Model United Nations Position Paper
Instructions
This assignment requires you to research your assigned country's (France) position on each of the agenda items for Topic 1: Civilian and Youth Security During Armed Conflict.
Agenda Item 1: Evaluating existing methods and determining new strategies to combat the use of child soldiers in armed conflict.
Agenda Item 2: Addressing the continuing occurrences of violence against civilian populations during armed conflict.
Please respond to the following questions for both agenda items in the topic guide.
- Explain how is your country is affected (Directly? Indirectly? Politically? Militarily? Economically?) by this issue. Why is it important to your government?
- What is your country's official policy on the issue? What steps has your government taken to address issue thus far? Briefly analyze the effectiveness of any existing policy(ies).
- Could the policies of your country be adopted by the United Nations? Who do you need to convince to turn your policy into UN policy?
- Are there countries who have policies that align with yours and would make natural allies on the topic? Or are there countries who will adamantly oppose policy changes on these issues?
- Identify where your government would likely compromise to facilitate a solution.
You should keep direct quotes to a minimum. Avoid block quotes, and follow all proper formatting guidelines.