Middle School M.U.N. GA-03: Resolutions

Here are the resolutions for the April 3, 2014 session date. A PDF version can be found by clicking here.

GA-01: Deforestation. Submitted by Ecuador. (Maplewood-Richmond Heights Middle)

GA-02: Human Trafficking. Submitted by (North Kirkwood Middle)

GA-03: Women’s Rights in Fiji. Submitted by  (Saul Mirowitz Day School)

GA-04: Free Speech. Submitted by (Maplewood-Richmond Heights Middle)

GA-05: Terrorism. Submitted by (North Kirkwood Middle)

GA-06: Prison Camps in North Korea. Submitted by  (Saul Mirowitz Day School)

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Resolution GA-01 April 3

Re.:                             Deforestation in Ecuador

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Ecuador

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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

Appalled that 66,000 hectares of Ecuador’s forest are destroyed each year, and

Shocked that it is estimated that Ecuador has lost more than 56% of its total forests. With forest originally covering 47.5% of Ecuador, and

Dismayed that Ecuador is the 8th most biodiverse country in the world, and

Realizing that deforestation in Ecuador for the first three months of 2013 was pacing more than 300 percent ahead of last year’s rate,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program call Tree Trunk Trio (TTT) which will focus in Ecuador. However, we will also start this program in Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and Sudan after the project has proved successful for two consecutive years.
2. 25% of the remaining forest and it inhabitants are to be put under federal protection before any more deforestation takes place.
3. Ecuador will be limited to only being able to cut down 30,000 hectares of forest every year. And ⅕ of that amount needs to be replanted every year.
4. TTT will train private inspectors to go to Ecuador and make sure that the construction companies are obeying the new rules and they will see if the health of the environment is getting better.
5. To fund this project, TTT request that the U.N. raise the dues for the top 15 wealthiest countries by 1%.
6. If the project doesn’t start to have effect within the first 10 years the project will be terminated. By effect we mean 25% more of the forests should be there than there would have been before.

 

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Resolution GA-02 April 3

Re.:                             Human Trafficking

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           France, Italy, Djibouti, Spain, Barbados, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Kazakhstan

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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

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

Realizing that, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking is the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victims’ rights movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation, and

Alarmed by the fact that there are approximately 20 to 30 million slaves in the world, and

Recognizing that, 68.3% of human trafficking victims are female, and 31.8% are male, and

Knowing that 76% of the world’s slaves are in ten countries, including India, China, The Democratic Republic of Congo, and Russia, and

Fully aware in 1850 the cost to buy a slave was about $40,000 in today’s money. Now it only costs $90, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will start a program called HTRO (Human Trafficking Resistance Organization).
2. Our program will focus on human trafficking, most specifically in Russia and China.
3. We are requesting that the U.N. raise dues on the ten nations that pay the highest amount on dues by 0.3%. This will generate an estimated $5,500,000 U.S. dollars.
4. The money will be used for startup funding to make t-shirts in one fair wage factory, with adequate working hours and proper safety of workers. It will be located in China, to help spread awareness of human trafficking.
5. We will also create a website with information about human trafficking and links to social networking sites related to our cause and a place to buy the t-shirts.
6. The United Nations is responsible for monitoring the success of the program.
7. We will evaluate success every 2 years.
8. We will measure success of the program by number of t-shirts sold and number page views on the website. A second way to measure the program’s success is when the amount of money made covers the cost of running the factory.
9. If successful, the program will expand to Russia and build a second factory.
10.  The members of HTRO will be responsible for making sure the program is carried out.

 

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Resolution GA-04 April 3

Re.:                             Freedom of Speech in South Korea

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           South Korea

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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

Whereas Article 19 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”, and

Appalled that from 2008 to 2012 the number of websites blocked has increased from about 26,000 to about 40,000, and

Shocked that slander cases have doubled from 5,000 in 2007 to over 10,000 in 2011, and

Dismayed that South Korean internet has gone from 28,000 blocked websites to 40,000 in 3 years, and

Realizing that South Korea has the fastest average internet speed in the world,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. We propose a plan that we will sanction used South Korean products (such as computers, and other electronics) manufactured by the government until they choose to allow free speech.

2. We will do this until they allow free speech.

 

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Resolution GA-05 April 3

Re.:                             Terrorism

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Libya, Greece, New Zealand, Madagascar

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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 28, of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.”, and

Affirming that, according to the FBI, there “is no single, universally accepted, definition of terrorism,” but the U.S. federal code defines it as “ the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.”, and

Alarmed that the total number of terrorist attacks worldwide so far in 2014 equals 64, and

Recognizing that, according to Dictionary.com, Al-Qaeda began as a radical Sunni Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence in Arab countries, militantly opposed to Western foreign policy, founded by Osama Bin Laden in 1988, and

Keeping in mind that Al-Qaeda is now recognized as a covert network of likeminded groups rather than one single organization, and

Noting with deep concern that, according to CIA Director John O. Brennan, Al-Qaeda is seeking to use Syria as a recruiting ground and a launching pad for bigger attacks outside of Syria, and

Taking into consideration that refugee camps are perfect places for terrorist groups to do recruiting because people are without homes and jobs,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called United Nations Terrorism Prevention Organization (UNTPO).
2. UNTPO will decrease terrorism in select countries, beginning with Syria and expanding to Libya.
3. UNTPO will recruit and train Syrians to act as an information gathering force to help identify terrorist activity and recruitment efforts in refugee camps.
4. This information-gathering force will report their findings to the UNTPO.
5. UNTPO will share this information with the Syrian government as well as neighboring governments and the United Nations.
6. UN Peacekeepers will be hired to keep identified Al-Qaeda recruiters out of refugee camps.
7. Job training facilities will be set up within the refugee camps to persuade refugees to separate themselves from Al-Qaeda.
8. Success will be measured by determining if there is a decrease in terrorist attacks within the program’s first two years.
9. If this program is successful it will be expanded to Libya.
10. To fund UNTPO, we request that the UN raise dues on the 10 nations that pay the highest amount of dues wealthiest nations by 0.5%.
11. The funds generated, $9,548,909, will be used to train and pay the Syrian information-gathering forces, pay the UN Peacekeepers, share information, and set up/operate job training in the refugee camps.