Model UN General Assembly April 8, 2015

Here are the resolutions for the April 8, 2015 Middle School Model United Nations General Assembly. Student delegates from John Burroughs Middle School and Hixson Middle will be discussing these resolutions.

Resolution Number	Submitted by:	Topic:
GA-01 Submitted	Thailand John Burroughs	Animal Trafficking and Abuse in Southeast Asia
GA-02 Submitted	France, Kenya, North Korea Hixson Middle	Islamic State Recruiting Westerners
GA-03 Submitted	Tanzania John Burroughs	Rural Poverty Among Women in Kenya and Tanzania
GA-04 Submitted	Argentina, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Venezuela Hixson Middle	Child Labor in Burkina Faso
GA-05	John Burroughs	Illegal Immigration in Western Europe
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Resolution GA-01 April 08

Re.:                             Animal Trafficking and Abuse in Southeast Asia

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Thailand

Date:                           April 08, 2015

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 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

Reminding that the extinction of any species, and their removal from the worldwide ecosystem, results in loss of food for humans, and lack of pollination to plants that medicine for humans is derived from, increase of diseases that could be spread to humans, and loss of jobs for humans that worked to catch extinct species, and

Fully aware that between 1945 and 1975, forest cover in Thailand declined from 61% to 34% of the country’s land area, destroying habitats for animals, making them both homeless, without a food source, and easier to catch, and

Appalled that more than 550 species in Thailand are extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable, and

Deeply concerned that elephants are ripped from their mothers and confined in a very small space (a cage or whole in the ground), then beaten into submission with clubs, pierced with sharp bullhooks, and simultaneously starved and deprived of sleep for many days; and that because of this process, called Phajaan, and loss of habitat, experts believe there are now less than 2,000 wild elephants in Thailand, and

Alarmed by the estimated 200,000 dogs per year are illegally smuggled from Northeast Thailand into Laos, and driven across Laos to Vietnam where they are slaughtered for dog meat, and

Emphasizing that Thailand has shown it is serious in facing the issue, having passed laws to punish animal traffickers, and saved 46,000 animals from traffickers from 2011 to 2013, but does not have enough wildlife centers to support the diverse shelters, food, or medicinal needs of these animals,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. Condemns animal trafficking and torture in all forms in all countries, especially Southeast Asia, where it is rampant.
2. Authorizes and organizes the Southeast Asia Animal Trafficking Prevention Committee (SAATPC), made up ten appointees who will travel the nations of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam (which make up the region of Southeast Asia), purely dedicated to detecting and ending animal trafficking and abuse, by catching traffickers and encouraging countries to adopt legislation combating animal trafficking.
   1. SAATPC inspectors will be United Nations staff members, who are already paid an existing salary. Expenses for the inspectors’ travel and other activities done on behalf of the committee will be paid from the United Nations administrative activities and special expenses budget.
3. Authorizes the SAATPC to search for those who traffic, neglect, or abuse animals.
   1. When traffickers are found, the government of the nation they are located in will be alerted.
   2. If the nation’s laws allow, the animals will be confiscated and placed in the nearest International Wildlife Center, where they can be cared for and fed, and kept until they are able to be released back into a natural habitat.
   3. The SAATPC will suggest the government of the nation the trafficker is located in fine the offender a sum of money determined by an animal treatment fining system established by the SAATPC, which takes into account the treatment of the animals, endanger-level of the animals, and other considerations.
   4. If any law within a nation was broken, the trafficker will be taken by the SAATPC to national authorities.
4. Authorizes the SAATPC to impose economic sanctions on countries where in one year, SAATPC inspectors find 5,000 trafficked and abused animals not rescued by the government of the nation.
5. Authorizes the Southeast Asia Wildlife Center Fund (SAWCF) to fund the construction of at least ten wildlife centers across the region, and more as needed. These centers will be funded by sanctions against countries collected by the SAATPC, and will shelter animals saved by SAATPC inspectors and the governments of Southeast Asian countries before they are allowed to be released back into the wild. SAWCF will only construct centers in countries that have saved at least 10,000 trafficked animals in two years.
6. If SAATPC is deemed to be successful after two years in protecting trafficked animals and punishing traffickers, the program may be expanded to other regions of concern for animal trafficking.
7. SAWCF will also be expanded to the same region(s) as SAATPC, with the same criteria for deciding where wildlife centers will be constructed and the same funding mechanism for constructing the centers.
   

