Vanderbilt Model UN Weekly Briefing
For 02/02/2010-02/08/2010
Written on 02/08/2010 at 7:30 pm
- Iran: Iran’s President Moves Ahead on Uranium Processing
- Scientists will begi enriching uranium in order to power a medical reactor
- Just days ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad proclaimed that Iran might accept a Western exchange of its uranium for medial-reactor fuel that cannot be recognized
- Even if Iran successfully produces the enriched uranium, it would have to manifacture it into specialized fuel rods for the reactor (which would take years)
- The West is now considering placing even stronger options on Iran
- Sri Lanka: Defeated Candidate in the Previous Election Arrested
- Gen. Fonseka had contested the results and threatened to challenge them
- The charges against him relate to the “violation” of rules preventing the discussion of political matters while being a member of the military
- The General has also been accused of divulging sensitive information to the public and of plotting both a coup and an assassination of the president
- Europe: France and Russia in warship deal
- France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced warship, and is considering sending three others as well
- Deal would increase Russia’s capacity to launch amphibious (suited for both land and water) offensives
- Ex-Soviet states are alarmed, as this is the first deal of this sort between Russia and a Nato member
- Ukraine: Pro-Moscow Yanukovych likely to win Ukranian Election
- Yanukovych obtained a 3.2% lead over rival, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
- Results represent a comeback from Yanukovych’s defeat by the 2004 “Orange Revolution”
- This represents the pro-Western Orange Revolution’s failure to deliver on their promises
- Sudan: ICC Rejects Charges against Darfur Rebel
- First Darfur war crimes suspect to face international judges has had the charges against him dropped
- Bahar Idriss Abu Garda was accused of planning the killing of 12 AU peacekeepers
- He has always denied being a part of the attacks on the peacekeepers
- Australia: Australia Tightens Migrant Rules
- The country will begin to focus immigration policy on skills
- They will abolish the current list of 106 skills in demand and review a points test used to assess migrants
- New policy will focus on health workers, as well as workers in engineering and mining
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