February 16, 2013

Contamination strikes Europe


             Eastern Europe has experienced a spike of hospitalized patients due to an unknown disease outbreak that was caused by water contamination of the Danube River. The Security Council of United Nations unanimously passes a resolution that asks for the discovery of a cure, suggests decontamination of the Danube River, and asks for quarantine.

            Information from the first press release indicated little knowledge of the harmful disease's cause. The press release stated four main symptoms: fever, vomiting, inflation, internal bleeding. In most cases the symptoms resulted in death. Delegates were speculating about the cause of the disease. Portugal's delegate believed that, "it was simply a natural illness or a mutation of an illness brought in across the border."

            In addition to prior knowledge, the second press release reveals the source and spread of the disease. The contamination of the Danube River sparked the disease's outbreak. Due to the river's large size and numerous boarding countries, the disease spread to Hungary, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia causing them to close borders.

The delegate from Germany discusses the contamination of the Danube River

            When the delegation for Morocco was asked how would you deal with the crisis he responded: "My first thoughts were to shut down transportation and to quarantine the the affected areas. As the end result of the crisis, the countries decided to focus on decontamination and and humanitarian aid."

            As a result, the passed resolutions is trying to combat the ongoing crisis by calling upon UN backed NGOs to help distribute medical supplies, and not limited to bottled water, water sanitation supplies and food stuffs. In conclusion the Security Council requests that WHO helps clean the Danube river.

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