April 25, 2007 Resolutions

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA April 25-01	Sudan (St. Dominic Savio)	Sweatshops	Amended & Passed
GA April 25-02	Japan (North Kirkwood Middle)	Genocide	Amended & Defeated
GA April 25-03	Mexico (MRH)	Human Trafficking	Amended & Passed
GA April 25-04	Canada & Chad (St. Dominic Savio)	Clean Drinking Water	Amended & Passed
GA April 25-05	Djibouti (North Kirkwood Middle)	AIDs	Amended & Passed

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 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 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

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

Realizing that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs estimated that 23.8% of children between ages 10 and 14 years old in Afghanistan were working in sweatshops in 2002, and

Concerned that the BILA says that 50% of U.S. garment industries are using sweatshop labor, and

Worried that the BILA states that children as young as 5 years old work in Belize, and

Draws the attention to the 80 Thai immigrants that were forced to work at a sweatshop in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte,

1. We ask the General Assembly to approve the dispersion of 10% of Peace Keeper Troops and to be reformed into a new branch, which will investigate slavery in the world.

2. To finance this operation we ask the General Assembly that 10% percent of the Peacekeeper, or Liberators, budget be given to this new operation. We also ask that Nations with a G.D.P. per capita with more than 25,000$ that we add 3% to their U.N. dues.

3. This organization will be under the direct control of the Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

4. This organization will remain in effect for 10[BC1] years. After the fifth year, the General assembly will discuss the renewal of this program.

5. Besides investigating child labor, the Liberator Division will also consist of civil rights prosecutors who will convict those responsible.

6. The children that are saved will be temporarily held in orphanages and eventually will find homes by U.N. resources.

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

Worried about how many more people will be among the more than 200,000 civilians that have been killed and the about 2 million people that have been displaced in Darfur, and

Concerned about how many families will suffer from be injustice of rape, and

Appalled that at least 20,000 Chadians have been driven from their own homes and became refugees in their own country,

1. Countries with GDP at or over $18[BC1] ,000 pay an extra 5% to their U.N. dues.

2. The money is to be forwarded to pay for a military to keep the Janjaweed away (the military’s services) and supplies for the military. In the US peacekeeping force countries included in the force are as follows: Darfur, African countries, and others with a rate average over 20%. We will distribute clothing, food, and medical treatment from donations from countries with a GDP of 10,000 dollars or over.

3. The money will be distributed to the areas in Chad, Darfur, and the Sudan with the highest amount of genocide.

5. If S. L. F. G. is successful in Chad, Darfur, and Sudan; after 12 [BC2] years the program will be started in 5 more countries with the highest rates of genocide.

6. This program will be authorized for 10 years. At the end of the fifth year, the General Assembly will discuss the renewal of the program.

[BC1]Was raised from $15,000.

[BC2]They increased the timeline to 12 years.

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 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 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year, a majority for commercial sexual exploitation, and

Appalled that women trafficked for the sex industry are lured to the countries like the United States by promises of lucrative jobs as models or hostesses, only to be sold to brothels, strip clubs and outcall services and extorted into working off thousands of dollars in surprise travel debts to their new "owners.", and

Concerned that it is a global health issue and fuels the growth of organized crime, and

1. Start an international organization whose sole purpose is to bring an end to human trafficking. This organization will hire, train, and deploy agents around the world in an effort to end this global issue. Along with field agents, we will also hire and train counselors to help those rescued and freed from the human trafficking ring. They will work on returning these victims to their home countries and help them function in society again.

2. The program will be called The World Against Human Trafficking (W.A.H.T), with the headquarters located in Mexico City. Another [BC1] headquarters building will be placed in China.

3. Request a raise of the 25 richest country’s U.N. member dues by 3[BC2] % over the next 5 years for funding. A fundraiser [BC3] (with details to be determined at a later date) will also take place.

4. Set aside part of the fund to reward citizens who assist in the capture of human traffickers through useful tips and information. These monetary rewards can vary from $1,000-$50,000 depending on helpfulness of the information.

5. W.A.H.T. will divide 1,000 agents between the 8[BC4] countries with the highest human trafficking rate for the duration of the 5 year period.

6. The program is continued for 10 [BC5] years and on the 3^rd & 6^th year is reviewed for renewal after the program runs out. If the project is renewed, funding will be continued from that point on and will continue every year but be raised to 2.5% or higher if the need arise.

7. If the program is continued, the agents will then be reassigned to the 5 countries with the highest human trafficking rate at that time.

[BC1]They added the Chinese headquarters.

[BC2]The committee bumped up funding to 3% from 2%.

[BC3]The fundraiser was added.

[BC4]They added 3 more countries for a total of 8.

[BC5]The program’s time was raised and they added a few more evaluations.

Whereas Article 21, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.”, 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 only 26 percent of the population in Yemen have access the clean drinking water, and

Appalled that 55,000 children die annually from diseases related to polluted water, and

Concerned that 50 percent of the childhood deaths in Yemen are from water pollution, and

Worried that in the future, the problem may not be having enough clean water, but having any access to water at all because of rapid ground water resource depletion,

1. A 0.4[BC1] % tax will be put on airline tickets for international flights into the region, and the money will go to the problem of dirty water.

2. Wells will be rebuilt in five[BC2] of the worst areas to find clean water. The CWAO (Clean Water Aid Organization) will help make sure the wells are reliable, well sufficient, and sanitary.

3. We can make the subject a wide spread and well known problem throughout the entire United Nations assembly. Doing that may lead to generous donations.

4. If this project is successful, the General Assembly may discuss if more wells are to be put in Yemen.

5. CWAO will continue for over ten years, and if successful, we’ll evaluate the progress after 4[BC3] years that was made and possibly expand to other countries.

[BC1]Was originally 0.1%.

[BC2]Increased from 3.

[BC3]The evaluation deadline was created.

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

Appalled that, the life expectancy of people living in Zambia is a limited 37 years, and

Scared that 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, 37 million are adults and 2.5 million are children under the age of 15, and

1. Request that every country that is paying more than $85[BC1] ,000 in UN dues shall donate $5,000 and if that amount of money is not enough, the rest of the cost will come from the other countries in proportion to their dues for our project every year the program is in effect.

2. This money will be forwarded to the scientists to help discover a vaccination for all people with HIV/AIDS.

3. The name of the program will be F.A.U.V. and will run for seven[BC2] years and if we find breakthroughs, we will extend the program another four years.

4. Success will be measured by the fact that we can produce dead HIV/AIDS viruses for vaccines to be distributed. We will also use the money to try to set up prevention programs and find drug therapies for a temporary or hopefully permanent cure for HIV/AIDS.

5. Places in Africa that have the worst HIV/AIDS problem will benefit. We [BC3] will start in 25 countries and then expand to the U.S.A.

[BC1]Was lowered from $1,000,000.

[BC2]Increased from 2 years.

[BC3]A specific number of countries was added.