Here are the resolutions for the April 16, 2021 General Assembly session. The schools attending are Hoech Middle, Grand Center Arts Academy, and Ritenour Middle.
| Status: | Submitted By: | Topic: |
| GA-01 | Kenya Ritenour Middle | Water Scarcity and Contamination in Kenya |
| GA-02 | North Korea Hoech Middle | Water Pollution in North Korea and Cuba |
| GA-03 | Niger Ritenour Middle | Poor Education in Niger |
| GA-04 | Australia Hoech Middle | Australian Bushfires |
| GA-05 | Ethiopia Hoech Middle | Poverty and Lack of Everyday Resources in Ethiopia |
| GA-06 |
Resolution GA-01 April 16
Re.: Water Scarcity and Contamination in Kenya
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Kenya
Date: April 16, 2021
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
Recognizing that over 41% of people do not have access to safe water in Kenya, and
Alarmed that Kenya’s natural water resources don’t provide a fair delivery of water to different regions of the country. Also, the country’s water basins don’t reach a fair area of the country. This leaves a large amount of Kenya’s population without fresh water, and
Saddened that there are frequent water droughts. Because of the droughts, water basins deplete which leads to drinking water shortages. Droughts also affect agriculture. Since there is not much water, the plants can’t grow and this leads to food shortages for the cattle which will lead to starving populations,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The UN would help by expanding a program that is already existing. The Water Project is the program that will be expanded. The Water Project is a non-profit organization that provides reliable water projects for communities in sub-Saharan Africa that lack access to clean water and proper sanitation. The Water Project is building wells for communities in Kenya. They are also educating the people in these communities about water filtration since there are frequent cholera and parasitic worm outbreaks. Along with educating people about water filtration, we’ll provide chlorine water testing kits to monitor the water quality of the wells. The water quality of the wells need to be tested frequently since water contamination is a frequent problem. The Water Project is also educating people about rain harvesting techniques which will benefit small communities and families using (or hoping to use) a dedicated water source for agriculture.
- The UN would also launch another program called Building Pipes and Wells for Kenya (BPWK). BPWK will focus on building wells and water pipes connected to the wells for communities that don’t have piped connections to water. Volunteers and members of the communities that we are building wells for will be building the wells. BPWK will be building both shallow wells and deep wells and the wells will have either a hand pump or a motorized pump. The shallow wells will be for smaller communities and the deep. wells will be for large communities. The wells will be completely sealed so the water should stay clean without any treatment. We plan on starting 500 wells and pipe projects around Kenya. There will be 10 groups and each group will be building 50 wells. Each group will have at least 10 people in it.
- BPWK and The Water Project expansion will cost $9,354,000 in total. To raise the money we will ask 10 wealthy countries for $1 million. The budget is:
- Building a well and installing pipes will take about $18,000, so we will need about $9,000,000 to build 500 wells.
- We need 6,000 chlorine water testing kits so each community that we are building a well for has 12 tests for the next 12 months and this will cost $204,000.
- Each group will have $15,000 worth of equipment and in total the cost for this portion will be $150,000.
- BPWK will last for 2 years. The first year, we will be focusing on building the wells and pipes and also educating the communities we are building wells for about water filtration. The second year, we will focus on collecting data to see if the programs are working and continuing to educate communities about water filtration.
- At the end of the 2 years, we will see if the percentage of people that don’t have access to clean water goes down by 3%. If it does go down by 3% then the program will be extended and expanded to other countries such as Eritrea, Uganda, Niger and so on.
Resolution GA-02 April 16
Re.: Water Pollution in North Korea and Cuba
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: North Korea
Date: April 16, 2021
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
Recognizing that around 70% of industrial waste is dumped into the water, and
Deeply concerned that 80% of the water pollution is caused due to domestic sewage, and
Noting with deep concern that more than 6 billion pounds of garbage, mainly plastic, ends up in the oceans every year,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
Action Plan
- Create a project for schools worldwide. Students can donate and volunteer to help around the community to clean up any nearby water source.
- Students can sell accessories made out of the recycled trash or reusable bottles you could find in the water to help the environment. Students can also raise money from the schools, joining fees for school clubs and participation in extracurricular events and fundraisers.
- We can present our plans to neighboring countries that would be affected by this problem to form an alliance to help with this problem, while at the same time raise money and form a coalition that will spread this solution worldwide.
- If neighboring countries do not want to participate, then we will petition other countries in the world to join in our water pollution efforts.
Funding
- We believe we would need 5M to start our program in the countries of North Korea and Cuba.. The money would cover the cost of starting programs in schools, educating people about the problem, and advertising. In addition, we would also provide supplies to help clean and purify the water:
WASH & Dignity kit: $130 x3 = $390 (Saves 75 people, works 1 month)
Deworming Tablets: $24 x25 = $600 (Treats 17500 Children)
Chlorine Water testing: $17 x5 = $85 (250 tests in each Package)
These funds would come from fundraisers, voluntary donations around the world, and the 10 wealthiest countries in the United Nations.
Timeline
- We would like to start this program immediately. Water pollution is a continuously growing problem that we need to get control of. We predict this will take 10-12 months to get the program started and organized. We will then run the program for an additional two years.
Evaluation
- If pollution goes down by 30% or more, then we will consider this program a success. If pollution decreases by less than 30%, we will re-evaluate the program and make adjustments as needed.
