<aside> 💡 Amendments are key to improving the quality of resolutions - in other words, you can raise the chance of passing your resolution through amendments.

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Amendments to a resolution can be made by any delegate and should aim towards improving the resolution at hand. Amendments should be written on an official Amendment paper (which is provided to delegate during registration) and then passed on to the Chair.

<aside> 📌 In most conferences, the amendment paper will be the same as the ones used for note passing - In some cases, there is a separate template for writing amendments.

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The chair will then proceed the amendment and send a note to the delegate that it has been received. If a delegate is given the opportunity to speak in favor of his or her amendment the chair will first read the amendment out loud then allow the delegate to proceed with his or her opening speech for the amendment.

In the interest of time the Chair has the power to deny an amendment.

There are three types of amendments that can be made by a delegate:

Strike

Delete an entire clause/sub-clause/entire resolution

<aside> 🚨 Striking is generally recommended to be done as a last resort or in cases where there is no point in modifying; you must prepare a very strong speech in order to propose striking an entire clause/resolution, since the aim of debate is to “improve” the quality of resolution, not deleting parts that can be improved.

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Add

Adding new clauses/sub-clauses to the resolution

Modify

Editing specific parts of an existing clause, rather than adding new parts

<aside> 📌 For more information/advice on how to write a good amendment, please contact [email protected] OR leave a message in the group chat. (+ feel free to send a private message to one of the execs - we are always down to help you!)

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