Below are the submitted resolutions for the PM session. The session will be from 1-4 pm at the Creve Coeur Drury Inn. Details/Sign Up about the session can be found by clicking here. To submit a resolution, please email it to [email protected]. The deadline for resolution submission is Wednesday, November 28th. More information on resolutions/how to submit them can be found here.
We are posting resolutions in the order submitted, not the order in which they will appear in the packets. Depending on the number of resolutions submitted, we may not have time to discuss them all.
| Sponsor | Topic | Committee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM-01 | Brazil | Social Discrimination in Brazil | General Assembly |
| PM-02 | France | Improved Standard of Living for Refugees Accepted into Countries | General Assembly |
| PM-03 | Ethiopia, Germany, Sweden | The Inequities of Female Education in Ethiopia | General Assembly |
| PM-04 | Argentina | Reforms/Monitoring of Argentina prisons | General Assembly |
| PM-05 | South Korea | Spy Cameras | General Assembly |
| PM-06 | Haiti | Increase of Medical Care | General Assembly |
| PM-07 | Venezuela | Oil Trade in Venezuela | General Assembly |
| PM-08 | Russian Federation | Provide Structures and Refuge for Those Escaping Syria Civil War | General Assembly |
| PM-09 | Japan | Japan’s Suicide Crisis | General Assembly |
| PM-10 | Spain | Opposition to Hate Speech | General Assembly |
| PM-11 | China | Election Fraud and Unwanted Intervention in Democratic Elections | General Assembly |
| PM-12 | Finland | Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Violation | General Assembly |
| PM-13 | Philippines | Eradicating Drug Distribution | General Assembly |
| PM-14 | Turkey | Refugee Crisis | General Assembly |
Re.: Social Discrimination in Brazil
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Brazil
Date: December 1, 2018
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 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
Ashamed that in Brazil the rights of disabled, LGBTQ, and Afro-Brazillian communities are being trampled on, and
Saddened that the discrimination of these peoples haven’t yet stopped,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The peoples of Brazil petition congress for a committee in their Government monitoring the situations of complaints sent in by minorities, and investigating a place of major discrimination.
- A small increase in taxes for the financial costs, before becoming a self-sufficient government committee, by instituting a fine.
- If found to be discriminatory, to any people, a large fine of 10% of the company’s total income be taxed, and, should it be a privately owned disabled home, be fined $10,000.
- If successful, such an institution should be seriously considered for all nations to institute.
Re.: Improved Standard of Living for Refugees Accepted into Countries
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: France
Date: December 1, 2018
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 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 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
Noting the U.N.’s definition of refugee is someone who, “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.”, and
Alarmed So far this year more than 34,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean Sea seeking a new life, but more than 700 didn’t make it, and we are
Concerned that if other countries do not let refugee in and do not help them once they are in, then they may be condemning them to death (Official Statement from the UN), and
Realizing The people are not despairing over their current living conditions, but rather over the lack of certainty regarding their future. We did not hear a single complaint about the mud, or the cold. Their anger seemed to be directed at a feeling of having no human rights or future prospects. We met refugees who left skilled work as engineers, tailors, photographers, teachers, journalists, musicians, students, surgeons, chefs, among many others kinds of work, who have been having to sit around for months unfulfilled, and
Keeping in mind that Migrants, however, are processed under the receiving country’s immigration laws. So, ultimately, these terms have major implications for those seeking asylum and the countries being asked to grant it, and
Recognizing, it is true that many of the refugees would like to come to the UK, the reason for this is that the majority can speak English, and feel they can integrate into British society easier than say going to a country like Sweden, and
Upset that many refugees are working in a job below what they are qualified to do.
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Make a language class- the national language of the country that they are declaring asylum for- available for refugees to take near each of the camps/ living areas.
- Provide information directing a refugee to the nearest employment agency required as more people enter the country.
- Increase UN dues by .7%. The designated money would be specifically going towards the refugee crisis and the rehabilitation of refugees in all countries.
- The dues should be split evenly between finding refugees homes, finding language translators for the refugees, and creating career centers for refugees to find jobs.
- After 3 years, we will provide surveys and observing the success rate of the project. If the success rate of satisfied refugees and of their productivity within society has increased by over 50 percent, then the project would begin to expand to other countries besides France.
