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Rules of Procedure United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Introduction 1. These rules shall be the only rules which apply to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (hereinafter referred to as “the Conference”) and shall be considered adopted by the Conference prior to its first meeting. 2. For purposes of these rules, the Director, the Assistant Director(s), the Under-Secretaries-General, and the Assistant Secretaries-General, are designates and agents of the Secretary-General and Director-General, and are collectively referred to as the “Secretariat.” 3. Interpretation of the rules shall be reserved exclusively to the Director-General or her or his designate. Such interpretation shall be in accordance with the philosophy and principles of the National Model United Nations and in furtherance of the educational mission of that organization. 4. For the purposes of these rules, “President” shall refer to the chairperson or acting chairperson of the Conference. 5. The final report as adopted by the Conference shall be communicated to the General Assembly Plenary Session for review. I. SESSIONS Rule 1 - Dates of convening and adjournment The Conference shall meet every year in regular session, commencing and closing on the dates designated by the Secretary-General. Rule 2 - Place of sessions The Conference shall meet at a location designated by the Secretary-General. II. AGENDA Rule 3 - Provisional agenda The provisional agenda shall be drawn up by the Director-General and communicated to the Members of the Conference at least sixty days before the opening of the session. Rule 4 - Adoption of the agenda The agenda provided by the Director-General shall be considered adopted as of the beginning of the session. The order of the agenda items shall be determined by a majority vote of those present and voting. The vote described in this rule is a procedural vote and, as such, observers are permitted to cast a vote. For purposes of this rule, those present and voting means those Member States and observers, in attendance at the meeting during which this motion comes to a vote. Should the Conference not reach a decision by conclusion of the first night’s meeting, the agenda will be automatically set in the order in which it was first communicated. Rule 5 - Revision of the agenda During a session, the Conference may revise the agenda by adding, deleting, deferring or amending items. Only important and urgent items shall be added to the agenda during a session. Debate on the inclusion of an item in the agenda shall be limited to three speakers in favor of, and three against, the inclusion. Additional items of an important and urgent character, proposed for inclusion in the agenda less than thirty days before the opening of a session, may be placed on the agenda if the Conference so decides by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. No additional item may, unless the Conference decides otherwise by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting, be considered until a committee has reported on the question concerned. For purposes of this rule, the determination of an item of an important and urgent character is subject to the discretion of the Director-General, or his or her designate, and any such determination is final. If an item is determined to be of such a character, then it requires a two-thirds vote of the Conference to be placed on the agenda. The votes described in this rule are substantive votes, and, as such, observers are not permitted to cast a
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