ECOSOC committee

Committee members:

Nicola Dhima (Venezuela)
Lorenzo Heinbuch (Netherlands)

1. Promoting south-south cooperation in a globalized economy. Be sure youknow what south-south means and of any trade agreements among southern hemisphere countries. Latin American is heavily involved in this so Venezuela should be on their toes.

http://tcdc.undp.org/ This is the South-South information page, get to know it!

ilas.cass.cn/manager/jeditor/UploadFile/200775152917519.doc A document on south-south trade in globalized economy.

http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-G8/south_2658.jsp This is on China and Africa specifically, so you may want to know as we will be in Ghana.

2. Addressing the economic and social causes and effects of mass migration from less developed countries (LDCs) to more developed countries (MDCs). This is an issue for the Netherlands.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7254743.stm BBC story on immigration.

http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=10286197 Economist special report.

3. Implementing measures to encourage increased foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa.

http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/poiteiitm15.pdf A thick document but has a lot of relevant information.

http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0000883/P994-African_Social_Observatory_PilotProject_FDI.pdf perhaps a bit easier to understand and is a case study.

4. Addressing the causes and effets of the global economic crisis, with a particular emphasis on its effects upon the poor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_crisis_of_2008 The Wikipedia site...as this is such a large question you should probably start here and then focus on some point that benefits your country stance.