POSITION PAPER WRITING You’ve Read the Background Guide, Now What? Background Guide Password: hoyasaxa53

THREE PARTS  Topic Background/Past Action  Country Policy  Possible Solutions

TOPIC BACKGROUND/PAST ACTION  Shortest and Least Important Paragraph  From Perspective of Nation  Why Important?

COUNTRY POLICY  What is YOUR NATION’S point of view?  What’s worked? What hasn’t worked?  Research and citation heavy!  Proves you know what you’re talking about

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS  Based on research  Build paper towards this  Preview of your resolutions

HOW TO RESEARCH  Know Sources  Highly Credible: United Nations, Journals (Google Scholar!!!)  Credible But Biased: Governments (CIA World Factbook), Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs)  Stick with statistics, not opinions!!!  Less Credible: Wikipedia, Newspapers  Use when you absolutely can’t find it anywhere else  Use it to lead you to more credible sources

POWER SEARCHING  Use to Google Search a website  UN website very important but NOT user friendly  Site: un.org + topic  Can search suffix domains (find your nation’s internet country code!!!)  Site:.org +topic  Site:.bh + topic

KEY QUESTIONS TO DRIVE RESEARCH  Define the topic  Assess scope  Cause and Effect  Smaller problems?  Sub issues: political, economic, social, humanitarian, military, legal, cultural, religious, geographical, educational, financial

KEYS FOR PAST ACTION  Define Key Terms  Are they a part of UN MDG’s (Millenium Development Goals)  Are they a part of Sustainable Development?  Any NGO’s a part of this?

UN DECISION MAKING MODEL UN Decision Making StepSources You Can Search 1.DebateSpeeches by UN, NGOs and Gov’ts 2. NegotiationKey Events, Outcome Documents 3. ActionResolutions, Conventions, Treaties 4. ImplementationPrograms of UN, NGOs, Gov’ts 5. ReportsReports by the UN, NGOs, Gov’ts

DUE DATES  Before Next Meeting  Position Paper: Tuesday at Midnight (Haiku Dropbox)  Delegate Code of Conduct, Medical Forms (On Haiku- Print and Hand to Me at Meeting)  Opening Statements- Will be Given at Next Meeting- Prep for Speakers List  February 8- FINAL DRAFT of Position Paper (Haiku Dropbox)  Rough Draft should be returned to you by next Friday, February 5