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2 NMSU Model United Nations • Fall Conference – Working Paper Template

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4 This template should be used for all working papers at Fall Conference. In submitting this document to the Dais,
5 the authors affirm that they did not write any of the text of the working paper before arriving at Fall Conference or
6 reproduce it directly from other sources without proper reference. All working papers should be drafted in
7 collaboration with other members of your committee.
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9 Please replace the sample text below with your own original text, add clauses as needed, and apply the formatting
10 Styles (*Committee Name for the first line of the working paper; *Preambular Clause for preambular clauses; and
11 *Operative Clause for operatives). Please keep these instructions in the working paper; they will be deleted by the
12 Dais when the working paper is accepted as a draft resolution.
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14 If you are using Google Docs to draft your working paper, please be advised that formatting will not transfer easily
15 between Google Docs and Word. Accordingly, please carefully transfer your material into this template and ensure
16 that everything is formatted correctly, using the Styles provided in this document, before submitting to the Dais.
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18 Code: [Leave blank for Dais]
19 Committee: Commission on the Status of Women
20 Topic: [The name of your topic, as listed in the Background Guide]
21 Sponsors: [Fill these in!]
22 Signatories: [Fill these in toooooo!]
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1 The Commission on the Status of Women,
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3 Noting [Preambular Clauses], (Preambs always are punctuated with a comma!)
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5 Reaffirming dsfdsfsf;sldfgsdkf,
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7 Acknowledging Sldkfjlsdkjfdlskf!lskfgjsdf,
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9 Emphasizing that hey this is what working papers actually look like in New York minus the keyboard seizures
10 (hopefully)-- neat!(,)
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12 1. Calls upon [Operative Clause]; (The numbered list signals the start of the operative section. Operative
13 clauses are always punctuated with a semicolon unless…)
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15 2. Recommends lsdkjfseklfj: (….You’re using a subclause. Then you punctuate with a colon.)
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17 a. Oh hey wow this is a subclause;
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19 b. Sub-clauses are only used if you have a complex idea that needs further elaboration:
20 i. Subclauses can even have sub-subclauses like this;
21 ii. But don’t get too crazy with them;
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23 c. You should only use subclauses (and sub-sub clauses) when you really super need to elaborate:
24 i. And remember that you can’t have just one subclause;
25 ii. … or just one sub-sub clause;
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27 3. Further instructs that you don’t end on a subclause because everything needs a nice solid concise conclusion and
28 subclauses are the exact opposite of nice or solid or concise. ( hey look remember that there are no periods in
29 a resolution except for the very last operative clause)
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