Here are the resolutions for the April 27th General Assembly session. The schools attending are Christ Prince of Peace, Lafayette Prep Academy, and Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle.
| Status | Submitted by: | Topic: |
| GA-01 | Georgia Christ Prince of Peace | Landmines in Georgia |
| GA-02 | Australia Maplewood Richmond Heights | Improving Australia’s Environment |
| GA-03 | Zimbabwe, UAE, Denmark, United Kingdom Lafayette Prep Academy | Rebuilding the Infrastructure and Housing of Nicaragua and Its Surrounding Nations |
| GA-04 | Iceland Christ Prince of Peace | Women’s rights to education in Afghanistan |
| GA-05 | Japan Maplewood Richmond Heights | Overfishing and Protection of Marine Wildlife in Asia |
| GA-06 | Timor-Leste Lafayette Prep Academy | Increasing Distribution of Coronavirus Vaccines in Indonesia |
Resolution GA-01 April 7
Re.: Landmines in Georgia
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Georgia
Date: April 7, 2021
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
Concerned that several thousands of innocent people have had their lives taken away from landmines that are still armed. Whether it’s kids walking through the field not knowing there are landmines buried underneath them and could die or wounded any moment this problem is still occurring and is not getting much better and not a lot of progress is being made to stop the landmines. Across the entire country there are around 75,000-150,000 armed landmines in the country of Georgia, and
Saddened that this problem is happening all around the world people have to worry about walking through their neighborhoods. In other countries such as Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran, Angola, Croatia, Syria, and Ukraine. The main cities across Georgia affected are Azerbaijan, Abkhazia, Primorsky, South Ossetia, and Abjasia. Thousands of people have died due to landmines. Everyday when walking to school parents have to worry about their children accidentally walking near, or on top of a landmine. In Abkhazia the war with The Soviet Union in 1992-1993 resulted in tens of thousands of land mines being laid across the city of Abkhazia, and
Noting that the mines were planted during the conflicts with Georgia and the Soviet Union when they were battling for territory. The mines in the battle weren’t all disarmed which still leaves tens of thousands of armed landmines killing and seriously injuring hundreds of people every year, and
Encouraged by for 14 years an organization called HALO worked to make the land safe until 2011 where then Abakazia was declared landmine free. It has been confirmed that additional minefields were laid in October 2001 in connection with the security situation in Kodori Gorge, and
Aware of the fact that some of the areas of Georgia that are affected by the landmines are in the route that some of the new incoming refugees take, Which would not only kill or severely injure several refugees, but also change the mind states of other incoming refugees to go to another country. That could also cause an overload of refugees in one place at a time which could also cause them to die of lack of resources,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Our plan is to buy a drone that is able to detect landmines and also buy a military grade robotic detonation device to blow up the landmines. We will be able to scan a big field or area at a time, map out the area where the drones have detected a landmine and then send out the robot to plant the landmine-detonation device over the mines and blow them up. This will be very efficient because it would be possible to take out an entire field of landmines in a day.
- There would be a person to fly the drone and then look at the scanning info that the drone has collected to map out the landmines, fly the drone out of the area, and then they would send out the robot to plant the device on the mine and blow it up.
- The drones would then charge overnight and we would repeat the process until there are little amounts of landmines left in the country. We would be able to keep using the same detonator for each field of landmines.
- If the landmines make a big dent or hole in the ground we will buy some extra dirt with any leftover money to fill the holes in so not much damage is caused toward the city or country.
- We would buy the drones and military grade robotic detonation devices from a business called Mine Kafon who is also invested in the same problem as us and we could maybe collaborate with them to stop this.
- The cost of one drone is about $30,000 and we are planning on giving all of the cities in Georgia one drone to find and detonate the landmines in their area. The cost of one device is $130,000 which includes training.
