Resolutions for May 5, 2009

Resolution GA May 5-01

North Kirkwood Middle

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Re:                              Piracy

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Somalia

Date:                           May 5, 2009

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 that now other Somalians want to join the piracy team, and

Understanding that piracy is a very dangerous job, but involves much money, and

Seeking help to stop pirates from asking for ransoms and holding innocent ships hostage, and  

Observing that many Pirates have died from bad weather, unhealthy food and sinking ships, and

Confident that when pirates are caught and put into jail, that piracy will die down by many numbers,  

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The General Assembly start a program, Stopping the Pirates (STP) which goal is to reduce the amount of Pirates around the shores.

2.      Money should be captured from current pirates and given to the rightful owners.

3.      Have “Watch Ships” placed in different areas of the waters, so that if one ship is caught and held captive, the “Watch Ships” will be able to call in for help and or help the ship themselves. The “Watch Ships” will be staffed by the US military.

4.      The General Assembly start a program that helps teach the uneducated business skills in Somalia. Open more businesses and build schools so that the people will be educated. Then the future will hold less piracy, and more main businesses.

5.      The UN will pay money for the schools, buildings, and businesses by raising the dues for the Top 10 wealthiest countries. The dues will be raised by $1000.

6.      All the left over money from the piracy trade will be given to the top 10 poorest countries.

Resolution GA May 5-02

Solomon Schecter

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Re:                              Hunger, Debt, & Deforestation in Albania

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Albania

Date:                           May 5, 2009

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

Alarmed that over one half of the population in Albania is in debt and they are destroying the earth to build factories to try and get out of debt, and

Understanding that the citizens of Albania would destroy the earth to build factories and they are starving and on top of that over half the population is in debt, and

Shocked that the citizens of Albania are using the method of deforestation in order to build factories on their property, to get over half the population out of debt and to pay for food so they won’t starve, and 

Encouraged that if the people of Albania will destroy the factories, and farm in its place, they can control their hunger and sell their products to others countries to get out of debt,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The General Assembly start a program called Saving Albania One Step at a Time (SAOST), the goal of which is to completely diminish deforestation, hunger and debt of Albania in the next 15 years.

2.      SAOST will raise taxes by 1% in the 3 richest countries in Europe (Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland) (these countries are also the 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th richest countries in the world). This money will go towards supplying the citizens of Albania with planting supplies.

3.      These planting supplies will help the citizens in Albania to plant crops to grow.

4.      These crops will not only be eaten by the citizens of Albania but will also be sold to other countries to help get Albania put of debt.

5.      This program will go on for 15 years. After the first 5 years SAOAT will send a progress report to the General Assembly reporting the successes and shortcomings thus in the program.

6.      If the program is successful after 15 years, The General Assembly may choose a new country to renew the program after the 15 years is up.

Resolution GA May 5-03

St. Mary Magdalen

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Re:                              Malaria in Africa

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Guinea-Bissau

Date:                           May 5, 2009

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

 Deeply concerned that in 2004, 880,000 people died of malaria.  There were 2.410 deaths per day, and

 Recognizing that only 10% of the world’s population had malaria, and now 40% is at risk, and

 Observing that countries at high risk of Malaria are also affected economically, and

 Confident that Malaria is both treatable and curable,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 1.      The General Assembly will commission a program called Stop Malaria in African Countries (S.M.A.C.), the goal of which is to reduce the spread of malaria by 15% in the next ten years.

2.      S.M.A.C. will commission a website, which will run advertisements for sponsors. Playing a game will donate 5 cents, and clicking on the ‘Donate’ button will donate 2 cents.  The goal would be to raise 10,000,000 dollars to treat 1,000,000 with bug nets and the vaccine.  In addition, we will raise the dues of the top ten countries by 15%.

3.      The money raised will be used to buy bug nets ($7 each) and doses of pyronaridine ($3 each).  It would cost 10 to give each person both a bug net and a dose of medicine, which could be generated through 200 games or 500 clicks of the donate button.

4.      Items will be distributed by ten S.M.A.C. trucks in the five most affected countries, which are Nigeria, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya.  (It would cost $50,000 to ship the trailers there and $3,072 for gas.)  The program will be reviewed after five years.

