Middle School M.U.N. GA-05: Resolutions

Here are the resolutions for the May 6, 2014 session date.

GA-01: Drone Attacks. Submitted by  The United Kingdom, Italy, Syria (Hixson Middle)

GA-02: Orphaned Children of Belarus and Neighboring Countries. Submitted by Belarus (Wydown Middle)

GA-03:Human Trafficking in East Africa . Submitted by  Kenya, Ethiopia (Hixson Middle)

GA-04: The Right to Nuclear Energy. Submitted by North Korea (Wydown Middle)

GA-05: Response to Natural Disasters. Submitted by  Philippines (Hixson Middle)

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Resolution GA-01 May 6

Re.:                             Drone Attacks

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           The United Kingdom, Italy, Syria

Date:                           May 6, 2014

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 10 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.”, and

Whereas Article 11 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.”, and

Whereas Article 13 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.”, and

Whereas Article 13 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.”, and

Deeply concerned about a new global arms race with unmanned drone aircraft

Alarmed that the number of countries who have drones doubled from 2005 to 2011 and now the number of countries in November 2013 is 87, and

Shocked that 15 countries have drones that can carry sophisticated weapons systems and that countries are now testing STEALTH technology with aerial drones, and

Fully aware that spending on drones projected to be more than double from roughly $5.2 billion a year in 2014 to more than $11 billion in 2022, and

After winning the Nobel Peace Prize the U.S. under President Barack Obama, has ordered attacks in Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan which have resulted in over 2400 dead, and

Alarmed that U. S. drone strikes in Pakistan alone, are responsible for the deaths of 416 to 951 civilians, including 168 to 200 children, estimated by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and

Aware that drone strikes without due process of law violate not only United States laws but also international law, and

Concerned that without international treaties and limits on the use of drones, conflicts will escalate and become major wars killing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians and cause greater instability and more refugees which will continue the cycle of poverty in nations,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The General Assembly will form a group to create guidelines for legal use of drones and eventually the abolition of drones for military uses. The group will be named United Nations Fundamental Legal International Edict for Drones (UNFLIED).

1. The purpose to set guidelines for the use of drones to prevent escalation of conflict between nations and to create an international treaty that all countries that have drones must sign. The treaty will set up legal way to use drones.

1. Until the treaty is completed UNFLIED proposes for the Security Council to vote on a moratorium -until rules/treaty are established.
2. Certain principles that will be included in the treaty will be the use of the World Court to judge the merit of the petition by the country that wishes to use a drone in another country.  Before any decision is reached all persons will be assured due process in a court of law.  Countries will be required to submit petitions and present their case to the World Court in order to use a drone. The petition will include evidence that will present that states assertion that a drone strike is warranted.  Also the treaty will reinforce each country’s borders. Decisions by the World Court will be final.

1. UNFLIED will create investigative teams that will examine legal and illegal drone attacks and present evidence to the Security Council.

1. If the treaty is broken and drones are used illegally by any country the consequences will be decided by UNFLIED depending on the severity of the incident.

1. Funding for UNFLIED will be from an increase in United Nations dues of countries that possess drones of any type by 25%.

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Resolution GA-02 May 6

Re.:                             Orphaned Children of Belarus and Neighboring Countries

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Belarus

Date:                           May 6, 2014

Whereas Article 22, of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.”, 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

Shocked  there are  more than 25,000 orphans and vulnerable children growing up without parental care in Belarus, and  100,000 orphans living in 450 orphanages in Ukraine, and

Understanding that baby abandonment in Belarus is largely a result of poverty, family breakdown, an inability to cope with disabilities, young mothers and parental neglect through alcoholism. In Ukraine 60% of the mothers got pregnant by prostitution, and

Realizing that baby institutions are often overcrowded, clinical environments which work on regimented routines. Infants can be starved of interaction and stimulation, leading to serious physical, physiological and social consequences. Studies show how every 2.6 months spent in an institution before the age of three stunts a child’s growth by one month and significantly lowers their IQ levels. Provided they are placed in a family environment before the age of three, however, this damage can be undone within seven years, and

