Guidelines for HKMUN Resolutions Formatting:
All resolutions are to be submitted in Times New Roman 12 point font in justified text.
Do not number the lines or pages
Do not bold anything
Use single-line spacing with 0 point line spacing before and after each paragraph (refer to screenshot), with a line space between each clause
Acronyms and abbreviations should be written out in full the first time they are used
Preambulatory clauses are not numbered.
Sub-clauses begin with a., b., c., etc. Sub-sub-clauses begin with i., ii., iii., etc.
Resolutions should be submitted to a chairperson before the deadline
The preferred word processor is Microsoft Word
Sample Resolution as follows:
Each operative clause is numbered.
FORUM: The Historical General Assembly
Comment [Lucien1]: Specific committ
QUESTION OF: Atomic Energy
named.
MAIN SUBMITTER: The United States of America CO SUBMITTERS: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the French
Comment [Lucien2]: Full name of country of that time period.
Republic SIGNATORIES: The Republic of China, the Kingdom of Norway, the Imperial State of Iran, Commonwealth of the Philippines, Czechoslovakia
Comment [Lucien3]: The time period
1946 – hence the Iran represented here was ruled by the Pahlavi dynasty. Comment [Lucien4]: Two line spaces
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
here. Comment [Lucien5]: Capitalized.
Taking into account that the Quebec Agreement of 1943 was not able to successfully prevent atomic energy from being used for non-peaceful purposes,
Comment [Lucien6]: Single line space after
Recognizing the benefits of utilizing nuclear energy to slow depletion of nonrenewable energy
Comment [Lucien7]: Preambulatory
sources such as fossil fuels,
clauses begin with the present participle They should be italicized.
Bearing in mind the grave consequences which the world witnessed as a result of atomic energy being used as weapons at the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of
Comment [Lucien8]: Can refer to past UN/international treatises.
World War Two;
Comment [Lucien9]: Each intermediat
1. Encourages the expansive development of atomic energy solely for peaceful and beneficial purposes, such as but not limited to: a.
Comment [Lucien10]: Please spell out
dwindling supplies of fossil fuels, natural gas and coal, for applications such as but
numbers.
not limited to:
Comment [Lucien11]: Preambulatory
electricity and other energy production needs,
ii.
fuel for means of transport such as aviation,
iii.
methods of disinfection and treatment of diseases, the advancement of atomic energy to further enhance and propel scientific
i. ii.
clauses end with a semicolon.
Comment [Lucien12]: Operative claus begin with present tense active verbs.
investigations on atomic energy in the direction of results such as but not limited
Comment [Lucien13]: Common
to:
terminology to denote a list.
improved methods to efficiently convert atomic energy into forms that can be
Comment [Lucien14]: Use a colon to
utilized by humans,
start a list
further developed nuclear enhancement projects so as to limit the safety hazards posed by the development of atomic energy,
iii.
end.
the usage of atomic energy as an alternative energy source, in contrast to already
i.
b.
preambulatory clause uses a comma at t
Comment [Lucien15]: Sub-clauses and sub-sub-clauses are not capitalized.
improve the efficiency of the nuclear energy itself after conversion, limiting the resources permitted to yield efficient energy forms of human utility,
Comment [Lucien16]: Each item in th list is followed by a comma.
c.
the establishment of programs to assist specific developing countries in planning and building the capability to manage their own nuclear energy development and its usage in a safe and purely peacefully beneficial manner;
Comment [Lucien17]: Intermediate clauses end with a semicolon.
2. Proposes the strengthening of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commissions to uphold and regulate the safety of atomic energy by making recommendations accordingly with
Comment [Lucien18]: Line space afte
each preambulatory and operative claus
operations such as but not limited to: a.
extending between all nations the exchange of basic scientific knowledge for peaceful purposes,
b.
monitoring the extent and areas of the development of atomic energy to ensure that its use is only restricted to peaceful purposes, by means such as but not limited to: i.
examining the nuclear energy technologies and directions of progress in individual nations through investigations conducted by the United Nations
ii.
Atomic Energy Commission, and providing detailed biannual reports on any
Comment [Lucien19]: Do refer to
suspicious advancements in any noted countries,
established committees, commissions, e
acting, enquiring, and investigating in a swift manner upon the discovery of
It is also possible to establish a commiss
any potentially non-peaceful uses of nuclear energy with the deployment of
as a result of the resolution.
the protection and monitoring agency.
Comment [Lucien20]: End the resolut with a full stop.