Here are the resolutions for the April 8, 2016 Middle School Model United Nations General Assembly. Student delegates from Christ Prince of Peace and Remington Middle will be discussing these resolutions.

Resolution Number/Status	Submitted by:	Topic:
GA-01 SUBMITTED	France Remington Traditional	Animal Testing
GA-02	Afghanistan Christ Prince of Peace	Infant Mortality Rate in Afghanistan
GA-03 SUBMITTED	Costa Rica Remington Traditional	Hunger in Liberia, Africa and Sierra Leone, Africa
GA-04	Italy Christ Prince of Peace	Toxic Waste Cleanup: Cleaning of Water
GA-05 SUBMITTED	Guatemala Remington Traditional	Making Health Care Available in Ethiopia, Mali, and Liberia
GA-06	Guatemala Christ Prince of Peace	Food Shortage in Guatemala

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Resolution GA-01 April 8

Camilla Wilkerson

Re.:                             Animal Testing

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            France

Date:                           April 8, 2016

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

Ashamed that there are at least 115 million animals used in experimenting worldwide, and

Keeping in mind that the UDHR does not specifically target the well-being of animals although they are a big part of the human world and the human race may not be able to survive without them, and

Recognizing that almost 90% of animals in labs are not counted in official statistics, and

Taking into consideration over 1 million animals in the United States alone have been used for testing, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. Create UNATA (The United Nations Animal Testing Alternatives), is a program that pays companies to surrender their animals in exchange for a monetary incentive. This program will operate in France and the United Kingdom due to these being the highest animal-testing countries.
2. The program is seeking $13.9 million and will raise dues by 6.5% for the 10 wealthiest nations.
3. The money will be used to fund monetary incentives for the animals, the cost of warehouses, cages, food, and employee salaries. The program will also rehome the healthy animals and place them up for adoption with no set adoption fee but rather a donation to help pay for more food. The rest will live out their lives under humane conditions. The program will operate for 3 years.
4. If the program is successful, it will expand to the United States and Japan for another 3 years.
   

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Resolution GA-02 April 8

 

Re.:                             Infant Mortality Rate in Afghanistan

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Afghanistan

Date:                           April 8, 2016

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 16 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage, and at its dissolution.”, and

Whereas Article 16 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.”, and

Whereas Article 16 section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the state.”, 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

Scared of the lack of medical attention in Afghanistan. Afghanistan needs varieties of medical assistance from proper equipment to a clean and sanitary recovery room, and

Appalled that these Afghan women have to endure these horrible conditions in order to deliver a healthy baby. The children of Afghanistan suffer from malnutrition, lack of proper medical attention and continuous health problems, and

Dismayed that the President of Afghanistan hasn’t brought any attention to this issue. Afghanistan has many problems to deal with, from fear of the Taliban to houses that are not clean or safe for their families. Hopefully this action will make a difference in Afghanistan and encourage the people to take action, and

Realizing that it will take time, effort, money, and dedication to complete this project and to help the people of Afghanistan. With our plan, we hope to assist them as soon as possible, and

