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Model United Nations Markville Secondary School

These are some examples of the types of questions that you should

be answering in your report.

• What nations or groups of people have impacted this country?

• Who are its former rulers or colonial powers?• How did it achieve independence? Under

what circumstances?• What is the relationship of boundaries to

historical, ethnic and tribal boundaries?• What are the significant military political,

economic and social events that have shaped your country’s views?

POLITICAL

• Type of government?• How does the government make decisions? • Who must adopt or decide international

resolutions and treaties?• How free are the elections in your country? • How stable is the political system?• What percent of the people are voting?• What is the historical relationship between

your country and the UN?

CULTURAL

• How quickly and by what means (birth, refuges, immigration) is your population growing?

• What are the view towards women, human rights, crime and punishment, religion?

• Explain the pattern shown by statistical indicators of education, communication, health and wealth.

• Describe the absolute land relative location of your country

• What are the major geographic features and what is their important to your country?

• How do they effect development, history, economy and infrastructure?

• Are you involved in any territorial disputes?• Describe the climate• What % of the land is arable?• What natural disasters are common? How

severe?

ECONOMIC

• What type of economic system is used?• How developed is your country? • Explain your GNP, per capita income and world

rank• What % of your country live in absolute poverty?• Does your country give or receive aid?• How evenly distributed is the wealth in your

country? • Who do you trade with? What products and

goods? • What part of the economy growing/doing well?

• What % of the national budget is spent on defense?

• Does it receive military aid? From whom?• What are your military alliances/regional

defense agencies?• What is your country’s nuclear, chemical and

biological weapons polices and potential?• What are your military capabilities? (Types of

Weapons available) • What is your country’s contribution to UN

peacekeeping?

WORLD VIEW

• What does your country see as the most important world problem?

• Who are your traditional allies and enemies?• What are your memberships in international

agencies and geo-political groups? How much influence and importance does your country place on there groups?

• What is your country’s reputation in the world? How do others view you?

SUGGESTED WEBSITES

Suggested Websites:The CIA World Factbookwww.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

On Warwww.onwar.com

The Hague International Model United Nations:www.thimun.org/research/countries/index.html

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