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International Energy Forum Draft
International Energy Forum, also known as IEF, is the world's largest recurring gathering of energy ministers. It is unique in that participants not only include IEA and OPEC countries, but also key international actors such as Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa. The IEF countries account for more than 90 percent of global oil and gas supply and demand. The IEF is promoted by a permanent Secretariat based in the Diplomatic Quarter of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Asia Ministerial Energy Round Table Government of Thailand hosted the 7th Asian Ministerial Energy Round Table (AMER7) between 1 November-3 November 2017). It was co-Hosted by the United Arab Emirates. ii. Theme for AMER7 was ‘Global Energy Markets in Transition: From Vision to Action’. The 16th IEF International Energy Forum Ministerial will take place on 10-12 April in new Delhi under the theme "The Future of Global Energy Security: Transition, Technology, Trade and Investment”.[1 ]

Mission Statement
The International Energy Forum aims to provide a platform for member-states to have access to open discussion and dialogue between countries that make up the Global Energy Market. This includes producers, consumers and transit states. The goal of the forum is to create mutual understanding and also mutual awareness of the existing member-states.

History
Established in Paris in July of 1991, The International Energy Forum was created in order to stabilize the global energy market after the multiple crisis that occurred in the seventies and eighties. With the 1970's energy crisis, and the 1980's oil glut, states around the wanted more stability in such a sensitive market. The goal of the Forum was to increase global conversation in order to avoid these past crisis. The IEF wanted to bridge the gap between the International governments and also private corporations in order for the markets to be understood more clearly.

One of the most important tools that was created by the International Energy Forum was a program called the Joint Organization Data Initiative (JODI) which opened a vast network of open data that member states could use the most current oil data in producing countries in order to set the price of oil accordingly. This helped stabilize the oil price and also helped bring down the volatility that was present during these times. Six international organizations convened at the 7th International Energy Forum, held in Ridaya, and called for more transpanceny in the global oil and gas markets in order to increase stablility amoung the market.

In 2001, After departing from the 7th International Energy Forum,

What I have learned so far in Global Issues
I have learned various things so far in the class, Global Issues. I have learned various content in regards to the current global financial markets. I have also been quite up to date on current economic events that are occurring globally.

My Topic for Wiki article: International Energy Forum
I choose this article because of my interest in the future of energy. I plan on expanding this stud on wikipedia. The first thing I plan on writing about would be the general structure of the organization. This forum has a Secretary General and it consists of 72 member countries. Additionally, I will write about what the forum has accomplished in terms of international energy policy and implementation throughout the world. I will also write about the future goals the forum wishes to complete in the upcoming decade.

Bilbography:

International Energy Forum - IEF | Energy Security through Dialogue. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2018, from https://www.ief.org/

The 15th International Energy Forum Ministerial. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2018, from http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/3674.htm

International Energy Forum | Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2018, from http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/usg/statements/uncategorized/2012/03/international-energy-forum.html

Ministry of Petroleum Egypt. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2018, from http://www.petroleum.gov.eg/en/InternationalAffairs/InternationalOrganizations/IEF/Pages/default.aspx

Article Evaluation (2006-07 economic sanctions against the Palestine National Authority)

 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? My article: 2006-07 economic sanctions against the Palestine National Authority. Overall, I would say the article does a good job of giving essential background information. However, the intro before the beef of the article isn’t the most user-friendly. What I mean behind this statement is, the average user stumbling upon this article for the first time would have trouble completely understanding the content due to its high complexity language. The problem is, Middle Eastern conflict is hard to summarize due to its lengthy history.

The only viewpoint that would be underrepresented would be the Palestinian side. While the article does a good job of presenting facts, most of the credible sources are western ones, opposed to local palestinian viewpoints. Though, the article does a good job representing the effects of the economic sanctions, it did not present how the Palestinians thought about them. Having reviewed the sources, I would say that they do support what is represented in the article. However, like previously stated, most if not all of the sources are from Western media sources like the New York Times and the Guardian. These sources would be biased towards the western world and its allies. The only regional source would be the Jerusalem Post, which obviously favors Israel. Each fact is correctly referenced. While there are new developments in the overall conflict, there isn’t much more that you can add. There are no current conversations about this topic. While there are no conversations occurring on the article, the page is apart of three wikiprojects. The first one being the Wikiproject of Economics. The second one being the Wikiproject on International Relations, and the third one being the Wikiproject of Palestine. While we haven’t had the opportunity to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict in class, it is a controversial issue that has been going on for decades. This is a deep rooted conflict that many past administrations in both the US and the EU have tried to solve but at no tangible solution.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The article presented to me seemed to support neutrality. In fact, it would seemingly go against the United States and Israel after the complete article due to its conclusion. I would not edit any of the content, but I would add additional info.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?