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Affirming Expecting Having studied Alarmed by Expressing its appreciation Keeping in mind Approving Expressing its satisfaction Noting further Aware of Expressing its wish Noting with deep concern Bearing in mind Fulfilling Noting with regret Believing Fully alarmed Noting with satisfaction Confident Fully aware Observing Considering also Fully believing Reaffirming Contemplating Further deploring Realizing Convinced Further recalling Recalling Cognizant Further recognizing Recognizing Declaring Gravely concerned Referring Deeply concerned Guided by Reiterating Deeply conscious Having adopted Seeking Deeply convinced Having considered Taking into account Deeply disturbed Having considered further Taking note What does Plagiarism mean? Plagiarism Your entire position paper must be in your own words. Copying and pasting from the internet is not acceptable. Topic Background Where do you think that this issue is going? Focus on the future not the past What trends has the subject taken What are some sub topics Some Ideas Three regions where the issue is the biggest What do they have in common that might cause this? Historical Events leading to the problem Three subtopics For each, why have they not been solved. UN Action Analyze both the failure and success of UN action Two plans by the UN What were the goals Were they accomplished Why or why not How can they be adapted to fit the current situation National Policy Look at your nations website for both international or national solutions What things does your country value (Security, humanitarian rights) What groups does it belong to (NATO, OPEC) Some Ideas Two Policies Two programs Two resolutions your nation did or did not support What are the most important goals of your nation Examples of Programs NGOs UN Programs Countries working together Country funded works Proposed solutions Make sure you have addressed all your sub issues Use already existing programs How can you change them in order to work better. Some Sample Position Papers Delegation from Represented by Sierra Leone Alma College
Position Paper for the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) Sierra Leone, affirming Security Council Resolution (S/RES/2086) on UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs), supports comprehensive approaches to peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Noting particular challenges in Africa, Sierra Leone supports UN PKOs partnering with the African Standby Force (ASF) to address more effectively urgent humanitarian crises. Sierra Leone, recognizing the positive impact of including women in peacekeeping, peacebuilding, post-conflict stability operations, and reconstruction, strongly endorses increasing the number of women in uniformed peacekeeping and leadership roles. Sierra Leone, aware that inadequate personnel and resources hinder the efficacy of peacekeeping missions, highlights the UN Mission in Sierra Leones (UNAMSIL) work with the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) as a model for partnerships and as a means to overcome resource challenges. Sierra Leone, stressing the need for PKOs to prevent relapses into violence, endorses the inclusion of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) in mission mandates. Gravely concerned that conflicts disproportionately affect women and children, Sierra Leone calls for peacekeeping mandates to include gender-sensitive and child-welfare provisions.
I. Reforming Peacekeeping to Strengthen Post-Conflict Stabilization Efforts Sierra Leone, noting that UN Charter Article 43 sought to provide the UN a standing force to promote international peace and security, supports creating a standby force modeled after the ASF, to be used by the DPKO to facilitate rapid response to threats to the peace. Commending the report of the Multinational Stand-By High Readiness Brigade for United Nations Operations (SHIRBRIG) Lessons Learned Adviser, Ten Years of SHIRBRIG: Lessons Learned, Development Prospects and Strategic Opportunities for Germany, Sierra Leone stresses the importance of political support and effective protocols governing classified intelligence sharing to the success of PKOs. Sierra Leone, recalling Article 10 of its Constitution, and guided by the success of UNAMSILs partnership with ECOMOG, stresses the importance of developing partnerships among a new standby force, the DPKO, and regional groups to maintain legitimacy and overcome cultural barriers. Affirming Resolution (A/RES/66/223), Sierra Leone calls upon the DPKO to use the UN-Business website to publicize funding and resource needs, establish partnerships with the business sector, and advance towards MDG-8. Sierra Leone, recognizing LDCs unique constraints, encourages flexibility in allowing Member States to supplement financial contributions with provision of physical resources. Distressed by issues concerning the training and conduct of peacekeepers, Sierra Leone endorses the mission-specific, scenario-based training recommendations made in Section IIB of The New Horizon Initiative: Progress Report No. 2. Sierra Leone, recognizing the importance of mission evaluations, endorses establishing a liaison to assist the DPKOs Policy, Evaluation and Training Division in briefing the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on research conducted by NGOs such as the German Center for International Peace Operations. Supporting incorporating technology in PKOs to improve training consistency, Sierra Leone urges increased emphasis on e-learning courses, outlined in Table 1 of the Secretary-Generals (A/65/644) Report, including Safety and security and Ethics and integrity in the workplace. Sierra Leone, noting with satisfaction that in Public Opinion of UNAMSILs Work in Sierra Leone, 94% of respondents rated Radio UNAMSIL as very good at getting information to the public, supports increasing the use of radio broadcasts during PKOs. Aware of Resolution (S/RES/1889), which calls for further incorporating women in all stages of peace processes, Sierra Leone supports DPKO cooperation with UN WOMENs Gender, Peace and Security Programme, which promotes including women in peacekeeping