Q 1. Is there a standard format for the position papers?
A: There is a general guideline for the position papers in the WHSMUN Handbook. It shows a sample of a position paper that you can use as a guideline. In general positon papers should provide the essential details of a country’s position on a given issue. Papers should be written in a narrative format (full sentences please!) and should be between three and four paragraphs in length. When writing position papers, it is not necessary to include general background information on your topic, as this is covered in the background guides provided to each delegation.
Delegates should take particular care to clearly and accurately reflect their country’s position. Additionally, spelling and grammar count, so please be sure to proofread. Finally, position papers will not be accepted unless they have been typed and are in the proper format.
Q 2. For each committee(1,2, and 3), are all the topics discussed in each committee and should we make 15 positions paper in total?
A: Great question, all of the topics may be discussed but that will be determined by the delegates when they meet in the committees and vote on which topics to discuss and in what order so there is no guarantee that they will be discussing all 5 or for how long they will be discussing all 5. The chairs of the committees work very hard to make sure that all 5 are discussed while still maintaining the integrity of the process of the will of the committee in their voting on these measures. With that in mind, your delegation has been assigned the issues for each of the main committees that they are responsible for writing their position papers on, I have listed them below and they are also in the letter that I have attached for you. One student should be assigned to each issue and write their position paper on that issue, which means that you will have 2 students total in each committee with each of those students having written one paper on one of the issues that has been assigned. However, because they will be representing Turkey in general in the main committees they should at least read the other background guides so they have some familiarity with the other issues that will be discussed, but they do not have to write papers on them. Does that make sense? Typically what I have advised my students to do in the past for this type of scenario is print out the background guides for the issues that they didn't right a position paper on and make a few notes about what their country's general foreign policy positions may be for that issue.
In other words, we only have to make 6 position papers of the topics that surely will be discussed. While we must know about the topics in case we have time to discuss them. In each committee, we will appoint 2 delegates to take care of it.
Q 3. For each committee from the General Assembly, is our delegation divided into 2 people per committee or more?
A: Yes, as described above you have 2 people per committee and each one will have written a position paper on one of the two issues that have been assigned to you for that committee.
Topics that surely will be discussed and position papers must be made respectively:
First Main Committee: Disarmament and International Security
1.Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Region of the Middle East
2. Prevention of Small Arms and Light Weapons Trafficking
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