Friday, November 20, 2009

Sample Resolution Paper

(as borrowed from the Social and Humanitarian Blog)

We are providing a link fo the basic format of a resolution paper. Hopefully this will help you:

Format of Resolution Paper

Resolutions

When it comes down to it, each committee is responsible for coming up with resolutions which will hopefully solve the issues which they are discussing. Of course resolutions have a specific format and must be realistic in their scope. Here's a really good linkon the basic format of a resolution paper.

Resolution Paper

This is a sample UN resolution paper:

Sample Paper (doesn't actually have anything to do with our questions, but it's a good reference for what the UN is realistically capable of doing) - this website also has a ton of links to different UN resolutions

Format of Resolution Paper and Info for Topic 2

Some links & light background reading to be done to help you with Topic 2: : The Question of Rights of Foreign Journalists and Aid Workers

This is an example of the format for the resolution papers:

Sample Resolution


Example of a resolution pertaining to the topic (you should probably read this):

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ATTACKS AGAINST JOURNALISTS IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS

Links that might prove to be helpful with this topic:

International Federation of Journalists

International Humanitarian Law


On a side note, to help you navigate this blog, anything pertaining to topic 2 will be labeled at the bottom 'Topic 2' thereby clicking this will bring you a list of all the posts for this topic. This will help you navigate your way through finding what you need opposed to having to read every post.


(Although this does not particularly relate to the topics, it's worth the watch)

United Nations Millennium Campaign: Goal 1-- End World Hunger

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

French aid worker seized in Chad

A French employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been abducted by armed men in eastern Chad, the organisation says.

The ICRC said it was temporarily suspending operations in the area.

It said its employee, Laurent Maurice, had been seized late on Monday in the village of Kawa, about 20km (12 miles) from the border with Sudan.

The humanitarian organisation said it had no idea who the attackers were or what their motive might be.

It called for the "rapid and unconditional release of its kidnapped staff member".

The French foreign ministry also called for Mr Maurice to be freed.

The aid worker, an agronomist, was in Kawa with five Chadian colleagues to evaluate the harvest, the ICRC said.

Attacks against non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are frequent in eastern Chad.

The region is home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people, including many made homeless by conflicts in Sudan's western Darfur region and the Central African Republic.

Another Frenchman working for the ICRC, Gauthier Lefevre, was abducted in Darfur on 22 October. He is still being held.

Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8353417.stm