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WHAT DOES A DELEGATE DO?
WHAT DOES A DELEGATE DO?
Delegates are at the forefront of the debate. Each delegate represents a country or delegation. In the conferences, you will debate clauses with the help of your position paper and prior research. Your debating skills, and listening skills will for sure come into practice! This is a great experience and can push you out of your comfort zone.
Delegate must represent a country, make points and motions, defend their position, debate with other delegates, make alliances and find solutions together.
A DELEGATE MUST WRITE A POSITION PAPER
A DELEGATE MUST WRITE A POSITION PAPER
Position Papers are important to any MUN experience and as a delegate, you’ll eventually need to write one. But making your Position Paper isn’t just about the writing, before you start, you should understand some of the basics of your topic and have a plan in mind. This means that you have some preliminary solutions and an understanding of what your objectives for the committee will be. In the long run, this will make the Position Paper process easier and will help you to create a better product. Today, we’re going to show you exactly what you need to start off your next Position Paper.
What is a Position Paper?
What is a Position Paper?
In any MUN committee, there’s a problem that you’re meant to solve – a Position Paper is an essay that presents your delegation’s assessment of the situation and how to fix it.
A Position Paper is meant to accomplish two key goals:
Summarize the relevant aspects of your topic
Introduce your solutions
Your paper should highlight how the topic is relevant to your delegation, your proposed solutions and why they’re best.
Doing this properly requires that you go through a process of research and problem-solving. These steps help you to find key information that helps to create something more substantive.
DELEGATES MUST MAKE POINTS AND MOTIONS.
DELEGATES MUST MAKE POINTS AND MOTIONS.
The points and motions are the way we communicate in the debate, delegates must know them to make the debate flow.
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