JN News Updates

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This page is updated after each meeting by the History Committee of the Joined Nations. Click here to find last year's news updates.

May 20th, Final Meeting

President: Term  4 

Senator: Term 3 

Random Events (from last meeting)

Awards

The Wealthiest Nation:

The Ambassador of Belarus, Orson, in third place, with 500$ for the SangMing Book Store.

The Ambassador of Sweden, Isaac, in second, with 700$ for the SangMing Book Store.

And the Ambassador of Greece, Joel in first, with 1000$ for the SangMing  Book Store.

The Rookie of the Year: 

The Ambassador of Belarus, Orson, with 300$ for the SangMIng Book Store.

The Most Improved Nation:

The Ambassador of Greece, Joel, with 300$ for the SangMIng Book Store.

The Most Outstanding Nation:

The Ambassador of  the UAE, Annie, with 400$ for the SangMIng Book Store

May 6th, 15th Meeting 

President: Term 3 

Senator: Term 2

Old Problems (from last meeting)

The ambassador of Belarus pledges to pay for all countries affected by this problem  (450 RP in total)

The ambassador of Russia refuses to solve the problem, the ambassador of Belarus pays

Paid 

Random Events (from last meeting)

a motion is raised by the USA to convert China's option into option 3 →the motion is passed problem solved

Random Events (due next meeting)

New Problems (due next meeting)

No problems!


April 22th, 14th Meeting 

President: Term 2 

Senator: Term 1 

Senate Election

The ambassadors of Russia, France, UAE, Sweden are nominated. 

The ambassadors of Russia, France, UAE are elected as senate. 

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Paid 40 RP, Presents request for aidPasses, payments below are made:

Paid

Paid 21 RP, Presents request for aid (40 RP)Passes, payments below are made:

Paid 21 RP, Presents request for aid (55 RP)Passes, payments below are made:

                Paid 80 RP, Presents request for aid (15 RP) Passes, payments below are made: 

Random Events (from last meeting)

                                                             A motion is raised to fine countries who violate these regulation 3% of its wealth passed

→the Resolution passes

Random Events (due next meeting)

New Problems (due next meeting)


April 8th, 13th Meeting 

President: Term 1 

Senator: Term 4 

Presidential Election

The ambassador of Greece and the ambassador of France is nominated.

The ambassador of Greece is elected as president. 

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Paid

Presents request for aid, passed and paid from the GWF

     Paid

Absent, problem may get worse

      Paid

Random Events (from last meeting)

Random Events (due next meeting)

New Problems (due next meeting)

 Senate elections will be  held next meeting 

March 18th, 12th Meeting 

President: Term 4 

Senator: Term 3

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Paid

Paid

Request for Aid- 18 RP

Resolution passes, payments below are made 

Paid

    Paid 

Random Events (from last meeting)

Problem solved

Gain 5TP

Problem solved


New Businesses 

The countries above can come up with a resolution next meeting, the fine may be withdrawn. 

Random Events (due next meeting)

results pending

     Gain 30RP lose 1 AP

China Sweden France Belarus Taiwan USA UAE India Greece - 10RP problem 

problem solved

Lose 30RP

Gain 30RP

New Problems (due next meeting)

A presidential election will be held at the next meeting . 

March 4th, 11th Meeting

President: Term 3

Senator: Term 2 

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Paid

Paid

Paid

Paid

Kenya was absent, problem not solved, problem escalates

Random Events (from last meeting)

Request for Aid- 18 RP

Resolution passes, payments below are made 


China pays 2 RP

40% chance of humanitarian crisis → Nothing happened

Problem solved

New Businesses 

The countries above can come up with a resolution next meeting, the fine may be withdrawn.  

Random Events (due next meeting)

Option 3→lost 14 RP in total

Gain 20 RP

results pending

results pending

New Problems (due next meeting)

February 11th, 10th meeting 

President: Term 2 

Senator: Term 1 

Senate elections

The ambassadors of Sweden, Russia and Taiwan are nominated and elected. 

Old Problems (from last meeting)

paid 


paid


paid 


Random Events (from last meeting)

    presents resolution to set environmental standards


Standards:

Fines:

Any country can bring evidence of violations before to JN to enforce fines


Motion #1 “The air pollution AQI should be below 150” change AQI to 200 

Motion #2 “The rivers should stay in the range between 7.0~8.5 (PH scale)” change into 6.0~9.0. 

