Draft Resolution Guideline
A draft resolution is a written legal document where a group of delegates address the issue of
the agenda the committee is discussing and compiles all the solutions together. Producing a
resolution is one of the sole objectives of a MUN as it compiles the results of all the
discussions, writings, and negotiations which occurred in the committee. It is mainly a
written suggestion for addressing a specific problem debated in the committee and how the
involved parties would like to solve it realistically.
A draft resolution has three main parts:
1. The heading
2. The pre-ambulatory clauses
3. The operative clauses
The first component included in a Draft Resolution (DR) is the draft resolution is the heading.
It contains four pieces of information the committee name, the sponsors, the signatories, and
the topic. The topic and committee name ought to be self-evident. The sponsors are the
author delegates of the DR. They agree and support all the solutions provided in the
resolution. The signatories are the delegates that do not completely support the resolution but
would like to see it be debated. A draft resolution usually needs a certain number of sponsors
and signatories before it can be presented to the committee.
The second section of the resolution draft is the pre-ambulatory clauses. All of the issues that
the committee seeks to resolve are listed in the pre-ambulatory clauses. It could outline the
justifications behind the committee's work on the issue and highlight previous international
actions on the issue. It may contain:
Past UN resolutions, treaties, or conventions related to the topic.
Past regional, non-governmental, or national efforts in resolving this topic.
References to the UN Charter or other international frameworks and laws.
Statements made by the Secretary-General or a relevant UN body or agency.
General background info formation or facts about the topic, its significance, and its
impact.
One should start pre-ambulatory clauses with pre-ambulatory phrases. Here are some
examples given below:
Affirming Deeply conscious Fully aware Having received Recalling
Alarmed by Deeply convinced Fully believing Having studied Recognizing
Approving Deeply disturbed Further deploring Keeping in mind Referring
Aware of Deeply regretting Further recalling Noting with regret Seeking
Bearing in mind Desiring Guided by Noting with deep Taking into
concern account
Believing Emphasizing Having adopted Noting with Taking into
satisfaction consideration
Confident Expecting Having considered Noting further Taking note
Contemplating Expressing its Having considered Noting with Viewing with
appreciation further approval appreciation
Convinced Expressing its Having devoted Observing Welcoming
satisfaction attention
Declaring Fulling Having examined Reaffirming
Deeply concerned Fully alarmed Having heard Realizing
The third and most crucial section of the Draft Resolution is the operative clauses. Operative
clauses outline the approaches the resolution's sponsors suggest taking to address the
problems. The issues specifically indicated in the pre-ambulatory clauses should be addressed
in the operative clauses. An operative clause should answer the “who, what, when, where,
why, and how” questions. By doing so one can strengthen the operative clauses.