April 4, 2023 Middle School Resolutions

Here are the resolutions for the April 4, 2023 General Assembly session. The schools attending are Crossroads College Prep, John Burroughs, Ralls Co, and St. Raphael the Archangel. 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.

Status:	Submitted by:	Topic:
GA-01	Malaysia Crossroads College Prep	Corruption in Southeast Asia
GA-02	Romania Ralls Co.	Water in Ukraine
GA-03	Canada John Burroughs	Building Condos in Vancouver for Homeless Aboriginal People
GA-04	Bulgaria Crossroads College Prep	Rising Sea Levels in Bangladesh
GA-05	Italy St. Raphael the Archangel	Education in South Sudan
GA-06

Resolution GA-01 April 4 

Re.:                             Corruption in Southeast Asia
Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Malaysia
Date:                           April 4, 2023

Whereas Article 21, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.”, 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

Shocked that the cost of corruption is estimated at three trillion dollars, with one trillion paid in bribes, and

Concerned that about one in four people worldwide had to pay a bribe to access public services in the past year, and

Noting that corruption increases the cost of doing business by up to 10%, which can impact economic growth and foreign investment,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. Start a program called SEACI (Southeast Asia Anti-Corruption Initiative), that will support civil society and free media, promote international cooperation, and strengthen already established legal frameworks and institutions. It will start in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
2. Funds will be mostly for the employees, with each of the 30 employees being paid $75,000 for the year, so the total cost would be around $2,000,000 USD.
3. The trial period will be one year, with a few months of setup.
4. If the corruption levels in Jakarta are reduced by 20% by the end of the testing period, the program will be continued.
5. Expansion could include other cities in Southeast Asia and Oceania, like Surabaya or Phnom Penh.

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Resolution GA-02 April 4

Re.:                             Water in Ukraine
Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Romania
Date:                           April 4, 2023

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 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

Noting that Russia may attempt to cut the water supply of Ukraine, and

Concerned that when in war, supplies on the front lines are very limited, and

Whereas dehydration is common issue among military population, and

Concerned that there are roughly 500,000 Soldiers currently in Ukraine, and

Recognizing that the war has been going on for 8 years now, originally being started in 2014,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. Launching the Ukrainian Sea Program, where we put several high-end seawater purifiers in the Black Sea and give the water to Ukrainian soldiers fighting for their lives in Ukraine.
2. Cost: Since the average seawater purifier goes for $9,500, Putting 100 into the black sea would only cost $1,000,000(+travel and installation). With the total wealth of Romanians being $659,000,000,000, if everyone pitched in and donated a little bit of money, it could save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers.
3. Timeline: This purchase and installation of these water filters will be ASAP. With modern estimates, it will be roughly 1 week to get them to Romania and 2-4 hours to get 1 installed. We could hire workers to install them simultaneously, most likely being able to install all of them in 1 day. We will ship the water by a Romanian military plane, with the water arriving in 1 hour, 17 minutes.
4. Evaluation: If this project is successful, water will be delivered to the Ukrainian soldiers, keeping them hydrated. Once, and if, the war would ever be over, we could send the water to other parts of the world where water is needed, such as, but not limited to: Africa, Other countries in war, countries with severe drought, and countries struggling with clean, drinkable water.

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Resolution GA-03 April 4 

Re.:                             Building Condominiums in Vancouver for Homeless Aboriginal People
Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Canada
Date:                           April 4, 2023

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 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 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order, and the general welfare in a democratic society.”, and

Recognizing the Canadian government forced 150,000 Inuit, Métis, and First Nations children to go to residential schools where in some schools 100% percent of the children were physically or sexually abused and 1/25 students died while attending a residential school, and

Knowing 235,000 people experienced homelessness in 2021, and

Recognizing a third of the Canadian homeless population is indigenous, and

Alarmed an estimated 5.3 billion dollars of stolen foreign money flowed through the real estate investments in 2019, spiking the interest rates up to 7.5 percent, and

Concerned that according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, the cost of a typical Canadian home rose 38%  between January 2020 and November 2021, to $780,400, with many cities seeing average prices above $1 million. A recent RBC report said that housing is more unaffordable now than at any point in the past 31 years, and

Taking into consideration Canada has already begun to tax empty homes to deter money laundering in real estate,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will build one complex with 100 units in Vancouver, British Columbia to give away to homeless Aboriginal people. Those who have applied for a unit and been given a condo in the complex will have all ownership rights of the condominium. After 2 years every person who was given a condo will be surveyed to determine their overall well-being, economic stability, and if owning a place to live improved their lives (ex. if they experience any upward social mobility).
2. If there are positive findings in building the condominiums, we will proceed to build 15 100-unit complexes in Vancouver (enough to house around half of the homeless aboriginal population in Vancouver). Each complex will cost 10 million dollars to build, so it will cost approximately $150 million dollars total.
3. The costs will be covered by increasing the dues by 7.1% for every country that has had crime organizations laundering money in Canadian real estate. The countries affected will be China, United States, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Mexico, Colombia, Malaysia, Russia, and Libya. This will be approximately $80 million dollars. The remaining $70 million dollars will be provided by increasing the dues paid by nations that pay the highest amount of dues (excluding nations that have already had their dues raised by 7.1 percent) by 8.5%. This would raise just over $70 million dollars. In total, we would have around 150 million dollars to build condominiums, plus extra money in case some countries do not pay their dues.
4. Not only will this program lower the real estate prices by creating many new places to live, to undo the damage of laundering stolen money, but it will also serve as reparation for the many horrible things that Canada has done to the Aboriginal people.
5. Donations and fundraising can be held to cover any additional expenses needed.
6. It takes on average ____construction workers to carry out this project which on average costs

