Resolutions for April 30

Resolution GA April 30-01

Re.:   Clean Water in Kibera

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Russia

Date:   April 30, 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 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

Appalled that there are estimated 2.5 million slum- dwellers in Kibera who do not have purified water to drink, and

Disturbed that there are 1.6 million people, mostly children, that die each year from disease related to unclean water, and

Shocked that poor people have to pay more for water than wealthier people of the surrounding countries, and that poor people waste much time walking miles to collect small amounts of water, and

Alarmed that these people have to get water by natural springs, which are all contaminated and unsafe, and

Realizing that most of these people spend a majority of their day getting clean water, and adults and children are being deprived of education and work for money for their families,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. Water For Kibera [WFK] is a program that will help the poor slum-dwellers of Kibera get clean water by installing 100 temporary water purification systems, which will last 10 weeks. Then put metal pipes in to replace the cheap, plastic pipes.

2. The WFK will make all the people here who get ill or die from unclean water stay healthy. This will help all the 2.5 million children and adults in the slums of Kibera. This is helping the largest slum in Kibera.

3. To do this project we request that the UN raises dues on Australia, South Korea and Brazil by 3% which will provide $4,611,636.

4. This project will cost a total of $4,529,304.

5. This project will last 10 weeks. If this project works by the amount of this time we will keep the pipes until a permanent water treatment facility is built. If this works we suggest that we spread this project to other countries that are facing these same unclean water problems.

Resolution GA April 30-02

Re.:   Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Jordan

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Turkey

Date:   April 30, 2013

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 13 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.”, and

Whereas Article 17, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.”, and

Whereas Article 17, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.”, and

Appalled that there are an estimated 250,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey and Jordan, and

Amazed that Turkey is spending over 600 million dollars on Syrian refugees, and

Fearful that Turkey will not be able to support the Syrian refugees on their current budget, and

Shocked that the flow of refugees is increasing, in January alone, 38,000 refugees crossed from Syria into Jordan, and

Deeply concerned that according to the UN high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, the camps are only receiving 30% of the funds required, this leaves a gap of 700 million U.S. dollars for 1.1 million refugees,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The general assembly will start a program called U.N Refugee Aid, the goal of which is to promote aid for Syrian refugees, administer the aid in the refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey, and begin peace negotiations between the Syrian government and the rebels.

2. UN Refugee Aid will administer the aid in Jordan and Turkey, and will send delegations to governments throughout the world to help raise awareness and funds to improve living conditions in refugee camps in the short term and promote a long term resettlement of refugees in countries throughout the world.

3. The UN Refugee Aid will work with the Turkish and Jordanian government to improve and add protection to the refugee camps. It will also work with other U.N. and Non-Governmental Agencies (NGO) to help improve conditions for the Syrian refugees.

4. The UN Refugee Aid will be checked on every six months to see if the program is being used properly. If not then the program will have to be shut down.

5. To pay for UN Refugee Aid will

Resolution GA April 30-03

Re.:   Landmines in the Vietnam Region

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Thailand

Date:   April 30, 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 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, and

Whereas Article 16 section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the state.”, and

Alarmed that there are 3.5 million landmines all across Vietnam, 6,000,000 landmines are contaminating Cambodia, and 411,796 landmines are still across Thailand, and

Aware that the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Thai people are not safe under these conditions, and  

Having considered that innocent people are dying because of these mines, and

Keeping in mind these people have rights that they need to be protected without the risk of dying, and

Emphasizing that there aren’t enough people in bomb squads to deactivate all of the mines across Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, and

Aware that 85% of the people die before even reaching the nearest hospital, and

Realizing that the squad’s equipment will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and

Considered since 1975, 42,000 people have been killed in landmine accidents in various places in Vietnam,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. We recommend that we start a program entitled D-MIV (Deactivating Mines In Vietnam) to help provide the bomb squad equipment.

2. We have been recognizing that we will need around 1,800 landmine suits, 9,000 anti-mine pairs of boots, and 900 landmine detectors.

3. Supporting 10 squad units per country with 10 professional members in each unit, each unit covering 50 acres a day.

4. We will designate these bomb squads in the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand.

5. Confirming that 900-landmine protection suits costing $21.6 million, 9000 pairs of anti-mine boots costing $1.728 million, and 900 landmine detectors costing $6 million will have a total cost of $29.328 million dollars.

6. We will raise the dues of the fallowing countries by 3%. This will be United Kingdom with $5.25 million, Japan with $9.96 million, France with $4.89 million, Germany with $6.39 million, and Italy with $3.99 million for a total of $30.48 million, and we will donate the remaining money to hospitals to care for landmine victims.

7. D-MIV will last about 5 years, and if it works out we will continue the program until all known landmines are eliminated.

