Here are the resolutions for the April 28, 2015 Middle School Model United Nations General Assembly. Student delegates from Christ Prince of Peace and St. Margaret of Scotland will be discussing these resolutions.
(Resolutions for this date are still being narrowed down, updates will be coming soon!)
| Resolution Number/Status | Submitted by: | Topic: |
|---|---|---|
| GA-01 Submitted | Ukraine Christ Prince of Peace | War in Ukraine |
| GA-02 Submitted | Hungary St. Margaret of Scotland | Air Poising Caused by Lead in Romania and Ukraine |
| GA-03 Submitted | Kenya Christ Prince of Peace | Malaria Prevention in Africa |
| GA-04 Submitted | Liberia St. Margaret of Scotland | Refugees in Liberia |
| GA-05 Submitted | Djibouti Christ Prince of Peace | Djibouti Water Crisis |
| GA-06 | St. Margaret of Scotland |
Resolution GA-01 April 28
Re.: War in Ukraine
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ukraine
Date: April 28, 2015
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 21, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.”, 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
Scared that the U.N. estimates that the war has killed more than 6,000 and displaced almost 1.8 million people, and
Worried that the people will not be safe in their own homes, and
Terrified people will die because of disease spread through the war, and
Recently Informed that Ukraine, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States made an agreement to keep each other safe, and although Russia broke the promise, the United States and United Kingdom are still loyal to this agreement, and
Nervous that if the United Kingdom and the United States break their promise of keeping Ukraine safe, the Ukrainian government COULD anger and retaliate, and
Frightened that possible Ukraine’s retaliation against the United Kingdom and the United States could result in a war, affecting the whole world,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- We are asking that the United Nations to send rebuilding supplies and medicine to the people so we can rebuild homes and take care of the people. We also ask that the United Nations send in more peacekeepers because we believe that UN peacekeepers could be the key to stopping the harsh fighting.
- To get the money we need for this job we would like to ask that the UN raises the top ten paying countries’ dues by 1.5%. This amount is totaled to $28,925,361 and the needed amount of money we need for this whole project [both committees] would be around $29 million. $10,125,361 will go towards rebuilding supplies such as tools, workers, saws, roofing, insulation, etc. With these rebuilding supplies, we plan to rebuild small damaged schools and other various damaged Ukrainian buildings. We will also need this money for about fifty specialized physicians, first aid kits, and different medicines to aid those fighting and the people affected by the fighting still living in Ukraine. Ukraine has about 160,000 physicians as of the last counting, so many doctors will not be needed. With the remaining $18.8 million, we are planning on building on twenty four apartment buildings which would provide more homes for Ukrainians than building houses. The $18.8 million dollars would go towards insulation, wood, tools, and other building supplies for the apartment buildings. The apartments will be three stories tall, well built, and affordable for the citizens of Ukraine. The peacekeeping efforts is an already funded project by the UN, so it will not need to be funded.
- The name we would give to this program to send in medicine and renovation supplies would be called The Ukrainian Rebuilding Process. Stop the Fighting in Ukraine will be the committee devoted to sending peacekeepers as needed, and Stop the Fighting in Ukraine would also overlook the country to make sure it is peaceful.
- The sending in of peacekeepers and could last for up to two years depending on Russia and Ukraine making an agreement. Currently, Russia and Ukraine are in talks of ceasefire, but nothing has been finalized. We do know that Russia is willing to discuss a ceasefire though, and that is a good sign. On the bad side, we do not know if they will come to agreement at all. The timeline for The Ukrainian Rebuilding Process is up to five years. The rebuilding process will not start until then, if we get enough healthcare and renovation supplies, the process will be stopped.
- Although our problem is very specific, if we are successful, we are willing to allow other countries to use our template to stop their own country’s problem. Any country who is in an awful war or any country who needs a format of how to earn money to aid their citizens, could use our plan if they want.
Resolution GA-02 April 28
Re.: Air Poising Caused by Lead in Romania and Ukraine
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Hungary
Date: April 28, 2015
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
Appalled that Romanian and Ukrainian people’s blood levels have been measured with 10.5 lead levels in their blood, and
Shocked that 1 million people die of lead poising in Romania and Ukraine every two years, and
Dismayed that major lead levels in the air are created by motor vehicles, in drinking water, or in metals processing, and
Realizing that lead poisoning can lead to poising in drinking water, contaminated food, and contaminated soil and dust.
