Resolutions

Taking into account that over 905 of New Zealand’s imports and exports by value are carried into the sea, and

Realizing with deep concern that in 2000, approximately 750,000 tons of seafood was harvested in New Zealand only, not taking into account other islands, and

Fully aware that the value of production from the fishing industry in New Zealand was in the order of $.4 billion, including aqua culture production, which itself was worth approximately $210 million,

1. Calls upon IMO to develop a subcommittee dealing specifically with the overfishing crisis, and that this subcommittee engage these principal actions,

b) Sending out local conservationists to help improve estuaries by inserting natural scaffolding to halt erosion

2. Stresses stricter regulations to be imposed on commercial fishermen, including:

c) Stressing the importance of limits by species, especially those which are endangered

3. Urges member nations to begin limiting amount of fish allowed to be purchased at a time by commercial businesses.

4. Calls for an immediate survey of the most heavily fished areas and eradicating commercial fishing in the hardest hit ones.

5. Mandates that member nations refuse to purchase any seafood obtained from suppliers that do not adhere to these measures.

[BC1]Originally they were going to hand out pamphlets, but opted for school education instead.

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 1 billion people in the world lack access to clean drinking water and 2.5 billion people have no access to flushing toilets, and

Keeping in mind that 1.8 million lives per year are lost (5,000 deaths a day, or one every 17 seconds) from diseases caused by dirty water, exceeding annual AIDS deaths, but receiving less global attention than AIDS. A majority of the deaths are young children dying of dehydration cased from diarrhea, and

Aware of changing climate drying up traditional water resources, changing weather patterns, and causing more drought, and

Concerned that mostly women and children in Ethiopia and

Kenya

fetch the water so they do not have the time to become educated. Over 40 billion work hours are lost in Africa every year to water gathering, and

Realizing that the population of Ethiopia and Kenya is expected to double in the next 30 years, and

Recognizing that conflicts over water are occurring in Ethiopia and

Kenya

. As journalist Alex Stonehill states, “While western politicians and consumers fret over the declining economy and increasing oil prices…the liquid that fuels bodies is becoming more contentious than the liquid that fuels cars.” The lack of clean water accessibility to so many people in the world may be the cause of World War III,

1. Start [BC1] a program called Only a Drop for Ethiopia and Kenya (ODEK) to help raise global awareness of the extreme water crisis. As Ernest Waititu, a journalist in Kenya states, the first step to improving the situation is “to create awareness and shame African governments to do something about helping their people in water issues.”

2. ODEK will create a print and media advertising campaign in the larger cities of the western world such as London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston relying on donations from magazines, newspapers, and television stations. The Internet will also be a venue for the advertisements.

3. The advertising will promote awareness of the water crisis, in addition to asking for individuals to “adopt” a family in Kenya or Ethiopia. An appointed UN committee, funded by a percentage of the donations, will organize the ODEK campaign and create communication opportunities between the African families and the donors. Corporations [BC2] will also be asked to donate supplies & funds.

4. According to the World Health Organization, the average American uses approximately 584 liters of water a day. WHO says the bare minimum a day for survival is a little over 20 liters per person, but the average Ethiopian has access to less than 19 liters a day of dirty water. Donations through ODEK could immediately go towards:

5. As ODEK is being organized, the U.N. can immediately have cases of 3 liter, clear plastic bottles sent to Kenya and Ethiopia to be distributed to the poorest areas of the country. Dirty water in a clear, plastic bottle will become clean enough for safe consumption after six hours in direct sunlight. One million clear, plastic 3 liter bottles would cost approximately $350,000, including shipping. We hope the UN operating budget could include at least a million bottles being sent to each country annually during the initial five years of this endeavor. If enough money is collected, ODEK could bottle its own water and sell throughout the world with all profits beyond operating costs going towards the water crises in Ethiopia and Kenya.

6. Within three years of the ODEK campaign kick-off, long term plans will be put into place with a percentage of donations. Negotiation with the Kenyan and Ethiopian governments for financial help and support will also be considered. What can be accomplished will be decided once a funding amount is determined. Some ideas:

7. If ODEK is a huge success financially, a plan within 20 years could include constructing desalination plants. One plant would cost at least $100 million to build. The process is cheaper if the plant is built next to an electrical power plant that is already heating sea water to use for cooling the electrical generating units.