Motion #3 remove all radiation standard and punishment. 


 → all motions passed. 


Voting for all amended standards

7 votes in favor, 1 vote against, 2 abstentions. 


Random event solved. 



Random Events (due next meeting)



New Problems (due next meeting)

Greece must secure at least 90 RP in aid to Turkey or face a humanitarian crisis (another 55 RP Problem) 

January 14th, 9th meeting 

President: Term1 

Senator: Term 4

Presidential elections

The ambassador of the USA and Belarus is nominated. 

The ambassador of the USA is elected to serve as president.

Old Problems (from last meeting)

paid 

India: paid

China: fully paid by the UAE

Russo-Ukrainian war negotiations

A final peace accord is signed and the terms and conditions are as listed below:

Under the following terms, Russia, Ukraine, and all allies will immediately end all hostilities.

Conditions

Russia

Ukraine + NATO

therefore this problem is solved. 

Random Events (from last meeting)

    presents request for aid asking for 35RP  → paid 7by Greece

     → disease contained, protests don't happen → pays 15R


nobody challenges  → gets 60RP


Random Events (due next meeting)


New Problems (due next meeting)




December 17th, 8th Meeting

President: Term 4

Senator: Term 3

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Resolution(no title)- Passes, negotiations will be held next meeting

Protected

Paid

Paid

Paid

Random Events (from last meeting)

Gain 55 RP

Does not spread

Paid 10 RP, problem solved

Random Events (due next meeting)

Gain 15 RP

results pending

results pending

New Businesses

New Problems (due next meeting)

Elections (new president)

Beginning of next meeting

December 3rd, 7th Meeting

President: Term 3

Senator: Term 2

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Paid

Paid

Random Events (from last meeting)

Paid 10 RP, problem solved, no gains

Gain 1 AP

Paid 30 RP, problem solved

Random Events (due next meeting)

results pending

nothing happens

Interested countries have the opportunity to submit a secret bid to Mr. Brunken (in person or via email)

results pending

New Problems (due next meeting)

November 19th, 6th Meeting

President: Term 2

Senator: Term 1

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Request for Aid (18 RP)- Pass

Paid the rest

Paid

Paid

Request for Aid (30 RP)- Does not pass

USA donates 40 RP

Resolution- Does not pass

Paid (55 RP)

Random Events (from last meeting)

 Request for aid (29 RP)-Pass

Conflict continues (20 RP problem next week)

Paid, problem solved (gain 5 TP)


Random Events (due next meeting)

safe from next problem

lose 30 RP

results pending

results pending

New Problems (due next meeting)

November 5th, 5th Meeting

President: Term 1

Senator: Term 4

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Request for Aid- Does not pass

Not solved

Request for Aid- Does not pass

Paid

Paid

Paid

Random Events (from last meeting)

paid each JN country 2 RP (22 in total), 50% chance of disease spreadsDisease spreads into region(Asia/Indian Ocean), 50% chance of spreading into neighboring regionDoesn't spread into neighboring regions

Countries affected (lose 1 AP):

pay each country 6 RP(66 in total), Request for Aid

Request for aid passes, payments below are made:

France pays the rest (36 RP)

Problem solved

Countries in the region present resolution

Taiwan receives the islands (60 RP)

Random Events (due next meeting)

safe from next problem

results pending

results pending

New Problems (due next meeting)

Elections (new senators)

October 22nd, 4th Meeting

President:  Term 4

Senator: Term 3 

Old Problems

Kenya: 65RP problem due to drought. The ambassador of Kenya presents a request for aid asking for 65RP. The request does not pass. The ambassador of the USA donates 50RP to Kenya, while Kenya pays the rest of the problem. 

Sweden, Greece, France: Sweden- 30, France, Greece- 10, due to a pipeline leakage: Sweden presents a request for aid, it does not pass. Sweden, Greece and France all paid for the problem.

China: 56RP problem due to an ongoing economic crisis (must come from foreign country), she presents a request aid asking for 56RP. The request for aid passes, the aid is distributed (donated) as listed below: 

Algeria: 35RP caused by a bird flu outbreak, paid. 

