Position Paper on Economic and Financial Affairs Council OF UK.

Position Paper on Economic and Financial Affairs Council OF UK.


Slide 1 Position Paper Document prepared by delegates prior to conference after research. Essay that outlines and briefly describes your country’s position/stance on the agenda. Helps you organize your information and prepare your opening and later speeches. Show chairs you’ve researched and successfully turned facts into a strong, country-specific case A good MUN Position Paper has three parts: Country’s Position on the Topic Country’s Relation to the Topic Proposals of Policies to Pass in a Resolution What to include in position paper? Brief intro about your country and its history concerning the issue and committee. How the issue affects your country? Specific statistics regarding the issues. Your country’s policies, and justification on the issue. Actions taken by your government and other nations’ governments on the issue. Past resolutions signed/ratified by your country regarding the issue. UN actions supported or opposed by your country on the issue with justification. What your country believes should be done about the issue? What your country would like to accomplish in the committee’s resolution? Getting Started Don’t be repetitive, too wordy and stick to the point. Make it well organized with different paragraphs for different sections. Use credible sources only. Do your research well. How to Research? Start with the background guide. Know your country Geography Economy Political scenario Form of government Population Find out your country’s policy: Speeches( given by country’s leaders) Programs( what your government has done or is doing about that topic) Events( hosted or attended an event/UN event) Agreements (resolutions, treaties, laws) Reports (prepared by government/NGOs/ UN on what the government is doing about the topic)  Researching the agenda Build some general context History( Skim through it) Current affairs( Spend more time on this) Stakeholders( which countries , organizations or people are most relevant to the topic) Location ( which location /countries/rural or urban areas are more relevant) Trends( If you’re discussing a war, which side is currently winning) Solutions Past solutions Proposed solutions Possible solutions Credible Sources: Peer reviewed scholarly journals Books written by experts. Country’s official government/ministry websites UN websites The UN database for resolutions. Press conferences given by your country following a UN convention. World bank High quality news sources: BBC, The New York times, The New Humanitarian, Al Jazeera Non-credible sources Personal websites/blogs Podcasts Local newspapers Wikipedia How to do it? Slowly build a web of tabs outwards of subtopics Seek understanding and not encyclopedia knowledge( keep your focus on information that you can actually use in speeches or writing clauses) Speed read and reject unhelpful sources Make point summary of important points as you go through the research. Extrapolate if necessary.