Resolutions for November 20, 2010
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Re.: Dalai Lama Movement
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: China
Date: November 20, 2010
Noting with grave concern that Dalai Lama is allowed to move freely throughout other
nearby nations, and
Deeply concerned that India is harboring this criminal, and
Guided by the fact that the United Nations does not tolerate terrorism,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The United Nations will take the necessary actions to prevent Dalai Lama from moving freely throughout other countries.
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2. The United Nations will allow China to capture this criminal.
Re.: Border Security Dispute
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Egypt
Date: November 20, 2010
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 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, and
Whereas Article 13 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.”, and
Whereas Article 13 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.”, and
Understanding that Egyptian officers have killed 25 African migrants in the past
year at our borders, and
Fully aware that our 160 mile barbed wire fence is not adequate in stopping illegal
immigration into Egypt, and
Recognizing that our policies right now are not effective in stopping human trafficking
along the border, and
Shocked that nearly 10,000 African migrants have illegally crossed the border in the past few years,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Recommends more security at the border of Egypt and Israel to increase safety and to prevent illegal immigration.
2. Will request Egyptian Border Officials to decrease their use of guns on illegal border crossers in an effort to create more peace between the two countries.
3. Supports the building of a new, more effective fence between the two nations in an effort to prevent the trafficking of African migrants.
4. Further recommends the United Nations send officers to check the progress in ending the illegal immigration.
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Sam Rooney, Keonte Johnson
Re.: Pollution in the Environment
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Egypt
Date: November 20, 2010
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 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-
Whereas Article 29 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.”, and
Alarmed that pollution in Egypt is harming those who reside there, and
Aware of open air waste burning, transportation, and industries are filling the air with small, inhalable particles that are harmful to the health of all people, and
Keeping in mind that wind-
Aware that the Egyptian Ministry of Environment states that the Nile River and its canals have greatly suffered from pollution, and
Deeply concerned that drinking water pollution has reached “complex stages that are difficult to be faced”, and
Affirming that studies have shown that the allowed lead limit in the bloodstream was exceeded by 66.7% of men, 63.4% of women, and 48.9% of children, and
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The United Nations will begin a program called Egyptian Health Improvement (EHI) for the purpose of improving the quality of water and air in Egypt.
2. EHI will put restrictions on the amount of pollution emitted by factories, and make necessary changes to the water purification system that is currently in place in Egypt.
3. With EHI in place, waste management will be improved in Egypt, eco-
Re.: Developing Nations
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Germany
Date: November 20, 2010
Whereas Article J Section 4 of the DECLARATION ON THE ESTABLISMENT OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ORDER states, “Just and equitable relationship between the prices of raw
materials, primary commodities, manufactured and semi-
Whereas Article K, section 4 of the DECLARATION ON THE ESTABLISMENT OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER ensures,” Extension of active assistance to developing countries by the whole international community, free of any political or military conditions”, 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-
Emphasizing that the 7 wealthiest nations’ combined wealth amounts to 87.4% of the
World GDP, and
Realizing that Tourism is vital for many countries due to the large intake of money
for businesses with their goods and services and the opportunity for employment in
the service industries associated with tourism. These service industries include transportation
services, such as airlines, cruise ships and taxicabs, and hospitality services,
and
Regretting that in 2009 a worldwide decline of 4% international tourist’s arrivals
and an estimated 6% decline in international tourism receipts occurred, and
Conscious of the fact that tourism is the first source of foreign exchange earnings
for the Developing countries, and
Noting that the aforementioned nations are often considered unsafe by prospective
tourists, and
Emphasizing that often these areas are not dangerous, and are attempting to improve
their infrastructure, and
Welcoming the stabilization that extra tourism will bring to these nations,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The United Nations shall form a Bureau as a subset of its Current World Tourism
Organization to rank the 40-
2. Nations shall be ranked based on Tourist facilities, security, safety, transportation, and government friendliness.
3. The Tourism Overseeing Unstable Region (TOUR) council shall publish the results on the web as well as submitting them to significant periodicals.
4. TOUR shall be made up of 200 field level inspectors broken up into teams of four which shall be sent to each of the 60 nations.
