Committee: Disarmament and International Security Topic: Nuclear Test Ban Country: The Republic of Sierra Leone School: High School Academy [Section A should discuss history/background of the issue] The nuclear test ban issue has been the first item on the agenda of the Conference on Disarmament since 1978 with good reason. In 1963‚ the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the USSR entered into the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT)‚ which prohibited testing in the atmosphere and underwater
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The ESSAY on topic : “Sources of WTO Law” By Julia Tkachenko The discussions of the sources of international law usually begin with a reference to Article 38 (1) of the Statute of International Court of Justice. The discussion of WTO sources shall not be an exception. It is also based on such an article‚ but is characterized in more specialistic narrow way. WTO law sources include: 1)WTO Agreements; 2)International custom; 3)The general principles of law; 4)Judical decisions (the reports
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study 3 United States - Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline INTRODUCTION On 23 January 1995‚ the United States received a request from Venezuela to hold consultations under Article XXII:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ("General Agreement")‚ Article 14.1 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ("TBT Agreement") and Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU")‚ on the rule issued by the Environmental
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An analysis of the WTO communication ABSTRACT Habermas has defined the relationship between public sphere and public opinion as “network for communicating information and points of view . . . the streams of communication are‚ in the process‚ filtered and synthesized in such a way that they coalesce into bundles of topically specified public opinions.” The report‚ based on Habermas’s theory of public sphere and public opinion‚ and with the Doha Round of trade talks as a case study‚ provides an
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Committee: Social‚ Humanitarian‚ and Cultural Committee Topic: Refugees Country: The Republic of Sri Lanka School: Mahatma Gandhi Institute Refugees have traveled the world for centuries in search of a home‚ of their human rights and of peace. Yet‚ the number has never been as high as it is today‚ particularly since the mid-1990s. 43 million of people‚ nowadays‚ are forced to run away from their homelands and find refuge elsewhere. The reasons for the rising number of refugees vary from war threats
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Model United Nations Position Paper ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Russian Federation Euro Debt Crisis The European Union’s attempt to solve the global financial crisis has resulted in turmoil of sovereign debt in Europe. There are many concerns about rising government deficits and debt levels in countries such as Greece‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Spain and Portugal. This Euro Crisis created an alarm in financial markets as countries such as Greece that are at default. The Russian Federation is
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A SAMPLE POSITION PAPER Globalization: A Transition to What? Barber‚ Benjamin R. Introduction to Jihad vs. McWorld (New York: Ballantine Books‚ 1996) Kobrin‚ Stephen J. "Back to the Future: Neomedievalism and the Postmodern Digital World Economy‚" Globalization and Governance (London: Routledge‚ 1999. After the bloody clashes between anti-globalization protesters and the police in Genoa‚ globalization is once again on the world’s agenda and it is here to stay. A dream to some and
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predicament noted above are not able to thrive in a strong academic environment because‚ as Freire states‚ they don’t know their reality. If they knew their reality‚ they would be better prepared to adjust to what they need for academic success. My position is that students that will better succeed in vocational or magnet schools. The vocational option is best suited for students that are not college bound and need to learn hands-on job skills to work right out of high school. For the nontraditional
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IT IS THE TIME FOR THE REFORM IN THE UN 1. Introduction Reform of the United Nations (UN) is a hotly debated issue nowadays in the UN. Among those so many academicians and politicians‚ maybe the loudest voice comes from Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‚ demand for reform in the structure of the UN because of the ineffectiveness of the UN on certain issues‚ including humanitarian intervention in some countries or dealing with the issues related with economic crises‚
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October 5‚ 2012/Position Paper English 10 Thesis Statement: The government should make the education more accessible to alleviate hunger. Outline: I. Hunger in the Philippines II. Cause of Hunger A. Poverty in the country B. Unemployment in the country C. Incapability in acquiring quality education III. Accessible education for all people as solution in alleviating hunger Menu for the Day: Education for All People One major problem in our world today is hunger
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