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Country Assignments
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Secretary-General: Mays Abdulaziz
Assistant Sec-General: Aziz Al-Mutawa
Assistant Sec-General: Othman Al-Othman

A very active General Assembly shows many raised placards.

Member Countries

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Individual Country Reports
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She is that space between earth and air that hovers lightly beneath the sun, and kisses the grass with the roots of her history bearing the magnificent fruit of triumph once born into the universe. Feel the chronic soothing breezes of her land sweep through your hair, tickling your sweat, as you encounter her prefecture. She is young, but an abused child of beauty, stripped of many of her rights. But she is thriving, to regain her power soon. Armenia (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book), the beautiful, the mighty, the great. Armenia, her succulent culture blossoming throughout her land. She was once apart of the stories shared by the Soviet Union, before the great divide. Gaining her freedom and national sovereignty in the year of 1991 soon brought her the burdens of envy and jealousy, from the beautiful creations that bud from her body. Yet, the ones that surround her shelter her; she still needs to rise. Prosperous and beautiful, she is. She'll raise her head high, and grin, her magnificent smile. The Republic of Armenia wishes peace between all.

Honorable chairs, fellow delegates, Australia (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book), the land of cultural diversities, the beauty of nature, and the motherland of marsupials, welcomes you all. It is the only country that has a whole continent to itself. Famed for its natural wonders and wide open spaces, encompassed by beaches and deserts, yet ironically is one of the world’s most urbanized countries, and is known for its cities’ attractions. We are gathered here today, all of us from different countries all over the world to find solutions to major problems willing to make our world a better and safer place. Terrorism is a worldwide issue that threatens every nation. Why should we wait for more attacks to happen? Why shouldn’t we prevent them from starting? We succeed in creating more destruction, more victims, and we’re not protecting our world. When will we eradicate violence? Australia asks you all to consider the resolutions we pass as the first step towards a peaceful world.

Australia shows its Sunshine Policy.

Brazil (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book)is located in Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean on one side and most South American countries on the other side. It shares borders with Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. Its total area is 8,511,965 sq. km, so it is just slightly smaller than the United States. Thank you.

O Canada! Our home and native land! These are the words Canadians (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) repeat with patriotism every day. From its northern Arctic islands to the majestic mountains of the Western Cordillera and the windswept tip of Newfoundland, Canada encompasses an area of almost 4 million square miles. It is the largest country in North America but its entire population of approximately 30 million is equivalent to that of California. Most people reside close to the US border and the vast expanse of remaining landforms one of the most extensive wilderness areas in the world.


China:
Lulwa Al-Rodaini

China (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) has always been concerned with the issue of illicit trafficking and excessive proliferation of small arms, it has also taken a serious responsible attitude toward manufacturing and transferring these arms. China attended the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, and is taking it upon itself to implement the Program of Action created at the conference. China has also been an active participant in the negotiations of the Firearms Protocol to the UN Convention Against Transitional Organized Crimes and its made several contributions to the conclusion of the Protocol, In 2001, China launched a nationwide campaign to eliminate illegal firearms and caused large amounts of illegal firearms to be confiscated and destroyed. China even hopes for the elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sara Abu Sha'ar

She (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) was once a beautiful garden blossoming with flowers of democracy, justice, and unity. Within her fertile lands were so many treasures, treasures that could make her one of the richest countries in Africa. The more the outsiders came to learn about her breathtaking qualities - her sparkling diamonds, enormous uranium deposits, and vast rainforests - the more envious of they became of her. They wanted her prosperous lands, her hidden treasures, her natural beauty and wealth. They wanted to make her theirs. So they stomped on her, abused her, and crushed her pretty flowers hoping to take over her. It was all wrong and unfair! Yet she stood strong and fought, she fought to protect her people and her children. Honorable chair, fellow delegates, and attentive audience, the Democratic Republic of the Congo would like to welcome you. Bonjour! Today, although the country is once again blossoming in peace it remains frustrated at why other nations, more specifically, African nations, must suffer from the nightmares of war, famine, and disease. Therefore, it is the goal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to work hand in hand with several other countries under the protective umbrella of the United Nations to seize these nightmares once and for all and to unlock the cages, which trap within them love and peace so that they can spread their wings, fly away, and bring joy and happiness to the world. Ahsante Sana, Thank you

Hola! Imagine your self-holding one of the world’s finest cigars while siting on a beautiful beach. That is Cuba. However, that image is slowly turning into history because of the USA. But, Cuba is not only about pleasure, it is involved in many global issues. For example, the US embargo. The USA has no right to stop trade with Cuba (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) just because it does not believe in its political system. Also, Cuba is concerned with how the US believes in detention without trial in the war on terrorism. That policy not only takes away the prisoner’s rights, it is totally contradicting to the US’s policies. We know they sell the power of life and death to the rich, and now they want to violate human rights? Who do they think they are, stopping trade and depriving humans of their rights?! We should stop countries like the USA to lead our world as they are only destroying more. Gracias!