5. TOUR will last 5 years, at which point it will be reevaluated by the General Assembly.
6. The program will cost approximately 9 million dollars, which will be raised by increasing the total dues owed by all nations by 3.6 percent.
Re.: Palestine and Israel Conflict
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Iraq
Date: November 20, 2010
Appalled at Israel's extremely oppressive military occupation and confiscation of
privately owned land in the West Bank and control over Gaza, and
Noting that Palestinians have minimal control over their lives and more than 10,000
Palestinian men, women, and children are being held in Israeli prisons without legitimate
trials and are subjected to torture and abuse frequently, and
Recognizing that Palestinian people are frequently strip searched and beaten publicly
for no reason, and
Concerned of the surfacing humanitarian crisis where food and medicine is prevented
from reaching Gaza and the Palestinian people, and
Stressing that the Palestinian people can hardly be expected to challenge Israeli rule when they are subjected to constant harassment in their own homeland,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The United Nations will instate a program called Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Palestine (WITP), in which the goal is to completely remove all military control of the West Bank and Gaza regions.
2. Over the course of six months, Israel will withdraw all troops from Gaza and the West Bank to let the Palestinian people live in peace.
3. WITP will also require that all food and medicine being shipped into Gaza will be delivered immediately and not intercepted by the Israeli army.
4. Because communication is key, WITP will ensure that Palestinian and Israeli officials meet at least once a month to mediate peace and come to a peaceful compromise between themselves. These meetings will keep track of troop withdrawal and other WITP actions that are taking place. The meetings will continue at the rate of every other month after all Israeli troops are withdrawn from Gaza and the West Bank to ensure peaceful relations.
Re.: Drug Trafficking between Ireland & Northern Ireland
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ireland
Date: November 20, 2010
Whereas the Preamble of the UDHR states that it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations, and
Whereas Article 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, 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 Article 29 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states,
“Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development
of his personality is possible.”, and
Taking into consideration that Ireland and Northern Ireland are two separate nations ruled by two separate governments, and
Shocked that the percentage of cannabis users has risen to 21.9% and 24.3% in Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively, and
Recalling the recent seizure of a £1 million cannabis store in Belfast, as well as the thwarting of a £500,000 ecstasy trafficking shipmen from Northern Ireland within the borders of Ireland in the past few weeks, and
Alarmed by the statistic that 51% of teenagers in Ireland have used illegal drugs at least once, fueled by the prevalence of illegal drugs in Northern Ireland, the country with the highest rate of teen drug use, and
Noticing that other countries have been plagued with dramatic increases in illegal drug use, including the United States (41.7% of those surveyed ages 12 and above had reported using an illicit drug), and
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Ireland will relinquish control of any existing federal regional drug task forces and the United Nations assumes the responsibility of monitoring drug transportation across international borders.
2. The United Nations fund the beginning costs of a program called UNDER (United Nations Drug Enforcement Regiment) to patrol the movement of drugs across international borders including between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
3. UNDER will patrol drug movement between the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland. No individuals of vehicles will be searched arbitrarily, but suspicious vehicles with will be subject to search and individuals found under the influence of or in possession of illegal substances will be arrested and charged.
4. UNDER will get its funding from raising dues for the ten richest countries in the world 3% as well as raising the dues of Ireland by 5%. The government of Ireland will reimburse the ten richest countries within 7 years using the money that would have been allocated to fund the federal regional drug task forces.
5. UNDER will also seek additional funding from Non-
6. As an established and successful program, UNDER will be expanded to other counties with drug problems similar to those of Ireland, such as the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Afghanistan, and Mexico.
Re.: Child Sex Trade/Prostitution in Jamaica
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Jamaica
Date: November 20, 2010
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 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
Due to Jamaica's heavy economic dependence on tourism and the high poverty rate, it has been found that nearly 60% of their tourism is related to illegal child sex trade, and
Recently the youth of Jamaica have been found to be heavily involved with the sex trade as prostitutes, as young as 10 years old and are encouraged into the trade by parents, and
Realizing that many of the children involved with this are being trafficked internationally for sexual exploitation, and
Believing that an increase in policing and job opportunities will juristically decrease
the percentage of poverty and exploitation of children involved with the illegal
sex trade from 60% to 5-
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The United Nations will begin a program called Stopping Illegal Child Sex Trade (SICST), whose goal is to increase policing in known major sex trade areas, such as Kingston, Montego Bay and Negril.
