Here are the resolutions for the April 11th General Assembly session. The schools attending are St. Margaret of Scotland, Steger, and Visitation Academy. The General Assembly will be at the Lodge at Des Peres from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm. We will be posting resolutions as we receive them. Some of these might be rough drafts and will have changes before the session.
| Resolution Number/Status | Submitted by: | Topic: |
|---|---|---|
| GA-01 SUBMITTED | Saudi Arabia, Somalia St. Margaret of Scotland | Water Desalination in Somalia |
| GA-02 SUBMITTED | France Visitation | Women's Rights |
| GA-03 SUBMITTED | Italy, New Zealand Steger | North Africa and the Horn of Africa Refugees and Returnees |
| GA-04 SUBMITTED | The Netherlands, Ukraine, Haiti St. Margaret of Scotland | Child Malnutrition in Venezuela and Haiti |
| GA-05 SUBMITTED | South Korea Visitation | Unclean Water |
| GA-06 SUBMITTED | Sweden, Jamaica, Monaco, South Korea, Peru Steger | North Korea Selling Chemical Weapons to Syrian Government |
Resolution GA-01 April 11
Re.: Water Desalination in Somalia
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Saudi Arabia, Somalia
Date: April 11, 2018
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 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
Aware that more than a quarter million people have died from the drought in Somalia, and that the poverty rate in Somalia is 73%, and
Saddened that so many people don’t have the adequate resources for a healthy standard of life, and
Concerned that people in poorer nations don’t have the money or resources to find a sustainable solution to their problems, and
Worried that the longer people go without these necessities, the more the people will suffer,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The United Nations provide the funds to replenish and restore the proper access of water to the people of Somalia. The UN can acquire these funds by increasing the annual dues of the top 10 richest countries by 4% that are a part of the UN. The richest countries’ annual dues will be collected over the period of three years time. Saudi Arabia will offer their knowledge and resources about water desalination to oversee this project.
- Assuming success with the negotiation between the UN and Saudi Arabia, considering that a typical large scale desalination plant produces enough water for 5,000 people, the UN would need to provide $100 million towards this resolution, keeping in mind that a large scale desalination plant serving 300,000 people costs about $100 million.
- With the funds from the UN, plots of land can be dug under to create the pipelines that will help in the various tasks of the desalination plant, given that “underground power was the preferred solution for the project as it has the least impact on landowners and people living and working in the area.”
- Once this plan has been tested in Somalia, other countries in similar situations can follow this plan. Even though this plan will primarily benefit poorer nations, it can also be used in any drought-ridden, dry area.
- Provide desalination plants for three major cities: Mogadishu, Bosaso, and Merca. These plants will also service surrounding rural towns and areas.
- Places water towers in the larger cities in the countries we help, specifically Somalia. The water towers then benefit and serve the surrounding more rural areas of the country. This will decrease dehydration of more communities in Somalia.
- Finishes the first project within 2-3 years and then continues on to the other cities and countries eventually.
- Keeps a close eye on this project so that it prospers and operates smoothly. The people in Somalia will be employed by this plant, meaning that this project does not only offer a clean water solution, but an opportunity for the employment of the impoverished in Somalia.
Resolution GA-02 April 11
Re.: Women’s Rights
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: France
Date: April 11, 2018
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 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 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
Outraged that in Afghanistan, 37% of adolescent girls are literate, compared to 66% of adolescent boys, and
Appalled that 3.5 million children are out of school, and 85% of them are girls, and
Shocked that many children live too far from a school to attend, which particularly affects girls. About 41% of schools have no buildings, and many lack boundary walls, water, and toilets – disproportionately affecting girls, and
Keeping in mind even when tuition is free, there are costs for sending children to school and many families simply cannot afford to send any of their children or choose under financial constraints to favor educating sons,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Our plan is to create an educational program throughout Afghanistan called Girls for Education (GFE). The goal is to improve the literacy rate of women in Afghanistan. The program would focus on teaching reading and writing skills.