Re.: The Inequities of Female Education in Ethiopia
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ethiopia, Germany, Sweden
Date: December 1, 2018
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 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
Knowing that girls in Ethiopia lack access to education, which has resulted in an illiteracy rate of 83%, which is almost twice that of boys in Ethiopia, and an overall grade 8 completion rates in the Afar Region is 16.4%, and
Convinced that the lack of women accessing education will worsen the literacy rate in Ethiopia causing the development to slow, and
Concerned that the low number of females attending primary school is due to the family’s need for them to help at home or get a job, and
Deeply concerned that the lack of female education will lead to the poverty rate continuing to grow from the country’s 23.5% causing the cycle to continue, and
Aware that education is a pillar for a developing nation’s social and economic growth,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will start an additional program called the United Nations Female Education Program (UNFEP) in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Families in Afar will be payed to keep their female children in primary school through grade 8. Payment of 1.689 BR ($60 US dollars) will be distributed at the end of each semester as long as the student has a 90% or above attendance rate.
- The UNFEP will cost approximately $90 million a year if every girl of primary schooling age in the Afar region uses the program. We estimate that raising the dues of the 25 wealthiest nations by 4.5% will adequately provide the money needed for the program.
- The girls participating in the program will have to be registered in school by August 31st, they will begin school September 1st. If by February 15th, they have a 90% attendance rate, the family will receive a payment of 1.689 birr ($60 US dollars). If by July 31st, end of second semester, the girls have an attendance rate of 90%, the family will receive the second payment of 1.689 birr.
- Each year data of female school attendance will be collected as well as literacy rates. The data will be evaluated annually to determine if changes need to be made, or if the program should continue. If after three years the program is successful, it will be replicated in Somali, Ethiopia which has a literacy rate of less than 20%.
Re.: Reforms/Monitoring of Argentina prisons
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Argentina
Date: December 1, 2018
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 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
Knowing that Argentina prisons aren’t up to a proper standard of living to support the prisoner well-being, and
Knowing that the prison occupancy in Argentina was at 112.3% as of 2016, and
Noting that the prison population is expected to increase 40% in the coming years, and
Aware that as of 2016 47.7% of the prisoners were pre-trail detainees, and
Having Observed torture and cruel treatment that goes on in the walls of these prisons everyday with some of them going unreported, and
Scared that the conditions will only persist and worsen, and
Acknowledging that the Argentinian government has attempted to put programs in place to help monitor the prison conditions, and
But the conditions have yet to get better and have only worsen,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will begin a temporary program called MAP (monitoring of Argentina Prisons).
- This program will monitor the spending of money into prisons across Argentina and see to it that the money is spent on renovating and maintaining well/healthy prisons.
- This program will also monitor guards and their behavior as well as the prisoners to make the torturous condition lessen.
- Finally, the program will push for Argentinian courts to give the minimum punishment to non-violent first-time offenders and give the maximum punishment to people convicted of people convicted of torture and murder.
- Along with the map program we will ask the 20 richest nations for a loan of $10 million for the prisons
- A portion of this will be mandated to be spent on better security of the prisons
- Another portion will be mandated to be spent on the renovating and fixing of these prisons to a safe/ healthy state for the prisoners/ guards
- Additionally, the program will be in place for the next 20 years.
- Over these 15 years at least $1 million will be mandated to be added to the current prison budget to maintain the prisons
- If the program works and succeeds in the next 20 years, we will try to expand into more prison systems in South America
- If the program doesn’t work, we will go back to the drawing board and make a new prison system model somewhat off the USA’s
Re.: Spy Cameras
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: South Korea
Date: December 1, 2018
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 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
Aware that many women and men can be affected by this mentally, physically, and socially, and
Saddened that some women and men have been recorded and put onto the internet without their consent and/or their knowledge, and
Knowing that More than 30,000 cases of surreptitious filming have been reported nationally since 2013, and
Concerned that the privacy of many individuals are being breached,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Daily inspections in public places such as bathrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, etc.
- Continue increasing the number of municipal employees assigned to search public bathrooms for hidden cameras, using the $267,000 the province’s police force received to put toward the effort to focus on the problem.
- Use funds other police departments have put toward the issue of spy cameras.
