Thursday, January 21, 2010

Background Papers!

Just a reminder that background papers are an excellent resource:

Human Rights and Transnational Corporations

The Rights of Foreign Journalists and Aid Workers

Good luck with your research, Delegates!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

News Articles

Aid Workers in Israel

Foreign Journalists Email Hacked in China

Casualties of Foreign Journalists Mounting in Afghanistan



Not pertaining to Topic 1 or 2, but recent news about the situation in Nigeria brings up the importance of human rights and the role of the United Nations.

Christian-Muslim Mayhem in Nigeria
Nigeria Religious Violence

Sunday, January 17, 2010

General HSMUN info

HSMUN is fast approaching! We hope that you have been working on your position papers which, don't forget, when finished please email to hsmun.hrc@gmail.com so they may be looked over.

Please, please, please do not write your papers/email them the night before the conference, for everyone's sake.

If there are any questions, do not hesitate to email us. There are many resources on the web and the HSMUN general website. The Delegate Resource page gives an overview of the conference, so please read this so not only are you prepared, but will make the experience much more enjoyable. The Rules of Procedure is available for download as well; please take a look at this as well.

Just an article about (aid worker's) human rights in North Korea:
Obama and Nortk Korea's Human Rights

Friday, January 15, 2010

Aid workers in Haiti

Sending Prayers for Haiti:
Red Cross
or
through a great non-profit organization called Partners in Health that provides relief and long-term development in Haiti since 1987.



Pertaining specifically to Topic 2, it is interesting to make note/research the effect a crisis of this scale has on the rights and actions of Aid workers.

Here is several articles that may/or may not be of importance to your research. In anycase, they are worth the read.
Rights Amid the Rubble (The fact that the website is called 'The Daily Beast' does take away some of it's credibility (a personal opinion) however, it should be noted that this entry is a BLOG))
Aid Workers could Face logistical Problems in Haiti

Aid Workers Heading to Haiti fear for their safety

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Background Papers

As many of you know, the background papers for the the topics for HSMUN have now been posted.

Here is the link to access the two papers pertaining to the Human Rights topics:

HRC Background Papers

It is extremely imperative that you search through this blog (& the web) and read what has been posted. The most important blog would be the one posted on November 20th which provides an example of a resolution, as one as the specific resolution for Topic 2. As well, January 4ths entry provides important information for research as well.


Good luck!