answered: What is a Position Paper? Position Paper is an essay detaili

  

What is a Position Paper? Position Paper is an essay detailing your country’s policies on the topic to be discussed in your committee.
? Position Paper should only cover the information obtained from the delegate’s own research.
? It shouldn’t consist of irrelevant information, but expected to cover detailed points about the perspective of your assigned country towards the specific topic of every committee that will be discussed in the Conference.
? Please, add bibliography or footnote citation (in the Harvard citation format) while writing your Position Paper for avoiding plagiarism.
? The Position Paper with a large amount of plagiarism will NOT be accepted by the DAIS members of EAS MUN.
? The point of reference and the assigned State’s policy statements should be mentioned and explained clearly regarding the topic.
? The delegates are kindly requested to write down the sub-concepts of the topic which they are able to have more discussions on and the universal legislations which aren’t agreed by the assigned State.
? Why is Position Paper important? Position paper enables all the delegates in a Council to familiarise themselves with each other’s positions and ultimately in forming their respective strategies.
Specific Format:
? Position Paper is 1 to 2 pages maximum (with Font size:12, Font:Times New Roman, Line spacing:Single in a Word Document).
? Type Delegation from Member State on the first line of the first page (example: Delegation from Mexico)
? Type Position Paper for the ?Committee? on the second line of the first page (example: Position Paper for the Commission on the Status of Women)
? It’s acceptable to use national symbols, infographics, related data with tables or graphs in your position paper written for EAS MUN.
? Submit your position paper in Word Document format. The filename should be committee name and the assigned country (example: OHCHR_Venezuela)
Research Guide
The following research is expected to be done and mentioned in your Position Paper to give detailed information about your assigned country.
Important points:
? Political structure
? Economic conditions
? Religion(s)
? History
? Culture
Additional information:
? Population and demographics (+ additional measures indicating important information about the country)
? Geography
? Ethnic and religious minorities
? Development
? Healthcare
? Educational access
? Division of wealth and poverty
? Environmental policies
? Freedom of the press
? Key domestic policies
? Key foreign policies
? State’s allies and Member States
REMINDER: The deadline for the Position Papers is 7th of October, 23:59 Baku time (GMT+4) !!!
A good position paper requires the following format to be followed:
? Brief introduction to your country
? The brief history concerning the topics and committee
? The effect of the issues of the committee on your country
? State your country’s policies
? Justification of the country’s policies with respect to the issue
? Impactful quotes from your country’s leaders about the issues
? Actions taken by the government for solving the problem
? Universal or regional Conventions signed by the country
? The relationship between UN and your country to explore solutions for the
problem
? The assigned country’s future plans on accomplishing the UNHCR’s
resolutions
? The relations with other countries and their impact on the position of your
country