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Resolutions for May 6, 2019

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Here are the resolutions for the May 6th General Assembly session. The schools attending are Holman Middle, Pattonville Heights Middle, and Remington Traditional Middle School. The General Assembly will be at the Creve Coeur Drury Inn from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm. We will be posting resolutions as we receive them. Some of these might be rough drafts and will have changes before the session.

Resolution Number/Status Submitted by: Topic:
GA-01

SUBMITTED		Germany

Remington Traditional		Landmine Removal
GA-02

SUBMITTED 		Belarus, Czech Republic

Pattonville Heights		European Air Pollution
GA-03

SUBMITTED 		Thailand

Holman Middle		Animal Rights
GA-04

SUBMITTED 		Peru

Remington Traditional		Clean Water Access in Africa
GA-05

SUBMITTED		Lebanon

Pattonville Heights		Access to Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa
GA-06

SUBMITTED 		Canada

Holman Middle		Child Labor
GA-07

SUBMITTED 		Australia

 LGBT Inequality & Rights

 

Resolution GA-01 May 1

Beckett Grabner and Zachary Nero

Re.:                             Landmine Removal
Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Germany
Date:                           May 1, 2019

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

Concerned that there are over 110 million landmines in the top 64 countries affected, and

Aware that mine removal costs $300-$1000 dollars per mine, and

Knowing that there are around 800 deaths monthly with many more injured, and

Keeping in mind that Bosnia and Herzegovina have an average of over 152 landmines per square mile (3,000,000 total),

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. Begin a program called the United Nations Mine Removal Association (UNMRA) that will aim to eradicate landmines.
  2. Two hundred and fifty Packbots will be sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Egypt, and Iraq (fifty to each country) because they are the top five locations that have been corrupted by landmines. Packbots are military robots used to dig up and defuse landmines.
  3. We will need $72.25 million for the next five years coming from UN dues from the fifteen wealthiest countries by raising their dues by 6%.
  4. $49 million will be spent on packbots, $4.5 million will be spent on salaries for the machine operators, and $45,000 will be spent on batteries for the Packbots.
  5. This program will last five years.
  6. After five years, we will expand to other countries if it is successful. If our robots can defuse an average of five landmines a day, then we could end up with 38,020 landmines defused a month, or 456,250 annually.

 

Resolution GA-02 May 6

Hannedy and Wesley

Re.:                             European Air Pollution
Submitted to:             General Assembly
Submitted by:            Belarus & Czech Republic
Date:                           May 6, 2019

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

Concerned that concentrations of particulate matter continued to exceed the EU limit values and the WHO AQGs in large parts of Europe in 2016, and

Keeping in mind that crop damage is caused by exposure to high ozone concentrations. Most agricultural crops are exposed to ozone levels that exceed the EU long-term objective intended to protect vegetation, notably including a significant proportion of agricultural areas, particularly in southern, central and eastern Europe, and

Worried that exposure to air pollution may lead to adverse health effects, such as premature mortality and morbidity, mainly related to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The United Nations will begin a program called United European Plan for Air Pollution (UEPAP) that will provide residents of Europe with education on air pollution and ways to reduce it. UEPAP will also install solar panels, water plants and wind turbines to help clean up European air.
  2. Europeans will also be educated in school about air pollution on a more frequent basis, allowing the school children to grow up with habits to keep their continent clean.
  3. Students will learn about the dangers of air pollution, including topics such as crop damage, negative health effects and ways to reduce the amount of pollution/ ways to conserve energy. They will learn to look for environmentally safe products such as paint and cleaning products. They will also learn to choose the best possible ways to carry out everyday tasks.
  4. UEPAP will install Eco friendly sources of power. The installation process will begin in order to clean up the current air situation as soon as possible. Multiple solar panels will be installed first on a few houses in the biggest cities and wind turbines in the biggest capital cities London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid and Rome, and water plants on the coasts.
  5. This plan consists of starting with two solar panels on twenty of the most central houses (to be expanded later, if working) of each of those cities. This will cost about $3.8 million. There will be two wind turbines per city listed to start and will cost approximately $650,000. There will only be two cities, Dublin and London, starting off with the hydroelectric dams costing $8,486 to begin.
  6. The cost for UEPAP is $4.5 million and will be funded by raising the UN dues of the 10 wealthiest nations by 3%.
  7. This program will continue for eight years, only covering the major cities. If the program performs as it is supposed to, it will continue on as it is.
  8. After six years, the United Nations will check up on this project and if it is working expand it to the rest of the houses in the city.

