Thursday, January 12, 2017

Security Council: US, Russia and Egypt.

Security Council

Three countries are going to be represented by Pontonniers in the Security Council:
The USA
Federation of Russsia
Egypt

Russia - See Wiki page on Russia and Security Council.
The USA - See the US Mission Statement to UN 
Egypt - Consider what  Egypt can bring to UN.

There are 3 topics to be discussed.
Create notes for each topic, and consider the perspective of your own country.
Not sure where to begin? Google your country name + topic (Russia + Syrian Crisis) and see where the journey takes you. Take notes as you go !

1. The Syrian Crisis
The Syrian Crisis presented by the BBC

Syria presented by CIA World Factbook

UN Documents for Syria

CNN article

Aljazeera article and video 

2. Implementing the 1951 Geneva Convention on asylum

A very decent UN document describing the need for the convention.
Honestly, for a one day conference this is all you would need to know.

3. Helping Migrants to Integrate.

Another decent UN document which explains integrating migrants helps reduce security risks.

Note:

UN Security Council Permanent and Non-Permanent Members

The Council is composed of 15 Members:

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