General Assembly Resolution #2, etc.)

  • Voting on unfriendly amendments occurs before voting on the resolution as a whole

  • The number of votes necessary to pass a resolution is determined by the nature of said resolution in the Charter of the United Council of Nations

  • Delegations may vote Yes (Aye), No (Noe, Nay), or Abstain

MOTIONS SPECIFIC TO VOTING

  • “Motion for a roll call vote." A roll call vote requires the Chairman to call out each delegation individually and record their vote, requires a simple majority

  • “Motion to reorder the resolutions.” Reordering resolutions changes the order that resolutions are voted on, requires a simple majority

  • “Motion to divide the question.” Dividing the questions separates some part of a resolution from the rest of the resolution, to then be voted on separately in accordance with the Charter of the United Council of Nations

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