Resolutions for April 2

GA-01
Tabitha Wilkerson

Re.:   Correcting Global Poverty

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Malawi

Date:   April 2, 2013

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 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

Deeply concerned that out of the 2.2 billion children in the world, 1 billion of them live in poverty, and

Appalled that 45% of Malawian children under the age of five are stunted due to malnutrition, and

Dismayed that over 40% of Malawians (mainly female) are currently living on or below the poverty line, and

Alarmed that 50% of the world's population lives on less than $2.50 per day,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. Our program will be called HFP standing for Helping Families in Poverty.

2. HFP needs $17 million. We have planned to receive this money by raising the dues of the ten-wealthiest countries for only one year by 2%.

3. The HFP will take the $17 million granted and use it towards the following; tents for our volunteers, volunteer’s meals, buses, volunteers plane tickets, shipping, vocational training textbooks, notebook paper for students, pencils, peanut paste, and life straws.

4. HFP will send 840 trained interns/volunteers to five countries, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Madagascar, and Ethiopia in order to hand out peanut paste and life straws to children and give vocational training to adults.

5. HFP will last for five years.

6. If the program progresses and reduces the amount of children in poverty by 10,000 children, another five years may be renewed.

GA-02

Re.:   Torture in Modern Society

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Estonia

Date:   April 2, 2013

Whereas Article 5 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF THE 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 THE HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile,” and

Whereas Article 10 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF THE 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

Appalled that in 2009 only five countries had no incidents of torture reported, and

Shocked that 29% of people worldwide support torture to combat terrorism, and

Deeply concerned that 13 of the G-20 nations had torture reported in 2009, and

Emphasizing that information obtained from torture has been proven to not be reliable,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called End Torture Worldwide (ETW), which will focus on G-20 nations, and nations involved in the War on Terror (G-20 nations proven to be more likely to use torture and tactics and a large portion of modern torture stems from the War on Terror.)

2. ETW will work with NGOs specializing in torture and human rights violations worldwide including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

3. ETW will send 25 inspectors each (using volunteers from NGOs) to facilities suspected to be using torture to extract information and/or violating other human rights with an annual goal of visiting at least 5 suspected facilities and a completion goal of at least 22 facilities investigated.

4. If a facility is found to be using torture and/or violating other human rights, the facility shall immediately be shut down and all prisoners sent to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague for trial.

5. If the host nation of the facility refuses to shut it down, the United Nations shall hold an assembly on how to react.

6. Funding for ETW shall come from raising dues for the 25 wealthiest nations by 0.5% and donations by other nations.

7. ETW shall last five years If after five years there is a ratio above or equal to half of all facilities proven to violate human rights shut down, it can be renewed for another five years if voted for.

GA-03

Re.:   Deforestation of the Tropical Rain Forest

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Panama

Date:   April 2, 2013

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

Surprised that one and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries, and

Alarming that there were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazonian Rainforest five centuries ago. Today there are less than 200,000, and

Shocked that nearly half of the world's species of plants, animals and microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century due to rainforest deforestation, and

Amazed that some farmers have begun to set aside some of their land for new trees,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Slowing Down Deforestation Right Now (SDDRN) which will focus in the Amazon Rain Forest.

2. SDDRN will work with farmers in South America who have taken down land of the Amazon to start setting aside areas in their land to plant trees.

3. The SDDRN will train a group of people to look at farms around the Amazon and make sure that they have set apart land for trees

4. If a farm that has been a part of the rainforest has found to be not planting trees for the replacement of the trees they cut down there will be fines to be collected. These fines will be given to SDDRN to make it a better program.

5. To create SDDRN, we request that we get educated farmers, people who would be willing to investigate, money to supply trees to the people who cut them down, and peace keepers to know whether the laws are being broken.

6. Slowing Down Deforestation Right Now will last 5 years. If after this time there has been a reduction in deforestation by 10% it can be renewed for another five years. At this time it is suggested that the program be spread to another region with higher deforestation rate.

7. Panama respectfully requests that the General Assembly raise the dues of the 10 wealthiest nations by 5% to fund this program.