Discovering that Afghanistan has a high infant mortality rate. This leads to many children being deprived of the life they deserve, and only insures the sad and inevitable outcome,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The United Nations will start an organization called Infant Mortality Prevention (IMP) which will focus on setting up portable tents in the areas of Afghanistan, and IMP will help deliver and take care of babies born to single mothers. It’s hard to raise a baby all on your own, so IMP will keep the child well fed and make sure that the child is given the proper medications to survive. When the babies reach two months old, we will get the chance to vaccinate the child with the proper vaccines and medications vital to survival and we will team up with The Merck Foundation who provides free vaccination with no additional costs. We hope these vaccines will prevent babies from obtaining serious illnesses. We will keep the babies in care until the mother is sure she can handle the baby herself.
2. We are asking that the United Nations help us build ten thousand health care tents in Kabul, the most populated city in the country. With any extra supplies will go to the next populated city, Kandahar. The tents will shelter single mothers and their kids before they give birth and after they gave birth. We have estimated that we will need 10,000 hospital tents at a total cost of $6,000,000. Each tent will include equipment, food, essentials, a cot for the patient, a crib for the baby, and a number of medical care helpers in each tent (depending on the patient and what stage of birth they are at). The cots for the patients will cost a total of $10,995,000. Our mission is to help keep Afghan newborns safe and healthy to help reduce the infant mortality rate. The tents will then be set up by volunteers of Afghanistan. We are asking the U.N for Troops, for protection of the women against Isis and the Taliban. We will need money to build portable tents, and we need to pay the doctors and nurses that help deliver and take care of the babies. Our estimated salary cost for 11,000 nurses from the top 12 hospitals is $220,000,000 a year and the nurses will be paid approximately $385 a week. Also, the nurses will have shelters to sleep in. The total cost for the tents the nurses will be staying in is $2.7 million, and the total cost for the cots for the nurses is $13,194,000. Twenty-three nurses will be kept in each tent for any need the patient might have. We are hoping that this action of help will lower the infant mortality rate in Afghanistan.
3. We are also asking for $2,460,000 for food for the mothers and the nurses. We are providing food that includes tree nuts such as pecans, walnuts, almonds, and oats. We are also providing an additional partnership with Haiti that will provide us with the leftover varieties of food. All of the food we are providing is rich in vitamins, minerals, it can reduce the risk of heart disease, they can help lower cholesterol and is fresh. This food is also rich in protein and fiber, and they can be used as superfoods. Superfoods are very rich in vitamins and minerals. It would help a lot when trying to help these babies and mothers in need. We will be supplying the children and their mothers with peanuts and oats to keep them healthy and well fed. We then will be supplying 100 water pumps for the community. 80% of the people in Afghanistan lack access to safe drinking water, and 95% lack access to improved sanitation facilities. We are going to supply the children and their mothers with safe drinking water so their families can live a safe life. The total of the 100 water pumps will cost $50,000. With this money we know we can improve the lives of people and the sanitariness in water, because sanitary water is also helpful in a healthy life as a child or as a mother.
4. We are asking the U.N. to cover the shipment of materials to Afghanistan including food, medical equipment, tents, etc. We are also asking the U.N. to help us transport the nurses to Afghanistan using a U.N. plane. If our plan is successful in Afghanistan, we will expand it to the next four countries with the highest in infant mortality including, Mali, Somalia, Central African Republic, and Guinea­Bissau. If the plan continues to work within the other countries, we will gladly open our plan to all other countries that would want to participate.
5. Our short term plan is to have the tents up, food within the tents, nurses in Afghanistan, water pumps, and cots helping within one to two years. If successful, for our long term plan, we will start building the hospitals that assist only pregnant women. We plan to have all of the supplies over there and working in the next five to seven years. We are asking for 6 million dollars for 4 hospitals. The hospitals will provide a more comfortable environment. There will be at least 100 rooms with $10,000 worth of equipment inside such as monitors, instruments, and essentials for the newborns. Any equipment for the hospital will be brought over in a U.N cargo plane. We will pay the company JD Construction to build the hospital for $192 a week per person The total cost of the salary of the workers is $20,000,000 a year paying 2,000 workers. As a yearly salary, the workers will receive $10,000 ($192 a week). The construction workers will then be recruited from the U.S and taken to Afghanistan. They will stay in the tents provided from the previous nurses in our short term plan, and the nurses will have their own home by now. 400 doctors will be brought over from the United States, and they will each receive $40,000 a year. The money will go towards building materials like electrical outlets, wood, tools, and other supplies needed for the hospitals. We will be spending $4,000,000 of equipment for the 4 hospital.
6. We are asking that the United Nations raise the dues of the ten nations that pay the highest amount of dues by a total of 18% or 2.6% for the seven years of the project in order to help us pay for this project. Hopefully this will help make a difference in Afghanistan. Any extra money from raising the dues will be going to vaccines for the babies and the essentials for the workers. The vaccines we are using are the regular shots a child gets when they are born. We are trying to decrease the amount of infant mortality in Afghanistan. The total cost for our project is $301,399,000. We hope you will help us succeed in our plan so that we can help your country with our plan in the future.