- Have harsh punishments for people who have been found guilty of placing secret cameras.
- Create and implement a system to filter online pornography to ensure there is no unintended pornography online.
Re.: Increase of Medical Care
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Haiti
Date: December 1, 2018
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
Knowing that there is a broken healthcare system, only one MRI scanner in the entire country which holds 11 million people, radiation treatment does not exist for any cancers, and
Deeply concerned that there are women who are dying because of cervical cancer even though it is treatable, and
Worried that there will be a struggle to manage maternal deaths and childhood diseases, and
Knowing that there is a very high risk for the major infectious diseases such as dengue fever, malaria, bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, hepatitis E, typhoid fever, and
Concerned that the country is not up to par with proper medical care, which goes against one of the basic human rights of the citizens of Haiti, and
Aware that Haiti has made little to no improvements on accessibility to proper healthcare,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will create a program called HHL (Help Haiti Live). This program will provide Haiti with proper medical care.
- There will be people from the HHL program that will help build urgent cares, and clinics in their villages also the people who live in Haiti will be supplied with free healthcare since this is a poor country and to get the money for this cause the Help Haiti Live program will have fundraisers and charities to raise money to build the urgent cares and clinics also ask another rich country to contribute money to the cause.
- The people that will help with this will be volunteers who are majoring in human resources and humanitarian majors or anyone who is interested in the cause because these are people who will be dedicated to helping the people in the country and they can get more of a feel for helping others before they actually pursue their careers.
- The cost of this program Help Haiti Live will cost about 10 million in UN dues to the cost of building the urgent cares and clinics will be around $850,000 plus the supplies needed in the facilities.
- If the rate of major diseases, cancers and maternal deaths does not decrease within the next five years, the program will go on for another five years. Countries such as New Zealand and Norway will receive assistance for medical care after 10 years of success in Haiti.
Re.: Oil Trade in Venezuela
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Venezuela
Date: December 1, 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
Emphasizing the country of Venezuela relies on oil exports, which constitute 96% of its foreign earnings. As such, the people of Venezuela are, and
Deeply concerned about the sanctions set against us by the United States, and
Whereas the people of Venezuela have been denied these basic rights the lack of these basic human rights in large part because of the sanctions set against us by the United States, severely limiting any opportunity for economic growth through such repressive orders as executive order 13835, 1380, and 13850. These measures severely restrict Venezuelan global trade, making it impossible to repay the over 60 billion dollars of debt crippling our economic infrastructure. These sanctions are deplorably negative effects and have brought our economy to a halt, unable to move forward, and
Whereas we are seeking the United nations in order to prevail upon the necessity of lifting these sanctions,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations begin negotiations with the United States in order to overturn to executive Order 13850, executive Order 13835, and executive Order 13827.
- The United States will agree to purchase an agreed upon amount of oil at fair market price
- After negotiations Venezuela will agree to create a social program called El Nuevo Trato De Esperanza using 25% of the money made by selling oil after the sanctions are lifted. This program will provide:
- Government funded jobs
- Help vaccinate and and defend against the measles outbreak and rejuvenate the universal health care program
- Create housing projects
- Vocational education for the unemployed
- Food banks
- We are not Asking for money from the U.N. in order to fund this program only support.
- If El Nuevo Trato De Esperanza is successful in raising the quality of life in Venezuela it will continue for five years and be reevaluated then.
- Expansion: using the U.N. as a middle ground will bring hope to countless other countries whose people are suffering from unfair sanctions set against them and create an new era of diplomacy and help the countries people.
- of countries it would help:
- Iran
- Post war – Iraq
- Burundi
- Angola
Re.: Provide Structures and Refuge for Those Escaping Syria Civil War
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Russia
Date: December 1, 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 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
Alarmed that millions of ordinary people living in Syria have had to escape from their homes to find somewhere safer to live, and
Emphasizing upwards of five million people have had to leave the country to escape to other neighboring countries, and
Fully Aware Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt have already housed over a million refugees and are stretched thin, and
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will provide housing and refugee for any civilian, not a soldier or major player in the Syrian Civil War that wishes to avoid violence.
- Temporary shelters will be created on the outskirts of Jordan to house the refugees until they are able to secure asylum in other countries. In order to promote safety, the United Nations will give Syria 1,000 family tents for any refugees they help within their territory.
