Historical Security Council

Topic: Warsaw Pact Operation in 1968

On the 20th of August, 1968, armed forces of the countries of the Warsaw pact crossed the borders into the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic which, over the following weeks, caused the end of a period known as the Prague Spring.This prompted the delegates of Canada, Denmark, France, Paraguay, the UK and the USA to issue a letter to the President of the Security Council resulting in the 1441st meeting of the UN Security Council.

Delegates will undertake the challenging task of resolving this geopolitical crisis with scattered and conflicting pieces of information.

Country matrix:

USA, UK, People’s Republic of China, France, USSR, Algeria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Paraguay, Senegal, Hungary, Czechoslovakia (observer), Bulgaria (observer)