Model UN Terminology

manages/facilitates the committee meeting (has the gavel)

• rapporteur

• chair

• page

• delegate

helps pass notes around the committee between delegates and the chair

• rapporteur

• page

• crisis

• secretary-general

a list of what the committee will go through

• agenda

• directives

• resolution

• schedule

the chair may rule any motion/point _____ if he/she views that it is ineffective/inefficient for the committee

• unnecessary

• destructive

• prohibited

• dilatory

proposal to open the list of speakers to talk about a certain issue

• speaker's list

• round robin

• straw poll

• moderated caucus

straw poll is

• informal vote used to survey what nations think about a topic

• vote on whether or not to expel a member from the committee

• vote on whether to do an unmoderated caucus

• vote on resolution

motion where every delegate will automatically have a chance to speak about a certain topic

• speaker's list

• round robin

• discussion

• square robin

informal session where delegates may get out of their seats and talk with each other to work on resolutions/directives

• round robin

• dance party

• unmoderated caucus

• moderated caucus

delegate wants to vote on some clauses separately

• divide the question

• divide the house

• separation poll

• separation vote

true or false: if a delegate wants to ask another delegate a question, he/she can raise a point of inquiry

• True

• False