- Since there are about 20 main cities across the country affected by this conflict, we will buy 20 of their drones, and 20 landmine-detonation devices (one drone and one device for each city). We will have $2,600,000 worth of detonation devices and about 600,000 worth of drones.
- Since the Mine Kafon Warehouse is located in the Netherlands we would buy the detonation devices and then fly them over on the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy cargo plane from the Netherlands to Georgia which is about a 6 hour flight. We would be able to fit all of the drones and detonation devices on the plane at the same time so there would be a total of 2 trips to and from Georgia and Netherlands so a total of around 12 hours in flight time to get all of the supplies there.
- We would just deliver 1 drone and 1 device directly to each city which would take another two hours so a grand total of around 14-15 hours where we will need the cargo plane.
- The cost of one hour of flight time for the cargo plane is around 15,000 dollars so the total cost for 15 hours will be $225,000 and they will fly to each city and drop them off the supplies. We will have a grand total of $2,825,000 in cost.
- Our committee will make it our goal to make Georgia completely landmine free by 2040. We will use all of the ideas shown here to accomplish this goal. We are called the LANDMINERS.
- We will try to organize fundraisers across the countries of the Netherlands, U.S.A. and Georgia. It will take about 5 years to raise enough money to fund all of the costs. We will then begin the extraction process and we should have Georgia as a landmine free country in about 15 years (2040) and after that we will donate any leftover materials from the process to other countries with the same problem. (Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran, Angola, Croatia, Syria, and Ukraine.)
- If the fundraisers fail to raise enough money we will raise the dues of the three richest countries: Liechtenstein, Monaco, and Luxembourg. That should get us up to $3,000,000 in funding which will give us more than enough money to fund the project.
Resolution GA-02 April 7
Re.: Improving Australia’s Environment
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Australia
Date: April 7, 2021
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
Noting that about 1 in 5000 Australians die from exposure to air pollution each year. Thousands of others suffer health effects like stroke, heart disease, and asthma, and
Acknowledging that the health impacts also include 233 babies born with reduced birth weight, 361 people developing type 2 diabetes and 2,614 years of life lost each year due to uncontrolled air pollution from NSW power stations, and
Saddened that 11% of Australians suffer from asthma due to air pollution, not giving them a safe living environment,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- We ask for the UN’s support in funding our program to produce a cleaner and safer environment. We want 500 million dollars to help get our plan in motion. It will be called The Brighter Future program and the goal will be to preserve wildlife, reduce pollution, and clean up our land. Over the next 10 years, we hope to meet these goals. The plan will consist of five steps.
Step 1: Start a volunteer/donation program for environmental cleanup, care, and supplying workers. Those cleanup supplies would include gloves, dumpsters, trash bags, and storage facilities until pollution problems are under control. Funds will go to pay for supplies and labor to take care of the waste.
1a. Tapping into programs such as Plan My Gap Year and Gvi USA
- Step 2: Enlist a small tax of 0.2% of annual yearly income which will equate to $4,671,413,440.
2a. This tax is ignored by the government if a citizen donates 200 dollars a year to the fund from step one or if they volunteer 25 hours. However, Families making $250,000 or more per year or citizens making $120,000 or more per year are required to pay the tax or appeal for different donation amounts or volunteer hours.
2b. 30% of funds will go to environmental cleaning and projects.
2c. 35% will go to scientific research for environmental benefit.
2d. 20% will go to various causes as needed, like funding smaller projects.
2e. The remaining 15% will go to national parks, wildlife reserves.
- Step 3: Set up more wildlife reserves/sanctuaries to preserve & protect local flora and fauna. Using funds from step 2, purchase empty areas in the wild and attempt to pay special attention to endangered species.
- Step 4: Attempt to pass new laws limiting carbon emissions and pollution by meeting with the Parliament, this will help make the future more sustainable. Using funds from step 2 advertisements and information will be spread to help pass these legislations.