Denmark (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) is one of the strongest supporters of the integration of women in development because, throughout its history, women have served the country a great deal and in modern day, share a balance and harmonious equilibrium with the male workforce. This is one of the greatest factors in the success of Denmark as a peaceful country, as with the rest of the Netherlands. Denmark believes that to achieve harmony in the country and consistent and positive development, both genders, and all ethnicities and citizens must be involved to bring different views, new ideas and most of all avoid all conflict and protest that would be an obstruction in the way of development. Denmark urges the UN to call a conference and set an international standard over the next ten to fifteen years for the percentage of educated women that must be integrated in development, which a country cannot go below. Denmark also urges the UN to closely examine how lack of and or proper education and average socio-economic standard of a country/region factor into this and target the specific problems that arise from these areas.


Italia: Sarah Shaheen

Honorable delegates, most distinguished chairs, As people eat our tasty pizza, enjoy our wonderful sea, as people drive our Italian (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) Ferraris and wear elegant Gucci, as people drink our fine wine, and explore our beauty other people in Africa live horribly and millions starve to death. People in Africa need people to help them fight poverty and live. That is why we all gathered here today to try to solve five main problems of the world, including the living conditions of Africa. Imagine yourself without a home, without food and water and with less than one dollar to try to live everyday. No one in the world would ever want to live that way. In this conference, we will try to help raise the economy of Africa. Italy believes that small businesses and small amounts of money can help raise the economy of Africa and help improve thousands of lives. Italy wishes that every country will help discover such a perfect resolution to help Africa. As every country should keep in mind that this issue does not only concern Italy, but concerns a big part of the world. And may God Help us all, Bless Italy and bless the world.

In the African continent, such as Mauritania, (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) where all the love and poverty meet at the same place, where the good and bad are living, and the poor are dying, where having a tough and risky job that may have you lose your life, and still can not be enough to get an old drenched pencil to write about their fears over the nights, and the hard times to be faced at the afternoons, and the hunger they would face at the mornings. The tears of adorable children turning from vague to the crimson color, the color of the fathers that are dying each day from the war they have, or maybe of the blood that isn't having the path of food or water to pass through their veins, or maybe when seeing a loved person, like their moms, die in front of them, just to give their only children the food that was given to the cow they had in the past, the cow that was giving them the milk and meat, the cow that either died from the decreasing amounts of water and food, or that was stolen by a rich person that did not receive the loans that were given from him to these poor people. What a life, ha? No shelter to prevent the heat of the burning summer, no shelter to prevent the cold days of winter, no shelter to protect them from enemies, no shelter to give them the privacy each one of us needs, no, no, no, and no would probably be a good word to be said to them at all times. May god bless Mauritania and the Mauritanians for the precious time and precious lives that are dedicated to the will of "I CAN SURVIVE!"

The United Nations is planning upon many things for this issue. Like arresting anyone who does this crime. They will immediately be sent to jail. And the convicted suspect will be allegedly held until his/her trial. And still the UN is still trying to stop this problem but simply cant. The UN is trying it’s very best to find a solution but as stated it is fast to find a solution. Many nations in the world today are detention people without a trial, which is not only unfair, but illegal. Almost all of the countries of this globe are members of the UN, and to be a member of the UN u has to abide by the rules and regulations. Because to violate a human being's rights is a crime. Mexico (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) is a peaceful nation that has no prisoners detained illegally. Being one of the world's best police departments not a single prisoner is illegal. And if Mexico could inspect every prison in the world to check the legality we would. Not one suspect, convict, or criminal would be detained and charged unfairly. And if an officer is caught doing a crime like this in Mexico he would be executed. Mexico is trying to bring peace to the world. And by that in being just to also the wrong. No one is treated badly without a cause in Mexico.

To my dear leader: My Lord you should be proud that you have named me the ambassador of North Korea (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book). We have successfully completed our mission in Pearl MUN. We turned almost every single country against the USA even their closest of allies. The resolution that we submitted passed with all of the countries voting for except for the USA and Sierra Leon. We have trashed the USA’s resolution and totally humiliated them in front of the General Assembly. We shall continue doing this if you shall allow us to stay for further conferences, so that we may do the same thing. This will eventually prove that North Korea is truly more democratic than the USA, and that we deserve to have a Nuclear Program.

