Security Council Procedures

Security Council Procedures: Because the SC procedures differ from the procedures of all the other committees, we have uploaded the rules and process of the Security Council. 

- At the beginning of the first day, SC Presidents will collect USBs from each delegate in order to copy all the resolution files into their laptop. 
- Each delegate (including observers) delivers an opening speech
- Short lobbying time: Delegates working on each issue will combine their most important preambulatory clauses.

- debate on the first issue -
Presidents pull out the first clause from the first delegate's resolution. The delegate approaches the podium and makes a speech regarding that one clause and why it should be passed. After that clause is voted on, the Presidents will call on the next delegate who has submitted a resolution on the issue. Eventually, all delegates who have submitted a resolution on the first issue will have been called forth to defend a clause. If debate time on this issue has not yet elapsed, the cycle begins again and the second clauses of their resolutions will be pulled out and debated on. 
- During the process, if a delegate believes that his clause is a repeat of a clause that was previously debated on already, he may politely ask the chairs to move debate to the "x-th" clause of his resolution when it is his turn at the podium.

Voting procedures: Whenever any of the P5 nations threatens to veto a clause, the P5 nations may ask the Presidents for a short P5 caucus (under 5 minutes) in which they meet at the corner of the committee room and attempt to resolve the conflict. Observer nations cannot vote.
- A clause is passed as long as all P5 nations either vote for it or abstain from voting.

- When debate time has elapsed, the Presidents will entertain the final voting procedure for the resolution on that issue - voting for the operative clauses as a whole. P5 delegates are discouraged from vetoing the entire resolution, as it will leave the council with no clauses whatsoever.

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