Rule(s)
25.1 Any delegate may, on a point of order, invoke any rule or rules of the then-current
United Nations General Assembly Rules of Procedure where certain of those Rules
would, in their view, facilitate the work of the Assembly. Subject to Rule 25.5, any
UNGA Rule may be invoked.
25.2 The Chair of the Assembly may likewise invoke any rule or rules from the same source
for the same reasons.
25.3 When Rule 25.1 or 25.2 is invoked, the Chair may terminate the operation of the rules
so invoked at a time of his or her choosing, or, if he believes that the invocation is not
in the interests of the Assembly, may refuse to allow the invocation.
25.4 Where the UNGA Rules of Procedure are invoked through the provisions of Rule 25.1
or 25.2, should a conflict arise between the rule or rules invoked and these rules, these
Rules shall take precedence, except where the combination of these Rules and those
invoked would result in an impractical or unworkable process in the judgment of the
Chair.
The following terms in the UNGA Rules of Procedure shall have the following meanings when
invoked under this Rule:
o “President” shall mean “Chair”
o Vice-President” shall mean “Vice-Chair”
o “Member” “Members”, or “Members of the United Nations” shall mean that class of
delegate referred to in Rule 1.1 of these Rules o “Secretary-General” shall indicate the senior person responsible for the operations of
the Secretariat.
o “United Nations” shall mean “Regional At-Large Organizations” or the relevant other
process or body of the At-Large community, including the entire community where that
would be the logical intent in the context of the rule, which is availing itself of these
Rules of Procedure.
o “Important Questions” shall mean “matters of substance”
o “Security Council” shall mean “ICANN Board of directors”
25.5 The following UNGA Rules may not be invoked under either Rule 25.1 or 25.2. Where a
range of rules is indicated, that range shall be inclusive of the indicated beginning and
ending Rules:
Rules 4, 49, 51, 52, 55, 98(a), 98(b), 94 – 138, 142 – 151
