Provisional Agenda Background Guides
Background Guides are available to provide an introduction to the topics in the Provisional Agenda and suggest resources for further research. Model Arab League background guides are prepared by the Student Secretariat of the National University Model Arab League.
Arab League Charter
Yale Avalon Project – The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record
Al Jazeera Middle East
Middle East Policy Council
Middle East Institute
NCUSAR Publications
POMED: Weekly Wire Email Updates (Eng. or Arabic)
BBC News Country Profiles
CIA World Factbook
Middle East Research and Information Project
UN News Centre – Middle East
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Atlantic Council – Hariri Middle East Center
Brookings Institute – Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Council on Foreign Relations
Arab News
Al-Arabiya
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) Middle East
Doha Institute Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The Soufan Group
Library of Congress Country Studies
Nation Master
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Bank E-Library MENA
US Department of State: Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Bureau of African Affairs
UPenn African Studies
BBC Timeline of the Arab League
International Republican Institute MENA
Arab League Portal
Middle East Channel at Foreign Policy
Ajam Collective
Jadaliyya
POMEPS: Project on Middle East Political Science
Textbook suggestion: The Model Arab League Manual by Drs. Philip A. D’Agati and Holly Jordan >>
A guide to the program from two experienced alumni. Tips and ideas on topics including research, procedure, and maximizing the educational value of the experience.
List of Notable UN Treaties(.pdf)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (New York, 25 May 2000)(.pdf)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (18 December 1990)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (New York, 25 May 2000)(.pdf)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (6 October 1999)(.pdf)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and cultural rights (1966)(.pdf)
International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (1966)
Convention the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)
United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2003)
UN Convention on Terrorism
Chemical Weapons Convention (1997)
Landmines and Cluster Bombs
Ottawa Treaty: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (1997)
Country-Specific Resources
Algeria
Bahrain
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
UAE
YemenPLEASE NOTE:
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