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 **Are you researching an Issue or Current Affair?**

Then you are working on the final step of your conference preparation before writing your resolution. This can be one of the most difficult steps in preparation, as resources on current affairs and issues will constantly be changing. You will have to do both research into the history of this issue, as well as research into what is happening right now!

//And what about what your country thinks? How can you figure out what the position of your country might be?////Try thinking about://


 * The Ideology (beliefs) of the current Government that is in power.
 * Precedents that your country has set in the past. What has your country done in similar situations?
 * How this issue will affect your countries future.

To help each other out, I would like you to share your links with each other here. These will then help you learn about specfic issues, as well as give you ideas for where to research your issue!

=General Resources/Search Engines=

1. //__EBSCOhost Publishing__//, http://ebscohost.com/
 * A resources that many universities really encourage students to use
 * The EBSCO publishing company puts out **academic resources** and co-ordinates
 * You need a passport for this website though! Ask your IR teacher or the librarian for the Maple Leaf password

2. //__The United Nations Student Briefings/Curriculum__//, http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/cur
 * An list of briefings that have been created by the UN itself for students before they attend conferences.

2. //__BBC World News__//, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
 * Allows you to search for articles by topic or by country

3. __//United Nations Webcast//__, http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/
 * On this website you can actually watch video footage of the different organs of the United Nations and their debates!
 * On the right you will find different channels on which you can watch what is currently happening in organs such as the security council! On the bottom you can search for older sessions and meetings.

4. __//The United Nations News Centre//__, http://www.un.org/News/
 * Has the latest press releases that have been created by the UN.
 * You can use this link to also find previously released reports and documents! Try looking at the links on the bottom left and right!

5. //__The CBC, IN DEPTH: The UN__//, http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/un/index.html
 * Has a variety of different pages, on several topics, such as the Secretary Generals, intervention and other UN issues. (for example, see interventions: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/un/un_interventions.html#top)

6. //__Global Issues__//, http://www.globalissues.org/
 * On this website you will find more than a few different articles about different issues.
 * However, remember to check out the "about" tab. There you will find that all these articles were written by a single person. Of course, his bias will be a part of all of his writing!

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Politics/International-Politics.xa_1.html

=UN Membership: Palestine=

1. //__The UN: The Question of Palestine Documents Collection__//, http://unispal.un.org/unispal.nsf/udc.htm
 * A website with documents regarding the history and current developments connected to Palestinian membership.

2. //__If Americans knew: what every American needs to know about Isreal/Palestine__//, http://www.ifamericaknew.org/
 * Although a powerful source of statistics, this website has a very powerful anti-American and anti-Isreal bias.

=Environment: Carbon Tax=

1, //__The Carbon Tax Centre,__// http://www.carbontax.org/
 * A website that offers basic information about the use of carbon taxes.
 * Be careful of this website's bias! It is clearly in favour of carbon taxes.

=Human Rights: Syria=

=Security/Role of U.N in Regime Changes=