Sources:

https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/air-quality-in-europe-2018

https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/air/intro

https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/air-quality-in-europe-2018

Resolution GA-03 May 6

Re.:                             Animal Rights
Submitted to:             General Assembly
Submitted by:            Thailand
Date:                           May 6, 2019

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

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 in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.”, and

Horrified that in a raid, 60 frozen tiger cub carcasses and pelts were found. As well as the cubs, there were other body parts from different endangered species, and

Saddened that over 100 million tourists a year visit cruel attractions that are abusing animals, and

Appalled that the vast majority of elephants are captured from the wild and forced into terrible torture methods,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The United Nations will initiate a plan of action, known as the Elephant And Primate Association (EAPA), that will operate two separate nature reserves centered in Thailand. The EAPA will also be located in the Indonesian island of Borneo and the the southeastern Chinese city of Panzhihua (Pan-jee-hua). The EAPA will be a group of willing volunteers, as well as paid employees and experienced animal care specialists.

  2. For the EAPA and the nature reserves to be established, it is requested that the UN raise the dues on the 10 nations that pay the most by 2%. This project will cost approximately 11 million dollars.
  3. The EAPA will continue to run for 5 years. If we rescue 15 elephants and 20 primates, then the organization will continue to operate for 10 more years.

  4. For the first five years, we will focus on the Asian elephants and primates being abused across the selected area. We will send people out to search for people treating animals cruelly and illegally, bringing them back to the nature reserves and treating them for any illnesses and injuries. If the program is successful, then it will attempt to expand to other parts of China.

  5. If the program is successful, then we will attempt to expand to other parts of China.

 

 

Resolution GA-04 May 6

Zachary Zarosa and Quinlan Kilcullen

Re.:                             Clean Water Access in Africa
Submitted to:             General Assembly
Submitted by:            Republic of Peru
Date:                           May 6, 2019

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

Shocked that over 780 million people worldwide don’t have access to clean water, if any water at all, and

Aware that one in four people in over 40 countries don’t have access to clean water, and

Alarmed by the fact that globally, three-to-four million people die because of water-related diseases every year, and

Noting with deep concern that more than 3,000 children die every day because of diarrheal diseases, mainly due to unsafe water, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The United Nations will create a program called Erth Jüs, which will dig 300 wells; 100 in each country to combat poor water quality.
  2. The three countries in which this program will be operating are Uganda, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. These are the countries that have the poorest water quality and/or access to water.
  3. We are attempting to acquire $25.5 million. We will get it by raising the dues of the 10 nations that pay the most in dues by two percent.
  4. This money will be spent on digging 300 wells which cost $85,000 each. That’s $30,000 for the well, and $55,000 for the salary of the worker. For 300 wells, the total cost is $25.5 million.
  5. Erth Jüs will be operating over the span of six years, installing 50 wells per year.
  6. At the end of the six-year period, Erth Jüs will be expanded to three other countries with the next lowest water qualities.

 

 

Resolution GA-05 May 6

Ben Holland

Re.:                             Access to Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Submitted to:             General Assembly
Submitted by:           Lebanon
Date:                           May 6, 2019

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 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 more people in the world have access to cell phones than clean toilets, and

Recognizing that more than 2.4 billion people don’t have access to toilets, and

Having considered that the UN aimed to give 77% of people access to toilets by 1990, and