Shocked that a third (65%) of the babies abandoned to institutions are disabled, with parents who feel unable to provide palliative care because of financial constraints and a lack of social services’ support. 18% of orphans in Ukraine commit suicide before the age of 18, and

Amazed that rising alcohol abuse rates are also sighted as a major factor towards the country’s baby abandonment problems. Nearly 20 per cent of babies in institutions have been taken from their parents by the Child Protection Agency and a further eight per cent have been abandoned by mothers who have fallen pregnant at a young age,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The U.N. should create the program (OCOEE) Orphaned Children of Eastern Europe, which will give stable support to families in poverty.
2. The OCOEE will try to provide safe living conditions for the children in orphanages such as: clean water, food, clothing, entertainment, up to date shelter; Electricity, heating, and bedding.  There will be about 50 children per orphanage and there should be about 4 orphanages per each city depending. The program will last as long as needed and same as for the education.
3. The OCOEE will put together a fundamental program for disabled children who live in orphanages.
4. Every year, for ten years, each of the countries that are part of the UN, should pitch in and give money to the OCOEE and the goal is $50,000 a year with all the money combined.
5. The OCOEE with put together an education program, when hired teachers will come to the orphanages each week and teach the students for 5 hours a day and 21 a class.  Each teacher will be paid depending on the orphanage.
6. OCEE with provide money for building new orphanages and will pay each worker the same, so they can support their family.
7. Each year trained inspectors will come and inspect the buildings to make sure that they are safe to live in.
   

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Resolution GA-03 May 6

Re.:                             Human Trafficking in East Africa

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Kenya, Ethiopia

Date:                           May 6, 2014

Whereas Article 4 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”, 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 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

Dismayed Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia do not meet standards for U.S. State Departments guidelines for stopping and preventing human trafficking, and

Realizing children are being exploited to prostitution, slavery, domestic services, agriculture, street vending, & begging, and

Shocked that parents are pushing their own children into prostitution in coastal areas to receive payments from human traffickers, and

Fully aware that if the governments of East Africa do not start to comply with international standards in regard to human trafficking it will continue to worsen and expand to other countries in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, and

Deeply saddened in one study by International Labor Organization (ILO) found that 35 percent of the working children in Kenya would like to go to school but cannot. Therefore continuing the cycle of poverty, and

Alarmed that an estimated 12,000 to 18,000 children are enslaved in prostitution in Kenya alone,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations create a program called Stop Human Trafficking in East Africa (SHEAT) that will emphasize help with people in Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
2. SHEAT will create awareness campaigns in East Africa and countries that have a high percentage of tourists that are caught contributing to child prostitution.
3. SHEAT will promote consumers to be a conscientious consumer by creating a website for consumers to check their slavery footprint.  SHEAT will encourage companies to investigate and eliminate slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains and to publish the information for consumer awareness.
4. SHEAT will identify the city with the worst human trafficking in each country listed.  In each city SHEAT will build a rehabilitation center, an education facility, an international adoption service and investigative police to target human traffickers.
5. SHEAT will adopt the Trafficking Victims Protection Act standards to measure whether a country is cooperating and enforcing international human trafficking laws.
6. For countries that cooperate and enforce the law, SHEAT will negotiate up to 25% of their debt to be forgiven and an increase in UN assistance to create sustainable energy developments within that country up to a 25%  increase up to $30 million per country for a maximum of .$400 million.
7. The cost per school and rehabilitation in an average city in East Africa will $5000 per child per year for education, medical and psychological services.  The goal is to serve 1000 children for a cost of $5 million dollars per city in each of the 13 countries. Total of $65 million.
8. SHEAT investigative teams and support for national police in East Africa to reduce human trafficking will receive up to $80 million per year.
9. SHEAT will be funded by an increase by $.50 on each airplane ticket.  Based on estimated 3 million airline passengers a day will raise close to $550 million.  Estimated cost of the program $545 million.
10. Every 3 years, the program will be evaluated and adjusted to accomplish its goals.

