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RULES OF PROCEDURE

1 General Rules

1. Scope: These rules apply to all RMUN 2017 Committees, though the United Nations Security

Council, Arab League, European Union and Crisis Committees will have slightly different rules

set by the respective Dais.

2. Language: English will be the official and working language of the Conference.

3. Delegations: Each member state will be represented by one delegate (two delegates in the case

of UNSC) and shall have one vote on each Committee. Representatives of observers or observer

states will have the same rights as those of full member states, except that they may not vote

on substantive issues (which primarily refers to resolutions and amendments). The Dais will

provide a list of member states and observers for each Committee.

4. The Dais: The structure of each Dais will consist of one head chair with two deputy chairs. The

head chair can transfer his/her powers to one of his/her deputy chairs at his/her discretion. The

Dais in crisis Committees will consist of one head chair and one deputy chair, with one

supporting backroom staff per council at least.

5. Quorum: The Dais may declare a Committee open and permit debate to proceed when at least

half the voting members of the Committee is present.

6. Use of Electronic Devices: The use of electronic devices, such as but not limited to laptops and

mobile phones, are not permitted during formal debate and moderated caucuses. Use of such

devices is allowed during Committee breaks, unmoderated caucuses or outside of Committee.

However, as RMUN aims to be a paperless conference, use of electronic devices are allowed

when documents (working papers and resolutions) are introduced to the council.

7. Expected Conduct from Delegates: Delegates will show courtesy and respect to all Conference

staff and to other delegates. The Dais will immediately call to order any delegate who fails to

comply with this rule. Delegates who are consistently rude or disruptive may also be suspended

from debate or expelled from the conference.

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8. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is strictly not tolerated in any documents submitted to the Dais,

including both Working Papers and Draft Resolutions. Plagiarism will include texts that are lifted

off existing UN Resolutions (without acknowledging they exist) and other delegates’ work

without permission. If any delegates are caught plagiarising, they may be stripped from

consideration of any awards and face expulsion from the conference.

2 Rules Governing Debate

9. Roll Call: At the start of every Committee session, the Dais will take a Roll Call. The Roll Call will

be taken in the English alphabetical order of the names of the country delegations. When the

name of a delegation is called, the delegate representing the country delegation will raise the

country placard and call out either “Present” or “Present and Voting”. The difference between

the two is that delegates who call “Present and Voting” may not abstain from a substantive vote.

If a delegate or delegation is not present during the Roll Call, the delegate or delegation is

considered absent and therefore has no voting and speaking powers. If a delegate is late, he or

she will only be considered present when the delegate sends a written note to the Dais indicating

that they are present and after the Dais has acknowledged the note.

10. Agenda: The first order of business for the Committee, if the Committee has more than one

Topic Area to discuss, will be the consideration of the agenda. A motion should be made to set

the agenda to one of the Committee’s Topic Areas. If the Committee only has one agenda, then

it is adopted immediately. Once the motion to set the agenda for a topic has been recognized

by the Dais, the Dais will set two speakers “for” and two speakers “against” the topic set in the

motion. A simple majority is required for the motion to pass. If the motion fails, the second

Topic Area will be automatically placed before the Committee.

a. Once a resolution has been passed for the first topic debated, the Dais will entertain a

motion to move to the previous question and move on to the next Topic Area. This

motion requires a simple majority to pass. Even if no resolutions have been passed for

the first topic, delegates are allowed to introduce a motion to move to the previous

question which will close debate on the first topic and introduce the second topic as the

debate agenda (could depend on the discretion of the Dais). This motion requires a

simple majority to pass.

b. In the event of an international crisis, the Dais may call upon Committee to table debate

on the current Topic Area to discuss the more urgent matter. The Committee will return

to debate on the tabled Topic Area only at the discretion of the Dais, which may require

delegates to pass a crisis resolution.

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11. Debate: After the agenda has been set, one continuously open general speakers list will be

established for the duration of the debate, except as interrupted by procedural points or motions,

caucuses, introduction of draft resolutions and amendments. Speakers may speak generally on

the Topic Area being considered and may address any working paper or any draft resolution

currently on the floor.

