Resolutions

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

Alarmed that around 2.3 million people are living with AIDs in Zimbabwe, and

Understanding that many people contract AIDs by sex and sharing of bodily fluids with someone infected, and

Shocked that AIDs has caused Zimbabwe to have lower life expectancies for males and females both around 38 years old. AIDs has also caused higher infant mortality and death rates around 200,000 people. It has also caused lower population and growth rates. The population growth rate is a mere 0.68%, and

Speechless that 22.5 million people are living with HIV/AIDs in Sub-Saharan Africa, and

Encouraged that although there is no way to stop AIDs, there is a way to help prevent this deadly disease from spreading,

[BC1]Added Sierra Leone.

[BC2]The dues were increased from0.5% to 0.75%.

[BC3]Was lowered from 75%. They also added where the rest of the money would go.

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

Concerned that more people have died from obesity than all cancers combined, and

Aware that obesity can cause Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, gout, pregnancy complications, and many other health related problems, and

Appalled that on average North American countries have a BMI that is considered over weight,

2. Establish the Raising Obesity Awareness program, which would tour schools across selected countries.

3. The funding for this program would come from a 0.5% increase [BC2] of countries that give $25,000 regularly.

4. Recommend to all high schools that they require 4 years of physical education.

5. Recommend that schools in countries selected by the RAO program cut down the number of fats in school lunches.

6. This program will end in 2012. However, if it is considered a success it can be renewed until 2016.

7. A [BC3] guideline restricting fats and sugars served in restaurants will also be created.

[BC1]Lowered from 5 to 4.

[BC2]Decreased from 0.5%.

[BC3]New operative clause.

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 27, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Every has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.”, and

Alarmed that in some tropical areas, infection rate may be as high as 50-80% in rural areas and among lower socioeconomic group, in the rural tropics, and

Shocked that the intensity of infection are highest among school-aged children, girls between 5 and 14 years old have 12.3% of the total disease burden compared to boys with 11.4%, and

Keeping in mind 297 stool samples were analyzed and the prevalence of hookworm, amoebic, and parasitic infections were determined but convinced that 91% of sewage treatment plants in Malaysia are run inefficiently,

2. The General Assembly is to be contacted so we can be ready for parasitic treatment and water filtration advancement. Another thing needed for advancement would be 1 month span of researching parts needed to improve the water treatment and filtration plants.

3. A new program will be designed for water treatment only for Malaysia as the number one target. The new program will be sending 20 professional water filtration staff to educate other water filtration workers in classrooms of 10 to every 2 professionals in local areas near the waters plants. Money for this program will be provided by the General Assembly.

4. World Health Organization will sponsor to treat those already infected with the parasitic infections. WHO will also provide new researchers for parasitic vaccinations and other possible vaccines for this disease in Malaysia.

5. Supply ship will be sent over every other month making sure that the providers of education and health workers have the food, shelter, and other luxuries needed.

6. The General Assembly will send over an inspector to check the proper operation of the system. An inspector will be sent over every month.

7. This [BC2] program will last 3 years in Malaysia and then expand to other countries.

[BC1]New operative clause.

[BC2]New operative clause.

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, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”, and

Alarmed by the number of children involved in armed conflicts worldwide at least 250,000 and over 1/3 of them in Africa (100,000), and

Understanding that children are drugged and brain washed before they become a child soldier, and

Shocked that children as young as eight years of age become spies, sex slaves, fighters, and human shields, and

Aware of 1/3 of child soldiers come back to their families have post traumatic stress syndrome,

1. The General Assembly start a program called a Soccer 4 Soldiers (S4S), the goal of which is to get child soldiers social and active.

2. The S4S will send 20 [BC1] counselors and create 160 co-ed soccer teams with two age divisions in the countries with the highest rate of child soldiers (Uganda, Democratic Republic Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, and Angola). Our counselors will come from Doctors without Borders and work with each team once a week. Our soccer league will be coached by hired locals and equipped with soccer balls, uniforms, goals, land, and cones. Additional sports will be added every 2 years.

3. The soccer leagues will help relieve post-traumatic stress syndrome, increase socialization, and help the previous soldiers learn to be kids.

