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GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE

BACKGROUND GUIDE 2013

Written By: Alicia Nall, Samantha Winn
Additional Contributions By: Heather Purcell

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17 - 21 March - Conference A
24 - 28 March - Conference B

POSITION PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
1. TO COMMITTEE STAFF

A file of the position paper (.doc or .pdf) for each assigned committee should be sent to the committee e-mail address listed here. Mail papers by 1 March to the e-mail address listed for your particular venue. Delegates should carbon copy
(cc:) themselves as confirmation of receipt.
Please use the committee name, your assignment, Conference A or B, and delegation/school name in both the e-mail subject line and in the filename (example:
GA1st_Cuba_ConfA_MarsCollege).

2. TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL

• Each delegation should send one set of all position papers for each assignment to the e-mail designated for their venue: positionpapers.nya@nmun. org or [e-mail].
This set (held by each Director-General) will serve as a back-up copy in case individual committee directors cannot open attachments.
Note: This e-mail should only be used as a repository for position papers.

• The head delegate or faculty member sending this message should cc: him/ herself as confirmation of receipt. (Free programs like Adobe Acrobat or WinZip may need to be used to compress files if they are not plain text.)

• Because of the potential volume of e-mail, only one e-mail from the Head
Delegate or Faculty Advisor containing all attached position papers will be accepted.

Please use the committee name, your assignment, Conference A or B, and delegation/school name in both the e-mail subject line and in the filename (example:
GA1st_Cuba_Conf A_Mars College).

Two copies of each position paper should be sent via e-mail by 1 MARCH 2013
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