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Junior Model United Nations

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What is a Delegate?

A delegate is an individual representative of a country in a MUN committee.

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What is the Placard Used for?

Placards are used to identify presence, vote, and signal to the chair.

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Where does the Chair sit and what do they do?

They sit at the front of the committee room and facilitate debate according to the Rules of Procedure.

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What does "Out of Order" mean at a JMUN event?

Actions that are not allowed according to the Rules of Procedure.

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What are the Rules of Procedure? (RoP)

The rules which dictate how to run a Model United Nations committee.

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When the Chair calls for "Decorum", what do they mean?

The chair will call for decorum if delegates get too loud or disrespectful. They must go back to their seats.

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What is a "motion"?

A motion is how you officially request for something to happen. You can motion for many different actions to guide the debate forward in a specific way.

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What is a "Second"?

A second delegate agreeing with a motion that has been proposed. Most motions require a second to be voted on by the entire committee.

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What is an "Objection"?

After a motion is seconded, it usually passess unless there are any objection.s. An objection forces a motion to be voted upon by the entire committee.

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What is a "Simple Majority"?

A vote that requires at least one over 50% of the vote to pass. Most procedural votes require a simple majority.

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How do MUN speeches usually start?

“Honorable Chair, Distinguished Delegates”

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What is a "Point of Parliamentary Inquiry"?

Also called a ‘Point of Inquiry’. A question from a delegate to the chair about the Rules of Procedure (RoP) or anything else they don’t understand.

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What is a "Point of Information"?

When a delegate asks a question of another delegate.

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What is a "Point of Personal Privilege"?

When someone wants to go to the bathroom or change the temperature.

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What is a "Point of Order"?

Called by a delegate on another delegate, or on the chair, when the Rules of Procedure are not being followed.

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What is the "Roll Call"?

A procedure performed by the chairs at the beginning of each committee session to know how many delegates are present in the room.

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