Poland's (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) history has attracted many tourists over the years. They come from different countries, wanting to experience its rich past, present, and future. They listen to the brilliant music of Frederic Chopin, and are amazed by the works of Madame Marie Curie. Yet, they fail to see what is really going on, the horrible truth that is affecting everyone in this world. It wasn't there 100 years ago. That shows how shocking the problem was, is, and will continue to be. It will continue to grow, develop, and will destroy us if we don't do something about it. The problem is one that's clearly visible in almost every nation. It's the problem of the continuous increasing of arms and weaponry. Experts show that within the next couple of years, the rate will grow alarmingly. It's a major problem that has to be dealt with immediately before it's too late. Therefore, Poland calls upon the nations of this world to consider the problem of eliminating, or at least reducing and lessening the dependence on arms and weaponry.

A very pleased Poland appears happy to lobby and merge.

Honorable chair, fellow delegates: Assalam Alaikum. May peace be upon you. Humans are meant to be equal, and express their reliable ideas or concepts in any way they wish to, to help make their country a better place. Qatar is not a country of desert hot land like most people think it is a country of a wide variety of tourism, sports, and Arabian culture. It provides the best education possible to help keep its economy growing. After all, the future depends on the new generations of humans. Qatar (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) feel strongly about a very important issue that is facing the world. Africa. Qatar wants to help Africa in any way it can possibly do. If we help Africa get rid of starvation, diseases, and poor economies, we could make Africa a better place. Eventually, that will lead the world to be a better place. Qatar wishes everyone to be concerned about this issue, for it will create world peace and equality between people. That is all Qatar wants. Assalam Alaikum. May peace be upon you

The proliferation of weapons’ problem is that it could increase the outcome of crime. This is a problem in South Africa (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) as well. With more weapon supply in the community, the crime’s magnitude will increase. However, the real problem in arm trade isn’t concerning the manufacturer of the weapons. It is the suppliers of the weapons to the armed groups. Those ‘middle men’ are almost always backed up by big nations who want the armed groups to fight each other, but doesn’t want its hands dirty. South Africa is in awe by the effects of the armed conflicts. If only the weapons could not reach those armed groups, then peace will be imminent because they can’t fight each other. They will be forced to negotiate. However, because the suppliers are armed with great ‘wastas’, the trade is going on. South Africa has joined many treaties and organization that fight arms trade. They are proactive in fighting the problem.

Honorable chair, most distinguished delegates, Annyong ha shimnikka! Welcome from the Republic of Korea (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book). Our world suffers from many problems; one of the most important is improving living conditions in Africa. Africa, a continent torn by poverty, war, and famine. About 315 million people in Africa, one in two people, die because of poverty. And one in six children under five years old die every day. Why? This should be stopped! These are people, human beings. Children can no longer enjoy their childhood. They have no food and no water as 300 million African citizens do not have access to clean water. How can we, the world, let this happen? Delegates, together we must join hands in order to find a solution to this problem. Together, we should end poverty. Together, we will improve living conditions in Africa. Together, we will have a solution. Together, we will make peace. Thank you.

South Korea advocates small steps towards peace.

Of all political parties and pressure groups the Baath party, a pan-Arab socialist group founded in the 1940s by Salah al Din al Bitar and Michel Aflaq, was the most important in our glorious history. Though Syria (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) tried a temporary merger with Egypt in the United Arab Republic failed, the Egyptians caused conflict, and the union dissolved. Later, the Egyptians surrendured and signed peace with Israel. All of this conflict came to an end with the rise of our great military leader, Assad, who ruled with distinction until 2000 and who fought the Israelis to a standstill in 1973. His son, Bashar, continued as his sucessor and will guide the Syrian Arab Republic to true Arab glory.


Tanzania: Dalal Al-Jassim

Salaam Alieikum. Obviously, it seems like it has become very simple and easy thing to hold a weapon. A weapon can be different in several things, such as small or big. However both can take away the lives of a human or change his life. In order to stop the people from buying guns, they shouldn’t be produced in the first place. How is that? Countries must do a variety of checking at the house. Perhaps interviewing with the owner of the house. Also, whoever is caught holding gun without permission from the government, or is misusing it, he or she must be hanged or punished in front of the whole society so that they would learn a lesson and would take it seriously. Another way is they can teach kids at school how it is dangerous so that when they grow up, they wouldn’t think of holding or using such a thing. Instead of making movies that include misusing of the gun, they should make movies that have got a theme that is weapons are bad. That is something simple. Tunisia (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) thinks, that as long as the governments, or the people aren’t following the rules, or are crossing their limits, then nothing is going to change.


