1. GLOBAL CLASSROOMS: Position Papers
December 3rd, 2012

2. Today’s Agenda:
Position papers
Orphans
Good websites

3. POSITION PAPERS!!

4. What is a position paper?
1 to 1.5 pages in length
Usually about 600 words
Gives facts about your country and the topic
Includes proposals for resolutions, which are solutions your country think should be done in the future.
Resolutions are actions for ALL countries, not just your own country

5. Title In the top left hand corner: Committee: (UNEP or UNICEF)
Topic: (Orphans and Vulnerable Children)
Country: (Your full country name)
Delegate: (Your names)

6. INTRODUCTION Includes
1. Introduction to the topic (Orphans and Vulnerable Children).
2. Also include how the issue affects your country.

7. Also Include: PAST ACTIONS
3. Your country's national past policies/actions
what happened?
why?
4. Your country's international past policies/actions
Resolutions, agreements, conventions, etc.
5. Statistics and quotes to back up your country's position
[you can also spread these throughout your position paper]

8. FUTURE
7. What your country believes should be done in the future: PROPOSAL
What? Who? When? How?
Give details!
8. CONCLUSION: What your country would like to see accomplished in the committee's resolution
tie it back into the international issue

9. Before you start writing, you need to know:
What’s your country’s position on the topic? WHY?
what’s the history?
laws/policies/resolutions?
country demographics? (GDP, population, import/export, etc)
SO… WHAT’S YOUR PROPOSAL?? i.e. what do you want the committee’s resolution to be?
WHAT should be done?
WHO should be doing it?
WHEN should it be done?
HOW should it be done?
- at least TWO statistics or quotes that support this proposal
- at least TWO different ideas for what can be done towards this proposal

10. How to Cite a Source
When you list a statistic or a quote add in an endnote or footnote and put the link to that source
We will erase this in the final draft, but for now keep it in your paper

11. Position Paper Tips Keep it simple
Make it official (Use appropriate vocabulary)
Get organized (Each paragraph should have a topic sentence)
Cite your sources (when you write a quote or statistic, put a footnote to cite where you found the information)
Edit, edit, edit!!

12. Plagiarism is NOT allowed!!
If your work is copied from a different source you will recieve a 0!!!!
Use the skills we practiced with re-writing your work!!

13. Sample position paper Underline the topic sentences
Label the introduction, past action, and future paragraphs
Underline the statistics and quotes
Highlight official words that you could use in your position paper