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Good Morning Ambassadors,

First order of business - submit a draft of your resolution. (Does each article begin with an appropriate perambulatory or operative phrase?)

Second order of business - On May 9th, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (and IGO that functions as an organ of the General Assembly), released a report entitled: **Global economic crisis: implications for trade and development.**

I took the "main conclusions" summary of the report and linked it up, and added a few questions and definitions. Please read the summary with the aid of my links, and answer the four questions via email. My email is jlong@sad17.k12.me.us. This is a graded class assignment that will help you prepare for Thursday and get some ideas for the next draft of your resolution.

Click here for the report.

Third order of business - Time to prepare a second draft of your resolution - something worthy of the conference this Thursday.

Click here for reso writing help

So, the assignment for today is as follows:

Summit Preparation (Save the Date! May 21, 2:30-5:30)

1. Identify 2-3 articles from different sources within your country and determine the perspective of your nation regarding globalization vs. protectionism given the circumstances. Report out your findings. (May 14)

a) The links to the articles you researched and read, b) your summary of the sources that explains the perspective pertaining to the 2009 global financial crisis.
 * POST IN DISCUSSION OR EMAIL TO MR. LONG:

2. Develop a policy statement and/or a resolution that reflects the policy and interest of your country, and utilizes specific economic and political vocabulary. (May 19) 3. Participate in the Economic Summit using the perspective of your country. (May 21) 4. Defend your recommended policy in writing with your home country as your audience. (May 26) 5. Develop a hypothesis as an individual about the direction of the world given the crisis. (June 1)