UN Simulation Links and Information

Crisis Information

Neutral sites:

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/topic/?fa=viewTopic&topic=3000179

Wikepedia - decent (for Wikepedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict

Israeli View:

Palestinian View: 

Political Science Professor: slight Palestinian bias http://www.wpunj.edu/hmss/polisci/faculty/shalom/ss-meqa.htm .

Country Information

1. The Economist does excellent political and economic backgrounds on countries.  They also have a number of archived articles on these countries and the crises. http://www.economist.com/countries/

2. CIA gives basic facts on countries. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html Also look for crisis briefings at CIA.

3. Department of State country backgrounders http://www.state.gov/countries/  Also look for crisis briefings at state dept.

UN Security Council Information & Resolution Writing

1. http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/  Actual UN Security Council Resolutions

2. http://www.unausa.org/Page.aspx?pid=590  Model UN tips on writing pre-ambulatory and operative clauses.

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Israel  incomplete Wikepedia list of UN resolutions on Israel.