Resolutions for April 29, 2010

Resolution GA April 29-01

Solomon Schecter

Heading: 

Re:                              Anti-Semitism

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            France

Date:                           April 29, 2010

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:

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 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 18 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion of belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”, and

Appalled that over 100 attacks have been directed at Jews in the past year, and

Shocked that Ahmadis are also being persecuted because of their beliefs, and

Saddened that anti-Semitism and religious persecution affects many other countries such as Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, Hungary, and Poland, and

Traumatized that Buddhists and Christians are persecuted in countries all over the world such as, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Tibet, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Belarus, Iraq, Yemen and, Turkey, and

Inspired that there are committees against anti-Semitism like the Swedish Committee Against Anti-Semitism, 

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly: 

1.      The General Assembly establishes a purely volunteer program called the EAASRP (Educators Against Anti-Semitism and Religious Persecution) who will visit schools all over the world to teach about anti-Semitism and religious persecution for five years.  This program will start in France, China, Mongolia, Turkey, and Russia. 

2.      The General Assembly will hire a head trainer that will train volunteers.  The trainer will be paid a salary of $60,000 a year.  The volunteer’s countries will pay for their fares to get to the training facility.  The assembly would pay for food and accommodations.  There will be a budget of $25 per person per day. 

3.      The General Assembly will fund the renting of a building for the training facility. 

4.      The volunteers will be gathered by word of mouth, groups on Facebook and emails.

5.      An international conference will convene every year to explore more efficient methods of educating and assess the organization. All volunteers who participate in the EAASRP will attend.

Resolution GA April 29-02

Ritenour Middle

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Re:                              Deforestation Prevention in South America

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Brazil, Greece, Jordan, Jamaica, Egypt, Romania, France, & U.S.A.

Date:                           April 29, 2010

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:

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

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

Recognizing that large parts of South America are losing the rainforest to deforestation, resulting in the ultimate eradication of this ecosystem by the year 2040, and

Understanding that the loss of the rainforest would have grave consequences for the global environment, and

Shocked that logging and agricultural enterprises are continuing to destroy the Amazonian rainforest hastening the extinction of animal and plant species so numerous and diverse that tens of thousands have yet to be identified and classified, and

Recalling that the Norwegian Government donated $1 billion to the new Amazon fund, and

Agreeing for all nations to abide by the doctrines decided in this resolution, and

Wishing that the nations all around the world would unify to stop deforestation from wiping out the rainforests and forests all around the world, so that they will be preserved for future generations,  

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The United Nations will begin a program called United Nations International Rainforest, designed to purchase and preserve the Amazonian tropical rainforest.

2.      UNIR will take place in Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana.

3.      UNIR will be funded with a voluntary 2% tax on the 33.5 billion dollar annual advertising budgets of U.S. pharmaceutical companies, generating 50 million dollars per year.

4.      These funds would be used by UNIR to purchase 125,000 acres of rainforest per year, to be preserved in perpetuity.

5.      In addition, UNIR will coordinate with the governments of the host countries to provide staffing to monitor conditions and promote further study of the rainforest flora and fauna.

6.      To pay for administrative costs, the United Nations will raise the dues of the ten wealthiest member nations 1%, providing an additional ten million dollars per year.

7.      UNIR will have duration of ten years, with a goal of acquiring 1.25 billion acres of the remaining 1.4 billion acres of tropical rainforest.

Resolution GA April 29-03 

Lift for Life

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Re:                              Infant Mortality due to Malaria

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            North Korea, Cuba, Kenya

Date:                           April 29, 2010

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 

Startled that the average infant mortality rate in Africa is ten times higher than or the developed world, and

Disturbed that malaria is responsible for approximately 2 million deaths in Africa each year, half of whom are children and 90% of those deaths are in sub-Sahara Africa, and

Aware that every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria, a preventable disease, and

Encouraged that this problem has proven to be manageable with consistent effort and financial support,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      Form a Middle Schoolers Against Malaria Advancement (MAMA) Program that will be managed by UNICEF and raised through school age children initially in North America, followed by European countries, followed by Australia, followed by Asian countries, and finally South American students.

2.      Target sub Saharan countries (like Sierra Leone with a rate of 270 deaths per 1,000 births) will be selected according to their need and ready personnel to deliver services through Roll Back Malaria.

3.      Focus the students’ effort on providing mosquito netting.  Involve the youth of the world in investing in the health and welfare of Africa.  

Resolution GA April 29-04

North Kirkwood

Heading:

Re:                              Darfur Genocide

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Sudan

Date:                           April 29, 2010

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:

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

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

Noting with deep concern that 400,000 Darfur residents have been killed in the past 6 years, and

Aware that roughly 2.5 million Darfurians have fled their homes and continue to live in camps throughout Darfur, or in refugee camps in neighboring countries, and

Keeping in mind that an estimated 30,000 men would be needed to control an area the size of Darfur, and

Realizing that Darfurians are being ethnically cleansed by their government because they are the same religion as the rebels, and

Taking into consideration that 3.6 million people have been affected and/or displaced by the war, including 1.8 million children,  

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The United Nations will begin a program called Stop Genocide Now (SGN), the goal of which will be to stop persecution based on a person’s ethnicity, religion, or political views.

2.      SGN will take place in Darfur which is located on the border of western Sudan.

3.      SGN will relocate families forced to flee to Chad back to their original homes.

4.      In addition, SGN will have the government of Sudan negotiate how they are going to solve the genocide, starting with discussing security in Darfur.

5.      Assuming the government is able to negotiate a fair treaty and carry it out for 5 years, there will be a need to increase the number of U.N. peacekeepers in the region to maintain security.