- If it is discovered that a refugee is contributing to the violence while in the shelters, they will be kicked out, and handed over to the Syrian government.
- These shelters and combinations will cost about $6 million dollars for temporary housing, and the payment for the employees, keeping refugees safe. The money will be procured by raising all nations dues by 0.0022%.
- These shelters will be removed once the civil war has ended, and the top form of government is established. The refugees currently in the shelters at the time will be provided with enough money for travel back to their homes, and to help house them until they are able to establish their lives.
Re.: Japan’s Suicide Crisis
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Japan
Date: December 1, 2018
Almost one-quarter of the Japanese population have considered committing suicide. The country’s health ministry conducted a survey on mental health and the survey found that 23.6 percent of surveyors considered suicide. 25.6 percent of women and 21.4 percent of men admitted to suicidal thoughts. In 2015 the suicide rate for men in Japan was 26.9 per 100,000 of the population. Japan has the third highest suicide rate per 100,000 in the population in the world, after South Korea and Hungary, and
In 2016, 25,000 people took their lives, that means that every day for 365 days 70 people took their lives each day. The average rate of suicide for the U.K. is 6.2 per 100,000, and in the U.S. it’s slightly higher with 12.1 suicides on average out of 100,000 people, and
In Japan, suicide isn’t considered a big deal. If anything it’s supported. People are pressured to commit suicide to help their family. And to top it off, Japan’s mental health services aren’t beneficial or adequate, with just 6.9 percent of respondents said they were aware of nationwide suicide prevention, and
Suggested reasons suicides are higher among young men include challenging working conditions—many Japanese employees work upwards of 80 hour weeks. Death by overwork is known as Karoshi, and
Being socially reclusive—known as Hikikomori —is also a reason why suicide rates are higher, for this is an increasing problem in Japan. It’s thought that more than one million people in Japan practice Hikikomori. Many struggle to understand their self-worth, and refuse to speak to others. The practice is mainly among young people and is believed to contribute to depressive thoughts and growing rates of practice,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- More to the point to decrease Japan’s suicide rates teachers should be given the materials and education to teach students ways to cope with suicidal thoughts, maintain mental health, to help notice signs of suicide, and to help others who are struggling with suicidal thoughts. With this plan, students and teachers would be more aware of the signs of suicide and help people and create a more mentally stable and healthy generation that could put a stop to the pressure of suicide, who could put a stop to Karoshi, who could put a stop to Hikikomori and help people be and feel more involved.
- This plan would cost ¥3,537,836,400 or $31,080,000 in the U.S that would only be ¥1010.72 or $8.88 per student and there are 3.5 students in primary school. Given the this is an estimation of the most that this plan would cost the extra money (if any) would be used for further advocation and awareness of Japan’s nationwide suicide prevention.
- And if this method is truly helpful this plan could be used in other nations with high suicide rates and high rates of mental instability like South Korea and Hungary, and be further branched off to the world to help people with suicidal thoughts or trouble with mental health. Like I stated earlier this method is extremely cost effective with the estimated cost is only $8.88 per student. Helping Japan with this would later be helpful and beneficial towards other countries later, so help decrease suicide in Japan.
Re.: Opposition to Hate Speech
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Spain
Date: December 1, 2018
Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises in its Introduction “all the economic, social, political, cultural, and civic rights that underpin a life free from want and fear,” 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 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
Recognizing the large numbers of people in various settings globally, including in Spain, additional European nations, and the United States, who are being prevented from leading lives without fear, discrimination, or attacks because of hate speech and hate crimes, and
Alarmed by the increase internationally by over 10%, in the past three years alone, in hate crimes on the grounds of gender, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability, and
Realizing that a society in which people can fully enjoy their economic, social, political, cultural, and civic rights can only be achieved if hate speech is strictly forbidden and hate crimes resulting from hate speech occur very rarely and when occurring are severely punished, and
Seeking assistance from countries willing to stand up to hate speech and hate crimes with regulations and legislation to prevent and to punish these horrendous forms of oppression and injustice, and
Confident in the ability of a united front of political and civic bodies from various countries and international organizations to stand up to and not allow hate speech and hate crimes,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will work with its member countries towards guidelines and legislation to discourage and ban the use of language that can lead to hate violence and crimes, and will focus particularly on cases of organized activities of targeting people and groups based on gender, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.
