Article 6

Rules on Presentation and Voting of Resolutions, Reports and Statements

1. 1.  Statements

   1. The President and the Vice President shall deliver 5-minute opening and closing joint statements.

   2. The Members are requested to deliver Plenary Speeches, jointly or individually, through Position Papers a week before the Session. They may then commit to short speeches on the current development of the positions they keep.

   3. The Advisory Council and the Liaison Services may allow the delivery of Speeches through Position Statements.

   4. Once a set of agendas is finalised, the mandate will be effectively renewed and the President/Vice President may call for Members to deliver short statements during the Public Sessions/Formal Meeting for not more than 3 minutes.

   5. The Liaison Services has the sole right to decide the agendas, however, the advice given by the President and the Vice President in this matter shall be binding.

   6. Unless the Statement(s) violate Schedule 1, there shall be no voting of affirmation or appreciation in any form possible unless the President/Vice President deems it fit based on the advice of Session Consultants.

      
      

2. A Statement that procures and requests the Advisory Council to prorogue, continue or render procedure to the Session of The Bharat Pacific Consortium with regards to:

   1. Voting on resolutions and reports;

   2. Voting on conducting private/public meetings;

   3. Rendering temporary or yearly adjournment; and

   4. Appreciation/affirmation of any statement is called a motion.

      
      

3. Reports and Resolutions

   1. Resolutions are unilateral or plurilateral statements which condone any form of action or achievement to be rendered.

   2. Reports are documentations representing the commitments of the Committees or individual Members.

      
      

4. Resolutions require a vote of either:

   1. Beyond 50% of the quorum (which is at least 30%); or

   2. 2/3rd of the members present and voting, to be institutionalised.

      
      

5. Reports require a vote of 50% of the members and present & voting, to be institutionalised.