The United States: Dana Khader

Every year our school hosts a PEARMUN event. This year my PEARLMUN presentation as US Ambassador (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) was very successful. I did my best and I followed my policy all the time. It was a very god event and everyone worked really hard on it. First of all, I was the main submitter of my resolution. I and Dominican Republic merged together and lots of delegates signed our resolution. The resolution wasn’t that good because it didn’t pass. Most of the delegates didn’t vote for it because it was USA’s resolution. Some delegates told me it was good but they didn’t sign on it because it was USA’s. The only mistake I did, which I didn’t repeat a lot, I was defending USA meanwhile I was supposed to let the other countries try to prove I’m guilty. All the countries attacked me but I stood tall and I didn’t give up and I kept on defending USA and I think I did a good job. My opening speech was good enough; I attacked some countries, like Iran, but indirectly. Lots of countries attacked my speech and also offended USA in their speech, but I didn’t stay quiet. Instead I stood up and offended them back. Most of the delegates said that USA did something wrong while their country themselves did it too. Some countries even had the wrong information about their country and USA so I made their faces black with my points of reply. Thank god, it was a successful even and I enjoyed being USA even if I had defended Israel. I’m glad I went through this experience and it was worth it. Almost forgot, I met A LOT of people in this event. I really worked hard and tried my best.

Despite intense opposition, The USA argues on.

The Secretary-General's Opening Speech

Isabelle Allende once said, "How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?" Today, we are going to be the missing voice. That is exactly why we are here today, to be the voice of all the oppressed under the misery of tyranny, hunger, war, and inequality. We are not here just to talk. We are all the leaders of tomorrow, as the future lies between our hands. We are gathered here to know better about our heart-wrenching, yet promising, world. Only when we know better, can we do better.

The moment we speak a child dies of hunger in Africa, a father is slaughtered in civil instabilities, a mother is looking for her child under the remains of the destroyed house, an innocent man lies in Guantanamo Bay yearning to go home to his wife and children, and brothers in humanity are fighting each other. Every moment that passes without doing anything is another lost life and another lost chance of a better tomorrow. Only when we put all our differences aside can we reach a compromise.

No matter how weak the UN seemed, it is still only as good or bad as its members, we are the ones that can either enable it to reach up high, or burn it into ashes. It is all between our hands, it is our decision whether to make this work or not. The desire for a better tomorrow will drive us all towards making this conference a success. I stand here today having great faith in the UN, the working body, and most importantly the delegates and nations that make it up.

The path of solving of world issues can be long and hard. Yet, the best achievements in history are the fruits of hard work and devotion. It is the effort that we put into this conference that determines its success. Remember, "Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist" (Paula Gunn Allen). We ALL have to co-exist for the sake of the ones coming after us. For the sake of our only home, our world, and for the sake of the white pigeon waiting for the clear sky to fly through.

Thank you (Click here to read the Governor General's reports).

The Chairs direct the USA.

Security Council Assignments
Secretary-General Sarah Fakhral-Deen
Assistant Sec-General Fatma Alabdulkareem

The Council listens.

Permanent Members
China: Rawand Abou Chakra
France: Mishaal Karam
The Russian Federation: Radha Kura
The United Kingdom: Nezar Al-Essa
The United States: Mohamed Al-Mailem

Non-Permanent Members
Brazil: Tristan Roddick
Columbia: Fajer Al-Sabah
Denmark: Adiyadev Singh
Dominican Republic: Mahwish Mirza
German: Mariam Dashti
Ghana: Atakmul
India: Sagar Bansal
Japan: Najeeba Hayat
Qatar: Eman Al-Awadh
Ukraine: Thenyan Yagout

Germany makes an expressive speech.

China appears caught up in the argument.


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France: Mishal Karam

Highlights from the Opening Speeches

The Security Council this year was a very productive one for France (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book). There were many clauses debated and only a few very effective ones passed. The crisis aroused troubles in the SC and we moved on to only trying to solve the crisis. France spoke for or against all the clauses that were proposed and tried to only pass the most rational and most helpful to our country. France did not propose any clauses because we were waiting to see the USA’s views on all of the issues in the SC. There was a war proposed on Iran so that the SC could rid the world of this issue, and France amended the clause but it failed. If the clause had passed the crisis would have been solved long before it escalated. Most countries of the SC shared many views on world problems with France. France tried to make this SC a very productive one, and we hope that we have contributed to getting a step closer to achieving our goals.

France concentrates on writing a clause.



Japan: Najeeba Hayat

Highlights from the Opening Speeches

Honorable Chair, fellow delegates, 'koneechiwa'. The Japanese (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) take pride in their uniqueness and the uniqueness in everything Japanese. Japan is a beautiful, ancient country with a history of integrity. Japan is world-renowned for its incredible display of technological advancement and openness towards the positive and modern. It is a country of peaceful, democratic people and a peaceful, democratic government. We believe in the use of our afforded power only for peaceful purposes and not for the meaningless massacre of human beings. Saying this, countries such as Iran, who prepare to abuse power and promote fear must be peacefully convinced to halt their destructive plans so as to spread the democracy that Japan stands so strongly beside. Japan believes that everyone must be given a fair chance at reform, for Japan, too, has gone through harsh times. We believe that any country can be a successful one for success, honorable delegates, is only how high you bounce after you hit rock bottom. Sayonara

This is a quieter Japan than in most of the session.


