Format of a Draft Resolution
This section will be developed at a later date because I cannot be arsed to write it at this current point in time.
Draft Resolutions have two types of clauses:
- Preambulatory clauses (informally “preambles”)
- Operative clauses
Preambulatory clauses (informally called preambles) are clauses that recognise situations, past actions and other precedents to the situation. Preambles are used to justify why the resolution exists in the first place.
In practice, preambles are written in five minutes and then no one ever looks at them — not when writing, not when debating, not when voting. Just get it done and over with. Poor preambles :(
Operative clauses are clauses that enact an action. Solutions to the problem are written as operative clauses, and operative clauses are debated upon by the council once a Draft Resolution is introduced.
Long resolutions often have sections of operative clauses called articles.
These are taken from a source that I cannot share because apparently both Google and Apple are flagging the website for malicious content.
Note that verbs such as “authorises” and “decides” are reserved only for the Security Council (UNSC) as their resolutions can be legally binding.
General Assembly councils, such as UNESCO, are non-legally binding and can only use words such as “urges” and “recommends”.
In context of a Draft Resolution:
