Middle School M.U.N. GA-04: Resolutions for April 30

Here are the resolutions for the April 30, 2014 session date. A pdf file with them will be posted shortly.

GA-01: Maternal Health Education in Africa Submitted by Turkey. (John Burroughs Middle)

GA-02: Clean drinking water in Africa.  Submitted by Morocco. (Queen of All Saints)

GA-03: Solar Energy. Submitted by  Iran. (St. Dominic Savio)

GA-04: Women’s Education. Submitted by Philippines. (Wydown Middle School)

GA-05: Potable Water Shortage in Southeast Asia Submitted by Vietnam. (John Burroughs Middle)

GA-06: Education for Women in Northern Africa. Submitted by Canada. (John Burroughs Middle)

 

Resolution GA-01 April 30

Re.:                             Maternal Health Education in Africa

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Turkey

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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 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

Shocked that over 1.6 million babies die every year in the first 28 days of life, and

Bewildered that the average maternal death rate in western Africa is 311 deaths per every 100,000 live births in urban areas and 856 deaths per 100,000 live births in rural areas, and

Appalled  that it is estimated that  585,000 women die each year as a result of pregnancy and childbirth, almost all of which (99%) occur in developing countries, mostly in Africa, and

Realizing that the younger a woman is, the longer her child-bearing period which results in more children, and the less educated a woman is, the less she is able to care for her and her child’s health and nutrition,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

2. The United Nations would create The Women’s Wellness Organization of Africa (WWOA). WWOA is a program established to spread knowledge of women’s health (mostly maternal) to women in countries with above average birth rates, infant mortalities and maternal deaths in Algiers and Arzew, Algeria and Tunis and Sfax, Tunisia because they are densely populated areas.
3. WWOA would have two centers in each city that instruct pregnant women or women from ages 16-30 on the importance of nutrition, exercise, prenatal care, and postnatal health for mothers and infants.
4. The centers will have an area for birthing, an area for check-ups, and an instruction area. The centers will also instruct women on the different ways in which they can achieve or prevent pregnancy and provide information and access to those methods.
5. Paramedics, midwives and nutritionists would assist in the birthing process and immediate medical care at the centers. WWOA would require about 10 medical staff members per center.
6. To fund this program, we will start by asking The International Women’s Health Coalition for $750,000 to build the centers for the program. Then, UN will have to raise the dues of the 15 richest countries by 0.3% in order to completely fund the program.
7. If the WWOA lowers the average the maternal and infant mortalities rates by 5% in 4 years, then we will ask the UN for funds to expand this program to other regions of Africa.
   

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Resolution GA-02 April 30

 Re.:                             Clean Drinking Water in Africa

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Morocco

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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

Fully aware that 780 million people live without clean drinking water, and

Appalled that dirty water kills more children than war, malaria, HIV/AIDs, and traffic accidents combined, and

Shocked that 2.5 billion people – including one billion children – live without basic sanitation, and

Noting with deep concern that half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by people with an easily preventable waterborne disease, and

Alarmed by the fact that every 20 seconds a child under five years of age dies from waterborne illnesses, and

Keeping in mind that between 15 and 20% of the water used worldwide is not for domestic consumption, but rather for export, and

Realizing that more than one-third of Africa’s population lacks access to safe drinking water,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program, Pure Water to Save Lives (PWSL), which will focus in Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan.
2. PWSL will work with other organizations that focus on providing safe water and sanitation in Africa including Water Project and Water Aid.
3. PWSL will being building wells in the center of the most needy village communities in the three countries.
4. PWSL will focus on bringing plumbing to all of the public buildings (hospitals, schools, etc).
5. Local people will be hired to build the wells. U.N. advisors will be on site to advise them as they build.
6. Funds for the wells will be provided by raising the dues by 1% on the 25 richest member countries.
7. This program will last 5 years; it will then be evaluated to allow us to see if the program is successful.

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Resolution GA-03 April 30

Re.:                             Provide Energy Now

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Iran

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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

Realizing 1.3 billion people in the world are without access to electricity, and

Recognizing 2.6 billion individuals lack adequate, clean cooking facilities, and

Observing that 94% of these civilians live in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asia and 84% live in rural, remote areas, and

Alarmed that four million people- one every eight seconds- die each year from energy poverty, and

