Margarita Rondinel

Homework
Iraq crisis: UN launches new aid effort in north Iraq (BBC news)
The UN’s agency of refugees launch an operation to reach the major quantity of people
displaced by fighting in northern Iraq. Also in the same intention of help the displaced,
because the invasion of the IS, exists the idea of send goods via air, land and sea.
The first charge will be sending from Jordan, Turkey, Dubai and Iran; the threat that is on
the head of these people is enormous, more that 1.2 million Iraqis have been displaced for
the movements of the Islamic State. On Monday, the president Obama (U.S.A) informed that
the city of Mosul was recaptured by Kurdish forces with the help of US launches air strikes,
considered this strategic like a good step even the collateral damages to a building of a
humanitarian international organization, other damages include a possible flood in Mosul
and effects in Baghdad. Also in the city remains explosives of the IS.
1) This house believes that the United States military support to Iraq may be more
detrimental to the population than for the IS.
2) This house believe that is better give politic asylum to the displaced in Iraq, in
other regions, that send supplements.
Michael Brown shooting: Protests as police kill armed man (BBC news)
On Tuesday the Ferguson’s police shoot against a black man that was threat then with a knife.
This increases the protest that have took place in Ferguson days after the murder of Michel
Brown. The crime of a police who kill a disarmed boy, was also turn by the people in a racial
crime.
US Attorney General Eric Holder is going to visit Ferguson on Wednesday to meet officials
investigating the murder. But the pacific and the violent protest have grown after the police
kill a man who tried to attack the official with a white-weapon. Also the St. Louise prosecutor
said the officer who kill Brown, will be presented to the great jury, witnesses of the case
declared that Brown was disarmed and when the official give the stop sign he up his arms,
but that doesn´t inhibit the officials to shoot he six times, took him to dead.
The civilian protest on Monday night have been turn really violent, despised the present of
the troops of National Guard. The people was dispersed used tear gas and stun grenades, the
declaration of the government of the Missouri state, said that the strong response was make
to prevent more chaos and looting. Into the arrested also are people of other states of the
union.
1) This house regret the use of the National Guard to contain the protest in Ferguson
2) This House consider that the people of Fegurson over reacted turning a regular
crime into a racial crime.
Up to 30.000 Eligible for Ebola drugs
After the OMS determined that the use of experimental drugs will be permit for contain the
Ebola’s epidemic on Africa, official numbers suggests more than 1000 people have die in the
continent for this virus.
This cypher cannot be underestimate, but the uncertainly makes it difficult to predict the
volume of medicine and the experimental drugs until now the public doesn’t have
information is this have to be used for the illness people or for protect others to the contagion.
The sick people in general matters their residential normally are in rurals location, on a
statistic study from Oxford university suggests around 30.000 could be gain protection for
this experimental drugs and vaccines.
And they identified four groups most at risk, listing them in order of urgency:
 People who are infected and family members and carers in close contact with them
 Medical staff and those involved in funeral practices who have may have prolonged
exposure to the virus
 Humanitarian workers and support staff
 A contingency supply for travellers arriving in non-affected countries
Dr Oliver Brady, the lead researcher from the University of Oxford, said policy makers and
funders needed to make urgent decisions about how best to prioritise these groups. Other
groups think that the use of experimental drugs on people who doesn’t know that are infected
could result into a virus mutation.
1) This house regrets that the research and investigation for a drug and a vaccine for
the Ebola only has been taken into consideration for the risk of a pandemic.
2) This house considerer that the priority group to the experimental drugs against
Ebola have to be Humanitarian workers and support staff