| Title (Be creative!) Ex: TGIF (Tackling Global Illicit Finance) | |
| Committee Name Ex: United Nations Security Council | |
| Sponsors (Main authors) Ex: China, Russia, France, Algeria, etc. | |
| Signatories (Nations that want the paper to be brought to the floor to debate) Ex: Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Malta | |
| Topic Ex: The Russo-Ukrainian War |
Preambulatory Clause
| Beginning A verb in the present participle (Recognizing, Noting, etc.) | |
| Content Background information, the problem, and past efforts to address it | |
| Ending End with a comma Ex: Recognizing the efforts of countries, humanitarian organizations, and the United Nations in providing aid, shelter, and medical care to those affected by the war, |
Operative Clauses
| Beginning A verb in the third person present (Calls, Seeks, Urges, etc.) | |
| Content The sponsors' proposed solutions: funding, subcommittees, other strategies | |
| Note UN committees (except UNSC) can't force action, so use verbs like Requests, Encourages, etc. | |
| Ending End each clause with a semicolon Ex: Enacts an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine; |