12. Caucuses: A caucus, moderated or unmoderated, can be motioned for during the debate when

the Dais calls for motions. The delegate making the motion for the caucus must state the nature

of the caucus, the topic of the caucus, speaking time per delegate (for moderated caucuses)

and set an overall time limit of no more than 20 minutes. Multiple motions for caucuses can be

entertained at once and the order of voting for the motions will be determined by the order of

disruption. Voting on a motion will only commence if there are both seconds and objections to

the motion and a simple majority is required for the motion to pass.

a. Unmoderated Caucus: An unmoderated caucus temporarily suspends formal debate

and allows delegates to discuss ideas informally in the Committee room. It is

considered more disruptive than moderated caucuses of any length and the longer the

unmoderated caucus, the more disruptive it is.

b. Moderated Caucus: The purpose of a moderated caucus is to facilitate substantive

debate at critical junctures in the discussion. The moderated caucus takes the form of

formal debate, with a separate closed speakers list created to determine the order of

speaking in a moderated caucus. The longer the moderated caucus, or the longer the

speaking time per delegate, the more disruptive the motion.

13. Suspension of Debate: Whenever the floor is open, this motion can be used by a delegate to

suspend the Committee until the next Committee Session. The Dais has discretion as to

whether this motion is in order. When in order, this motion will immediately be put to a vote.

This motion is valid only 15 minutes prior to the end of scheduled Committee time. This motion

requires a simple majority to pass.

14. Adjournment of Debate: Whenever the floor is open, this motion can be used by a delegate to

suspend the Conference until the next conference. The Dais has discretion as to whether this

motion is in order. When in order, this motion will immediately be put to a vote. This motion is

valid only 15 minutes prior to the end of scheduled Committee time. This motion requires a

simple majority to pass.

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3 Rules Governing Speeches

15. Speakers List: The Committee will have an open speakers list for the Topic Area being

discussed. Countries may request to be added to the list by (i) raising their placard when the

Dais calls for countries to be added or (ii) sending a note to the Dais. The speakers list for the

second Topic Area will not be open until the Committee has proceeded to that topic.

16. Speeches: All speeches shall adhere to the time limit set by the Dais at the beginning of the

debate, which is 90 seconds or otherwise stated by the Dais, unless the Committee decides

otherwise by raising a motion. No speaker may speak without recognition from the Dais. The

Dais may reprimand a delegate (i) who makes irrelevant statements, (ii) who violates Article 7

or (iii) who goes above the given time limit.

17. Yields: At the end of a speech during the General Speaker’s List, delegates must yield their time

in one of the following manners:

a. Yield to Another Delegate:

i. Any remaining time will be given to that delegate, who may not yield the

remaining time to another delegate (no yielding to the second degree).

ii. The delegate can choose to accept or reject the yield.

b. Yield to Points of Information:

i. Delegates will be selected by the Dais and limited to only one question each.

ii. Follow-ups may be granted at the discretion of the Dais.

c. Yield to Dais (Chairs):

i. Such a yield should be made if the delegate has finished speaking and does not

wish to yield to another delegate or to points of information. The Dais will then

move on to the next speaker on the speakers list.

d. There will be no yields during moderated caucuses.

18. Right to Reply: A delegate whose personal or national integrity has been attacked by another

delegate may request a Right to Reply, subject to approval by the Dais whose decision is not

subject to appeal. The Dais may request the delegate to make a justification of no more than

30 seconds long and the delegate will receive an apology from the speaking delegate. The Right

to Reply cannot interrupt a delegate’s speech and will only be entertained after the speech is

over.

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4 Points

19. Point of Personal Privilege: A Point of Personal Privilege is raised when a delegate feels

personal discomfort during Committee session. For example, when the room is too cold,

delegates can request to have the air-conditioning turned up. Points of Personal Privilege are

also in order during speeches. For example, a delegate may request that the speaker raises

his/her volume. Delegates are discouraged from exercising Points of Personal Privilege for

frivolous requests. This is however, the only point that can disrupt a speech. All other points or

motions can only be raised in between speeches.

20. Point of Order: A Point of Order is raised when a delegate feels that an error has been made

with regards to the Rules of Procedure by a delegate or by the Dais. Points of Order cannot be

used to interrupt speeches unless the speech itself is out of order. Delegates are strongly

discouraged from exercising points of order needlessly.

21. Point of Parliamentary Inquiry: A Point of Parliamentary Inquiry is raised when a delegate

raises a question about the Rules of Procedure with the Dais. It cannot be used to interrupt a

speech.

