Position Papers

This year, position papers are OPTIONAL but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Any submitted position papers will be factored into awards only as a tiebreaker.

The deadline for position papers is on Wednesday, January 7th, 2026, at 11:59 PM. A sample position paper can be found here.

To submit your position papers, please email them to the email address of your committee's head chair, which can be found in the background guide.
If you wish to submit a position paper, please follow the guidelines below:

Document Name COMMITTEE NAME_COUNTRY/ASSIGNMENT NAME_LASTNAME
Header Committee
Position
Name
School
General Assemblies and Specialized Agencies 1 page per topic; single spaced
Citations as MLA:
Works Cited (does not count towards page minimum)
Works Cited
12pt Times New Roman
Crisis Committees 1 page per topic single spaced
Citations as MLA:
Works Cited (does not count towards page minimum)
Works Cited
12pt Times New Roman