GC: RESOLUTION DRAFTS

The final result of debate and negotiation are resolutionswritten

suggestions for addressing a specific problem or issue. Resolutions,
which are drafted by delegations during unmoderated caucuses, are
voted on by the committee after debate is closed. This is the final
culmination of your students hard work, and theyre usually quite
proud of it! The following materials are designed to help guide your
students through the resolution drafting process along with sample
Resolution drafts written at past conferences.
1. Preambulatory clause is written with gerunds and commas
2. Operative clause is written with present simple suggestive verbs and
semi-colons
3. Each clause (preamble or operative) should relate to one idea
4. Any operative clauses should have some connection with a
preambulatory clause as background and the reason for needing the
operative clause
5. Instead of putting many ideas in one operative clause, separate them
into several distinct clauses and use connector words like Further
and Additionally to connect the idea
6. Put all the operative clauses related to one idea (leakage,
environment, etc.) together and then start the next grouping of
clauses
7. On conference day, you should aim for around 5 sponsors, and as
many signatories as possible
8. Remember to be specific! For example, DONT say Suggests
creating educational programs about the environment. Instead, say
Suggests creating educational programs based on international video
conferences with students in primary schools from different
environments in order to better educate future generations about the
environmental damage caused by tourists. (Then follow this up with
another clause stating how you will fund it).
9. Questions to answer in a resolution:
a. What? (What problems should be addressed? What will we do to
address them?)
b. Why? (Why should we address the problems? Why does this affect my
country and countries around the world?)
c. How? (How are we going to fix these problems? How will we get the
money? How will we get people to do what we suggest?)

d. Who? (Who should be fixing these problems? Who should be educated

about it? Who should be paying? Who is suffering? Who needs the
most help? Who is responsible?)
e. Where? (Where are the problems occurring? Where should we help?)
f. When? (When does this need to be solved by? When is a realistic goal
of reaching this resolution?)
10.
BE SPECIFIC!!!

RESOLUTION EXAMPLES
Committee IOM3/DR1/Migration and Development
International Organization for Migration
Sponsors: Qatar, Mali, Tuvalu,
Signatories: Romania, Tanzania, Gabon, Norway, Zambia, Mauritania,
Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Syria, Haiti
Topic: Migration and Development
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the unemployment affecting countries worldwide and
the vacant jobs in numerous countries,
Concerning the difficulties of movement in between countries and the
problems of the adaptation of migrants to other countries language
and political and social structure,
Remembering the importance of youth in every countrys economy,
1. Encourages the creation of an international fund, formed by the
countries with an excess of unemployed youth and also by the
countries which have a lack of labor force. This fund would be
financed by the sponsors, signatories and the UN. This fund would
manage the movement and further support adaptation programs
focused on migrants;
2. Calls upon states to help in the adaptation of these migrants through
programs focused on migrants;
3. Stresses the importance of giving economic support to these migrants
once in their destination country;
4. Seeks establishment of the previously mentioned fund. This fund
would give low-interest credits to migrants setting up business. It

would also reward, with money or tax benefits, enterprises hiring

people in these programs.

Resolution GA/3/1.1
General Assembly Third Committee
Sponsors: United States, Austria and Italy
Signatories: Greece, Tajikistan, Japan, Canada, Mali, the Netherlands
and Gabon
Topic: "Strengthening UN coordination of humanitarian assistance in
complex emergencies"
The General Assembly,
Reminding all nations of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognizes the
inherent dignity, equality and inalienable rights of all global
citizens, [use commas to separate preambulatory clauses]
Reaffirming its Resolution 33/1996 of 25 July 1996, which encourages
Governments to work with UN bodies aimed at improving the
coordination and effectiveness of humanitarian assistance,
Noting with satisfaction the past efforts of various relevant UN bodies
and nongovernmental organizations,
Stressing the fact that the United Nations faces significant financial
obstacles and is in need of reform, particularly in the humanitarian
realm,

1.
Encourages all relevant agencies of the United Nations to
collaborate more closely with countries at the grassroots level to
enhance the carrying out of relief efforts; [use semicolons to
separate operative clauses]
2.
Urges member states to comply with the goals of the UN
Department of Humanitarian Affairs to streamline efforts of
humanitarian aid;
3.
Requests that all nations develop rapid deployment forces
to better enhance the coordination of relief efforts of humanitarian
assistance in complex emergencies;
4.
Calls for the development of a United Nations Trust Fund
that encourages voluntary donations from the private transnational
sector to aid in funding the implementation of rapid deployment
forces;
5.
Stresses the continuing need for impartial and objective
information on the political, economic and social situations and
events of all countries;
6.
Calls upon states to respond quickly and generously to
consolidated appeals for humanitarian assistance; and
7.
Requests the expansion of preventive actions and
assurance of post-conflict assistance through reconstruction and
development. [end resolutions with a period]

Committee: International Monetary Fund

Topic: Debt Forgiveness
Sponsors: Denmark, Azerbaijan, Australia
Signatories: Japan, Austria, Botswana, Cuba, Ecuador, BosniaHerzegovina, El Salvador, Bolivia, Belgium, Croatia, Argentina,
Algeria, Albania, Afghanistan
The General Assembly,
Noting that some borrower countries cannot pay their loans back but
have more raw materials,

Emphasizing that developing and underdeveloped countries are really

suffering from the economic impact of debt,
Reaffirming that borrower and lender countries economies affect the
global market, if poor countries have more prosperous economies,
they have the potential to improve the conditions of the global market
and economy,
1. Considers exchanging the remaining debt with raw materials or
energy sources that borrower countries have. The debt will be paid by
giving 75% raw materials and 25% money.
2. Encourages borrower countries who dont have raw materials to
promote themselves with the help of developed countries in order to
attract investors which will improve their economic situation and pay
the debt;
3. Stresses the importance of starting companies in borrower countries
so that the money produced by public companies will be given to
lender countries with some commissions until the loan has been paid
back;
4. Proclaims these resolutions would be supervised or controlled by the
IMF to make sure that everything is done legally.

Committee: UN Women 1
DR# 1
Sponsors: Papua New Guinea, Uganda Mauritania, and Madagascar,
Signatories: Rwanda, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe, Mali, USA...
The general assembly,

Reminding all nations of the Emma Watson speech in which she

recognizes the inherent dignity, equality, and inalienable rights of all
global citizens,
Remembering the popes speech in Manila in which he said that
women had much to tell us in todays society,
Concerning the difficulties of women to integrate in terms of politics,
Stressing the fact that the United Nations significantly desires to help
underdeveloped countries,
1. Calls upon the committee to implement new quotas with an exact
percent of 30% in the next four years;
2. Requests the creation of a law that says that every child must be
registered in a school census, otherwise they would receive a fine;
3. Encourages the first step to be education by bringing knowledge to
men, women, leaders, and communities;
4. Urges the development of international funds to invest on education
campaigns;
5. Requests the changes of mentality in rural areas by establishing
publicity campaigns focused on gender equality;
6. Requires that companies hire at least 35% of women and pay them an
equal wage that men receive; and
7. Encourages free training programs and workshops to teach leadership
skills to everyone but mainly focused on women.