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Model United Nations ROP

Muhammad Ali Husni Riza

At Model United Nation there are a certain way in which a delegate can conduct

themselves with other participant or chair, this way of conduct that becomes the guide

lines of the simulation is called the Rules of Procedure or shortly for ROP. It is

important that delegates practice and familiarize themselves with these rules before

the simulation. The Rules of procedure will ensure that the debate flows smoothly and

all delegates have equal opportunity to speak and state their aspiration.

It is definite that in every committee that a chairperson will be assigned in order to

facilitate the discussion of the committee. The committee will start with the

Chairperson taking roll call. Afterward, the committee will vote on which of the

assigned topics to discuss first. After the topic is selected, the committee is ready to

begin debate on the selected topic.

There are three types of debate formats. The default debate format is called theSpeakers List as to where each delegate will state its countries stance on the topic.

This would be in the form of delegates taking turns in giving speeches in front of the

room by the order that they are listed on the Speakers List as selected by the Chair.

Speeches are typically around 1 minute to 1 and a half-minute, but the speaking time

can be changed by a majority vote from the delegates.

After a certain number of speeches, the delegates may vote to change up the debate

format to either Moderated Caucus or Unmoderated Caucus. Moderated Caucus is

when the committee decides to focus on a sub-issue and get a back-and-forth in

debating the issue. Delegates will raise their placards to be called on to speak, and the

Chairperson will call on speakers one-by-one until the Moderated Caucus time has

expired. The chairperson has the power to enforce the time limit for each speech,

should the speech finish before the time limit, the delegate delivering the speech can

yield the remaining time to questions or comments from other delegates or to the

chair.

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Unlike Moderated Caucus, the Unmoderated Caucus is when delegates are free to get

up out of their seats and roam around the room to work with other countries with

similar policies. The first one or two unmoderated caucuses will be spent finding

allies, but afterward most of the unmoderated caucuses are spent writing draft

resolutions with your caucus allies. All delegates are encouraged to be either a

sponsor or proposer of a draft resolution.

The committee will switch between Speakers List, Moderated Caucus, and

Unmoderated Caucus until draft resolutions are complete, merged, and ready to be

presented. Resolutions will be presented either as they are ready or near the end of the

conference. Some conferences allow a question-and-answer period after the

presentations, and some conferences will also allow time to make mergers or

amendments to the resolution.

Finally, all the countries in the committee will vote on whether or not they want a

resolution to be passed. Afterward, committee will repeat the same process again for

the second topic, or if you do not have a second topic the committee will then end the

session

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