Position

Paper

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A position paper is a document that summarises your country’s stance on the
agenda. They contain the history of the agenda, your country’s influence,
measures taken by your country, stances on measures taken by other states,
solutions implemented, solutions that YOU would want to implement, a call
to action, etc.
Position Paper should be: In times New Roman ,Size 12 ,Single spaced,Max two pages

Position Paper Format :-

Committee :
Topic :
Country :

Paragraph 1: Introduction to the agenda

Introduce the agenda and how the international community in
general, and your country in particular is affected by it.
Begin with a statistic that projects the urgency of the issue at hand,
or a quote from your state leaders/prominent personalities
pertaining to the topic.
Your introduction must be the ‘hook’ to your position paper,
therefore, make the first paragraph worth the read.

Paragraph 2: History of your country with regards to the agenda

How long has the issue been affecting your country?
What policies were taken to resolve it?
What new policies have been adapted? Are there any important
events in the past that have influenced your country’s efforts
to mitigate the crises?
Remember to add any relevant data or statistics.
Paragraph 3: International efforts and your country’s response to it
How has your country responded to the efforts taken by other
countries or international forums?
What are the U.N resolutions or treaties that your country has
signed or ratified pertaining to the issue?
What actions by the UN did your country support/oppose?
Paragraph 4: Solutions you would propose
This is the most vital paragraph of your position paper as it uses your creativity
and critical thinking.
What solutions would you propose? (Ensure that the solutions proposed do not
oppose your own foreign policy)

Paragraph 5: Call to action

Reiterate your country’s stance in 2-3 lines.
Include a call-to-action.
Include the bibliography to your research after the 5th paragraph.

Text Guidelines :-
Font: Times New Roman
Font Size: 12
Spacing: Single
Word Limit: 700

Tips to write a winning position paper:

Maintain a tone of confidence throughout the paper. Never doubt measures
taken by your country as it hints to indecisiveness and lack of professionalism.
Abide by your foreign policy throughout.
Ensure that the solutions proposed are viable and realistic in the real world.
Use the right vocabulary and avoid repetition. Your position paper should not
read like an Oxford Dictionary re-issue, therefore, avoid overly flowery vocabulary.
Add only relevant information in your position paper. Condensing days of
research in just 700 words may tempt you to overindulge in information, resist it.
Avoid watermarks which could cause difficulty in reading the text. A flag of your
country, or its coat of arms on the top right corner would suffice.
Sample Position Paper :-
Committee: The African Union
Topic: Illicit Arms, Drug and Sex Trafficking
Country: The State of Libya
With 87% of illicit opioids, 100 million illicit small arms and sex trafficking being a 8.9
billion USD industry in Africa, it has aggravated fear in the minds of a billion Africans,
leaders and endangered the very impetus for nations striving to enact Agenda 2063.
Combatting the illicit arms, drug and sex trafficking have become a prerequisite for
nations across the globe to safeguard human rights, especially for the continent of
Africa, whose daunting economy and vulnerability towards the same has made
resisting the cited issues an arduous exercise. Amidst numerous armed conflicts
between various militias that embraced the State of Libya in utter chaos and
confusion as a subsequent aftermath of the Libyan Civil War and the fall of the
Gaddafi regime in 2011, unauthorised arms, drug and sex trafficking have soared and
have managed to rupture the already flustered peace and security of the nation. As
such, the State of Libya affirms that dialogue on a progressive Africa is futile without
eliminating the crux of sex, arms and drug trafficking.
Illicit trafficking of arms in Libya jeopardises and endangers the lives of civilians and
national security due to its vulnerability of being procured by rebel groups. After the
fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, Libya witnessed various militias ravaging
for power. Subsequently, amidst feeble national security, the need to mobilise
oneself from a potential attack turned decisive, hence, helping individuals traffic
arms through platforms such as social media, as per a 2016 report titled “The Online
Trade of Light Weapons in Libya”, released by the SAS. Furthermore black markets
were virtually non-existent until the fall of the Gaddafi regime, but after its fall in 2011,
it revealed Gaddafi’s massive arms stockpile dangerously left unattended, including
conventional and biological weapons. The post-revolution period has made Libya a
hub for sex and drug trafficking, serving as a transition zone for traffickers to deliver
cannabis and cocaine, from West Africa, to the EU and victims of sex trafficking with
fake identities were flown to European countries. As such, Libya has long
contemplated this issue and beensolving it; It is one amongst the eleven African
nations listed in the Members of The Commission on Narcotic Drugs of 2020,
released by the UNODC and is the donor for the establishment of a UNODC SubRegional
office for the Maghreb Countries, whose aims include boosting regional
cooperation in the Maghreb to combat drug trafficking.
Libya thus endorses for formulating policies that hinder the growth of traffickers in
Africa such as, but not restricted to: Initiating for the formation of a Inter-African
economic waters’ border security force, who scrutinise any marine vehicle,
transporting people and/or goods, in order to stop transportation of trafficked
individuals, arms and drugs, to and fro international waters; placing arms trade
embargoes on war-torn countries across Africa, and ensuring that they are not
violated by any member state of the UN or the AU, although this can be amended to
exclude Government Forces when favourable scenarios arise; temporarily banning
international states from intervening in civil wars in Africa, which has been causing
volatility in the region; setting NGOs and funding existing ones, such as the HAART in
Kenya; invigorating governmental control in areas where there is a lack of it, which is
decisive as they act as hotspots for terrorism to burgeon who in turn credit to illicit
arms trade, such as the actions of Al Shabaab in Somalia.

The State of Libya, as a proud member of the African Union proclaims that
eradicating all forms of trafficking from African soil is immensely vital in achieving
Agenda 2063, and that ‘The Africa We Want’ is virtually non-existent if the cited
problems persist. Hence, Libya finds an urgency in addressing the issues at hand and
hopes for a fruitful debate over the same

Bibliography :-

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abc.com
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 Crisis
A crisis is a simulation of an event that would require the coordinated efforts of all
delegates in the committee to overcome.
When a crisis is announced, any and all proceedings (caucuses, lobbying, etc.) are
paused and the first update is read out by the dais.
The house then enters lobbying time wherein delegates form directives
to resolve the issue.
After lobbying time has elapsed, all directives presented are debated upon with
2 speakers for and 2 speakers against followed by a vote. Crises have multiple
updates, so the aforementioned procedure repeats itself until the outcome of the
committee's efforts to mitigate the crisis is announced. Crises may or may not
have any relevance to the agenda being discussed.

Directives :
Directives are similar to resolution papers, however, they do not have any
preambulatory clauses and have only a few short operative clauses.
The clauses may be sponsored by a singular delegate, or a group. Much like a
resolution, it requires a third of the committee as signatories to qualify for debate.

Sample Directive :-
Assume that the first crisis updates reads:

Due to a sudden outbreak of a mysterious, highly contagious illness in Shengsi county, the
Chinese government has blocked all entry and exit to the city. This also includes the closure of
the Shanghai Port, where crews from Europe, West Africa, and North America are now
stranded without food, water or other necessities. The government is adamant in not providing
any requisites to the stranded crews as they fear contamination. The Chinese Coast Guard have
also blocked entry to vessels carrying international aid.)

Sponsor: The United States of America

Signatories: The Republic of India, the French Republic, the United Mexican States.

1. Alarmed by the negligence of the Beijing in ramping humanitarian efforts to the stranded
sailors and thereby directs:

a) To permit the dispatch of food, water and other requisites from international sources to
the Chinese Coast Guard.
 credits:
Head Of Media - Abdul Rahman
Rafee Head of Logistics - Emad
Siddique