Research 101
Step 1: Get a research binder and dividers. Use sticky notes and different coloured pens to mark up your work
Step 2: Print out your background guide and read through it, using highlighters and pens to mark it up. Take notes on things that you want to look up. Write in any questions that you have.
Step 3: Write down a basic profile of your country. Record your countries GDP, geography, important historical notes, system of government, different ethnicities. The CIA world fact book is a good source of this information. Put these facts in your binder.
Step 4: Search news stories and articles about your general topic. If you find an article based on your country and your issue, then keep this in the front. The BBC is a good place to start for reliable news.
Step 5: Find recent resolutions drafted on your issue, or relating to it in other ways. Print them out and highlight things you think your country would agree with, and things that your country would want amended. UN resolutions page
Step 6: Find transcripts from recent United Nations sessions on your issue and take statements your country has made and copy and paste them into a word document. This should give you a pretty good idea of your countries position. Take these statements, and write down possible resolutions which might come from them. Sample transcript
Step 7: Start putting your research into a draft position paper- See Writing Position Papers 101
Step 2: Print out your background guide and read through it, using highlighters and pens to mark it up. Take notes on things that you want to look up. Write in any questions that you have.
Step 3: Write down a basic profile of your country. Record your countries GDP, geography, important historical notes, system of government, different ethnicities. The CIA world fact book is a good source of this information. Put these facts in your binder.
Step 4: Search news stories and articles about your general topic. If you find an article based on your country and your issue, then keep this in the front. The BBC is a good place to start for reliable news.
Step 5: Find recent resolutions drafted on your issue, or relating to it in other ways. Print them out and highlight things you think your country would agree with, and things that your country would want amended. UN resolutions page
Step 6: Find transcripts from recent United Nations sessions on your issue and take statements your country has made and copy and paste them into a word document. This should give you a pretty good idea of your countries position. Take these statements, and write down possible resolutions which might come from them. Sample transcript
Step 7: Start putting your research into a draft position paper- See Writing Position Papers 101