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2-3 June | Brave New World: Towards a Brighter Age | 2014

THE SECRETARIAT

Secretaries-GeneralSeah Ying Ying and Tamisha Tan

Secretary-Treasurers Kwan Tsun Lok and Pek Jia Wen

Head of Concept

Noelle Huang

Head of LogisticsPang Chee Him

AGENDA

• Administrative Matters • Conference Protocol • 2nd Briefing Details • HCCRI Workshop

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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

INTRODUCTION

Hwa Chong Conflict Resolution and Inquiry (HCCRI) is a student conference in its 3rd year running designed to emulate real world diplomacy. Students will represent a country or organisation and aim to solve global issues with sufficient depth and scope.

CORE PRINCIPLES

HCCRI aims to reflect realpolitik and diplomacy where countries’ national interests are their main priorities.

CORE PRINCIPLES

In HCCRI, delegates aim to bring about the greatest amount of benefits to the international community. However, delegates must be prepared to take all necessary measures to defend their interests.

THEME

Brave New World Towards A Brighter Age

OUR BENEFICIARY

CONFERENCE DETAILS

Date: 2nd – 3rd June 2014 Time: 9 am to 6 pm (reporting time 8.30am) Venue: Ong Teng Cheong Student Activities and Leadership Training (SALT) CentreAttire: Business attire

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

2nd June

8.00 am, SALT Centre Registration Opens

8.30 am, Moot Parliament HallOpening Ceremony

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CONFERENCE PROTOCOL

HCCRI PROTOCOL

• Delegations• Debate• Clauses • Declarations • Voting Protocol • Press Conferences

DELEGATIONS

• Delegations will have access to the full range of binding powers that the country or organisation has.

• This provides extra leverage during negotiations.• Presidents have the right to reject certain uses of

these powers on the grounds of pragmatism.

DELEGATIONS

• Access to all diplomatic powers– E.g. USA vetoing all Security Council resolutions on

Israel.• Access to all economic powers– E.g. Germany withdrawing funds from the bailout

of Greece.

DELEGATIONS

• Access to all domestic policies– E.g. Myanmar removing Aung San Suu Kyi from

the elections.• Access to all strategic advantages– E.g. Indonesia blocking off the Straits of Malacca.

DEBATE

Speeches• Delegates must refer to themselves in 3rd

person at all times – e.g., ‘the delegate of Cuba’ or ‘this delegate’.

• Speeches should be kept to under 2 minutes excluding time for Points of Information.

FLOW OF DEBATE

Session Is Opened

Open Debate on 1st Clause

Amendment Introduced

Open Debate on Amendment

Voting on Amendment

Open Debate on 1st Clause

Voting on 1st Clause

Open Debate on 2nd Clause

DEBATE

Yielding of Time: • Once delegates have finished their speeches, they have to yield

their time to Points of Information or back to the Chair. • Delegates cannot decline the option of Points of Information in

HCCRI. • Delegates cannot yield their time to another delegate in HCCRI. • Follow-up points of information may be entertained at the

discretion of the Chair

MOTIONS

MOTIONS:• Delegations that agree with the motion should raise their placards and say “Second”, while delegations that disagree should raise their placards and say “Objection”. • Delegates objecting may be asked for their rationale in doing so. • The President will then decide whether or not the motion will be voted on or rejected. •A motion requires a simple majority to pass.

MOTIONS

Motion to move to the Previous Question• Requests the President to move on to the next step in discussions. • If the House is in the midst of open debate on an amendment, this motion if

passed will move the House directly to voting procedures on the amendment.• A motion to move to direct voting procedure is not recognised at HCCRI.

Motion to Extend Debate Time• Requests the President to extend the allocation of time on discussion for the

amendment or agenda item.

MOTIONS

Motion for an Unmoderated Caucus• Requests the President to give the delegations time to talk to each other directly in

the room. • The President will likewise set the time limit for unmoderated caucuses.

Motion to Reconsider an Amendment• Requests the President to restart debate on an amendment that had previously

been rejected by the committee.

POINTS

Point of Personal Privilege• When your personal comfort is impacting your ability to

debate effectively: i.e. when you cannot hear the speaker, or when the air-conditioner is too cold.

• Example: “Point of Personal Privilege – this delegate cannot hear the speaker at all.”

• May only interrupt a speaker in cases of audibility issues.

POINTS

Point of Order• When you believe the President has used incorrect protocol

or made a procedural mistake.• Example: “Point of Order – this delegate has not been

entertained for my Point of Information to the delegate of China.”

• May not interrupt a speaker.

POINTS

Point of Parliamentary Inquiry• When you have a question pertaining to procedural matters.• Example: “Point of Parliamentary Inquiry – Does an

unmoderated caucus require us to stay in our seats?”• May not interrupt a speaker.

POINTS

Point of Information to the President• When you have a substantive question pertaining to the issue.• Example: “Could the President clarify if the US has ratified the

International Criminal Court?”• May not interrupt a speaker.

POINTS

Point of Information to the Speaker• Once a speech is concluded. Delegates must raise their placards to

indicate that they wish to offer a POI. The President will decide whose and how many to accept.

