President: Karely Alvarado Ochoa
Moderator: Francisco García Bellego
Conference Assistant: Luis Álvarez Vergara

General Aspects
I. Reach
These rules will be considered to be used for the Security Council. They are self-sufficient in every matter, besides the following changes given by the Secretariat, which will be applied in through the debate’s flow. No other rule of procedure will be considered as applicable.

II. Language
The official working language will be English.

III. Regarding the participants
Secretariat
It is made by these people in charge of organizing and carrying out the Model’s execution. It will be composed by:

• a. Secretary General, Undersecretary General and Protocol Chief.

1.  The Secretary General or any Secretariat’s Member part of it will be able in any moment of giving any announcement orally or through writing methods in front of the Committee.

• b. Committees’ Chairs.

1.  President. She/he will declare the opening and closing of each formal sessions, will assure the accomplishment of the Rules of Procedure, will beware of the academic quality of the debate, will help out the delegates develop the debate. Furthermore, she/he will be able of addressing the floor at any time in order to announce any decision or message that she/he believes to be appropriate. He/she will also approve the development and accuracy of the Resolutions. She/he represents the last authority inside the Committee.
2.  Moderator. Her/his contribution to the debate is the appropriated guidance through the debate’s flow, as well as the correction of it.
3.  Conference Assistant. Will be in charge of the operations of the debate’s flow.

Announcements
Each delegation will represent a specific country inside the specified Committee, in order to refer to it; the following terms shall be applied: “Member State”, “Delegation” or “Representation”

• a.    In order to receive the word, the delegates shall refer to it on the floor in third person and they must act under the well use of the protocol.
• b.    Communication among delegates is completely out of order and they shall only do so through a diplomatic note. Direct communication shall be considered as a warning.
• c.    It is compulsory for each delegation to turn in its Position Paper to the Chair, in which they will establish the general criteria under which the official posture of each country will be developed. Such document will be clear and straight, it will not exceed three pages and whoever does not turn it in will acquire a warning
• d.    The delegations can have status of member or of observer, according to the characteristics of the committee.

IV. Internal Rules for the Debate
Diplomacy
The participants in the Model must handle a diplomatic attitude at any time acting on behalf of courtesy and politeness that is used in the United Nations. The moderator may call upon any delegate’s attention who does not follow this rules.

Prohibitions
Due to internal rules and conditions, it remains intolerably accepted to eat, drink or smoke in every zone not designed with that purpose.

Dress code
Dress code will be always formal; the use of jeans, tennis shoes, hats of caps is thus prohibited.

Electronic devices
During the Model, the participants won’t be able to use any kind personal computer. The necessary information will have to be printed.

The use of cell phones or any other electronic device is not recommended during the event, and its use during the sessions is completely prohibited. In the rarely event of a delegate using an electronic device inappropriately, the Chair will be seen forced to applying a warning.

Warnings
Any participant who does not follow the rules will receive a warning. In case of acquiring two warnings the delegate will be forced to leave the debate until the next session. In case of acquiring three the Chair will be seem forced to expel the delegate from the Model.

Acknowledgement
Each Committee will acknowledge the participation of those delegates who outstand in the debate. The decision of the Secretariat is of last order regarding these acknowledges.

III. Regarding the debate
Quorum
It will be considered as enough the presence of a simple majority of the delegates in order to open the debate in a Committee. At the beginning of each session, role call will take place to prove the presence of the needed quorum.

Motions
In order to introduce suggestion or situation in the debate, the delegates shall use the following motions:

• a. Motion of Procedure. It is used t introduce any change to the debate, whether election of a topic, speakers’ list or an extraordinary session of question, among others; it can be skipped in order to address the petition directly. It will be presented only when the floor is open; it will be seconded by any other delegate and will be voted according to the present rules.
• b. Motion of order. This tool serves for any delegate who wishes to inform the Chair about an error or violation to the rules of procedure; it is duty of the Chair to decide whether it is in order or not by declaring it in front of the Committee. It can be introduced in any moment.
• c. Motion of personal privilege. It will be used any time a delegate need to lay attention on a circumstance what avoids him to concentrate on the debate, as long as it is not directly related to the flow of the debate. It shall be introduced in any moment. It is highly recommended total discretion by using it and, moreover, if it is not a matter of urgency, it must be made known to the Chair by a diplomatic note.
• d. Motion of parliamentary inquiry. It is used in order to ask about the use or correct order of the protocol. It is introduced only when the floor it open.
• e. Right of reply. In case a delegate believes that the national integrity of sovereignty of her/his country has been violated inside the Committee, she/he shall solicit a right of reply through a diplomatic note.

1.  It is duty of the Chair to decide whether the motion is in order or not.
2.  In case the Chair decides to recognize the right of reply, it shall call the blamed country to address to the offended delegate in order to apologize; if the delegate decides not to do it, she/he will receive a warning. In same case, if the delegate demanding the apology does not accept it, she/he will receive a warning.

Election of the topic
Since each Committee will handle at least two or three topics on the agenda, any delegate shall propose a motion of procedure to choose one of them in order to open the debate, this motion must be afterwards seconded by any other delegate and then the Committee will open a Speakers’ List of these two delegates who are in favor of discussing the previous topic, they will have no more than 30 seconds to explain their reasons. Meanwhile, two other delegates who wish to speak against the topic will be recognized and, hence, follow the same procedure than the last two delegates. Once the Speakers’ List is over, we will proceed to vote. If the motion is rejected, the other topic will be automatically opened.

