Here are the resolutions for the May 3, 2024 General Assembly session. The schools attending are Rogers Middle, Missouri Digital Academy, and Wydown Middle. 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. Click here to see country rosters and information about the other Middle School General Assemblies.
| Status: | Submitted By: | Topic: |
| GA-01 | Marshall Islands Rogers Middle | Rising Sea Levels |
| GA-02 | Philippines Wydown Middle | Housing and Sustainable Living for Homeless Persons Program |
| GA-03 | Nigeria Rogers Middle | Women’s health and well-being in Nigeria |
| GA-04 | Ireland, Cote D’Ivoire Missouri Digital Academy | Sustainable African Food Endeavor (S.A.F.E.) |
| GA-05 | Finland Rogers Middle | Quality Education in Nigeria |
| GA-06 | Estonia Wydown Middle | Aid for Civilians in War-Torn Nations |
Resolution GA-01 May 3
Re.: Rising Sea Levels
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Marshall Islands
Date: May 3, 2024
Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #11 is, and Sustainable Cities and Communities, and
Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #15 is Life on Land, 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
Saddened because flooding is becoming a more common occurrence in the Marshall Islands.
Alarmed by the fact that the water around the Marshall Islands has risen by 12 centimeters in the last 30 years alone, and
Alarmed that plants near the coast are dying because of frequent flooding and the inability to stay dry for long enough, and
Noted that the highest point of elevation in the Marshall Islands is only 10 meters above sea level, and
Noted that around half of the population of the Marshall Islands live on Majuro, an atoll with a high elevation point of around 3 meters above sea level,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will agree to help to transport workers and materials to the Marshall Islands and other countries at risk of going underwater due to rising sea levels to build a temporary, 1.5 meter high concrete seawall meant to last 15-30 years until we can agree to and apply a stricter climate policy which involves to tackle greenhouse gasses which are responsible for temperature changes that are responsible for rising sea levels. We could do this by replacing sources like coal and oil with a massive on-water wind farm built in The Marshall Islands and other countries at risk of flooding’s EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone).
- The needed budget for the concrete needed for the seawall would be around $200,000. The cost for employees for 1 year of construction would be $630,000. Construction equipment would be around $350,000 total. All of this would equal $1,280,000. To account for the wind farm turbines, each wind turbine would cost around $3,000,000 each. We would want to get around at least 25 of them, which would equal a cost around $75,000,000 in total, since this would not be implemented immediately, we could raise money by selecting a site in the EEZ for the wind turbines, and fish in the area and sell the fish and other minerals in the area. The rest of the funds should be given by countries with the biggest greenhouse gas emissions (China, US, India, Russia).
- A timeline for this project would include within 3 months of this resolution being implemented, construction crews and equipment be imported into the Marshall Islands and start the construction of the seawall to be finished within a year of the arrival of the construction crew. Around the time of the arrival of the construction crew, fishing crews will be deployed to the Marshall Islands’ EEZ to start raising funds for the construction of the on-water wind farm. They will continue this for 20 years while taking breaks every other 6 months to preserve the environment of the area. After the 20 years is up, the construction of the wind farm will begin for the next couple of years. After the completion of the farm, it will continue to operate for the foreseeable future.
- To evaluate the success of these measures, we will first measure the amount of flooding before the seawall’s construction, and then another measure of flooding 5 years after the implementation of the wall. These measurements will continue for the next 5 years. Then after this, we will measure flooding amounts, greenhouse gases in the air, and sea levels in the area every 2 years. If the decrease in all of these categories is observed, then the program will continue with the expansion of wind farms if needed. On top of these, if this project is to work, it would be able to expand to other nations suffering from flooding such as Tonga, the Solomon Islands, etc.
Resolution GA-02 May 3
Re.: Housing and Sustainable Living for Homeless Persons Program
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Philippines
Date: May 3, 2024
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
Saddened that over 150 million people worldwide live in inadequate shelter, making up two percent of the human population,
Recognizing that the two countries with the most homeless people are Nigeria and India, with more than 10 million (10,000,000) homeless people each, while the countries proposing and supporting this resolution have as follows: Philippines has four point five million (4,500,000) homeless people, Peru has seven hundred thousand (700,000), and Turkey has seventy thousand (70,000),
Realizing that these countries, not in the top 100 GDP per capita (Excluding Turkey and the Philippines which are standing at seventeenth (17th) and thirty-fourth (34th) respectively), do not have the funds to solve homelessness on their own,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Purchase seven thousand (7,000) USD ($) waterproof shipping containers from Chery Industrial, and ship them to homeless people in India and Nigeria,
- Purchasing 100 for a test run, then increase purchasing if they work well,
- Provide funds to Chery Industrial in case we overtake their manufacturing capabilities,
- Create a nine-person committee to oversee the project, with representatives from any countries
- Set aside ten million (10,000,000) USD ($) to fund this project,
- Raise this money from the top 100 payers of UN dues
- Purchase basic living commodities for the shelters we will be building
- Purchase tough, reliable U.S army surplus sleeping cots for $69.99 each
- Purchase sustainable solar-powered lamps for $23.99-$24.99 each
- Purchase resources to make outhouses such as wood, metal and sustainable plastics.
