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Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (December 2025)

(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure*

Conduct of proceedings

Rule 36Points of order

36.1. A representative shall have a prior right to speak if he or she asks leave to raise a point of order. This must be confined to raising questions of procedure for a ruling from the Chair. If the right to raise points of order is misused, the President may forbid the offending representative to speak for the remainder of the item of business.