Ukraine: Thenyan Al-Yagout

A Letter to the Ukraine President

President Yushchenko: The Ukraine's performance at pearl MUN 2006 was off the hook. I represented Ukraine (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book)very well. You were not there, but when I got up onto the stage, the GA was starting to doubt me, but after a well delivered speech, all GA delegates and the guests applauded me. Anyhow, in the SC, I joined forces with France and UK to bring up a great clause and which was voted for after a good delivered speech. Second, there was a clause in the SC by the delegate of Japan, everyone was voting for it, but when I came and spoke against it, I changed the mind of 5 permanent countries and 3 other countries (excluding me) which made a pretty good impact. Also, I embarrassed Russia and made a fool out of her because she is an enemy of Ukraine. At the end of Pearl MUN, most of delegates congratulated me for a good job, and the ADMIN staff too, and even the Chairs. The Ukraine’s name rose up high.

The Ukraine sits only slighty in the US's shadow.

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The whole Council in session.

The Governor-General's Opening Speech

Honorable guests, Worthy Chair, and esteemed delegates,

Martin Luther King Junior once said: "Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true."

No matter how hard the task may be, one must thrive and continue down the road of perseverance for that is how a problem of such magnitude, hatred, is solved. That is how the UN is able to maintain international peace and security, and that is what we are aiming for this weekend. We must take the issues at hand, debate them, and take action to solve them. As John F. Kennedy exclaimed, "There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."

We must not be silent and watch our brothers and sisters killing each other. We must not stand behind and watch our brothers and sisters starve to death. We must not stand behind and watch our brothers and sisters suffer through wars and such catastrophic events. We must be aware that, as an intelligent man once said, "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Let us guide humankind back down the right path.

We must prosper, we must speak up, we must help each other, and we must NOT ignore the crises in our world. As a wise man previously said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

The SC, honorable delegates, is the branch in the UN that is in charge of making any decisions to determine whether or not there is a threat to international peace and security. It is also in charge of solving such disputes by proposing clauses that add up to resolutions. The SC plays quite an integral role in maintaining international peace and security amid all the manmade catastrophes and natural disasters. Therefore, esteemed delegates we hope we are able to simulate the UNSC and propose solutions to the international disputes we will discuss.

Honorable delegates, we must rise for we ARE the future. We must prove ourselves worthy of living. We must stop the never-ending wars, grudges, and disputes. We must be sure to preserve the earth for our children. As an intellectual person once said, "We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children." Let us give back what we borrowed, but let us ONLY give it back after making it BETTER.

Fatema addresses the council.

Sara enjoys a laugh during a tense session.

C. Statement of the Secretary General

The Security Council during Pearl MUN 2006 flowed very smoothly from the opening speeches to the policy statements to the clauses, and finally to the crisis. The first day was quite less enthusiastic than the second. Nevertheless, there were a few delegates who were pumped up. This was due to the fact that the issue that was discussed was considered by some delegates to be insignificant; it was the issue of directing more attentions towards the Himalayan region. Nonetheless, some delegates were still very enthusiastic, which truly helped the other delegates participate. On the other hand, the second day was very much enthusiastic and exciting. Starting off with discussing the crisis, we ended up with several passed clauses on the crisis and the issue regarding Iran’s attainment of ‘nukes’. Furthermore, we were also able to successfully pass a clause regarding the issue of Cuba. Hence, all the delegates were excited about the crisis, which was closely related to the issue of Iran’s attainment of ‘nukes.’ They all wanted to debate and pass their respective clauses. Thanks to the controlled chaos of the exciting crisis, the enthusiasm during the second day never died out. As a result of this excess, but controlled, enthusiasm the delegates in the SC were able to unanimously pass a clause solving the crisis in less than one hour and fifteen minutes. Hence, there was much enthusiasm in the SC in this event, but it was nicely controlled; therefore, the SC flowed smoothly in every aspect except for a few mistakes.

