May 3, 2006 Resolutions

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA May 3-01	Switzerland John Burroughs	Child Soldiers and Rehabilitation	*Amended & Passed*
GA May 3-02	Venezuela, Jamaica Hixson Middle	Amazon Tropical Rainforest Ecological Effort	*Amended & Passed*
GA May 3-03	El Salvador Hoech Middle	Child labor	*Amended & Passed*
GA May 3-04	Estonia John Burroughs	Bride Burning	*Amended & Passed*
GA May 3-05	Cuba, Myanmar Hixson Middle	The Closing of Guantanamo Bay	*Amended & Defeated*
GA May 3-06	Ireland Hoech Middle	Religious Conflict	Not Debated

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 25, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born or in out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.”, and

Noting with deep concern that over hundreds of thousands of children in over 30 countries especially in Burma and Sudan are unwillingly forced into government and militia armies, and

Alarmed by the fact that Burma alone has an estimated 350,000 child soldiers, and

Deeply disturbed that these child soldiers are often forced to take part in extremely violent massacres against their own families and communities, and

Deploring that the commanders of these child soldiers often force them to the front lines or to take part in suicidal missions, and

Recognizing that those surviving child soldiers almost always have to battle serious psychological problems once they are emancipated from servitude,

1. Makes mandatory [BobDole1] the treaty of Optional Protocol more strictly in those countries with numerous children involved in armed combat;

2. Calls for the designation of 2[BobDole2] % of all UNICEF funds to be directed towards psychological rehabilitation of former child soldiers and demobilization of current child soldiers. This rehabilitation will include active drawing and painting as is currently being used around the world, counseling from experienced professionals, and other fun games and activities to direct their thoughts away from their horrible pasts;

3. These collected funds should be primarily used in the countries with the five[BobDole3] largest child soldier populations, especially in Burma, the Sierra[BobDole4] Leone, and the Darfur region of Sudan. Will[BobDole5] also add the 3 poorest countries with opposition forces but not when the government is using child rebels. Countries include Nepal, Uganda, and the Solomon Islands.

4. The commission that will enforce the Optional Protocol treaty and will head the rehabilitation and demobilization efforts will be named United Nations Institute for Children’s Rights (UNICR);

5. Requests leaders of nations in question submit a detailed report of the progress that has been made with the child soldier situation to the UNICR;

6. These requests of the many significant actions needed to be done, will go to the World Health Organization in the UN.

[BobDole1]Was previously optional.

[BobDole2]Was raised from ).75%

[BobDole3]Increased from 3 to 5.

[BobDole4]Added Sierra Leone.

[BobDole5]Added even more countries.

[BobDole6]New operative clause.

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 29 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.”, and

Realizing that more than half of the worlds estimated 10 million species of plants, animals, and insects live in the tropical rainforests. Also that on average, there are 287,500 hectares (about 710,427 acres of land) of forest per year lost in Venezuela, and

Appalled that experts estimates that we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect species every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That means 50,000 species a year, and

Concerned that massive deforestation brings with it many ugly consequences-air and water pollution, soil erosion, malaria epidemics, and the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Fewer rainforests mean less rain, less oxygen for us to breathe, and

Worried that rainforests will become even more endangered, and it will result in many worldwide calamities. If we do not act now it will not be attended to soon enough, and we will reach so far of a point in this destruction that there will be no turning back,

1. A commission will be set up to promote sustainable forestry in the Amazon rainforest. The name of this commission will be UNATREE (United Nations Amazon Tropical Rainforest Ecological Effort).

2. UNATREE will set up a program named Adopt-a-Rainforest, in which people, groups and institutions can donate money to UNATREE. When one donates money they will receive a certificate and as long as they donate money they will get an email[BobDole1] twice a year that talks about where the money is going. As well as how the money they donated it is helping out the Amazon and this outreach program for sustainable use of the Rainforest.

3. In addition to Adopt-A-Rainforest, UNATREE will set up a website which has educational information about preserving the rainforest and educating consumers and students on buying rainforest friendly products. UNATREE will also have products made in the rainforests and items such as wristbands, license plates, and assorted products promoting rainforest awareness for purchase to help raise funds.

4. Our goal for the amount of money we need to raise is $350,000 in the first year. Each year the program will set goals for fundraising.

5. The money will be distributed by UNATREE to Community Conservation Enterprises in the Amazon Rainforest. UNATREE will provide grants, ranging from $50 to $2,500 to these groups to improve the way the resources are harvested, therefore establishing an ecosystem that better protects the natural resources of the Amazon.

6. The money will also be used by UNATREE to certify products, produced by local or multinational corporations, from the Amazon that are rainforest friendly. Products that earn this certification will gain a seal of approval, which consists of a sticker that will be placed on the product. This seal ensures that the product was produced to maintain a manageable forest, protect indigenous people and provide economic opportunities in the Amazon Rainforest. Each company will be inspected throughout the year to ensure proper forestry. Also companies will voluntarily report on the progress they are making on sustainable forestry. If the company follows UNATREE guidelines then they will be granted the right to apply for the seal for their products.

7. UNATREE will advertise this program and publicize an annual Top Ten list of Forest Friends, companies and their products that follow guidelines set up by UNATREE to protect the Amazon. There will also be a Rainforest Destroyers list for the ten companies that do not use the Amazon Rainforest according to the guidelines set up by UNATREE.

8. This program will run for 5[BobDole2] years, and it will be reviewed after 3 years to fix problems that may arise. If it is deemed successful by the General Assembly, then the renewal of the program will be expanded to reach out to other rainforests worldwide.

[BobDole1]Originally it was a letter.

[BobDole2]Was changed from 10 years to 5 years.

[BobDole3]New operative clause.