Fully aware that more than ⅔ of people in Sub-Saharan Africa don’t have access to toilets,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The United Nations will start a program called Sanitation Sub-Sahara (SSS)
  2. SSS will build public toilets that consist of at least 2 toilets and a sink in all towns with over 1,000 people in the following countries: South Sudan, Niger, Chad, and Burkina Faso.
  3. In towns over 1,000 and less than 10,000, there should be 3 toilet per 500 people for each gender. In towns over 10,000, there should be 3 toilet per 750 people for each gender. There will be approximately 375 cities in this plan, with the total number of stalls reaching ~55,848.
  4. As long as the previous requirements are met, you can combine multiple restrooms into 1 larger restroom, as that would likely be more convenient. In these larger restrooms, there should be at least 1 sink per 4 stalls.
  5. If the infant mortality rate decreases from 34 deaths per thousand to 20 deaths per thousand, quality of life, and people using toilets increases from ~33% to ~60%, it will be considered a success.
  6. SSS will cost $55,848,000. For $1,000, you can get a composting toilet as well as all of the infrastructure needed (walls, sinks, etc.,), and this is how we calculated our cost.
  7. SSS will be funded by increasing dues to the UN by 5% for the 10 largest countries by amount of dues paid, which will allot SSS $61,854,422. This will also allow for small amounts of leeway in the budget for issues that may arise along the way.
  8. The program will be funded for 3 years, and will be put up for review every following year for 4 years.
  9. If the previous terms are met in any given year, the plan shall be expanded to Guinea, Mozambique, the CAR, Mali, Ethiopia, the DRC, the RC, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Eritrea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

 

Sources:

https://www.nrc.no/world-toilet-day

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-fewest-toilets-per-capital.html

https://thewaterproject.org/water-scarcity/water_stats

Resolution GA-06 May 6

Re.:                             Child Labor
Submitted to:             General Assembly
Submitted by:            Canada
Date:                           May 6, 2019

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 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 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 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 in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.”, and

There are 160 million children trapped in child labor worldwide, and

Forced labor generates $150 billion a year in illegal profits, and

Hazardous work appears commonly among adolescents employed in industry and agriculture, and

Girls who leave school tend to undertake responsibility for chores within their own homes, and

Boys are more likely to leave school prematurely in order to join the labor force, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The U.N. will create a program. This program will hire a workforce within said country to hunt down child labor factories and arrest leaders, relocate children without families, and find a stable income for children who need jobs for their family.

  2. Other jobs will hopefully be stationed in the city they previously lived in. However if there are no suitable jobs available in the city we will find one somewhere near the city, where the kids can still get to.
  3. We will increase dues by 0.0001%. Which will give us approximately $10,000,000 USD. Most of the money will be given for the aftereffects of shutting down the factories and setting up the families. If the families needed the children to have jobs, we will find an alternative.

  4. Check in w/ families for interviews on how our cause has affected them. Make sure that the amount of families that had a positive experience is more than ones with a negative one.

  5. Check in after 3 years. If successful, renew another 3 years.

  6. If successful will move out to other parts of China and India.

Resolution GA-07 May 6

Izzy Hutchison-DiBello and Iris April

Re.:                             LGBT Inequality and Rights
Submitted to:             General Assembly
Submitted by:            Australia
Date:                           May 6, 2019

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 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

Knowing in 2017 the murder of LGBT people increased 86% from 2016, and

Worried 15.9% of hate crimes in the USA were due to sexual orientation, and

Concerned in 2014 more than 1 in 4 LGBT adult (2.2 million) struggled to put food on the table, and

 Aware over one quarter (27%) of transgender people who held or applied for a job in the last year reported being fired, not hired, or denied due or their gender identity,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. Our program is called Helping Hands. It is designed to help LGBT people find and apply for jobs.

  2. Our program will be in America (Florida), Nigeria (Lagos), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), and Pakistan (Karachi). We put our organization in these places because they are very large and highly populated countries. We put our organization in these places to combat inequality and to get jobs for LGBT people.

  3. We are seeking for $10,472,924 by raising the dues for the ten nations that pay the highest amount of dues by 0.7%.

  4. We will use this money to pay all lawyers and staff at the building locations.

  5. Our program will be operating for six years.

  6. At the end of this time period, we will evaluate and reconsider if we want to expand.

Bobbi

Bobbi Kennedy is the middle school coordinator for Civitas. She also helps with high school activities and keeps the web site from imploding.

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