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The Arab League
Secretary-General: Abdullah Al-Mdaires
Assistant Sec-General: Zaid Al-Marzouq
Assistant Sec-General: Ahmed Al-Abdulmughni

Algeria: Fatemah Boukhadour
Bahrain: Sarah Al-Muzaini
Comoros: Abdurazzaq Al-Kazemi
Israel: Dhari Al-Rasheed and Ahmed Amin
Egypt: Ahmad Al-Jouan
Iraq: Reem Al-Thekair
Jordan: Mohammed Abdul and Fahad Al-Kandary
Libya: Dr. Daniel R. Fruit
Mauritania: Farah Khajah and Basma Al-Sultan
Morocco: Anwar Al-Qadiri
Oman: Omar Al-Humeidi and Abdul Mohsen Meirza
The PLO: Mr. Thomas Robinson
Qatar: Muhammed Yusif Abdilkadir
Saudi Arabia: Sarah Al-Dukair
Somalia: Raghad Al-Khudairi and Nour Sulaiman
The Sudan: Mindaugus Lukas
The Syrian Arab Republic: Ms. Seema, Saima Faruqui, and Mariam Al-Asfoor
The UAE: Abdullah Al-Shemmery
Yemen: Mussab Al-Mutawa
KU Advisors: Amna Ibrahim and Besma Behbehani

Tiny Comoros addresses the League.

An amused Oman follows the arguments.

Excited conversation goes down the table.

Somalia makes an excited gesture.


Guests
Iran: Abdulaziz Al-Bahar
Israel: Amnah Ibraheem
The United States: Mrs. Candace Sansone

From the Governor-General's Opening Speech

Ladies and gentleman, Alsalam oo alaikom,

Welcome to Pearl MUN 2006, I am Abdullah Al-Mdaires the Secretary general of the Arab League. In every year we have a special committee and this year we choose the Arab League, because as we see that the Arab League is very essential in the world today. We will be discussing many important issues that our world faces today; these issues include Nuclear Iran, Iraq, and reforming the Arab League.

Yes we might not have vetoes in the Arab League, but we must know that the Arab League is a symbol of unity. Which it failed to achieve since it was created.

Delegates we must not forget Mohammed Al-Durra just like that, we mustn’t forget the men and women dying in Iraq daily. Also, we must not forget our most important position in the world today, which is the Issue of Iran. Now it’s our time to act, we must say we are the most important people, and not be influenced by foreign nations.

Ladies and Gentleman we are the Arab world we are a strong unity, we share the same values and culture, so let’s join views and hope to get the best from this session. Let this be the First step towards establishing the strongest Arabs ever, and remember what we used to do to westerners.

As the Secretary General (Click here to read the Governor-General's reports), I wish that we have one of the most productive committees ever today, and hope that all delegates in the league and the event accomplish what they came to do today.

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Iraq: Reem Al-Thekair

Highlights from the Opening Speeches

Honorable chair, fellow delegates. Good afternoon, welcome to the Arab League. A League where Arab countries have the opportunity to make a difference. Let’s take advantage of this opportunity. There may be some nations here today who are willing and able to help Iraq (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) with its current situation. But believes that the USA should either withdrawal from Iraq or that the USA should not interfere. However, Iraq doesn’t believe in that. Iraq believes that the truth should be told. And the truth is that the USA has taken the first biggest, most expensive and riskiest step in helping Iraq. And for them to withdraw now is not right and not going to happen. The new government of Iraq supports the USA. Iraq would like to say NO, NO and NO to going backwards and YES, YES and YES to working together to make Iraq better place, which would make the Arab World, especially, a safer, calmer heaven. So, please let us set our differences aside and work together to help Iraq and the Arab world in general. For united we stand and separated we fall. Thank you,

A very quiet Iraq.


Libya: Dr. Daniel R. Fruit


Libya starts a dress revolution.


Yemen: Ananda Prabhan

Highlights from the Opening Speeches

On the 22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book) established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]); note – previously North Yemen had become independent in November of 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)

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Ahmad and Zaid follow the debate.

Mdaires, filling in as the KSA, emphasizes a point.

Statement of the Co-Secretary and Co-Governor General

Zaid Al-Marzouq (Co-Governor-General of AL): The Arab League was not like I expected I really expected the delegates to be more skillful and enthusiastic. Nonetheless I really enjoyed the event. In the beginning the delegates were somewhat late to the event, but we started on time without them. The majority unfortunately on the first day left early leaving behind just a few delegates. With these few delegates the agenda changed and the session was in Arabic to the overwhelming majority in favor of this change. The next day we went back to English. This time most of the delegates were there, especially the serious ones. Finally I really enjoyed this event especially the Arab league.

Abdullah Al-Mdaires (Co-Secretary General of the Event): Two words could only describe how the ICC (Click here to read the Governor General's reports) forum was "Well-Organized." The ICC was efficiently ran by myself and the chief justice. At first, the judges were a bit quiet, but later on I threatned them to ask questions or I will discredit their judgements during delibration.That gave the judges an incentive to ask questions. The case was very close, the part of the presentation that won the moving side their case was the rebuttals. Overall, PEARLMUN06 was a great way to end my MUN career.

