Powerpoint that explains how to write a position paper. It includes examples, a brainstorm, and an outline.

1. MUN Preparation

2. • An essay detailing your country’s policies on the topics being
discussed in your committee
• A paper that discusses your country’s policies on your assigned
topic.

3. • Usually one to one-and-a-half pages in length
• Introduction
– Identification of the issue & background
– Statement of the position
• Main Body (a comprehensive breakdown of
issues)
– Your countries actions in respect to the problem
– Supporting evidence or facts
– UN actions and agreements in respect to the issue
• Conclusion
– Suggested courses of action
– Possible solutions

4. • A brief introduction to your country and its
history concerning the topic and committee;
• How the issue affects your country;
• Your country’s policies with respect to the
issue and your country’s justification for these
policies;
• Quotes from your country’s leaders about the
issue;
• Statistics to back up your country’s position
on the issue;

5. • Actions taken by your government with regard to
the issue;
• Conventions and resolutions that your country has
signed or ratified;
• UN actions that your country supported or
opposed;
• What your country believes should be done to
address the issue;
• What your country would like to accomplish in the
committee’s resolution; and
• How the positions of other countries affect your
country’s position.

6. Committee: International Labor Organization
Topic: Globalization and Development
Country: Romania
Delegate: Juan Pérez
(Introduction)
• The delegation of Romania is pleased to be participating in this committee,
International Labor Organization, and welcomes fellow delegates to
collaborate in finding viable solutions to the important issue of globalization
and development which will be discussed in this debate. In the past two
decades the rapidly growing world trend has been toward globalization. With
the emergence of the internet as a means of communication and the
increasing accessibility of international trade physical barriers are not the only
barriers withering away. Protective tariffs are plummeting and free trade
agreements are becoming more prevalent. Romania appreciates that
globalization creates favorable situations for expansion of commercial as well
as economic assets. In the past year Romania has seen a foreign direct
investment (FDI) increase of 199%. Inward FDI increased from EURO 234
million in 2005 to EURO 699 million in 2006. However, Romania realizes that
increased globalization does not automatically produce more equality.
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7. (Main Body)
•Globalization and Development can contribute to the advancement of
the overall international human condition; however, the delegation of
Romania recognizes that without proper regulation the potential for
advancement will remain limited to an elite few individuals,
businesses, and nations. Unless checked and aimed toward the
common good, globalization cannot effectively serve the global
community. Crucial in dealing with the complexities of globalization,
good governance must act with solidarity and responsibility. Romania
believes that in involving people in globalization we must promote moral
values, democratic principals, inclusive global political culture, institutions
that safeguard both individual civil rights and inherent freedoms, and the
common good. In addition, coping with the influx of information from
globalization governments must act with solidarity and insight. Access to
digital education will undoubtedly result in the confidence of citizens in
their respective administrations and allow for a greater degree of
transparency, and therefore a lesser degree of corruption.
Position
Statement

8. (Conclusion: Actions & Solutions)
•Romania believes the multinational business community has the
ability and the obligation to support pertinent values in human rights,
labor standards, and environmental preservation. As stated by the
president, Mr. Traion Basescu, Romania feels a "heartfelt attachment to
multilateralism, as an effective instrument designed to identify the
adequate answers to the challenges brought by globalization."
•Romania is party to the majority of multilateral treaties and
conventions identified as such by the Secretary General in the context
of the Millennium Summit in 2001. Romania has always supported
innovative and effective ways of establishing cooperation within and
between regional organizations. As one of the newest members of the
European Union, Romania is an active member of the World Trade
Organization, and looks forward to offering its support to the
redirection of globalization to best benefit the global community.
Source: United Nations Association of the
United States of America
Ratifications

9. • Brainstorm should be completed by Monday, November
24th.
• Outline should be completed by Wednesday, November
26th.
• First draft of the position should be sent to your teacher (e-mail,
box, or hand-written) by Friday, November 28th for
revisions and corrections.
• Final Draft must be printed by Wednesday, December 3rd.
• Two copies of the corrected draft must be ready by Friday,
December 5th.

