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**Your group has a very valuable role to play in this debate. You are representing the UN which means that you want to be sure that people are treated fairly and that the systems that are put in place for nuclear power in Vietnam meet the regulations that the UN believes are required of all countries.**

**The UN has a very healthy and valuable relationship with Vietnam and wants to keep this relationship going as Vietnam becomes more industrialized. The UN Secretary General believes that Vietnam is vital in 2011 because it is on the cusp of growing more economically and becoming a more influential country in SE Asia. But many worry that in the pursuit of growth, the Vietnamese government is willing to do anything to make growth happen as quickly as possible.**

**You have been sent to this debate as representatives of the UN and of IAEA and your job is to make sure that the debate covers the essential agreements that all countries that are currently signatories with the IAEA. Vietnam was one of the original signatories in 1957, so the country is very interested in maintaining a good relationship with the IAEA.** **This debate is crucial to what the UN wants to promote for the future. Vietnam represents a war-torn country from the past trying to build a better future within a stable government. The UN sees Vietnam as a kind of flagship for the future of smaller Asian countries developing wisely and protecting the interests of its people.**

**The accident in Japan has a lot of people worried in Vietnam that a similar nuclear disaster would be the end of all progress for Vietnam. Your group needs to address these concerns and show that indeed Vietnam has a solid plan for creating nuclear power in the future. However, you also want Vietnam to diversify its energy infrastructure by also including other types of clean energy, so your UAEA group will be trying to promote these alternatives along with safe nuclear energy.**

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 UN IAEA GROUP

// By: Dai Hyun, Hung, Jonatan, Darikha. //


 Advantage of Nuclear Power  Disadvantage of Nuclear Power 
 * Nuclear power plants reduce the greenhouse effects that it has on the earth, it doesn't produce greenhouse gas emissions since in a nuclear power plant does not need to burn any fossil fuels or coal which means that there are no carbon which is released in the air.
 * The amount of money for building up the plant cost a lot of money, but the cost to run the plant is low.
 * The nuclear waste can be stored underground.
 * Nuclear power plants cost less than electricity
 * There are now new technology so the nuclear power plant can be enhanced, and reinforced so it can withstand things for example the earthquakes, tsunami so it doesn't have enough riskiness (but this will cost a lot more money)
 * Possibility of nuclear waste disposal which takes 1000 years before being safe again.
 * High cost for building nuclear power plant but has possibility of accident
 * Anyone exposure to radiation will have a disease which goes generation by generation.
 * Nuclear powers can be also used for weapons
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Production of fuel can be damaging to environment
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">It's radioactive and potentially deadly.
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Nuclear power creates a great deal of rad waste, though low level waste is generally safe to handle but not politically palatable.

<span style="color: #ffc000; display: block; font-family: '.VnRevue'; font-size: 48pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">Solar Energy

What is Solar Energy? Solar energy is energy from the sun that is converted to electrical energy.

Pros of Solar Energy
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Solar power does not give of any pollution and you will be able to place solar power anywhere without putting harm to the environment around the solar energy
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">The production of energy used by the renewable objects (like wind turbines and wind mills) can be noisy but solar energy produces the enrgy very quietly.
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">It takes up less space than hundreds of wires and its also easier to move solar energy than it is to move wires and nuclear power plants
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Solar power can easily be planted on rooftops which is good since it does not take up much space.
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">The most positive thing about solar energy is the cost, eventhough it is very expensive to build, however it is free for the rest of the time it is put in use.

<span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: '.VnRevue'; font-size: 24pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">Poem Vietnam blooming industries growing economical Nuclear energy will help people fairly Unfortunately nuclear energy unsafe health risks affect nation Fortunately next step Vietnam promote future Finally, UN and IAEA approaches with interests and concern   <span style="color: #31859b; display: block; font-family: '.VnRevue'; font-size: 24pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">Policy Statement Greetings Chair, board, and fellow delegates. We at the UN have joined arms with the IAEA -International Atomic Energy Agency- to discuss the introduction of Nuclear Energy in Vietnam. We believe that Vietnam has a very healthy and valuable relationship between us (the UN) and we would like to extend that as Vietnam becomes more industrial and economical. With the rapid growth in the economy, nuclear energy would be a very effective way to help humanity have a fair and equal amounts of energy, which we at the UN truly believe in -equality. Although there are health and safety risks that are involved, we have an alternative with clean, safer energy source such as wind power and solar power that will also ensure energy equality amongst the population in Vietnam. We expect that this will help pursue the growth and future of Vietnam.