- The UN will work with its member countries to make sure that a mechanism is created and maintained to make it easier for victims of hate crimes to be able to report what has happened to them without intimidation.
- The UN will work with its member countries to prevent the access to media venues and social media platforms of individuals and groups documented to spread hate speech and encourage hate crimes.
- The UN will support the establishment and work of a a group of researchers focus on understanding how to best prevent the spread of hate speech and the occurrence of hate crimes.
- After a period of five years, the UN will reassess the efforts towards reducing hate crimes and reintroduce the topic to the assembly for a vote to decide if it should continue.
Re.: Election Fraud and Unwanted Intervention in Democratic Elections
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: People’s Republic of China
Date: December 1, 2018
Whereas Article 21, section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.”, and
Aware that on average, foreign interference in elections causes the voting outcome to be affected by three percent, and
Noting that three percent of all elections, including local elections, are suspected of being interfered with, and
Concerned that accusations of foreign interference of elections has caused ongoing tensions between countries for decades,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will form a new committee called United Nations Election Monitoring Committee (UNEMC) that will investigate the democratic process of
- UNEMC will be formed from a member of the ten wealthiest and ten poorest countries in order to prevent bias within the committee.
- UNEMC will investigate all accusations made for election interference and will determine whether the claim is warranted. Interference will be defined as an outside attempt to influence a democratic election be any means including acts of violence, producing advertising, and technological meddling.
- UNEMC will include 20 military observers offered from the aforementioned 20 countries, and will cost $1 million dollars per year, for staff payments and monitoring equipment needed. This money will be provided by raising the dues of all countries by 0.0004%.
- If a country is found to be interfering with other countries elections, then sanctions on their top trade product that are imported will be put on the country for 6 months on the first offensive, 1 year on second offense, 2 years on third offense, and then increase by one year at every repeat offense.
Re.: Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Violation
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Finland
Date: December 1, 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
Deeply Concerned about the mistreatment of many indigenous peoples within the levels of government, and
Recognizing that unfair treatment and lack of representation of these peoples compromises countries’ ability to uphold the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, and
Aware of countries’ obligation under Article 5(2) of the United Nations’ Nagoya Protocol with respect to “[taking] legislative, administrative or policy measures, as appropriate, with the aim of ensuring that benefits […]are held by indigenous and local communities, in accordance with domestic legislation regarding the established rights of these indigenous and local communities”.
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The General Assembly condemns all forms of government restriction of the rights of indigenous people as a violation of human rights.
- The General Assembly establishes the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Rights Conservation Agency (UNIPRCA) to assist and inform those countries which are the biggest violators of such human rights.
- UNIPRCA will work with international governments to inform them of the injustices being faced within their borders and assist them until such time as legislation is passed which provides fair and equal rights to Indigenous Peoples within their country.
- The General Assembly calls upon Sweden, Australia, the United States, Myanmar, New Zealand, Canada, and other nations which have violated indigenous peoples’ rights to fund UNIPRCA and lobby to create new legislation to fully restore all rights and protections to their indigenous peoples. Each of these donor countries should contribute 5 representatives from their indigenous population and 5 from their government to be appointed to a chair on UNIPRCA until such time that efficient legislation has been passed in their county.
- Any country willing to contribute to UNIPRCA will be able to do so.
Re.: Eradicating Drug Distribution
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Philippines
Date: December 1, 2018
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
Concerned that the abuse and distribution of drugs impacts the standard of life of men, women and their families around the world, and
Aware that the proceeds of drug production and trafficking make up almost half of the Taliban’s annual income and fund their terrorist activities worldwide, and
Worried that addiction prevents members of society from improving their local communities and discovering a sense of self worth,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will expand the jurisdiction of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to cover pursuing an end to international drug trafficking, in coordination with the Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization.
- With this increased jurisdiction, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs will be given the financial resources and manpower to monitor widely used drug trafficking corridors and trade routes and cooperate with local authorities to seize illegal controlled substances.
- In order to give the Commission sufficient funding for its activities, fees on the 25 wealthiest nations will be raised by 3% to raise a total of $40 million to cover salaries, transportation, and other miscellaneous costs the Commission will need to cover in order to carry out its new mission.
