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Agenda for Today & Resolutions for the InspireSTL Model UN

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  • This Friday is our Model United Nations from 10:00-12:00

  • Last class to prepare!

  • Please write your country and name on your resolution packet—we’re collecting

  • So…your group needs to read your final resolution and decide who is going to read what on Friday:

    • Someone will need to highlight at least one fact that is alarming.

    • Someone else should read the operative clauses to the group.

    • Someone else should give a last statement asking for support for your resolution.

  • Make your country sign today

  • If time, read through the other resolutions and prepare statements/questions/amendments

Turn in your resolution packet and sign at the end of class! We’ll return them Friday morning.

 

Number Sponsor Country Topic
GA-01 North Korea, India, Ireland Nuclear Weapons in Russia
GA-02 China, Russia, Pakistan, Monaco Rising Sea Level in Bangladesh due to Climate Change
GA-03 Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Barbados, Japan, United Kingdom U.S. detaining migrants and separating families
GA-04 Togo, Mexico, Cuba, Germany Child Labor and Poverty in Afghanistan
GA-05 Fiji, Argentina, Kenya, Australia Educating Girls in Africa
GA-06 Morocco, France, Jamaica, Israel Reducing Child Labor in Brazil
GA-07 Nigeria, Netherlands Switzerland, Zimbabwe Malaria and Poverty in Nigeria

 


Resolution GA-01 July 20, 2018

Re.:                             Nuclear Weapons in Russia

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            North Korea (Brandon), India (Niana), Ireland (Kennedy)

Date:                           July 20, 2018

Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and

Alarmed that Russia has started a new nuclear program and is willing to use it,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. Our goal is to get Russia to follow the international agreement to not create any more nuclear weapons. They shall also vow to never threaten to use them.
  2. We will talk to Russian leaders and negotiate with them.
  3. The UN could punish Russia with sanctions. (It means people would limit trading good with them, which will harm their economy.)
  4. Our time line is 16 minutes.


Resolution GA-02 July 20, 2018

Re.:                             Rising Sea Level in Bangladesh due to Climate Change

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            China (Jordan), Russia (Bayleigh), Pakistan (Jayla), Monaco (Victor)

Date:                           July 20, 2018

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 14 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.”, and

Concerned that two-thirds of Bangladesh is less than 15 feet above sea level, and

Knowing that storm surges from more frequent and stronger cyclones push walls of water (on land?), and

Aware that intruding sea has contaminated groundwater, and

Worried that people’s homes, schools, and jobs are being destroyed, and

Realizing children able to go to school are in unstable buildings, and

Knowing that the population in Bangladesh is growing rapidly,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. Establish the Building Walls For Your Safety (BWFS) program to build a border around the water.
  1. Our program BWFS will move all people in immediate danger to safer grounds and build stronger buildings by the sea.
  1. It will create temporary shelters in cities far from the coast.
  1. Cut down on polluting by recycling and growing more trees.
  2. Build a wall near the ocean to keep the water from rising sea levels and tsunamis from reaching the people. People from Bangladesh and effected counties will help along with construction workers.
  1. The program will last until it is safe for the people to return, an estimated two years. If people do not feel safe returning, we will work on permanently relocating people.
  1. If successful, the program will expand to other countries who are in need of help with rising sea levels. For example, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Egypt.


Resolution GA-03 July 20, 2018 

Re.:                             U.S. detaining migrants and separating families

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Afghanistan (Elham), Ethiopia (Feven), Barbados (Joseph), Japan (Andrea), United Kingdom (Logan)

Date:                           July 20, 2018

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 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and

Whereas Article 14 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.”, 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

Aware that children from 1 year old or higher can be detained, and

Alarmed that 2,342 children have been separated from 2,206 parents, and

Knowing that an average of 46 children have been separated from parents each day, and

 Saddened that since the early 2000s families have been getting separated,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The UN will create a program in the United States called Help the Refugees (HTR).
  2. The program will help immigrants, even if they are illegal by giving them money, food, and temporary homes. The homes will be located in America, the money will vary on the needs of the family, and they will immediately get food such as pasta or chicken.
  1. The program will last however long it needs to be.
  2. The success of the program will be determined by how many immigrants are safe in homes. We will extremely hard to keep families together. We’ll make a campaign about the cruelness of the US. Part of the campaign will be to publicly embarrass the US if families do not get reunited within a month.
  3. The program will be expanded to all countries if successful. The expansion will first focus on any nations that are separating children from their families. 


