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​20 Important Terms to Know in Committee

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are seated in the front with their gavel and facilitate the debate. They call on speakers, time speeches, and maintain the rules of procedure.

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​CHAIRS

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Reorder in committee.

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​Decorum

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a specific action made by delegates to direct debate in a certain direction.

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​Motion

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a list that contains the order of speakers in the committee. The specific way that the order is determined varies by conference.

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​Speaker’s List:

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this is when a speaker decides to give up the remaining time in his or her speech. Typically, the three types of yields are: 1) Yield to the Chair meaning you give up the rest of your time, 2) Yield to another delegate meaning you give up the rest of your time to another delegate, or 3) Yield to questions from other delegates or Yield to comments to your speech by other delegates​

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​YIELD

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​used when a delegate has a question about something that is not clearly understood in committee.

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​Point of Inquiry:

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a specific action made by delegates to direct debate in a certain direction.

• YIELD

• DECORUM

• MOTION

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are seated in the front with their gavel and facilitate the debate.

• YIELD

• CHAIRS

• SPEAKER'S LIST

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used when a delegate has a question about something that is not clearly understood in committee.

• DECORUM

• MOTION

• POINT OF INQUIRY

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this is when a speaker decides to give up the remaining time in his or her speech.

• YIELD

• CHAIRS

• MOTION

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contains the order of speakers in the committee. The specific way that the order is determined varies by conference.

• INQUIRY

• SPEAKER'S LIST

• DECORUM

​BRAIN BREAK

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​BREAK

used when a delegate experiences personal discomfort that hinders their ability to participate in committee. Examples: temperature of room, distractions during committee, can’t hear another delegate, etc.​

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​Point of Personal Privilege:

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Used when a delegate believes that there was a mistake made regarding the rules of procedure

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​POINT OF ORDER

​A debate format that allows delegates to make short comments on a specific sub-issue.

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​Moderated Caucus

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​(also called Informal Caucus or Lobbying Sessions): a debate format in which delegates can leave their seats to go and talk to others freely and informally.

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​Unmoderated Caucus

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​​different groups that have similar ideas and opinions about the topics. In the real United Nations, there are regional blocs, but delegates can choose to build their own blocs in Model UN.

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​BLOCS

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a debate format in which delegates can leave their seats to go and talk to others freely and informally.

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• POINT OF ORDER

• Unmoderated Caucus

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used when a delegate experiences personal discomfort that hinders their ability to participate in committee.

• Point of Personal Privilege

• Point of Orde

• Point of Inquiry:

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A debate format that allows delegates to make short comments on a specific sub-issue.

• BLOCS

• UNMODERATED CAUCUS

• MODERATED CAUCUS

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different groups that have similar ideas and opinions about the topics. In the real United Nations

• POINTS OF INQUIRY

• CAUCUS MODERATED

• BLOCS

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