 

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Resolution GA-03 April 8

Hansika Sakshi and Meredith Stroud

Re.:                             Hunger in Liberia, Africa and Sierra Leone, Africa

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Costa Rica

Date:                           April 8, 2016

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

Alarmed by the fact that 21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger related issues, and

Deeply concerned that 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to live a healthy life, and

Keeping in mind that poor nutrition causes 45% of deaths of children (3.1 million) under the age of 5, and

Recognizing that worldwide, 66 million primary-aged children go hungry, and

Ashamed that no other countries have taken a specific interest in solving this problem in Liberia,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The United Nations create the World Hunger Organization (WHO). The goal of this group would be to put an end to hunger in Liberia and Sierra Leone by teaching sustainable farming to locals.
2. The program will operate in Liberia and Sierra Leone because they are both one of the top 5 countries in the world suffering from hunger. The World Hunger Organization will train locals to efficiently grow and harvest rice and cassava.
3. We are seeking $27.2 million to fund WHO. We will get this money by increasing the dues by 13.5% of the 10 wealthiest countries.
4. The $27.2 million being requested to fund WHO will be used to pay farmers’ salaries, transportation, lodging, equipment, and plant seeds.
5. WHO will be operating for 3 years.
6. If the program does well, expansion to other countries in Africa such as Chad, Zambia, and Timor-Leste may be considered.

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Resolution GA-04 April 8

 

Re.:                             Toxic Waste Cleanup: Cleaning of Water

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Italy

Date:                           April 8, 2016

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

Alarmed that the poisoning of well water from toxic waste leads to “excessive” rates of tumors in newborn babies, and

Ashamed that nothing has been done to clean the toxic waste up, and

Deeply concerned that this has led to the contamination of underground wells, which irrigate farmland and those vegetables that are being poisoned provide for much of Italy’s center and south, and

Frightened by the fact that the Mafia is dumping toxic waste and slowly killing people through cancer, and

Recalling that 10 million tons of waste has been buried and burned in the last 20 years around Naples, and

Fully aware that over the years, police have hidden away dozens of fields because their irrigation wells contained lead, arsenic, and industrial solvent tetrachloride,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

Action Plan:

1. We plan on buying 3,000 different types of hazardous waste containers to store some of the toxic waste.
2. Since their water is so contaminated, we will provide them with 3,500 water kits while we’re cleaning the waste up and building the plant.
3. We will hire an experienced company to work on building this plant.
4. We plan on building a water treatment plant to make the water safe to drink. We are going to hire the Hazardous Waste Experts to help us clean the waste up. It would be a good idea to have the help of an experienced business while we clean up the toxic waste.
5. To prevent the Mafia from dumping anymore toxic waste we are going to start a police task force charged with stopping the dumping. We will train the task force and teach them how to monitor the toxic waste in the water.

Funding and Costs:

1. We are going to collect the money by raising the dues of the top 10 highest paying nations by 2.5%, that will give us $48,208,935.
2. To help Naples with water supply, we are going to donate 3,500 water kits to the people of Naples, that would cost $15,452,500. We know that the water kits will help the people and families.
3. We will have to purchase different types of containers for the various types of toxic waste. We also need secondary containers to capture leaks and spills from the primary containers. The containers will cost about $75 each. We will buy around 3,000 containers. That would cost $225,000.
4. We are going to build a water treatment plant which will clean the water around the clock. To start off we will hire a company to build the water treatment plant, this will cost us $18 million. First of all, to build the plant it will take around 3 years.
5. This company will continue to work at the treatment plant, and we will pay them

$30,000 a year per person. We will have two shifts for working the plant, 25 people per shift 50 in all. It will cost $4,500,000 to pay them, for the first 3 years.

