Day two is debate. The resolutions written during lobbying are put to the house, debated and voted on.
A committee may get through several resolutions in a day. It may get through one. Both are normal.
You are registered again on arrival. Registration happens at the start of every conference day, not only on the first.
In MEDIMUN, you are registered by QR code scan each morning. See Registration and attendance.
The committee then takes a roll call before debate starts. Answer present or present and voting. That answer sets whether you may abstain later. See Roll call.
A roll call is also taken again after breaks.
The chair may open the meeting and let debate proceed when at least one third of the delegations are present. A majority of the members must be present for any decision to be taken. See Quorum.
The chair selects a resolution and the house works through it in a fixed order.
Reading time. The chair sets time to read the text. Use it to prepare points of information and to write amendments. See Reading time.
The main submitter speaks first on their own resolution.
Debate. Speakers for and against are recognised by the chair. See Debate modes.
Amendments. Amendments may only be submitted during open debate time. Each one is debated in closed debate and voted on. See Amendments overview.
Voting. The house votes on the resolution as a whole. See Voting procedure.
Each resolution is debated in a vacuum. If one resolution passes on a topic, that does not discredit another resolution on the same topic. Argue the text in front of you.
If you are writing an amendment. It may only be submitted during open debate time. Write yours while open debate is running, not once the house has moved into closed debate. See Amendment of the first degree.
After a speech, the chair asks whether the delegate is open to points of information. If they are, the chair says how many will be taken. If they are not, the chair asks the delegate to yield the floor.
A delegate yields to the chair or to another delegation. The floor may be passed from one delegation to another only once in a row. See Yielding the floor.
In MEDIMUN, speeches are timed, declared and yielded in MediBook. See Speeches and yields in MediBook.
SCREENSHOT: /medibook/sessions/22/committees/ga1/debate - the delegate debate view with a speech running and the points list open
No point may interrupt a speaker. The one exception is a point of personal privilege about audibility. Points are taken when there is a pause.
Wait to be recognised before you state a point. See Points overview and Motions overview.
If you are unsure which point you need, say what you want in plain words and let the chair name it. Getting the wording wrong is a mistake, not an offence. Inventing a point that does not exist is different, and it is not allowed.
Delegates vote in favour, against, or abstain. A resolution passes when the number in favour is greater than the number against. Abstentions do not count either way. A tied vote fails.
A delegate who answered present and voting cannot abstain.
During voting, all points are out of order. The only exception is a point of order about the conduct of the vote itself.
In MEDIMUN, voting happens in MediBook. A roll call vote also goes through MediBook. See Voting in MediBook.
In MEDIMUN, one delegate represents one country in a committee. THIMUN seats two delegates on one country in some of its forums. MEDIMUN does not do this. See Who may vote.
If the vote was close. It may be recounted on request. The chair only allows it if they believe a counting error was made. Delegates must vote the same way again. See Tied votes and recounts.
There are no informal votes. Every vote is real and counts.
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.
Eating and drinking during debate is not in order. Water is the exception.
Keep your placard down until the chair asks for it.
Speakers address each other in the third person. Never "you" and never "I".
Do not leave the room during debate without the chair's permission.
See Parliamentary language and decorum and Conduct.
Breaks are announced as a time. The chair will say when the committee meets again. Be back before that time, because a roll call is taken when the committee resumes.
In MEDIMUN, the committee state in MediBook says waiting while the committee is on a break. See Daily schedule and breaks.
Day three is a shorter day and works differently. See Conference day three.