Learn diplomacy. Master the committee.
Templates, country profiles, a political glossary, study guides and a research hub — a single premium home for everything you need to walk in prepared and win the room.
Position papers, resolutions, amendments, crisis notes and speeches — with tips, common mistakes, a live editor and copy-ready drafts.
EXPLOREDeep dossiers: policy, alliances, voting behaviour and sample speeches.
EXPLOREThe vocabulary of diplomacy, decoded — with examples and history.
EXPLOREAgendas, executive boards and difficulty across MS and HS.
EXPLOREThe official Rules of Procedure for JBCN MUN 2026 — motions, points, yields and voting.
Download RoPYour country's official stance on every agenda item, before committee starts.
OPENThe formal resolution text introduced for debate and voting.
OPENGeneral Speakers' List: your open address to the whole committee.
OPENCompare delegations across issues to find your bloc.
OPENHow the room speaks
Every committee cycles between these modes. Know when to switch — and when to yield.
The default state of committee. Delegates address the whole floor on the agenda in fixed-length speeches; the list runs continuously until exhausted or suspended.
Structured back-and-forth on a narrower sub-topic. Set a total time, a per-speaker time, and a sharp question — the chair recognises speakers in turn.
Free-form negotiation. Delegates leave their seats to write working papers, form blocs, and hammer out consensus without chair recognition.
Every delegate speaks once, in order, on a set question — no yields, no skips. Levels the room and forces every placard into the record.
The chair opens the floor for procedural business — introducing draft resolutions, amendments, and directives before returning to substantive debate.
A themed speakers' list on a specific sub-agenda or question of the day. Used to spotlight a critical thread before the room moves on.
How a committee runs, in order
The rhythm every room follows — from opening gavel to closing handshake.
- 01Opening Session
Chairs open committee, welcome delegates, and set the tone.
- 02Roll Call
Delegates confirm presence — present, or present & voting.
- 03Agenda Setting
The room votes on the order of agendas where applicable.
- 04Formal Debate
General Speakers' List runs; positions are placed on record.
- 05Moderated Caucus
Structured back-and-forth on narrower sub-questions.
- 06Unmoderated Caucus
Bloc formation, working papers, and negotiation.
- 07Draft Resolutions
Working papers become draft resolutions once vetted.
- 08Voting Procedure
Amendments, then substantive voting on drafts.
- 09Closing Ceremony
Awards, remarks, and the closing gavel.
Points, Motions & Yields
The procedural vocabulary that moves debate — read this once and you'll never blank on a placard raise.
For a delegate's comfort — audibility, temperature, breaks. Only interrupts a speaker on inaudibility.
Raised when the chair or a delegate has violated the rules of procedure. Cannot interrupt a speaker.
A procedural question about how debate is being run. Directed to the chair, never to another delegate.
A substantive question directed to a speaker who has yielded their time to points of information.
Move to open the General Speakers' List once the agenda is set.
State total time, per-speaker time, and the topic — e.g., '10 minutes, 45 seconds each, on the humanitarian response'.
State a total time — used for informal negotiation, working papers, and bloc formation.
Extend a caucus once it lapses — subject to chair's discretion and a simple majority.
Close debate and move to vote on the draft resolutions on the floor.
End the day's session (adjourn) or pause committee for a defined interval (suspend).
Return the remaining time on your speech to the chair. The safest default.
Hand your remaining time to a specific delegate — they cannot yield again.
Open the floor to substantive questions from the room during your remaining time.
From working paper to passable resolution
Every winning resolution follows the same shape. Learn it once, use it in every committee.
The 'why' — context, recalling prior UN action, expressing concern. Always italicised, never numbered.
The 'what' — numbered, actionable, and specific. This is where policy actually gets written.
Sponsors write the resolution; signatories agree it deserves debate. Both matter for procedural viability.
Once for the shape of the agenda, once for the specific arguments your country will need to make.
Full paragraphs freeze under pressure. Bullets scale to any speaking time the chair announces.
Awards are decided in unmoderated caucuses. The delegate everyone wants on their paper wins.
'The Secretary-General noted…' beats 'obviously…' every time. Chairs remember precision.
Yielding to another delegate can burn goodwill. Yield to time unless boosting a bloc partner.
Follow procedural rulings in-committee. Raise concerns via a Point of Parliamentary Inquiry.
Study Guides & Country Matrices
Every committee gets its own study guide and country matrix. Both drop here once the EB finalises them.
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