Resolutions for May 11, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Resolution GA May 11-01

 

St. Gabriel

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Re:   Child Healthcare

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Indonesia & Ghana

Date:   May 11, 2011

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 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

 

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

 

Disheartened that 250 million inhabitants in Indonesia are not accessible to even the lowest quality healthcare, and

 

Appalled that there are only 16 doctors per every 100,000 patients, and

 

Frightened that the probably of dying under the age of 5 is 34 per 1,000, and

 

Alarmed that in Ghana there is only one doctor per 17,700 citizens, and

 

Apprehensive about the fact that 12% of children under the age of 5 die every year, and

 

Stunned that a child dies every 3 seconds in Africa,

 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The United Nations will support a program called S.O.C.T. (Save Our Children Today).

2. Request that the top twenty United Nation Members with the highest GDP will raise their dues by 0.5%.

3. S.O.C.T. will work along with the World Health Organization (WHO).

4. This program will set up three vans for each country to travel to the most densely populated rural areas of Indonesia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland.

5. S.O.C.T. will feature trained medical professionals from WHO.

6. Vans will be equipped with medical supplies, including various immunizations, vaccinations, and antibiotics for the children.

7. S.O.C.T. will be a three year program that will be evaluated at the end of the third year.  If successful, S.O.C.T. will expand to other countries.

Resolution GA May 11-02

 

St. Gerard Majella

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Re:   Education in Nepal

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Nepal

Date:   May 11, 2011

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 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

 

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

 

Understanding that Nepal has a literacy rate of about 48% as of 2009, with this small amount of people that are able to read and write Nepal’s economy may never grow, and

 

Realizing Nepal has one of the least developed economies in the world, a good education

              could provide this generation with the knowledge and skills they need to

              support Nepal with new and bright ideas for the future, and

 

Currently Nepal is in a rough stage with money including its government and economy.  This aspect has really affected Nepal’s education system and industry,

 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The United Nations will start the Building a Better Education (BBE) program.

2. The schools of BBE will be built throughout Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burma, and Afghanistan.

3. BBE will build and fund about 300 schools with six rooms each costing about $16,000 dollars. In each school there will be about 5 or 6 trained teachers that will receive an annual salary of $400 dollars. The U.N. will recruit and train local teachers to teach in these schools. Supplies will be provided for about 180 children per school.

4. BBE will have a goal to raise $5 million dollars in 5 years to fund and build 300 schools in countries with educational struggles and issues. To pay for BBE, the United Nations will raise the dues of the 10 wealthiest countries by 0.7%. This will fund 5.4 million dollars to build and fund schools.

5. Local workers and labor will be used to build these schools in the countries in which they are built. Some workers will build in other countries as well as their own if extra help is needed.

6. To encourage children to go to school a good learning environment will be provided with luxuries such as air conditioning, a nice and helpful staff, and one nutritious meal every day for each student. Also positive encouragement like by going to school the children will have a brighter and more opportunities in the future will also be provided in the schools.

7. If BBE reaches its goal and is successful at its task it can be renewed for another 5 years and expand the BBE program to more countries in the central Asian region.

 

Resolution GA May 11-03

 

St. Roch

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Re:   Saving the Natives

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Madagascar, South Africa

Date:   May 11, 2011

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 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

 

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

 

Understanding animals only found in South Africa are being poached at an alarming rate, and

 

Shocked that Madagascar is losing 0.42% of its forest cover a year and lost 8.3% from 1990 to 2010, which means unique animals only found in Madagascar are being killed, and

 

Recognizing that we need our forests and animals in them to continue on with the life we are currently living, and

 

Encouraged that deforestation can be reduced and the rare animals in both South Africa and Madagascar can be saved and not go extinct,

 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The name of the program is “Saving the Natives”.

2. Saving the Natives will help Madagascar’s deforestation problems and South Africa’s endangered species.

3. South Africa is having a big problem with the poaching of endangered species. Madagascar is having problems with deforestation. The United Nations will work with Madagascar’s government to establish a wildlife preserve and animal refuge. This will be unavailable for logging or anything of the nature. A portion of the most endangered animals will be brought to the reserve in Madagascar.

4. The reserve will be called Teny Mitovitovy Amin'ny, which means “Animal Reserve”.  At first, a certain number of these animals will be brought over just to see if they can adapt. If all goes well, more of the animals will be brought over to increase the population of that animal. The people of the Riemvasmaak National Forest will tag the animals that are going to be shipped to the reserve.  The animals will be taken from Riemvasmaak National Forest to Cape Town by land vehicle. Then from Cape Town to East London by boat. From East London, the animals will go by boat to Toliara. Then from Toliara the animals will be taken to the reserve by land vehicle. The animals will then be released.

5. The United Nations Environmental Program will be in charge of monitoring the animals. They will conduct the transfer of the animals and will carefully follow the animas’ progress.

6. The whole operation will take around 6 years for each species. Getting the animals to Madagascar will roughly take 5 weeks. The test group of animals will be given two years to see if they can adapt. If the animals can adapt and more of the animals are brought over, the species will be given another 3 years before any are reintroduced in South Africa.

