Position Papers

Hi delegates!
Your task for next meeting is to have a position paper ready for presentation. 

What is a position paper?

The name gives it away fairly quickly. It is a speech that states your stance on the specific issue being debated. This is great for simply organizing your idea and summarizing what you would be saying when delegates you meet ask you “So what is your stance on this issue?”

What do you include in a position paper? 

– Your country’s history/current status on the topic
– How does the issue affect your country?
– Quotations are great! Try to look for them in news articles!
– Statistics backing up/explaining your country’s stance – increase reliability/shows that you know your information!
– What actions have been taken?
– Which new ones do they want to implement? (These are basically points you would want to develop as a resolution)
– What your country will like to focus on achieving through the resolution.

Resources:

1. Position Papers – United Nations Association of the United States of America 

2. Four steps to Writing a Position paper you can be proud of 

3. Sample Position Paper 

4. Sample Position paper written by Isabella Yamamoto

Make sure you have a good background knowledge of the issue and your country! This blog post has links to start your research with. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate and ask one of the chairs!!

Good luck!

Right-to Speech

What is a Right-to Speech? 

A minute long speech on ANYTHING about your country. If you are delegate of United Kingdom for instance, why not talk about tea? It does not necessarily have to be a topic that is so genuine about your country but extraordinary is also good! Talk about something that you found out only after you researched your country. The chances are the other delegates weren’t aware of it as well!

How to do you write a Right-to speech? 

There really isn’t a format that you have to follow but just imagine as if you are writing an advertisement script for your country. Any speech in MUN starts off with “Honorable chair, esteemed delegates” or something similar which is equivalent to “Ladies and gentlemen”  in other speeches.

Other than that, just remember to keep it short and succinct – within the time limit (1 minute).

Here  is a sample right-to speech for China written by one of our chairs. Refer to it if you need something to base on.

Other than that, enjoy and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to mail us (yismunchair@gmail.com)!