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The UN will begin a program called Lead Poising Prevention (LPP) which will focus on Romania and Ukraine. (Two nations with high levels of lead poison.)
- LPP will work with NCSU (Nuclear Engineers) who focus on decreasing lead levels in people.
- LPP will train a group of doctors to go to Romania and Ukraine and set up medical centers where lead poisoning will be dealt with in a safe and healthy matter. Citizens will come to routine checkups at these centers.
- If lead poising is found in a subject then the person will be treated by doctors who are multilingual transferred from supporting Model UN countries to Romania and Ukraine.
- To create the LPP and centers, we request that the 10 nations that pay the most amounts of dues will pay 1% more in dues every year which will be $19,283,574. This includes the cost of medications. 157,416 people could be treated with this quantity of medication. People will be treated with Edetic acid or ADTA which will cost $18,890,000. The centers will be hospitals and will cost $20,000 for 10 mobile/portable hospitals that cost $2,000 stationed in all of Romania and Ukraine’s biggest cities. The hospitals are four tents connected in the middle. They have platform floors and separated rooms for contaminated patients. The money for hospitals will also come from the 10 nations that pay the most amount of dues that are raised by 1%.
- To cut down on exposure to lead, LPP will go to residences and test faucets for lead poisoning.
- Lead Poisoning Prevention will last for five years. If after these five years the measures of lead poising in people’s blood lowers to 9.5 lead levels in their blood, it can be renewed for 2 more years.
Resolution GA-03 April 28
Re.: Malaria Prevention in Africa
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Kenya
Date: April 28, 2015
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
Article 25 relates to Kenyan people because Malaria is caused by a mosquito bite that people get if they don’t receive proper shelter and water, therefore people have a higher chance and are at higher risk if they don’t relate to this article, and
Appalled that every thirty seconds an African child dies in from Malaria. This means that 2880 children die each day from malaria and about 1 million African children alone die from the malaria, and
Shocked that 25 million out of the 34 million Kenyans are at risk of malaria and that an estimated 3.3 billion people worldwide are at risk for the Malaria infection sometime this year. This is almost half of the world’s population that is at risk in 106 countries and territories, and
Dismayed that this highly preventable disease has killed millions due to the lack of sufficient medical care, and
Realizing that the economic cost of malaria costs an estimate of about 12 billion dollars each year in Africa, and
Discovering that 90% of the malaria caused deaths are in African countries, and
Keeping in Mind that Malaria is an often ignored—though no less serious—disease, which kills more Kenyans than any other communicable disease. Fever, headache, muscle ache, chills, fatigue, and vomiting are symptoms that usually appear 7 to 15 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito, but can appear up to a year after being bitten, and
Concerned that the United States counts on about 24 physicians per 10,000 people, and Kenya has just one doctor per 10,000 residents, a ratio that is below average for the African region, and
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Action Plan:
- Start an organization called the United Nations Malaria Prevention Committee (UNMPC)
- Start a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Send doctors from the Red Cross and bed nets to malaria ridden areas
- Set up mobile clinics, where people can easily be diagnosed and treated for multiple diseases, such as Yellow fever, polio, Rabies, Meningitis, Hepatitis B and A, Typhoid, and Malaria
- In addition, send workers to help clean water supplies, where malaria infected mosquitoes breed
- We like to set up at least 20 mobile clinics, and send 100 doctors (5 for each mobile clinic.)
- These will be sent to the top four countries with the highest numbers of malaria caused deaths. These countries are Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso
- Funding and Costs
- It will cost about $614,100 to pay for the ambulances and minivans
- It will cost about $3,000,000 to pay for bed nets for 860,000 people
- It will cost about $4,000,000 to pay for about 8,340 emergency medical kits
- We will use the remaining $2,000,000 to pay for doctors and other important resources.
- Ask for a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help with funding for malaria prevention
- Raise the dues for the 10 nations that will pay the highest amount of money by 0.5% (which will raise about $9,641,787 per year)
- Evaluation
- We would like to drop the number of malaria cases by 10%
- We would like to drop the number of malaria caused deaths by 5%
- Timeline
- We will see if these goals are accomplished in 5 years
- If they are accomplished, we will expand to the top six countries with highest number of malaria cases. These countries are Guinea, Botswana, Burundi, Zambia, Uganda and Malawi.