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The Emergency Situation
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Israel: Nouf Al-Fraih

Israel does not agree to the peace terms.

Versus

Iran: Abdulaziz Al-Bahar


Iran addresses the Security Council.

Highlights from the Crisis Situation

In this crises situation Click here to read the whole story) Israel made a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. In the GA, As the sole assembly to include both Iran, Israel, and the USA, which event rules explicitly prevented from direct talks, the GA featured many an indirect verbal battle regarding the developing crisis.

The SC, led by president Fatema Abdulkareem, naturally devoted a lot of its time to the crisis situation but managed to pass clauses on the Cuban embargo and the related Iranian nuclear program. The SC's solution to the crisis found Iran willing to comply to a compromise that Israel rejected.

The AL put together an alternative to the SC solution to the crisis only to have both Israel (KU's Amna Ibrahim) and the SC reject it. The AL, however, did pass clauses on Iran's nuclear program and on the raising of troops to replace the coalition forces in Iraq. The AL recognized Amna Ibrahim (KU Israel) as its own outstanding guest delegate, Abdulrazzaq Al-Kathemi (Comorros-BBS), Syria's Saima Faruqi and Maryiam Al-Asfoor (ASK alum and BBS student), Abdullah Al-Shemmery (UAS-KU) as outstanding delegates, and senior Ahmad Al-Joan (Egypt BBS) as the Best Delegate.

Did they successfully solve the Israel/Iran crisis. In the opinion of Dr. Daniel R. Fruit, no:

"As we speak, Israel may be preparing another strike, and Iran is devoting every effort to making WOMD and about to invade Iran. So no. They did, however, try, and I think they learned from this experience how tough it is to resolve differences between adversaries, like Iran and Israel and the US, who not only don’t trust one another, but refuse to even meet. In such a situation, there is, indeed, only place that they CAN talk, the UN. If nothing else, this is a reason behind the UN in the first place."

Arab League representatives try working with the SC.

A visual picture of the crisis: Israel and Iran
sitting at opposite ends of the Arab League.

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The International Criminal Court of Justice
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ICC Assignments
Secretary-General: Saoud Al-Sabah
Chief Justice Ardeshir Algooneh

Liberian Advocates
Defense
Ahmed Al-Shammari
Suliman Al-Khaled

Prosection
Mohammed Al-Haque
Joseph Tamsey

Judges Chief Justice: Ardeshir Algooneh
Judges:
Abdullah al-Ibrahim
Ascia Al-Farraj
Hamad Al-Mousa
Jiva Kalan
Joey Masri
Kasifa Khalid
Mohammed al-Roumi
Shaleen Jain
Yasmeen Dashti

GA Countries in the case
Liberia: Mohammad Smoul
Nigeria: Pujita Vijayvargiya
Sierra Leone: Nasser Aldeen Sawaf
United Kingdom: Nezar Al-Essa
United States: Dana Khader

The Co-Secretary General's Opening Speech
and the Chief Justice's Speech

1. Secretary General welcoming speech:

Honorable judges, respectable advocates, and guests, It is indeed a huge honor for myself to open this International Criminal Court case at Pearl MUN06. Once, an unharmful flower blossomed high headed in the patches of the garden. Well one day, the other roses found that this flower's beautiful petals were crushed to the ground, and the flower was burning with agony. The roses started pointing guilty gestures at each other. Each rose started accusing the other as being the perpetrator for that crime. Unfortunately, until this very day neither a single sole nor rose knew who the perpetrator was. For this reason, the ICC has been established. The ICC has been established to know if the person who is ACCUSED of being the perpetrator is guilty or innocent. Today, we will be witnessing the trial of Charles Taylor, who is alleged of being responsible of war crimes in Sierra Leone. Today, the hand of justice will guide us into the correct path. Thank you

2. Chief Justice speech:

The International Criminal Court is a criminal court (Click here to read the Governor General's reports, including the case verdict) established to offer trails to those who have perform alleged atrocities and crimes to countries. After many years and struggles, this criminal court was created with the jurisdiction to try cases of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. It is the first treaty based criminal court to be permanently established to make sure crimes do not go unpunished. The guidelines and functioning of the ICC is governed by the Rome Statute, which was enforced into action on July 1, 2002.

