April 26, 2006 Resolutions

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA April 26-01	the Philippines St. Dominic Savio	Torture & Abuse of POWs	Passed
GA April 26-02	Yemen, Sierra Leone St. Mary Magdalen	Child Trafficking	Amended & Defeated
GA April 26-03	Paraguay City Academy	Domestic Violence	Amended & Passed
GA April 26-04	Chile, Lebanon Cathedral	Irrigation, Unemployment, & Education	Amended & Defeated
GA April 26-05	Cuba St. Francis Cabrini	Guantanamo Bay	Amended & Defeated

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 7 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “All are equal before the law and are entitled without discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.”, and

Recognizing that Article 13 of the Geneva Convention states, “Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical , dental, or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.”, and

Alarmed by the many incident of inhumane and cruel abuse of war prisoners in the War on Terror and other parts of the world such as stripped of their clothing and threatened by attack dogs, and

Fully aware that these actions violate articles of the UDHR and the Geneva Conventions, and

Noting with deep concern that even after warnings from the U.N. and other nations these actions continue to occur and can spread to elsewhere,

1. Require member nations in the U.N. involved or that become involved in a war will have an increase on their member dues. For countries just getting involved a 3% increase, for countries involved for 18 months a 4% increase.

2. The due increase will pay for new detention/clinic for prisons of war. It will be called the U.N. Clinic and Detention Center for Prisoners of War. We will convert old prisons and hospitals into these centers. We are aiming for 3 in Asia, 2 in Europe, 2 in Africa, 1 in South America, and 1 in North America.

3. The centers will hold prisoners of war and U.N. Security personnel will work the center. The nations who capture prisoners of war can interview the prisoners. They will also have the decision of when the prisoner can be released. The center will be closely watched and inspected for abuse on a regular basis.

4. If and when needed o.1 percent rise of member dues will increase for the countries needing more room for prisoners. This will pay for the start of another center.

5. Any military and/or non military personnel will be punished for any abuse they are responsible for in a prison containing prisoners of war. Nonmilitary personnel will be tried and punished to their own law. Military personnel will receive either relocation away from prisoners and fall victim to other military discipline or be temporarily or permanently discharged from their military service.

6. This will stay in place for 5 years and be brought up again for renewal after this period of time. At this time it can be changed, accepted or denied by the General Assembly.

Whereas Article 2 section 1 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 2 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”, and

Whereas Article 4 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”, and

Whereas Article 26, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.”, and

Whereas Article 26, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United nations for the maintenance of peace.”, and

Whereas Article 26, section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.”, and

Deeply concerned regarding the enormous business of worldwide child trafficking: the act of recruiting, harboring, and obtaining the transportation of children by use of force, fraud, and coercion for the purpose of subjecting them to inhumane, involuntary acts such as sexual exploitation (including prostitution); child soldiers in war torn countries; and child labor in impoverished nations, and

Aware that four billion two hundred fifty million dollars are generated from child trafficking activities in the world, and

Understanding that some countries rely on child trafficking due to economic depression (lack of natural resources or industry) and civil unrest (war), and

Keeping in mind that there are children as young as twelve serving in armies in over thirty six countries, and

Concerned that three hundred thousand child soldiers work in the world today, and two million children are prostitutes roaming in the streets of the world, and

Realizing that an average of 5% of GNP of sub Saharan African nations and parts of Asia is allocated for education (according to Eldis),

1. Require that UN countries with GNI per capita over nine thousand dollars increase their dues three percent; generating twenty seven million, eight hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars (and 71 cents!) each year.

2. Furthermore, additional funds will be generated by requesting a $5[BobDole1] .00 per ticket fee be added to all international flights.

3. An agency will be created to oversee the monitoring of regulations and allocation of funds. This agency will be called the CTPA (Child Trafficking Prevention Agency).

4. Recommend that countries involved in child trafficking improve their public school systems and create trade schools.

5. Proclaims that if school enrollment is increased five percent every year in a target country, then the CTPA will reward that country funds of up to 10 million dollars to go back into the school system.

6. Urges that countries will replace reliance upon child trafficking by creating jobs.

7. Designates that in order to create jobs, corporations will be given an incentive based on jobs filled by the adult citizens of the affected country. Corporations must follow regulations for minimum wage and working conditions.

8. Corporations will be given economic incentive, in the form of monetary grants, should that corporation experience operational financial difficulties that could lead to bankruptcy or closing. CTPA will set aside a % of funds generated each year for this purpose.

9. Recommend that sanctions be put in place against countries’ governments that do not work toward an end to child trafficking in their country.

10. Sanctions may include limiting voting rights of these countries and if necessary, the UN may vote to send UN troops into these countries to put an end to child trafficking in these areas.

