Caucus Outline

Country: Republic of South Korea
Topic: Preventing the Spread of H1N1
Committee: The Committee on Preventing the Spread of H1N1
Delegate: Eric Hung, Mingdao High School

Background

-H1N1 is an influenced virus causing illness in people.
-This virus was first detected in people in the United States in March 2009.
-This virus spreads from person-to-person, as the same way that regular seasonal influenced viruses spread.
-The symptoms of H1N1 flu in people are similar to the regular human flu.
-Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with H1N1 flu.
-Severe illness and deaths have been reported with H1N1 flu infection in people.

United Nations Involvement

-The World Health Organization (WHO) is the organization involved to deal with H1N1.
-Over 3,000 people worldwide had died from H1N1 until September 7th.
-Mortality rate of H1N1 is not as high as SARS.
-World Health Organization Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had met vaccine manufacturers from countries at WHO headquarters.
-Both General stressed the importance of assuring that any eventual vaccine for H1N1 was made available in a spirit of equity and fairness.
-A WHO agency said that the rush of producing vaccines to fight the spread of the H1N1 virus will not endanger the safety or effectiveness of any new drug.
-The WHO strongly recommends that students, teachers, and other staff who feel unwell should stay at home.

County Actions

-The South Korean government is rolling out a set of new measures to control the effects of a possible flu pandemic.
-The number of H1N1 influenza deaths climbs to five.
-The government aims to secure an estimated 15 million doses of vaccine to begin vaccinations from mid-November.
-Hope to secure enough drugs to treat 10 million people by the end of the year.

Policy Position

-South Korea was rejected by communist Security Council members like China and Soviet Union (USSR).
-We still joined both the United Nation Organization and World Health Organization at 1991.

Solution

-The Republic of Korea thinks that all countries should be careful about the worldwide spread of H1N1.
-The mortality rate of H1N1 is only about 1%, but countries should still beware on the spread of H1N1 cautiously.
-We also think that countries should cooperate with health organizations like UN or WHO to control the epidemic situation.
-Many specialists guess that November will be the most widespread month for H1N1
-We hope vaccine manufacturers could work faster on producing vaccines.
-Vaccines might cause a lot of money, but we think it is needed to stop H1N1 from spreading all around the world.