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Resolution GA-02 April 08

Re.:                             Islamic State Recruiting Westerners

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            France, Kenya, North Korea

Date:                           April 08, 2015

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 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 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 18 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion of belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”, and

Concerned that 1,000 foreigners a month join ISIS–over 20,000 since February of this year, and

Appalled that the Islamic State has the ability to lure people from over 80 western countries to join their forces, and

Horrified that ISIS has beheaded journalists, and

Opposed to the fact that ISIS thinks they can establish an entire Islamic State as its own country, and

Frustrated that ISIS is encouraging lone wolf attacks in the USA in a recent list of 100 American military personnel, and

Conscious that many crimes have occurred in the name of ISIS and inspired by ISIS, and

Aware that ISIS controls over 35,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria, and

Scared that only 25,000-30,000 people can cause so much global terror and damage, and

Discouraged that the girls who join ISIS and are forced into marriage with ISIS fighters will possibly end up being sexually abused/hurt/killed,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The U.N. will create a program called Stop ISIS Now (SIN) to help educate the youth in western countries about the terrors of ISIS.
2. SIN will go into the schools of countries where the largest numbers of people have recently joined ISIS and educate people about the atrocities that ISIS has committed by showing them statistics of what ISIS has done and also explain what life is like in Iraq and Syria under ISIS control.
3. SIN will use social media to promote a second option to joining ISIS by appealing to young adults who want adventure.  An option will be to report to various parts of nearby ISIS territories to train as peacekeepers instead of joining the terrorist group.
4. Lone wolf attacks in the name of ISIS anywhere in the world will be highly publicized through the Internet and news/magazines as a horrible, weak way to help any organization.
5. SIN will encourage Muslim equality in all nations through social media advertising and awareness campaigns in print and international news programs.
6. In bordering countries to Syria and Iraq, especially Turkey, ALL people will be closely screened before being allowed to enter Syria and Iraq through increased security in airports.
7. SIN will constantly monitor social media to cut off any social media accounts owned by ISIS followers by hiring trained hackers who spend all of their working hours, in three shifts of eight hours daily.
8. SIN will make attempts to prevent women from marrying ISIS fighters by highlighting the atrocities committed by ISIS all over the Internet, focusing first on Syria and Iraq and neighboring countries.  There will also be a door-to-door campaign organized in countries with the highest recent ISIS joiners to educate people face-to-face about the dangers of joining ISIS to marry one of them.
9. ISIS sells oil 75% off the average global price.  Countries buying oil will be closely monitored and if they buy from ISIS, they will be fined by SIN to help fund the efforts to stop ISIS.
10. The U.N. will ask for immediate dues increases from those countries who have been affected by an ISIS atrocity such as the beheading of a journalist.

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Resolution GA-03 April 08

Re.:                             Rural Poverty Among Women in Kenya and Tanzania

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Tanzania

Date:                           April 08, 2015

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 2 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”, and

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 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 21, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.”, and

Appalled that women are denied the right to own land under the Land Tenure Rights Act but make up 80% of Kenya’s farmers, and

Shocked in 2012 a woman working in Kenya earned $.82 for every $1.00 a man earned on farms, and

Dismayed That woman cannot get loans for farming, therefore are forced to reuse seeds and are not capable of purchasing new crops, and

Realizing that since women do not own their land, usually their husbands do, they are not entitled to title deeds, therefore women cannot get loans to buy new equipment or hire help. Because of this, women are reduced to small-scale farming,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called African Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) which will focus on land ownership and agricultural support for women in Kenya and Tanzania.

2. AWE will work with women farmers to provide funding for land, seeds, tools, and livestock and will promote the creation of small cottage industries that will further improve their income and employment. Cottage industries will utilize the natural and agricultural resources of the region that would provide the basic materials for creating native crafts.