5 Rules Governing Substantive Matters

22. Working Paper: Working Papers are documents that serve as aids to Committee discussions

by providing viewpoints and ideas suggested during the debate. There are no fixed formats for

Working Papers - they may come in the form of text, presentation or a diagram. For delegates

to introduce their Working Papers, delegates must first submit the paper to the Dais, who will

then vet and approve for the paper to be distributed and shared with the rest of the Committee.

No Working Paper may be distributed without the permission of the Dais. Working Papers do

not require signatories or sponsors, only the name of the submitter(s) of the paper and the

number of submitters is not limited. The introduction of Working Papers will be done by the Dais

and as such, delegates are not required to raise a motion to introduce their Working Papers.

23. Resolutions: A Draft Resolution must be signed by at least 20% of the total number of countries

in the Committee. This number includes both sponsors and signatories. The maximum number

of sponsors per resolution is 5. The number of signatories required for each Committee will be

made known to delegates at the start of Committee session.

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a. Sponsors of a Resolution are countries that fully support the Resolution and wish to see

the Resolution passed in its entirety. They will have contributed ideas or clauses to the

Draft Resolution. During voting procedures on the Draft Resolution, sponsors have to

vote ‘Yes’ on the Draft Resolution. Signatories on a Resolution are not necessarily

supportive of the Resolution; they only wish to see it debated on the Committee floor.

They may be either ‘For’ or ‘Against’ the Resolution or abstain from voting.

b. After all the necessary signatures have been gathered, the Dais needs to approve of the

Draft Resolution before allowing the introduction of the Draft Resolution. This includes

vetting for language, content and format.

c. More than one resolution may be on the floor at any one time, but only one resolution

may be passed per Topic Area.

d. Observer states are allowed to sponsor Draft Resolutions even though they may not

vote on them.

24. Introducing Resolutions: After the requirements stated in Article 22 above have been met, any

sponsor of the Draft Resolution may motion to introduce the Draft Resolution to the floor. This

motion can only be made when Debate is on the General Speaker’s List. The motion requires a

procedural vote, hence a simple majority is required for the motion to pass.

a. Once the Motion has passed, sponsors of the Draft Resolution will come forward to the

podium and read the main clauses of the resolution. This will be followed by a five

minutes Question and Answer session, where any delegate may ask the representative

questions pertaining specifically to the wording of the Resolution. After the five minutes

has elapsed, Debate will then move back into the General Speaker’s List. Reading time

could be given to the delegates at the discretion of the Dais before the Question and

Answer session commences.

b. Delegates may thereafter refer to the Draft Resolution by its designated number during

speeches. Any Draft Resolution will remain on the floor unless it has been tabled by the

Committee or a Resolution on that Topic Area has been passed.

c. Delegates are allowed and encouraged to talk about the resolution in greater detail

through the use of moderated caucuses.

d. Delegates are also allowed to motion to table the specific Draft Resolution which will

remove the resolution from the floor and requires a two-third majority to pass. Tabled

resolutions can no longer be referenced to but they can be re-introduced as another

Draft Resolution provided that changes have been made to it.

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25. Amendments: Amendments are proposed changes to specific clauses of the Draft Resolution.

Delegates may motion to introduce an amendment on any Draft Resolution on the floor. There

are two types of Amendments - Friendly Amendments and Unfriendly Amendments.

a. Friendly Amendments are changes to a Draft Resolution that have been agreed upon by

all Sponsors of said Draft Resolution.

i. No signatories are required, and such amendments require the approval of the

Dais first. Once the Dais approves of the Friendly Amendment, the Committee

will be notified of the changes the Friendly Amendment makes to the Draft

Resolution, which should be considered by delegates when deciding whether to

vote for the resolution. As the amendment is friendly, no voting is required to

pass the amendment. Instead, the amendment will directly be incorporated into

the Draft Resolution. Friendly amendments can also be used to make linguistic

corrections to a clause, such as to correct a spelling or grammatical error.

b. Unfriendly Amendments are changes to a Draft Resolution that have not been agreed

on by all Sponsors of said Draft Resolution.

i. A Draft Unfriendly Amendment must have been signed by at least 20% of the

Committee. This includes both sponsors and signatories. The number of

signatories required for each Committee will be made known to delegates at the

start of Committee session.

ii. The Unfriendly Amendment also requires the approval of the Dais first. After

approval has been given, a delegate may motion to Introduce Unfriendly

Amendment. This can only be done when Debate is on the General Speaker’s

List. The motion requires a procedural vote; hence a simple majority is required

for the motion to pass. If the motion passes, the Dais will move Debate into a

Speaker’s List on the Proposed Amendment. Regular Rules of Procedure will

apply.

iii. Delegates may motion to move to direct voting procedures, after at least one

speaker has spoken for both ‘For’ and ‘Against’ the amendment. A simple

majority is required to pass the motion. If the motion passes, the Committee will

move into voting procedures for the amendment. The vote is a substantive vote,

and therefore a two-thirds majority is required for the Unfriendly Amendment to

pass. If the Unfriendly Amendment passes and is added to the Draft Resolution,

a Sponsor may choose to withdraw their support of the Draft Resolution by

sending a note to the Dais.