- Step 5: Invest in clean energy and continue to transform Australia’s energy grid, and, in the next 10 years, try to accomplish running on 40% renewable energy rather than the current 21%. After evaluation, if successful, shift our focus to supporting other countries such as Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Lebanon.
Hopefully, with these steps and current/continued UN support, Australia can strive toward a cleaner, healthier, and brighter future.
Resolution GA-03 April 7
Re.: Rebuilding the Infrastructure and Housing of Nicaragua and Its Surrounding Nations
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: The Republic of Zimbabwe, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Denmark, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: April 7, 2021
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… 44,000 people have experienced partial or complete destruction of their homes as a result of Hurricane Iota and Eta in Nicaragua alone, leaving millions displaced or affected, and
Whereas…The Republic of Nicaragua is suffering from $743 million USD in economic losses as a result of Hurricane Iota and Eta, and
Whereas…The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a key investor in the area, will only be able to fund up to $1.25 billion in rebuilding, a figure far from the $5.5 billion in total damages. This lack of funding will only lead to the continuation of suffering and displacement of many people in Central America, specifically Nicaragua,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Provide 300 million dollars for a program named the IHRP (International Hurricane Relief Program) which will be dedicated to rebuilding homes in Nicaragua following last year’s record-breaking hurricane season. This money will go toward the rebuilding of thousands of homes in Nicaragua, which will include building strong, storm-resistant foundations that will allow key structures to remain at least partially intact upon the arrival of future storms.
- The 300 million dollars that is requested will be drawn from the 30 highest paying nations to the United Nations raising their dues by 12 percent.
- The 300 million dollar budget is derived from the estimated cost of the houses, which are planned to cost 40,000 dollars each, which includes materials, labor, and transportation, which will be sourced from the area. This money will add to the money already being allocated to Nicaragua by the IDB.
- Houses that are slightly more expensive but that are able to house more than one family will be considered, and it will be decided whether or not they would be more cost-efficient than single-family houses.
- While it is realized that the size of this budget and the scope of this program is immense, it is merely a reflection of the extreme danger these recent natural disasters pose to the region, and it is believed that such large international support is needed.
- The efficiency of the IHRP will be evaluated after a year’s time in order to deduce whether it has been successful or not. The evaluation will resemble the following:
- If a substantial number of homes have been built and/or a significant percentage of the currently displaced population have been rehoused then the project will be considered a success.
- If a substantial number of homes have not been built and/or a significant percentage of the currently displaced population has not been rehoused then the project will be considered a failure.
- Should the IHRP prove to be either a success or a failure, one of the following will occur:
- If the project is deemed successful, a request will be made to expand to other countries in Central America. Nicaragua is just one country hit hard by the recent storms, and will hopefully only be a first step in the rebuilding process. Due to budgetary restraints, the IHRP is to begin focusing just on Nicaragua, but it is hoped that should the program prove effective it could be expanded to other countries in need.
- If the project is deemed unsuccessful, a recalibration of the project will be called for. This will consist of a committee that will analyze the actions, decisions, and flaws of the IHRP and will decide whether or not the project will continue. If it does continue, the committee will make a recommendation concerning budgetary allocation as it sees fit.
Resolution GA-04 April 7
Re.: Women’s rights to education in Afghanistan
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Iceland
Date: April 7, 2021
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 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 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, 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
Deeply concerned that women are not receiving education, 60% of the 3.7 million kids in Afghanistan are girls not receiving an education, and
Alarmed that 41% of the schools in Afghanistan don’t have a building to work in, and
Shocked that the Taliban are threatening to shoot the schools and bomb them, and
Concerned that, the Taliban often threatens to kill women if they go to school. The Taliban will also go as far as to threaten blowing up schools with girls, and
Saddened that most women can’t get a job that has good enough pay to live. The only jobs the Taliban allow women to have are in the agriculture industry, and some labor jobs,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- We would like UN countries to put economic pressure on the Afghan government to make laws that will allow more children and women to have access to education.
