Here are the resolutions for the May 2, 2017 Middle School Model United Nations General Assembly. Student delegates from Assumption, Christ Prince of Peace, and Pattonville Heights Middle will be discussing these resolutions. Note: Students are still in the process of writing rough drafts, so these topics may change/be added at a later date!
| Resolution Number/Status | Submitted by: | Topic: |
|---|---|---|
| GA-01 SUBMITTED | Iraq Assumption | ISIS |
| GA-02 SUBMITTED | Pattonville Heights | Renewable Energy in Africa for Other Projects |
| GA-03 SUBMITTED | Dem. Republic of Congo Christ Prince of Peace | Improving Medical Conditions in D.R.C |
| GA-04 SUBMITTED | Trinidad & Tobago Assumption | Dependence on CO2 Emissions & Non-renewable Resources |
| GA-05 NOT YET SUBMITTED | Pattonville Heights | |
| GA-06 SUBMITTED | Chad Christ Prince of Peace | Child Trafficking |
Resolution GA-01 May 2
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Iraq
Date: May 2, 2017
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 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
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The U.N. will come up with a program INSP which stands for Iraq Noncombat Service Program…
We plan to put this plan into action as soon as we get the right amount of money needed to start this program. We need 20 million dollars for the college building itself. We need 12 million dollars to pay the professors for 8 years. We are willing to trade in large amounts of crude oil for money. We will see how this solution works for the next year then take action from there.
- INSP provides uneducated civilians with the proper education needed to perform a job that helps our soldiers fighting against ISIS.
- INSP will also help those without a job find a suitable fair paying job that will provide them with the help needed to buy a house.
- INSP provides our armed forces with jobs that will not see combat.
- The jobs that are being filled will be jobs such as engineer, medical worker, transportation, and laborer.
- 6 million people in Iraq are illiterate, with the program that number can be decreased.
- About 17% of Iraqis are unemployed, but with INSP that number can be minimized.
Resolution GA-02 May 2
Re.: Renewable Energy in Africa for Other Projects
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ireland
Date: May 2, 2017
Whereas Article 19 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”, and
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 or in out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.”, 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
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
Whereas Article 26, section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.”, and
Noting that Africa is the worse in education because they don’t have enough resources, and
Concerningly Africa has 600 million people who do not have energy, and
At the moment, renewable energy is being set up in Africa but will not be done until 2030, and
Consequently, electricity being readily available could provide tons of education opportunities, internet, and new jobs which could help bring better healthcare and in turn could start bringing down the disease death toll, and
Hopeful that Africa will run huge solar power and wind power to supply their energy needs in 2030. A study found out that Africa is a continent where renewable energy is the most viable. This is a good first step but with the help of the UN we could possibly shorten this time to maybe 2022-2025,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The UN will create a program called Renewable Africa.
- RA will send solar and wind power experts to South Africa, Congo, Kenya, Morocco, Ethiopia, and Egypt.
- Solar and wind power electricians and experts will train some locals who are willing to work. Train them on how to set up panels and connect them. This will cut down the installation time, this will also get people jobs and also get some interested in electrical engineering. Which is causes more job opportunities once they get set up and locals need people to maintain the panels.
- Renewable Africa will cost $40,250,000.
- Raise UN dues for the top 10 ten countries who pay the most by 2%. This will generate $40,000,000 dollars
- Ireland will also raise its dues to 2%. Which will generate an additional $250,000.
- Renewable Africa will last 8 years and be reviewed after 5 and then expanded to 25 more countries if successful.
- RA will send 20 EWB (Engineers Without Borders) to the six original RA countries with a salary of 40,000 for each engineer so the cost to send people over will cost around $5,000,000.
- Then the rest of the budget will go into importing solar panels and wind turbines into the countries.
- An acre of solar panels cost around 500,000 then there will be around 6 acres needed per country. So 6 acres times 6 original countries equals 36 acres, so in total solar power will cost around 18,000,000
- Wind power will cost around 3 million for buying and installing one and RA would request 5 turbines and would cost 15,000,000 total
- So the 15,000,000 plus 5,000,000 plus 18,000,000 equals 38,000,000. Then 2,000,000 is left over for the training of local people which will give them jobs.
Resolution GA-03 May 2
Re.: Improving Medical Conditions in D.R.C
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Dem. Republic of Congo
Date: May 2, 2017
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 less than a quarter of people have access to proper sanitation facilities, and
Keeping in mind that outbreaks of cholera occur every year, and around three percent of those who obtain the disease die due to lack of treatment, and
Recognizing that nearly half of the deaths in young children are caused by malaria, and
Having considered the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s medical system fell apart during years of conflict, and
Noting with deep concern that there is only 1 doctor and 5 nurses for every 10,000 people in the D.R. Congo, and
Appalled that healthcare experts have not received a wage from the government in a while,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will work with an organization called Project C.U.R.E to provide medical kits to the seven hospitals in DR Congo. It is $200 to request one kit, and with 10,000 kits per hospital it would cost $14,000,000.
- To quickly treat children with stomach parasites, we will purchase pills that cost 2 cents per pill. There are approximately 40,000,000 children in DR Congo, so the price would come to about $1.3 million.