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iv. If more than fifty percent of the resolution has been amended, it will be

automatically tabled by the Dais.

v. Amendments to the Second Degree are allowed, which means that an Unfriendly

Amendment can be submitted to make changes to the Unfriendly Amendment

being debated on the floor. Amendments to the Second Degree follow the same

Rules of Procedure as an Amendment and they will be voted on first.

6 Rules Governing Voting

26. Procedural and Substantive Voting: There are two types of voting: procedural voting and

substantive voting.

a. A vote on any matter other than those related to Draft Resolutions and Amendments is

considered procedural. Every member of the Committee, including observer states,

must vote on all procedural motions; no abstentions are allowed. Procedural votes

require a simple majority to pass.

b. A vote on any Draft Resolution or Amendment, including tabling a Draft Resolution, is

considered substantive. A substantive vote requires a two-thirds majority to pass. Once

the Committee closes debate on the Topic Area or Amendment, it will move into

substantive voting procedures. The Committee venue will be sealed and note passing

will be suspended. At this point, the only points and motions that are in order are Point

of Personal Privilege, Point of Order, Point of Parliamentary Inquiry, Reordering Draft

Resolutions, Division of the Question, and Motion for a Roll Call Vote. If there are no

motions, the Committee will proceed to vote on all Draft Resolutions on the floor in the

original order.

c. For substantive voting, each delegate/delegation will have one vote. Each vote may be

a ‘Yes’, ‘No’, or ‘Abstain’. Abstaining members are not considered to be voting members;

therefore abstentions are not counted in the total number of votes. All matters will be

voted upon by a show of placards unless a motion for a Roll Call vote is accepted. Once

a Resolution has passed, voting procedure ends as only one Resolution may be passed

per Topic Area.

d. In the Security Council, the five permanent members have the power to veto any

substantive vote. A ‘No’ vote by one of the five permanent members results in the

immediate failure of the Draft Resolution. This will be elaborated upon in the next section.

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27. Roll Call Vote: When Committee moves into Voting Procedure on a resolution, a delegate may

motion to move into Roll Call Vote, and has to be seconded by another delegate. Voting will then

be done in alphabetical order.

28. Motion to Divide the Question: After debate on a Topic Area or amendment has closed, a

delegate may motion to divide the question on any item about to be voted on. Division of the

question means that a specified set of operative clauses be voted on separately from the rest.

Preambulatory clauses may not be included under this motion. The Dais will then entertain two

speakers ‘for’ and two speakers ‘against’. It requires a simple majority to pass.

a. If the motion passes, the Dais will accept proposals on how to divide the question. Such

proposals may divide the item into two or more parts. After all proposals have been

accepted, they will then be voted on in order of most severe to least severe, and each

will be voted on. If no division passes, the item remains intact.

b. If any proposal passes, a substantive vote must then be taken on each divided part to

determine whether or not it is included in the final draft. A two-thirds majority is required

to include each part. After all the divided parts have been voted on, they are then

combined into the final draft resolution, which must be voted on as a whole resolution.

If all the operative clauses are rejected, the resolution will be tabled by the Dais.

29. Motion to Divide the House: When a vote on a resolution is close or tied, a delegate may motion

for a Motion to Divide the House. This motion requires a simple majority to pass. Once passed,

abstentions are no longer in order and delegates can only vote “For” or “Against” when voting

on a resolution and similarly the draft resolution as a whole will require a two-thirds majority to

pass.

30. Reordering Resolutions: When Debate moves into Voting Procedure on a Draft Resolution, a

delegate may motion to Reorder Draft Resolutions. This motion can only be proposed when

there are multiple Draft Resolutions on the same topic. This motion requires a procedural vote

of a simple majority to pass. The Dais will take all motions to reorder Draft Resolutions and then

vote on them according to the order in which they were proposed. Voting will continue until

either a motion passes by receiving a simple majority or all of the motions fail, in which case

the Committee will move into voting procedure with the Draft Resolutions in their original order.

