Rule 24 Rule 29
Signatories Method of voting
In order for a communiqué to be considered valid
and accepted by the chair, it needs to have 1/5 (or
20%) of signatures from the membership of the
committee. Members that are interested in a com-
muniqué or simply want a fair debate of it are known
as signatories. A signatory shall never be asked to
uphold its signature in support of a communiqué.
Amendments shall only require 1/10 (or 10%) of sig-
natures from the membership of the committee. The committee shall normally vote by show of plac-
ards, but any representative may request a roll-call
vote. The roll-call shall be taken in the English alpha-
betical order of the names of the members, begin-
ning with the member whose name is drawn by lot
by the Chairman. The name of each member shall
be called in any roll-call, and one of its representa-
tives shall reply “yes”, “no” or “abstention”. The re-
sult of the voting shall be inserted in the record in
the English alphabetical order of the names of the
members.
Rule 25
Communiqué Layout
A communiqué to be considered valid and ap-
proved by the Chairman should adhere to strict lay-
outs standards. The basic layout is made up of the
committee name, topic name and the complete list
of sponsors and signatories. Preambulatory clauses
and Operative clauses should follow in the order of
this writing. Preambulatory clauses need to start
with a verb in the -ing form or a past participle and
end with a comma, a semi-colon is needed at the
end of the last preambulatory clause. Operative
clauses are logically numbered and need to start
with a verb in third person singular and shall end
with a semi-colon, a period is needed at the last end
of the last operative clause. Members shall work to-
gether to the drafting and passing of a single, com-
prehensive communiqué.
Rule 26
Preambulatory Clauses
Preambulatory Clauses serve as an introduction to
the communiqué, they further specify the grounds
in which the communiqué acts, focusing on one or
more sub-topics. They might cite relevant docu-
ments or statements of highly important or in-
formed figures.
Rule 27
Operative Clauses
Rule 30
Conduct during voting
After the Chairman has announced the beginning
of voting, no representative shall interrupt the vot-
ing except on a point of order in connection with
the actual conduct of the voting. The Chairman may
permit members to explain their votes, either before
or after the voting, except when the vote is taken
by show of placards. The Chairman may limit the
time to be allowed for such explanations. The Chair-
man shall not permit the proposer of a communiqué
or of an amendment to explain his vote on his own
communiqué or amendment.
Rule 31
Division of communiqué and amendments
A representative may move that parts of a com-
muniqué or of an amendment should be voted
on separately. If objection is made to the request
for division, the motion for division shall be voted
upon. Permission to speak on the motion for divi-
sion shall be given only to two speakers in favour
and two speakers against. If the motion for division
is carried, those parts of the communiqué or of the
amendment which are approved shall then be put to
the vote as a whole. If all operative parts of the com-
muniqué or of the amendment have been rejected,
the communiqué or the amendment shall be consid-
ered to have been rejected as a whole.
Operative Clauses represent the body of the com-
muniqué and the outcome of the debate, they show
proposed actions and solutions on the topic. Each
Operative clause calls for a specific action.
Rule 28
Withdrawal
A communiqué may be withdrawn by its sponsors
at any time before voting on it has commenced,
provided that the motion has not been amended. A
motion thus withdrawn may be reintroduced by any
of the sponsors through a Reconsideration.
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