Resolutions

What is a Resolution? “A resolution is a document that contains all the issues that the committee wants to solve and the proposed solutions to that issue.” Drafted during unmoderated caucus During voting bloc, resolutions will be reviewed, voted on, and potentially passed if it receives a majority vote Committees generally will allow multiple to pass Written by sponsors, and supported by signatories Signatories may/may not support it, but wish to see it discussed further on the floor Composed of 3 sections, the heading, the pre-ambulatory clauses, and the operative clauses

Heading Contains the Committee name, sponsors, signatories, and the topic Conferences generally require a minimum amount of signatories to be achieved in order for a resolution to be presented This requires consensus building

Pre-ambulatory Clauses States all the issues the committee wants to solve Reminds committees why committees are trying to solve this issue, and emphasizes past international action Can include: Past UN/regional committee action References to other documents Statements by officials (UN Secretary General, Presidents) General background statements about the issue (i.e. statistics) Clauses end with commas

Operative Clauses State the solutions to the issue Clauses are numbered Strategies: Include more detail, and answer the who, what, when, where, why, and how to the issue Each clause ends with a semi-colon

Amendments “A written statement that adds, deletes or changes an operative clause in a draft resolution” Used to strengthen consensus by allowing delegates to change the operative clauses Pre-ambulatory clauses cannot be changed Friendly Amendment- a change that all sponsors agree with Simply signed and added to the resolution Unfriendly Amendment- a change that not agreed with among all sponsors Sponsors of the amendment will need to collect a certain number of signatures to introduce it Examples: Adds an operative clause that reads “14. Encourages all Latin American countries to…” Deletes operative clause 9. Changes operative clause 1 to read “1. Calls upon the Red Cross to provide low-cost medicines…”