Resolutions for April 30, 2008
Resolution | Sponsors | Topic | Status |
GA-01 | Zimbabwe St. Gabriel |
AIDs in Zimbabwe | New! |
GA-02 | U.S.A. Hixson |
Child Obesity | New! |
GA-03 | Malaysia Hixson |
Parasitic Infections | New! |
GA-04 | South Africa, Botswana, &
Nigeria MRH |
Child Soldiers | New! |
GA-05 | Haiti Hixson |
Violence & Grievous Human Rights Violations | New! |
GA-06 | Philippines Orchard Farms |
Lack of Water | New! |
St. Gabriel
Heading:
Re: HIV/AIDs in Zimbabwe
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Zimbabwe
Date: April 30, 2008
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
Alarmed that around 2.3 million people are
living with AIDs in Zimbabwe, 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,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General
Assembly:
Hixson Middle
Heading:
Re: Child Obesity
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: United States of America
Date: April 30, 2008
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
Concerned
that more people have died from obesity than all cancers combined, and
Alarmed by the fact that life expectancy has gone down 2%, and
Aware
that obesity rates are still rising in children, 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,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General
Assembly:
1.
Recommend that all
schools have gym 5 days a week.
2. Establish the Raising Obesity Awareness program, which would tour schools across selected countries.
3. The funding for this program would come from a 1% increase 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.
Hixson Middle
Heading:
Re: Parasitic Infections Caused by Improper Waste Disposal
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Malaysia
Date: April 30, 2008
Establishing in
the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:
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
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,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General
Assembly:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. BJC Healthcare Association will sponsor to treat those already infected with the parasitic infections. BJC will also provide new researchers for parasitic vaccinations and other possible vaccines for this disease in Malaysia.
4. 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.
5.
The General Assembly will send over an inspector to
check the proper operation of the system. An inspector will be sent over every
month.
Maplewood-Richmond Heights
Heading:
Re: Child Soldiers
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: South Africa, Botswana, & Nigeria
Date: April 30, 2008
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 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,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General
Assembly:
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 5 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, 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.
3. The soccer leagues will help relieve post-traumatic stress syndrome, increase socialization, and help the previous soldiers learn to be kids.
4. 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.
5. 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 5 new countries who have problems with child soldiers.
6.
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.
Hixson Middle
Heading:
Re: Violence & Grievous Human Rights Violations
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Haiti
Date: April 30, 2008
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
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
Alarmed that Haiti is the fourth poorest country in the world,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General
Assembly:
1. The United Nations Non-Violence Foundation (U.N.N.V.F.) will be founded.
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.
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.
6.
The program will be authorized for 5 years. At the end
of each year, a progress report will be sent to the General Assembly so they can
evaluate the progress and discuss renewal of the program after the 5 year
period.
Orchard Farms
Heading:
Re: Lack of Water
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Philippines
Date: April 30, 2008
Establishing in
the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:
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
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
Noting that 17% percent (1.1
billion) of the world’s population is using unsafe water sources. The
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,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General
Assembly:
1. Request that UN use .01% of their gross income to fund the “Countries In Need of Potable Water (CINPW)” that have the highest population per potable water sources.
2.
Install water spikits to the
3. Program will last 5 years.
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 either distillation or reverse osmosis. Distillation involves boiling and evaporating salt water and then condensing the vapor to produce fresh water. In reverse osmosis, high pressure pumps force salt water through fine filters that trap and remove waterborne salts and minerals.