- Human waste would be collected and used for fertilizer, possibly for gardens to grow crops?
- Hire a construction company to create the outhouses,
- Give the radishes, carrots, and potatoes in soil fertilized by human feces
3. Vote on this program each year to decide whether it should continue.
4. And resolve to fix the deeper socioeconomic issues that cause homelessness.
Resolution GA-03 May 3
Re.: Women’s health and well-being in Nigeria
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Nigeria
Date: May 3, 2024
Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #3 is Good Health and Well-Being, and
Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #5 is Gender Equality, 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 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 With Deep Concern that for every 100,000 live births, about 1,047 women die in Nigeria, and
Shocked that nearly a third of married women lack decision-making power over their sexual and reproductive health rights in Nigeria, and
Alarmed that the rate of female genital mutilation in Nigeria is at 19.5%, and
Recognizing that current estimates indicate that every year 14,943 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Nigeria, and
Appalled that 10,403 women die from the disease in Nigeria,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will start a program called HFAW (Healthcare For African Women). HFAW will partner with WHO to provide free healthcare for Nigerian women and girls.
- HFAW will start in Nigeria. A group of Doctors without Borders will test disease risk rates in women in Kebbi to see which diseases or problems they are struggling with the most. They will set up 10 moving clinics that will provide healthcare for women and girls, and provide transportation to bring them to a central clinic if they can’t be treated at the mobile clinic.
- The budget needed for this program will be $9.5 million per year.
- $700,000 for 10 vans/ mobile clinics
- $500,000 for gear (Stretchers, IVS, Needles, Cartridges, Protection Gloves, Masks, Vaccines)
- $500,000 for tech (ECG machines, Defibrillators, Heart Rate Monitors, Blood Pressure Monitors, etc.)
- 50 employees x $102,453 = $5,122,650 for salaries per year of the program
- $500,000 to build a central clinic.
- $500,000 for an education program for young mothers and pregnant women, and a program to educate girls about their decision-making choices in a relationship.
- 20 x $1,000 = $20,000 for salaries per year of the program
- The rest is for extra essential expenses along the way.
- We ask that 10 top countries advocating for women’s health help fund this project. (Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Belgium). Each country should contribute $950,000 to help fund this project.
- HFAW will last for 2 years in Kebbi State. If the disease risk rate drops by 10% it will expand to other parts of Nigeria like Lagos, Yobe, and Borno. If the disease rates continue to fall, HFAW will expand to bordering countries such as Mali, Niger, Somalia, Ghana, etc.
Resolution GA-04 May 3
Re.: Sustainable African Food Endeavor (S.A.F.E.)
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ireland & Cote D’Ivoire
Date: May 3, 2024
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #2 is Zero Hunger, and
Amazed that in the continent of Africa, 250 million people go hungry every day. It is projected that by 2025, the whole of Africa will be unable to feed 60% of the population, and
Saddened that families in Namibia and surrounding nations are resorting to using cardboard as a substitute in meals, resulting in 40 deaths of children under the age of 5 in the past four months, and
Alarmed that the World Food Programme reports 24% of children under the age of 5 suffering from stunted growth due to food insecurity, with 6,000 children losing their life to hunger annually, and
Concerned that the annual costs associated with Child undernutrition are estimated at $11.1 billion NAD, accounting for 5.22% of the GDP,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will begin a program called SAFE, standing for Sustainable African Food Endeavor. This program will work with the UN’s Agriculture department to create a cooperative, international team of hydroponics experts to oversee the creation of sustainable hydroponic farming in Namibia.
- SAFE will begin in Namibia, one of the many countries already existing within the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement. This will allow benefits of the program to reach a wider global impact within Africa, and expand to other needed nations such as Ethiopia, and Nigeria in the future, both nations who are experiencing food crisis.
- The budget for this program would be $10 million.
- 6 hydroponic farms of 1,000 square meters costing $1 million each to set up and run for 2 years.
