Department of Political Science — Model UN Nations
2008 FALL CONFERENCE
Conference Topics

ASU MUN  FALL 2008 High School Conference – Security Council Topics

[and selected web research sites]

I.      The Situation in Georgia

                http://www.geocities.com/shavlego/dutch_2.html

                http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/07/security_counci_15.php

II.     Republic of Chad and the Central African Republic - UN Security Council action on the Republic of Chad and the Central African Republic and how conflict in neighboring Darfur affects the two countries.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/chadcar/2008/0708chadrebels.pdf

III.    Iran

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/indxiran.htm

Historical Security Council:  1990-1991

              [including Liberian civil war and Iraq invasion of Kuwait]

ICJ cases:

·          Argentina v. Uruguay (Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay)

·        Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ahmadou Sadio Diallo)