Articles in the Security Council Category
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May 2, 2010
By: Madeline Chen (Northwest SCV)
Last night, May 1st, Japan declared war on North Korea, because they threatened them with major nuclear attacks. After a crisis between North and South Korea the previous night about a poisonous substance, Japan did not cast a vote on a biological attack on South Korea.
According to Felipe Saenz, an ambassador representing Japan, “No one wanted to be involved because they were too lazy. They wanted to get it over with.” Japan did make a resolution, but nobody signed it. Felipe “doesn’t like the …
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May 1, 2010
By: Nick Guthman (Culver Palms YMCA)
Yesterday it was reported that a unidentified, poisonous, biological substance started to spread in North and South Korea. There have been 500 plus deaths already, not including North Korea because they are not willing to cooperate. North Korea is the country being blamed at the moment, and they are not happy with that so they are resisting. ” Under International Law, we don’t have to let people come into their country,” said officials of North Korea. Members of the Security Council have proposed …
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May 1, 2010
By: Abigail Mitchell (South Pasadena YMCA)
During a morning session on Friday, Security Council was discussing the topic of nuclear power. They discussed how they would use the nuclear power, and where it would be stored. Kevin Lentz, representing Russia, suggested that we simply bribe Iran. “We should bribe Iran to stop producing nuclear weapons.” Others feared that Iran would use the money for bad reasons. “If we bribed Iran, how would we know they wouldn’t use the money to buy back the nuclear weapons they sold?”
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Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Written By: Ashley Dahlen (Santa Barabara Family YMCA)
Today in the Sercuity Council meeting, they talked about many interesting things, but I will tell you about the most important things.
One important thing they talked about was Nuclear Proliferation in Iran. They talked about stopping Nuclear weapons from Iran. They also argue a lot, about either putting Iran on surveillance or how they would want to stop the spread of nuclear power.
They also asked very specific questions about everything. For instance, all the countries wanted to know how can …
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Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Written By: Juan C. Delgado (Visalia YMCA), Noah Johnson (Woodlake YMCA) from the XinHua News Agency
There’s a country that is being argued over where it should belong. The name of this country is Cyprus. This all began when Cyprus was divided into two parts: on part in Greece and another in Turkey. These two countries are arguing about which of the two deserve to keep Cyprus. The Security Council went straight on towards it and began by opening a speakers list, allowing countries to state …
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Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Written By: Audrey Heurlin (Saddleback YMCA) – Editor in Chief
Crisis of the Middle East last night, after the friendship ceremony, a crisis arose in Pakistan. This crisis was that one of their cities, Taliban, had attacked the capital of their country and had taken over; controlling all military and nuclear devices. During the meeting a representative of Taliban joined the meeting. The Secretary General, Tiffany Lam, announced that this group that claims to be in charge of the Pakistani government was not to be recognized. When …
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Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
Written By: Juan C. Delgado (Visalia YMCA), Noah Johnson (Woodlake YMCA) from the XinHua News Agency
During the second portion of the Security Council, the group decided to address the Israeli-Hamas Conflict. In June 1948, Israel was established when Egypt divided into two separate groups. One of the groups decided to form another country, which resulted in what we now know as Israel. During that time Egypt believed Israel belonged to them, which then led to disagreements. The Security Council then took about 5 minutes to discuss …
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Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
Written By: Juan C. Delgado (Visalia YMCA), Noah Johnson (Woodlake YMCA) from the XinHua News Agency
At the beginning of the Security Council, the group had a weak start but then quickly entered the main points on their topic of Piracy in Somalia. Some of their main concerns are the attacking of ships, the raising aggression, the increasing piracy, and the fact that most of the Somalia’s aid is being halted. This adversly affects the Somalians but it is necessary to limit the natural resources that the …
