Research Resources

1. Agenda Background Guides

2. General Online Resources

3. Textbook suggestion: The Model Arab League Manual

4. Arab League Multilateral Treaties

5. Country-Specific Resources

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.

General Online Resources

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.

Arab League Multilateral Treaties

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)

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

Political Declaration on the Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace

Political Declaration on Strengthening Cooperation between the United Nations and Regional and Subregional Organizations

Doha Declaration on Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Country-Specific Resources

PLEASE NOTE:

1) For documents in .pdf format you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader – DOWNLOAD HERE. Documents in .dot format can be opened in Microsoft Word.
2) The National Council does not endorse any external sources listed on this Web site, and is not responsible for their content. These links are provided only as a starting point for students researching for Model Arab League.