Resolution GA-04 April 28
Re.: Refugees in Liberia
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Liberia
Date: April 28, 2015
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 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
Appalled that adults and children refugees are in constant fear of being attacked or of suffering from one of the terrible diseases passing through Liberia, and
Shocked that hospitals in Liberia are not allowing locals to medical care they need because there is not enough room and supplies to use on the lower class, and
Dismayed that refugees with diseases and wounds who aren’t being treated are spreading plague across Liberia and later to other countries because of the unsanitary living standards, and
Realizing that if we don’t improve these Liberian refugee conditions soon, it will only get worse by the passing day and it won’t just affect Liberia, before long this problem will infiltrate other lives in neighboring countries, which could even spread to far away countries,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations will begin a program called Refuge for the Refugees (RFR) which will focus at first in these Liberian locations: Grand Gedeh, Maryland, Nimba, River Gee, and Montserrado.
- Our goal is to place RFR shelters where the refugees need them most to provide them with food, water, medical needs, shelter, and hope. The hospitals in Liberia are out of space and will not accept Liberian patients who desperately need the help. With the RFR program these neglected refugees will have access to their own needs.
- Volunteers will work to set up community shelters that will provide refugees in the area. RFR will spend approximately $400,000 on food and supplies for each refugee camp. Until the communities are stable enough to care for their own needs without the given support of RFR, refugees will be able to take however much supplies they need (to a given extend and it will be monitored.
- To get Refuge the Refugees started we request the UN raise dues on the top 20 wealthiest nations by 1%. This will give us $19,283,574. The UN will also post funding donation stations in local cities in the top 3 wealthiest countries. We need to raise $20,000,000 during the process of RFR. This money needs to last during the whole entire time period.
- Refuge the Refugees will last for 3 years. When this time has ended the UN will send a volunteer team of medics to refugee towns (as shown in 1.). If the population has steady number and the mortality rate has not gone up more than 15% the program will be spread to other countries with refugee problems.
Resolution GA-05 April 28
Re.: Djibouti Water Crisis
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Djibouti
Date: April 28, 2015
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 24 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.”, 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
Shocked that only 22% of people in Djibouti have safe, clean drinking water, and
Realizing that first world countries take showers and have safe clean drinking water at their fingertips and people in our poor countries can’t even get a cup of water or be able to take a shower daily, or even weekly.
Keeping in mind that we live on $1-3 a day and we should be able to have fresh water, and
Fully Aware that women and children may have to walk 23km (14 miles) to get to a small source of water, and
Whereas we are going to help Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda. We will help them get clean water. We will ask Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Qatar, Denmark, Australia, Kuwait, Sweden, and Switzerland for a 0.5% rise in dues, and
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- We are going to ask Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Qatar, Switzerland, Denmark, Australia, Kuwait, and Sweden to raise their dues by 0.5%.
- By asking all of those countries we will make $9,641,787.
- With that money we will build 1500 wells 100 feet deep would cost us $1,800,000, and we will still have $7,841,787. To get the amount we multiplied $12 per foot to build x 100 feet deep = $1200 so we multiplied $1200 x 1500 wells which is $1,800,000.
- After about 5 years if it helps, we will expand and provide water to other surrounding countries using the same technique, wells.
- More than 500,000 children die each year, because they drink diseased water. We will help those kids by giving them water purification tablets.
- We are asking the UN for construction workers to help us build the wells.
- We will pay construction workers $5 an hour, and some will be partly volunteer.
- The wells will supply to 75-100 people each day, but that will not be the only well they have access too because the wells will not be too far apart so if one well dries out they still have a backup well not too far away.
Expenses and money $$
- 7 cents provides 50 kids with clean water. That would cost $35 to give 500 kids.
- 5,000 water purification tablets would be $3,000 to treat 5 gallons of water each. ( so we would have 25,000 gallons of clean water) You can only use the water purification tablet once but it treats 5 gallons of water.
- To supply 31,500 families with basic water kits it would cost $441,500 (they are an estimated 4-5 people per family.)
- As we said above, we will be asking those 10 countries to raise their dues by 0.5%. Djibouti cannot pay to have clean water and wells on their own because they don’t have enough money.
Djibouti Resolution by Ella Bacharier, Grayson Suntrup, and Malia Nance. Sponsored by the United Nations. We hope that you can help countries such as ours to have clean, accessible water around the world. Thank you, from Djibouti delegates.
