Our Security Council meetings this year will be on December 5, 2012 and April 3, 2013.
1. Offshore resources: islands in the East China Sea (Philippines, Japan, China, Russia).
2. Commerce arming and supporting militias ("blood diamonds").
3. Militias in the Maghreb (Mali, Libya, Algeria).Some links of interest:
Tracking arms:
Conflict Armament Research, Omega Research Foundation.
Research - an excerpt from the Central Texas Model UN handbook with detailed advice about research and resolutions.
Rules - an excerpt from Appalachian State MUN handbook with explanation of rules of procedure.
Motions - a one-sheet summary of motions that can be made (how and when) during a MUN meeting.
Model United Nations at St. Stephen's is a simulation of the U.N. Security Council which puts students into a world of diplomacy and negotiation. Students take up issues before the UN, research those issues from the perspective of their assigned country, and seek to defend their country’s interest in public policy debate. They also seek to gain international consensus by means of drafting resolutions, political negotiations, and informed debate. St. Stephen’s Model UN provides time and resources for students to engage in these activities and to learn the art and patience of procedural rules and policy development.
These sessions allow SSES students to further school-wide goals of global citizenship and social justice.
St. Stephen's Model UN Research Links
The UN - a collection of short videos about the work of the UN. Very useful for understanding what the UN can do.
International Crisis Group - an excellent source on backgrounds and policies for various problems and crises around the world.
United Nations - The UN home page with links to member countries and various UN agencies.
Model UN - the organization's US page with information about how to prepare.
Model UN - US State Department site promoting Model UN.
UN Humanitarian Affairs - a page to get started on finding out what the UN does about coordinating disaster relief.
Human Rights Watch - an excellent page of an organization that monitors human rights throughout the world and produces widely resepected reports .
Amnesty
International - a variety of
information about human rights throughout the world.
They also do Annual
Reports.
Library
of Congress - this links to the
Library's Country Studies. Check the date on the individual reports
(some are more than 10 years old).
State
Department - the Department's
home page where you can find special sections on various countries
as well as US policy
statements and reports on human
rights.
CIA - this links to the CIA home page. For information on particular countries go to their World Fact Book.
FedWorld - a search engine for US government documents.
UT Websites
Each of these has individual sites for countries and covers politics, economics, society, culture and much more. They have numerous links that will help you find current information, news, and documents for your country.
Asia -
MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project, an NGO that provides excellent background reporting (some material, but subscription is required to access most of it).
REENIC - UT site for Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Countries; covers all countries once part of the Soviet Union or the Soviet sphere of influence.
Latin America - UT site for Latin American Network Information Center.
Send me links you think should be added! Let me know if any links are broken.
Last update: 23.2.12