9. If successful the program will expand to other African nations like Egypt[BC5] and South Africa.

10. ODEK will offer incentives to Ethiopian and Kenyan governments to start their own water program which shall be monitored by the ODEK[BC6] .

[BC1]This resolution has the record for most changes all year. Lots of things were added and quite a few lines were removed.

[BC2]The bit about asking businesses to help was added.

[BC3]Was originally water tablets.

[BC4]New operative clause.

[BC5]New operative clause.

[BC6]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 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 17, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.”, and

Whereas Article 17, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.”, and

Horrified at the fact that innocent civilians are being abducted, tortured and slain, and

Fully Aware of the fact that between April 12 and 17 in the year 2009, over 75 hostages were taken by armed pirates off the coast of Somalia, and

Realizing that if the piracy continues, there will be many consequences to the world economy, and

Encouraged by steps some nations have already taken to help the situation,

1. The General Assembly will start a program called UNPRCA (United Nations Piracy Reduction Cooperative in Africa) in the hope of reducing international piracy incidents by 25[BC1] % over the next 15 years.

2. UNPRCA will request that United Nations Security Council Members assist by assigning some of their naval vessels to the target area(s).

3. There will also a UN peacekeeping force assigned to respond to piracy incidents

4. A Commandant will be appointed for UNPRCA. The Commandant will report to the Security Council at every summit.

6. After 5 years, the Security Council has the power to continue or stop UNPRCA, based on status reports from the commandant.

7. UNPRCA offices that will be used as ports for participating vessels will be set up at Adan, Mumbai, Manila, Hong Kong, Darwin, and Osaka. 3 more [BC2] UNPRCA offices will be added to the Coast of Africa.

8. UNPRCA will be funded by a 0.5% dues increase, which would apply to the 50[BC3] wealthiest member countries.

[BC1]Reduced from 75 to 25.

[BC2]Was amended to add more offices.

[BC3]Decreased from 100.

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

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

Whereas Article 23 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”, 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

Comprehending that more than 175,000 victims are trafficked from Russia and Ukraine every year, and

Alarmed that in Russia over 5,000 gangs, 300 mob leaders, 150 unlawful organizations, and 3,000 dangerous criminals have international clout today, and

Hopeful that enforcing border patrol, more job opportunities for women, internet filtering, investigating vague and potentially dangerous job ads, and increasing of victim rehabilitation will significantly decrease human trafficking in Russia and help the victims of it,

1. The General Assembly from a program called Rehabilitation and Prevention of Human Trafficking (RPHT). The objective of RPTH is to reduce the number of women and children trafficked from Russia by 20% in the next 10 years.

2. RPTH will help increase border patrol in Russia by requesting more security from the Russian Government and screening ads in Russian newspapers and online that are vague and suspicious. RPHT will build a new center of rehabilitation for women and children who have been victims of trafficking.

3. RPTH will along with the UN develop a test for screening ads that could potentially be a scam to lure people into human trafficking. If ads are found to do so RPHT will report that to the UN and the Russian government, and request immediate action.

4. RHPT will build a rehab center in Moscow and a second rehab center on the other side of Russia[BC1] . The center will treat victims of human trafficking suffering from STDs, starvation, and physical injuries. The center will also have a psychology wing to treat the victims who have been mentally scarred or traumatized.

5. This program will last for 10 years. After the first 5 years RPHT will send a progress report to the General Assembly stating the problems and success of the program so far.

6. If the program is a success, RPHT will present the General Assembly with the option to continue funding the program for the remaining five years. If continued we will start programs in countries with similar problems[BC2] .

7. The U.N. will ask suppliers to donate medical equipment and medicine to the rehab center and ask for volunteers. Raising UN dues for the 25[BC3] wealthiest countries by 3% will cover the remaining costs of this program. This will raise 68 million dollars, which is enough to build the rehab center, buy equipment, and hire employees. Also if there are any hidden expenses that are not yet known this money will cover them.

[BC1]Added a second rehab center.

[BC2]The expansion was added by the sponsor country in their opening remarks.

[BC3]Was changed from 10 countries paying 6% to 25 countries paying 3%.

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

1. The General Assembly will begin a program called The Āwhina^{^[1]} Initiative, whose goal is to educate New Zealanders about drug abuse, assist in the prevention of drug abuse.

