Conduct of business

Contents

Contents. 2

Chapter I. 3

Presidency. 3

Chapter II. 4

Conduct of business. 4

Chapter III. 5

Voting. 5

Chapter IV.. 5

Quorum... 5

Chapter V.. 6

Speakers and debates. 6

Chapter VI. 7

Speeches. 7

Chapter VII. 8

Yields. 8

Chapter VIII. 9

Points. 9

Chapter IX.. 10

Motions. 10

Chapter X.. 13

Resolutions and Amendments. 13

Chapter XI. 16

Voting Procedure. 16

Chapter I

Presidency

Rule 1

The presidency of the Security Council shall be held in turn by the members of the Security Council in the English alphabetical order of their names. Each President shall hold office for one calendar month.

Rule 2

The President shall preside over the meetings of the Security Council and, under the authority of the Security Council, shall represent it in its capacity as an organ of the United Nations.

Chapter II

Conduct of business

Rule 3

The President shall call upon representatives in the order in which they signify their desire to speak.

Rule 4

The President may accord precedence to any rapporteur appointed by the Security Council.

Rule 5
Proposed resolutions, amendments and substantive motions shall normally be placed before the representatives in writing.

Rule 6

Principal motions and draft resolutions shall have precedence in the order of their submission.
Parts of a motion or of a draft resolution shall be voted on separately at the request of any representative, unless the original mover objects.

Rule 7

It shall not be necessary for any motion or draft resolution proposed by a representative on the Security Council to be seconded before being put to a vote.

Rule 8

A motion or draft resolution can at any time be withdrawn so long as no vote has been taken with respect to it.

If the motion or draft resolution has been seconded. the representative on the Security Council who has seconded it may require that it be put to the vote as his motion or draft resolution with the same right of precedence as if the original mover had not withdrawn it.

Rule 9

If two or more amendments to a motion or draft resolution are proposed, the President shall rule on the order in which they are to be voted upon. Ordinarily, the Security Council shall first vote on the amendment furthest removed in substance from the original proposal and then on the amendment next furthest removed until all amendments have been put to the vote, but when an amendment adds to or deletes from the text of a motion or draft resolution, that amendment shall be voted on first.

Rule 10

The Security Council may invite members of the Secretariat or other persons, whom it considers competent for the purpose, to supply it with information or to give other assistance in examining matters within its competence.