Index of Middle School Resolutions for May 3, 2007

Resolution GA May 3-01

Northwest Valley

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Re:                              Illicit Drugs

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Italy

Date:                           May 3, 2007

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 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 12 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to protection of the law against such interference and attacks.”, and

Whereas transshipment point for cocaine, and

Whereas drugs are entering Europe market and U.S.,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The United Nations assist in stopping drug smuggling by having an international water patrol.  The United Nations patrol officer will first work with European countries in detaining and checking boats in European waters for illegal drugs.

2.      Countries will have a check-point for police to search cars before entering the country for illegal drugs. 

3.      Funding will be provided by a .05% import tax on merchandise imported into Europe.  The United Nations will oversee funding and administration. 

Resolution GA May 3-02 

Loyola Academy

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Re:                              Domestic Abuse & Murder of Women

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Russian Federation

Date:                           May 3, 2007

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution: 

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

Fully aware of domestic murder of women by their husbands or boyfriends, and

Alarmed of the estimated 12,000 to 16,000 Russian women murdered each year, and

Aware that Russian police officers are taking bribes from the murderers,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      Request an estimated $886,000 over 3 years to build 2 shelters for abused women.  We request countries with a GDP over $15,000 increase their U. N. dues by 5%.

2.      We will assist 120 women yearly with temporary housing and employment.

3.      For this program, counseling will be provided for the women. We will give assistance for divorce proceedings and/or a restraining order against their husbands.

4.      The name of the program is United Nations Home for Abused Women (U.N.H.A.W.).

5.      We will seek a renewal of funds for UNHAW from the United Nations General Assembly at the end of the 3 year grant.      

Resolution GA May 3-03 

North Kirkwood Middle

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Re:                              Juvenile Criminal Justice System in the U.S.

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Latvia

Date:                           May 3, 2007

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

Appalled that about 9,700 Americans are given life sentences for crimes committed before they were 18, and

Recalling that more than a fifth have no chance for parole, and 

Observing that of the teens arrested and given life sentences, more than 350 are under 15, and

Alarmed by the fact that Florida is among the states with most juveniles, 600 serving life, about 270 of those are without parole,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.       The name of the program will be "Blue."

2.       Funding will come from 40% of "Blue" products created.

3.       The "Blue" product will be arm bands, ribbons, bumper stickers, and hats.

4.       We will buy advertising to promote the "Blue" project and to help start a letter writing campaign to Congress to end juvenile life sentences in the USA.

5.      The program will last 1 year.   If the "Blue" project is a success the funding will continue until sentences are abolished in every state in the U.S.A. or until funding is used up.

Resolution GA May 3-04

Northwest Valley

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Re:                              Water Pollution

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Australia

Date:                           May 3, 2007

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution: 

Whereas Article 22, of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality,”, and

Realizing that divers are harming the reefs, and

Concerned that boats and ships may also ruin the reefs beauty, 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      Put buoys above the reefs to prevent ships from going over them.

2.      Divers will have to stay 40ft from any reefs by Australia. There will be poles posted periodically around them.

3.      1% of taxes will be raised to go to funding of this solution.

Resolution GA May 3-05

Loyola Academy

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Re:                              Human Trafficking

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            China

Date:                           May 3, 2007

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 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 20 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one may be compelled to belong to any association.”, and

Alarmed an estimated 2.5 million people are being trafficked and enslaved in China and more in Southeast Asia, and

Realizing 1,000 to 9,000 children per year from are being abducted and exploited within China and even a greater number of men being sent to foreign nations and exploited for labor, and

Concerned about the bribery and threats used to coerce poor rural families into selling their children to urban couples who cannot have children, and

Having considered the imbalance of male/female birth ration in China and the connection to trafficking rings abducting young girls and women for sexual exploitation, and  

Concerned that the trafficking market, globally, generates an estimated $30 to $40 billion dollars annually and the growth of trafficking rings in China,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      We request that member nations exceeding $20,000 in GDP increase their dues by 5% for training, security and services to victims of human trafficking. 

2.      Discuss a joint program to combat human trafficking with our neighboring countries Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar to provide additional border security and assistance for those abducted.

3.      Create uniform laws and penalties against human traffickers in China and throughout Southeast Asia. 

4.      We will create three relocation shelters in the cities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai. 

5.      We will train and deploy a police task force to patrol Chinese ports and borders for illegal trafficking rings and their agents.

6.      The name of our program is {ITPSS} Illegal Trafficking Prevention and Security System.

7.      If ITPSS is successful, we will provide border security in the rural western regions of China. 

8.      This program will be authorized for five years and then we will discuss a five year renewal of funds by the general assembly.

Resolution GA May 3-06

North Kirkwood Middle

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Re:                              Racial Discrimination of a Huge Scale

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Sudan

Date:                           May 3, 2007

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:

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

Appalled by the fact that, Sudan has killed 2 hundred thousand civilians and created 2 million refugees, and 

Taking into consideration the Sudanese government has ignored the rights of citizens by not providing protection, and 

Observing this conflict is moving into Chad, driving 20 thousand Chadians from their homes, and

Noting with deep concern the United Nations does not recognize the situation as genocide, and 

Convinced nobody is in control of Darfur's countryside,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.       Call for a raise in dues by 1 percent by the 25 richest countries in the world.

2.       This money will go to increase UN Peacekeeping Troops in Sudan.

3.       This money will help support troops to make sure Sudan's violence is not allowed to continue.

4.       This program will be called United Nation Moral Protection Program (U.N.M.P.P)

5.       U.N.M.P.P will be in effect for 2 years, at the end of the second year, the General Assembly will discuss the renewal of the program.