The original order is the order in which the resolutions were submitted and ordered. Only one

motion to reorder Draft Resolutions is in order in each round of voting procedures.

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7 Separate Rules for Specialised Committees

31. Specialized Committees refer to the United Nations Security Council, European Union, Arab

League and Crisis Committees.

32. The articles listed above are still largely applied to the specialized Committees. For Crisis

Committees, please refer to the separate Crisis ROP document.

33. United Nations Security Council:

a. On Procedural Motions:

i. Passing motions on procedural matters will require an affirmative vote from at

least 9 out of the 15 voting members in the council.

ii. Any member of the council can introduce a motion to amend the rules of

procedure in the council and such a motion will similarly require an affirmative

vote from at least 9 voting members.

b. On Draft Resolutions:

i. Any draft resolution passed by the council is considered to be legally binding,

that is to say, every operative clause in the passed resolution will be

implemented unless phrased to be otherwise.

ii. Operative clauses are permitted to begin with “Demand”, “Decide” and

“Authorizes”.

iii. “Decides to remain actively seized on the matter” is permitted to be used as the

last clause of the resolution.

c. On Substantive Motions:

i. Passing motions on substantive matters will require an affirmative vote from

2/3rds of voting members, excluding those who choose to abstain, and an

affirmative vote or abstention from the Permanent 5 members (P5) of the UNSC

- the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland, the French Republic, the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic

of China.

ii. The use of the veto by any of the P5 members will fail substantive matters

regardless of the number of affirmative votes.

iii. Delegates representing the P5 countries are not required to explain the reason

for their veto, however, on the discretion of the Dais, an inappropriate or

excessive use of the veto may require delegates to explain the reason for their

veto.

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iv. The use of the veto only applies to substantive matters and not on procedural

matters.

34. Arab League:

a. On Procedural Motions:

i. Motion to Limit Debate: Focusing on a specific topic in the agenda, this motion

creates a separate speaker’s list that takes precedence over the Main Speaker’s

List. Will remain in this speakers’ list until a motion to expand debate is passed

or until debate is adjourned. Debate can be limited 3 times in succession,

allowing delegates to focus on specific sub-items of the specific topic. A

resolution, however, can only be introduced on the general speaker’s list;

delegates can then limit debate to specific areas or clauses of the resolution

using this motion. Requires simple majority to pass. If multiple Resolutions are

on the floor, sponsors can introduce a motion to limit debate to their resolution.

ii. Motion to Expand Debate: can be introduced by delegates if prior Motions to

Limit Debate have been passed. Will move debate back into the previous

speaker’s list, or into general debate if all speaker’s lists have been cleared.

Requires simple majority to pass.

b. On resolutions:

i. “Be it hereby resolved that the League of Arab States:” appears in bold following

the Preamble, signifying that the following clauses are actions that will be taken

by the League.

ii. Binding Votes: Unanimous decisions on substantive affairs of the Arab League

will be considered binding upon all member states of the League; majority

decisions on substantive matters shall be binding only upon those states which

have accepted them. In either case, the decisions of the Arab League shall be

enforced in each member state according to its respective laws.

35. European Union:

a. On resolutions:

i. Any resolution passed by the European Union is considered to be legally binding

for all EU member states.

ii. Resolutions requires a consensus vote to pass. If any delegate in the European

Union votes against the resolution, the resolution will fail.

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8 Summary of Voting on Motions

Two-thirds Majority Required Simple Majority Required (not exhaustive)

Motion to Table the Resolution

Voting on Unfriendly Amendments

Voting on a Resolution (be it clause by clause

during ‘Divide the Question’ or as a whole)

Setting the Agenda

Introduce Moderated and Unmoderated caucuses

Introduce a Resolution or Unfriendly Amendment

Suspension/Resumption of Debate

Suspension/Adjournment of Meeting

Reordering Draft Resolutions

Divide the Question

Divide the House

Move to Previous Question

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Sample Resolution Forum: Raffles Model United Nations 2017 Committee: SOCHUM Topic: The Issue of the Refugee Crisis Sponsors: Egypt, France, Israel, United Kingdom, United States Signatories: Brazil, China, Iraq, Iran, Syria

SOCHUM,

Recalling the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and subsequent 1967 Protocol as they relate to the agreed

upon definition of refugees and the international community’s commitment to helping them,

