Hi Delegates! The conference is coming up soon! Can you believe that we only have 20 more days until BMUN 66! For some of you, it will be your first time coming to a MUN conference, for others it will be your 3rd or 4th time coming to BMUN. For me, this will be my 7th and last year of MUN (sad face) I remember for my first MUN conference, I represented Equatorial Guinea in the Security Council on the topic of blood diamond trafficking and the Kimberly Process. I blanked out, stuttered through my comments and questions and couldn't muster enough confidence to get on the podium and make my speech. 1. Rules of Procedure: Any MUN conference follows certain Rules of Procedure that describe how and when debate on the topic will happen. These Rules of Procedure are important to understand, as without them you will feel confused and lost. It is always a good idea to read and understand the Rules of Procedure before attending the conference, but do not be alarmed if you
Advanced Parliamentary Procedure Hi delegates, it’s Tal! Hope you are all doing well and working hard on your position papers. This week, I want to talk about some advanced parliamentary procedure topics that novice delegates may not be super familiar with. I’ll be going over formal caucus, amendments, voting rights, and dividing the question. For those of you who do not have experience with dividing the question, I would highly recommend for you to read the rest of this post and even doing your own research on it, because it’s a fairly challenging concept. Here it all is: Formal Caucus Presenting Your Resolution After you all finish your resolutions, you can motion to move into formal caucus by using the following sentence structure: “The delegate of X would like to motion for a formal caucus with X-minute speaking time per resolution” (the X’s represent your country and the amount of time). We would vote on whether or not to move into formal caucus, and if t