- The program will need women’s educational centers throughout Afghanistan and the training of teachers to implement the program. The centers will also work with the government to encourage families to value the need for young women to learn to read and write.
- The total cost of the educational program will be $16 million dollars. Each center with salaries and necessary materials will cost $2 million per center with the goal of 8 centers throughout Afghanistan. The educational program will be free to all women in order to encourage families to participate. Our goal is to help up to a thousand women per year per educational center to learn to read and write.
- We are asking for the United Nations dues of the top 25 paying nations to raise 0.05%, which would give us $10 million and to ask for assistance from the Clinton Foundation for Education of Women.
- The Girls for Education Program has a goal of creating educational centers over a four- year period with the expectations of improving the literacy rate of women by 3-5% in Afghanistan. If successful, we will encourage the General Assembly to expand the program to other areas of the world.
Resolution GA-03 April 11
Re.: North Africa and the Horn of Africa Refugees and Returnees
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Italy and New Zealand
Date: April 11, 2018
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
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
Aware that more than 400,000 refugees and immigrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy since 2014, and
Knowing that French and Italian migrant welcome centers are being overwhelmed by waves of migrants. 65,000 migrants coming from the start of 2017 to June 2017, and
Concerned that the civil war in Yemen, that has lasted three years, is still driving people away,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Establish UNHCR Quick Impact Projects (QiP) for housing, specifically for the migrants and refugees of North Africa and the Horn of Africa. The housing would be for when the residents come back to Africa.
- We want to make sure that we build up the housing in communities that are already beginning to build hospitals and schools so the residents to be able to stay long term and have a long term success to provide themselves and their families, basic care.
- With priority given to communities in need of clinics and schools.
- Provide funding for 50 separate Quick Impact Projects with a budget of $50,000 each.
- Request US $2.5 million from European Union (EU). The European Union should pay for this because they are the ones most affected by the immigrants from Africa
- If we get the funding we need volunteers to go and create these Quick Impact Projects
Guidelines for Repatriation: This resolution is non-refoulement which means that
- Repatriation must be voluntary
- Refugees may not be sent back to their home country if the issue they were forced out of their country has not been resolved.
Resolution GA-04 April 11
Re.: Child Malnutrition in Venezuela and Haiti
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: The Netherlands, Ukraine, Haiti
Date: April 11, 2018
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
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 in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.”, and
Horrified that children all over Venezuela and Haiti are starving to death. Hunger has created health related issues that are causing the children to suffer. More than half of the children in Venezuela and Haiti have suffered from some type of acute malnutrition, and
Alarmed that today there are 815 million people who do not have enough to eat. The national threshold for a hunger crisis is 10%. Venezuela is at 12%, and Haiti is at 11%, and
Reaffirming that about three million children die each year from hunger under the age of five, and
Stressing In 2010, an estimated 7.6 million children — more than 20,000 a day — died. Poor nutrition plays a role in at least half of these deaths, and
Stating 11.3% of the world’s population is hungry. That’s roughly 805 million people who go undernourished on a daily basis, consuming less than the recommended 2,100 calories a day,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Food Insecurity in Venezuela and Haiti (FIIVAH) is a program that distributes food to children ages 0-14 in Venezuela and Haiti. The program will be taking place in the 5 most populated cities of Venezuela; Caracas, Maracaibo, Maracay, Barquisimeto, and Valencia. In Haiti, Port-au-Prince. As of August 2017, 12% of children in Venezuela and Haiti are suffering from severe malnutrition. 10% is the universal threshold that alerts a severe food crisis. If the percentage rises to 15%, the countries will be in a stage of food emergency.
