Resolutions for April 30, 2012

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Resolution GA April 30-01

Wydown Middle

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Re:   Deforestation (environment) & Women’s Rights

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Madagascar

Date:   April 30, 2012

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 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 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

Shocked by the fact that deforestation is taking many species habitats as well as nutrients from the soil, and

Realizing that the wood from the forests is being sold at $2000 per ton which encourages further deforestation, and

Dismayed that women have to collect firewood and are at risk of sexual abuse when they are providing warmth and light for their family,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Reforestation in Country Environments (RICE), the goal of which is to provide trees and crops for women to give them jobs.  In addition this project will provide firewood close to home.

2. RICE will hire trained workers from universities and botanical gardens to train the women to establish tree nurseries. Organizations such as Sierra Club, Nature Fund, or Arbor Day foundation would supply saplings for nurseries.

3. RICE  will visit villages in Madagascar where women do not have jobs and provide appropriate food crops (Cassava) and instructions about how to raise them,(technical education),  so they can work at home and sell their crops to make money( business education money to pay for children’s education).

4. In cooperation with the Green Belt Movement (Founded by Wangari Maathai: http://greenbeltmovement.org/ RICE will create tree nurseries in villages to both provide firewood that helps the environment and decreases time girls and women spend looking for firewood.

5. In addition, RICE will help women plant trees in areas of the forest where there aren’t trees to provide more habitats for animals close to being endangered.

6. Finally, RICE will also travel to other countries where similar things are happening to prevent as much helpless.

7. RICE will last for 6 years. At that time the program will be evaluated by the General Assembly, and if found to be successful, can be renewed for another 6 years and expanded to other countries where  women’s rights issues intersect with deforestation issues. If RICE is successful, it will also partner with RIPPLE Africa, (http://www.rippleafrica.org/) a registered charity working to improve local education, healthcare, and the environment in Malawi, Africa. Malawi and Madagascar have very similar geography and environments. In addition, RIPPLE Africa also includes compost pits, household tree planting, and providing Changu Changu Moto fuel-efficient cookstoves. RICE would like to include this program in their future plans. We will also partner with Farm Africa

8. RICE will cost about $3,000,000 from the United Nations, and the rest will come from alliances with foundations and other non-governmental organizations.

9. The costs are calculated using the folllowing:

We rounded to 6 million women and then divided by 25000 trees to get 240 which is the number of groups of 25000 trees. We then multiplied 240 by $8,056 to get $1,933,440 for the tree nurseries. One of the trees we will plant is the banana tree, a food staple.

Data we used to figure finances:

 It only costs 20p to plant one tree in Malawi, Africa! This cost is nothing compared to the significant benefit just one tree can provide. Please support this critical project and help fight deforestation in Malawi, today.

 £1 pays to grow and plant 5 trees in Malawi, Africa ($1.611)

 £500 pays to grow and plant 2500 trees in Malawi, Africa ($805.601)

 £1,000 pays to grow and plant 5000 trees in Malawi, Africa ($1611.201)

 £5,000 pays to grow and plant 25,000 trees in Malawi, Africa ($8,056.005)

 Women make up about 50% of the population in Madagascar. That is approximately 10,995,999.8 people. We divided by 2 because only half are really at risk. We have 5,497,999.9 people as our answer.

 One of the trees we will plant is the banana tree, a food staple.

Other costs might include the following if the women choose cassava:
The monetary units are English pounds
15 pounds

Can provide tools such as spades, axes and hoes so barren land can be cultivated for food crops

50 pounds

Could provide enough disease-resistant seeds to turn an acre of land into a much-needed source of food.

200 pounds

Can help train a farmers’ group in efficient cultivation methods, giving them the skills they need to grow food in harsh conditions.

300 pounds

Could help provide a community with a drip irrigation system so they can grow nutritious crops to eat and sell.

1000 pounds

 Could make livestock vaccinations a reality for rural pastoralist communities who rely on their animals to survive.

 Can help establish a forest management committee, helping to prevent de-forestation and conserving forest resources for future generations.

Resolution GA April 30-02

St. Dominic Savio

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Re:   Literacy/Education Opportunities

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Dominican Republic

Date:   April 30, 2012

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

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 nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United nations for the maintenance of peace.”, and

Whereas Article 26, section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.”, and

Shocked that there are over fifteen countries with less than a 50% literacy rate, and

Recognizing that over two-thirds of the world’s 793 million literate adults come from only eight countries, and

Understanding that only 4.4% of the world’s GDP is spent on education,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Serving Education to All (SEA), the goal of which is to increase the quality of education and raise literacy rates.

