For Immediate Release
From the Desk of President of General Assembly
CIMUN Delegates,
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and the leader of Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto, was assasinated at an election rally in Rawalpindi. The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber on a motorcylcle and is believed to have killed at least 22 other people [...]
Desk of H.E. Mr. Chenkyab Dorji
Secretary-General of SAARC
SAARC Delegates at CIMUN 2007
RE: South Asian Free Trade Area
Fellow Delegates,
At the fourth annual CIMUN conference, one of your topic deals with facilitation of trade and information technology among SAARC members. The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Agreement is one of the primary documents that dictates [...]
For immediate release
Desk of President of General Assembly
CIMUN Delegates
Below is an link to an article from the International Herald Tribune that gives an nice overview of United Nation’s involvement in Myanmar since the pro-democracy movement of 1988.
For more information please click here for the article.
From the Desk of CIMUN Directors
For Immediate Release
CIMUN Delegates,
Here is a link to a good article about the crisis in Myanmar and action, or lack thereof, of major powers within the region.
Click on this link here
US security firm Blackwater banned from Iraq
RTE News (Ireland)
Monday, 17 September 2007 14:36
Link
US security contractor Blackwater has been banned from operating in Iraq, after eight civilians were killed in Baghdad yesterday.
Blackwater offers personal security to US officials working in Iraq, and is one of the better known firms involved in what critics call the privatization [...]
Putin Names Zubkov Premier, Dissolves Government
Sept. 12 (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=atwvhhHXZtGs&refer=home
Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly replaced his prime minister, naming a little-known financial regulator to the post and setting off speculation over how he intends to wield power after leaving office next year.
Putin nominated Viktor Zubkov, the head of the Russian agency that monitors money laundering, to replace [...]
Russia says Iran poses no threat
RIA Novosti (Russia)
16/ 08/ 2007
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070816/71949222.html
BISHKEK, August 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia sees no threat emanating from Iran, the “rogue state” the United States is building its missile shield in Europe against, the Russian foreign minister said Thursday.
The U.S. announced in January plans to place a radar and a host of [...]
Darfur force ‘to be all-African’
BBC
Sunday, 12 August 2007
African Union (AU) chairman Alpha Oumar Konare says enough African troops have been promised to a Sudan peacekeeping force for no outside help to be needed.
He said African countries can provide the 26,000 peacekeepers needed for the combined AU-United Nations force. The AU already has 7,000 troops in [...]
A Child’s Guide To United States Foreign Policy
July 19, 2003
AustralianPolitics.com
http://www.australianpolitics.com/news/2003/07/03-07-19.shtml
Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.
Q: But the inspectors didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That’s because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that’s why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than [...]
The Associated Press
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Available here at the International Herald Tribune
MANILA, Philippines: The U.S. dismissed suggestions that its commitment to Asia is waning. Russia said it wants to get more involved in the region. So did China, and everyone agreed that nuclear weapons should be kept out.
Wednesday was the day for intense discussions [...]