Position paper

MUN Preparation

• An essay detailing your country’s policies on the topics being discussed in your committee

• Usually one to one-and-a-half pages in length• Introduction– Identification of the issue & background– Statement of the position

• Main Body (a comprehensive breakdown of issues)– Your countries actions in respect to the problem– Supporting evidence or facts–UN actions and agreements in respect to the issue

• Conclusion– Suggested courses of action– Possible solutions

• A brief introduction to your country and its history concerning the topic and committee; • How the issue affects your country; • Your country’s policies with respect to the

issue and your country’s justification for these policies; • Quotes from your country’s leaders about the

issue; • Statistics to back up your country’s position

on the issue;

• Actions taken by your government with regard to the issue; • Conventions and resolutions that your country has

signed or ratified; • UN actions that your country supported or

opposed; • What your country believes should be done to

address the issue; • What your country would like to accomplish in the

committee’s resolution; and • How the positions of other countries affect your

country’s position.

Committee: International Labor OrganizationTopic: Globalization and DevelopmentCountry: Romania Delegate: Juan Pérez

(Introduction)• The delegation of Romania is pleased to be participating in this committee, International Labor Organization, and welcomes fellow delegates to collaborate in finding viable solutions to the important issue of globalization and development which will be discussed in this debate. In the past two decades the rapidly growing world trend has been toward globalization. With the emergence of the internet as a means of communication and the increasing accessibility of international trade physical barriers are not the only barriers withering away. Protective tariffs are plummeting and free trade agreements are becoming more prevalent. Romania appreciates that globalization creates favorable situations for expansion of commercial as well as economic assets. In the past year Romania has seen a foreign direct investment (FDI) increase of 199%. Inward FDI increased from EURO 234 million in 2005 to EURO 699 million in 2006. However, Romania realizes that increased globalization does not automatically produce more equality.

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(Main Body) •Globalization and Development can contribute to the advancement of the overall international human condition; however, the delegation of Romania recognizes that without proper regulation the potential for advancement will remain limited to an elite few individuals, businesses, and nations. Unless checked and aimed toward the common good, globalization cannot effectively serve the global community. Crucial in dealing with the complexities of globalization, good governance must act with solidarity and responsibility. Romania believes that in involving people in globalization we must promote moral values, democratic principals, inclusive global political culture, institutions that safeguard both individual civil rights and inherent freedoms, and the common good. In addition, coping with the influx of information from globalization governments must act with solidarity and insight. Access to digital education will undoubtedly result in the confidence of citizens in their respective administrations and allow for a greater degree of transparency, and therefore a lesser degree of corruption.

Position Statement

(Conclusion: Actions & Solutions)

•Romania believes the multinational business community has the ability and the obligation to support pertinent values in human rights, labor standards, and environmental preservation. As stated by the president, Mr. Traion Basescu, Romania feels a "heartfelt attachment to multilateralism, as an effective instrument designed to identify the adequate answers to the challenges brought by globalization."•Romania is party to the majority of multilateral treaties and conventions identified as such by the Secretary General in the context of the Millennium Summit in 2001. Romania has always supported innovative and effective ways of establishing cooperation within and between regional organizations. As one of the newest members of the European Union, Romania is an active member of the World Trade Organization, and looks forward to offering its support to the redirection of globalization to best benefit the global community.

Source: United Nations Association of the United States of America

Ratifications

• Brainstorm should be completed by Monday, November 24th.

• Outline should be completed by Wednesday, November 26th.

• First draft of the position should be sent to your teacher (e-mail, box, or hand-written) by Friday, November 28th for revisions and corrections.

• Final Draft must be printed by Wednesday, December 3rd.• Two copies of the corrected draft must be ready by Friday,

December 5th.

Brainstorm

Introduction• Good morning honorable chair and fellow

delegates. In representation of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and the President, Hassan Rouhani, as well as the citizens of the nation, the delegation of Islamic Republic of Iran is very pleased to be a part of this important committee in which the topic to discuss is Internet Censorship.

• In this committee, nations have come together to discuss the controversial issue that is taking place around the globe. Illegal activities, such as frauds and piracy, taking place all throughout the Internet must come to an end. The purpose of this committee is to find a solution that guarantees the right of expression of people all around the world.

• Internet censorship has covered every country in high, medium and low levels. In Iran, limiting the websites that people can see is a way of controlling online controversial or immoral activities, as well as limiting what a user is able to obtain from the Internet.

• The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has blocked certain websites in the Internet, that have or contain certain key-words in their URL that are or could be related to websites containing any illegal or immoral content.

• In Iran, the kinds of websites that are mostly blocked are websites concerning adult content, such as pornography, child pornography, etc., followed by some of the Alexa’s Top 500 websites, art websites, society websites and news websites. The least blocked websites are reference websites, science websites, Iranian websites and more.

Position/Main Body

• By censoring certain websites in the World Wide Web (WWW), the Iranian government controls the view of any kind of site that provide an excess of adult content that minors could be exposed to, it completely erases illegal activity, like the downloading of certain data or movies, that causes violation of the materials copyright and other of its laws, and more, and that way have more control over these situations.

• The delegation, concerned by this controversy, is willing to explore and evaluate every solution that is presented to the table, in order to mediate upon a long and equally balanced solution that not only protects citizens from any kind of immoral, dangerous and illegal activity concerning the internet, but also guarantees the right of expression of the people, and in addition would like to propose the following resolutions:

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• Censoring any kind of website that contains obscene content. This includes any kind of pornography (child included), excess of violence references (graphic included), insulting scripts or graphics (this includes insulting of races, governments, religion, etc.) and more.

• Block any kind of terrorist, or anti-governmental websites.

• Promote the usage of Internet in any creative, or learning environment, which includes using different media related techniques in order to promote the right of expression that citizens have.

• By doing so, the users would have to express themselves in a way that is not harming, harassing or abusing any person, place, thing or organization, in order to maintain peace.

• Completely block any kind of illegal streaming or downloading websites in order to ensure that the copyright of these materials is not being violated, and in order to prevent different viruses from entering the users machine.

• By doing so, the legal download of these materials would be promoted and would also allow certain laws not to be violated.

• This nation, would like to remind other delegations that by taking these actions, many problems concerning controversy of topics on-line, would not be created or would be easily avoided. Also, the delegation would like to remind the committee that these resolutions were thought upon with the idea of maintaining peace throughout society, and also allowing people to express themselves freely.

• • The Islamic Republic of Iran

thanks the committee members for their attention and hopes to be part of a viable agreement that most, if not all nations can agree upon. Thank you.

Main Body/Conclusion

ReferencesReferences:•en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet_censorship_and_surveillance_by_country(h•ashtag).C2.A0Iran•en.wikipedia.org/wiki&Internet_censorship_in_iran•surveillance.rsf.org/en/iran•http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/15/heres-how-iran-censors-the-internet/•http://www.glica.org/topics/show/80

Outline• I. Introduction

A. Identification of the issue & backgroundB. Statement of the position

• II. Main BodyA. Your countries actions in respect to the problemB. Supporting evidence or factsC. UN actions and agreements in respect to the issue

• III. ConclusionA. Suggested courses of actionB. Possible solutions