2. SICST will send undercover agents to look into “purchasing” sexual favors from the rings and take them down as soon as it is suspected they are involved.
3. SICST will also issue daily public messages over radio, newspaper and television warning that anyone suspected of taking part in the trade will be investigated and prosecuted.
4. SICST will be funded by a .5% boost in UN dues from the 10 richest countries, receiving $368,358 for 5 years.
5. This money will be used to fund the extra police officers, whose salary (as of now) in Jamaica is roughly $7,000 US dollars annually, as well as to fund the messaging and posts set up throughout each major city to house the police and to be used for investigations.
6. SICST will be evaluated after 5 years, and if it is found to be working it will be expanded to other countries (such as the Netherlands) that also face the same child prostitution problem.
7. If all goes as planned, SICST will reduce the amount of child prostitution and raise national as well as international awareness of this very real problem.
Re.: Nature Protection & Security
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Japan
Date: November 20, 2010
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-
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 Article 28, of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.”, and
Astounded by the fact that India received U.S backing and a spot on the United Nations
Security Council despite Japan’s contributions of 11% of the UN budget and increased
peace-
Appalled by the fact that the population of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna is dropping and by 2004 the population of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna had dropped by 19%, and
Shocked by the fact that commercial groups are pre-
Disgusted at the lack of waste management solutions that currently exist in Japan and the way waste is currently taken care of, and
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Be it that the Nations within this General Assembly recognize and protect the Sayama Forest as a cultural landscape.
2. Recognize Japan’s plea for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council due to their contributions to the stability of The United Nations.
3. Be it that the United Nations works to restore levels of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, a migratory species that lives in international waters but is being killed off.
4. Establish a better and more effective whaling and fishery regulatory assembly or improve the current Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries to better regulate the harmful effects of fishery and whaling.
5. Help fund Japan’s research of waste management technologies in incineration and plastics recycling in order to better serve their urban planning issues and to help the rest of the World when a suitable technology or solution is found.
Ravenna Kerr-
Re.: Food for Humans
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Luxembourg
Date: November 20, 2010
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 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-
Recapping its commitment to a comprehensive and lasting settlement of the situation
in Somalia through the Transitional Federal Charter, and
Commending the world for letting some people go hungry while others suffer from obesity.
This is irrational and unfair. We can change this, and
Urging all countries in the UN to look at their country and others around them and
find people in poverty. Let’s send out food packages that will fend off starving…Until
we can do something better, and
Deeply concerned about the fact that every year 15 million children die of hunger,
and that for the price of one missile a school full of hungry children could eat
lunch every day for 5 years. Not to mention the World Health Organization estimates
that one-
Affirming its readiness to assist everyone who needs help. Especially in the Asia-
Recognizes that even in some of the most thriving countries like the United States, one out of every eight children under the age of 12 goes to bed hungry every night,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Calls upon the countries involved to make an effort, like the Child Fund to stop starvation.
2. Pleads that all member states, particularly those of the region, fully comply with the requested means to make a difference in our world.
3. Requests that the Secretary General or his special representative report back in six months on the situation for further deliberations.
Re.: Gang Violence in Mexico
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Mexico
Date: November 20, 2010
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone
has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Understanding that 28,228 people have dies since January 2007 due to drug violence,
and
Considering cannabis accounts for half of the drug cartels income, generating billions
of dollars for the cartels every year, and
Realizing that cutting this funding could save thousands of lives in both Mexico
and the United States, and
Taking into account that the legalization, regulation, and taxation of marijuana could not only cut 10.7 billion spent on law enforcement but also produce an estimated 31 billion in tax money in the United States alone,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The United Nations amend the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances to allow for the cultivation, possession, and consumption of cannabis legal.
2. Make the cultivation, possession, and consumption of cannabis legal in all nations associated with the United Nations.
Lonita Benson & Charlotte Gavin
Re.: Trafficking of Women & Children in Nepal
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Nepal
Date: November 20, 2010
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
Alarmed by the increased trafficking of women and children internationally, particularly
in India, and
Deeply convinced that all nations are affected by the desolate results of human trafficking,
and
Emphasizing its importance to stop trafficking on national and international levels, that this may improve the lives of people everywhere,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. We hope for a significant increase in law enforcements against human trafficking in any form, that includes new government policies and services responsive to the trafficked victims.