10. Brainstorm

11. Introduction • Good morning honorable chair and fellow
delegates. In representation of the
Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and the
President, Hassan Rouhani, as well as the
citizens of the nation, the delegation of
Islamic Republic of Iran is very pleased to
be a part of this important committee in
which the topic to discuss is Internet
Censorship.
• In this committee, nations have come
together to discuss the controversial issue
that is taking place around the globe.
Illegal activities, such as frauds and
piracy, taking place all throughout the
Internet must come to an end. The
purpose of this committee is to find a
solution that guarantees the right of
expression of people all around the
world.
• Internet censorship has covered every
country in high, medium and low levels.
In Iran, limiting the websites that people
can see is a way of controlling online
controversial or immoral activities, as
well as limiting what a user is able to
obtain from the Internet.
• The government of the Islamic Republic
of Iran has blocked certain websites in
the Internet, that have or contain
certain key-words in their URL that are
or could be related to websites
containing any illegal or immoral
content.
• In Iran, the kinds of websites that are
mostly blocked are websites
concerning adult content, such as
pornography, child pornography, etc.,
followed by some of the Alexa’s Top
500 websites, art websites, society
websites and news websites. The least
blocked websites are reference
websites, science websites, Iranian
websites and more.

12. Position/Mai
n Body
• By censoring certain websites in the
World Wide Web (WWW), the
Iranian government controls the
view of any kind of site that provide
an excess of adult content that
minors could be exposed to, it
completely erases illegal activity, like
the downloading of certain data or
movies, that causes violation of the
materials copyright and other of its
laws, and more, and that way have
more control over these situations.
• The delegation, concerned by this
controversy, is willing to explore and
evaluate every solution that is
presented to the table, in order to
mediate upon a long and equally
balanced solution that not only
protects citizens from any kind of
immoral, dangerous and illegal activity
concerning the internet, but also
guarantees the right of expression of
the people, and in addition would like
to propose the following resolutions:
•
• Censoring any kind of website that
contains obscene content. This includes
any kind of pornography (child
included), excess of violence references
(graphic included), insulting scripts or
graphics (this includes insulting of
races, governments, religion, etc.) and
more.
• Block any kind of terrorist, or anti-governmental
websites.
• Promote the usage of Internet in any
creative, or learning environment,
which includes using different media
related techniques in order to promote
the right of expression that citizens
have.
• By doing so, the users would have to
express themselves in a way that is not
harming, harassing or abusing any
person, place, thing or organization, in
order to maintain peace.

13. • Completely block any kind of
illegal streaming or downloading
websites in order to ensure that
the copyright of these materials
is not being violated, and in
order to prevent different
viruses from entering the users
machine.
• By doing so, the legal download
of these materials would be
promoted and would also allow
certain laws not to be violated.
• This nation, would like to remind
other delegations that by taking
these actions, many problems
concerning controversy of topics
on-line, would not be created or
would be easily avoided. Also, the
delegation would like to remind
the committee that these
resolutions were thought upon
with the idea of maintaining peace
throughout society, and also
allowing people to express
themselves freely.
•
• The Islamic Republic of Iran
thanks the committee members
for their attention and hopes to be
part of a viable agreement that
most, if not all nations can agree
upon. Thank you.
Main
Body/Conclusi
on

14. References
References:
•en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet_censorship_and_surveillance_b
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•ashtag).C2.A0Iran
•en.wikipedia.org/wiki&Internet_censorship_in_iran
•surveillance.rsf.org/en/iran
•http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/15/heres-•http://www.glica.org/topics/show/80

15. Outline
• I. Introduction
A. Identification of the issue & background
B. Statement of the position
• II. Main Body
A. Your countries actions in respect to the problem
B. Supporting evidence or facts
C. UN actions and agreements in respect to the issue
• III. Conclusion
A. Suggested courses of action
B. Possible solutions