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What is Slovakia's size relative to the United States?
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About twice the size of New Hampshire
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Who does Slovakia share its borders with?
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Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine
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What are Slovakia's natural resoruces?
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Brown coal and lignite
Small amounts of iron ore Copper and maganese ore Salt Arable land |
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What are Slovakia's Environmental Issues?
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Air pollution from metallurgical plants presenting human health risks
Acid rain damaging forrests |
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What is Slovakia's population size?
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5,470,306 (July 2010 est.)
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What is Slovakia's growth rate?
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0.129%
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What is the percentage of ethnic groups in Slovakia?
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Slovak 85.8%
Roma 1.7% Hungarian 9.7% Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1% Other/Unspecified 1.8% |
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What is the percentage of religious groups in Slovakia?
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Roman Catholic 68.9%
Protestant 10.8% Greek Catholic 4.1% Other/Unspecified 3.2% None 13% |
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Who is the Head of State for Slovakia?
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President Ivan Gasparovic
(since 15 June 2004) |
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Who is the Head of Government for Slovakia?
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Prime Minister Iveta Radicova
(since 8 July 2010) |
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What is Slovakia's GDP?
(dollar value and per capita) |
$121.3 billion ($22,200 per capita)
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What is Slovakia's labor force by occupation?
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Agriculture 3.5%
Industry 27% Services 69.4% |
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What is Slovakia's population below the poverty line?
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21%
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What are Slovakia's major exports?
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Machinery and Electrical Equipment 35.9%
Vehicles 21% Base Metals 11.3% Chemicals and Minerals 8.1% Plastics 4.9% |
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Who are Slovakia's major trading partners?
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Germany 20.1%
Czech Republic 12.9% France 7.8% Poland 7.2% Hungary 6.3% Italy 6.1% Austria 5.8% United Kingdom 4.8% |
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What is the value of Slovakia's currency?
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Slovak Koruny (SKK)
Per U.S. dollar 0.774 |
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What are Slovakia's military branches?
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Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, Land Forces, Air Forces
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What is the Expenditures of Slovakia?
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1.87% of GDP (2.26 billion)
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What is the structure of Slovakia's Legislative branch?
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Unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic (150 seats; members elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms)
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What is the structure of Slovakia's Judiciary branch?
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Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved be the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)
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Who are Slovakia's top three political parties?
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Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD; Slovak Democratic Union-Democratic Party or SDKU-DS; Freedom and Solidarity or SaS
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Name the committees in General Assembly (and the issues they deal with)
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first committee (disarmament)
second committee (economic/financial) third committee (social/humanitarian) fourth committee (special political) fifth committee (admin/budget) sixth committee (legal) |
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What is the Function of the GA committees?
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To draft resolutions for consderation of General Assembly Plenary
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ECOSOC
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(Economic and Social Council)
Main goal is to bridge the gap between UN and specialized agencies (particularly GA) 54 members elected by GA for a 3 year term |
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ICJ
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(International Court of Justice)
Den Haag, NL 15 justices elected for 9 year terms |
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Secretatiat
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Support for the UN
Much located in Geneva, Switzerland ONLY body connected to all of UN ONLY direct offical |
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What is a specialized agency of the UN?
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agencies that:
do programs manage funds set up initatives. (must have seperate membership, income, budget, unique agenda, collect their own dues, etc.) |
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UPU
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Universal Postal Unit
oldest specialized agency |
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ITU
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International Telecommunications Union
Friend of UPU |
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ILO
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International Labor Organization
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WBG
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World Bank Group a.k.a World Bank
IBRD IDA IFC MIGA ICSID |
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IBRD
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Washington DC |
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IDA
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International Development Agency
Hard loans to countries for projects Soft loans for infrastructure |
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IFC
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International Finance Corperation
Encourage investment in developing countries, does studies |
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ICSID
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International Court for Settlement of Dispute
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IMF
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International Monetary Fund
Helps countries with currency values |
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FAO
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Food and Agriculture Organization
Headquarters is in Rome Questions genetic foods |
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UNESCO
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United Nations Education Science and Culture Organization Highly politicized 80's with apaitei in Africa.
Lost focus of what they were soupposed to be doing. US/UK pulled out. Fixed in 90's and was talking about rejoining. |
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CEDAW
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Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Does not deal with female circumcisim Enforcement left up to nations Supposed to make report to UN every 2 years |
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WHO
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World Health Organization
HIV/AIDS major program Also pandemic (malesia) Primary agency for health related issues for UN |
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ICAO
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International Civil Avaiation Organizations
International airlines (soupposed to indirectly regulate international airlines) Most airlines, other than US airlines, are government owned Manage agreements (warsaw pact) |
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IMO
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International Maritime Organization
Similar to ICAO except that it deals with shipping and sea |
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WMO
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World Meteorology Organization
World Weather |
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WIPO
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World Intellectual Property Organization
Patents Licences Copywrights Succesfully prevented china from pirating/copying DVD movies |
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WTO
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World Trade Organization (more important)
World Travel Organization |
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UNCTAD
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Created to replace GAT |
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UNDP
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United Nations Development Program
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Convention of Genocide
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1948-Created treaty of International Law
"you may not kill yours or anothers population" |
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Universial Declaration of Human Rights
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Statement of intent
Symbolic importance Countries meantioned in their constitutions |
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Refugees, Women, Children
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1950's-Refugees from WWII
women/childrens rights |
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Racial Discrimination Treaty
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1965- outlaws discrimination in your group based on race and ethnicity. NOT coincidence that cam out at paek of civil rights movement in the US
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Economic and Social Rights Convention
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US NOT go along with. communist/socialist flavor. treats priveleges as they were rights.
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What is considered Quorum in the UN?
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1/4 except in the General Assembly Plenary, which is 1/3
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Where does most of the decision making occur at the UN?
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outside the meeting rooms (hallways, lounges, etc.)
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When you raise your placcard, it is because you are either:
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1. rising to a point of order
or 2. making a motion on the floor |
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For what reasons do you rise to a point of order?
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Chair Mistake
Diplomacy Personal attack Appeal the chair Dilatory (motion out of order) |
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What are the prioritized motions?
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Suspend the meeting,
Adjournment of the meeting Adjournment of debate Closure of debate |
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What can you do with amendments?
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add/delete from draft
(EDITING MUST NOT CHANGE OVERALL MEANING OF THE DRAFT) |
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Name the 2 types of amendments
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friendly and unfriendly
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What are the 2 types of clauses?
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operative and preamblutory
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What happens when voting occurs?
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doors are locked (no one allowed in or out during voting)
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What information is included in the heading of a resolution?
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code, committee, topic, sponsers
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Civil and political rights convention
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similar rights as delinialed in US. bill of rights
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MIGA
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multilateral investment guarantee agency
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Who serves on the GA General/Executive committee?
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President of GA
All GA committee chairs 21 delegates elected on first night of NMUN |
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What is the purpose of Executive Bureau and General/Executive Committee?
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to set the agenda of the plenary sessions of the UN
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Security Council
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separate from GA; no connection except 5 new members of GA are elected annually to become SC members.
acts as screening mechanism for new members and makes reccomendations to GA |
