Everyone, here is the finalized list of topics before we vote tomorrow to whittle down to the top 5, please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or feedback!
List of Topics at End of the Wording Committee Session 2015
1. Asian Pacific Rim: The United States federal government should
substantially increase its economic engagement with the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations.
2. India: The United States federal government should substantially increase
its economic engagement with the Republic of India.
3. Africa: The United States federal government should substantially increase
its Official Development Assistance to one or more of the following:
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Liberia, Zimbabwe.
4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: The United States federal government
should substantially reduce its military commitment to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
5. United Nations: The United States federal government should substantially
reduce its participation in one of the following: United Nations
Development Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
United Nations Population Fund, World Bank.
6. Malnutrition: The United States federal government should substantially
increase its participation in the United Nations World Food Programme.
7. Treaties: The United States federal government should ratify or accede to
one or more of the following: Convention on the Rights of the Child, Law of
the Sea Treaty, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Anti-Personnel
Mine Ban Convention, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.
8. Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially
increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s
Republic of China.
9. Middle East: The United States federal government should substantially
increase its security assistance to one or more of the following: Egypt,
Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia.
10. Export Controls: The United States federal government should
substantially strengthen its export controls on dual-use technology toward
one or more of the following: China, Israel, Russia, Taiwan.
List of Topics at End of the Wording Committee Session 2015
1. Asian Pacific Rim: The United States federal government should
substantially increase its economic engagement with the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations.
2. India: The United States federal government should substantially increase
its economic engagement with the Republic of India.
3. Africa: The United States federal government should substantially increase
its Official Development Assistance to one or more of the following:
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Liberia, Zimbabwe.
4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: The United States federal government
should substantially reduce its military commitment to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
5. United Nations: The United States federal government should substantially
reduce its participation in one of the following: United Nations
Development Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
United Nations Population Fund, World Bank.
6. Malnutrition: The United States federal government should substantially
increase its participation in the United Nations World Food Programme.
7. Treaties: The United States federal government should ratify or accede to
one or more of the following: Convention on the Rights of the Child, Law of
the Sea Treaty, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Anti-Personnel
Mine Ban Convention, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.
8. Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially
increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s
Republic of China.
9. Middle East: The United States federal government should substantially
increase its security assistance to one or more of the following: Egypt,
Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia.
10. Export Controls: The United States federal government should
substantially strengthen its export controls on dual-use technology toward
one or more of the following: China, Israel, Russia, Taiwan.