Resolutions for April 4

Resolution GA April 04-01

John Burroughs

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Re:   Amputee Aid in Western Africa

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Norway

Date:   April 4, 2013

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 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 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

Appalled that an estimated 27,000 citizens of Sierra Leone had at least one of their limbs amputated or were otherwise disabled by the rebel forces during the 1991-2002 civil war, and

Deeply concerned that amputees feel discriminated against and find it more difficult to care for themselves and their families,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program call Amputee Aid Team (AAT), taking place in Sierra Leone.

2. AAT will establish a system of 15 clinics throughout Sierra Leone, divided such that each clinic would have the potential of serving approximately one thousand amputees.

3. The AAT will hire a team of 15 people for each clinic. Five of the team members will be experienced physical therapists, five will be vocational trainers, four will be nurses, and one will be a trained prosthetist. The majority of these people will be hired from Sierra Leone, but if that is not possible, members can be hired in from other countries if necessary.

4. The physical therapists will help the amputees develop the most efficient way to move around and strengthen the rest of their body. At least one physical therapists will be a trained amputee, who can relate to the patients with their own struggles and describe what methods worked best for them. The physical therapists will also determine if an amputee requires crutches, prosthetics, or other services to function.

5. Working with the Prosthetic Outreach Foundation, the nurses and the prosthetist in each clinic would conduct measurements for those amputees who require prosthetics or other services. These measurements will be sent to POF for local manufacturing of these prosthetics.

6. The vocational trainers will instruct the amputees on how to do various jobs despite their disability and help them find employment to aid in integrating them back into society.

7. Trips to the clinics will be free of cost, but amputees are not permitted to stay in the clinic other than for their physical therapy, prosthetic measurements, or vocational education sessions.

8. Once every month, each clinic will stage soccer matches for amputees and other Sierra Leone residents, working with the Single Leg Amputee Sports Club. These games will aid in creating more acceptance for the Sierra Leone amputees.

9. To create AAT the United Nations will raise the dues of the 20 wealthiest (by GDP per capita) countries .005%.

10. This program will run for two years. At this time, if the General Assembly finds that AAT has positively impacted the lives of amputees (lowered the unemployment rate of amputees, outfitted more with prosthetics, etc.) then it may be renewed. It can also be determined if the program will be established in other regions with amputees.

Resolution GA April 04-02

St. Mary Magdalen

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Re:   Poverty in Cambodia and the United Kingdom

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Cambodia, United Kingdom

Date:   April 4, 2013

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 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 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

Alarmed by the number of children in Cambodia and and United Kingdom that have to resign from school so they can start working to help support their family financially, and

Dismayed that half of these children end up obtaining an illness from the conditions they undergo, and

Shocked that women and children are more likely than men to be in poverty,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called End Poverty Today (EPT) which will focus in Cambodia and the United Kingdom.

2. EPT will work in the places in these two countries containing the most amount of poverty.

3. EPT will set up several dormitory-style buildings in these places that focus on schooling adults who previously quit school as children to help support their family. There will be four houses that each teach different subjects, such as business, technology, construction, and medical training. While going through training, they will receive money from our funding. The amount of money they receive will depend on the dependents of people in their family.

4. After going through schooling for the area they are most interested in, EPT will help these adults get a job that provides for their family.

5. EPT will train groups of volunteers to teach the adults in their selected areas.

6. To create EPT, we ask that the UN raise dues on the 15 wealthiest nations by 1%; we will receive approximately $3 million dollars. Additionally we will ask musicians from the UK to volunteer to perform a concert two times a year. We plan to get $1.5 million dollars for this.

7. End Poverty Today will last 10 years. After the first 7 years, we expect that all of the teaching buildings will have been completed. After 3 more years, if poverty has been decreased by 5%, we ask that the funding continues for more buildings to be constructed in different areas of the two countries. Later on, if EPT is still a success, we will push to move it to different parts of the world.

Resolution GA April 04-03

Saul Mirowitz Jewish
Community School

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Re:   Child Labor & Child Abuse in Morocco

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Morocco

Date:   April 4, 2013

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 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 24 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.”, 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

Deeply concerned that 123,000 children between the ages of 7 and 15 years old were working as child laborers in 2011, and

Outraged that, girls as young as 8 endure physical, and sexual abuse, and

Disheartened that children who are working 12 hours a day, 7days a week, are paid as little as 11 U.S. dollars a month and sometimes are refused adequate food, and

Emphasizing that, child labor is commonly found in Morocco's hand-made carpet industry, which exports to the United States,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nation will begin a program called Moroccan Children Education Center (MCEC).

2. MCEC is a program that will establish a school in Morocco City, Morocco. This school will provide basic education, self-defense education, human rights awareness, teamwork training and sustenance education through agriculture, for children who were child laborers and or abused. We will provide this facility for 100 children from ages 5 to 11.

3. The school day will be from 8am to 5pm and MCEC will provide the children with a nutritious and filling lunch and snacks. The children will also have outdoor activities including a working growing vegetables and access to health and mental health programs.

4. This program will last for 3 years and will cost $949,361.30 and if this school is successful, we will continue the program and will add more schools.