Old Random Events

India #18: drug problems → option

Presents a request for aid asking for 30RP, it passes unanimously, China donates 10, while

India pays the rest. 

Sweden #23: deforestation → option 3

Presents a request for aid asking for 30RP. The request for aid passes. The aid is distributed (donated) as listed below:

New Random Events

The UAE #11: invasive species 

China #14: Ownership of small island 

France #8: pollution 

All results pending. 

New Current Problems

Presidental Elections

The ambassadors of the USA, Belarus, Russia and UAE are nominated. 

There is a tie between the UAE and Russia. The president (USA) casts the tie-breaking vote. 

The ambassador of the UAE is elected as president.  

A senate election will be held in the next JN meeting. 

October 8th, 3rd Meeting

President:  Term 3

Senator: Term 2 

Old Problems

Brazil: 35RP problem of illegal deforestation, paid.

Taiwan: 45RP problem due to 6.8 tremor earthquake, paid.

Kenya: 34RP problem due to Ebola outbreak, paid. 

Russia: 40RP problem due to the announcement of military mobilization in Russia. 

                The ambassador of Russia presents a request for aid asking for an amount of 40RP, the request for

                aid is passed by the general assembly but is vetoed by the president. The senators of the JN

                has overridden the veto and the aid is finally passed ending with a majority vote from the general 

                assembly.  Greece, The UAE, India, Kenya and Belarus each pays 6RP and Russia pays 8RP. 

India: 50RP problem due to the ignorance of the government. Presents a request for aid asking for 50RP

              , the aid passes and Greece, The UAE, Russia, Belarus and Kenya each pays 6RP while the USA pays 

             20.

All of the problems are solved this week. 

Old Random Events

China #10: escaped mad scientist option 1

                         Receives 10RP as humanitarian reward initiates JN trial

Sweden #23: deforestation ignored. 

New Random Events

India #18: drug problems result pending.

USA #9: natural gas discovered in national park, endangered species at risk → option 3 save the fluffy

             things! solved.

The UAE #24: rigged elections not free country ignored. 

New Current Problems


September 24th, 2nd Meeting

President: Term 2

Senator: Term 1 

Old Problems (from last meeting)

Paid

India was absent, problem not solved, problem escalates

Paid

Paid

France- Paid

Sweden- Paid

Greece- Paid

Random Events (from last meeting)

New resolution- Untitled Resolution(Investment to conduct research to curb the invasive species)

JN Invests 80 RP 

Resolution passes, payments below are made 


France loses 1 AP -1 AP in total → will lose wealth

5% chance of spreading No spread

Problem solved

paid 25 RP, 50% chance of epidemic Won the gamble (No spread)

Problem solved

Random Events (due next meeting)

lost 30 RP → go into debt

results pending

results pending

New Problems (due next meeting)

September 10th, First Meeting

First, we voted for president

The ambassador of The USA, Russia, and Sweden are nominated. 

The ambassador of The USA is elected by an overwhelming majority. 

Next, we voted for 3 senates.

The ambassador of The UAE, Brazil, Taiwan, and Greece are nominated. 

The ambassador of The UAE, Taiwan, and Greece are elected as the Senate. 

Finally, we elected the history committee, the ambassador of the UAE and Taiwan was elected. 

Random Events

The ambassador of Kenya got random event #12, picks option 2, and is protected from the next problem that they encounter. 

The ambassador of France got random event #11 and chooses to decide next week.

The ambassador of Belarus got random event #2 and chooses to decide next week. 

New Problems

China has a 35RP problem, due to the continuing "Zero COVID Policy", the downhill trajectory of the economy, natural crises, housing shortages, and more. 

India has a 25RP problem, due to the widespread flooding affecting major cities caused by poor Urban planning. The 25RP is used to clean up the disaster happening.  

Russia has a 37 RP problem, as the Russo-Ukrainian conflict continues. 

Greece has a 26 RP problem, due to refugee, border dispute, and migrant problems, the 26 RP is needed for ramping up surveillance, and expanding a border wall to keep the migrants and refugees out of the country. 

The last problem will cost all EU countries (Greece, Sweden, France) 25RP, due to the lack of energy supplies.