Scripps Model United Nations
Resolutions Explained
Resolutions will be made during your time at conference in Unmoderated Caucuses! Resolutions are highly detailed solutions to the problem being addressed by your committee. Working with a group, you will be tasked to develop an inventive solution with a feasible, outlined timeline, and specific budget.
Sections
Preambulatory Clauses
This is the background to your resolution. Address the specific problem you are hoping to resolve, any statistics of why we should care about the problem, and any past efforts that have failed.
Operative Clauses
This is the most important part. You will lay out your entire solution here, complete with a timeline, funding source and budget, as well as a highly developed plan of how you will solve the issue. Specificity is a necessity!
Formatting
Preambulatory clauses always begin in a present participatory clause (verbs ending in -ing), e.g. "acknowledging," which is underlined or italicized
Preambles end with commas, and begin with "The General Assembly,"
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Operative clauses are numbered, and always begin with active verbs or phrases (verbs ending in -es), e.g. "accepts," which is underlined or italicized
Operatives end with semicolons, unless it is a main clause that has sub-clauses underneath. The last operative clause will end in a period.
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There is a title which specifically states what sub-problem you will be working on, as well as a header with the sponsor countries and signatories.