@Emily: the undue use of points of order --- Your observation is correct. Very often delegates use the points of order just to disrupt debates or decision they do not like.

However, many other delegates use the points of order for the purpose they were invented. The lesson is that the diplomat has to know very well the rules of procedures so as one's points of order are taken seriously.

Abusum non tollit ussum, says a Latin maxim. The abuse doesn't take away from the use

Source author: Petru Dumitriu PetruD@diplomacy.edu