Resolutions for May 7, 2012

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Resolution GA May 7-01

John Burroughs

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Re:   Infant Mortality

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Greece

Date:   May 7, 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 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 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

Noting with deep concern that over two thirds of African countries have an infant mortality rate over 75 deaths per 1000 live births, and

Horrified that 1 out of every 7 humans is undernourished or chronically malnourished, and

Alarmed that pneumonia kills 1.4 million children under the age of five each year, amounting to more than AIDS, measles, and dysentery combined, and

Acknowledging that 91% of malaria deaths each year occur in Africa and 85% of the victims are under the age of five,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will establish a program called Infant Disease Prevention Kits in which rural towns will be visited by UN employees every three months to receive IDP Kits and administer pneumonia vaccinations.

2. Each Infant Disease Prevention Kit will contain basic first aid materials, including Band-Aids, disinfectant wipes, gauze, and Neosporin. The IDP Kits will also provide each family with four Insecticide-treated Nets (nets dipped in synthetic pyrethroid insecticide such as deltamethrin or permethrin) to not only repel but also kill mosquitoes potentially carrying malaria. Along with Medika Mamba (a Ready-To-Use therapeutic food made of high protein and high calorie sources including peanuts and milk) to prevent malnutrition, a year’s supply of Complete Multivitamin Chewable Tablets will be distributed in order to support the long-term growth of children, high bone density, sufficient iron levels, and other nutritional necessities.

3. The program will take place in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, and Somalia where infant mortality rates are extremely high. In each country, a sustainable warehouse will be erected where UN employees will work to package IDP Kits. UN employees will also drive vans to rural towns to distribute IDP Kits and immunizations. Six vans for delivering IDP Kits will be given to each participating country.

4. Upon receiving their first IDP Kit, every child under the age of five will be vaccinated for pneumonia. With this, the child will receive a certain colored plastic card to tell them when they are to be revaccinated for maximum immunization and will keep the card safely in their IDP Kit. A child is eligible for revaccination every twelve months and must show UN staff their colored card to receive it.

5. Our program will last for five years and will then be evaluated by the General Assembly. If it is found to be effective, the program may be expanded to other areas plagued by high infant mortality rates due to malnutrition, pneumonia, and malaria.

6. To pay for the Infant Disease Prevention Kit Program, the United Nations will ask 1 million dollars from each of the 10 wealthiest countries to kick-start the program and build warehouses. To maintain the program and cover the costs of vans, fair salaries for employees, vaccinations, first aid supplies, Medika Mamba, and Insecticide-treated Nets, the twenty wealthiest countries will raise their United Nation dues by 0.25% a year, amounting to 11.3 million dollars per year. The UN will work hand in hand with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to obtain supplies at low costs.

Resolution GA May 7-02

John Burroughs

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Re:   Displacement by Rising Seas in the Pacific

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Maldives

Date:   May 7, 2012

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

Whereas Article 13 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.”, and

Whereas Article 22, of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.”, 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

Understanding that the sea level will rise 0.48-0.79 m by 2100 due to all the world’s glaciers melting by 2062, and

Distressed that if sea levels rise 1m, the water would inundate 17% of Bangladesh, and

Shocked that 80% of the Maldives is 1m or less above sea level, and

Recognizing that hundreds of atolls in the Pacific are being abandoned due to fears of the atolls disappearing due to rising seas,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Rising Seas Displacement Support (RSDS), which will set aside land and employment in safer countries for refugees from small island nations, such as the Bahamas or Kiribati.

2. RSDS will take place in the Pacific Islands of Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and the Maldives, nations with high risk posed to them by climate change.

3. RSDS requires host countries, which could absorb the refugees.  An example for this part of the program would be the conduct between New Zealand and the Pacific nation of Tuvalu.

4. More examples of host countries are Australia, the United States, India, and Thailand.  These refugees can be assimilated into the general populace as new citizens. Housing will cost $13, 161.40 in Thailand for around 10 people. And, Habitat for Humanity builds houses for $46,600.

5. These host countries will supply transportation for the refugees, ferrying them to the nearest safe haven, which would be a city in one of those countries

6. RSDS will last five years, and if found to be successful at that time, can be renewed for another five years and expanded to other countries at high risk of flooding due to climate change.

7. To pay for RSDS, the United Nations would raise the dues of the 10 wealthiest countries 50%, raising $38,635,850 a year.

8. This is an environmental crisis, as much as the Holocaust was a human crisis. The UN responded to the predicament of the people living there and created the state of Israel.  No one has paid attention to these island nations, but they’re people too. We should attempt to salvage as much land and evacuate the citizens, beyond implementing the plan, the UN should consider forming a panel of engineers, climatologists, environmentalists to try to figure out what can be saved.

Resolution GA May 7-03

Queen of All Saints

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Re:   Child Labor

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Iceland

Date:   May 7, 2012

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

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 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

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 by 215 million children in the world working in horrific conditions, and

Emphasizing that 30 percent of all children in the least developed countries are involved with child labor, and

Deeply concerned that 126 million children work in hazardous conditions, and

Taking into consideration that from a survey taken in Mauritania of 265 children, about half were beaten by their bosses,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Stop Child Labor (SCL), in which families will send their children to school in exchange for the income they would lose if the child stopped working.

