Position Papers & Opening Statements

Position Papers

6 of our 7 conference committees will accept position papers (all but Security Council). Please follow the guidelines below as you draft your papers. This document also includes an outline template for you to use.

Opening Statements

During the first committee session, the first order of business in every committee will be to deliver opening statements. This will be in a round robin debate with speaking times of 90 seconds. Each delegation will have an opportunity to address the committee to outline their positions, and advocate for which topic they would like to debate first. These should be based on your position papers, but you won't have time to read your whole paper word-for-word.

Following opening statements, committees will move to set the agenda, determining in which order they will address their 3 topics.

Any delegations who are unable to attend on Wednesday evening will give their opening statements at the beginning of the 2nd committee session on Thursday morning.