ClarkMUN does not require position papers and we will not take their submission into account when deciding delegate awards for each committee. 

 

We will, however, make a point of saying that the process of writing a position paper can help to organize one’s thoughts and lead to more cogent and compelling arguments in committee and more detailed and daring schemes in crisis—both of the kind that earn awards. Position papers can also serve as useful points of reference, summarizing one’s research and analysis of a topic.

 

Our policy neither penalizes those who can perform well without writing position papers beforehand nor precludes anyone from writing papers voluntarily, instead leaving it to each individual delegate (or advisor) to decide whether they need or want to write them and, indeed, whether they have the time to do so considering their other commitments, academic or otherwise.

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