2. The family will sign a contract that agrees to take their child(ren) out of labor.  In order to work with SCL, the child must be working under a condition that deprives them of their opportunities and not attending school.  A school must be within a five-mile radius.

3. An inspector would visit the family to ensure that the contract is being followed.  The inspector would be a UN employee and would check the families every six months.  To be sure that the child is attending school, the inspector would look at the attendance record of the child at the school they are attending.

4. Stop Child Labor would send money to the family to compensate for the missing income of the child.  The money would be sent once a month.  The family would receive one dollar every day to compensate.

5. If upon inspection the family is not following the contract, the payment will immediately stop coming.

6. Stop Child Labor will serve 500 children per country.

7. SCL would serve Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali.  There will be three inspectors for each country.

8. SCL will last for two years.  At that time the General Assembly will evaluate it and can reinstitute it if found successful.

9. To pay for Stop Child Labor, the United Nations would raise the dues of the 10 nations with the highest amount of dues .1%, which would be $1,909,781.  This would cover a $3,000 a year salary for the nine UN inspectors, $3,000 a year for each inspector’s transportation, and the $1,095,000 it would take to pay the families to take their children out of child labor.

Resolution GA May 7-04

Sperreng Middle

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Re:   Lack of Safe Drinking Water

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Vietnam

Date:   May 7, 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 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

Shocked at the lack of safe drinking water available to citizens both of Vietnam and of the world, and

Dismayed  that two out of every five people in poor countries die from lack of safe drinking water, approximately one-eighth of the world’s population does not have access to safe drinking water, and

Realizing that more people die of water-borne illness than of HIV/AIDS, and 1.4 million children die every year from water-borne illnesses and inadequate sanitation,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Safe Water Supply Program, in which families that do not have a supply of clean water will be provided with basic water kits.

2. The Safe Water Supply Program will try to prevent water-borne illness by administering said water kits to local families.

3. UN employees will be distributing the water kits and will be aided by a local person who speaks the language.

4. This program will take place in Vietnam, as well as small, isolated communities in the Middle East and North Africa.  Water kits will be distributed to communities that lack safe drinking water in said areas.

5. Our program will last five years.  If it is found to be successful at the end of that time, we will continue for another five years and expand to more countries that lack safe water.

6. To pay for the Safe Water Supply Program, the United Nations will raise the dues of the ten nations that pay the highest amount of dues by 10%, raising about 191 million dollars.  We will also rely on donations made by organizations and the general public. This will pay for the water kits and the supplies in them and salary of the staffers.

Resolution GA May 7-05

John Burroughs

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Re:   Child Hunger

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Germany

Date:   May 7, 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

Shocked that 50% of child deaths in India are caused by malnutrition and hunger, and

Dismayed that 37.5 million people in Pakistan are malnourished and 40% of children 5 years old and under are underweight, are will most likely remain weak and malnourished for the rest of their lives, and

Distraught that the UN estimates that four Indian children die every minute, 5760 every day, mostly from preventable illnesses such as measles and pneumonia, and

Alarmed that 135 million Pakistani people suffer from severe iodine deficiency, a supplement that can easily be supplied from supplements, and

Worried that because of the major flooding from the monsoon season of 2010 in Pakistan, fresh fruits and vegetables will not be easily available any time in the near future, and

Horrified that Bangledesh has one of the highest malnutrition rates in children; 48% of all children under five are malnourished,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Peanut Packets for Kids, or PPFK, in which medically equipped vans will travel to rural villages with the goal of preventing malnutrition in children.

2. PPFK will attempt to aid childhood hunger by delivering nutritious packets called Plumpy’nuts containing peanut paste, vegetable oil, powdered milk, powdered sugar, vitamins, and minerals to prevent malnutrition. These packets are classified as Ready to Use Therapeutic Food, and have a two-year shelf life, without requiring any refrigeration, preparation, or water.

3. This program will take place in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, countries with some of the highest child malnutrition rates in the world. There will be 4 medical vans in Bangladesh, 9 medical vans in Pakistan, and 13 medical vans in India.

4. Upon arrival, the children will be tested for vitamin and mineral deficiency to find out the severity of the malnutrition and how many packs of Plumpy’nuts will be needed per village.

5. There will be 2-3 doctors assigned to each van, along with 2 nurses who will be under the UN payroll, along with a handful of volunteer doctors, nurses, and others.

6. This program will last five years. At that time the program will be evaluated by the General Assembly and, if found to be successful, can be renewed for another five years and expanded to other countries with high childhood malnutrition rates.

7. To pay for PPFK, the United Nations will raise the dues of the 20 nations that pay the highest amount of dues by 0.5%, raising just over $11,446,190 million dollars a year. This will pay for the vans, salary of the staffers, and the packets of peanut paste. The UN will work closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) to get the supplies necessary at the absolute lowest cost.