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HOW TO WRITE A

POSITION PAPER

To be eligible for an award, a delegate

must write two Position Papers, one for

each of the topics (with the exception of

delegates in GA Plen and Crisis

committees – these delegates need only

write 1 paper to be eligible for awards).

Format!

Position Papers should be 12pt

font, Times New Roman, single

spaced, and 1 – 1.5 pages in

length. There are three parts to a

Position Paper: the heading, the

content, and the works cited.

Heading!

Papers should include a heading that

looks the following:

COMMITTEE: Committee on Sample

COUNTRY: Samplelandia

TOPIC: Sample Topic

SCHOOL: Sample High School

SPONSOR(S): Mr. Sam Sample

NAME(S): Sally Sample

An introduction of the issue, describing the problem and explaining why it is an issue

of international concern, with

specific examples and data.

A description of recent

international action related to

the issue at hand, with specific examples and making special note of any UN action, as well as evaluating the success or failure of these efforts and whether your

country supports them or not.

An account of actions and

steps that the country and its

government have taken in regard to the issue

A recommendation for specific UN actions that

should be taken in the future

Don’t Include

Irrelevant

Information!

Do not spend time introducing your country, just introduce the topic and include about your country that is needed to understand how it has dealt with the issue. Many papers being with an introductory paragraph about the country that is simply a list of facts copies off the CIA World Factbook. A general report on that country is inappropriate for the policy statement. All information included in a policy statement must directly relate to the topic at hand.

A really really good position paper will include:

A brief introduction to your country and its history concerning the topic and committee; How the issue affects your country; Your country's policies with respect to the issue and your country's justification for these policies; Quotes from your country's leaders about the issue; Statistics to back up your country's position on the issue; Actions taken by your government with regard to the issue; Conventions and resolutions that your country has signed or ratified; UN actions that your country supported or opposed; What your country believes should be done to address the issue; What your country would like to accomplish in the committee's resolution; How the positions of other countries affect your country's position.

To submit your paper, please upload it to

the Google forms page that is available

under the “committees” tab on the

website.