Argentina Position Paper

Argentina Position Paper
Committee: Commission on World Heath
Topic: The Prevention of the Spread of H1N1
Delegate: Kelly Kuo, Sarah Hsu
On May, 9, 2009, the first H1N1 case was confirmed in Argentina and from then on, the number had increased rapidly. Not just Argentina, the whole world is facing this serious health problem which is at least causing at least 2800 people’s death. Now, Argentina is facing the problem of being the third-highest death rate in the world. Our country had strongly recommending people to constant hand washing, uses the handkerchief while sneezing and stay home if had a fever. Now, the vaccine is out and Argentina’s government recommended children and old age people to take it. Some said that the vaccine was not safe to injected, but Argentina’s government claims that it is definitely safe to inject it. With cure and vaccine, it is how to make our people not to be too worried about H1N1 is what we concerned. Our government had strongly propagated about the death possibility of H1N1 had already decrease and tell people not to worried about it. Argentina believed that H1N1 is a serious problem but people don’t need to panic. Maybe other countries may say that H1N1 is not as scary as people think, but facing the third-highest death rate in the world, Argentina’s government can’t ignore this serious problem. We also believe that we need more help on health care on this issue.

Iran’s Nuclear Program (Day One)

Ni hao,

 

Our next conference will be two parts. The first will be a General Assembly in which each country will discuss Iran. The second part will be a UN Security Council in which Iran has begun to enrich nuclear

 

Today's assignment

 

1. Watch IAEA video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPlZZ8cBac
   
2. Notes on IAEA/History of nations getting Nukes.
   
   1. http://www.iaea.org/
      
3. LEARN: What is the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)? Has your country signed it or not?
   
4. LEARN: What is the Non-Proliferation treaty (NPT)? Has your country signed it?
   
5. LEARN: What are NWS countries. Is your country a NWS?
   
6. LEARN: What is "Smiling Buddha?
   
7. Watch speeches by your character (below)
   
8. Start work on Country Profiles (and finish for homework)
   

*** I will grade harder this time! I will take off points for bad citation in your country reports and position papers!!!

 

Speeches by your leaders at the General Assembly

 

IRAN (Mahmoud Ahmadenijad - Annie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EBgqgIWuoc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho_0qRFFMVk&NR=1&feature=fvwp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxwNmAFcKrw&feature=related (only first part)

 

ISRAEL (Benjamin Netanyahu – Anne)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HkjBDQz_k (you must download the other three parts)

Opposition to

 

USA (Barack Obama – Eric)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2jCp0xapEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ee0wrjVtkk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfQYv61SilI (only on non proliferation)

(part two of proliferation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFMJ_dIFxAQ&feature=related )

 

CHINA (Hu Jintao – Sabrina)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4lyup7t1Xw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxwNmAFcKrw&feature=related (only first part)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=panhtpUGnuM

 

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF IEAE (Mohammed El Baradei - Tina)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUv775nY6UQ&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckFglwn-oho&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29T8cxLbLIQ

find other ones on youtube

 

IAEA Press Releases

Ni hao,

 

Some of these IAEA Press Releases will deal with Iran. Find articles which will help you write your position paper and caucus outline. REMEMBER TO CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!

http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/PressReleases/index.html

 

Mr. Gibson

United Nations Information Center

http://www.unicwash.org/news/news.html

Homework Tomorrow

Sign up for "The Wire." Go to the link below and follow the instructions. It will give you daily updates of important UN related news (including Iran's nuclear program).

http://www.smartbrief.com/un_wire/

Mr. Gibson

Belize Position Paper

Rita Lin & Lynn Kuo
Belize Position Paper

Basically, every country of all over the world has problems of H1N1. H1N1 is a really hot issue all over the world now. Belize is one of the victims and H1N1 damages Belize really serious. There are some cases occurred in Belize. In fact, there are lots of business man that had been effect by the H1N1 virus in Belize and the most dangerous thing is that. They won’t have a security health check until they got back to their own country. It’s really dangerous about this.

The actual number of the victim in Belize were 23, it’s much more less than the number of America which 43,771. But, there were basically no people dying because of this Belize.

While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps - not fully highlighted in most official communications- can be practiced.
1. Frequent hand-washing
2. "Hands-off-the-face"
3. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water

MIDTERM REVIEW

Vocabulary

1. International Telegraph Union
   
2. International Olympic Committee
   
3. 14 Points
   
4. League of Nations
   
5. Paris Peace Conference
   
6. Treaty of Versailles
   
7. Russian-Polish War of 1920-1921
   
8. Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
   
9. Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty
   
10. Dumbarton Oaks Conference of 1944
    
11. Yalta Conference of 1945
    
12. "Big Three" (people)
    
13. UN Charter (What is it?)
    
14. Nuremberg Trials (1945-1949)
    
15. UN Security Council
    
16. Veto rights
    
17. Big Five (countries)
    
18. rotating ten (countries)
    
19. International Criminal Court
    
20. General Assembly
    
21. Secretary-General
    
22. World Bank
    
23. International Monetary Fund
    
24. World Health Organization
    
25. sanctions
    

    
     

• Remember to include the year that each event happens. If an event happened in 1945, please include the month.
  

People

1. Woodrow Wilson
   
2. Joseph Stalin (Big Three Soviet Union)
   
3. Adolph Hitler
   
4. Winston Churchill (Big Three – England)
   
5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Big Three USA)
   
6. Benito Mussolini
   
7. Ho Chi Minh
   

Questions of the Semester

1. Why did the League of Nations fail? What was wrong with it (four things explain how each hurt it)?
   

Why do we have the United Nations (two reasons…explain each and give examples)? What happens at the UN? HINT: Why did people create the international Telegraph Union and International Olympic Committee? One was ___________. One was in order to make ___________.