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Position Paper
Opening Speech
Resolution
100

What is the first thing that happens in a committee?

Roll Call

100

How long is a position paper?

No longer than 2 pages

100

What format are opening speeches in?

CIA format

100

What is the author of the resolution called?

Sponsor(s)

200
What is it called when you raise your placard to request a call to action?

A motion

200

What is the goal of a position paper?

To establish a countries position on their debate topics.

200

Who do you present your opening speech to and at what point in the committee do you present it?

The chair and your fellow delegates

After roll call in alphabetic order

200

When do you write resolutions?

Informal/Unmoderated Caucus (Lobbying or Unmod)

300

What do you do if you have extra speaking time during a Speakers List?

Yield it to someone (the chair, another delegate, or to questions)

300

What is key to writing a good position paper?

Reading the study packet/guide.

300

What does CIA stand for?

Clash

Information

call to Action

300

What words are underlined in resolutions?

Initiating phrases


400

Who goes first in a moderated caucus?

The motioner

400

What are the three parts of a position paper?

Overall history of the topic and how its related to the UN

History of how your country has reacted to the topic

A proposed solution that takes into account what you've been writing about

400

What do opening speeches give you a chance to do?

Explain your countries policies, introduce a resolution topic and key sub-issues you want the committee to focus on.

400

What is a perambulatory clause? 

Repeating the issues that the committee is addressing

500

What is the flow of debate, in order?

Roll Call

Setting the Agenda

Debate (Informal/Formal)

Closure of debate

Voting procedure


500

What is a question a chair might ask while reading your position paper?

Any of the following would be accepted:

  • Did the delegate reframe the topic to make the problem more relevant to them?
  • Did they show their countries is related to the topic?
  • Did they offer policies that can be passed in the resolution?
  • Do these policies relate to their country’s position?
  • Did the delegate use examples?
  • Did the examples use information from your study guide?
  • Does the Position Paper show research outside the study guide?
500

What is a clash?

The solution- what you want to do about the issue

500

What is an operative clause?

States the solutions the resolution proposes.