RESOLUTION BOOKLET VAASA 2022 l SPRING REGIONAL SESSION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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General Assembly Procedure
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Motion for a resolution by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
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Motion for a resolution by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
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Motion for a resolution by the Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
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Motion for a resolution by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
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Motion for a resolution by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
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Motion for a resolution by the Committee on Civil Liberties and Home Affairs (LIBE)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE GENERAL RULES The authority of the Board is absolute. All delegates are encouraged to vote and refrain from abstaining unless they have a true moral conflict. Each committee will have two direct responses per round of open debate. Delegates shall afford equal respect to all debates as if they were their own. Chairpersons of the respective committee shall make use of the placards at all times.
PLACARDS COMMITTEE PLACARDS A committee should raise their placard when they need attention on something. Once it is raised alone, it indicates that the committee is ready to be recognised by the Academic Board for a speech or a point. It is important to highlight that when a committee wishes to use other placards for a certain matter, the committee placard should be raised in combination with them. The authority of the Board is absolute regarding recognitions.
DIRECT RESPONSE Each committee may use the Direct response twice in each set of rounds of debate for one resolution. Raising this placard will lead to the committee immediately being recognised by the Board and given the floor as soon as the point being made is concluded. A Direct Response can only refer and add up to the previous point made right beforehand. Should two or more Direct Responses be requested at once, the Board has the right to decide which committee to recognise. In that matter, the second Direct Response can only be used if the point relates to the first Direct Response, and so on and so forth. Point: “Why is it the Commission who is implementing this programme, and how will you make this programme accessible for everyone?” Direct Response (Wrong): “Yes, also, how will you make sure the Commission can get funding for this programme?” This Direct Response is not successful because: (1) although it is about the same topic, it does not directly build on top of the previous point, (2) the point before the Direct Response consisted of two questions, and you may only Direct Response the very last thing said (so the accessibility part, but not the Commission part). Instead, you could try the following:
Point: “Why is it the Commission who is implementing this programme, and how will you make this programme accessible for everyone?” Direct Response (Correct): “I think a programme such as this should be offered in all EU languages to be made more accessible.”
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE Raising this placard is a request to the Board to ask a Delegate to repeat a point that was inaudible. Failure to understand the vocabulary being spoken does not warrant a Point of Personal Privilege.
POINT OF ORDER The Chairperson can raise this placard only if the committee feels the Board has not adequately followed the General Assembly procedure. An example of this would be that the Board forgets to allow the proposing committee to respond to the position speeches. Not getting recognised for a point that was previously promised does not warrant a Point of Order. Ultimately, the authority of the Board remains absolute.
PROCEDURE AND TIME SETTINGS 1. The Board Reads the topic sentence 2. Silent Reading of the Topic - 1 minute 3. Defence Speech - 3 minutes a. The proposing Committee uses this speech to explain the proposed resolution. It is used to explain the underlying goals and motives of the Committee and to show how the current resolution is an efficient way to reach those goals. It is more factual than an emotional speech. 4. Position Speech - (2 x 1.5 minutes) a. Up to two committees will be recognised to deliver proposition speeches: either favouring or against the proposed resolution. The speeches should support/disagree with the Committee's goals or the general direction of the resolution. They should not consist of a list of points. 5. Response to Position - up to 2 minutes 6. Rounds of Debate (3) a. Points of debate - 3-5 x 30-second point b. Response - 1 minute for every round of debate. The final round will have a designated person to respond just like the others. 7. Summation Speech- 3 minutes a. The Summation Speech will consist of two main parts: the first one will be a summation of the Open Debate, and the second one is a pre-written speech.
b. The first part should sum up the debate as a whole, by answering questions that didn’t get a response and by repeating some of the most important arguments made during the debate. c. The second part can be, but doesn’t have to be, more dramatic and inspirational, reminding the delegates why the topic is important and convincing them to vote in favour of the proposed resolution. d. These roles can be delivered by 1 or 2 people (as in, one does the summation of the debate and the other one does the pre-written speech). 8. Voting