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Sample Drafting Skills Test. You work in the field of political, peace, security and humanitarian affairs for the Large International.
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You work in the field of political, peace, security and humanitarian affairs for the Large International Organization (LIO). The director of your office, Mr. Smith, travels to various regions and nations to engage with both local LIO missions and national leadership. Mr. Smith is planning to visit the country of Hopelandia in the next few days, and he has asked you to identify the main developments and draw relevant conclusions regarding the current political, peace, security and humanitarian situation there. Today’s date is 22 March. Using the news reports from January to March 2017, which you obtained from reliable sources, write a briefing note of no more than 400 words. Do not provide any background information in your briefing note. Use the following paragraph headings and follow the suggested word limits:
1 3 March : Hostages offered in exchange for the release of General Sanders. 20 March: International pressure mounts on President Jones to resolve the hostage situation. Humanitarian 10 January : 100,000 Hopelandians displaced due to flooding. 15 January : Leading aid agency: “We are in great need of basic provisions” 22 January: Freeland and Westlandia each will accept 50,000 grateful refugees. 13 February: “Food production down 10 per cent in 2016 ” according to government report. 15 March : “Food prices rapidly going up” warns local newspaper.
Political President Jones announced his intention to run for a third term just days after narrowly surviving an impeachment vote. The High Court Judge who condemned the president’s decision as unconstitutional was placed under house arrest by the Army. LIO has criticized this as a threat to the independence of the judiciary. Although there are no reports that the president ordered this action, he does not seem to be in a hurry to order the Army to lift the house arrest. Peace Due to the conflict between the Hammur and the Jingar ethnic groups in Hopelandia, ROP recently offered to send 10,000 peacekeepers to help establish peace. In response, President Jones has set increasingly stringent conditions for the deployment of the ROP peacekeepers. The president appears to be impatient as ROP and LIO jointly review his conditions, yet he risks impeding the process further by imposing even more stringent conditions on the deployment. While the ROP and LIO are currently repeating the process, the obvious danger is that the president could announce further conditions or even reject ROP’s offer entirely. A bad deal might be better than no deal in this instance. Security Shortly after the start of the trial of rebel army leader General Sanders, his soldiers took 10 international tourists hostage in an attempt to negotiate his release. President Jones is under international pressure to take action, but it is unclear how he will respond. On the one hand, the president is generally reluctant to bow to international pressure, but, on the other hand, he sometimes acts impatiently. We can expect developments any time soon. Humanitarian In January, flooding caused the internal displacement of massive numbers of Hopelandians and basic provisions are in very short supply. 50,000 of those displaced have been taken in as refugees by the neighbouring countries of Freeland and Westlandia. The recent flooding comes when it has just been announced that food production in Hopelandia fell by 10 per cent in 2016 and while food prices have soared. There is a clear danger that starvation may result. Conclusion The key concerns of LIO should be to encourage the Hopelandia government to allow ROP peacekeepers into the country under the best possible conditions, to make sure that food is delivered safely in the most affected areas and to ensure that access to drinking water is provided in affected communities. (394 words)