Resolution GA-04 July 20

Re.:                             Child Labor and Poverty in Afghanistan

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Togo (Raizha), Mexico (Damius), Cuba (Naomi), Germany (Greta)

Date:                           July 20, 2018

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

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 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 that 1.9 million children work in Afghanistan, and

Concerned that 1.3 million more people are poor than in 2011-2012, and

Noting a 3x increase in male unemployment,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The United Nations will create a program called Save the Children in Afghanistan to increase education and decrease poverty rates.
  1. The program will focus attention on the global extent of child labor and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.
  1. Talk about how to stop child labor every year on June 12. By raising awareness, we will get funds to rehabilitate survivors and protect refugees.
  2. Try to take action including creating more jobs for adults and increasing the levels of education in the area. With more jobs and higher paying jobs, parents will not be in debt and will have no reason to make their children work.
  1. The program will end slavery.
  1. The program will end human trafficking.
  1. The program will secure prohibition and elimination of many of the worst forms of child labor including brick factories.
  1. The program will last until 2025. There will be a check up in 2021 where we will look for evidence of less children in factories, more jobs and opportunities, and less poverty.
  1. The program will expand to North Korea and Somalia.


Resolution GA-05 July 20

Re.:                             Educating Girls in Africa

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Fiji (Sam), Argentina (Kori), Kenya (Derrick), Australia (Michelle)

Date:                           July 20, 2018

Whereas Article 6 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.”, 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 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, and

  Aware that girls across many African countries are being denied their education because of discriminatory policies, and

Knowing that 40% of girls marry before 18, and

Concerned that the African continent has one of the world’s highest rates of adolescent pregnancy, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. Our program will start in South Sudan.
  1. The program will build schools close to poor villages. The schools will be permanent structures to educate boys and girls. We will train people in South Sudan and get volunteers from the United States.
  2. Teach all of the kids abstinence. Add sex education to the curriculum that will include birth control, condoms, peer pressure, and communication.
  1. The schools will be free and the program will last for 3 years.
  1. If successful, the program will expand to Malawi, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
  1. Can you include something in your plan about educating kids and adults about the benefits of waiting to get married? Benefits to women being educated?


Resolution GA-06 July 20

Re.:                             Reducing Child Labor in Brazil

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Morocco (Tate), France (Aissata), Jamaica (Irisha), Israel (Tania)

Date:                           July 20, 2018

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 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

Aware that Brazil has workers that are under 17 years old, and

 Knowing that these children are not getting and education, and

 Saddened that these children are being enslaved, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The UN creates a program called World Wide Child Labor (WWCL) to get people from all over the world to help reduce child labor in Brazil.
  2. Create a community group called PIN (Parents In Need) that includes the parents to try and stop the child labor. PIN will help parents understand the importance of education and why the kids should be in school
  3. Get the working age in Brazil to go up to 18. Currently it is only 16 but kids as young as 5 have been found to be working.
  4. Kids shouldn’t work using dangerous equipment or in any excessive work conditions. Child labor has been used for tobacco, cotton, sugar cane production facilities, woodcutting, plants, and pesticides.
  5. Everyone will get a reasonable education for free. WWCL will create commercials that share information and ask for volunteers and teachers.
  6. This plan will last until child labor in Brazil drops by 98%. The plan will be evaluated after two years.
  7. The plan will be expanded so child labor all around the world drops. The first countries we will expand to are Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Sudan, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and North Korea.


Resolution GA-07 July 20

Re.:                             Malaria and Poverty in Nigeria

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Nigeria (Kameron), Netherlands (Quentarah), Switzerland (Gilayah), Zimbabwe (Kaila)

Date:                           July 20, 2018

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

Alarmed that nearly 300,000 children under the age of 5 died of malaria in 2016, and

Aware that malaria is the third largest killer of children between the ages of 1 month and 5 years, and

Concerned that malaria preys upon the vulnerable: children under five years of age, the poorest and most marginalized, and pregnant women and their unborn children, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

  1. The main goal of this program is to get rid of malaria and get the Nigerians money so that it can help with medical treatments. Our official name is Malaria Will Be Eliminated or MWBE for short.
  2. Create a mobile group of doctors who can give vaccines to people who don’t have malaria and those same doctors will help treat the people with malaria.
  3. Find a team of 100 doctors from Doctors Without Borders and send them to Nigeria.
  4. Have 5 buses with doctors in each of the that will travel with vaccines. They will go to the worst areas for malaria which are Northwest, North Central, and Southwest of Nigeria.
  5. The program will expand to the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mozambique, Ghana, and Angola.
  6. The program will last for 2 years. Checkups will be done every 3 months to check success.

Bobbi

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