6.      Once security is maintained, aid organizations will be able to access the region to bring food and medical help.

7.      To pay for SGN, the United Nations will work with existing non-profit organizations and raise the dues of the 10 richest countries by 2, raising a little over 20.5 million dollars per year in order to fund the program.

8.      The money raised from increasing dues will be used to increase the number of peacekeepers in Sudan. U.N. peacekeepers will train the Sudanese military force in order to decrease the overall cost of the program. Once the Sudanese are well equipped, they should be able to control Darfur on their own.

9.      It currently costs $45,000 per year to hire 1 U.N. peacekeeper, and that is not in the current budget, so we will work with what we can afford. 23,000 additional troops are currently needed and that would cost the U.N. $1,035,000,000 per year.

10.  SGN will last until the issue is resolved, meaning until Darfur is stabilized once again. Darfur will be stabilized when genocide is eliminated and a treaty is honored for 5 years.

Resolution GA April 29-05 

North Kirkwood

Heading:

Re:                              Street Children

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Mongolia

Date:                           April 29, 2010

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:

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

Realizing that at least 150 million children worldwide are believed to live, at least part time, on the streets, and

Recognizing that many street children use many inhalants such as glue, gasoline, and lighter fluid, and illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin, and

Fully aware that street children are illegally detained routinely, beaten and tortured and sometimes killed by police in some countries, and

Acknowledging that the estimated amount of street children in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaan-Bataar, is 3,000 - 4,000,  

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      The United Nations will begin a program called Centers For Street Children (CST) with the goal of reducing the number of street children in Mongolia by 50% in 5 years.

2.      CST will take place in  Ulaan-Bataar, Mongolia as well as other cities in Mongolia.

3.      CST will team up with Habitat for Humanity to build homeless centers for street children( costing about $46,600 each center) that will provide a place to stay, food, education, medical care, and rehab (if necessary) for street children until a proper home is found for them.

4.      CST build one center per city in nine cities of Mongolia including Ulaan-Baatar, Bayanhongor, Altay, Olgiy, Erdenet,, Dalandzadgad, Saynshand, Uliastay, and Choybalsan. (Total cost: $419,400) Each center will take in 100 children.

5.      Each center will have 4 teachers, 4 social workers, and ten other staff positions. Each teacher and social worker will receive $100 a month salary and staff positions will receive $80 a month salary totaling at $127800 per year and $864,000 for all five years).

6.      School supplies will provided through charitable donations. CST’s sponsors will put up bins for people to donate school supplies. CST will buy bunk beds for the children costing $159.88 each will total at $71,946 for all of the children; mattresses for the children costing at $140 each totaling at $126000; bed sheets costing at $14 per set totaling at $12600; comforters costing $60 each totaling at $54000; and pillows costing $10 each totaling at $9000.

7.      The grand total for the first year will be around $900,000 dollars and the annual cost afterwards will be around $300,000.

8.      CST will last 5 years. At which point the United Nations General Assembly will evaluate it and determine whether it was successful. If CST is found successful, it will extend for another 5 years and expand to other countries dealing with the problem of street children.

9.      To pay for CST, the United Nations will raise the dues of the 5 wealthiest countries by .5%, raising about $2.5 million a year.

Resolution GA April 29-06

Solomon Schecter

Heading:

Re:                              Jail Conditions in Fiji

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Fiji

Date:                          April 29, 2010

Establishing in the PREAMBLE the principles that apply in the resolution:

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

Shocked that in Labasa, a prison in Fiji, there are 59 prisoners when the capacity is 48 prisoners, and  

Disturbed that the United nations minimum for staff/prisoner ratio is 1:4 and in Fiji if we remove the officers that do not have contact with the prisoners it widens the gap to 1:9, and 

Understanding that there are many other countries and cities having this same problem such as Italy, Ireland, Africa, Russia, USA, China, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mexico, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong,  Japan,  Egypt,  Kazakhstan,  Nigeria,  South Korea,  Vietnam,  Brazil, Columbia, Jamaica,  Wands worth (UK), and Zimbabwe. These countries along with Fiji are receiving lack of food, water, space, and beds. There is inhuman treatment such as corporal punishment and torture. Human rights are being violated, and

Bewildered that recently cases of HIV/aids have surfaced in the Fiji jails. And Jails all around the world,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1.      Fiji`s unemployment rate was 7.6 in 1999. We could give people jobs by employing more guards and training them. We could make a guard training center. We would start doing this in a couple of Countries including Fiji, Thailand, and Abu Dhabi and if it’s successful we will spread the program to other countries and jails. The training center will run three, six week programs a year. The reason we are only having three six week programs is because we need new equipment for each six weeks and it costs a lot of money to buy equipment. To build the training center and to run the program for the first rotation of 6 weeks will cost around $14,574,250. The second program will cost $74,250 and so will the third program. The cost for the first rotation includes the building, and the following: guns, bullets, flashlights, holsters, uniforms, tasers, batons, handcuffs, and a 4 dollar an hour wage for the instructors. The second and third programs include everything that was just listed minus 14. 5 million for the building. Each trainee will get their own equipment that was just listed and will be able to use the equipment when they become a jail guard.

2.      Prisoners feel less hostile when they are exercising and doing activities outside of their cell. We can let prisoners submit their ideas of activities and programs to distract them from the daily cell life.

3.      Give prisoners sanitation and hygiene demonstrations so that they can clean their cells. This will decrease the spread of diseases. This will keep the inmates busy and teach them important lessons that may be helpful once they are released.

4.      Give seminars and lectures at schools, community centers, and low pay jobs about the negative effects of crime and jails. The speakers could be former inmates or experienced guards.