May 2, 2007 Resolutions

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA May 2-01	India (Northwest Valley)	Water Pollution	*New*
GA May 2-02	Brazil (North Kirkwood Middle)	Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur	*New*
GA May 2-03	Latvia (Saeger Accelerated)	Street Children in Latvia	*New*
GA May 2-04	China (Northwest Valley)	Trafficking in Persons	*New*
GA May 2-05	Nepal (Saeger Accelerated)	Women's Education	*New*
GA May 2-06	Philippines (North Kirkwood Middle)	Africa’s Child Brides	*New*

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

Appalled of water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides in India, and

Deeply concerned of waterborne diseases such as hepatitis A&E, typhoid fever, and bacterial diarrhea, and

Realizing that water is not potable in widespread areas throughout the country of India,

1. Request that member nations with a GNP per capita more than $15,000 add a 6% increase to their U.N. member dues.

2. This money is to be forwarded to the construction and purchase of purification plant and water potability equipment.

3. The construction will be distributed to eight areas with major population throughout India.

5. If W.N.A. is successful in India, it will last for ten years and will be analyzed every two years.

6. After ten years, if the program is a success, it will remain permanent, but still be analyzed every two years.

7. W.N.A will expand to other countries that are in need of clean water and will be also analyzed in two years just as India will be.

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 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

1. Request that nations with the top five GNPs donate 100% of initial startup costs, and then all nations with the top 25 GNPs provide 100% of the salary of UN Peacekeeping soldiers.

2. The money will go towards posting human rights watch centers in all communities with a population of over 100 persons in Darfur.

3. The program will last for five years and if violations of human rights continue then the program may be extended.

4. The name of the program will be United Nations Human Rights Initiative (U.N.H.R.I.).

5. The program will be authorized for five years and at the end of the third year, if the program has been successful, as indicated by a decrease in violence against Darfurians perpetrated by the Janjaweed, its renewal will be discussed by the General Assembly.

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 street children in Latvia are a mobile group, and hard to number, and

Concerned that lack of care for street children will result in a country in extreme poverty, and

1. Request that member nations with a GNP per capita more than $15,000 add a 5% increase to their U.N. member dues.

2. Supply a safe house for street children in Latvia, which would include one main house with several outlying houses for eating and bathing. The goal of this is to get these children of the streets.

3. The name of this program will be the United Nations Street Children Initiative (U.N.S.C.I)

4. This program will be authorized for seven years. At the end of the 5^th year, the General Assembly will discuss the renewal of the program to this and other countries.

5. If at the end of fifteen years, the program is successful, then the General Assembly will discuss initiating the program in other countries.

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

Concerned that men, women, and children don’t have the power to stop the issue,

1. Get the U.N. to oversee an army to go to the major traffic areas to try to and stop the trafficking.

2. Funding will be raised by raising taxes on the five richest countries to be able to get more searchers on borders. They will be able to search planes, trucks, boats, etc.

3. This program will last 6 years. On the 3^rd year the program will be evaluated and have a decision to keep the program running or not.

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

Appalled that the male literacy rate, 62.7% is 27.8% higher than the female literacy rate, and

Noticing that the lack of women’s education shall inhibit their success in the country of Nepal,

1. Request that member nations with a GNP per capita more than 10,000 add a 6.5% increase to their UN member dues.

2. This money will aid the building of all-girl schools; buy curriculum materials, and salaries of educators.

3. The money will be distributed to areas of Nepal with the lowest women’s literacy rate.

4. The name of the program will be United Nations Women’s Education Program (U.N.W.E.P.).

Whereas Article 16 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage, and at its dissolution.”, 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

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

Recall that in the article, it states that any Malawian girl, ages 15 to 18, is legally able to get married with a parent's consent, and

Keeping in mind, Beatrice Kitamula, 19, was forced to marry her wealthy neighbor because her father owed another man a cow, and

Concerned that according to studies, the average age of marriage is among the world's lowest, while the percent of adolescent mothers is among the highest, and

Alarmed that schooling has to be cut short for many young girls due to early pregnancies and hazardous births, and

Fully aware that households that can no longer fend themselves opt to sell off their children to wealthier men,

1. Request that the ten wealthiest U.N. member nations raise their U.N. member dues by .5%. (Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, Qatar, United States, Sweden, and Netherlands.)

2. This money is to be forwarded to the purchase of tractors, seeds, and improved tools.

3. The money will be distributed to Malawi to reduce the famine in this country.

4. The name of this program will be United Nations Family Famine Initiative.

5. If U.N.F.F.I. is successful in Malawi after a year, we will extend the program to other countries such as Tanzania.

6. This program will be authorized for 6 years. At the end of the third year, the General assembly will discuss the renewal of this program.