Curent Event 2

Western Sahara: Morocco threat over UN peacekeepers

Fact/opinion
Moroco is planning to pull all of their soldiers out of a UN peacekeeper mission over disputed territory.  This threat to pull the soldiers isn't really nessesary in my opinion.

Fact/opinion
Almost 1 million Moroccans protested in morocco. This shows that the people of Moroco think this is a big deal, and they feel the need to protest in order to get their way.

Fact/opion
Moroco is doing this because the UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-moon said"occupation" about the territory that Morocco Annexed. I think all of these prostestes and news around just words is a little over the top.

Causes
General Ban Ki-moon used the word "occupation" when talking about this disputed land but Moroco is very angry because they annexed the land in 1975. Mr. Ban said this when in southern Algeria, home of  160,000 ethnic Sahrawis live.

Perspectives

General Ban Ki-moon- He seems to belive Morocoo is not in control of this land which is why the Moroccan people are so upset at him. In his opinion, this territory is still up for grabs.

Moroccan Government- The government is clearly upset with Mr. Ban for what he said and plan to get some pay back by pulling troops.


Programs
The UN is the organization, but instead of preventing issues, they are causing this one.

Global/National/Local
Global- the story doesn't go into depth in what other countries outside Morocco think about this issue.

National- The article explains how mad morocco is at Mr. Ban. He just said his opinion and the whole country broke out into anger and the government threatened to pull their troops.

Local- The people of morocco are obviously very upset with this as many of them are protesting in anger.

Global/national/Local
Global- I don't think the rest of the world is very aware or upset with this dispute going on.

National- I think the Moroccan government has every right to be mad as they have annexed this land so being told they don't own it should upset the country.

Local- I can see why this could make people mad, if their government is wanting to take such actions, they are probably a little concerned at what is really going on.

Think Globally, Act Locally
If I wanted to take action and make a change on this issue I could talk to people I know to make people more aware of this news.

Vocab

1. annexed - To add to your territory.

2. withdrawing- To remove or take away.

3. occupation- To be present.




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