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Resolution GA-04 April 4 

Re.:                             Rising Water Levels in Bangladesh
Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Bulgaria
Date:                           April 4, 2023

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 8 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.”, 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 

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 27, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”, and

Noting that Bangladesh is one of the most disaster vulnerable countries in the world, and

Alarmed that every four to five years they get terrible floods through their country, and

Shocked that sometimes floods can cover two thirds of the country, and

Saddened that Bangladesh will not be the only place having these problems,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will start a program called SAB (Supplying Aid to Bangladesh) to provide aid such as food, clean water and shelter to those who have lost homes, jobs and access to safe food due to the floods. In addition to providing housing, people would also be trained to help set up the aid. This would also help some people who lost jobs to find employment.

2. This will be done by providing small portable homes to those in need provided by IKEA. These cost approximately $1,100 dollars each. For the 100,000 people we plan on helping due to flooding the total amount of money needed would be $22,000,000. In order to do this we would raise the dues of the ten highest paying nations by 2%. These countries include Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

3. Each portable home will be comfortable to live in for 5 years so the program would probably continue for 10. This is because after the other houses are taken it will probably be good to make more and provide further aid to the massive number of people we were not able to help at first.

4. We will be able to tell if our goals are being reached if even a small fraction of the people provided homes are satisfied and feel safe. They should also be guaranteed a little bit more stability.

5. In terms of expansion the SAB project has a large possibility for expansion. It would provide houses to more people by raising dues slightly more. It would also move to help provide food, safe water and education in addition to shelter. This initial part would only be the beginning over giving the much needed help to Bangladesh.

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Resolution GA-05 April 4

Re.:                             Education in South Sudan
Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Italy
Date:                           April 4, 2023

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

Whereas Article 26, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United nations for the maintenance of peace.”, and

Saddened that South Sudan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world at 27.0%, and

Worried that children growing up in South Sudan will not be able to improve their job opportunities with no education to help them, and

Knowing that 72% of primary aged children eligible for schooling are not allowed to attend school,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. To solve the education problem in South Sudan, the United Nations will begin a program called The Education Association for The Development of Intelligence (EADI). The program will be open to administrative volunteers as well as paid workers from the US and South Sudan, who will be paid the normal working wages in their countries ($58,000 USD/24,500 SDG). I am open to suggestions on how many administrative workers the EADI program should have.

2. The EADI will hold fundraisers around the world partnering with the International Literacy Association (ILA), in countries where literacy is one of the top 5 most important qualities in the country, to start building schools in South Sudan, 32 in all. There are 16 large cities in South Sudan, so we will have 2 schools per city. These schools will be built by construction workers from South Sudan, who will be paid the normal wage in their country.

3. The EADI will also start a program where teachers from anywhere in the world can fly down to South Sudan and begin teaching in these schools for 1 year periods. Every year we will bring in 192 new teachers, unless others would like to stay. We will need this many teachers because we are building schools all over the country, not just one city. The schools will focus on basic skills like reading, writing, math, and science. We will ask the ILA to help get us publicity in countries where their program is the strongest in order to hopefully bring in more teachers. We will offer a salary of $30,000 USD to the teachers in the program.  This will cost $5,760,000.

4. In order for the EADI to eventually run on its own, we will hire men and women who live in South Sudan to act as teacher’s aides to the teachers who were brought in. We will need one aide per teacher. The teachers from other countries will be simultaneously teaching students and their aides. The aides will learn teaching methods and lessons in order to increase children’s comprehension and literacy and to become more competent teachers. These aides will be paid the normal yearly teaching wage in South Sudan, which is 14,400 SDG ($10,820 USD). This will cost a total of $2,077,440.  The total ongoing annual cost of the program will be $7,837,440.

5. I will ask the 20 richest countries to each donate a million dollars, so our total will end up being $20 million USD. After we receive these donations, we will buy school supplies and start building the schools. It costs $100,000 USD to build a school for grades K-5th in South Sudan (including materials to build the actual building), and we will be building 32, so that will cost around $3,200,000 USD. The construction workers building the schools will come from South Sudan, and their normal wage is 21,500 SDG ($16,155 USD). We will need school supplies, like desks, pencils, whiteboards, school books, etc. The EADI will be purchasing 192 School-in-a-bag kits, which will cost $13,733.76 USD. We will also buy 32 school buses, one per school, in order to transport the kids to school, which will cost 119,772 SDG ($2.8 million USD). This will total to $6,219,888.84 USD. The total program cost, covering everything, will be $14,057,328.84 USD.

6. The EADI program will last for 1 year because it will take 3 months to build the schools and school years are usually 9 months long. After that year is up, a representative in the UN who came from South Sudan will be sent back to evaluate how much the literacy of children has changed. To evaluate if the literacy rate has gone up, the students in these schools will take a standardized test on reading/writing to see if the children have improved. If the literacy rate in the country increases by .5%, this program will run for another 1 year period. If this program is successful in South Sudan, it will move to work in the countries of Afghanistan and Niger, who also need help in the education department.