4. Drug [BC2] rehabilitation will also be made available to the former child soldiers who need it.

5. This program will last for 5 years. After the first 2 years S4S will send a progress report to the General Assembly reporting on the successes and shortcomings thus far in the program.

6. If the program is successful the General Assembly may choose to renew the program after the 5 year term is up at this time the General Assembly will also extend the program to 15 [BC3] new countries who have problems with child soldiers.

7. The UN will ask suppliers to donate or deeply discount the soccer balls, uniforms, goals, land, and cones. The remaining cost of this program will be paid by raising the UN dues of all nations by .1% and collecting international donations at Major League Soccer, Premier League, and World Cup Soccer events. This will raise over $500,000 a year sufficient to pay for the soccer balls, uniforms, goals, land, and cones.

[BC1]Increased from 5 counselors. Also added more sports and Sierra Leone to the list of countries being helped.

[BC2]New operative clause.

[BC3]Increased from 5 countries to 15.

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

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

Appalled that in a 22 month observed period, 8,000 people were murdered in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and

Outraged that sexual assault of women was very common in those 22 months, with findings suggesting that 35,000 women were victimized in the area, and

Deeply concerned that more than half of all the female victims that were sexually assaulted were younger than 18, and

Recognizing that only 24.4% of all sexual assault perpetrators were taken into custody, and

Having considered that in the 22 month period, kidnappings and extra judicial detentions, physical assaults, death threats, and threats of sexual violence were also common, and

Fully aware that almost half of the identified perpetrators were government forces or outside political actors, and

2. Request that Member Nations with a G.N.P. per capita of more than $25,000 add a 1% increases to their U.N. member dues.

3. The money to be forward to the U.N.N.V.F. so that they can send better and more reliable police forces to Haiti and [BC1] 2 other countries.

4. The U.N.N.V.F. will also send supplies to Haiti so that people don’t have to resort to crime to get money to live.

5. The foundation will also send a non-violence program to teach children how to improve their country for the future.

[BC1]Added more countries to the resolution.

[BC2]Was lowered from 5 years to 3 years.

Whereas Article 7 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “All are equal before the law and are entitled without 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

Noting that 17% percent (1.1 billion) of the world’s population is using unsafe water sources. The Philippines, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya have land that is deserted in the oceans, which are all salt water, so they do not have a healthy drinking water. And also the water they drink may be polluted, and

Noting that 30 million people of the country’s 80 million people do not have access to potable water through public or commercial water supply and distribution operations; The lowest drinking water coverage rates are in sub-Saharan Africa (58 %), but the largest numbers of unserved people are in Asia, and

Alarmed that the people who drink this contaminated water could die or get sick, here are some examples-skin rashes, diarrhea, ear infections, meningitis, and many more,

1. Request that UN use .01% of their gross income to fund the “Countries In Need of Potable Water (CINPW)” that has the highest population per potable water sources.

2. Install water spigots to the Philippines and other countries in need of potable water sources starting with the Philippines, India[BC1] , Iran, Iraq, Italy, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya.

4. Program success will be evaluated in 5 years to see if the program will be reinstated for an additional 5 years.

5. The funds will be distributed to the countries with the highest population per potable water source until 85% of that country’s population has access to potable drinking sources.

6. If desalination of salt water is needed, a desalination plant will be installed at a price of 130 million US dollars per station which can produce 25 million gallons of fresh water a day. The plant would use reverse [BC2] osmosis. In reverse osmosis, high pressure pumps force salt water through fine filters that trap and remove waterborne salts and minerals.

7. Doctors [BC3] will also be sent to the aforementioned countries to care for children with water born diseases.

[BC1]Added India to the list of countries needing help.

[BC2]The General Assembly voted on and removed distillation from this resolution.

[BC3]New operative clause.

[BC4]New operative clause.

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA-01	Zimbabwe St. Gabriel	AIDs in Zimbabwe	Amended & Passed
GA-02	U.S.A. Hixson	Child Obesity	Amended & Passed
GA-03	Malaysia Hixson	Parasitic Infections	Amended & Defeated
GA-04	South Africa, Botswana, & Nigeria MRH	Child Soldiers	Amended & Defeated
GA-05	Haiti Hixson	Violence & Grievous Human Rights Violations	Amended & Passed
GA-06	Philippines Orchard Farms	Lack of Water	Amended & Passed