Conference

Commitee Rhetoric

(How the conference works)

The chair will help the delegates and will make them feel comfortable.
He or she will ask the delegates if you have any questions: Points of order, point of inquiry.

The chair will call the roll and you must answer "Present" when your country is called.

For example:

Rapporteur says: "Australia"
Delegate says: "Present"
Rapporteur says: "Australia is present"

(You must also raise your placard)

THE SPEAKERS LIST

• All the countries who would like to be on the speakers list must raise their placards.
• Your speeches should focus on stating country positions and offering recommendations for action

CALLING ON SPEAKERS

You must all be listening to the speakers. We recommend you to take out your notebooks and write down notes.

Some items you should focus on are:

• Does my country agree with this countries policy?
• Why?
• Why not?

AFTER A DELEGATES SPEAKS

After a delegate speaks, the Chair will ask you if you would like to yield* to question.
*yield: ceder la palabra

After every few speakers, he will ask the delegates if anyone would like to be added to the speakers list (so if you have not, this is the time!, raise your placard).


MODERATE CAUCUS

If the Chair realize that there is a very long speakers list, he will entertain a motion for a 10-minute moderate caucus.

During moderate caucuses, the Chair, calls on delegates one-by-one so that each address the committee in shorts speeches.

He will tell you what you should focus on (example, possible solutions, ways to compromise, etc.)

!!The Chair will call on delegates who are near the end of the speakers list and those he have already heard from.

RETURNING FROM THE MODERATED CAUCUS

The Chair will thank all of you sharing your viewpoints. Then he will remind you what you have just discussed.

Now delegates speeches should focus on the results of moderated caucus.


UNMODERATED CAUCUS

When the Chair feels its is appropriate, he or she will entertain a motion for 10-minute unmoderate caucus.

During unmoderate caucus, the committee breaks for a temporary recess so that delegates can meet with each other and discuss.

It is the time for putting ideas together on paper, thus creating a working paper. Delegates should feel comfortable sharing the working paper with other delegates.

RETURNING FROM THE UNMODERATED CAUCUS

Now delegates speeches should focus on the results from the unmoderated caucus.

You need to share the new ideas with the rest of the body.

WRITING/COMBING DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

(Resoluciones preliminares)

The Chair will explain what a resolution is.

Delegates must start writing a resolution after the debates.

CLOSING DEBATE

Once discussion on the topic is going exhaust, the Chair will entertain a motion to close debate.

Once debate is closing, we will move into voting.

VOTING

Now it is the time for voting the resolution

For example:

Rapporteur says: "Australia?"
Delegate says : "Yes".
Rapporteur says: "Australia votes yes"