Rules of Procedure

The Conference applies THIMUN Procedure Rules, specific details will be considered by the Chairs’ Meeting before the opening. The Security Council applies its own Rules of procedure adopted by the delegates at the first SC meeting.

Lobbying

• Each school is responsible for bringing a resolution and presenting it to the Chairs of the Committee during lobbying time;
• Debate over the clauses is open to everyone. All schools are encouraged to have lots of individual operative clauses ready to present to the Chairs for debate.

Resolutions

• Should have minimum 5-6 co-submitters. Every delegate can co-submit only one resolution on the issue;
• Should be typed, and given to Ivanovo Committee Chairs before the work of the Committee on Tuesday starts.

Amendments

• Amendments should be legibly written on amendment sheets and include a clear identification to which part of the resolution they refer.
• No abstentions are allowed while voting on the amendments.

1st plenary meeting

• Includes policy statements of the member states, which should not exceed 40 sec., be delivered by one dele¬gate of each member state in English in most serious and diplomatic manner;
• Policy statement is to briefly describe the generalities of the topic, major issues and the UN planned action on them, the outlines of what the country would like to do to contribute to the solution of the problem;
• Each 5 speeches are followed by the replies.

Note writing and note passing

• Only official notes and those to the chairs checked by Admin Staff will be in order at all the ses-sions;
• English is the only language used in the notes.

Committee sessions

• Begin with experts’ briefings on selected issues;
• Items of the agenda are discussed in the order the chairs have received the resolution drafts;
• A resolution should have one main submitter;
• If a resolution draft passes, no other drafts on the same issue are considered;
• Open debate is advised for all committees.

At the 2nd Plenary meeting

• The resolution draft selected by Committee Chairs prepared and the Final Document of the Youth Assembly are to be debated;
• Every Committee Chair will have 10 minutes to deliver reports on the Committee work and to announce the Best Delegates.
• Informal greetings are in order after Conference closing.

Action Paper

• Each school is welcome to take part in debates over the role of family in the modern world.