8th Grade Resolutions for April 10, 2002

Comm./ Res.	Sponsored by:	Brief Description	STATUS
GA-02-01	Greece	Trafficking in Women and Children	New
GA-02-02	Egypt	Unskilled Medical Physicians and Unsterilized Environments	New
GA-02-03	Kuwait	Women Who are Denied Voting Rights or Access to the Political Process	New
GA-02-04	Sierra Leone	Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)	New
GA-02-05	India, Netherlands, and Spain	Prisoners of War	New
GA-02-06	United States	Alleged Human Rights Violations	New
GA-02-07	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Street Children	New

Resolution GA-02-01

Alarmed that the number of women and children forced into prostitution is an estimated one to two million people, 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, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment,” and

Concerned that an estimated 225 thousand victims are trafficked from Southeast Asia for sex tourism, and

Gravely concerned that the number of women and children forced into prostitution in Latin America and the Caribbean escalated to more than 100,000, and

Deploring the fact that an estimated 70% of these victims are sent to Western Europe countries including Greece, and

1. Create a task force to patrol countries where trafficking reaches at least 10,000.

6. Urge member nations willing to cooperate in making prostitution illegal agree to prosecute any violators.

Resolution GA-02-02

Whereas the people in Egypt are at risk because they may not be getting the correct medical attention, and

Whereas the unsterilized environment and equipment used can do harm and endanger the people in Egypt who are in need of medical attention, 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…” “Medical care, and necessary Social Services…” “Sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”

1. Request from the governments of different countries to send a few of their well-trained medical physicians to Egypt to teach the untrained doctors and nurses.

2. The tax money that Egypt receives form their taxpayers will go to paying the physicians from other countries.

3. Request that the IAEA CRP, which is in the Asia/Pacific region, to donate any of their sterile products to Egypt to make a healthier environment for the Egyptian people.

4. The money that Egypt receives from the medical attention of its people will pay for the prepackaged medical supplies from the IAEA CRP.

Resolution GA-02-03

Whereas Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinion without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers,” 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 a periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote of by equivalent free voting procedures,” and

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 opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,” and

Whereas women are not allowed to vote in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Brunei, and,

Whereas of the 185 highest ranking diplomats to the United Nations, only seven are women, and

Whereas women in the developing world tend to focus on participation through local organizations,

1. Request that all countries with a GDP per capita of $20,000 or above pay a 2% tax on tobacco.

2. Create a committee with a president, vice-president and treasurer to oversee the distribution of the money gained from this tax.

3. Some of the money from this tax will be distributed only to women’s organizations that seek to improve voting rights of or access to political participation for women (this money will not be given to any government office).

4. Some of the money from this tax will go to provide training for the women’s organizations.

5. After two years the U.N. will evaluate the effectiveness of this program and make any necessary changes to the program.

Resolution GA-02-04

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

Whereas Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, in human or degrading treatment or punishment,” and

Observing that many countries (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Mozambique & Sudan) practice Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and

Noting that FGM kills with infection and it is done with unsterilized materials, and

Noting that FGM can cause long term complications such as recurrent urinary retention, infections, delayed menary, fetuses overexposed to infection, sexual frigidity, genital malformation, and

Acknowledging that birth complications and other operations would be very likely for these women,

1. UN publications will be used to educate the other countries around the world of the practice of FGM, which is harmful to women and girls and, indeed, is a form of modern slavery.

2. The UN should both set up clinics and send trained medical personal to the countries where FGM is practiced, so that the medical complications can be treated.

3. Fast food businesses worldwide will be taxed 1% on all sales to be used to build safe homes and help educate others that the practice of FGM should be eliminated.

4. Each country that continues practicing FGM will be fined 1% of their exports that will be paid to the UN to be used in eliminating FGM.

Recalling 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

Recalling Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel in-human or degrading treatment or punishment,” and

Recalling that 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,” whereas we are

Alarmed by thousands of Taliban fighters held prisoner in Afghanistan under terrible conditions. They have little food or medical care, the jails are over-crowded and unsanitary, and the prisoners have been subjected to torture, and we are

Alarmed by Iraq holding 3,200 Iranian soldiers prisoner according to Iran, and we are

Alarmed by 107 Pakistan soldiers being held prisoner by Peshawar, and we are

Alarmed by 50 Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners being held in Cuba by the United States, who according to officials have been treated humanely.