5.      If the program is still doing well after 5 years, we will give the program to five different countries.

Resolution GA May 5-04 

Solomon Schecter

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Re:                              Water Crisis in Southern Africa

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Lesotho

Date:                           May 5, 2009

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 30 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.” and

Alarmed that 56% of Lesotho’s water has been used up for agricultural purposes, and

Understanding that water isn’t used as efficiently as it could, and

Shocked that only 22% of Lesotho’s water is used for domestic purposes, and

Encouraged that attention has previously been called to this cause (Lesotho’s Water Project and Four Centres Water Supply And Maseru II),

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The General Assembly works with the Highland Water Project to build wells close to densely populated areas, delivering water purification systems to make sure there is clean drinking water, and expanding the dams in Southern Africa so that there is a larger amount of water.

2.      The General Assembly establishes the CWFLI (Clean Water for Lesotho Initiative), a non-profit organization based in Europe that raises funds to distribute clean drinking water to the population of Lesotho. The multiple offices would have fund raisers that the individual offices would plan.

3.      If this organization becomes successful its methods will be implemented throughout greater Africa.   

4.      An international conference will convene annually to explore more efficient methods of irrigation and ways of increasing water availability in developing and third world countries.

Resolution GA May 5-05

 North Kirkwood Middle

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Re:                              Tropical Storm Relief

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            U.S.A.

Date:                           May 5, 2009

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 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

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

Alarmed  that  about 80% of people in Haiti live on less than $2 a day and a tiny elite controls the country, and

Understanding recent tropical storms have caused $180 million worth of damage to Haiti, and 

Shocked that when a concrete school collapsed in Haiti, it killed 94 students and adults and injured 150 more, and 

Encouraged that if the world does not respond to the crisis in Haiti with long term aid, food riots could re-ignite and unravel Haiti’s weak political stability, 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly: 

1.      The General Assembly start a program called Fighting the Famine, with a goal to feed and shelter as many as possible hungry and impoverished people in the world over the next 20 years.

2.      Keeping Up With the Caribbean will send 10 rescue carts to the western hemisphere for countries such as Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 15 rescue carts to the Middle Eastern countries in Europe such as Afghanistan and Iraq, 10 rescue carts to African countries such as Mozambique, Ethiopia, Niger, Madagascar, and Rwanda, and 10 rescue carts to countries in south Asia such as Tajikistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. This rescue carts will be equipped with items from each basic food groups, water, water purifiers, vaccinations, bandaging, books, and trained doctors and educators.

3.      These rescue carts will educate the people of the impoverished countries about the benefits of leading a more healthy life through sexual education and education of the surrounding diseases. Also by educating them on which environments to avoid.

4.      This program shall last for 20 years. After the first ten years, there will be an evaluation of progress and a documentation of statistics which will determine if there will be early termination of the project.

5.      If the program does well, there shall be a vote determining if the project will be renewed, expanded, and advanced.

6.      The United Nations will first start buy hosting benefit concerts of which 40% of each ticket sale will go to funding “Fighting the Famine”. In this process, donations of all objects required for the rescue carts will be asked for. The rest of the money will be paid by raising the dues of the top 10 wealthiest countries by 5%. By hosting the benefit concerts and raising the dues of the top ten wealthiest countries by 5%, close to 55 million dollars would be collected per year.

Resolution GA May 5-06

St. Mary Magdalen

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Re:                              Measles & Diarrheal Diseases in the Caucasus Region

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Azerbaijan

Date:                           May 5, 2009

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

Alarmed that the health of young children (3.3 million) in the countries of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan is very poor, and

Understanding that many children die because of diseases in these countries, and

Shocked that the of number of childhood deaths in developing countries, almost half, 4.9 million, are caused by measles and diarrheal diseases and

Encouraged providing these children with vaccinations before they become infected will seriously decrease the amount of deaths,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The General Assembly will begin a program named Child Health Care Protection (CHCP), the goal of which is to decrease the amount of measles and diarrhoeal diseases in the next 5 years. After 5 years this program will be examined and if they are doing good it will be extended for another 5 years

2.      CHCP will send 150 people to Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan with tents, food, and vaccines. These people will be recruited by a 30-second national TV spot urging them to help, which will cost about $300,000 to run. The volunteers will serve approximately 80 people per week and they will serve about 3.3 million children in about 5 years.

3.      CHCP will fund this operation raising dues of the top ten richest countries by .23%, which will raise $2.1 million.

4.      The total cost of this operation will be approximately $1.8 million + the cost of the TV commercial, which is $2.1 million.

A)    Cost of shipping with two 40-foot shipping containers is $10,000

B)    Total cost of food for all personnel is $750,000

C)    Total cost of living tents for volunteers is $11,000

D)    Total cost of medicine is $1,052,000

E)    Total cost of filming and running a TV spot is around $300,000.