Resolution GA-03 April 16
Re.: Poor Education in Niger
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Niger
Date: April 16, 2021
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
Whereas Article 26, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United nations for the maintenance of peace.”, and
Whereas Article 26, section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.”, and
Recognizing that high population growth rate, low enrollment rate, and high dropout rate is slowing down the improvement of education, and
Noting that “Niger’s population is 70% illiterate and only 54% of female primary school students reach sixth grade.”, and
Saddened that on average, 39.7% of Nigerians ages 15-24 can read, but only 13.7% of Nigerians ages 65+ can read,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- I created a program called Project Education in Niger (PEN). PEN will focus on poor education in Niger, specifically Niamey. This program is trying to improve the literacy rate in Niger over the course of 18 months.
- Building Schools. We will build 4 schools as close as we can to children in Niamey. This will cost around 16,0000 to build. We will be starting our program with the newly built classrooms and the most attend school in Niamey
- We will send “School in a box” by plane to the new schools we built. Niamey will be receiving 12 every 3 months. We will also provide desks and benches using the program K.I.N.D. (Kids in need of desks). For 3 desks and benches it will cost $55. In total this will cost $9240.
- Since nutrition is part of school as well, we will send micronutrient powder which will be added to the children’s lunch. This is vitamin powder to prevent blindness and brain damage from dietary deficiencies and will help build their immune system up. In total this will cost $9360. We will also provide lunches everyday to any students who don’t have lunch to bring.
- Hire teachers. We need 12 teachers to teach at our new schools so we will hire new teachers that will be trained at the 2 new training centers we will build. Another option is teachers from other schools in Niamey can volunteer to change to our new schools.
- We can have 120 kids per new school so we will inform people that any children who can’t attend school due to schools being too far away, that they can come to our new closer schools. Students can also change from their current school to our new schools.
- See the results. We will look at the amount of children attending our new schools daily and see if the amount got any higher. If the amount of children increases, then we will expand our program to more places in Niger.
- Funding:
- $16,0000 for building 4 schools
- $11664 for 18 months (school in a box)
- $9240 in total for the K.I.N.D. Program
- $108000 for paying teachers
- $288904 in total
- I will get $288904 from the 5 most richest countries
- Each country will pay 60,000. All leftover money will go to any problems we might face. If there are no problems It will be used to buy playground equipment for the schools.
- – Qatar
- – Macao
- – Luxembourg
- – Singapore
- – Ireland
- We will start as soon as the paying countries agree to helping Niger get better education. Once the buildings are built we will start the P.E.N. Program and bring new children and teachers in.
Resolution GA-02 April 16
Re.: Australian Bushfires
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Australia
Date: April 16, 2021
Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and
Alarmed that since 2019 the Australian wildfires have caused temperatures to rise globally, and
Realizing that in 2019 the wildfires killed 33 people and over a billion animals and also burned down 3000 properties, and
Keeping in mind that 15 million acres and 1400 homes have been destroyed due to the Australian bushfires,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
Action Plan
- Making cigarettes and such that has a flame cannot be littered. If you do so you could be charged with a fine up to $1500 or 2 weeks in jail. Depending on the place and time, the fine and/or jail time could go up more.
- We will also hire more firefighters and get the firefighters more equipment, trucks, water hoses, etc..
- We will hire the firefighters locally. If they have any experience they will be sent out to try and stop the bushfires. If they have no experience they will be trained and once they are ready they will go out as well. We will try to take out the start of the bushfires then work on the rest of the fire.
Funding
- We will try to receive a grant to cover the expenses of our issue.
- We will also use all of the money that people get in fines (if they litter) and use it to stop the problem.
- We will create a global wildfires and bushfires help association which will use a list of all of the wildfires and bushfires, to set a donation goal.
- If the donation goal from the association, the estimated expenses of the fines, and the grant are met we will have 25M to stop this problem.
- 15M will go toward more firefighters, more equipment, more trucks, stronger hoses, and better protecting suits.
- We will hire firefighters locally and they will help us put out more of these fires.
- 5M will go toward creating our association.
- The other 10M would be used in case of emergency.
Timeline
- This will go on for 2 years. If the bushfires and wildfires decrease by 35% or more, we will call this a success. If it does not decrease by 35% or more over 2 years, then we will re-evaluate.
Evaluation
- If our donation goal is met and the numbers of bushfires and wildfires decrease by 35% or more we will call this a success.
Resolution GA-05 April 16
Re.: Poverty and Lack of Everyday Resources in Ethiopia
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ethiopia
Date: April 16, 2021
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 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
Aware of poor education being one of the biggest poverty causes, and
Realizing the quality of education available to those who are in school is often poor quality. They have under-trained staff, poor-quality classrooms, a lack of resources and more, and
Concerned that 4,820,166 children are not in school in Ethiopia. Which is almost a quarter of all school-age children in the country,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
Action Plan
- We hope to create a committee to increase the primary completion rate in schools around Ethiopia. To do this we are hoping to upgrade textbooks and supplies in these schools, train teachers and staff to help them teach and encourage students to finish school, and fix up schools and or classrooms that are in bad condition.
- The committee name will be BEFE (Better Education for Ethiopia.)
Funding
3. We would want about 6 million in total. We are hoping that $1,225,350 will come from international donations to pay for textbooks, supplies, and the training for teachers.
4. $4,774,650 will come from raising the dues of the 5 highest UN contributors by .8 percent so we can fix up schools in bad condition.
Timeline
5. We propose that this starts as soon as possible, at least in the next 2-4 months, and it will last 1-2 years.
Evaluation
6. If the primary school completion rate increases by 25%, this project will be deemed successful.
7. If successful, it will be renewed for years to come or until most/all schools graduation rate is at least 80%.
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