- The program attacks hunger in three different ways. The first part is to provide immediate nutrients to the children of Venezuela and Haiti. We will provide nutritious food to the malnourished children. The cheapest option is a one-year supply of food made up of nearly 100 1-gallon cans of wheat, rice, granola, apples, bananas, potatoes, carrots, beans, corn, beef, chicken, milk, and baby formula. The cans have 6,200 servings of food and will last up to 25 years.
- The second part is to teach agriculture to the people so they can sustain their own food. The method we plan to use in order to teach is bringing in farmers that grow food in similar climates.
- The third part is to install public farms so the people can have a place to store their livestock with no expense to them. For the construction of what we call public farms. Public farms are farms that are open for any one in general area to use to raise animals. This will allow farmers to raise animals without having to spend money buying food and housing for the animals. It can also be used as a trading post for farmers to sell and trade goods and animals that they raised at the public farm.
- We will need $4.5 million dollars to fund the whole project and we will execute this by raising top ten countries that pay the most dues by 0.4%.
- $2.5 million will go towards providing food to the children. $1.5 million for building barns to house the livestock. $5,000 will go towards buying tools and seeds for the agriculture part of the resolution.
- FIIVAH will take place in Venezuela and Haiti for 5 years. If it becomes successful we will slowly expand to other food insecure countries. Such as Bangladesh, Benin, and most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Resolution GA-05 April 11
Re.: Unclean Water
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: South Korea
Date: April 11, 2018
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 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
Outraged that in Uganda, 40% of people need to travel more than 30 minutes to access safe drinking water, and
Appalled that drinking water sources, both surface and groundwater, are contaminated with coliforms, toxic metals, and pesticides throughout the country, and
Keeping in mind Uganda has experienced two decades of economic growth, leading to large population movements from rural areas to informal settlements around urban centers. High population growth – nearly triple the global average – stressed the water and sanitation services that exist. 61% of Ugandans lack access to safe water and 75% do not have access to improved sanitation facilities,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- We are planning to create communal wells that would be placed in 14 major cities throughout Uganda. To ensure the cleanliness of the water, we will provide a water filtering system within each of the wells.
- The overall goal will provide needed clean water to the citizens of Uganda, which will improve the health issues caused by unclean water. Water wells, which will be free of cost to all citizens, will allow children to spend more time in school and less time traveling to locate clean water.
- If the wells show improvement in the countries overall health rating, we will continue to ask for financial assistance for other areas of Africa who are also facing water issues.
- We are asking $1,300,000 a year over the next two years from dues of the top 20 wealthiest countries in the United Nations. Estimating the cost of each well at $120,000, will benefit 100,000s of citizens throughout our country.
Resolution GA-06 April 11
Re.: North Korea Selling Chemical Weapons to Syrian Government
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Sweden, Jamaica, Monaco, South Korea, Peru
Date: April 11, 2018
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
Aware that North Korea is illegally transporting and producing chemical weapons and selling them to the Syrian government to use in their civil war, which involves using the weapons on innocent people, and
Saddened that the Syrian government have been seriously and even fatally harming their own people, and
Knowing that Syria is in a civil war that involves the government using chemical weapons and other weapons on their own people, and North Korea is illegally producing chemical weapons and transporting them through Mozambique, and
Concerned that the Geneva protocol states the Prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction in war. North Korea is producing and selling chemical Weapons to sell to Syria, to use in a civil war, and
Worried that the Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the production of chemical weapons is being violated by North Korea, who are making chemical weapons and selling them to Syria
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Recognizes there have been many sanctions against North Korea and they continue to violate these sanctions. Now is the time for a blockade. A blockade provide the capability to enforce and monitor current
- The blockade would focus on preventing chemical weapons from getting to Syria; sale of additional military weapons; and the import of materials for a nuclear
- Is asking countries with naval forces to assist in monitoring the sea traffic of North Korea- The Navies of the U.S., Japanese, Indian, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan,
Australia and - The initial budget for planning and coordination of navies would be $10 million
- Program will be paid for by a 1% dues increase on the 10 countries that pay the highest dues
