Here are the resolutions for the May 12, 2021 General Assembly session. The delegates will be from St. Raphael the Archangel, 7th grade.
| Status: | Submitted by: | Topic: |
| GA-01 | Finland, Russia | Torture in Russian Prisons |
| GA-02 | Czech Republic | Unequal Law in Czech Republic |
| GA-03 | Saudi Arabia | Infant Mortality Rate in Afghanistan |
Resolution GA-01 May 12
Re.: Torture in Russian Prisons
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Finland, Russia
Date: May 12, 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
Alarmed that in 2018 there was evidence that prison bosses were torturing prisoners and were acquitted, and
Shocked that the inmate was fully complying with the prison boss and was still tortured, and
Concerned that a detective said that nothing was wrong and dropped the case, and
Noting that there have been similar cases reported across the country,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Create a team for every prison located in Russia (teams will consist of 10-15 people, depending on size).
- These teams will watch over prison guards and prisoners, to make sure everyone is safe inside the prisons.
- These teams will be paid $51.1 thousand Russian rubles ($681.67 U.S. dollars ) per month.
- We will try this out for three months and see how it works.
Resolution GA-02 May 12
Re.: Unequal Law in Czech Republic
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Czech Republic
Date: May 12, 2021
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
Concerned that women are not treated equal to men, and
Shocked that this problem exists in modern society, and
Astonished that the Czech Republic ranks 21st out of 28th countries in gender equality, and
Frightened that barely anything has been done to solve this problem. Smaller movements have been made to combat this issue, but it hasn’t solved the problem yet,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- The Czech Republic government would have to revise their constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as in both of these documents it states that all people are equal under the law. If they just go through these documents, they will start to understand their flaws
- Social media influencers with a substantial platform, especially people who live in the Czech Republic, should use their platform to talk about these issues in order to spread awareness. Not many people know much about this problem, so if fans of these influencers know about these issues, they could possibly help pressure the Czech government to change their laws.
- If the previous steps didn’t work, peaceful protests could be organized. There is heavy emphasis on peaceful, though, because if things started to get violent there would be more p To help the protesters, water would have to be supplied. The average cost of a plastic water bottle is around $1.50, and the population of the Czech Republic is around 10 million. If about 50,000 people protested for a day, they would need about 3 bottles per person, which would cost about $225,000. This could be funded by stores in the area where government buildings are located. Some of these stores include Tesco and Lidl. This would put those stores in a good light.
- My estimate for the time this would take would be about 6 months to a year.
- If this movement worked, it could be executed again in other countries, like Hungary and Romania who rank low on the gender equality chart.
Resolution GA-03 May 12
Re.: Infant Mortality Rate in Afghanistan
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Saudi Arabia
Date: May 12, 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 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
Concerned that Afghanistan is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for a baby to live, and
Frustrated that women and infants in Afghanistan lack access to adequate healthcare, and
Horrified that more than one in every ten babies die at birth in Afghanistan,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly
- Send 1,000 volunteers along with 4,000 doctors from Doctors Without Borders to the largest and capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, where they will set up twenty clinics to care for pregnant women and infants. They will provide pregnant women and infants with medication. They will have appointments with the pregnant women to monitor the infant’s health and the mothers. They will care for the infant right after birth by cleansing them, checking their health, and providing them with clothing.
- Evaluation: The Afghanistan Women’s Relief Program or AWRP is meant to lower the infant mortality rate in Kabul, Afghanistan. If the program is successful, we hope to spread the AWRP to many other cities in Afghanistan, ultimately the entire country. Somalia and Chad are other countries suffering with very high infant mortality rates. If we can spread AWRP to other countries, we can rename the program according to the country. For example, the Somalia Women’s Relief Program or SWRP or the Chad Women’s Relief Program or CWRP.
- Timeline: The AWRP will take place in Kabul, Afghanistan for six months. After those six months, we will evaluate how well the plan has worked. We will evaluate how well the program is working by recalculating the infant mortality rate in Kabul, Afghanistan. If the infant mortality rate is lowering, then that means the program is running smoothly and is very successful. If the program is successful/working well, we hope to spread the program to other large cities in Afghanistan, including Kandahar, Herat, and Jalalabad.
- Budget: The budget for the AWRP in Kabul, Afghanistan is seven million dollars. Part of the budget will go to buying tents, which will be the “buildings” for the clinics. Another large portion of the budget will be used to buy lots of medicines, medicines for the pregnant women to keep them and their babies safe and medicines for the infants when they are born. Some more of the budget will be set aside to buy vaccines, vaccines for the pregnant women to keep them and their babies health stable and for proper precautions for their infant at or short after birth. A lot of the budget will have to go to buying big fancy medical machines, such as cardiographs, infant scales, stethoscopes, blood pressure monitors, thermometers, and many more. One of the final parts of the budget will be used to buy basic necessities, such as clothes for the mothers and blankets and onesies for the babies and food for the mothers and milk or formula for the babies. The final part of the budget will have to go to paying the doctors from Doctors Without Borders. Of course when we expand the AWRP money will be added to the budget to accommodate larger populations.
- Goal: The goal for the entire AWRP is to make the health of women and babies better, and to lower the infant mortality rate in Afghanistan by thirty percent.
