Resolutions

Whereas Article 23 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”, and

Whereas Article 23 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.”, and

Whereas Article 24 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.”, 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 one in six children age 5 to 14 labor in developing countries, and

Shocked that in the least developed countries, 30 percent of all children are involved in child labor, and

Alarmed that 126 million children worldwide labor in hazardous conditions, many times going through beatings, humiliation, and sexual assault by their employers, and

1. The United Nations will start a program called Child Labor Abolishment Program (CLAP), the goal of which is to reduce the number of children working in hazardous conditions by a fourth in 5 years.

2. CLAP will take place throughout Africa, the continent with the highest child labor rate.

3. CLAP will provide families that have child laborers with financial aid, in order to allow the children to attend school. The families will receive aid based on the size of their family and the extent of their needs. They will only receive aid only as long as the child attends school.

4. In addition, for the families that CLAP cannot give financial aid to, CLAP will try to get the children jobs in less hazardous conditions.

5. Finally, CLAP will disperse volunteer educators to teach people about the hazards of child labor and how education can make someone’s life much easier in the long run.

6. To pay for CLAP, the United Nations will raise the dues of the 15 wealthiest countries 2%, raising 24.8 million dollars a year.

7. CLAP will take place for 5 years and, if proven to be successful, will be extended for 5[BC1] more years, and offered in other countries outside of Africa.

[BC1]Decreased from 10.

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 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

Noting with deep regret that the goal in 1991 was to plant 16 billion trees over the next 15 years and we currently lose between 3 and 6 billion trees a year, and

Fully aware that forests are one of man's most widespread and most useful natural resources, and

Believing fully that this is no longer a local affair; it is a world problem and a job of each and every nation to preserve Earth, and

Deeply concerned with the fact that deforestation is the main cause of global warming, this is then a major cause of endangering polar bears, penguins, and other animals that rely on cold climates and almost every part of the world's food chain, and

Realizing that there is a possible cure for cancer and many other life-threatening illnesses in the rain forest and if it is destroyed, we will lose our chances to save innocent victims of these previously "untreatable" ailments

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Plant a Tree: Save a Life (PT:SL), the goal of which is to plant five trees for every one tree cut down for the trial length of five years in countries with forests.

2. All medical cures found in these forests will be shared in moderation with the rest of the world, thus the second part of the name (Save a Life).

3. PT:SL will take place in all countries containing tropical forests beginning in four phases: South America and Mexico, Asia, Africa, and beyond. If these four phase are successful, PT:SL will expand to other types of forests.

4. A penalty will be put in place in all the countries containing forests if they do not abide by all of the rules above. This will be a tax on non-recycled and unsustainable paper; the tax will be in stores and consist of five cents for packets of paper sold for household uses and seven cents for uses by major companies. If the countries' governments do not accept the tax, we will try to propose a tariff. All of the money from the tariff will go to the United Nation's money reserves for use in other issues. Primarily, all countries will also be taxed on unsustainable wood and a tax for lumber companies. The reason for a penalty of a tax or tariff is that if we don't enforce this resolution, the countries involved would have no reason to follow it.

5. A reward system will be put in place for all countries who abide by the rules above. For every five trees that are planted by the government, the country that plants them will receive $0.50. For the first five years of the program, volunteers will primarily plant the trees. When we raise enough money from the top ten wealthiest countries' dues for this project, we may switch to paid workers.

6. Main funding after the first five years of the program will come from the major penalties of not abiding by the rules above as stated in number four.

7. PT:SL will raise funds for buying new trees by increasing the dues of the 10 wealthiest countries by 2[BC1] %, raising 10.2 million dollars a year for the first five years until it makes enough money from penalties and taxes.

8. If PT:SL is successful, the United Nations will prolong the program's time by five years and check the progress of the program when five years is up.

[BC1]Increased from 1%.

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 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

Whereas some of the countries with the worst water pollution are in Asia, and

Whereas the environment of Kazakhstan and other has been badly damaged by human activity, and

Whereas most have been affected by industry, pesticide fertilizer residue and radio activity, and

Whereas the biggest water area affected by this is the Aral Sea . It began to shrink rapidly when sharply increased irrigation,

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Asian Water Pollution Initiative Foundation (AWPIF), the goal of which is to reduce the water pollution problem in Asia.

2. The AWPIF will take place in the Philippines, India, Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. The reason we chose to take place in China was because we would try to get help from them in the future. The reason we chose Russia was because the western part of Russia by the Amur River is polluted badly. The reason we chose the other countries were because these are some of the worst countries with water pollution.

3. AWPIF will build 8[BC1] water treatment facilities in each country which will lower the amount of diseases due to unsanitary water. Also place 1 large water treatment plant by each major river in Asia, if possible[BC2] .

4. In addition, AWPIF will also help the environment by lowering the fertilizer runoff levels in the atmosphere. We will lower the fertilizer runoff by teaching farmers to not use harmful fertilizers which pollute the rivers. We will teach them to use natural resources. For example, making use of compost piles to fertilize the soil. Another example is to make use of crop rotation. For this instruction, the U.N. will send specialists[BC3] .

[BC1]Increased from 5.

[BC2]Added the river treatment centers.

[BC3]Added the U.N. specialists.

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

Noting with deep concern thousands upon millions of people have been slaughtered through various genocides around the world since the formation of the United Nations primarily caused by political and/or religious differences such as:

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

Convinced that literacy has been used as a way to sort populations and control who has access to power, and

Observing that the average class size in Burkina Faso for secondary education is 54 students, and

Aware that the net ratio enrollment for secondary education in Burkina Faso is 14.67%, and

Realizing that only 37% of students enroll for first grade in Afghanistan,

1. The General Assembly will start a program called Education Builders (EB). The goal of this program is to build schools in areas of need around the world in an effort to improve countries with a low literacy rate by 15 to 20 percent of over the first five years.

2. The (EB) will build 10[BC1] schools in Burkina Faso and 10 schools in Afghanistan.

3. The (EB) get as many teachers from those areas that are qualified. The rest will come from enlisting teachers from around the world to teach in each of the ten schools for a 4[BC2] year period. During this time, they will also train locals who will eventually take over in the classroom as the teacher.

4. The (EB) will ask for donations for school supplies from companies around the world.

5. After a five year period, the (EB) will send a report to the General Assembly to check on the improvements that have been made in the literacy rates of Burkina Faso and Afghanistan.

6. If the program proves to be successful, it will continue in Burkina Faso and Afghanistan for another five year period. With continued success, the program could be continued in those countries, and expanded to 6 [BC3] other countries with a low literacy rate like Niger and Guinea.

7. The predicted cost of this program over a ten year period will be approximately 500 million dollars. We would ask that the top 30 wealthiest counties pay 20[BC4] million into an (EB) fund that will cover the initial cost. The next 10 wealthiest countries will equally divide the remaining cost of supplies that is not met from donations.

[BC1]Increased from 5.

[BC2]Increased from 2.

[BC3]Increased from 2.

[BC4]The number of countries and the amount was changed, but the total remained the same.

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA-01	Egypt St. Dominic Savio	Child Labor	Amended & Passed
GA-02	Paraguay, USA Academy for the Sacred Heart	Deforestation	Amended & Passed
GA-03	Kazakhstan St. Dominic Savio	Water Pollution	Amended & Passed
GA-04	Jamaica, Germany Orchard Farm	Genocide	Amended & Passed
GA-05	Ireland Hoech Middle	Education	Amended & Passed