6. We will also hire the Hazardous Waste Experts Company to help us in toxic waste removal. We figured that if we are dealing with toxic waste, we need people who are experienced and know what they are doing. We plan on doing 8 hour shifts. To pay the company we will use $9,000,000.
7. To train the task force we will use the remaining money from the dues, about $1,000,000.

Evaluation:

1. We would like to cut the percent of toxic waste around Naples in half in the next 5 years, and make the water safe for drinking again.
2. By doing this, we believe the number of toxic waste caused cancer and tumors will drop significantly.

Timeline:

1. In about 2 ½ ­ 3 years the water treatment plant will be built.
2. The training of the task force will take about 6 months to a year. After that they will be ready to seek out the Mafia and stop the dumping.
3. We plan for the cleanup to take about 3 years, by then most of the toxic waste will be gone and the water safe for drinking.

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Resolution GA-05 April 8

Mackenzie Voss, Jadyn Graves, and Van Grabner

Re.:                             Making Health Care Available in Ethiopia, Mali, and Liberia

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Guatemala

Date:                           April 8, 2016

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

Concerned that in Ethiopia, there is only one qualified doctor for every 35,000 people, and

Alarmed that in Mali, there is only one qualified doctor for every 10,000 people, and

Deeply concerned that 49.7% of the population in Liberia suffer from malaria, which is a preventable disease, and

Recognizing that the literacy rate in Ethiopia, Mali, and Liberia is fewer than 65%, which suggests that most people are not educationally qualified to diagnose and treat illnesses,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. The United Nations create the Vehicles And Nurses on the GO (VAN GO). The goal of this group would be to provide medical facilities and qualified doctors for the people of Ethiopia, Liberia, and Mali.
2. VAN GO will work to ensure that the people in these countries will have adequate health care and medical access by driving mobile hospitals throughout each country to places without permanent facilities.
3. To pay for VAN GO, we are requesting $57.5 million. We will acquire this money by raising dues for the 10 nations that pay the highest amount of dues by 2.9%.
4. The $57.5 million will be used to buy trucks, gas for trucks in all three countries, extra tires, medicines, vaccines, large and small bandages, other ambulance equipment, and salaries for doctors, drivers, and mechanics.
5. VAN GO will last for 5 years. After 5 years, if preventable deaths decreased by 25% the program can be renewed.
6. If the program is renewed, the next 3 countries with this problem (Tanzania, Niger, and Somalia) can be added to the program.

 

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Resolution GA-06 April 8

 

Re.:                             Food Shortage in Guatemala

Submitted to:            General Assembly

Submitted by:            Guatemala

Date:                           April 8, 2016

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 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 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

Worried that more than 70% of Guatemala’s population live in poverty, and

Nervous that 40% of Guatemala’s poverty population survive on 1 U.S. dollar a day, and

Frightened that nearly one-half of Guatemala’s children under age five are chronically malnourished, one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world, and

Recently Informed that poverty in Guatemala is higher than in other Central American countries, and is also generally deeper and more severe, and

Scared that due to higher fertility rates among the poor, 68% of children under the age of six and 63% of children under the age of 18 live below the poverty line, and

Terrified abuse of human rights is becoming an issue,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

 

