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GOMUN 2018 OFFICIAL

GUIDE TO WRITING

POSITION PAPERS

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Position Papers & Resolutions Writing GOMUN 2018

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Introduction to the Guide Welcome to the Official Guide to writing Position Papers brought to

you, delegates, by the GOMUN Secretariat. In this manual, you will

learn about the position paper – what it is and how to write one. At

the end of the guide, we also offer a sample position paper. We hope

it helps you on your journey towards the Best Delegate award!

What is a Position Paper?

Position paper is basically a summary statement of given country´s

policy. More formally, position paper is a document in which the

delegate is obliged to express the opinion of his country´s

government on the problem(s) discussed in their committee.

What should a Position Paper contain?

As already said in the previous paragraph, a position paper should

contain a statement of government´s policy summed up in something

about 200 words. However, this statement could be divided into

several sections.

▪ Historical involvement of delegate´s country (What actions has the

government undertaken in the past?)

▪ Current situation and stance of delegate´s country towards the problem

(e.g. statements of top level politicians, military leaders, latest news…)

▪ Propositions of solutions (From information gained during his/her

research on the two previous parts the delegate should devise solutions

to the problem at hand in compliance with his/her

▪ country´s policy)

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GOMUN 2018 Rules of Procedure

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How to write a Position Paper?

There are no special requirements other than using formal language

and facts based on evidence when writing the position paper. Simply

try to be as objective and as factual as possible.

Submitting a Position Paper

Send your finished position paper to your chairs´ e-mail which you

have received in your assignment e-mail from the secretariat.

Position papers can be viewed from 16th September in your

committee´s section on our website by clicking on any state´s flag.

This way, any delegate can view other delegate’s position paper

before the conference starts as a part of preparation for the debate.

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Position Papers & Resolutions Writing GOMUN 2018

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Sample Position Paper COMMITTEE: Arab League

COUNTRY: Saudi Arabia

TOPIC: The War in Yemen

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most involved countries in

the Yemeni conflict. Saudi Arabia leads the Pro-Hadi coalition

intervening in Yemen in order to reinstall the only legitimate

president of Yemen, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi. Our Kingdom

currently contributes to the Coalition 150 000 soldiers fighting in

Yemen, which makes about 90% of all coalition forces.

The conflict in Yemen has been ravaging the country for almost 3

years and it is considered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

The Saudi government finds that very disturbing. The Houthis are

committing atrocities and refusing to lay down weapons even though

the whole Security Council has passed a resolution demanding it. It

The worst part of this conflict is the fact that while the Houthis violate

international treaties and are responsible for Yemeni men, women

and children dying of hunger and diseases, the Islamic State in Yemen

is occupying part of the Yemeni territory.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is convinced about the unity of Arab

states and finds very disturbing that this unity of countries connected

by their Arab identity is being distorted by Iranian and Hezbollah

policies as well as by their materiel and manpower being shipped ti

Yemen to support the illegal Houthi rebels.

The primary goal of Saudi Arabia and her allies is the establishment

of peace in the region and re-stabilisation of Yemen as well as

elimination of the extremist beliefs. However, if we really want to

show the world a solution, we must act as a united union of Arab

countries. All states of the Arab League have to agree on a common

resolution if we want to stay a pact respected by the world.