11. This resolution shall be started in these 7 following countries: Rwanda, Chad, Dem. Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Sierra Leone. These countries have some of the worst child trafficking rates in the world and are among the poorest

12. The program will run for eight years, with a review after 4 years. If the countries’ primary school enrollment increases by 10% and the child trafficking rate decreases by 50% after 4 years, 3 more countries will be added to the program starting with: Angola, Algeria, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Afghanistan. Then after another four years adding: Tanzania, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, and other countries as needed.

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

Realizing that in Paraguay domestic abuse is common. Although the law criminalizes spousal abuse, it stipulates that the abuse must be habitual before being recognized as criminal and then is punishable by only a fine, and

Noting with deep concern that thousands of women were treated for injuries sustained in domestic violence altercations and there are no shelters for battered and abused women outside of the city of Asuncion, and

Alarmed by the fact that despite an apparent trend toward increased reporting of complaints, many complaints were often withdrawn soon after filing due to spousal reconciliation or family pressure, including from the attacker who is often the spouse, and

Fully aware that the Secretariat of Woman’s Affairs’ Office of Care and Orientation receives reports on violence against women and coordinates responses with the National Police, primary health care units, and the attorney general’s office. In practice, these services were only available in the city of Asuncion,

1. Request that the member nations with a GNP per capita more than $10[BobDole1] , 000 add a 0.5% increase to their UN member dues. Increase[BobDole2] to 2% if additional funds are need.

2. This money is to be forwarded to an organization called Secretariat of Women’s Affairs Office of Care and Orientation to be used to build shelters for battered and abused women, men, and children[BobDole3] in all of the major cities of Paraguay outside of Asuncion. It will also be implemented in 4 other countries with high domestic abuse rates.

3. This money will also be used to conduct training courses for police, health care workers, prosecutors and others in all of the major cities of Paraguay outside of Asuncion.

4. This money will also be used to provide for sensitivity training for the men convicted of domestic violence and to provide for counseling for the women who have been battered.

5. The complaints of abuse will be monitored for the next three[BobDole4] years. At the end of the third, the General Assembly will evaluate the effectiveness of the program. If[BobDole5] more effective add 3 more countries.

6. Law enforcements & more effective punishments will be placed into effect for those who commit domestic abuse[BobDole6] .

[BobDole1]Was lowered from 20,000.

[BobDole2]New sentence.

[BobDole3]Added men & children.

[BobDole4]Lowered from 5 years.

[BobDole5]New sentence added.

[BobDole6]New operative clause.

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 18% of Lebanese people are unemployed and only 2.6% of land in Chile is arable, and

Appalled that 97.4% of Chilean land can not be used for agricultural needs, and

Concerned that too much money is spent importing food into Chile and many young adults are quitting education to pick up work in Lebanon, and

Worried that unemployment and illiteracy will rise in Lebanon and the amount of food produced in Chile will continue to drop,

1. Request that the top 20[BobDole1] wealthiest countries increase their dues owed to the UN by 2[BobDole2] % and then within the next 5 years their dues will be lowered by 10%.

2. This money will go to buying shovels, pipes, water pumps ($38,049,660) and paying some 2,000 hired Lebanese and 1,000 hired Chilean workers for irrigating 10,000 square miles of land between Santiago and Valparasio. We will irrigate this portion because it is the most densely populated and driest area.

3. Our commission will pump water from a lake in central Chile and the water will be sent through pipes to irrigate the land between Santiago and Valparasio. This will create arable land in that area. Once the lake is drained it will make a wider area arable land there as well.

4. Lebanon will tax 10% of a workers weekly pay In order to help improve education and school systems in Lebanon.

5. We will hire trained Spanish/Lebanese teachers to teach the Lebanese workers basic Spanish as to bridge the language barrier.

6. This commission will be called the C-L.I.C. (Chile-Lebanon Irrigation Committee).

[BobDole1]Increased from 10 countries.

[BobDole2]Lowered from 5%.

[BobDole3]New operative clause.

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 6 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.”, 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

Appalled that suspected insurgents this facility, on Cuban soil, have been subjected to torture, such as intensely painful force feeding and solitary confinements in a dark room the size of a closet for up to over a month, and

Ashamed of the acts of religious intolerance and humiliation, such as urinating on or flushing Korans down the toilet, and

Concerned that prisoners at the facility are being denied trials, have effectively no legal status, and that many have been found guilty of no crime, and

Frightened that a terrorist assault of bombing on this facility will kill Cuban civilian workers,

2. If the vote passes, Cuba will pay the U.S. 150[BobDole1] million dollars for the grounds of this facility, realizing that anything left on the grounds at the end of one year will be the ownership of the Cuban government.

3. If the United States refuses to transfer ownership of the land to Cuba, trade sanctions will be taken into effect against the United States, with all member states agreeing to stop purchasing arms and automobiles from the United States.