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 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 opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”, and

Whereas Article 29 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.”, and

Alarmed that global warming can cause major disasters to occur more frequent, and

Observing that reducing, reusing, and recycling all kinds of items can save energy and then slow down global warming, and

Understanding that sea levels will rise 4 to 30 inches over the next 100 years if global warming continues, and

Confident that recycling paper, metal, glass, and plastics will slow down global warming,

1. The general Assembly will start a program called Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, (RRR) the goal of which is to promote/increase the recycling of paper, metal, textiles, electronics, and glass.

2. The RRR will start with Libya by providing the means to recycle without charging any fees to all citizens.

3. The RRR will also educate through classes and advertisement about the benefits of recycling and its affect on global warming.

4. This program will last for ten years. Every 5[BC1] years, the RRR will send a progress report to the General Assembly reporting the successes in Libya. The goal is to raise the percentage of recycled materials by 15% every 2 years. The program will be started in another country every 2 years (Niger, Sierra Leone, Chad, and Congo).

5. The U.N. will ask companies to donate or discount recycling costs. The amount of money being made from the recycling will go back to the RRR program. Raising the dues of the 10 [BC2] wealthiest countries by 5% will pay for the remaining costs of the program. This will raise over $102,000,000 a year.

Whereas Article 2 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without any 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 Article 26, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and 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

Noting with deep concern that the average literacy rate of those living in Nepal is only 53.7%, and

Aware of the fact that the percentage of girls enrolled in primary schools in Nepal reaches 87.4% but declines to 49.6% in lower secondary, and then drops again to 32.8% in secondary, and

Realizing that poverty at home keeps many parents from sending their children to school so they may instead baby-sit siblings and do housework. Also, inadequate infrastructures may be a problem upon getting to school, and

Fully aware that overall, only 15 to 20% of girls in Nepal who attend primary school go on to the secondary level,

1. A program be started called Building up the Information Age (BUIA), the goal of which will be to raise the percentage of Nepalese children in the secondary levels of school by 30% within the next ten years.

2. BUIA will send in teams to Nepal to build schools, hire teachers, provide supplies, improve infrastructure, and also bring in ‘bookmobiles’ to schools.

3. To help with the children who are left to stay home from school so they can help take care of siblings, BUIA shall also build daycare centers where parents may take their younger children for as long as the Nepalese school day lasts.

4. The program will last for ten years. Every year BUIA[BC1] will monitor and keep track of progress and report the successes and any faults of the program.

5. If BUIA is found to be successful, achieving the 30% more children in secondary level schools after the ten year term ends, the General Assembly may choose to keep the program going with another goal of 20% more children in secondary levels within a span of seven years, as well as increasing school quality and attendance in the countries with the lowest literacy rates[BC2] .

6. The U.N. will ask suppliers to discount the school supplies, books, and anything needed to establish more schools and improve the infrastructure. The rest of the costs shall be covered by increasing the U.N. dues of the ten wealthiest countries by 10[BC3] %.

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 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

Guided by the 137 fellow countries that have already banned the death penalty due to the violations of human rights, and

Understanding that in 2007 1,252 innocent people were executed compared to 1,591 in 2006, and

Observing a decrease in executions per year in countries with the death penalty, for example, between 2006 and 2007, the U.S. decreased executions done per year by 11, and

Knowing that the U.S alone has several hundred inmates on death row. We can estimate that the death penalty system costs about 140 million dollars a year compared to a system without the death penalty which costs 11.5 million, and

1. The General Assembly starts the IDPBA (the International Death Penalty Ban Association) program which will help countries with the death penalty better understand the importance of human rights and liberties.

2. IDPBA will travel the globe visiting the 137 countries (approximately) that have not already banned the death penalty. Sharing vital information and statistics from around the world (Many countries without the death penalty have notice a decrease in crime rates).

3. Ambassadors of the IDPBA will be unbiased, knowledgeable, and understanding towards these countries.

4. Ambassadors of the IDPBA will speak to not only the legislation of the country, but to the people as well. We believe that both government and the people have the right to know what’s happening. (Public Speaking/ School Visits)

6. The Program will last for 20[BC1] years. Ambassadors of the IDPBA will report to the General Assembly every year on countries that have banned the death penalty and their crime rates after one year. General Assembly can then renew or end the program after the 20 years (Due to the severity of the death penalty, the General Assembly can end the program at any time)

7. We propose that UN raises dues of all member countries by an amount to be named by a committee [BC2] to pay for the costs of banning the death penalty. Due to the large difference between costs of death penalty and a life sentence, the UN will not need to continue the increase in dues after more than two years. (We hope for countries that have already banned the death penalty to encourage other countries to follow suit.)

