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General Assembly The GA meeting begins April 19th
and continues on April 24 and 26 or until the session adopts a “Final
Act.” Goal
of the General Assembly Session The General Assembly provides a forum for
the presentation of policy recommendations with respect to a) insurgency; b)
terrorism; c) counterinsurgency; d) international coordination. Procedure
of the General Assembly Participant groups in the General Assembly
are charged with adopting recommendations to most effectively, efficiently, and
equitably address insurgency and terrorism.
Procedure:
Group teams have been formed representing important aspects of the
problems. The groups are: 1) Drug trafficking; 2)
Weapons trafficking; 3) Weapons of Mass Destruction; 4)
Strategy of Insurgency; 5) Strategy of Counterinsurgency; 6)
International Organizations; and 7) Ideology. The Secretary General of the Assembly
convenes the meeting. The Secretary
General calls upon the various groups to present their policy proposals to
the General Assembly, addressing the most important policy issues and policy
initiatives. Each group puts forward
concrete proposals. The proposals must
include not only objectives but also proposed activities designed to achieve
the objectives. Given that it is
assumed the activities will not be costless, the group should stipulate its
preferences for expenditures in activities in all areas covered by the group
teams. This set of preferences will be
tallied by the Secretary General. Following standard parliamentary procedure
(Robert’s Rules of Order), the Secretary General shall call for a vote on the
optimal formula for addressing future challenges. The proposal selected by
the General Assembly is considered the winning proposal. The group with the preference schedule
closest to that of the winning proposal is the winning team. Members of this team win extra credit for
their efforts. The outcome of the deliberations will be
discussed in the “debriefing session.”
In addition, questions relating to the General Assembly will be on the
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