Speakers’ List
In order to continue with the flow of the debate, it will be recommended to open the Speakers’ List through a motion of procedure in which the time of each delegate will be also set. The motion will be voted and then we will proceed to include the remaining delegates wishing to be added to it.

• a. Once the List is open, those delegates wishing to be added can do so trough a diplomatic note to the Chair.  
• b. If the Chair believes it is necessary, it has the right to call upon any delegate to intervene in the Speakers’ List with full discretion.
• c. If any delegate wishes to change the time limit to talk, she/he may propose it to the Committee through a motion of procedure.
• d. In case a delegate finishes her/his speech with a significant time left, she/he shall yield it to the Chair, to questions or to comments.

Extraordinary session of questions
Once the delegate’s speech is over in the Speakers’ List, the delegates will have the opportunity to clear any further idea regarding the previous speech though an extraordinary session of question which may be established as follows:

• a. Through a motion of procedure, establishing the number of questions.
• b. As a matter of politeness, the delegate asking the question shall establish a brief preamble if she/he considers so.
• c. In case it is necessary, a follow-up shall also follow the previous question, as long as it does not establish another brief preamble.
• d. The delegate who is being asked has the right to answer what she/he considers necessary.

Caucus
A simple or moderate caucus is an inclusion to the flow of the debate that allows the delegates to establish their points and to come into terms without following a complicated structure. It shall be introduced to the debate through a motion of procedure, mentioning the time limit and the reason to opening it:

• a. Moderate Caucus. It is a debate session in which the moderator grants the right to speak to the delegates in order to slightly accelerate the flow and exchange of ideas. The delegate who proposed the motion will have the right to speak first and, afterwards, the delegate who seconded it. The rest of the time will be granted to any delegate who wishes to do so by raising his/her placard.
• b. Simple or immoderate caucus. Considered as an informal debate with the purpose of establishing the different points and to directly negotiate with other delegates; the delegates may leave their seats and establish direct contact among them, always through a diplomatic attitude.
• c. Any of the previous caucus might be extended immediately after the previous one expires, in this occasion the new caucus cannot exceed the last one by one second.

Suspension of the debate
A suspension of the debate may be proposed as long as, according to the schedule, it is time for a break or end of the work day. It shall be introduced through a motion of procedure.

Close of the debate
A delegate will be able to propose the end of the debate through a motion of procedure in order to proceed to vote the possible resolution. The motion must be seconded and it will be opened a Speaker’s List with these two previous delegates in favor to close the debate with a time limit of thirty seconds to expose their reasons. The Chair will recognize two other delegates to pass to the front and speak for thirty second against the motion. In case there is no delegate against, we will automatically proceed to vote the motion. Once the debate has been closed, there will be no chance to make changes in the possible resolution.

IV. Regarding the resolutions
Working paper. The working paper will be presented to the Chair with those points that the delegates have agreed with during the debate and, hence, they should count with at least one third of the Committee’s approval in order to take them into consideration. It is not necessary to present a motion of procedure to introduce a working paper to the Chair and the Committee will not be able to proceed until the Chair recognizes the right to call it so.

• a. It is a Chair’s duty to point out and make comments about any consideration regarding the structure and logic of the Working Paper.
• b. The introduction of a Working Paper that has not been worked out by the Committee cannot be presented as a possible Working Paper.

Possible Resolution. A Possible Resolution is the document in which all the points and worked ideas are presented. This document must accomplish with a specific format used for any United Nations’ archive. In order to introduce it to the Chair, the sponsor delegates must count with the approval of at least a simple majority in the Committee.

• a. It is a Chair’s duty to point out and make comments about any consideration to be taken in order to ameliorate the work done.
• b. introduction of a Working Paper that has not been worked out by the Committee cannot be presented as a possible Working Paper.
• c. Once the Chair has approved a Possible Resolution, this shall be presented to the Committee in order to evaluate it and come into a general consensus through a motion of procedure. The delegate who proposes the motion and the delegation seconding it will be selected to present the project.

Amendments. The amendments are full or partial corrections which are presented in order to ameliorate the Possible Resolution.

• a. Friendly Amendments. These are presented to the Chair by the delegates who are sponsors of the Possible Resolution.
• b. Hostile Amendments. It will be presented to the Chair by any other delegate as long as the amendment counts with the backup of at least a fifth part of the Committee, it will be processed to discussion through a moderated caucus and, in order to be approved, it must be voted by a simple majority.
• c. An Amendment under any other previously accepted is prohibited.

V. Regarding the vote process.
Procedure vote. Every motion of procedure, once it is presented on the floor, requires another delegate to second it and, afterwards, the whole Committee to vote in favor of it, it will be accepted by a simple majority.

• a. In the procedure vote the delegates may vote in favor, against or abstention, with the exception of those motions which are used to open or close the debate.
• b. All the delegates present in the Committee participate in the process of procedure vote.  

Vote under affair. It will be used in any case that involves the vote process of a Resolution.

• a. The delegates may vote in favor, against or abstention.  
• b. Only the delegates in status of recognized Member State have the right to vote.
• c. There will be three roles to vote. In the first one, the delegates will be called by a role call process and they will be able to vote in favor, against or abstention, or with a right of explanation, if they are willing to do so. In the second one, the delegates who have asked for a right of explanation, they will be recognized to do so. In the third one, delegates must express a definite status of their vote, without a right of explanation.
• d. In order to approve a resolution, a simple majority is needed.

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Elisenda Ballesté Buxó
Director of International Affairs Career
Esmeralda Galicia Salazar
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