Expresses its regret for the thousands of lives lost trying to reach safety and condemns the smuggling

groups and trafficking ring abusing the refugee crisis and the desperate needs of sanctuary of thousands,

Cognizant of the security concerns held by many of the countries hesitant to accept refugees,

Reaffirming the international community’s commitment to the principle of non-refoulement, wherein

refugees may not be forcibly returned to their country of origin so long as fears of persecution remain

legitimate,

Acknowledging the Human Rights Council resolution 27/11 of 25 September 2014 which addresses

the need of life-saving measures for children and neonates among the refugee population, including

vaccinations, incubators and sanitation measures,

Underlining the necessity of providing refugees secure and sustainable livelihoods and recognizing

the necessity of education and training in achieving this goal,

1. Proposes that the UNHCR commission a study to research on the best practices of fair, efficient

and thorough screening procedures and protocols for refugee status determination to amend the

Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status which countries are

strongly encouraged to adopt. Considerations for guidelines can include but are not limited to:

a. reviewing the interpretation of terms for refugee definition, especially for persecution

as outlined in clause 2, to better reflect changing socio-economic and political

conditions,

b. new practices of screening which can include but are not limited to:

i. background checks on applicant’s country of origin and personal information,

ii. collection of iris scans and biometrics data to run against criminal databases and

anti-terror watchlists,

iii. interviews to establish the case of persecution that an applicant is facing,

c. establishing of appeals process for asylum seekers who have been turned down in the

screening process on a case-by-case basis or for refugees only granted subsidiary

international protection;

2. Calls for the internationalization of refugee ID cards to be recognized across countries, named

the “International Refugee Identification Statement” (IRIS). The cards will be issued by states

in collaboration with the UNHCR for those with successful application for refugee status, with

the following details:

a. IRIS will serve the purposes of:

i. indexing of refugees, with IRIS linked up to the UNHCR global database,

ProGres, complete with biometric scans, that will allow UNHCR or government

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officials to access in-depth information regarding a refugee through a unique

identification code printed on IRIS,

ii. reuniting families who have separated in the course of seeking asylum,

iii. rooting out extremist/terrorist elements who will have no such pass,

iv. alerting humanitarian personnel to the specific needs of the refugees,

v. accessing public healthcare and social welfare services as well as applications

for education and employment opportunities, with the country of residence

allows for refugees as enshrined in national legislation,

b. IRIS will display the following information about the refugees (without having to

access ProGres):

i. statutory details including:

1. full name of refugee,

2. full names of immediate family members

3. date and place of birth,

4. country of residence,

5. period of refugee status granted by the country of residence,

6. country of origin they are fleeing prior to the host country,

ii. medical details including:

1. blood group,

2. whether refugee has contracted any/History of contagious diseases and

their history of travel to areas plagued with contagious diseases,

3. special medical conditions and allergies,

4. whether they require special medical attention,

c. strict laws to be enacted governing the misuse of IRIS for criminal purposes which

comply with existing Misuse of Passport laws in the refugee’s country of residence,

with punishments to be meted out depending on the severity of crime, including but not

limited to:

i. suspension of refugee status with said refugee to attend rehabilitative courses

and/or correctional facilities,

ii. cancellation of refugee status leading to deportation,

iii. permanent expulsion from country with immediacy,

iv. jail terms;

3. Recommends countries facing a massive refugee influx and consequently having long waitlists

for refugee application to implement the following measures to shorten application processing

times while offering basic legal rights for refugee claimants during the period, including but

not limited to:

a. issuing of temporary ID cards for their stay in the country,

b. issuing of handbooks, both on paper and online, that clearly state the refugee application

criteria to reduce the chances of unnecessary applications and the rights they will

receive in the country as a refugee if their application is successful,

c. increasing the manpower of the department in handling refugee applications, with

incentives such as employment benefits and promotion opportunities to improve

recruitment efforts;

4. Further proposes to extend the use of the ProGres database used to index refugees for the

tracking of unaccompanied minors and lost, displaced and unaccompanied women in order to

cluster them into separate refugee camps for sheltering from harm with the following details:

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a. strengthening of security particularly for these refugee camps through increasing law

enforcement personnel and physical barriers to prevent physical abuse or kidnapping

for trafficking and exploitation purposes,

b. setting up of support centres located near refugee camps and a hotline as a channel to

report on abuse and harassment or the need for immediate assistance for any emergency

situations.