<aside> 💡 The following Vocabulary is used at MUN Conferences and is in alphabetical order.

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Abstain

When debate time elapses, delegates are to vote on the resolution or an amendment. Delegates who wish to abstain are those who do not support the resolution or clause and also do not oppose it.

In debate, the chair would announce: all those wishing to abstain, please raise your placards high.

Adjourn

When the debate session adjourns, it means that session time has ended. The chair announces to delegates that the committee will be adjourned, either for a break, lunch or for the day.

Agenda

The agenda is the order in which resolutions, breaks and other events will occur in. It is the committee’s schedule.

Amendment

An amendment is a change (addition, removal or adjustment) to a clause or a resolution. It is submitted by delegates during debate and is debated upon in closed debate and is then voted on. Please refer to Amendment procedure for more detail.

Bloc

A bloc is a group of member states who share similar views, or are of the same culture/ political policy/ language/ trade group/ geographical region etc. Usually during opening speeches, delegates pass notes to other delegates to form blocs, and group together during Lobbying & Merging .

Caucus

During a caucus, delegates may informally discuss a topic between themselves and lobby ideas on the current issue at hand and try to think of some constructive ideas to better the issue.

Chair

A chair is one of those in charge of a specific committee. They can either be a Chair/President or a Deputy Chair/ President. They are in charge of the committees functioning and the flow of debate.

Debate

The Debate is where delegates exchange their delegations’ opinions on an issue and try to resolve that issue by resolutions.

Delegate

A Delegate is someone who assumes the role of a representative of a nation or an organisation in a specific committee.