1. Enforce the Geneva Convention by designing a committee that has the right to check on prisoners of countries at war to make sure that they are at least being treated humanely.

2. Will also try to establish negotiations of the countries that are holding prisoners to hopefully peacefully resolve the problem and release the prisoners.

3. Allow countries that have prisoners, the right to investigate their prisoners of war, however, they can not attempt to release their prisoners themselves.

4. Request that all member nations and all international airline flights agree to assess a 1% tax on all international passenger airline tickets. Generate money from this tax be placed in a separate fund to be used for the financing of the aforementioned committee which will be known as the Prisoners of War Committee (P.O.W.C). The committee will be made up of any countries that seek aid for their prisoners of war. It will initially be authorized for 5 years. In the third year of the program, the General Assembly will commence discussion on the renewal of the program.

Whereas Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “All are equal before the law and are entitled to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement of such discrimination,” and

Concerned that since the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, America, a country that has long been known for its commitment and dedication to freedom and fairness has been accused of detaining and violating the civil rights of people of Middle Eastern descent solely on the basis of their nationality, and

Alarmed that Human Rights Watch and other organizations have accused the INS, the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States of unfairly incarcerating people of Middle Eastern descent based solely on their nationality, and

Dismayed by allegations that the United States government has not provided people of Middle Eastern descent with a fair trial or ample protection under the law, and

Appalled that the United States has been accused of housing detainees in cramped and uncomfortable facilities with both accused and convicted criminals, and

Grieved that in spite of recent visits by Human Rights Watch and other organizations these allegations still persist,

1. The United Nations send its own delegation to the United States to investigate such alleged violations of human rights. The delegation will consist of representatives from Human Rights Watch and other such organizations, as well as four citizens of Middle Eastern countries designated by their governments. These Middle Eastern representatives will have clean criminal records and no prior ties to terrorist organizations. This delegation will consist of not fewer than five, but not more than ten investigators. This investigative body will be called the ERA, or Equal Rights Association.

2. The United States encourages this group to visit the two jails that house the greatest number of detainees: the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearney, and the Passaic County Jail in Patterson. In addition, this delegation is also encouraged to visit the Metropolitan Correctional Center and Metropolitan Detention Center in New Jersey.

3. Members of ERA will not violate the privacy of detainees during the course of these visits. Detainees will be interviewed by members of ERA on a voluntary basis only.

4. The United States reserves the right to insure that this nation will remain secure. The United States will not divulge information that may create a breach in the security of this country.

5. The United States will fund the visit of this delegation so that such alleged violations of human rights will finally be put to rest and the country can return to the arduous task of recovering from the horrendous attack of September 11, 2001.

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 its cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment,” and

Whereas Article 26, Section 1 states, “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the 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

Deeply alarmed that the United Nations estimates the number of street children world-wide to be 150 million, and

Distressed that 40% of them are homeless and that the other 60% work in the streets to support their families and are therefore unable to attend school, and

Dismayed by the fact that these children may be defenseless victims of brutal violence, sexual exploitation, abject neglect, and chemical addiction,

1. The United Nations establish a branch of UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. The new branch would be called UNISAFE. The purpose of this branch would be to investigate conditions under which street children live throughout the world.

2. People who are currently employed by UNICEF, missionaries, members of the Peace Corps and/or other interested organizations would form an investigative body to determine the number of street children within the population of a nation.

3. The investigative team would go into countries where unlawful detainment of juveniles and unfair or brutal treatment by police has been either reported or suspected.

4. The UNISAFE team would then draw up a list of infractions and give them to the governments of the offending country. The country would be given a specified period of time designated by the United Nations to address and clear up these problems.

5. The program would be funded by a combination of UNICEF funds and donations from countries on a volunteer basis.

6. The program will run for five years. At the end of that time, a meeting shall be held to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. If UNISAFE is deemed effective, funding will continue until the number of street children is reduced by at least 20%.