Position Papers are Due Soon!

Hello Delegates!

This is a reminder that the position paper deadlines are FAST APPROACHING! To find all of the deadlines, requirements, formatting, and how to submit, please visit our learn.bmun.org site linked here! To qualify for the best position paper awards, you must have submitted by February 2nd. If you want to be eligible to win ANY committee awards, you must submit your position paper by February 9th. If there are reasons why you cannot make these deadlines, please email us ASAP at unfcccbmunlxix@bmun.org

We will be giving feedback on your position papers to help you (1) clarify what we are looking for in committee, (2) help prepare you for other Model United Nations conferences and college-level writing, and (3) figure out what sort of support delegates might need during committee to help better understand the chosen topics.

As the BMUN position paper grading rubric outlines, the proposed resolution aspect is the most important! We will read your country background and past UN action sections and provide feedback -- However, those sections are more to prove to us that you have background research. The proposed resolutions should follow with the SMART framework as elaborated here!

Finally, a reminder that plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. A poorly written one page paper with incomplete sentences is better than a plagiarized paper.

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