hey future leaders welcome to mun academy by asia youth international mun the best place to learn everything about model united nations my name is ibn and i'll be your host for today so it's your first time u.n you're about to embark on a life-changing journey that will help you develop confidence in leading others a stronger awareness of global issues and the chance to make new friends from all around the world model united nations is a valuable experience that can help you get into college find your first job and become inspired to change the world now what to prepare for the conference here's our list number one position paper the position paper is a one or two page document that is essentially a summary of your knowledge of the topic and the position that your country plans to take when it enters committee it typically contains four sections background of topic past international actions country policy and possible solutions position papers are usually due before the conference so make sure you made it before it's due number two opening speech the opening speech typically lasts about one minute or one minute and thirty seconds and is the first speech you give to the committee it is the best opportunity for you to explain your country policy and the key sub issues that you would like the committee to focus on the opening speeches are the main way for countries to determine who they want to work with so it's important to prepare a speech that conveys this use your position paper as a guide when you are starting out and that's all for now we hope that information is helpful make sure to watch the second part of the video to know more about what you need to prepare if you want to know more about mun you can go to our website at model unitednation.org we've got lots of contents for you guys thank you for watching my name is ibn and i'll see you in the next mun academy you