8th Grade Resolutions for March 21, 2001

RESOLUTIONS for
8th Grade Model United Nations
General Assembly – March 21, 2001 March 21, 2001

Resolution Number	Sponsored by:	Issue

1.	Japan, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia	Labor Laws
2.	Belize	Child Combatants
3.	Samoa	Women’s Rights in Third World Countries
4.	Zimbabwe	Assisting Africa With Their AIDS Crisis
5.	St. Kitts & Nevis	Human Cloning
6.	Italy	Drug Trafficking
7.	Cuba and Myanmar	Adequate Standard of Living

Whereas Article 1, Section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "All human beings are born free in equal dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood," In sweat shops children, elderly, women, and men are physically forced to work in camps or factories with inhumane hours., The only two differences between these camps and death camps are that the workers are occasionally allowed to go home and get paid (very, very little) but they need the money. The working is not the violation of this article, but the conditions and the way they are treated, as if they were not as good as the rest of us is a serious violation,

Whereas Article 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other such opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the 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," The violation which is made by the companies who use sweat camps mainly use natives or people shunned in that country to work constantly, also they take advantage of the sex or religions which is also a violation in article two,

Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person,"

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 in many, not all, labor camps, people are not allowed to leave; if they try to, they brutally beaten. This is in fact a form of slavery. The workers are not notified they are not allowed to leave or quit until they join, if they were why would they join, and on top of this they do no always receive the pay they are promised if they ever do. As you can see, article four has been completely disregarded by the companies,

Whereas Article 5 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "No one shall be subject to torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment" and,

Whereas Article 7 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination," and,

Whereas Article 8 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by competent national tribunals for act violation the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law," and,

Whereas Article 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "No on shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile," 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,

Whereas Article 23, Section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration for himself and his family, and existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection," and,

Whereas Article 23, Section 4 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of interests," and,

Whereas Article 24 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "Everyone has the right to rest in leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay," and many times the normal worker is not allowed to go home at night because they are working. If someone is working all day and night then there is no time for leisure or rest, and,

Whereas Nike(tm), the shoe company, forced women to work under horrible conditions to make shoes, the sweat shops used violated everything in the preamble and,

Whereas ADIDAS(tm) and other companies force kids to make soccer balls, footballs, and other sports products and,

Whereas from 900,000 to 100,000 Asian children as young as 5 years of age work from 4 AM to 11PM working without pay making carpets. 10% of them were kidnapped. They are locked in cold and dirty rooms without food until they agree to work and,

Whereas children working at the carpet looms can be disabled with eye damage, lung disease, stunted growth, and often get arthritis and other problems when they grow older and,

Whereas in China, Nike(tm) workers have to work 10-12 hours per day, plus 2.4 hours of overtime. If refusing to work overtime, they are fired. This means that the average working week is 60-84 hours, and

Whereas Chinese Nike(tm) workers receive only 2-4 days off a month. This violates China's labor law, and

Whereas pregnant workers are treated with disrespect and are often fired. This is also a violation of China's labor law, and

Whereas Disney workers have reported working 16 hour days, 7 days a week, and

Whereas and estimated 250,000 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 work in developing countries. 61% of these children are from Asia, 32% from Africa, and

Whereas bonded labor and forced labor are the two most common forms of labor a child is subjected to, and

Whereas in many Disney factories, workers must bring their own, clean drinking water. They must get permission to use the bathroom, and bathroom visits are limited to twice a day.

1. Request that at least one of all major company's factories is inspected by UNICEF members.

2. Request searches through the countries by the UN every two years at the country's expense.

3. If a factory is a "bad" working community, they must inspect other factories.

4. The company must pay for at least one security camera that will show every angle in each workroom. The monitors will be recording for the inspectors to watch.

5. If the inspector finds anything to be cruel, or harmful to the workers, the company will be taxed and the money will go to the government of that country.

6. The inspector will determine the amount of money to be taxed on the company. It will depend on the extremity of the company's cruelty.

7. If the company has workers under the age of fourteen, they can't work over 25 hours a week, and must have at least 25 hours of education a week.

8. A worker must receive at least one tenth of the profit the company makes off of what they are making.

9. After the age of fourteen, you cannot work more that 60 hours a week. If you work more than forty hours, you must receive overtime pay. The overtime pay is at least twenty percent of the profit the company is making.

10. Pregnant mothers must receive three months of paid maternity leave. The pay is the average monthly pay they receive.

11. If companies do not agree to the terms above, they will be shut down until they improve conditions.

12. If two camps are found within a country, the UN will recommend that sanctions be placed on those goods that would be produced by that company which is violating its workers' rights.

13. If a sweat camp is caught, the company will pay each worker a wealthy wage for three years or keep working but giving the workers fair hours and pay (workers choice).

Whereas education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and

Acknowledging that these children are being denied the right to a healthy development of character and the right to an education,

1. Children who have been force to serve in the military be immediately released and compensated for their services.

2. Those children who have a safe home and a family should be returned to them as soon as possible.

3. Those children whose homes and families have been destroyed should be entitled to be adopted.

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 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

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."