Resolution GA April 30-04

Re.:   Rhino Poaching

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: South Africa

Date:   April 30, 2013

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 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 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

Appalled that in Asia, powdered rhino horn can sell for over $60,000 per Kg to be used as cures for cures for things like hangovers, and

Shocked  that as of March 8, 146 rhino have been killed by poachers since the start of 2013, and

Dismayed that poachers in South Africa can make up to $30,000 per rhino, and

Realizing that the world’s rhino population has dropped 90% in the past 30 years,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. United Nations will create a program called Abolition of Rhino Poaching Today (ARPT) to help bring an end to rhino poaching in South Africa.

2. ARPT will try to catch and arrest suspected poachers and transporters while also finding a way to shut down the market in Asia.

3. The program will begin with the crisis in South Africa, and if it successful there, then the project will expand to parts of Asia help protect populations of Asian rhino such as the Sumatran, Borneo, Javan and Indian rhino.

4. The UN will train and deploy groups of highly trained officers to catch poachers and transporters. In these groups, there will also be some who will go undercover in poaching operations to give the rest of their team information to stop said operation, and to also give the UN more information on how the poaching jobs work so that they can stop them more efficiently.

5. The United Nations will fund ARPT by raising dues on the 10 wealthiest nations by 1%. This will give them about $19,097,818.

6. ARPT will last five years. If the amount of poaching is brought down by at least 30%, then it will be renewed for another five years.

Resolution GA April 30-05

Re.:   Education in India

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Sweden

Date:   April 30, 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 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 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

Appalled that India’s dropout rate is 25.6%, and

Shocked by the lack of political action in India to completely ban child labor, and

Aware of that the 60 million out of 73 million children from 10-14 years old are now employed in India. More than 13% of all children in this age group are working as slaves. 60% are child laborers in India, and

Alarmed by the amount of the child labor that is increasing steadily in the towns and cities of developing countries,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The Swedish delegates will begin a program called Operation Education (OPED) which will focus in India (The nation with the largest child work forces).

2. OPED will be working with the following countries and raising their dues by 3%: Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Qatar, Switzerland, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Denmark, Canada, Austria, Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, Belgium, San Marino, Ireland, Japan and Sweden. We will raise a little over eighteen million.  The eighteen million will be used to purchase tents (for both students and teachers), school kits, soccer balls, water pumps, notebooks, and first aid kits.  With the extra money we will purchase more houses, meals for the students, and extra supplies.

3. OPED will take the money raised for this program, and use it to build twelve houses and five schools (three hundred students in each school) for children with 8 teachers in each school.

4. The extra money will be distributed in between the schools.  We focus on education and child labor in India.

5. OPED will be taking children out of factories and placing them in schools.

6. OPED will last three years. If by this time there has been a reduction in child labor, we will renew for another five years. At this time, it is suggested that the program be spread to another region with high child labor rates.

Resolution GA April 30-06

Re.:   Drone Attacks Around the World

Submitted to:  General Assembly

Submitted by: Ethiopia, Great Britain, & the Netherlands

Date:   April 30, 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 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

Appalled that from June 2004 to mid-September 2012 there have been 2,562 - 3,325 people in Pakistan killed by drones, and

Shocked that 474 - 881 were civilians killed by the attacks including 176 children, in Pakistan, and

Dismayed that many children are terrified to leave their homes and do not want to go to school. Many families have lost members, which leaves many people horrified in Northern Pakistan, and

Realizing that the United Stated has launched two times more drones under President Obama, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. These attacks happen in Pakistan, we, the United States have drones and Yemen gets attacked by drones often,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will start an organization called Drones Responsibility Ordering the Nations’ Engagement (DRONE) to focus on an agreement on acceptable use of drones. DRONE will contain about ten people that have a strong voice in trying to improve the world by not having drones. The DRONE organization is open to the countries that have drones and use them constantly. Also there will be reviewers or judges to make a hearing in a sense to create a safer world.   

2. To limit drone attacks, the agreement will provide specific guidelines for acceptable attacks, this would include the drones that are used to spy on people, the drones for research in space are great, but the killer drones are awful towards people. The drones that also drop off supplies are great uses because they can help out those who need our help.

3. The assembly will closely monitor each nation’s drone activity. Nations planning to use a drone attack must present their reasons for attacking their desired target.

4. If a country does not follow the agreement and launches a drone attack without assembly approval, the country will be fined a fair amount, which will cover the cost to repair the damages from the drone attack, and will be suspended from voting in the assembly for six months. We will set up a committee to repair the drone strike affects. This will add on to the countries U.N. dues. The charged amount will then be used on stopping drone attacks, educating the public and repairing damaged countries that have suffered from drone attacks.

5. To fund the assembly, the countries that use drones will be charged dues of about 5 percent of the cost of building and launching a single drone. Also the people will be charged for making drones a small amount of 1 percent.

6. The assembly and resulting agreement will stand for a minimum of 10 years. If drone attacks go down by 20 percent and the number of casualties is lowered by simple majority, the assembly and agreement will be reinstated for an additional 10 years. If those goals are not met, the agreement will be re-evaluated by the assembly to come to a new resolution.