2. SEA will take place in Afghanistan, Chad, Niger, South Sudan, and Guinea.

3. SEA will establish temporary tent schools to educate children under eighteen years of age.

4. If these temporary schools prove effective, SEA will construct permanent elementary and high schools.

5. In addition, SEA will supply these schools with all necessary materials in educating students, including text books.

6. Finally, SEA will provide teachers for these schools and eventually train local men and women to teach and be completely self-sufficient.

7. To finance SEA, the United Nations will raise the dues of the ten wealthiest countries 1%, raising 10.2 million dollars a year.

8.  SEA will be in force for five years. After these five years, the United Nations can choose to renew and expand this program or cancel it and attempt a new approach.

Resolution GA April 30-03

McKinley Middle

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Re:   Child Mortality

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Haiti, Liberia, Norway, Zimbabwe

Date:   April 30, 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

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

Alarmed by the fact that malnutrition takes the life of a child every six seconds, and

Shocked that malnutrition is the leading cause of death in children, and

Recognizing that infectious diseases in unclean drinking water is a leading cause of child mortality, and

Aware of the high number of child deaths caused by malaria,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. Identifies the top five countries suffering from child mortality as, Niger, Central African Republic, Guinea- Bissau, Chad, Burkina Faso based on their child mortality rate and the Human Development Index.

2. A program called PEP –TEAM for children, (Program to Efficiently Provide Treatment to Educate & Eliminate Malnutrition for children) will be started in the previous listed countries and the program will attack the following problems:

A. Safe Sex Program. The goal of the program is to educate adults about the dangers of unprotected sex. By doing this the child mortality rate will subside because of the decreased rate of transmission of diseases to children. Translators, clinics, doctors, public speakers, vaccinations (including ARV’s for HIV/AIDS), support groups, and transportation are necessary.

B. The Freshwater Program to prevent cholera and other water related diseases. One major water purification/treatment site per country will be built. Water towers will be constructed throughout each country. Teams testing the water supply will search to find solutions for smaller communities to insure that the water is safe in wells and other water sources. Sanitation and sewage treatment facilities will be established to prevent disease

C. Malnutrition- F-75 is a therapeutic milk product used for malnutrition. F-75 is the starter formula, and F-100 is the catch-up formula. Food supplements and medical goodness for children will be supplied in order to improve the health of those suffering from malnutrition. We will construct health stations, working with the existing government staffed by paid and volunteer workers who would be responsible for distributing food, mosquito nets, vaccines, giving health exams, and providing health information.

D. Malaria- Treated mosquito nets, protective clothing, and cleaning of stagnant water to reduce the chances of contracting malaria.

3. The program will last for ten years and be evaluated on its effectiveness. The goal is to reduce the child mortality rate in half. . If the program is deemed successful it will be implemented in the following five countries: Angola, Afghanistan Mali, Somalia, Nigeria,

4. Funding for the program will be provided by raising the dues of the twenty wealthiest countries by 5% and developing a sponsorship program with the bottled water industry by placing a half-cent charge for each bottle of water sold and placing the PEP-TEEM logo on the bottles as a way to encourage sales and raise revenues. (There are 200 billion bottles of water sold annually and with 100% participation revenues would bring in 1billion dollars annually) The increase in UN dues would equal roughly $130 million dollars.

Resolution GA April 30-04

Wydown Middle

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Re:   Police Abuse

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Bolivia

Date:   April 30, 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 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 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 20 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”, and

Alarmed by the fact that for years the Chilean judicial system has refused to deliver justice in matters of police brutality; the serious mistrust in the conduct of Chilean institutions, including the police; and the ongoing civil outcry over unnecessary police brutality, and

Disheartened by the fact that research on police violence and brutality shows that police abuse increased from 1990 to 2004 while denial of police brutality also increased, and

Overwhelmed by the fact that police brutally treated youth who were joined in response to a need for free public education in Chile, and

Disturbed by the fact that the police would do such brutal things to the people they are supposed to be protecting as spray them with tear gas, trample them under horses, separate them from their kids or parents, and even shoot them, and

Reassured by the fact that Mapuche teens took over the town of Ercilla, Chile, to raise awareness to the need to end police brutality, and

Inspired by the work of El General to create awareness in a peaceful way, and to get people to share their voices, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. United Nations sponsor a program that takes the images of police brutality, specifically those actions focused on children and move the images beyond the canvas to the hearts and minds of the Chilean people and  Begin an Art Speaks; Children Weep (ASCW) campaign in which recognized artists work with the youth to paint graffiti style images larger than life that will motivate people to remember those threatened or killed, inspire conversations towards action, and in general raise the consciousness.