2. The Āwhina Initiative will be implemented in New Zealand for ten years. Regular progress reports and yearly statistics of the program’s successes and shortcomings will be submitted to the General Assembly.

3. If, after these ten years, the program is successful, it will be introduced to other countries with equally pressing drug problems (Colombia, Pakistan, and Brazil).

4. The program is not only aimed towards those addicted to drugs, but those who are at-risk for drug abuse as well. It will offer after-school drug education programs for high school, elementary, and middle school [BC1] students in New Zealand. Sessions will be offered on Wednesday afternoons in the country’s major cities. This type of programming will provide students with academic help, support in crisis, fun alternatives to being “out on the streets” (such as organized trips, games, etc.), and a stable environment for those who could turn to drugs at a point in their life. This division of our program is called Taitama^{^[2]}.

5. The Āwhina Initiative will also offer support for those addicted to drugs. This portion of the program, called Whiu^{^[3]}, will offer education on beating drug addiction, extended education, and help in being responsible with drug use.

6. Funds for Taitama and Whiu will come largely from private donations. The U.N. will ask suppliers to donate money and supplies including paper and pencils, board games, markers, crayons, calculators, pencil sharpeners, and other school supplies. We will work with governments to organize a tax break for companies who donate. We will also work with the New Zealand government to allow the programs to be held in schools after hours, during school holidays, and in the summer. We will even request that donation boxes be set up on government properties (such as city halls and post offices). A media program to raise awareness and encourage donations shall be created[BC2] . The staff that works with students will be on a volunteer basis. Paid positions will be offered to those interested in administrative or secretarial positions. Adult education teachers who are part of Whiu will be local schoolteachers or college students. College students will receive government help with their tuition. To [BC3] help fund this, we will raise the dues of the 30 wealthiest nations by 2%.

[1] Āwhina- meaning support in the Maori language

[2] Taitama- meaning youth in the Maori language

[3] Whiu- meaning “beat” (as in “beat an addiction”) in the Maori language

[BC1]Was amended to include elementary and middle school students.

[BC2]The media program was added.

[BC3]A funding mechanism was added.

[BC4]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

Shocked that more than 50% of the deaths due to food poisoning are of children, and

Encouraged that refrigeration lengthens the time food is able to stay fresh, and reduces the chance of food poisoning,

1. The General Assembly creates a program to compile a list of African countries with the highest mortality rate due to food poisoning.

2. The General Assembly creates a program called Salvation for the Hungry in Africa with Refrigerator Distribution (SHARD), the goal being to decrease the mortality rate due to the spoiling of food by 30%. The food will be kept fresh longer through refrigeration, so if the General Assembly were to sponsor refrigeration, the amount of deaths due to food poisoning will decrease.

3. SHARD will distribute solar powered refrigerators in mobile stations to people in need, the purpose of which to prolong the food’s ability to stay fresh. The solar powered refrigerators were invented by Emily Cummins, a British student, and can have a temperature as low as 6 degrees Celsius. These refrigerators require no electrical cables or batteries. These mobile stations will be placed in the top three most hunger-stricken countries in Africa.

4. The program will last for two years, until 2011, at which time the General Assembly will receive a progress report. If the goal to decrease the number of deaths due to food poisoning by 30% has been achieved and the General Assembly has deemed it successful, the program will be extended and expanded to include the top five countries with the highest morality rate due to food poisoning.

5. The funding of SHARD will be from the purchase of boxed and canned foods in the top twenty wealthiest countries allied in the United Nations. 5% of the profits from any boxed or canned foods will fund the purchase of the solar powered refrigerators, which cost about $5 each.

Resolution	Sponsors	Topic	Status
GA-01	New Zealand John Burroughs	Regulation Commercial Ocean Fishing	Amended & Passed
GA-02	Bangladesh, Belgium, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nicaragua Hixson	Lack of Clean Water in Kenya & Ethiopia	Amended & Passed
GA-03	Italy McKinley CJA	International Piracy	Amended & Defeated
GA-04	Russia John Burroughs	Human Trafficking in Russia	Amended & Passed
GA-05	New Zealand? McKinley CJA	Drug Abuse & Prevention	Amended & Defeated
GA-06	Ireland John Burroughs	Death in Africa Due to Food Poisoning	Not Debated