8. We also propose that countries without the death penalty help their fellow countries by donating any extra money.

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 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and

Fully Aware that the conflict between Israel and Palestine has been going on since the founding of Israel, and

Alarmed that more than 120,000 Palestinian or Israeli individuals, many of them civilians and young people, have been killed because of this conflict, and

Recognizing that the conflict is a complex problem that cannot be solved easily or quickly, and

Noting that there are other similarly complex conflicts that occur in other countries in the world, and

Understanding that a good way to change established assumptions within a culture is to introduce children to new perspectives, and

Encouraged that a number of independent organizations seeking to promote peace have already set up successful programs to bring together Israeli and Palestinian youth in a neutral and nonthreatening situation for purposes of encouraging them to get to know each other better and learn to communicate.

1. Establish a program called the United Nations Youth Peace Camps (UNYPC), consisting of summer camps designed to promote peaceful interaction between youths from countries in conflict, modeled on the many existing summer camps of this type already being run by independent organizations in such countries as the United States, Canada, and Austria.

2. The camps would bring young people from 5^th grade and up[BC1] , from countries in conflict to a camp facility in a neutral region for two-week sessions, where they would engage in professionally supervised recreational and social activities, team-building exercises, and other activities designed to promote dialogue and intercultural understanding.

3. The camp program would begin with a five-year plan, subject to renewal at the end of that time, after assessment (based on evaluations and maintaining contact annually with former campers). The camp would begin by serving Israeli and Palestinian youths in the first year, and, as resources permit, may be broadened to include youths from other countries in conflict, such as India and Pakistan, and Britain and Northern Ireland.

4. By increasing the percent of member dues for the ten richest countries by one tenth of a percent, one million dollars will be obtained, which is more than adequate for the funds required (estimated at $750,000).

5. Funds would pay for administrative expenses, including administrative staff, office space, publicity, and miscellaneous office expenses, as well as the expenses of the camp program itself, including facility rental, camp staff (counselors, translators, support staff), food, transport for campers, and miscellaneous expenses.

[BC1]Was amended from just high school to including students as young as fifth graders.

Whereas Article 13 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.”, and

Whereas 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.”, and

Shocked that out of the 19 small countries trying to develop states, 10 of them are in the Pacific, and

Alarmed that no noticeable action has been taken involving infrastructure in order to regulate trade and travel, and

Caring about the medical resources and infrastructure, as well as the need to not be isolated on, and

Understanding that infrastructure is important for a country's economy and medical resources, and

Shocked that Yap International Airport only has a runway length of 4820 ft., and

Understanding there is an increased demand for air traffic in the Pacific Islands, and

1. Start a program called Regulating Pacific Commercial and Industrial Development (RPCAID), the goal of which is to improve the economy of the Pacific countries.

2. RPCAID will repair and extend the Yap International Airport in the Micronesian island of Yap and will repair the airports in the Marshal Islands in order to regulate commercial trade, distribution of medical materials and services, and to promote freedom of movement within the islands travel.

3. In return, 5% of all profit made there will be saved in order to fund the improvement of infrastructure in underdeveloped Pacific countries.

4. Once enough money is obtained, a commercial airfield shall be placed on Pohnpei, Micronesia. Again, 5% of all profit shall be saved in order to fund the improvement.

5. When enough money is obtained, another airfield may be placed or repaired in another underdeveloped Pacific country that would be deemed appropriate by the General Assembly.

6. This program shall last for 15 years, and at the end that time, the General Assembly may vote for this program to be revived, and, in the case of its rebirth, airfields or seaports may be placed or repaired in underdeveloped Pacific countries of choice.

7. In order to fund this development, the dues of the top five countries that pay money to the United Nations are to be raised by 2[BC1] %.

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA-01	Rwanda Hoech Middle	Global Warming	Amended & Defeated
GA-02	Mongolia North Kirkwood Middle	Children's Education in Nepal	Amended & Passed
GA-03	Germany Pattonville Heights	Globally Banning the Death Penalty	Amended & Defeated
GA-04	Israel Holman Middle	Middle Eastern Peace	Amended & Passed
GA-05	Philippines, Micronesia, and San Marino Remington	Infrastructure	Amended & Defeated