Check out some of these organizations:
UN Organizations:
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
Government Organizations
OECD Report on Gender Equality (scroll down for data from different countries)
Global Gender Gap Report (from the World Economic Forum)
Some Articles:
Global Post article about China's gender gap
Ageing Asia and the Gender Gap
Asia-Pacific has the worst gender gap
Related to the Middle East, but still informative
Monday, April 28, 2014
For industrial pollution
Check out these groups: (some are UN organizations, some are government agencies, some are NGOs)
Greenpeace
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Environment Management Group (EMG - part of UNEP)
The Wilderness Society
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Friends of the Earth
Greenpeace
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Environment Management Group (EMG - part of UNEP)
The Wilderness Society
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Friends of the Earth
For organ trafficking issue
Check out COFS (Coalition for Organ Failure Solutions), especially the tab "About organ trafficking" and the two links provided.
Coalition for Organ Failure Solutions
Coalition for Organ Failure Solutions
This report by the OSCE (Office for Security and Co-operation in Europe) on organ trafficking - you'll need to download the file.
OSCE Report
OSCE Report
The website for the UNRIC (UN Regional Information Center) has a good article on it:
Either check out the WHO or this article from the Guardian (a UK paper) about its report on organ trafficking:
Guardian Article on Organ Trafficking
Guardian Article on Organ Trafficking
Here is another MUN conference from Boston, USA, that also covered this issue. They look like they have a lot of resources, too.
Human Organ Trafficking
Human Organ Trafficking
Some other organizations to check out: WHO, UNODC, UNDP, Human Rights Watch, Blue Heart Campaign, Red Cross, IHRA, or the Asian Center for Human Rights
For extraordinary rendition issue
Probably check out the Amnesty International first, since they are a very large and respected organization actively dealing with the problem:
Amnesty International
Amnesty International
You can also watch this FRONTLINE video from PBS (an American TV station) that should be pretty good:
Refer to this map from the Washington Post (a newspaper) that has a list of countries that participate(d) in the program:
Washington Post
Washington Post
This fact sheet from the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union, a human rights group that has been fighting for civil and human rights in America for decades) about extraordinary rendition:
ACLU
ACLU
An article by the Director of Human Rights Watch written for the Huffington Post (an online newspaper):
Another good article entitled "Outsourcing Torture" from the Huffinton Post:
Finally, another article about how the extraordinary rendition policy of the Bush administration has NOT been cut back by the Obama administration:
Extraordinary Rendition is Torture
Extraordinary Rendition is Torture
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Council Assignments
HRC (Chinese council)
S1
Shelley
/ Lucy
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Haiti
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Angel
/ Flora
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Ukraine
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Ivonne
/ April
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Cuba
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Michelle
/ Sandy
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Qatar
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S2
Sunny
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Canada
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Janet
/ Julia
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Poland
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Kitty
/ Amy
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Israel
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Rita
/ Gabrielle
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India
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Amy
/ Joy (S2E)
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Egypt
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Monica
/ Winnie
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Finland
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ESCAP (English)
S1
Leona
/ Angel
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The
Philippines
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Amy
/ Claire
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Thailand
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Rainy
/ Judy
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Taiwan
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S2
Synder
/ Stacy
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USA
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Cindy
/ Jennifer
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Japan
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Jenny
/ Kido (not class)
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Australia
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Lina
/ Joyce
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Singapore
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Grading for MUN Elective Class
Your Grade
· 30%
- Position Paper
· 30%
- Draft Resolution
· 40%
- Participation in class discussion, reports, and SKMUN III
There will be a workshop at the end of JUNE to teach
you how to be a delegate
2014 SKMUN III Committees and Issues
附件2
2014
SKMUN III 聖功女中第三屆中/英文模擬聯合國活動 會議議題
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(1) 中文議會
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人權委員會Human
Rights Council (HR)
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Issue 1:
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The issue of the black market in
human organ trafficking
非法器官黑市買賣問題
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Issue 2:
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The
issue of extraordinary rendition and other extra-legal arrests
非常規引渡和法外逮捕的問題
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(2) 英文會議
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A.
Security Council (SC)
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Issue 1:
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The issue of Ukraine and the
autonomy of Crimea
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Issue 2:
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The issue of political instability
and social unrest in Thailand
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B. Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
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Issue 1:
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The issue of industrial pollution
in Asia
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Issue 2:
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The issue of the gender gap in
education in Asia
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