and peace processes. Sierra Leone, cognizant that the UN WOMEN report, Women with a Blue Helmet, highlights gender- based discrimination as a deterrent to recruiting women peacekeepers, and noting that currently only 9 of 16 DPKO peace operations have gender advisers, appeals to the DPKO to increase the number of its Gender Advisers. Reaffirming the Policy Dialogue to Review Strategies for Enhancing Gender Balance Among Uniformed Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations declaration that deploying female peacekeepers is an operational imperative for womens security, Sierra Leone strongly requests that troop- contributing countries (TCCs) develop and disseminate information targeting women to increase gender balance in PKOs. Noting that female applications to the Liberian Police Force tripled 60-days after deployment of an Indian all-female peacekeeping unit to Liberia, Sierra Leone recommends TCCs utilize female units to promote womens security and gender equality in PKOs. Delegation from Represented by St. Vincent and the Grenadines Alma College Position Paper for the General Assembly Second Committee St. Vincent and the Grenadines, affirming the Report of the Secretary-General A/69/203, highlights the UNGA 2nd Committees responsibility to foster inclusion of women and migrants in development strategies and to advance the new international economic order and the green economy. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, having signed the Quito Consensus adopted at the 10th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, endorses the UNDPs Global Gender and Economic Policy Management Initiative that advises policymakers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on incorporating gender perspectives into national frameworks. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, stressing the importance of migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, as emphasized in A/RES/69/207, requests Member States devise national action plans to combat xenophobia and discrimination toward migrants to promote migration for development, as outlined in the Global Migration Groups Position Paper on International Migration and Development. Having examined A/RES/67/217 that addresses the challenges for economies seeking to adapt to globalization and develop green economies in light of recent economic crises, St. Vincent and the Grenadines supports policy initiatives such as those as outlined in the Expert Report: The Transition to a Green Economy.
I. Women in Development St. Vincent and the Grenadines, noting that only 60% of the economic gender gap had closed by 2014, according to the World Economic Forums Gender Gap Report 2014, commends the OECDs Gender, Institutions and Development Database for identifying obstacles to womens economic development. Noting barriers to womens economic participation, as outlined in A/RES/69/156, St. Vincent and the Grenadines applauds IFADs partnership with Sierra Sur that provides small grants for rural women. Acknowledging the challenges for rural women to access credit to start small businesses, according to IFADs report Women and Rural Development, St. Vincent and the Grenadines cites as a model Farm Africa, a multi-national NGO that helps women in remote areas access credit to form their own enterprises. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, regretting that, according to the UNs Economic Empowerment of Women, 50.5% of working women are employed in vulnerable circumstances, endorses the Dominican Republics The Juventud y Empleo Youth Employment Program that offers vocational training for low-income women. Recalling A/RES/68/227 that promotes womens empowerment, St. Vincent and the Grenadines supports women-specific social investment programs such as the IADBs Womens City Centres Program in Trinidad and Tobago that uses community centers to provide services for women, including learning modules on economic autonomy. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, noting the Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Envisioning Womens Rights in the post-2015 Context, recommends Member States formally recognize womens unpaid work, citing Bolivia as a model for acknowledging unpaid care in its national budget. Cognizant that, according to the ILOs Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, 40-80% of the labor force in developing countries are in underpaid and unstable informal positionsthe majority of whom are womenSt. Vincent and the Grenadines calls upon Member States to utilize the framework for action outlined in the ILOs 2014 Transitioning from the informal to the formal economy Report V(2). St. Vincent and the Grenadines, concerned that, according to The MDG Report 2014, women represent 60% of people lacking basic literacy skills, endorses programs addressing the rural/urban gap in education, which overwhelmingly affects girls, modeled on St. Vincent and the Grenadines partnership with Global Literacy Project, an NGO providing literacy materials to at-risk areas. Aware that countries that have made social investments in family planning have higher economic growth, according to UNFPAs Fact Sheet: Adding It Up, Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health, St. Vincent and the Grenadines encourages Member States to improve access to healthcare for women using polyclinics, as in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, that provide womens health services. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, recalling the Secretary-Generals Investing in our Common Future: Joint Action Plan for Women and Childrens Health that highlights the link between investing in health and economic growth, endorses UNDPs partnership with El Salvador that trains rural women to teach about HIV prevention and gender equity issues. Commending St. Vincent and the Grenadines Report to the 12th Session of the Regional Conference of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean for its commitment to the Brazilia Consensus to ending gender-based violence, St. Vincent and the Grenadines calls for Member States to model its Crisis Centers that provide legal and medical help to female victims. Homework