Resolutions for 1996-97 Gateway Model United Nations

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Resolution SC-01

Re.: Civil Strife in Afghanistan

Submitted to: Security Council

Submitted by: People's Republic of China

Date: November 6, 1996

Observing the armed conflict in Afghanistan between the Taliban army of religious students and the deposed national military, and

Cognizant of the fact that the Taliban army now controls two-thirds of that country, and

Reaffirming the principle of national sovereignty within the Charter of the United Nations, whereby a nation may make its own decisions regarding self-government without the interference of the United Nations,

Be It Hereby Resolved that the Security Council:

1. Recognize the Taliban leadership as the official government of Afghanistan.
   
2. Accept a Taliban delegation into the General Assembly of the United Nations to replace the former delegation from Afghanistan.
   
3. Encourage the Taliban and deposed governmental forces to declare a cease-fire in Afghanistan.
   
4. Calls upon the leaders of the factions to begin talks in order to resolve the conflict without further bloodshed.
   
5. Solemnly affirm the right of all people to live in peace and personal security.

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Resolution SC-02

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Re.: Nuclear Disaster Relief

Submitted to: Security Council

Submitted by: Russian Federation

Date: November 6, 1996

Recalling the nuclear disaster that occurred on 26 April 1986 at Chernobyl, and

Recognizing the severity of the repercussions already felt, and still being suffered today, and of those not yet experienced, mainly by the people of Belarus the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, and

Aware that at least 9 million people have been either directly or indirectly affected by this tragic catastrophe and its aftermath, and

Realizing that ultimately not only the immediate victims of Chernobyl, but also the greater world community, will feel the growing effects of this crisis,

Be It Hereby Resolved that the Security Council

1. Encourage continued financial support from the international community to the countries most severely affected - Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine - to promote research into the projected effects Chernobyl will have on the world, to address the immediate needs of the people, to continue clean-up and recovery work, and to prevent the nuclear material that did not escape during the explosion from entering into our atmosphere presently due to the deterioration of the abandoned nuclear plant at Chernobyl.
   

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