To be as prepared as possible for SHPGMUN'27, it is highly recommended that you research your country and the agenda(s), even after being provided with Research Reports. To structure that research, delegates should prepare a position paper before the conference.

The instructions below serve as a standardization; the final jury will go to committee chairs, and guidelines will be specified in your respective Research Reports.

If there is no specified due date and/or submission method, please submit any position papers as a PDF file before 4 March 2027 via email to all chairs of your committee.

1. Position Paper file names should be as such: SHPGMUN'27_Council_PP_Country.pdf

   • e.g. SHPGMUN'27_WHO_PP_United-Kingdom.pdf

2. Position Papers are to be written in British English, Oxford spelling, with a competent degree of formality. Other languages may be used if the context requires it. 

3. State your committee, agenda, country represented, and your full name in the Position Paper.

4. Position Papers are to be written in a suitable 12-point serif font, with 1.5-line spacing in justified/left-aligned format.

5. Usage of bold, italics, and underlines is permitted.

6. Delegates are required to cite any referenced sources in a bibliography section at the end of the position paper, following the APA Style 7th edition.

7. (For WHO, UNHRC, and ECOSOC:) Two Position Papers are required, one for each topic. Delegates should include both in one document.

8. Each Position Paper should not exceed 2 pages, excluding the bibliography.

These are the basic guidelines for what content can be included, but need not be followed strictly, and reasonable omissions/additions are allowed. 

1. Introduction of your country's profile and how it might relate to the agenda. You may refer to our Country Profile Map for assistance.

2. Introduction to your country's stance on the agenda.

3. Your country's past actions and solutions pertaining to the agenda.

4. Give a brief outline of how you will approach the issue throughout the conference (i.e. proposed solutions); do note that you need not adhere to it rigidly.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is strictly prohibited.

You are strongly discouraged from using Wikipedia as a research source. 

Examples of Position Papers are available below.

These are just general ideas for how Position Papers are marked; the exact criteria are at your chairs' discretion.

• Content: The richness and coherence of the information provided.

• Detail & Solutions: How specific the delegate addressed the issue.

  • Highest marking band, e.g.: Solution provided covers all the grounds of the issue, providing comprehensive plans for how it will be implemented, and taking into account the practicality of actually implementing it with real-life circumstances that might help or harm the progress. The solution is also backed up by solid references that are an assurance of its expected success, as well as a critical analysis of the solution as a whole that provides insights into the mechanisms of the solution.

• Policy: How relatable the content provided is to the foreign policy which the delegate represents.

  • Highest marking band, e.g.: The policy for the proposed solutions is completely legitimate actions that the delegation might take, as well as contains a detailed, step-by-step guide to implementation, as well as the reasoning behind such policies and the motivation for them.

• Grammar: The accuracy and fluency of language usage in writing.

• References: Describe the accuracy and credibility of the sources used in the document. This may include the formatting of citations themselves.

Some chairs may also mark for adherence to your initially proposed solutions in committee sessions, as well as success in implementation with contribution.