How to Write a Resolution:

• A resolution is written in two different types of clauses:

• Perambulatory Clauses

• Operative Clauses

• Perambulatory Clauses

• States a fact

• Mentioning of what has already been done

• Mentioning of an awareness or an understanding of what has been done in the past

• Operative Clauses

• States what should be done

• Suggests ways on how to approach and to solve the issue

• Needs to be convincing

• Heading

• All information in the heading must be at the top left corner of the paper

• The name of delegation, name of commission, question of the topic/ issue and the main submitter & co-submitters (when a resolution is merged) must be written in such order.

Example:

Delegation: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Commission: Environment

Question of: The management of water resources on a national and international level

• Numbering the clauses

• Perambulatory clauses are not numbered

• Only operative clauses are numbered

Example:

1. Expresses its appreciation to the organizations, committees and other groups that are working hard to improve the water management issue;

• Numbers must be followed by a period

• When there are additional sun-clauses to the clauses it must be numbered as the following:

2. Calls for a committee called the International Water Management Committee (IWMC) for the nations in Africa, Asia in particular and other nations which has water management problem:

1. The committee will meet every six-month in Geneva, Switzerland:

1. discuss problems that occurred on the water resource management

in the past,

ii) suggest new ideas that could improve the problems at hand,

• Spacing

• Double space at the end of the perambulatory clauses before starting with the operative clauses

• After every number or letter in front of the clauses press tab

• Underlining phrases/ grammar rules of a resolution

• The first of every clause from perambulatory and the operative clauses has to be bold and underlined

• Every perambulatory clause must end with a comma

• Operative clauses must end with a semi-colon

• The sub-clauses must end with a comma

• The final clause or a sub-clause must end with a period

Style

• A name of an organization must be fully named with the abbreviations in brackets next to the full name and only refer to the organization by the initials for the rest of the resolution

• All the information on the resolution must be font times new roman and in size 12

• How to write a perambulatory clause

• Research on the topic/issue must be done

• Research of the passed resolution on the same issue must be done

• Use examples of what has been done before on your issue to help structure the operative clauses

• Minimum of five perambulatory clauses must be written but do not exceed to more than seven clauses for this part for it is not as important as the operative clauses

• DO NOT number the perambulatory clauses

• How to write an operative clause

• There must be a minimum of ten to twelve operative clauses

• Research of the country’s beliefs towards the issue and the relations with another nation must be done

• An operative clause is used to give suggestions and ideas to solve the issue, therefore needs to be convincing

• Operative clauses are numbered

• Creating a commission/treaty/organization in a resolution

• Give a name to the commission/ treaty/ organization etc.

• The composition of the commission must be:

1. number of people involved must be mentioned

2. specialists involved- doctors, administrators, scientist- the more specific the better

3. where, when and how many times would the meeting will be held

4. who(countries) will be invited to take part in this commission

• Goals of the commission must be mentioned

• Methods of achieving the goals- what specific ways will this commission work to try and achieve these goals.

Wording