International Law

  A well-developed introductory paragraph should provide an overview of the scope and purpose of the paper. Following this should be a brief relevant country profile (no more than 1-1.5 pages) that offers information on the following items: the most relevant political, economic and demographic characteristics; the primary allies, adversaries, trading partners, etc. paying particular attention to the other member states participating in the UNGA sessions (see chart above) membership in global or regional international governmental organizations (IGOs), for example, the World Trade Organization (WTO), African Union (AU), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), European Union (EU), League of Arab States (ARAB LEAGUE), Organization of American States (OAS), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), etc. The majority of the paper should focus on the countrys positions regarding the core issues for the UNGA sessions as determined in class. The paper ultimately should answer the following questions using research related to the UNGA and the agenda issues. 4 What does your country identify as the most important aspects or problems related to the issues? What are your countrys proposed solutions or goals regarding the issues given the problems identified? What other countries do you expect to be your negotiation partners? That is, what countries will share your countrys goals? What countries do you expect to be more adversarial during negotiations, and why? A concluding paragraph should provide a clear and definitive final statement about the countrys position and goals on the issues. A complete bibliography of all sources used not just those with in-text citations needs to be attached to the paper. The Chicago Manual of Style should be used for all paper and citation formatting (see library website and contact a librarian or me for help). 1. There should be a minimum of 8 sources used. 2. At least 3 primary sources such as government or international documents, speeches, etc., 3. Secondary sources such as scholarly/peer reviewed material. 4. Unacceptable sources such as any generative AI, Wikipedia, History.com and social media should not be used.