- If the percent of drug seizures in proportion to the overall estimated amount of illegally distributed controlled substances is increased by at least 25% from 5 years after this proposal’s implementation, then the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will continue to receive its increased budget for at least another 2 years. Further assessment will also be done after these 5 years to determine whether the commission needs more funding to continue reducing worldwide drug trafficking.
Re.: Refugee Crisis
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Turkey
Date: December 1, 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 2 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”, 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 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
Heartbreaking that (according to the USA for UNHCR) “68.5 million people have been forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations,” and
Merciless developed and rich countries like the United States, Poland, and Denmark for example, have been very cold and downright insensitive to the influx of refugees. They deny entry to the country, give little to no welfare or social help to the refugees in the country, they take tactics and measures to stop the refugees from entering like the US and the tear gas attacks on the border, and xenophobia would affect their lives daily, and
Knowing they are blind to the fact these refugees are fleeing because their lives are in danger, they can’t have a good future in the countries they are fleeing from, those countries they are fleeing from don’t have governments that will help them due to corruption, terrorism, and dictatorship. These refugees have rights that are being ignored, and
Alarmed that 1 in every 110 people globally is either an asylum-seeker, internally displaced or a refugee (according to the USA for UNHCR), and
Appalled that one person becomes displaced every 2 seconds – less than the time it takes to read this sentence. That’s 30 people who are newly displaced every minute (according to the USA for UNHCR), and
Understanding that Turkey continues to host the world’s largest refugee population, and 90% of those refugees live in urban and peri-urban areas (they don’t live in refugee camps),
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The nation of Turkey wants to activate “Operasyon Karahindiba 14” or Operation Dandelion 14. This operation was named dandelion because when you blow a white dandelion puff, all the seedlings suddenly lose each other and end up in different locations which is symbolic of refugees. The 14 stands for Article 14 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
- This Operation basically is an initiative for the other countries in the UN to pick up some of the slack on the refugee crisis.
- We want countries to accept at least 100,000 refugees every three months as a start. If a country doesn’t want to comply, then they have to donate at least 50,000 to the UNHCR or UN to give to a country who needs it to fund for the expenses it may cost to take refugees in.
- We want this operation to soon grow into a program that takes people like educators, political advisors, doctors, etc. to developing countries and volunteer their time.
- This operation will highlight specific refugees who are getting an education and becoming successful so that more countries will be motivated.
- We want ALL countries to improve and implement refugee programs and help that will aid the refugees with their transition into a new country like getting more interpreters, having public schools raise money, canned goods, or supplies for new refugees. Having families who have a very wealthy income participate in a “adopt a family” like program which involves them taking in small refugee families and helping them find shelter, show them around the town, etc. Colleges and Universities across all nations should have free classes for refugees to learn the language of their new country, how the government works, history, etc. The professors donating their time can be paid directly by UNHCR or just volunteer their time.
- Operation Dandelion 14 is a great project because this encourages nations to accept more refugees or donate money to those nations who are. This operation has a ton of room for growth and because it’s objectives are broad but still in reach, it gives nations a lot of guidelines and ideas to follow.
- The timeline for this project will be from 2025 until around 2035. From now until 2025, we will be trying to get donations and funding for Operation Dandelion 14 to work. After 2035, the refugee crisis will hopefully be a lot lower than what it is now and the program can cut back and be reevaluated after 2035.
- The refugee crisis is a serious one. People all over the world are running for their lives, horrible and heart shattering images of children from war torn countries are constantly being released, and hashtags and internet prayers are enough to solve the problem. We as the UN need to uphold the natural rights humans are given at birth and take action to at least lesson the statistics of how many people get displaced daily. The refugee crisis isn’t one that’s in a far away country, it’s happening on our nation’s doorstep and YOURS. It is all of our responsibilities as world leaders to fix this and have some compassion for these people. These “refugees” and “undocumented immigrants” are ALL PEOPLE who deserve their rights just as much as anyone in this very UN.
- Overall, the funding for this project will come from donations from the countries who don’t want to take in 100,000 refugees every three months. Donations from individual families and organizations/companies will also be accepted. In total we are estimating a minimum of 1 million will be needed for this operation.
