Position Paper Guidelines:

 

*A position paper must be submitted to the chair for a delegate to be eligible for awards.

 

Position Papers should be one to two pages in length per topic, resulting in a two to four page paper. They should include a background of the topic, your country's position on the topic, and proposed solutions. Delegates must cover both topics in their position papers separately. 

 

Position Papers should include:

• General background on the topic

• Previous treaties and/or resolutions by the UN

• Your country's position and actions it has taken to address the topic before

• How the issue affects your country

• What your country would like to focus on and why

 

Formatting:

• Include the country name, school, and delegate names at the top of the paper.

• Do not use personal pronouns throughout the paper

• Make sure to cite sources

• Sources can be cited through footnotes or a works cited page at the end of the paper

• Printing may not be available at the school for non Loudoun Valley High School/Loudoun County residents so be sure to print position papers and any research before hand.