Resolutions for March 29, 2012

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Resolution GA March 29-01

St. Margaret of Scotland

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Re:   Cholera

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Haiti

Date:   March 29, 2012

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

Dismayed that there are between 3-5 million cholera cases reported each year, and

Shocked that cholera kills 100,000-120,000 each year, and

 

Realizing that people are most likely to get cholera if the water is contaminated and it is not being cleaned correctly and that de-hydration and death are major side effects, and

Convinced that rapid response to outbreaks of cholera can prevent the disease from spreading and lessen the loss of life,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Cholera Rapid Response Teams (CRRT), in which response teams work in cholera infected places with the goal of preventing and treating the disease.

2. CRRT will try to prevent cholera by providing the response teams with the materials to prevent the spread of cholera, to treat people who are suffering from the disease and to educate the people of ways to prevent the spread of the disease.  

3. The response team will be staffed with one native speaker, two doctors, two nurses, and one educator. A team will be ready to respond at the first sign of a possible outbreak of cholera or when natural or manmade events create conditions that would lead to an outbreak of the disease.

4. Response teams would be established in four regions of the world: the Caribbean, Central America, central Africa, and South-East Asia. These are all areas which are prone to natural disasters, where cholera has been a problem in the past, or which are very poor and have poor water systems. There will be eight response teams in each region.

5. Each response team would be equipped with 5 kits created by the World Health Organization to help treat individuals that are afflicted with cholera. Each team would also be equipped with tents, medical equipment, food, and supplies needed to care for the sick and the volunteers who are caring for the sick.  

6. Estimated total cost for this program would be $8 million per year. To pay for CRRT the United Nations will request that the nations of the world contribute money, doctors, nurses or other supplies to help to create and equip the teams.  Asking for donations of material and human resources would enable all countries to participate in this project thus creating a feeling of cooperation and shared responsibility in addressing the issue of cholera deaths.  

7. Should countries refuse to support CRRT as proposed above we propose increasing the dues of the top 20 highest paying dues member in an amount not to exceed 0.25 %.

8. CRRT will last five years. In the first year the goal will be to reduce cholera deaths by 25%, 50% the second year, and 75% of deaths for the next three years. If all the goals are met, then the program will continue for another five years.

Resolution GA March 29-02

North Kirkwood Middle

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Re:   Child Marriage

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: India

Date:   March 29, 2012

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

Whereas Article 16 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage, and at its dissolution.”, 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

Whereas Article 26, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among all

Dismayed that India ranks 17 in the child marriage hot spots, and

Aware that about 44.5% of girls get married before the age of 18 in India, and

Realizing that girls who live in low income households are two times more likely to get married before the age of 18 than girls who live in higher income households, and

Noting with deep concern girls with an education or in school have a lower chance of becoming a child bride, and

Alarmed by the fact girls younger than 15 have five times more likely chance of dying in childbirth than women in their 20s. They also have a higher risk of getting HIV’s because they normally marry older men who have had more sexual experience, and

Taking into consideration that an International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) study show that in 2 states in India that girls who were married before the age of 18 were more than two times likely to report that they were beaten, slapped, and/or threatened by their husbands,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Future Life for the Young , in which we will give lectures to young girls about child marriages in rural villages. In addition to that, we will give them an education so they have a future other than marrying young and getting pregnant. Also we will supply the classrooms with essentials learning tools, send volunteers to give lectures, and we will transport the children to/from school.

2. FLY will try to prevent young girls from getting married, create a future other than marrying so young, and transport the child to/from school. They will be fed one full meal while at the school. The school will be free of charge.

3. Our staff will be a FLY  employee as well as a local person who speaks Indian. The staffers will be trained to give lectures about the dangers of child marriages.

4. This program will take place in Rajasthan, India, a region that has a high child marriage count.

5. Our program will last two years. At that time the program will be evaluated by the General Assembly and, if found to be successful, can be renewed for another two years and the FLY will build more schools to send children to. We will also expand to other rural areas in India such as Gujarat.

6. To pay for FLY, the United Nations will raise the dues of the 10 wealthiest countries by 0.3%.

7. For FLY we will spend around 1,712,003 dollars. We will spend it on building a new school, paying the salary of 4 teachers, school supplies, food, and 15 minivans.

8. We will build a school. The 20 volunteers with the help of the local people will build the school. 85 local children will attend the school.