Cases may be referred to the ICC by one of four methods: 1. A country member of the Assembly of States Parties (ratified the Court's Statute) sends the case;
2. A country that has chosen to accept the ICC's jurisdiction sends the case;
3. The Security Council sends the case (subject to veto from the permanent five members); or
4. The three-judge panel authorizes a case initiated by the ICC Prosecutor. This case was sent by a country that has chosen to accept the ICC’s jurisdiction. This country is Sierra Leone. The case of Charles Taylor was reviewed and decided to be of worthy stature to be presented in the International Court of Justice.
Charles Taylor has been accused of the following: 1 Rape 2 Terrorism 3 Murder/ Genocide 4. Violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being of persons All of which are punishable according to the Rome Statute in the International Criminal Court if proven. Procedure: In our version of the ICC there will be only the court. In this courtroom, the moving side (the honorable advocates Mohammed and Joe) will 1st present court with an opening speech. They then will present their case with supporting evidence and facts. Included in their presentations are witnesses. During the examination of the witnesses the defending side (the honorable defense Ahmad Shimmiri and Slehman) will cross-examine the witness. After the judges examination the witness there will be a short period of time for the advocates to repute. Same goes for the Defending side; You will present a counter memorial on stating why the accused party is innocent of the accusations. After both cases are presented we will have rebuttals (closing statements) by both sides followed by a period of deliberations. After the closing speeches the Judges and I will determine the fate of the case in our deliberations. Considering that fact that this is not a trail between countries, there will be no official or unofficial bias judges and so both sides are to be heard and treated equally. The representatives of both sides will be judged solely on their presentations and evidence. The integrity of the court and its judges are will not be questionable. Today and tomorrow we will be hearing both sides of the case in an effort to determine the outcome of the case. The judges and I wish you the best of luck and thank you for your efforts and time. We realize how hard you must have worked on these cases. I assure your efforts will not be in vain with the judges.
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Liberia: Sulaiman Al-Khaled and Ahmad Al-Shammari

Highlights from the Opening Speeches

"Taylor accepted an immunity from any prosecution deal brokered by ECOWAS, the AU, UN, USA, and UK that took him into exile in Nigeria on August 2003." Baffour Ankomah The US and UN are backing the SCSL violating an agreement they themselves brokered. US War crimes: (US aided and confirmed of Taylor’s actions and approved of the war crimes so under the same accusations against Taylor for support and command can be applied to the US) (Click here to read the Ambassador's briefing book).

Liberia's Charles Taylor's Defense team.

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Wrapping Up and Running the Court
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Half of the whole panel of judges.

An attorney's view of the court.

The Governor-General and Iran share a lighter moment.

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The Awards Ceremony
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The Awards Ceremony recognized the following individuals for their performances.

Award Winners

General Assembly Resolutions
1. Liberia/Nigera ACA-B/FAIPS Mohammad Smoul
2. China/N Korea BBS/BBS Lulu Al-Rodaini
3. USA/Dom Rep BBS/Atakmul Dana Khader (failed)
4. Cambodia/Norway Atakmul /Atakamul Ahmed Hadi
5. Cuba/Iran BBS/ASK Yusef Khalaf


Not chosen for debate
6. Algeria/??? BSK/BSK Tala Cheik
7. Armenia/Spain BBS/FAIPS Noor Al-Fayez
8. Estonia/Georgia BSK/ACA Girls Ghada Habib
9 Albania/Bulgaria ACA G/ ACA G Nourhan Abdullah


Click here here to read all the resolutions.

General Assembly Awards
1. Israel Best Delegate BBS Alum/KU Nouf Al-Fraih
2. Iraq Outstanding Delgate UAS Fares Al-Fares
3. Iran next Osama Bin Laden ASK Abdullah Al-Sabah
4. Canada most humorous: BBS Hamad Al-Sager
5. Jordan Most enthusiasic ACA Ala'a Al-Homaizi
6. Liberia Next Kofi Anon ACA-B Mohammad Smoul
7. Nigeria Mostpeaceful FAIPS Pujita Vijayvargiya

Jordan showing her enthusiam.

Iraq and GA Vice-President.

The Arab League
1. Egypt Best Delegate BBS Ahmad Al-Joan
2. UAE Outstanding Delegate KU Abdullah Al-Shemmery
3. Syria Outstanding Delegates ASK Alum/BBS Saima Faruqui/Mariam Asfour
4. Comoros Most Colorful Delegate BBS Abdulrazzaq Al-Kazemi

Egypt dominating the Arab League debate.

The International Criminal Court
1. best advocate AIS Joseph Tamsey

Security Council
1. China Best AIS Tristan Roddick
2. USA Outstanding BBS Mohammad Al-Mailem
3. Japan Most Active BBS Najeeba Hayat
4. Iran Best guest delegate BBS Abdulaziz Bahar


China concentrates on its next speech.

SCHOOL RANKINGS
1 BBS 50
2 AIS 22
3 ACA 19
4 BSK 12
5 Atakamul 10
6 KU 7
7 FAIPS 6
7 ASK 6*
9 UAS 4*
* Only a few students attended from each school. If the ranking was per person, they'd rank much higher.

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