Voting Procedure

Rule 43

When the Chair announces that the Security Council is entering voting procedure, no entering or exiting from the room will be permitted, unless there is an emergency or until voting procedure has come to an end.

At this time, Motions to Split the House, Divide the Question or for Roll Call Voting are in order.

Rule 45

Order of Voting

If two or more draft resolutions relate to the same question, they should be voted on in the order in which they were submitted.

· 45.1. Reordering Draft Resolutions

A Motion to Reorder Draft Resolutions will be in order immediately after entering voting procedure, and before voting has started on any draft resolutions. The delegate moving to Reorder Draft Resolutions will have to state the order through which he/she desires the Draft Resolutions to be voted on.

Rule 46

Method of Voting

Each Delegate of the Security Council has one vote and must demonstrate his/her voting intentions by raising his/her placard at the Chair's request unless there is a Roll Call vote. Delegates must vote “in favour” or “against” on procedural matters and “in favour”, “against” or “abstain” on substantive matters. No Delegate shall vote on behalf of another Delegate.

· 46.1. Roll Call Vote.

Roll Call Motions are in order only for substantive matters. This Motion is automatically accepted unless the Chair rules it out of order; the decision is not subject to appeal. The Roll Call starts from a Delegate, randomly selected by the Chair.

· 46.2. Passing.

During Roll Call, a Delegate may choose to pass. The Chair will place the Delegate at the bottom of the voting list. A Delegate who has passed once during a voting sequence may not pass again or abstain, but must ascertain his vote. A delegate who has passed cannot vote “with Rights”.

· 46.3. Voting with Rights. A Delegate may request a right of explanation after voting. Upon completion of voting, the Delegate will be permitted to explain the reasons as to why he/she has chosen to vote in a certain way. The Chair may limit the speaking time at his/her discretion.

· 46.4. Voting on Draft Resolutions.

Draft Resolutions will be voted on, in the order that they were numbered by the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary Generals, unless a motion to Reorder Draft Resolutions has passed..

· 46.5. Voting on Amendments.

All Unfriendly Amendments shall be voted upon in the order in which they were proposed before the Security Council closes debate on the Draft Resolution that they concern. If one Amendment implies the rejection of a second Amendment, the second Amendment will not be voted upon. A passed Amendment shall be automatically integrated into the Draft Resolution. Once all the Amendments relating to a Draft Resolution have been voted upon, the Security Council shall vote upon the Draft

Resolution as a whole after Closure of the Debate on the Topic Area under discussion.

· 46.6. Motion to Split the House.

The Motion to Split the House is in order when the Delegate putting the motion forward wishes that there be no abstentions during the final vote on the Resolution. This Motion has to be put forth immediately after the committee Closes Debate and enters into Voting Procedure. This Motion is a Substantial one. Once the Motion passes, delegations shall not be allowed to abstain from voting during the vote on the resolution.

· 46.7. Motion to Divide the Question.

Prior to the start of the voting process on a Draft Resolution, a Delegate may request through a Motion to Divide the Question to vote on an individual or group of operative clauses or clause by clause. A Delegate must specify how he/she wishes to divide the operative clauses during his/her Motion. Should there be more than one Motion to divide the question on the floor, the Security Council shall vote on the Motions from the most to the least splitting of the draft resolution. The Chair shall take one (1)

Speaker in favour and one (1) Speaker against the first Motion to Divide the Question for a speaking time of one (1) minute each. The Motion is considered to be a substantive one. If the Motion passes, subsequent Motions to Divide the Question will be ruled dilatory and the Security Council will proceed to voting procedure on the Draft Resolution in the manner suggested in the Motion. If the Motion fails, the remaining Motions will be considered in accordance with the above procedure. The divided section that fails during voting will be taken out of the final Draft Resolution; only those sections that have been passed will remain. The Security Council will then proceed to vote on the new final Draft Resolution as a whole after all the divisions have been voted upon. If all operative clauses fail the Draft Resolution, as a whole, fails.