Whereas women in Third World countries are often treated as slaves and forced to have intercourse. If they refuse marriage or to submit themselves for sex, their faces can be burned with acid and other torture applied,

1. Shall add $17.50 to the cost of every automobile in the world. This money will be taken and given to a subcommittee of the United Nations. This money will be used to help these women to escape and to heal from the emotional and/or physical difficulties, and will be used for education purposes.

2. A new product, such as a bracelet, necklace, or pin, will be produced with the profits from its sales going to fund programs to aid oppressed women in third world countries.

2. There shall be a 1% sales tax added to women's and men's clothing in 1st and 2nd world countries to also add to this fund through the United Nations to assist these abused and oppressed women.

3. Some of the money from the above 3 items will be used to establish clinics in these Third World countries to provide legal and medical assistance for the women there.

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 of 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 21, Section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "Everyone has the right of equal access to public services in his country," 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 in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection,"

Whereas the standard of living in Zimbabwe is very low. The unemployment rate in Africa is around 50% so most Zimbabweans cannot afford the high cost of the drugs to treat AIDS. The infection and mortality rates in southern Africa are the highest in Zimbabwe. The health car system cannot handle the rapidly spreading virus. There are not enough health education workers are there is a limited budget.

Whereas in Africa, 4,000 babies are born with HIV each month and there are 1,700 new infection every day. In Zambia, the life expectancy has dropped from 60 to 37. By 2005, the number of orphaned children is expected to be around 5 million. About 26% of adults 15-49 in Zimbabwe are believed to be infected with AIDS. This leads us to expect a death toll that will diminish the parenting generation and leave the upcoming generation of children infected with AIDS.

1. Request that all member nations agree to assess a mandatory 1% tax increase on food for 1st and 2nd world nations.

2. With the money earned from this tax increase, a commission called the United Nations Commission to Prevent the Spread of AIDS (U.N.C.S.A).

3. This commission will be responsible for distribution of the money to AIDS clinics, foundations, etc... in Africa, Asia, and any other countries who are needing to help in the advance of the healthcare system and to lower the prices of drugs to make them more affordable to AIDS victims.

4. Part of the money will also go to the education system in Africa to help educate the children about AIDS and the importance of safe sex.

5. This program will run for three years and in the third year, the General Assembly will discuss the effect the program has had and decide on the renewal of the program.

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 cloning of humans may limit people's job options by who they were cloned from.

2. Clones will get 100% of the benefits and rights that the original people get.

Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, "Everyone has a right to life, liberty, and security of person," and

Whereas everyone should be safe from violence generated by the smuggling and trafficking of drugs, and

Whereas people who become severely addicted to drugs fail to report to work and become a burden on an already stressed economy, and

Whereas there is an 11.6% unemployment rate in Italy. They cannot afford to purchase illegal drugs. The economies of all countries should not have to be harmed because of drug trafficking, and

Whereas drug trafficking is talking place all over the world and is putting stress on economies and people of many countries, and

1. Every nations that is suffering shall send volunteers to become members of a committee that will do searches on cargo ships for heroin, cannabis, cocaine, LSD, Ecstasy, and Speed.

2. A 0.5% sales tax shall be placed on all alcohol and tobacco sales. The United States tobacco companies alone make 2.4 billion dollars a year on sales. This will provide enough money to pay the members of the committee.

3. Dogs will be sent by these nations to be trained. These dogs will sniff out cargo ships for illegal drugs. The dogs will make searches faster and more efficient.

4. Checkpoints will be established in Miami, Rio, Sydney, Bangkok, Rome, and Johannesburg, and any other nations willing to participate. After a cargo ship is searched, the operator will be given a pass to prove he has been through the checkpoint. Without this pass, the ship will not be allowed in to a country. There will be no checkpoints if the drugs are legal in a particular country.

5. If any drugs are found, the drugs will be confiscated and destroyed. The cargo ship operator and/or person who sent the cargo would be arrested and fined.

6. This will last four years. After two years, the committee will meet and figure out if the system is working. They will also discuss whether or not to keep the system running.

Resolution GA-02-07

Recognizing that Article 25, Section 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being of himself and of 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

Recognizing that Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person", and

Recognizing that Cuban vice president Carlos Lage says the U.S. embargo cost the Cuban economy a minimum of $800 million in 1998, and

Recognizing that Denis Halladay said, after resigning as first U.N. Assistant Secretary General, referring to Iraq, " We are in the process of destroying an entire society. It is as simple and terrifying as that. It is illegal and immoral," and

Recognizing that after the sanctions on Iraq went into effect they started to ration their food. In '96 they agreed to start selling their oil for food. As of November of 1998 less than $1 billion of supplies reached the intended users.

1. Request that the U.N. makes a committee, possibly called the ISC which stands for the International Sanction Committee, that will discuss new possibilities for sanctions.

2. The sanctions currently laid on Cuba, Myanmar, and Iraq should be removed or revised by the ISC.

3. The committee should review existing sanctions and oversee the new sanctions to make sure they are intended for the country or person.

4. The committee should meet once a month and be made up of representatives from the current U.N. associated countries.