COLONMUN 2008

Cristóbal Colón Model United Nations

POINTS AND MOTIONS

To/For Floor open? Vote? Description
Motion of Open the session Yes Yes To begin the session
Procedure
Open a Topic Yes Yes To choose the topic to
be discussed
Open the Speaker's List Yes Yes To asign the order to speak
in a limited time
Make an extraordinary Yes Yes To ask something to the delegate
session of ___ questions that has just passed to the SL
Open a Moderated Caucus Yes Yes To open an informal debate with
a limit of time
Make an extension of the Yes Yes To continue with a new time limit
Moderated Caucus when the first is over
Open a Simple Caucus Yes Yes Usually to work on the PWP or
PR making direct contact
Extend the time of the Yes Yes To continue with a new time limit
Caucus when the first is over
Introduce Working Paper__ Yes No To read the Working Paper after
being aproved by the chair
Introduce Draft Resolution Yes No To present to the committee the
_____ DR after being aproved by the chair
Close/Postpone the session Yes Yes To suspend temporarily the
debate
Close the debate Yes Yes To conclude the debate. Next, the
Draft Resolution is to be voted.
Point of Personal Privilege No No When the delegate is experiencing
a physical inconvenience
Order No No When a mistake on the protocol
is made
Parlamentary Inquiry Yes No To make a question to the chair
about the protocol of the model

Notes:
*The president can declare the session opened
*In order to make an ext. Session of questions, the delegate to be asked needs to accept
*PWP: Possible Working Paper PR: Possible Resolution
WP: Working paper DR: Draft Resolution

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