Committee+Issues+Research

=Collecting Committee Issues Information:=

//Use these linked pages to share information and resources about the issues ...and scroll down for questions to guide your research and resolution writing!//

 * Human Rights and Youth**: Human Rights and Youth Resolutions
 * Forced recruitment of children for combat
 * Preventing child labor in sweat shops


 * CDIS (Committee for Disarmament and International Security):** CDIS Resolutions
 * Prevention of nuclear terrorism
 * Situation on the Korean Peninsula


 * WHO (World Health Organization):** WHO Resolutions
 * Strategies for safe disposal of nuclear waste
 * Strategies for preventing pandemics


 * Environment:** Environment Resolutions
 * Responsibility of providing safe drinking water for all
 * Threat to coastal cities due to global warming

__**Questions to Guide You in your Committee Issue Research:**__

 * What is the problem? How does it affect your country?
 * What has your country done to combat the problem?
 * What are the various “sides” in the debate?
 * Which aspects of the issue are most important to your country?
 * If your country is not involved with the issue, how can it become involved?
 * How will your country shape the debate at the conference?
 * What arguments will other countries make?
 * How do the positions of other countries affect your country’s position?
 * Is there evidence or statistics that might help to back up your country’s position?

**(it is usually not possible to answer ALL of these questions but try to do the best that you can)**

 * A brief introduction to your country and its history concerning the topic and committee;
 * How the issue affects your country;
 * Your country’s policies with respect to the issue and your country’s justification for these policies;
 * Quotes from your country’s leaders about the issue;
 * Statistics to back up your country’s position on the issue;
 * Actions taken by your government with regard to the issue;
 * Conventions and resolutions that your country has signed or ratified;
 * UN actions that your country supported or opposed;
 * What your country believes should be done to address the issue;
 * What your country would like to accomplish in the committee’s resolution; and
 * How the positions of other countries affect your country’s position