2. We stress that all nations spread awareness to citizens and promote making actions towards preventing trafficking.
3. We would like to create a system to monitor and eliminate human trafficking, that punishes those involved or in support of trafficking activities, creating laws against “deukis*” and incentives to poor families who keep their daughters.
4. We are requesting donations and raising countries their annual dues by 1% in order to pay for a program helping recovery victims of trafficking, if the program seems successful we will expand.
5. We emphasize that all nations to respond quickly and take action.
*Note from the Secretariat: Deuki is an age old vicious custom still practiced in many districts of Sethi and Mahakali zones in the far western region of Nepal. Deuki means to consecrate one's own or a poor family's newly born female child to god in order to fulfill a promise made earlier to gain religious merit.
Andrea Kopczynski & Taylor Smith
Re.: South American Cocaine Trafficking
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Peru
Date: November 20, 2010
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-
Alarmed that the annual prevalence of cocaine use in South America is about 37.1
million people aged 15-
Noting with deep concern that the process of growing coca crops can make the land
unusable for several years after the coca yield due to chemicals placed in the soil,
and
Aware of the fact that many times the chemicals used to make cocaine are dumped into
local rivers which leads to the intoxication of the population that eat the fish,
and
Observing that seizures of cocaine in South America accounted for 59% of the global
total for 2008, and
Noticing the fact that 22 out of 34 countries least likely to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals are in the midst-
Recognizing that much of the cocaine produced in South America is then shipped to North America, Europe, and parts of West and South Africa; increasing domestic drug consumption,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Begin a program call South America Against Drugs (SAAD), with the goal to reduce cocaine production in four specific South American countries by 50% in seven years.
2. SAAD will take place in four countries active in cocaine trafficking in South America including Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela.
3. SAAD will provide extra security forces around country borders in order to stop manufacturers from transporting the cocaine into another country. There will also be a SAAD headquarters set up in all four countries. The headquarters will share information between each other and monitor the possibility of further cocaine production in their own country.
4. In addition, there will be an addiction center in each country. Instead of just sending the people involved in drug trafficking to jail where they will not receive adequate help, they will be sent to the addiction center and serve the beginning of their jail term there before being transferred to a regular jail.
5. SAAD will last seven years. If the program is found to be successful after the seven years, the General Assembly may vote to renew the program for another three years. The program may be extended to more countries at this time as well.
6. To pay for SAAD, the United Nations will raise the dues of the 10 richest countries in the world by 2.5%.
Kristi Tanaka
Re.: Saudi/Israeli Relations
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Saudi Arabia
Date: November 20, 2010
Whereas Article 15, Section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states “Everyone has a right to a nationality,” and
Observing the tensions in the Israeli/Saudi Arabian relations over disputed boundaries
etc, and
Acknowledging Saudi Arabia’s desire to return to the 1967 boundary (against Israel’s
interest), and
Recognizing that there should be a contract between these two countries because they are both U.N. member states,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The General Assembly create an Israeli/Saudi Arabian U.N. committee which addresses issues peacefully (as in discussion or contracts) and not expand on increasing military tensions, advancement of weaponry, etc.
Kristen Latta
Re.: Racism
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: South Africa
Date: November 20, 2010
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 6 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.”, and
Taking into consideration the prevalence of racism in the world, and
Whereas there is blatant discrimination based on ethnicity in South Africa, and
Whereas ethnic tension exists amongst tribal groups all throughout South Africa,
and
Recognizing that South Africa supports the eradication of racism in both South Africa and between other countries in Africa,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. South Africa will take steps to end racism by creating programs to end disputes and bring camaraderie.
Re.: ETA Terrorism in Spain
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Spain
Date: November 20, 2010
Whereas the Preamble exclaims “the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,” and
Whereas the Preamble also states“…disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind”, and
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 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-
Appalled that the ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) massacred over 850 people in last decade, including Spanish security forces, military personnel, (eliminating protection to Spanish citizens), Spanish government officials, politicians of the Popular Party and the Socialist Party, and
Unfortunately in 2009, the Basque regional government underwent a change of administration.
