Cedar Crest Model Cedar Crest Model U.N.U.N.

Meeting Two- Preparing for Meeting Two- Preparing for the Conferencethe Conference

This Meeting’s AgendaThis Meeting’s Agenda

Start to prepare for the Start to prepare for the conference…conference…– Pick committeesPick committees– Begin Researching topics and Begin Researching topics and

country’s positionscountry’s positions– Learn how to write a position paperLearn how to write a position paper

CommitteesCommittees

Talk to the other members of your Talk to the other members of your delegation and pick a committeedelegation and pick a committee– Only Only oneone member per committee! member per committee!– Committees: Disarmament & Committees: Disarmament &

International Security, Social, International Security, Social, Humanitarian & Cultural, Special Humanitarian & Cultural, Special Political, Security Council*Political, Security Council*

Research Your TopicsResearch Your Topics

You need a thorough understanding of You need a thorough understanding of both your assigned topics and your both your assigned topics and your country’s position on themcountry’s position on them

For tips on researching, go to:For tips on researching, go to:– http://www.unausa.org/site/pp.asp?http://www.unausa.org/site/pp.asp?

c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=457137c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=457137 Your country’s Foreign Ministry website is Your country’s Foreign Ministry website is

a great source for your country’s positiona great source for your country’s position– http://www.usip.org/library/formin.htmlhttp://www.usip.org/library/formin.html

Position PapersPosition Papers

After After thorough thorough research of your research of your topics, choose one or two topics topics, choose one or two topics on which to write position papers on which to write position papers

These papers are a formal These papers are a formal statement of your country’s statement of your country’s solution to the issuesolution to the issue