May 4, 2007 Resolutions

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA May 4-01	Rwanda, Sudan, Bosnia & Herzegovina (McKinley CJA)	Genocide, Refugees, Aftermath	*Debated & Passed*
GA May 4-02	Ethiopia (Northwest Valley)	Child Development	*Amended & Passed*
GA May 4-03	Sri Lanka (North Kirkwood Middle)	Bird Flu	*Amended & Defeated*
GA May 4-04	Chile, Nicaragua (McKinley CJA)	Drug Trafficking	*Amended & Passed*
GA May 4-05	Ethiopia (Northwest Valley)	HIV/AIDS	*Not Debated*

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 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 14 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.”, 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

Recalling that during the 1994 genocide in

Rwanda

, 1,000,000 people were killed in 100 days, and

Reminded that 11% of the female population in

Rwanda

was raped during the genocide and 67% of those women now have to suffer from HIV-AIDS, and

Realizing that, although the government has been trying to improve conditions, 60% of the population is still below the poverty line and 9% of the population is living with HIV-AIDS, and

Alarmed that less and less money and people have been going into

Rwanda

since 2004 to help distribute medication and regulate ethnic conflict, and

Concerned that the Darfur conflict, rising since the 1970’s, is regarded as Genocide and might be one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21^st century, and

Worried that over two million civilians have been displaced and the death toll is estimated at 200,000 to 400,000 people, and

Appalled that

Bosnia

has been a target to ethnic cleansing in the past, where the Muslim population was attacked with the intention of extermination, and

Worried that genocide and ethnic cleansing of other kinds could happen again in any of these places or more at any time,

1. Request to establish the Prevention and Awareness of Genocide Initiative (P.A.G.I.)

2. In order to form this initiative, a worldwide day of remembrance for Genocide victims will be established. Movie theaters, museums, and conventions will donate a percentage of their profits to the initiative and hold exhibitions about past genocide accounts.

3. In addition to that, a funding program called Eyewitness Art would be launched as well. This program would allow victims of genocides to write poems, paint art, and express their accounts of genocide in order to release aggression, or any other feelings. These works would be sold with all profits going to the P.A.G.I. Donations and grants would be accepted.

4. This protect will send doctors, mediators, and counselors into any county with genocide in the past 20 years, a likely threat of genocide within the next 5 years, or over 500,000 refugees, to help with the aftermath and prevention of genocide.

5. The doctors would dispense medication, treat aids victims, and set up clinics for other medical purposes. Mediators would be sent into government positions to be a nonobjective third party in making political decisions, as well as regulating conflict between groups. Finally, the counselors would set up orphanages and shelters for traumatized victims and help them get through their distress.

6. This program will also send money and healthcare into refugee camps to enhance living conditions and protection for refugees.

7. The funding program will be held once a year for five years and after the first three years, the General assembly will discuss its renewal.

8. During these five years, any countries that begin ethnic conflict will be eligible to request help from P.A.G.I.

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

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

Realizing that in Ethiopia the lack of clean water and sanitation lead to health problems. The problems are HIV, AIDS, and Malaria, and

Concerned that there are high illiteracy rates, very low school enrollment, and poor health and education declining of what is left of it. The school enrollment is 41.0%,

1. Calls [BC1] upon the 25 wealthiest countries to have a 0.5% increase in U.N. member dues. Half of the money made all together will go to sanitation. This program will be called Help For Child Development or HFCD. We will support this for three years. We will reaffirm this resolution the year 2010. For the sanitation problem we will add clean water for the children as well as a clean learning space for the children.

2. Provide teachers from willing countries and willing people. These teachers will come over for a two year program to teach Ethiopian children. Pre-existing Ethiopian teachers will also be used when available. Ethiopian adults will observe the class to become teachers and take over when the two years are over. This will show the adults how to teach the children. Some funds will be set aside to pay these adults a stipend. This program will be called the For A Better Tomorrow or FABT.

3. The program will last for 7 years in the following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, & Uganda. If successful the General Assembly will discuss renewing the program and expanding it to Burundi, Somalia, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

4. Calls upon clause number 1 says that $10,000 will hopefully be made in three year program half of that money will be for building new schools. Schools will be built in regions with high population density and low literacy rates.

[BC1]This resolution had a whopping 23 proposed amendments to it. Every single operative clause got rewritten.

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

1. Request that hand sanitizers be distributed 1 per 12[BC1] people totaling and estimate of $4,914,000.

2. Urges that hand sanitizers and soaps be put in public bathrooms, restaurants, and buildings. Hand [BC2] sanitizer will also be sent to bird handlers. Some [BC3] of the money will also go to researching a cure for the bird flu.

3. Encourages that we raise dues .62% in Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, Qatar, United States, Sweden, and Netherlands.

4. Encourages that bottles are refilled once every 2 weeks. Notes that the money donated will go to the cleaning off of hands. The country of Cambodia, estimated population of 15 million, will be helped.

5. Success will be measured by how many people are infected. The name of our program is operation clean hands.

[BC1]Was lowered from 25.

[BC2]Sending sanitizer to bird handlers was added.

[BC3]It was amended to split the money for a cure.

[BC4]New operative clause.

Whereas Article 27, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Every has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”, and

Realizing that as of the 1970’s cocaine has begun to circulate in Chile and has only increased in its use since then, and

Appalled that 58% of people over the age of 16 are illiterate in Nicaragua, and

Disturbed that over 300,000 children in Nicaragua are illegally employed in the manufacturing of cash crops and illegal drugs, and

Concerned that Nicaragua is the main shipment point of cocaine to the U.S, and

1. Request that a tax of $0.25 be added to all international flight tickets and packages.

2. This money is to be used to fund a chain of narcotics educational facilities and a special drug trafficking force that will track drug dealers and their dealings. The narcotics educational facilities will employ government workers who are bilingual in English and Spanish. These people will first be evaluated based on their leadership and social skills. These people will teach the students the affects of narcotics on the human body and they will also teach the students affirmatives on how to “say no” to drugs. They will also teach some drug dealers career alternatives to what they are currently doing.

3. The money will be used in the areas of Nicaragua and Chile that have the highest statistics for drug use.

5. If G.D.C.S. is successful in at least one of the selected countries; Nicaragua and Chile, then after three years the program will stretch to at least three more countries in need.

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

Concerned that in Ethiopia 93 in 100 children make it to their 5th birthday, and

Worried that Ethiopia has a low life expectancy rate of a male living 47.7 years and a female living 50 years, and

2. A clinic is built that is free to the public to receive treatments and tests concerning HIV.

4. More clinics that may not be free to the public are built are to receive treatments and tests concerning HIV.

5. Receive donations from United States citizens and United States government along with other countries as well.