7. South Africa will pay for 50 percent of the food of the animals and Madagascar will pay for the other 50 percent. The dues for the top 80 countries in the United Nations by 1 percent. This will take care of all of the funds needed for this operation.

 

Resolution GA May 11-05

 

Assumption

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Re:   Illiteracy

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Czech Republic

Date:   May 11, 2011

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

 

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

 

Understanding that there are seven countries in the world that have an illiteracy rate of at least 65%, and

 

Also understanding that the Czech Republic has a literacy rate of 99%, and

 

Recognizing the fact that almost all high paying jobs require a literate worker,

 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Increasing the World’s Literacy Rate (IWLR), the goal of which is to increase the world’s top seven most illiterate countries’ literacy rates over the next 5 years by at least 30%.

2. IWLR will take place in Chad, Niger, Mali, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Benin; the seven countries with the highest illiteracy rates in the world.

3. The Assembly will ask the Czech Republic, The United States of America, Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada (some of the countries with the highest literacy rates in the world) to set up workshops in their home countries to train educated volunteers to teach literacy in schools, that will also be set up by IWLR.

4. IWLR will set up workshops in the Czech Republic, United States, Australia, the U.K., and Canada; which will be used to train volunteers to teach children the basics of reading. The taught language will be English.

5. IWLR will also set up workshops in the targeted countries where illiterate children can attend a daily class which will last for four hours. There will be four classes a week and we assume that it will take 26 weeks for a session of classes to be completed. The volunteers will be sent to the targeted countries and will be in charge of the targeted countries’ workshops.

6. IWLR will span over the period 5 years, and if the assembly wishes, can be renewed after the initial 5 year period. And depending on how successful the program is, perhaps other subjects, such as math, could be added.

7.  IWLR will be paid for by increasing the dues of the United States of America, Japan, $7,265,000 The U.K, and Germany by 0.05%. This will raise approximately $7,265,000.   The money will go towards the building costs, supplies, and transportation of volunteers.

 

Resolution GA May 11-04

 

St. Margaret of Scotland

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Re:   Dirty Water

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Chad, India

Date:   May 11, 2011

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 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

 

Understanding that around 37.7 million become affected with water borne disease in India, and

 

Shocked that 1.5 million children is the estimated amount of children that die of diarrhea each year, and

 

Recognizing that India has 16 percent of the words population and only 4 percent of the world’s fresh water resources, and

 

Keeping in mind that 195,813 places in India are affected with chemical filled, dirty and unsafe drinking water, and

 

Realizing that permanent streams do not exist in northern or central Chad, and

 

Observing that the wells in Chad are very far away from the communities that use them, and

 

Recognizing that the arrival of refugees from neighboring countries has greatly depleted the water resources of Chad, and

 

Madagascar can be saved and not go extinct,

 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The General Assembly will begin a program called “Hope for Water”, the goal of which is to give a majority of India, Chad and surrounding countries clean water.

2. “Hope for Water” will start in the capital of India and in the areas of Chad that have been most affected by the arrival of refuges.  It will then spread to the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sudan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

3. “Hope for Water” will construct Biosand Filters to be used to produce clean water for the areas that lack clean water.  The filters will be used in India to clean unsanitary water.  In Chad the filters will be used to filter “gray” water in an effort to preserve limited water supplies.  

4. While these filters are easy to build and use, proper construction and use of the filter requires some training. Included in the cost for the filter is an educational program that will address the construction and maintenance of the filter, water conservation practices and the importance of using sanitary water.

5. Depending on the turbidity of the water these filter can filter 0.5-4 liters of water per hour.  This would provide enough clean water for approximately 15 people per filter.

6. Cost per filter and the program to train people in the correct use of the filter is estimated at $50. To pay for this the United Nations raise the dues for the twenty-five richest countries by 0.5%.  This will generate an estimated $55 million dollars over five years.

7. This program will last for five years, and if proved to be successful in helping people, the program will be continued for another five years and expand to other countries.  Success will be determined by at least a 50% reduction in the incidence of water borne diseases in the countries targeted for this program.

 

 

Resolution GA May 11-06

 

St. Francis Cabrini

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Re:   United Nations Peacekeeper Budget

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: United Kingdom

Date:   May 11, 2011

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

 

Understanding that between 1992-1995, based on the definition of genocide being used, anywhere from 25,000-329,000 people were killed in the Bosnian War, and that the United Nations Peacekeepers attempted to help but were largely ineffective, and

Also understanding that the budget of the United Nations Peacekeepers budget is 7.2 billion dollars a year, which makes up less than 0.5% of the worldwide military budget, and

Also understanding that in the UN Peacekeepers there are only 98,863 uniformed personnel, and that only 2,198 of them are military,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The United Nations will create a program called F.I.P.S (Funds to Increase Peacekeepers Supplies), which will request a fee of 8% be placed on all international flights from countries in the United Nations.

2. All money made from the tax will be separated from the United Nations regular budget and will be used to buy arms, vehicles, and rations, to increase their number and improve their training, etc. for the United Nations Peacekeepers.

3. The United Nations Security Council will decide the exact details of how the money will be spent to benefit the Peacekeepers.

4. This fee will last for 10 years and if the money raised and spent is found to have had a positive impact on the efficiency of the Peacekeepers it will be renewed for another 10 year period.