Dismayed that untold millions around the world must choose between paying for food or for power,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations shall begin a new program, titled Providing Energy Now (P.E.N.), for the relief of worldwide energy poverty.
2. Providing Energy Now authorizes and controls the construction and operation of solar energy plants in developing countries.
3. The average construction cost of a solar energy plant is in the range of five hundred million U.S. dollars.
4. The training and staff salaries for employee personnel will be in the range of five hundred million U.S. dollars.
5. The General Assembly hereby imposes a 1% tax of worldwide resort hotels of a four-star and five-star class.
6. The average hotel room for such class costs around $250 USD.
7. With the imposed tax, two dollars and fifty cents USD would be generated per night per hotel room.
8. The General Assembly also imposes a raise of annual dues by five percent to the following nations: United States of America, United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, China, and Canada (The ten nations that pay the highest amount of dues to the United Nations annually.).
9. This increase of dues will generate an extra $95,489,090 for use by P.E.N.
10. This new fund shall finance the construction, operation, and maintenance of five solar energy plants worldwide.
11. Such plants shall be constructed in the nations of Ethiopia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, and Morocco (The five countries with the highest energy poverty rates). Providing Energy Now will oversee the progress of construction and will pair with government officials from each nation.
12. P.E.N. will oversee the hiring of maintenance, construction, service, and administrative personnel. Employees will be hired locally, thus decreasing local unemployment rates.
13. Such employees will be trained professionally in the field of energy engineering using P.E.N.’s annual fund. The training and hiring of local individuals shall begin immediately.
14. The construction of a solar energy plant shall take three to five years. After construction, work will be put into building transmission lines to carefully selected villages throughout the countries that are the most lackluster in adequate energy sources.
15. Providing Energy Now will continue to oversee the operation and maintenance of each plant for years to come.
16. The total cost to construct, staff, and operate five solar energy plants equals three billion dollars.
17. If energy poverty rates drop by 10% within ten years, Providing Energy Now shall expand its operations to other countries in need. This will be determined by the General Assembly on a needs basis when such time comes.

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Resolution GA-05 April 30

Re.:                             Potable Water Shortage in Southeast Asia

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Vietnam

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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

Concerned that a child dies every 20 seconds from a disease caused by lack of safe drinking water and sanitation, and

Shocked at the lack of safe drinking water available to the citizens of Vietnam due to lack of water purification facilities and increased concentration of various industrious toxins, and

Realizing that two-thirds of Vietnam’s people live near the three main river basins- Thai Binh, Mekong Delta, and Dong Nai, and

Dismayed that two out of every five people in third-world countries die from lack of safe drinking water, and about one-eighth of the world’s population does not have access to safe drinking water, and

Distressed that more people die of water-borne illness than of HIV/AIDS, and 1.4 million children die every year from waterborne illnesses and inadequate sanitation of water,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will create a program called CWSEA (Clean Water for Southeast Asia) in which families in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos that do not have access to clean water will be provided with basic water kits and purification tablets.
2. Beyond these immediate remedies, this program will highlight water recycling methods and rainwater harvesting. This will pave the way for a long term and sustainable clean water for the future.
3. The CWSEA will prevent any type of water-borne illness in the region and increase access to clean water by providing these families with these water kits, purification tablets and teach methods of water conservation.
4. This program will take place in the Mekong River Basin located in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. This is due to the large population and the lack of safe water in the area.
5. Model UN employees and volunteers will be sent to distribute the basic water kits and purification tablets to these families and spend time teaching them basic ways to conserve water.
6. The CWSEA program will last for five year and if effective in providing clean water and reducing water-borne illness, then it will potentially be adopted by regions outside of Southeast Asia.
7. The CWSEA will be funded by raising the dues of the 10 wealthiest nations by 0.5%. The program will also work with the Global Water Partnership and the World Water Council to reach the common goal of sustainable clean water for those in need. The funds will be used for the workers’ salaries, the kits and the purification tablets.

 

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Resolution GA-06 April 30

 

Re.:                             Education for Women in Northern Africa

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Canada

Date:                           April 3, 2014

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

Shocked that in Chad only 24% of women 15 years or older can read or write, and

Appalled that in Ethiopia, only 16% of women attend lower secondary school, while 57.7% are married before age 18, and

Dismayed that almost 10% of girls become mothers by age 16 years, with the highest rates in sub-Saharan Africa, and

Astonished that women do over 75% of the agricultural work in Cameroon, but only own about 10% of the land, and

Realizing that if these women were given a sufficient education, they would have fewer children, more health and nutrition, later marriages, higher paying jobs, and be able to provide the same benefits for their children as a man would be able to give, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will create a program called WENA (Women’s Education in Northern Africa) that will begin in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, N’Djamena Chad, and Douala and Yaounde Cameroon because of their high populations.
2. WENA will create one school in each of the mentioned cities for young women only. These schools will provide elementary and secondary education (grades 1-12) to prepare students for tertiary education or vocational college abroad.
3. These locations will also function as safe places for its students and other women in the immediate community. Some students will also have the option to live on campus if they do not have sufficient housing.
4. Each facility will have a library with collaboration areas, a multi-purpose classroom for each grade, cafeteria, a commons, and a field suitable for fitness and activities. There will be a separate building for housing which can hold up to 100 students during the school year, and these same facilities will remain a Safe Place for the students year-round.
5. 5 Teachers will be volunteers from outside countries with degrees in secondary education and or primary education. Each volunteer will remain there for 3 months but they can apply to stay longer. During a 3 month period each teacher will be paid $10,000. There will be 25 volunteers in each facility.
6. For the 4 facilities with the volunteer’s salaries included, the total cost of the project will be $15,000,000. Most of this money will come from contributions by organizations like MADRE and the GLOBAL FUND for WOMEN or other organizations that give grants. If that does not earn enough money, we will raise dues on the 10 wealthiest nations by .05%.
7. If more than 40% of the graduates go on to have jobs, and at least 60% enroll in some kind of additional schooling or training, within 3 years of graduation from the program, then we will look into raising dues by an additional .05% to create more schools in more cities throughout Africa and the Middle East, and potentially beyond, raising the dues from the 10 wealthiest countries a total of .1%. (For an entire program in ten cities, the cost would be approximately $40 million).