 

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Resolution GA-04 May 6

Re.:                             The Right to Nuclear Energy

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           North Korea

Date:                           May 6, 2014

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 17, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.”, and

Whereas Article 17, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.”, and

Realized that nuclear energy will save us money and lower operating costs, and

Alarmed that other countries have the right to nuclear energy while we and others do not, and

Understanding that the energy will lower carbon dioxide released into the air, and

Concerned that climate change may continue to worsen without cleaner nuclear plants, and

Keeping in mind that power plants need less fuel so with natural disasters, you are less vulnerable to power shortages, and

Keeping in mind that nuclear power plants are one of the safest methods of energy,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) shall assist North Korea in developing Nuclear Energy Plants around the country.  We will have one power plant outside of main capital, Pyongyang, and one outside of major city, Sariwon.

1. If this program is successful, it could be expanded to other countries including Venezuela, Syria, China, and Ethiopia.
2. We will ask the UNDP to guarantee loans to build multiple power plants around North Korea. A typical plant costs around $500,000 million. We will pay back the UN with a low interest rate.

1. A typical power plant covers approximately 893,000 homes. We can use this to power homes, schools, and public buildings.

1. We can also focus on Venezuela, who currently is facing power outages across cities. We will be able to add some plants there too.

 

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Resolution GA-05 May 6

Re.:                             Response to Natural Disasters around the world

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:           Philippines

Date:                           May 6, 2014

Whereas Article 22, of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.”, 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 the Philippines have had 15 hurricanes 1063 people are killed due to natural disasters typhoons in 2011 and 2013, and

Fully aware that since 1990, natural disasters have affected about 217 million people every year, and

Deeply concerned there were three times as many natural disasters between 2000 to 2009 compared to the amount between 1980 and 1989. A vast majority (80%) of this growth is due to climate-related events, and

Fully aware that development of a Global Early Warning System for natural disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes, floods could save countless lives, and

Realizing that Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is a major mental illness of disaster victims. Many survivors of a disaster have two life-changing experiences. First, they endure the trauma itself. Then, they may face ongoing disorder in their day-to-day lives, and

Shocked:

averages from 1980-2010:

number of events: 363

number of people killed: 32,956

average people killed per year: 1,063

number of people affected: 116,212,416

average affected per year: 3,748,788

economic damage (US$ x 1,000): 7,417,145

economic damage per year (US$ x 1,000): 239,263

Dismayed that millions of dollars are lost in fraud and corruption after natural disasters in all countries, and

Recognizing that early response, clean water and sanitation systems, and preventing overcrowding after the disaster can reduce the loss of life due to communicable diseases tremendously,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will set up a program called DRES, Disaster Response Emergency Services.  Its purpose is to decrease response time to natural disasters by coordinating efforts in order to prevent unnecessary deaths after a natural disaster, and to help rebuild and rehabilitate the country and its people.

1. DRES will partner with several non – governmental agencies (NGO) Global Red Cross agency, Doctors Without Borders (physical and psychological needs, H2O For Life (water), Habitat for humanity (rebuilding), UNAID & USAID (food), the air force and navy’s (Transportation) of the world including U.S., UK, Russia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, South Africa, Australia, and Japan to carry out the plan of action for disaster relief.

1. DRES to set up a group to study and design disaster relief plans for the most dangerous threat in each region. The regions would include Oceania, South Pacific, North Pacific, Indian Ocean, Caribbean, Mediterranean, North America, South America, Africa, Indian sub-continent, China, Middle East and Europe. They will put into place best practices so that those who survived the initial natural disaster will have a better life from previous disasters.

1. Each region will present their plans to the General Assembly for review, edit/repair and approval.

1. Funding for DRES will be just for the committee and the planning committees of each region.  The funding for each region’s plan will be decided by that regions committee to be approved by General Assembly only after each plan is approved. In addition the UN will give grants to universities in each region to develop early warning detection systems for their region’s specific needs totaling 20 million. An independent auditor will track spending and report to the General Assembly on their findings every 2 years.

1. Funding for the setup of DRES and research and development of an early warning system can be achieved by raising the dues of the top 20 paying countries by 1.5%.  This would raise over $40 million.

1. The program will be reevaluated after a 10 year period.  However after each natural disaster in the region the committee will evaluate its plan and adjust accordingly.