Position Paper on Economic and Financial Affairs Council of UK

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Position Pape
Document prepared by delegates prior to conference after research.
Essay that outlines and
iefly 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
atified 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)
Cu
ent affairs( Spend more time on this)
Stakeholders( which countries , organizations or people are most relevant to the topic)
Location ( which location /countries
ural or u
an areas are more relevant)
Trends( If you’re discussing a war, which side is cu
ently 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
logs
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.

Research the country's offical stance
on the given agenda thoroughly
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