Each case below is one situation and the ruling for it. The general rules are in Amendments, Amendment of the first degree and Amendment of the second degree.
A delegate moves an amendment that changes a single word.
It is a normal amendment. It is debated if the chair entertains it, and it is put to a vote.
Every amendment is put to a vote, even a one word change. There is no size below which an amendment is waved through. An amendment cannot be adopted without a vote.
A delegate moves an amendment that corrects a spelling mistake, a plural, or a missing word.
If the amendment is about spelling or grammar. It is not debated. The chair makes the change directly and tells the house what was changed.
Say what you changed out loud. The house is working from the same text and needs to know it moved.
If you are unsure. Ask whether the correction changes what the clause does. If it does, it is not a spelling fix. Treat it as a normal amendment.
The rule is one amendment, one clause at most. An amendment that changes two unrelated clauses is a procedural mistake and is out of order.
If the change has to be made in several places. An amendment may cover more than one clause. Renaming a body that appears in four clauses is the standard example.
The test is whether the resolution would read wrongly if the change were made in only one of those places. If it would, one amendment carries the whole change. If the clauses only happen to be on the same topic, they are separate amendments.
The text says something nobody in the house intended. A date is wrong. A body is named that does not exist.
If the amendment corrects an obvious error. The chair may put it to a vote with no debate. Ask the house whether there are any objections first. Never adopt it without a vote.
There is no division of the house on an amendment. Delegates vote in favour or against. The motion is out of order at that point. See Motion to divide the house.
Abstentions are a separate question. They are in order on a second degree amendment. They are not in order on a first degree amendment.
A tied vote fails. The amendment does not pass and the resolution stands as it was.
Clapping is only in order when a resolution as a whole passes. It is not in order after an amendment, and it is not in order when a resolution fails. Call the house to order and carry on.
A delegate offers an amendment to the amendment while the house is still in time in favour.
An amendment of the second degree may only be submitted during time against the first degree amendment. Tell the delegate to bring it once the house moves to time against.
Out of order. That is true in the Security Council as well. The house votes on the second degree amendment as it stands.
Allowed only when the amendment touches something not yet discussed, or when it is needed to make the clause fit later changes. See Amending an already amended clause.
Once the Council has voted on a clause. It does not return to that clause. A delegate who needs more time has two options. They may ask for the debate time to be extended. They may ask to table the clause until the end of debate on that issue. Both have to happen before the vote is taken.
In the Security Council, a first degree amendment is taken against the clause being debated, and only that clause. The delegate waits until the Council reaches the clause they want to change.
Once every operative clause has been debated and voted on, further clauses may be added as amendments. See Security Council procedure.
During voting, all points are out of order. The only exception is a point of order about the conduct of the vote itself. See Voting procedure.
If you are unsure. Ask your co-chairs before ruling. Say the house will wait a moment. If you still do not know, tell the house you will find out and come back to them. Then ask the secretariat.