Final topics (I don't know what in the heck happened):
ASEAN
India
China
Treaties
Export Controls
ASEAN
India
China
Treaties
Export Controls
Final topics (I don't know what in the heck happened):
ASEAN India China Treaties Export Controls
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First Ballot:
ASEAN: 15 India: 25 Africa: 7 NATO: 8 UN: 6 Malnutrition: 9 Treaties: 18 China: 21 Middle East: 13 Export Controls: 18 Africa, NATO and UN all drop (Topics 3, 4 and 5). Reminder: See the previous post for the 10 wordings. The delegates from each state will select their top 5. We will immediately drop from 10 to 7 resolutions. Then we will drop to 6 then 5, I will add which resolution gets dropped as we go along! 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. Here are the 10 topics we will begin discussing in about 4 minutes:
2015 TOPIC RESOLUTION DISCUSSIONS 8:30am 1. Asian Pacific Rim - Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or military engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 8:50am 2. India - Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement with the Republic of India. 9:10am 3. Africa – Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its official development assistance to one or more of the following: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Zimbabwe. 9:30am 4. NATO - Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its material support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 9:50am 5. International Organizations – Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its material support for one of the following: United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Population Fund, or the World Bank. 10:30am 6. Malnutrition – Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its material support of the United Nations World Food Programme initiatives. 10:50am 7. Treaties – Resolved: The United States federal government should ratify or accede to one or more international treaties. 11:10am 8. China - Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially change its foreign policy toward the People’s Republic of China. 11:30am 9. Middle East – Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security assistance towards one or more of the following: Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia. 11:50am 10. Export Controls – Resolved: 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. |
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