• POIs must be in the form of a question• Follow-ups are allowed at the discretion of the President.• Example: “Could the delegate of Brazil clarify their stance towards

Mercosur?”

RIGHTS

Right to Reply: • A Right to Reply can be used only when a delegate or his/her nation is

personally insulted. Eg. “DPRK is a war-mongering, evil and a disgrace to the international community”

• Statements of fact do not count as “insults” Eg. “DPRK has been aggressively arming itself with nuclear weapons and infringes on basic human rights”

• If the President recognizes that this right is in order, the delegate who made the insult should apologize immediately.

DECLARATIONS

Delegates will only need to prepare amendments to the base declaration for HCCRI. There is no need for delegates to prepare or submit their own declarations/resolutions as all debate will take place based on the base declaration drafted by the President.

DECLARATIONS

Base Declarations: • Written by the President and will form the scope, agenda, and

basis for debate about the conflict. • Consists solely of non-binding clauses.• Delegates are encouraged to replace/amend the Base

Declaration’s non-binding clauses with binding clauses of their own.

DECLARATIONS

Declarations of the House: • Final product of a committee that will constitute an effective

resolution to the conflict• Contains both non-binding and binding clauses • Requires 2/3 majority to pass

All delegates must sign the Declaration of the House passed by their committee, with the exception of NATO

CLAUSES

Non Binding ClausesSymbolic statements representing the collective principles of stakeholders made by the President on behalf of all delegations. Similar to pre-ambulatory clauses.

CLAUSES

Binding ClausesBinding clauses mandate a specific course of action to be taken by one or more specific stakeholders, and are thus legally binding on these stakeholders.

They are proposed by delegates in the form of amendments to the current version of the declaration.

CLAUSES

Binding Clauses should contain: • Purpose• Stakeholders involved• Conditions for action (optional)• Course(s) for action • Timeframe• Supporting stakeholders

CLAUSES

1. In order to <insert purpose>, <insert delegation(s)> shall, upon the fulfilment of the condition(s) that <insert conditions to be fulfilled, if any>, undertake a legal and binding commitment to adopt the following actions:

a. <insert course of action to be taken>, within a period of <insert, where possible, a timeframe>, with the support and subject to the approval of <insert supporting stakeholders>;

AMENDMENTS

Amendments: • The primary method of action in HCCRI• Delegations can propose to strike out old policies or introduce

new ones. Amendments to the 2nd degree are also acceptable.• They have to be written on official Amendment Sheets, alongside

two strong reasons • Will be introduced at the chair’s discretion.• Requires unanimous vote for to pass

VOTING PROTOCOL

In HCCRI, only delegations relevant to the amendment being debated are given voting power. This is because realistically, parties that are central to the conflict or contributing to the solution are the ones whose opinions count the most.

Before a vote on an amendment, the President will identify the delegations that will be allowed to vote on the amendment, and justify his decision.

VOTING PROTOCOL

Types: •Unilateral binding commitments by a single delegation– Only the single delegation may vote.– E.g. Fiscal policies within a nation

• Multilateral agreements between two or more delegations– Only those that are party to the agreement may vote.– E.g. A proposal to deliver humanitarian aid to Myanmar requires the support of the Myanmese government and the nation providing aid.

VOTING PROTOCOL

Types: •Amendments imposing binding obligations on all nations/the international community,– All delegations may vote– E.g. Treaties or Conventions

• If no binding legal commitment is imposed, but a delegation’s support is required to feasibly implement it, that delegation may vote

VOTING PROTOCOL

Particular Examples: A proposal to impose sanctions by the Security Council on a nation

requires the support of all 5 permanent members of the Security Council.

A proposal to intervene in another country, however, by nature only requires the support of the intervening nations.

Delegates may at any time ask the chairs for justification

NATO VOTING

• Only NATO members will be able to vote on the Final Declaration of the House.

• Non-NATO nations will be able to vote on matters pertaining to their nation.– Stationing NATO troops in Okinawa’s military bases

requires Japanese approval

VOTING PROTOCOL

• Motions: 50%• Clauses: 100%– Delegations must inform the chair/committee if they

intend to vote against and justify it– Abstentions must also be justified

• Declarations of the House: 2/3rds

PRESS CONFERENCE

• Presidents will call for Press Conferences periodically.• They seek to emulate public pressure and media scrutiny. • During Press Conferences, Presidents and members of the

Press will get the chance to question the entire committee on their actions.

• Members of Press will represent prominent media corporations, adopting a “bias” or slant during questioning.

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2nd BRIEFING

2ND BRIEFING

24th May Delegates will be expected to make a 7 minute presentation on the issues within their respective committees.

2ND BRIEFING

Presentations should detail the following, both in general and specifically in your nation: • Background Information • National Stances and interests • Key blocs and actors • Possible Solutions

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UPDATES

WEBSITE

Research Reports and Base Declarations will be released on our website within the next week.

www.hccri.org

FACEBOOK PAGE

Updates on the conference and articles related to issues will be posted on our Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/HCCRI2014

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WORKSHOP/LOBBYING

WORKSHOP

ISSUE: The Situation in Iran:

nuclear development and maintaining peace and security

OPENING SPEECHES

• China • Iran• South Korea • Russia• Syria• USA