The Socialist Party assumed power as the first non-
Concerned that the Spanish economy has gone under due to lack of tourism. The decline
is primarily due to ETA bombings, making the country appear unsafe. Spain went into
a severe recession in 2009 and by mid-
Shocked that in March 2006 a ceasefire was agreed upon and the Spanish prime minister consented to start negotiations with the ETA. However, in 2007 the ETA withdrew from the ceasefire after they bombed the Madrid airport,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Recognize that the ETA terrorists need to be stopped immediately and that the Spanish government is not going to budge on negotiations with the organization, nor allow them to continue their barbaric acts.
2. Establish a more stable military to protect the Spanish people, specifically in the Basque region. This includes making cuts on unnecessary spending to the military budget. Military defense budget needs to be increased by 2% so that the budget will shoot from $11,481,466,688.66 to $11,801,602,404.00. With this money a concentration of soldiers will be placed within and outside the Basque region to secure traffic and prevent ETA missions.
3. This will allow the Spanish economy to boom after a few years since the country will be safe once again for tourists to visit, a vital source to Spain’s revenue.
4. Develop stronger foreign relationships with international allies, such as France, to help obliterate the ETA.
Re.: Global Citizens for the Protection of the Planet
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Sweden
Date: November 20, 2010
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 17, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.”, and
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
Shocked that the eight warmest years on record since 1980 have all been since 2001,
and
Disappointed that the temperature of the Earth’s surface is rising at a rate of .29°
per decade, and
Terrified that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that
the global average sea level will rise by 7.2 to 23.6 inches by the year 2100, and
Devastated that the world unemployment rate hit a record high in 2009 with an estimated 212 million people jobless, a 34 million increase from 2007,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The General Assembly establish Global Citizens for the Protection of the Planet
(GCPP) to function as an environmental think-
2. The General Assembly offer applications to citizens of any country who are interested in preserving the environment and knowledgeable in related fields.
3. The General Assembly pay GCPP employees for their work in developing green jobs and brainstorming prevention methods.
4. The program will be funded by a 1% increase in UN member dues.
5. Volunteers will be allowed to serve in the GCPP provided that they follow the same application process as paid employees.
Re.: Outer Space Neutrality
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: U.N. Secretariat
Date: November 20, 2010
Whereas humankind’s innate drive to explore has taken on new dimensions as we have developed the technical ability to reach beyond the boundaries of our planet; and
Whereas this ability has already been demonstrated by moon landings accomplished by the United States, and
Whereas the United States and other nations are contemplating and planning future exploration of additional planets, such as Mars, and
Concerned that nations with the funding and expertise to explore other planets would have an unfair advantage in exploiting the resources they might find on other planets, and
Concerned that interplanetary colonization and exploitation could create political, economic and military inequalities that could create conflict on Earth and in the universe,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Declare that no country be allowed to claim exclusive rights to any portion of a planet in the solar system.
2. Create an international, regulatory agency to monitor space exploration and ensure that interplanetary neutrality is being maintained. The agency would be called the United Nations Interplanetary Neutrality Commission [UNINC]
3. All members of the United Nations would be required to be signatories to the UNINC planetary neutrality agreement.
4. Under the interplanetary neutrality agreement, nations that engage in space exploration would be required to share all resources and scientific information gained through their interplanetary endeavors.
5. Under the interplanetary neutrality agreement, nations would be banned from claiming any portion of another planet as their territory, colony or protectorate.
Re.: Ensuring Fair Elections
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: U.N. Secretariat
Date: November 01, 2010
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 21, section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.”, and
Affirming that good and effective governance in any country requires credible and transparent elections, and
Concerned that recent elections in the Azerbaijan, Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States, Zanzibar and other nations have been undermined by challenges to their validity through reports of irregularities, such as widespread voter fraud, miscounting, suppression of minority voting rights, malfunctioning electronic voting machines, and tampering with machines and results,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. Establish a clear definition of what a “fair election” means.
2. Create an international Elections Commission to monitor elections within member nations and to report on violations of UN Fair Election Standards. [UNFES]
3. Refuse to re-
4. Refuse to accept the results of any national election in which electronic voting machines have been used.
5. Refuse to accept the results of any election in which the winning candidate received funds from sources outside their country.