3. AWE will work with specific farmers to develop agricultural cooperatives whose members share in the agricultural benefits and profits for their labor. These cooperatives will strive to improve productivity and crop yields that not only meet the nutritional needs of the region but also will provide a surplus for marketing.

4. AWE will provide programs that focus on sustainable agricultural techniques that protect the environment, including the water resources and soil, and recognize the unique features of the terrain and climate.

5. AWE will operate this program for 5 years, during which the overall productivity will be charted and evaluated. If this program has achieved its major objective, this program will be expanded to another rural areas in Kenya, Tanzania, and Eastern Africa.

6. To create the AWE we request that the United Nations raise the dues by 0.1% for the top 20 richest member countries. The AWE requests funding of arable farm land, an agricultural center where specialists in grain and livestock farming will be located and train women, and seeds, tools, and livestock that will initially begin the program. The AWE requests $900,000 from the UN with additional financial funding through private centers. The AWE will also appeal to the Carter Center in partnership with Emory University to contribute to the economic needs of women in these countries.

 

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Resolution GA-04 April 08

Re.:                             Child Labor in Burkina Faso

Submitted to:             General Assembly

Submitted by:            Argentina, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Venezuela

Date:                           April 08, 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 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 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 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 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

Deeply Concerned that children from three to fourteen years old, despite the minimum working age of sixteen, are working alone in gold mines, handling mercury with their bare hands, breathing in gold dust, going underground with unstable support systems, washing in contaminated water, and

Appalled that over two million children are working in Burkina Faso, and many of them work in gold mines, which are especially dangerous and can lead  to major injuries and/or possibly death, and

Dismayed that child labor is against the law in Burkina Faso, yet enforcement is lacking, allowing the atrocious situation to continue, and

Shocked that only 41.9% of children in Burkina Faso, years 5-14 are in school. Another 42.1% of children 5-14 are working, depriving them of an education due to child labor in gold mines and granite quarries, and

Aware that as many as 10,000 children work for as little as $2 a day, and

Stunned that nearly 50% of small-scale mine workers are children, and

Distressed that families are not aware of the dangers of mercury and other mining conditions,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will begin a program called ABC (Aiding Burkina Faso Children), and the plan will go on for five years. If successful, ABC will add another country where child labor in gold mines is occurring.

2. ABC, with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO), will post medical professionals at the gold mines to aid those who are sick and injured.

3. Materials and supplies such as gloves, face masks, safety glasses, and safety tools will be provided to children to lower the risk of harm until they can be removed from the work environment.

4. A mine specialist will be hired to train locals on how to make mine shafts larger and more stable so adults can take over the mining work.  People will also be trained to use techniques that do not require mercury to remove the gold from ore.  There are much safer ways to do separate the gold and ore.

5. ABC will increase the number of labor inspectors and enforcement officers and provide them with resources and connections to reduce child labor.

6. ABC will provide education by building schools and improving existing schools in Burkina Faso for the children they save from the harsh work conditions of the mines.

7. ABC will provide supplies for the poor so the children don’t have to work to help families.

8. ABC will publicly show the horrible situations of the children working in Burkina Faso’s gold mines and the negative consequences, to help lower the number of laboring children.  The dangers of mercury poisoning will be highlighted.

9. ABC will join with the MOL (Ministry of Civil Service, Labor, and Social Security) which works to enforce labor laws, including child labor laws. ABC will also connect with the MSA (Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity) whose role is to provide child protection services. Another company ABC can work with is the Ministry of Security’s Morals Brigade of the National Police which “enforces criminal laws related to the worst forms of child labor, including investigations into the commercial sexual exploitation of children, trafficking, child labor, and drug-related crimes.”

10. ABC will help work in coordination with NCC (National Council of Churches), UNICEF and Hope and Homes for Children and Tulane University.

11. ABC will raise money by being sponsored by youtubers and other social media users who will help spread awareness and ask for donations. We will ask major companies to sponsor us. We will also ask people through advertising worldwide to donate money for ABC.  We will encourage doctors worldwide to ask their patients to donate two dollars every month towards ABC.