How Are Resolutions Made?

How Are They Approved?

At the end of the first day of JMUN, the delegates had to re-write their resolutions.

We, the Press Team, interviewed Alexandra Franciss, the Chair of ECOSOC Committee (Economic and Social Committee). We asked her about the process for the passage of a resolution and about how a resolution gets approved.

Resolutions are made by individual countries who wish the approval of the United Nations for their position on some issue of national, and even international, concern.

But to get such approval, support from other countries is needed.  This requires lobbying for support. The process of lobbying involves getting together with delegates from sympathetic countries to find common ground so that there is mutual support for each other’s position. Resolutions are then submitted to an Approval Panel. At the Approval Panel, each resolution has a maximum of two main submitters and a minimum of five co-submitters. The main submitters are the delegates from the country directly involved with the issue, and the co-submitters are the delegates from other countries who support the resolutions.

The work of the Approval Panel is to check the resolutions and make them ready for debating.

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--Fernanda Guecaimburu and Daniel Alfonzo