Syria+&+UN+Security+Council

Emergency Meeting of the UN Security Council

[|Members of UN Security Council]

**Assessment:**

** You will take part in an emergency meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the recent events in Syria and to debate the need for actions, if any, to be taken against the government of Syria or the insurgents. The topic to be debated is whether actions of the rebel groups are acts of freedom fighters or terrorists designed to disrupt the recognized government of Syria and/or whether the acts of the Syrian government are acts of "state terrorism" against their people or a government protecting the nation. ** == ** Two students will represent the Syrian government and two students will represent the three major groups of the opposition. The remainder of the students will ** work ** in pairs to represent bordering countries of Syria as well as a select number of other countries. ** == ** Students will debate the issue from the perspective of the Syrian group or the country they represent. ** ** The countries to be included are Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, France, Iran, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China, and ** Russia **. ** ** [|Period 5 Syrian Conference] ** ** [|Period 6 Syrian Conference] **



Example of Position paper (Not on this topic)

Know your rights according to the 1948 document - [|Declaration of Human Rights]

What to bring to conference

 * Position Paper(1 per student/just in case)
 * Country Fact Sheets
 * Graphic Organizers(2) Concerning Bashar Assad's Gov't & Opposition
 * Any article printouts that you feel may be helpful

Conducting Research - Know your country
Who are your neighbors? Who do you trade with?



1.Syrian Government
[|Syria uprising: Assad says Arab Spring brought chaos] [|Violence in Syria Stems from Foreign Aggression] [|UN “Peace Envoy” Lakhdar Brahimi: America’s New Point Man In Syria]

[|Dr. Assad addresses idea of opposition] [|Assad says no orders to shoot citizens] [|Syria: the foreign fighters joining the war against Bashar al-Assad] [|Defiant Syrian president accuses Gulf states of funding rebels]

Slide show - [|Growing jihadi presence in Syria 'alarming,' U.N. investigator says]

[[file:Research for Syrian Rebel Groups.docx]]
[|Syrian rebels move headquarters from Turkey into Syria] [|Syria: the foreign fighters joining the war against Bashar al-Assad] [|Syrian National Council - About SNC] [|National Coordination Committee (NCC Opposition to Assad)] [|Free Syrian Army (FSA)]
 * SNC**
 * NCC**
 * FSA**

3.Israel
[|Israel stages largest snap exercise in years] ==[|Iran plans military exercises in preparation for Israeli strike on nuclear facilities]== [|BBC Profile- Israel] [|US & Israel Stirring up unrest]

4.Iran


** [|Iran Ships Arms to Syria via Iraq] ** ** [|Iran plans military exercises in preparation for Israeli strike on nuclear facilities] **

[|US Secretly Backing Regime Change] [|Syria: indiscriminate attacks kill, terrorise and displace civilians] [|As Chaos Grows in Syria, Worries Grow on the Sidelines]

[|Iranian president's final address to UN]

5.IRAQ
[|BBC- Iraq] [|Religious Uprisings]

6.Jordan
[|BBC Profile - Jordan] [|Syria crisis: Refugees' voices at Jordan's Zaatari camp]

7.Lebanon
[|Border Relations w/Syria] [|Lebanon holds ship 'carrying weapons for Syria rebels']

8.Turkey
[|BBC Profile] [|Turkey does not see Syria war in sectarian terms] [|Turkey imposes sanctions on Syria]

9.Saudi Arabia
[|BBC Profile Saudi Arabia] [|Syria crisis: US urges Saudis to support diplomacy to end bloodshed]

10. Egypt
[|BBC - Egypt] [|Arab Uprising Country by Country - Egypt] [| Egypt trying to persuade Iran to drop Assad]

11.China


[|BBC Link China] [|China on Syria] [|Why China, Russia won't condemn Syrian regime]

[[file:MUN-France.docx]]
[|BBC link- France] [|The uneasy relationship between France and Syria.]

13.Russia
[|BBC Link -Russia] [|Russians on Syrian Civil War] [|Assa meets Russian Ambassador] [|Russia to block sanctions]

14.UK
[|Hague on Options for Syria] [|Hague on Arab Plan- Syria] [|Hague visits refugees in Jordan] [|UK urges Russia to pressure Syria]

= GREAT LINKS FOR ALL = [|Syrians under 'indiscriminate' attack - MANY GREAT LINKS]

[|Syrian crisis fuels already volatile relations in Middle East]

==**[|Syria's key to real change] - Written by Rami G. Khouri - editor-at-large of Beirut based Daily Star newspaper, & director of Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs at the American University of Beirut excellent insight**==

[|Brahimi has 'no illusions' about 'toughest yet' Syria mission]

Annan's six-point peace plan 1. **Syrian-led political process to address the aspirations and concerns of the Syrian people ** 2. ** UN-supervised cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties to protect civilians ** 3. ** All parties to ensure provision of humanitarian assistance to all areas affected by the fighting, and implement a daily two-hour humanitarian pause ** 4. ** Authorities to intensify the pace and scale of release of arbitrarily detained persons ** 5. ** Authorities to ensure freedom of movement throughout the country for journalists ** 6. ** Authorities to respect freedom of association and the right to demonstrate peacefully []

Hot Off the Press [|UN Calling Syrian Conflict - Civil War] [|Pres. Obama - UN Address Sept 25, 2012](link removed) [|Pres. Obama UN Address Sept25,2012 Full Version] [|States backing Syria rebels 'aid terror' - Walid Muallem] 10/1 [|Syria conflict: Deadly blasts rip through Aleppo square] 10/3