- We will work with another organization by the name of Doctors Without Borders. They send volunteer teams to work in hospitals in conflicted countries for a period of time. We would have a team come temporarily for about three and a half years. To show support, we are asking the UN to donate $5,000 to the program.
- While these doctors are helping with the medical situation, we will hire medical professors to teach medical school for about eight years. Using a medical professor’s salary as a reference, hiring seven doctors would cost generally $10,000,000.
- Because there are so many people without proper health care in the country, we would like to build new hospitals. 5 years down the road, we hope to have one large hospital built and running in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, the second largest city. In 10 years, we would like to have our second hospital built and running in Kisangani. Building both hospitals and paying the construction workers would cost about $120,000,000.
- The estimated total cost of this project is about $144,000,000. We are asking the United Nations to raise the dues of the 10 nations that pay the most by 8%. This would create about $154,000,000.
- Half of the remaining $10,000,000 will be used to start an organization called Contributions for Conflicted Countries (C.F.C.C.). The organization will collect donated medical equipment and send it to hospitals in other countries that are in need of supplies. The program will also accept cash donations and will use it to purchase supplies. The other half will be divided among the hospitals on DRC so they have money to keep the building running.
Resolution GA-04 May 2
Re.: Trinidad and Tobago’s Dependence on CO2 Emissions & Non-renewable Resources
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Iraq
Date: May 2, 2017
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
Ashamed to learn Trinidad and Tobago is the second highest greenhouse gas emitter per capita behind Qatar, and
Scared to learn that over two thirds of Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is based in the oil and gas sector alone, and
Discouraged to learn that significantly less than 0.1% of total energy use in Trinidad and Tobago is Alternative or nuclear, and
Fascinated to learn that Trinidad and Tobago is the largest Ammonia and methanol exporter in the world, and
Trinidad and Tobago is defined by its exports of rare and hard to come by resources, so much so their economy is almost entirely based in non-renewable resource harvesting and trading. While this created a boom in the economy to an extent that Trinidad and Tobago GDP is now the third highest in the America’s. This has reached a tipping point, and if the dependency on materials such as crude oil and ammonia continue, Trinidad and Tobago’s economy could crash. Similar situations have been seen in places like Kuwait and Qatar, where their economies declined due to dependence on fossil fuels, and their populations are in an energy crisis. If the dependence on fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources continue, an economic crash will become more and more of a reality for the heavily dependent economy.
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Work with members of the UN to establish trade deals of products outside of the oil and gas sector.
- Bring the International Atomic Energy Agency to Trinidad and Tobago for the next ten years to establish Nuclear energy plants in attempt to change Trinidad and Tobago’s percentage of Nuclear energy use to at least three percent of the whole.
- Ask the UN to establish their Sustainable Energy For All initiative in Trinidad and Tobago for the next ten years in attempt to change Trinidad and Tobago’s percentage of renewable energy use to at least three percent of the whole.
- To accommodate the costs of the Atomic energy initiative program, Trinidad and Tobago resolves that at least 4.5 billion dollars over 5 years will need to be allocated in order to supplement the cost of the construction of facilities surrounding two nuclear power plants. Trinidad and Tobago will staff these sites through independent funding.
- To accommodate the costs of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, $250 million dollars of funding will be needed to construct an array of dams, solar farms, wind farms and other alternative energy sources across Trinidad and Tobago, and the constructions will be staffed independently.
- Trinidad and Tobago will set a 1,500-pound limit per megawatt of power produced on carbon dioxide gas emissions, with harsh penalties ranging from large fines to forced shutdown of the company if they do not comply to the standard. Within ten years Trinidad and Tobago’s goal is to reduce CO2 emissions by five percent
- After ten years, the progress of the resolutions presented will be reviewed and continuation of the programs will be decided.
Resolution GA-06 May 2
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Chad
Date: May 2, 2017
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 20 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”, 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
Appalled that families will sell their own children into trafficking for money, and
Mortified that 8,000,000 children are trafficked out of the 11,000,000-total child population. And
Disgusted that Central Africa is a source of trafficking, and
Abhorred that the government rating about this topic is a tier two which means they do not fully meet the TVPA’s (Trafficking Victims Protection Act) minimum standards,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Immediately, we will pass a penal code that prohibits trafficking of children under 18 years and declare that the minimum punishment is 10 years per child every week. A radio broadcast will explain the seriousness of this situation and request for officers. We will buy protein biscuits, schooling tents, first aid kits, emergency kits, and ask for the U.N. army for protection. This will cost a total of $139,740.
- In five years, our living conditions will grow into schools and hangout places. We will buy 500 more makeshift tents. We will use the new officers to patrol Chad. The punishment will grow to 15 years every week. The whole plan with expand throughout Central Africa. We will buy more water pumps, biscuits, first aid kits, emergency kits, minivans, and soccer balls and pumps. The total will be $1,262,950.
- In twenty years, we will investigate, convict, and sentence anyone in the act of trafficking. Then we will move the act up to Europe and Asia. Since we are much more poor than Europe and Asia, Europe and Asia can fund the program on their own and use old buildings instead of tents.
- The total will be $1,411,690, and to get this we will ask to raise the top 10 nations dues by 0.1%. With the extra $516,667 we will use to pay the teachers and officers used to resolve this issue.
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