9. Our goal is to decrease the percent of child marriage by 5% in the first two years.

Resolution GA March 29-03

Maplewood-Richmond Heights

Heading:

Re:   Global Sustainable Program

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Spain

Date:   March 29, 2012

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

Whereas Article 8 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.”, 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 by The fact that Asia and The Pacific Islands have more Hungry people than anywhere else in the world as of 2012. (578million x 3) Every 3 seconds someone in the world dies of hunger according to www.stopthehunger.com/, and

Shocked That every 3 seconds, 4 tons of food are wasted in America,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

G.S.P. (Global Sustainability Program)

1.  This program will focus mainly on bringing a sustainable food supply into third world countries. We will be sending a kit called the sustainable food kit in to these countries. The kit will consist of seeds for growing foods that will work in the soil in each particular country. We will also have a handful of staff that will be handpicked by the leaders of this foundation through interviews.

a. Our kit will consist of:

- Seeds that are relevant to the growing situation and the culture.

- Water purifiers

- Soil/fertilizer suitable for planting situation in each country and the     planters.

- Garden tools/hand tools.

- Pictorial manual on how to use the kit and a brief and easy description of   the food we give out to the people.

b. Our Staff

- -30 people who know how to use the kit and is going to train local farmers    on how to use it.

- -30 Translators

2. Our staff will be responsible for going to Libya, Zimbabwe, and Somalia.  They will also be responsible for finding land in the country that is good enough to plant in.  Each of these three countries will receive ten of our kits.

3. The kits will be distributed by flying in the kits to parts of the country where training will begin in  the area of farming to at least 5% of each village.   After that, our staff will take the kits on a car and drive to the selected villages.  Farming takes place in a space of at least one square acre.  Supervisors from the program will stay to oversee farming is done correctly for two years.

4. After two years of monitoring, the farm supervisors and executives will then decide if the program is working.  If the program doesn’t work, it will be discontinued.  If the program succeeds, then the program will expand to other countries we feel are in need of our program.  The kits will go to the top ten poorest countries and the villages in them.

5. This program will be funded by the government of Spain.  We know that Spain's government has the money to fund this program because as of 2011 they are the 13 richest countries in the world.

Resolution GA March 29-04

St Gabriel

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Re:   Human Trafficking in Myanmar

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Myanmar

Date:   March 29, 2012

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

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 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, and

Whereas Article 23 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.”, and

Disgusted that Myanmar is among one of the thirteen worst countries in the issue of human trafficking, and

 

Appalled that in 2008 over 342 cases of human trafficking were observed, and

 

Horrified that over 60% of the prostitutes associated with human trafficking are under eighteen years of age, and

 

Ashamed that in 2010, 929 women were known to be trafficked from Myanmar into surrounding countries,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a two year program called Fresh Start, in which two shelters will be built in Nyapidaw, Myanmar and Bangkok, Thailand to rehabilitate the victims of human trafficking. Once there, the victims will be taught necessary life and work skills, such as computer basic training or training for other professions.

2. These shelters will be staffed with medical professionals, psychiatrists, and teachers to provide aid for their physical and mental state. The houses will allow 150 people to stay until they are ready to live independent lives, but no longer than a year.

3. We will provide the money for Fresh Start by raising the dues of the top ten countries by 0.5%, which would earn us $5,128,669.

4. To support this program, we will request that UNV (United Nations Volunteers) will help in staffing these shelters.

5. If this program is successful at the end of its two year span, then we will request more supplies from the General Assembly and a renewal of the program for another two years and possible expansion into other South Eastern Asian countries.

Resolution GA March 29-05

Sperreng Middle

Heading:

Re:   Reconstituting Democracy in Fiji

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Belarus

Date:   March 29, 2012

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 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, and

Whereas Article 10 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.”, and

Whereas Article 21, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.”, and

Whereas in Fiji the government has not held a democratic election since 2001, and

Whereas Fiji is censoring its media and censoring incoming television broadcast. Fiji is also arbitrarily arresting its own citizens, and

Whereas the Fijian government has also thrown out their constitution,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will send peacekeepers to enforce a democratic defend media in a body guard like fashion from censorship and help reinstate the constitution.

2. The United Nations will ensure a fair election with more modern polling equipment and use Election Monitors to enforce fair polling by watching polling places, monitor vote counting, and make sure people are not intimidated by or threatened about voting.

3. The United Nations will also use peacekeepers to ensure a change to a fair democratic government, we will make sure the constitution is reinstated by ensuring candidates that support the transfer back to democracy are protected from government prosecution by using peacekeepers as a bodyguard type force.

4. The United Nations will fund this by raising dues of the five wealthiest countries by 13%, this will generate about 2,600,000 dollars each year until 2015 this will give us about 15 dollars per eligible voter, 21 plus, for all necessary voting supplies (remember the UN peacekeepers are already included in dues).

5. We will force the peacekeepers on Fiji by putting restrictions on Fiji’s lucrative tourism market, such as suggesting the tourism bureaus of the ten wealthiest countries in the world put restrictions on their citizen’s travel to Fiji.