2. ASCW will work with art organizations to develop images that speak to the need for individual rights and these images will show people how many people have been killed or hurt by people who were supposed to be protecting them and their rights; the images will also inspire people to defend people and speak up to, and about, the police.

3. ASCW could raise awareness and inspire the government to enforce laws that punishes police for being violent and abusive.

4. Just like the ArtCorps partnerships with local development organization in Central America to educate and empower the people, ASCW will motivate the people in Bolivia to do the same; it will make people aware of the police abuse and violence towards the people whose rights they are supposed to protect; in this ArtCorps and ASCW topics would be directly relating to the people of Chile; this will make them more emotionally attached to the issue;  our goal is to have people,  particularly youth, realize the pain this is causing the Chilean community, but we will do it through art, especially the threatened peoples’ families.

5. ASCW program should last as long as it takes for the government to be put under enough pressure that they issue and enforce laws that strictly control police abuse in Chile and the program here describes the first 1 ⅓ years.

6. ASCW is available to any child who wants to participate for free.

7. Troops from Scouts De Bolivia in cooperation with Asociación de Guias y Scouts de Chile will gather together as a community and paint murals and encourage others to help with the ASCW campaign.

8. Artists from ArtCorps will train children and teens in the scouting camps and serve as facilitators for making the murals.

9. ASCW will need a total of $15,000 from the United Nations to initiate the program to buy spray paint for the graffiti art and t-shirts for the student artist and volunteer adult leaders;

10. For a widespread approach to funding, the Scouts De Bolivia in cooperation  with UNICEF will distribute UNICEF donation boxes outside popular places that a lot of people visit, such as grocery stores, to collect money for the ASCW campaign.

11. UN, ASCW and UNICEF will also do a partnership with child art organizations like Americans for the Arts, Artists for Humanity, International Child Art Foundation as well as ArtCorps to raise awareness and money, as well as creative ideas, for the ASCW campaign.

12. This initial process will take about 1.5 years; the first summer Troops from Scouts De Bolivia in cooperation with Asociación de Guias y Scouts de Chile and Art Corps artists will have graffiti art programs at their camps to get students excited about the project and teach them how to effectively do graffiti art; during the next year teams of students will take the art to the streets of Chile.

13. ASCW will evaluate the effectiveness of this project by the number of children and volunteer artists participating, the number of murals made, whether the children feel this is making them happier/ making their life better, and in the end, whether the police brutality stops.

14. The next step of the Art Speaks; Children Weep campaign, should be an audio campaign where the youth of Chile and Bolivia can create a rap/song/any music that can express their emotions about the police brutality; we believe that this campaign should be called: Speak Up Voices; They’re Your Choices! in honor of Hamada Ben Amor who was a rapper in Tunisia who rapped about political issues, specifically police brutality; he went under the pseudonym El General; “El General” started a revolution; his rap about police brutality was basically saying how the police treated them like dogs, and how they deserved better; to the youth of Tunisia, he was a hero!

Resolution GA April 30-05

St. Dominic Savio

Heading:

Re:   Water Pollution

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Argentina, Fiji

Date:   April 30, 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

Whereas Article 27, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Every has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”, and

Recognizing that diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever, two of the leading causes of infant mortality, can develop in polluted waters, and   

                                                                

Dismayed that close to one billion people lack access to safe drinking water and more than 2.5 billion people live without adequate sanitation systems, and        

                                            

Shocked that more people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called the WPA, or Water Pollution Act, whose goal is to bring water sanitizing products to countries in need.                                                               

2. The WPA will take place in China, India, and Indonesia, three countries greatly affected by water pollution.                                                                                                                                

3. The WPA will provide 100,000 kids safe water for five years, 500,000 gallons worth of water purification tablets, and basic family water kits for 3,150 families.  This would result in an overall cost of $315,500.                                                                                                                    

4. WPA will be funded by the 3 wealthiest nations of the UN, by raising their dues by 0.5%.  The countries affected would be Luxembourg, Norway, and Qatar.  They would pay $325,818.90.                                                                                                                                     

5. The WPA will last five years.  If a success, the UN will continue to support the WPA for another five years, expanding the WPA to other countries in need of its services.