RULES OF PROCEDURE
1. Voting Rights
Each member state of the LAMUN UNEP-GC shall have one vote. This admission shall be made by the Secretary General only. No member or delegate may cast the vote of another member.
2. Agenda
The chair will declare the agenda of LAMUN UNEP-GC.
3. Resolutions and Amendments
Resolutions, while initiated by individual members or groups, are basic statements of the body's policy. A motion is considered and amendment of it adds to delete from, or revises part of a proposal Amendments which merely are a negative to alter the intent of a proposal shall not be considered amendments and not allowed, admissible. Perambulatory clauses may not be amended. Amendments to amendments are not allowed. Sponsors may not amend their own proposals.
Resolutions and amendments shall be submitted in writing to the Secretary General who shall circulate copies to all delegations. If two or more resolutions relate to the same agenda item, the Body shall consider them in the order determined by the Secretariat unless it decides otherwise.
Proposals to reorder are in order after the conclusion of Substantive Debate on the topic and before voting on any of the resolutions has begun. Proposals for reordering the resolutions shall be voted on in the order they are proposed. Once voting on these reordering proposals has begun, no new proposals shall be allowed. The first proposal to receive a majority vote shall be the voting order. If none receives a majority vote, the Secretariat's order shall stand.
After commencing to vote, the body may decide whether to vote on the next resolution. A vote to Not Vote (decision not to vote) on a resolution requires a simple majority. Decisions whether to vote or not to vote on resolutions must be made for each resolution individually.
4. Introduction, Sponsorship and Withdrawal of Proposals.
Proposals shall be defined as:
1. Procedural motions,
2. Procedural amendments,
3. Resolutions,
4. Substantive amendments.
A proposal may be made by any member of the body. Procedural motions and procedural amendments are introduced orally, discussed, and voted upon without written presentation. However, the Chair may require that a procedural motion or procedural amendment be submitted in writing and circulated to all representatives before the motion may be discussed or voted upon. Procedural motions or amendments may be withdrawn at anytime prior to voting on it has commenced.
Resolutions shall be submitted before the end of general debate on the agenda item and amendments shall be submitted before the end of the substantive debate on the agenda item. Resolutions and amendments are considered formally introduced upon being accepted and numbered by the Chair.
Generally, no resolution or substantive amendment shall be discussed or put to a vote unless it has been submitted to the Chair. The Chair may permit short substantive proposals to be discussed and voted upon even though such proposals have not been previously circulated. The Chair shall determine what constitutes a short substantive proposal.
An amendment to a resolution shall also be introduced verbally by the amendment's proposer during substantive debate. No additional amendments shall be allowed after the speakers list has been exhausted and/or closed. However, if substantive debate is closed or adjourned, the Chair shall immediately accept all remaining amendments. They may be introduced verbally by the proposers at the discretion of the Chair.
Any member may sponsor a resolution. A member may ask to be added to the list of sponsors of an existing resolution. Sponsorship of a resolution, will be allowed only up to the time at which substantive debate is concluded on the item. However, sponsors may withdraw their sponsorship of a resolution prior to voting on it, if their resolution has been amended. This does not apply in the event of friendly amendment. If sponsorship of a proposal has been withdrawn, and no member wishes to sponsor said proposal the whole proposal shall be considered withdrawn. If a proposal has been sponsored by two or more member states, all sponsors must agree to withdraw sponsorship for the proposal to be considered withdrawn. Once resolution has been passed by a Body, the Body itself becomes the sponsor of the resolution. A procedural motion or amendment may be withdrawn by its proposer at any time before voting on it has commenced
5. Reconsideration of Proposals
When a proposal has been adopted or rejected, it may not be reconsidered at the same session unless the body, by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting, so decides. Permission to speak on a motion for reconsideration shall be accorded to two speakers in favor, including the proposer of the motion. and two speakers opposing the motion, after which it shall be put to vote immediately. The Chair may limit the time allowed to speakers. A motion to reconsider a proposal may be made only once for the same proposal.
6. Conduct During Voting
Immediately prior to the commencement of the voting, the Chair shall read the proposal to be voted upon. After the Chair has announced the beginning of voting, no member shall interrupt the voting except on a point of order in connection with the actual conduct of the voting, or to withdraw sponsorship of a resolution that was amended, which has to be moved immediately after it was amended. (Withdrawal of Sponsorship).
7. Speeches and Comments
During discussion of each agenda item, the normal conduct of business shall include 'a period of speeches for general debate on the item, as well as a period- for substantive debate on the resolutions and substantive amendments submitted for the item. The Chair shall set the time limits for speeches (General Powers of the Chair). Substantive debate shall not begin until all resolutions have been formally introduced ( Voting on Resolutions and Amendments).
No representative may address the body without having previously obtained the permission of the Chair. They shall call upon speakers in the order in which they have signified their desire to speak. The Chair may call a speaker to order if his/her remarks are not relevant to the subject under discussion, or if the representative has exceeded his allotted time. No delegate may interrupt a speaker except on a point of order. Such a point shall pertain to the delegate's right to speak.
Short comments may be allowed only on the previous speech and at the discussion of the President. When time allotted to a speaker is limited, a representative may yield a portion of this time to another. This yielded time must be utilized at the time it is yielded. There is no limitation to the number of speeches a delegate can give unless the list has been closed; however, their name cannot appear on the list more than once at any given time, subject to (Powers of the Chair).
8. Point of Order
During the discussion of any matter, if a representative believes that the Assembly is proceeding in a manner contrary to that specified in one of the Rules of Procedure, he shall raise a point of order immediately, which shall be recognized by the Chair without delay. The Chair shall rule on that point of order immediately in accordance with the Rules or Procedure and Article 12 of the Model United Nations Bylaws.
A point or order, raised at any time, shall refer to the matter at hand at the time only. A representative rising to a point of order may not speak on the substance of the matter under discussion.
9. Appeal
A representative may appeal against a ruling of the Chair. The appeal shall he put to a vote immediately, and the Chair's ruling shall stand unless overruled by a two-thirds majority of present and voting.