- A ocean desalinization production to produce water for the hydroponic farms to grow food at $1 million.
- Energy source to run and maintain hydroponic farming will come from solar panels in the form of a 1 megawatt solar farm costing another $1 million
- Employees from the cooperative alliance of Hydroponic experts will be paid 30,000 per year resulting in 600,000 in wages.
- The remaining 1,400,000 is to be spent paying Namibian farmers working in the desalinization and hydroponics areas of the program.
- It is estimated that this budget will fund the program for a period of 2 -4 years, after which profit margins from the hydroponic farming can be spent to maintain the farming operation.
- Success of the program will be monitored across multiple areas of food insecurity.
- The number of deaths annually due to malnutrition decreases by a steady rate of 5%.
- The number of children reported experiencing stunted growth when entering the education system reduced by 10% annually.
- The number of children leaving the education system early to engage in manual labor operations in agriculture is reduced by 5% annually.
- Hydroponic farming operation becomes profitable enough through trade that profits can account for more than 50% of operating costs within the first two years and 100% within the first 5 years.
- If the measures for success are met or exceeded within 5 years, expansion of SAFE can continue in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Sudan.
Sources:
- Bread of Life International, 2024
- NBC Online, 2023
- The Namibian, 2023
Resolution GA-05 May 3
Re.: Quality Education in Nigeria
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Finland
Date: May 3, 2024
Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #4 is Quality Education, and
Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #8 is Decent Work and Economic Growth, 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
Realizing that most jobs require basic literacy skills, with the only ones that don’t being manual labor, and
Alarmed that 31% of Nigerians are illiterate, losing them possible jobs, and
Saddened that 84 million children and youth will be out of school, and
Disturbed that 20% of Nigerian children are used in child labor, and
Concerned that according to UNICEF, one in every five of the world’s uneducated children is from Nigeria,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
1. The United Nations will begin a program called EAST (Education for African Students and Teachers). EAST will increase the quality and safety in poor schools, to encourage getting well-paying jobs and discouraging child labor.
2. EAST will start in 10 schools in Nigeria. EAST will pay existing teachers, and send 50 trainers to teach those who wish to be teachers. It will also make schools safer, and offer a financial incentive based on student attendance.
3. The budget needed for this program will be ~$175,000 (USD)
- $158,750 for workers. 2 years*(400*50 trainers+325*75 other workers+350*100 teachers) (The minimum wage in Nigeria is $318/year. We plan on paying the trainers $400, the other workers $325, and the existing teachers $350.)
- $25,000 for renovations such as running water, security cams, air conditioning, etc.
- $50,000 for equipment (transport, computers, training, meals, etc.)*325 employees and 500 estimated students
- $20,000 for financial incentives (400*500 estimated students)
- Additional funds not listed in the budget will go toward an emergency renovation fund and/or extracurricular things such as advanced math, music classes, etc.
- We have funding from UNESCO, but other donations would be greatly appreciated.
4. EAST will last for 2 years in Ibadan, Nigeria. If successful, it will expand to more cities in Nigeria such as Lagos and Kana, and if it continues being successful, it’ll expand to other countries with low education such as Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Chad, and others, and keep expanding every 2 years afterward it is deemed successful. This will be determined by whether the literacy rate in Ibadan increases by at least 10%, and if the attendance rate of students at the schools increases by at least 20%.
Resolution GA-06 May 3
Re.: Aid for Civilians in War-Torn Nations
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Estonia
Date: May 3, 2024
Whereas Article 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, 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 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 invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and has been at war with them ever since, displacing many civilians, and
Concerned that Israel attacked Gaza and has displaced many civilians, disrupting order, and
Saddened that are Civil Wars in many countries, displacing citizens, and
Acknowledging that according to the National Geographic Society, in 2016, there were 815 million people suffering from chronic malnutrition, and 60% of them lived in areas affected by war.
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Evacuate able-bodied Ukrainian civilians in war-torn countries to other countries where they would receive food, water, shelter, medical treatment, and education. These refugees will either stay and work or go back to their home countries.
- Form multiple committees, with ten countries each. Each committee would be focused on a different conflict, working to draft a treaty, ceasefire, or other way to end the conflict.
- Expand the amount of aid being delivered into Ukraine for those remaining in Ukraine.
- Build 5 hospitals in Ukraine. Make a punishment for any country that strikes a hospital.
- The budget needed for this program would be high and need people to help make these buildings and to ensure people follow these rules.
- These places would be a safe place for people that are not able bodied to stay and not be hurt even more.
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