Sources:

http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm#.US4iac3WgrQ

http://www.research-in-germany.de/114346/2012-11-09-sustainable-land-use-concept-for-south-america,print=true,slc=dachportal_2Fen.html

GA-04
Harry Godwin

Re.:   Censorship

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Sweden

Date:   April 2, 2013

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 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

Deeply concerned that the government in China alone censors at least 18,931 websites, and

Observing that about 13.4% of all tested .TW (Taiwan-hosted) sites are blocked in China, and

Emphasizing that at least 1,736 sites on Yahoo related to religion are blocked in China, and

Noting that Saudi Arabia censors at least 538 internet hosts, and

Alarmed that 100% of all outside media is blocked in North Korea,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will need $5.5 million U.S. dollars to fund the program; we request raising member dues of the 10 wealthiest member countries by 5% to collect these funds.

2. These funds will be used to purchase weather balloons, leaflets, helium tanks, pay survey staff and pay for delivery of balloons to human rights organizations in target areas for release.

3. These funds/ objects will be distributed to countries neighboring China, Saudi

Arabia, Malaysia, and North Korea, the exact location varying by weather conditions on the day of release.

4. This program will be called S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (Stop Censoring in Eastern Countries)

5. This program will run over 5 years, with a release of the propaganda in the first year, and surveying the resulting impact of the propaganda.

6. At the end of the 5-year run, the impact of the effort will be examined. Impact will be judged by movement. If the program has had enough impact to make it financially viable to support another run, another release-and-observe cycle will be run.

GA-05

Re.:   Child Trafficking and Abuse

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Greece

Date:   April 2, 2013

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 7 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “All are equal before the law and are entitled without discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.”, 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 data was collected from over 132 countries about child trafficking, and

Shocked that children as young as 13 are being discriminated by child trafficking and are taking drugs because they do not want to know what happens to them, and

Dismayed that girls make up 2/3s of the total amount of victims affected,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called Child Trafficking Prevention Program (CTPP) which will focus in Romania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. (Four nations in Europe with some of the largest rates of child trafficking.)

2. CTPP will work with other NGO’s who focus on child trafficking in Europe including Nobody’s Children Foundation, the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, and Human Rights Watch

3. CTPP will train a group of inspectors (using volunteers from the aforementioned NGOs) to be able to detect if a child is actually a victim of human trafficking.

4. If a child is found to be victimized, the fate of the trafficker will be put into the hands of the local law enforcements. The child/children will be taken into the care of the CTPP.

5. Considering some of the children have been taking drugs and drinking, in instances of possible addiction, rehabilitation programs will be made available to the children by the CTPP. Also, the CTPP will work so that either the actual parents of the child/children can be found, or will work to find a new, stable family.

6. Child Trafficking Prevention Program will last four years. If after this time there has been a reduction in child labor by at least 12%, it can be renewed for another four years. At this time, it is suggested that the program be spread to another region with high child trafficking rates.  

7. We respectfully request the General Assembly raise the dues of the 10 wealthiest nations by 7% to pay for this program.

Sources:

• (urls include: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/children/default_en.asp

• http://www.un.org/works/sub3.asp?lang=en&id=14

• http://www.canee.net/)

• https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/press/children-trafficked-and-exploited-inside-europe-criminal-gangs-501

GA-06
Ian Nicewaner

Re.:   Slavery

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Belgium

Date:   April 2, 2013

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

Shocked that there are 25-30 million slaves in all worldwide, and

Appalled that there is an estimate of 200,000 children sold into slavery each year in Africa, and

Worried that there are 11,000 slaves in Sudan and rising, and

Worried that there are over 1,000,000 slaves in Pakistan and rising,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. We plan on getting $43.6 million dollars by raising U.N. Dues by 2.25% to reunite slaves with their families or get them foster parents or new families, they will be put in school and given an education, and given months’ worth of food for a year.

2. My colleague and I will spend the money on food supplies, medicine, and clothing, which will be given in equal portions to the slaves we have saved. My colleague and I plan on also buying computers, a satellite, and phones for the employees.

3. The program will be called Save The Slaves Organization. (STSO for short.)

4. We plan on making the program last 3 years, and if it goes well we will renew the program.