5. We will pay for this program by raising the dues of the 10 wealthiest countries by 0.5%.

Resolution GA April 04-04

John Burroughs

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Re:   River Pollution in Asia

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Netherlands

Date:   April 4, 2013

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 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 a project to clean the Danube River was also funded by the U.N. and was successful. The goal is to use this successful project as an outline with few changes to be implemented in the Yangtze River, and

Recognizing that pollution in the Yangtze is mostly caused by effluent from farms and chemicals from factories, and

Unsettled that nearly 4.35 billion tons of effluence were emptied into the Yangtze River, a majority of which is caused by excess manure from farmers’ animals, and

Shocked that around 30% of fish species in the river are believed to have become extinct and the river's fish catch declined by 40%. Many fishermen have failed to feed their family and have lost their houses because the fish in the river are disappearing, and

Realizing that only ten percent of China’s land is farmable and the Yangtze river provides food for 212,000,000 people and “clean” water for 155,000,000 people, and

Alarmed that in September of 2012 the Yangtze turned scarlet red due to torrential rains heavy pollution from effluents,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a 4 year program called Clean the Yangtze (CTY) which will strive to clean the Yangtze River.

2. CTY will control animal effluent by creating areas of storage for the manure until it can be sold as fertilizer to areas that need it. Manure contains nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, which contribute to ‘eutrophication’. Through this process, oxygen in the water is reduced, plant and animal species suffocate and water quality worsens.

3. The Storage units will be built by the fisherman who have lost their livelihood fishing and 10% of all stored fertilizer sold will go to the fishermen while 5% will go back to the UN and the farmer will receive the remaining 85%. If manure dries and loses value as fertilizer, it can still be used as a fuel source, similar to wood. A paid contractor will supervise each project.

4. After the quality increases, CTY will revitalize algae. Thriving algae cleans water and takes out nitrogen and phosphorus which can be harmful to fish life. Dead algae take out Oxygen which damages the ecosystem of the river. Scientists with a PhD in agriculture and pollution will be hired to determine where and when to plant algae.

5. If the U.N. the top 10 wealthiest counties donate 0.25% of their total dues to international aid until 2017 (4 years) along with 1/5 the remaining money from the Danube River project ($5 million dollars) we will have raised the $25 million dollars ($5 million from countries each year) needed to fund this project.

6. If this project proves a success, we will extend similar projects to other economically important rivers around the world.

Resolution GA April 04-05

Saul Mirowitz Jewish
Community School

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Re:   Medical Education in Myanmar (Burma)

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Myanmar

Date:   April 4, 2013

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

Appalled that there are only 6 medical colleges in all of Myanmar (Burma) to service a country population of 60,280,000, and

Shocked that malaria is one of the leading causes of death among children under the age of 5 in Myanmar (Burma). Even though the world health organization states that malaria deaths are down in 2011 this progress remains fragile and we still think it is an important issue to address, and

Dismayed that there are over 4,000,000 people currently living with HIV/AIDS and 300,000 people died in 2011 from HIV/AIDS, and

Concerned that the death rate from tuberculosis is 62.98 per 1000 people in Myanmar. (Burma) That is the world 26th highest death rate from tuberculosis in the world, and

Realizing that Myanmar is in desperate need for medical education, it is ranked 220th out of 250 countries in the area of medical education,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will found an organization called Medical Schools Making Myanmar Healthier (MSMMH).

2. MSMMH will establish a scholarship program offered to academically eligible students who could not afford medical school, but have the potential to be successful.

3. A two person administrative team will oversee our program, which will be housed at the University of Medicine #1, in Yangon which is the capital of Myanamar.

4. Medical school in Yangon costs $7,000 USD per year for seven years.

5. We would give 20 scholarships to students with a grade average of 97% or above.

6. Once the medical school student graduates, he or she must spend two years training paramedics in the rural areas in Myanmar, in a school such as the Jungle School of Medicine Kawthoolei.

7. To create and enable this project we would like to raise the dues of Italy, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland by 0.005% and generate a total of $ 1,101,292.1 USD.

8. SMMH would be re-evaluated in seven years. If the project is successful, then we would need to raise the dues again, and extend the amount of years by another seven years. If the project is found to be not successful, it will come to an end.

Resolution GA April 04-06

John Burroughs

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Re:   Gun and Drug Violence in South America

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Argentina

Date:   April 4, 2013

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 12 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to protection of the law against such interference and attacks.”, and

Shocked that in 2008, 34,678 people were killed in gun homicides in Brazil, and

Appalled that drug and gun related violence increased by 11% from 2011, in Mexico, and

Dismayed that Honduras experiences 66 people killed per every 100,000, and

Realizing that 87% of cocaine in the United States passes through Honduras,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. 7. The United Nations will create a program called GVISA, Gun Violence Initiative of South America, in the states of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Nuevo Leon of Mexico, Yoro of Honduras, and Rio de Janeiro of Brazil because of the high number of gun fatalities.
   
   
2. 8. GVISA will increase police recruitment and training in Ciudad Juarez, Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, and Tegucigalpa with added police presence for prevention and intervention.
   
   
3. 9. GVISA will establish educational centers within elementary and secondary schools which include police officers, who will teach personal safety, awareness of drug safety, and gun violence to students.
   
   
4. 10. GVISA will encourage cities to pass laws banning the sale of assault weapons and require background checks before the purchase of any gun.
   
   
5. 11. To create GVISA we request that the U.N. raise dues on the 10 wealthiest nations by 0.5%.
   
   
6. 12. If GVISA continues and decreases homicides by 10% in the next 5 years, we will request funds for expanding this program in other areas in Central and South America.