The State of the World

So..i'm at the UBC Model United Nations at the moment, going through a roll call in the UN Security Council...It's actually not as nerdy as it sounds...today is the penultimate day of the conference and so far, we have attempted to solve the crisis in Darfur by passing two resolutions - one on the creation of a UN Mission in Chad (sponsored and written by your's truly - the honorable delegate from France) and one on the holding of a peace summit b/w the AU, Govt of Natl Unity, all rebel groups and the UN. We are currently in a state of crisis - with 7 NATO members having been attacked by female child soldiers, most of whom have a connection with the middle east...

this delegate of France, along with other fellow NATO members on the UNSC has been trying (in vain...rite now) to get NATO to invoke article 5..perhaps, our countries are being too belligerent...perhaps they need to, seeing that the attack on the French ship in the Malaccan Straits has caused global panic on the attack's impact on the global economy...

So what is the state of the world? assuming that the countries on the UNSC have been adequately following their respective foreign policies (which France believes has been done, except by 2 veto members - at times), the countries of the world are willing and desirous to work together to find a solution to the conflicts at hand...although solutions to humanitarian problems are a necessity for most countries on the UNSC, economic interests will not be endangered by any country...having said that, if resolutions are worded in a way that puts pressure on a country to alleviate humanitarian problems and does not hinder or decrease the economic interests of a country, nation-states will pass the resolution with pleasure and those with interests will abstain from taking a side..

blocs still exist and western nations are more keen to utilize them than their eastern counterparts...which, at least over the weekend, caused great consternation when this delegate and others went to the North Atlantic Council for an extended period of time. Countries such as China and Russia are still wary of the Western bloc's intentions, and the Western bloc is worried about those two countries' commitment to global security.

The world..it seems...especially from this simulation of the United Nations...is willing to come together during situations that do or will have an impact on the entire world. Many, if not most, countries still have doubts about the commitment of 'the other side', but are willing to test the waters and, if warm, to jump in. Yes, conflicts are occuring around the globe and many of them negatively affect our world, but it is time that attention is directed away from these conflicts, towards the coming together of powerful nations...


to this point, most of the attention that we devote to global issues has been negative...it is now time to look at the positivity abounding on the global stage.

that's it for now...ciao, adios, au revoir...and remember...to be born again first you must die


~me


(ps...much of this was written during UBCMUN 07 - but only the first line was written during actual committee session...it was too interesting to allow my attention to wander to Selfistan)