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 23 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”, and

Realizing that in El Salvador 34% of the workers on sugar cane plantations are children, and

Observing that the plantation owners and the billion dollar companies know that it is going on and is illegal, and

Concerned that that they get little to no heath care and bad living conditions,

1. Requesting that proper education, up to the eighth grade level, is provided to any El Salvadorian victims that have worked as children and/or has had their rights, stated above, violated. Scholarship funds for higher education will also be made available[BobDole1] .

2. Asking for 2.5% of the general budget of UNICEF will provide funding for these schools[BobDole2] .

3. Use[BobDole3] leftover sugarcane for bio diesel and sell it to other nations. Proceeds will pay for schools and to give families a stipend.

5. The new program will be called C.L.E.P. or, Child Labor Education Program; it will help to build schools and to educate victims of child labor. C.L.E.P. will also provide the schools with teachers and various teaching materials. The education[BobDole5] provided will be available to all children regardless of status.

6. This program will run for five[BobDole6] years and then be reviewed, and if the schools helped any children then it will be continued in El Salvador and spread to five other countries that experience child labor problems, including India, China, and Thailand[BobDole7]

[BobDole1]Scholarships were added.

[BobDole2]Instead of raising dues, someone amended it to take the funds from UNICEF.

[BobDole3]New operative clause.

[BobDole4]New operative clause.

[BobDole5]It was originally intended for only former child laborers.

[BobDole6]Lowered from 15 years.

[BobDole7]Specific countries were named.

Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person

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 16 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.”, and

Alarmed that in countries such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, more than 5,000 wives are purposefully burned alive, killed, or tortured each year because their husband’s family finds their dowries insufficient, and

Deeply concerned that the in laws sometimes mutilate the woman’s body or even boil or burn her alive, and

Appalled that some of the dead women are cooked and eaten by their in laws, and

Emphasizing the fact that many of these murders are passed off as kitchen accidents, suicides or just never reported, and

Reaffirming that although dowries are outlawed under India’s 1961 Anti-Dowry Act, they are often expected in this country, and having them is rarely punished,

1. Encourage the Establishment of anti-dowry laws in any of the countries in which bride burning is reported and enforce these laws by fining and briefly imprisoning the offenders.

2. These fines, and a requested donation of $150,000 from each country that pays more than .05% of the U.N.’s total dues, will be used to start a program which will establish many safe houses to help victims, or potential victims, of bride burning or abuse. This program will be called the Organization for Dowry Abuse Relief.

3. These houses will mostly concentrate in the country that has the highest amount of dowry related abuse per 1,000 women; however, there will also be some in other countries where bride burning is common.

4. The number of houses per area will be fixed by figures of the number of women in the area, to ensure that there are neither too many nor too few houses in any given area, and that the houses are not overburdened.

5. The havens will not only provide medical help, if the victim is hurt physically, but emotional and legal help, so she can prosecute her torturers like they deserve, and try to live as normal a life as she can.

6. The houses will be staffed by qualified, trustworthy & sympathetic doctors and nurses who know how to best aid the victims physically and emotionally. Lawyers will be employed to help the women prosecute their abusers. All food will be prepared on site in a sanitary kitchen by a group of hired cooks. Maintenance will be performed by a hired custodial staff.

7. The money will also be used to publicize the brutalities of bride burning both in the areas where it is most common and in the rest of the world.

8. After five years, the General Assembly will evaluate the houses based on how many women they have served out of the estimated number of women harmed, and the total number of cases bride burning. If the havens have done relatively well, more of them will be built in other places where abuse because of a dowry amount is common, and the whole program will be renewed.

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 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, and

Whereas Article 10 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.”, and

Whereas Article 11 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.”, and

Appalled that prisoners are being subjected to water boarding, which is when suspect’s heads are forced under water to make him believe that he is drowning, and

Condemns that prisoners are exposed to loud noises and music, extreme temperatures, and beatings, and

Deplores that prisoners have starved themselves in order to get a trial and half a dozen men were kept alive by force feeding, and

Reminds the world that a total of 505 men remain in detention without charges. Only nine men have been formally charged with crimes,

1. The United States of America must bring formal charges against prisoners or release them within six months. An extension will be granted if the trial is in process[BobDole1] .

2. The United States of America will transport prisoners to alternate facilities on United States soil within six months.

3. The United States of America should follow the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in regard to all prisoners, domestic or foreign.

5. A commission will oversee the transfer of detainees and closing of Guantanamo Bay’s detention facility. This commission will be named U.N.T.A.G. (United Nations Torture and Abuse in Guantanamo). This commission will report to the General Assembly in 12[BobDole2] months.

Whereas Article 2 section one of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without any distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”, 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 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 20 section one of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”, and

Realizing that in Northern Ireland religious conflict has affected the unity and peace within the country and has caused discrimination to multiple religions, and

Appalled that because of this conflict, between 1966 and 1999 a total of 3,636 people were killed and 36,000 injured in conflict between Catholics and Protestants, and

Worried that Northern Ireland, as time goes on, will get more technologically and otherwise just advanced, and will start affecting other countries by this war,

1. Requests that the U.N enforces a program in the public high schools in which Catholics and Protestants can communicate peacefully. Students participating in this program will attend discussion groups, listen to guest speakers from each other’s religion, attend social events together, and other similar activities.

4. Requests that local churches contribute a small portion of their weekly collections to pay for Operation Alliance. By contributing, churches are agreeing to support Operation Alliance, and may even volunteer to help out, or say a piece concerning the program at the church’s weekly sermon.

5. We plan to try this program for four years in a few selected high schools, and if the program succeeds then we will expand the program to other countries with religious problems such as Israel, Palestine, and in ethnic groups, such as the Sunni, Shiite, and Kurds.