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Index of 8th Grade Resolutions for May 10, 2006
Resolution |
Sponsors |
Topic |
Status |
GA May 10-01 |
Ethiopia Hixson |
Care & Adoption of World Orphans | New |
GA May 10-02 |
New Zealand |
Juvenile Justice | New |
GA May 10-03 |
Israel |
Terrorism | New |
GA May 10-04 |
China Remington Middle |
Contaminated Water | New |
GA May 10-05 |
Ukraine Hixson |
Chernobyl/ Radioactive Environments | New |
Hixson Middle
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Re: Care & Adoption of World Orphans
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ethiopia
Date: May 10, 2006
Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Whereas Article 25, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”, and
Realizing that in Ethiopia 450,000 children under the age of 5 are suffering from acute malnutrition, and
Appalled at a malnutrition rate of 16.6 percent in Northern Ethiopia, and
Worried that this rate is alarmingly above the 15 percent “serious” and “critical” rate, and
Concerned that this will lead to children perishing before they can receive medical attention and/or be adopted,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
Pattonville Heights
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Re: Juvenile Justice
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: New Zealand
Date: May 10, 2006
Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:
Whereas Article 25, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”, and
Observing that Article 5 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”, and
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Deeply concerned that in the Abt (Abtstracts) survey it was found that in a 30-day period 2,000 youth and 650 staff had been injured and 970 youth had committed 1,400 suicidal acts in juvenile facilities nationwide in the Untied States. This happens because less than a third of youth are in detention or correctional facilities that meet recommended suicide prevention measures, according to OJJDP, and
Realizing that 47 of the 50 U.S. States and DC have changed juvenile justice laws to include more transfers of youth to adult court, mandatory minimum sentences, and more incarceration, which increases the unlawful conditions. 10 percent of youth in custody are confined in adult facilities, and
Alarmed that in this decade the United States has executed 9 juvenile offenders, more than any other nation in the world, and
Worried that youth help in adult prisons and jails are five times more likely to be victims of attempted sexual attacks or rapes than those help in juvenile institutions, assaulted by staff twice as often, and assaulted with a weapon 50% more often. Youth in jails commit suicide 8 times more often than youth in juvenile detention facilities, and
Distressed that less than one third of youth are in the juvenile court system for a violent offense, andTroubled that Youth suicides in juvenile detention and correctional facilities are more than four times greater than youth suicides in the general public, and
Disturbed that more than 75% of youth incarcerated nationwide are housed in detention and corrections facilities that violate standards relating to living space. Crowding makes it difficult to provide adequate medical and mental health services, education, and recreation. It also raises tension levels and leads to increased use of isolation and restraints,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Request that member nations with a GNP per capita more than 13,000 add a 0.75% increase to their U.N. dues and that wealthy countries that are concerned about juvenile justice make a donation.
2. One third of this money will be used to create TV, radio, and Newspaper advertisements about Juvenile Justice. This will raise public awareness, creating sympathy for the children and will encourage people to change laws. Two thirds of this money will provide countries with money to help pay for juvenile rehab homes, programs, and alternatives to jail.
3. The advertisement money will be used in the United States of America and Somalia, which are the only two countries that have yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (The Convention on the Rights of the Child states different things to protect child rights). The other money will be used in 5 countries that have ratified the convention on the Rights of the Child, but have made the least amount of changes to their juvenile justice system.
4. The name of the advertising program will be called United Nations Juvenile Justice Advertisement (U.N.J.J.A.). The name of the other program will be called Juvenile Justice Assistance Program (J.J.A.P.)
5. If U.N.J.J.A. is successful in United States of America and Somalia then they in turn will start the J.J.A.P. If J.J.A.P. is successful then it will be used in other countries.
6. U.N.J.J.A. will be authorized for 5 years. If the peoples’ reception to the program has been good and they have at least protested or started to try to change their laws then the General Assembly will discuss the continuation of the program. If U.S. and Somalia has changed their laws then the program will stop in those countries and they will proceed to have the J.J.A.P. ////// J.J.A.P. will be authorized for 5 years also. If changes have been made and the countries juvenile justice programs have gotten better then the General assembly will discuss the continuation of the program for 5 more years. Once J.J.A.P. has been successful in one country then it will move to a different country.
Holman Middle
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Re: Terrorism
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Israel
Date: May 10, 2006
Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:
Whereas Article 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”, and
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Whereas Article 5 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”, and
Whereas Article 18 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion of belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”, and
Whereas Article 25, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”, and
Whereas Article 28 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.”, and
Whereas Article 30 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Nothing in this Declaration may be interrupted as implying any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.”, and
Alarmed by the number of serious international terrorist incidents that have more than tripled last year, and
Noting that 2,990 terrorist attacks were perpetuated against Israeli targets in 2005, and
Realizing that motivation among all terror groups to attack Israel remains high with the number of monthly terror alerts averaging 57, and
Concerned that it has been stated that Israel should be “wiped off the map” by Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. This program shall be called United Nations Against Terrorism Program (UNAT).
2. This program shall be in effect for 5 years starting January 1, 2007 and will be revisited in 2 ½ years for renewal and expansion.
3. Every country’s dues shall be raised by .2% and each of the top 10 richest countries shall hold an annual fund raising event for UNAT.
4. Every country shall have a police course sponsored by the UNAT program to train the police of that country.
5. Every country can take other preventive measures to insure the safety of its citizens such as background checks, border patrols, and/or other means deemed appropriate by UNAT.
6. If weapons for terrorism are purchased and sold to other countries, there would be an immediate action taken concerning imports/exports for a set period of time while being investigated.
7. No country will give safe refuge to any known terrorists.
8. No country shall have immunity from these established rules.
Remington Middle
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Re: Contamination of Water
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: China
Date: May 10, 2006
Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Whereas Article 25, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”, and
Realizing that in China more than 28% of the population has no access to clean, safe drinking water, and
Appalled presently, one in three rural inhabitants lacks access to safe drinking water, and
Concerned that over half of China’s population, about 700 million people and 11 percent of the world’s, only have access to drinking water of a quality below World Health Organization standards and,
Worried that more than 70 percent of China’s lakes and five of China’s seven largest river systems are polluted enough to be unsuitable for human contact and,
Alarmed that of the 168 million tons of solid waste that China produces annually, only 20 percent is properly disposed of.,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Request that
the Chinese government take a census of annual family income.
2. Request that
families in China with an annual income of over 10,000 pay a $20 tax per year to
raise funds for program.
Hixson Middle
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Re: Chernobyl/ Radioactive Environments
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ukraine
Date: May 10, 2006
Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Whereas Article 25, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”, and
Realizing Ukraine still deals with radioactive contamination in water and all the area around the plant, and
Concerned that this pollution causes cancer and lung dysfunction, and
Recognizing that 200 times more radiation was let out at Chernobyl than at Hiroshima, and
Alarmed that radioactive dumps for clean up and pollution, including building for a new sarcophagus for the plant is unaffordable by Ukraine, and
Observing in 1995 a study was created testing radioactivity in the air in about 83 cities, about 41 of those cities were radioactively contaminated,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Increase UN dues of countries owing more than 100,000 a year by 0.01%.
2. Institute FARE-Financial Aid for Radioactive Environments.
3. Countries may request to withdraw money from this fund by issuing a REP-Radioactive Environment Proposal, stating reasons, use, and amount of money
4. If a REP is considered a viable issue by two thirds of the General Assembly, then the money will be distributed for treatment of radioactive areas
5. After 10 years, if radioactivity is still found a threat by two thirds of the General Assembly, then FARE will continue