- We would like these laws to extend to all children no matter their gender, political views, or class.
- We would like to open 40 safe schools each costing $400,000.
- We would like to hire 20 teachers who make $10,000 a year.
- $200,000 on teachers each year, $100,000 on school supplies, and $100,000 on construction.
- We will have $4 million left over that we would like to use for UN peacekeeper troops.
- If the program is successful, we would like to get more money for more schools, and possibly add the ability to do online school.
- We would like the schools to be free and be able to fit 400-500 students per school.
- We would like the UN to increase the dues by $1,000,000 on the top 20 countries paying the top amount of dues. Here are the 20 countries that we would like to raise dues (based on UN dues) The countries that would be raised in UN dues are Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, United States, Brazil, Canada, China, Turkey, Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Russian Federation, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Italy, Japan, and Switzerland.
Timeline/Evaluation-
- We would open the schools in the next 2 to 3 years.
- We will keep the peace keeping troops for at least 10 years.
- The schools will stay open forever.
- We would like to keep these schools safe for as long as we can
- After about 3-6 years we will go back and see if anything has happened to the schools.
Resolution GA-05 April 7
Re.: Overfishing and Protection of Marine Wildlife in Asia
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Japan
Date: April 7, 2021
Whereas Article 27, section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Every has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.”, and
Whereas Article 28, of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.”, and
Whereas the location of Japan is near the Pacific Ocean, and has built a portion of its economy on the fishing industry, and
Because of the devastating effect of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, fish became a popular item during the reconstruction of Japan, and
Japan fishes about 5 million tons of fish per year, and
Alarmed that Japan’s most common fish, the Bluefin tuna, might go extinct due to how much Japan fishes them, and
Saddened that Japan has seen a decline in fishing due to how much they have fished in the past, now fish are becoming less common in the ocean,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Action – We would create a donation center to fund marine biology research.
- Funding – To get funding from the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), and to team up with Hokkaido University and the Tokyo University of Fisheries to assist with research and funding. We would ask the UNEP for about $10,000 to $60,000 to kick off funds and advertising. As our donation campaign goes on, we hope to raise up to $50,000 – $1,000,000 by the end of Spring, 2022. If we do not meet our fundraising goal, we can resort to asking for funding from big organizations, and probably the government. If we can make our action plan well known, the government should contribute to our cause, as fish are a vital asset of Japan’s economy.
- Different organizations we can get funding from could be: UNEP, NSGP (National Sea Grant Program), ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute)
- Research – Research goes towards finding endangered species (fish), and species where there is a surplus rather than fish that are near extinct. There are lots of native fish to Japan, so if they could start fishing those that are good to eat in a safe way, we could decrease the amount of common fish that are being fished.
- Sub goals to research are: New locations to fish in, more technology to constantly monitor fish populations, breeding cycles concerning fish
- If we reach our goal, we can successfully place more fish species on the endangered species list, and lessen the amount of common fish Japan intakes. We may even end up studying breeding cycles closely so we can reduce the amount of endangered species by only fishing them at certain times when their population is high.
Resolution GA-06 April 7
Re.: Increasing Distribution of Coronavirus Vaccines in Indonesia
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Timor-Leste
Date: April 7, 2021
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
Realizing that around 33,000 casualties have been caused by the COVID-19 virus in The Republic of Indonesia, and
Alarmed that distribution of the vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a lesser concern due to the low amount of cases in the country and yet is more focused on, and
Knowing that the Pfizer two-dose vaccine costs around $19.50 to produce,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- One, two, and/or three of the top ten countries of the General Assembly in GDP will raise their dues by an average of 5% to raise funds for the vaccination cost, transport, and distribution.
- By three months as of the plan’s initiation, if there have been more than 10,000 vaccines distributed, then the plan will be considered functioning. Upon vaccinating three-fourths of the country’s population, the plan will be successful.
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