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“Nuclear pact not reached; S. Korea still to give North food.” Nuclar pact not reached; S. Korea still to give North food, Copyright. April 21, 2007. www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/21/koreas.nuclear.ap/index.html (April 22, 2007)

What is the issue?

The issue is that South Korea will still give 400,000 tons of rice to North Korea, even though the North Korean government had failed to shut down it’s nuclear reactor at the deadline. At first, South Korea used this as a deal for North Korea to stop it’s nuclear reactor. However, South Korea has still decided to give North Korea food. They will send the first 350,000 tons of rice in late May, while the rest of the 50,000 tons of rice will be sent by railway trains to North Korea.

They have also agreed on South Korea sending in raw materials for North Korea, in exchange for South Korea having the rights to develope mineral resources in the North.

Who is involved?

South Korea and North Korea

Who is affected and how?

The people of North Korea, because if South Korea suddenly changes their minds or North Korea decides to do more violent things with the nuclear reactor, they would not have enough food to live on and die of famine. Also, the world could be wiped out if North Korea decides to use their nuclear reactor.

What would I do if I was involved?

If I was involved, I would try the same thing as South Korea is trying, giving food or materials if North Korea gets rid of the nuclear reactor. If that was not possible and I was working in the UN, I would suggest putting sanctions on North Korea until they get rid of the item.

Citation:

“HIV spreading rapidly in Malaysia.” HIV spreading rapidly in Malaysia. Yahoo. 11th of Feburary. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070211/ap_on_he_me/malaysia_hiv;_ylt=Ao.AY7zqxzTpHlcjd64Wc8_VJRIF (12 of Febuary)

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1) What is the issue?

The issue is that HIV is spreading rapidly in Malaysia. The main cause is because of the drug users and the infected needles not being clean. They said that if this is not solved, the whole population of Malaysia might be wiped out because of this.

2) Who is involved?

The government of Malaysia, the drug users, the people of Malaysia, and the health officials in Malaysia.

3) Who is affected and how?

The government is affected because the government is supposed to help the people of Malaysia. They are taking this matter seriously, and are providing drugs that do not carry viruses in the clinic for woman and children. Also, it is predicted that if the government does not take this issue seriously, there could be 300,000 cases of HIV infection in 2015. The people of Malaysia are definatly affected as well, as they might be the next victims of HIV, one of their family members has HIV, or they have HIV themselves. The health officers are also affected as they have to take care of those who have HIV. Finially, the whole world MIGHT get affected, because it shows how fast HIV is spreading to Malaysia, so it might spread even faster in other countries.

4) What would you do if you were directly involved?

Like the government of Malaysia, I would take this issue very seriously. I would try to find those drug-sellers, and inspect if they are spreading the HIV through needles or drugs. Then that would prevent injecting HIV into people, and it could decrease the spreading of HIV later on. Also, I would try and find a way to cure these people so that HIV would be gone once and for all.