Preparation

Study Guides

Background guides for each committee, released as the chairs finalise them.

Speak the language of the floor.

Eight terms every delegate hears in committee. Tap a placard to see what it means.

Raised when a delegate believes the rules of procedure are not being followed correctly.
Raised when personal discomfort affects participation, for example not being able to hear a speaker.
A question to a speaker about their speech, when the speaker has agreed to take questions.
Structured debate on a sub-topic, with a set speaking time and the chair calling on speakers.
An informal break from formal debate where delegates move freely to negotiate and write.
A request to respond when a delegate feels their country’s integrity has been insulted by another speaker.
How a speaker gives away remaining time: to the chair, to another delegate, or to points of information.
A formal document of preambulatory and operative clauses proposing solutions, which the committee votes on.