1. We are asking the United Nations to send over 1,088,900 meals a day for the poor in Quiche for a 6 month period. Each person will get one meal a day. We also need 15 tents to give out the food from. They will come to one of the 15 tents to get 1 meal a day. These 15 tents will be spread throughout Quiche. About 3 tents will be around 1 of our 5 long term farms. To get people and volunteers to help with the tents and food we are parting with an organization called Freedom From Hunger. They will help bring over food, the tents, and helpers for each tent.
2. The cost for the meals is about $47,040,480 for 6 months. Each person will get a meal per day. It is about $0.24 for a person to have 1 meal a day. It cost $18,600 for 15 tents in Quiche. Like said above we are parting with freedom from hunger to help with getting helpers/volunteers and bringing food over. For the food and the tents it will cost about $47,059,080.
3. For long term we are going to build farms. We will build 5 farms in the area of Quiche. Each farm will be 15 acres. We will send over corn, rice, and wheat seeds for planting. We will send over 10 bags of fertilizer to each farm to help keep the soil fertile for planting. That is 50 bags of fertilizer total. We are going to put in irrigation systems for the crops. Each farm will have one “Valley 8000 7 Tower.” We will also send over livestock for the Guatemalans to herd, breed and eat. We will send over 25,000 corn seeds(5,000 corn seeds for each field), 1,000 pounds of rice seeds(200 pounds for each field), 1,000 pounds of wheat (200 pounds for each field), 75 pigs (15 pigs on each field), 50 cows and 30 bulls(10 cows per field and 6 bull per field), 50 sheep (10 sheep per field). We are supplying food for the animals until the farms grow in. When the farms grow in they will be fed on the remains of the crops.
4. It will cost $759.80 for all of the rice seed (200 lbs for each field). For corn seeds it will cost $87.50 (5,000 seeds for each field) It will cost $250.00(200 lbs for each farm) for all of the wheat seeds. To buy fertilizer it will cost $50 to give them each 10 bags. For the irrigation system one “Valley 8000 7 Tower” cost $30,000. For five of the irrigation systems it cost $150,000. We are going to part with the organization www.freedomfromhunger.org and they will fly over the seeds and the livestock. For all of the seeds, irrigation system, and the fertilizer it will be $152,454.80. They are also going to help us fly over workers to teach the Guatemalans how to farm. They will stay there for a month and then they will fly back. We will send over 10 farmers for each field, so 50 farmers in all. We will pay them $5000 for the whole month. For all the farmers together it will cost $250,000. To buy pigs, it will cost $7,500. It will cost $90,000 for cows and $105,000 for the bulls. For the sheep, it will cost $15,000. We are planning on putting 2 pens in each field. 1 for the bulls and cows and 1 for the sheep and pigs. It cost $1,000 for 1 pen. We need 10 pens for 2 at each field. In total for the pens it will cost $10,000. To feed the animals we will be buying a mixture of corn, soybeans, and hay. We are spending about $2,000 on corn, about $1,000 on soybeans and about $1,000 on hay. For all of the livestock and its equipment, it will cost $486,500. All together it cost $638,954.80 for everything on the farm.
5. To pay for all of this, we are parting with the organization freedomfromhunger.org. They are going to help bring over food and helpers. We are asking the United Nations to raise U.N. dues by 1.5% for the top 5 countries: Switzerland=$14,781,824 United Arab Australia=$29,281,282 Canada=$42,128,904 Austria=$29,281,282 Netherlands= $23,351,611. It should all equal about $109,543,621. We will be using a total of $47,698,034.80. We will use all of the rest of the money to expand or buy more supplies if an emergency happens.

6. Evaluation: In 5 months we are hoping to be feeding other parts of Guatemala. We will be spreading to other poor areas to feed the poor. After 2 years we hope to be feeding others all around Guatemala. They will be getting 1 meal a day. After 2 years we hope our 5 farms in Quiche will be fully grown in with Guatemalans working on them. We will slowly stop feeding Quiche as the farms will be feeding them and keeping them busy with a job. As we spread to other parts of Guatemala, we hope to be putting farms in just like Quiche. Again as the farms grow in other parts of Guatemala we will slowly stop feeding them. The farms will be feeding them and giving them a job to do as well. In 12 years we hope to have helped most of Guatemala, if not all. If this plan works we are planning on 1st spreading to poor areas in South and Central America. If all of that turns out well we will slowly then be going to other poor parts in the world on all the other continents, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America.