Here are the resolutions for the May 19, 2021 General Assembly session. The delegates will be from McKinley Middle.
| Status: | Submitted By: | Topic: |
| GA-01 | New Zealand | Earthquake Relief |
| GA-02 | Germany | COVID-19 |
| GA-03 | Ireland | Stopping Drug Trafficking |
| GA-04 | South Korea | Water for people in India |
Resolution GA-01 May 19
Re.: Earthquake Relief
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: New Zealand
Date: May 19, 2021
Whereas Article 13 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.”, and
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
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
Shocked that in 2011 the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand had damages that ended up costing 10 billion to 15 billion dollars, and
Alarmed that most of New Zealand’s earthquakes end up causing almost 200 deaths and thousands of injuries, and
Noting that every year GNS Science locates over 15,000 earthquakes in New Zealand. About 100 – 150 of these quakes are large enough to be felt, – the others we only know about because they are recorded by seismographs,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- Our plan is to build temporary earthquake & storm shelters in New Zealand for those who lost their homes to natural disasters. We will provide shelter, food, and water to those who need it.
- The natural disasters badly affect about half of New Zealand’s population, which would be about 2.458 million people that we need to house.
- One earthquake/storm shelter can cost from $3,900 to $9,000.
- We would start with building 250,000 shelters, which would average out the total price to about $1,500,000,000.
Resolution GA-02 May 19
Re.: COVID-19
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Germany
Date: May 19, 2021
Whereas Article 13 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.”, and
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
Alarmed that the pandemic has been affecting the entire food system and has laid bare its fragility. Border closures, trade restrictions and confinement measures have been preventing farmers from accessing markets, including for buying inputs and selling their produce, and agricultural workers from harvesting crops, thus disrupting domestic and international food supply chains and reducing access to healthy, safe and diverse diets, and
Concerned that the COVID-19 crisis has also had differential impacts among various racial and ethnic groups. Inequities in the social determinants of health—income and wealth, health-care access and utilization, education, occupation, discrimination, and housing—are interrelated and put some racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, and
Saddened that the world’s poorest received the COVID-19 shock on top of existing major urban water and sanitation services deficits, all pointing towards a potentially overwhelming burden to contain the virus. Low access, reliability, and the quality of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) present risks in developing countries. Large cities also face risks stemming from population density and informal settlements. A recent World Bank tool for identifying pandemic “hotspots” pointed to the cramped living conditions of cities and inadequate public services, especially inadequate waste management and sanitation, as significant sources of risk for contagions in large developing market cities, such as Cairo and Mumbai,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- We need $731,535,000 USD to buy vaccines, and we believe we would spend around 22 months in Cairo vaccinating people.
Resolution GA-03 May 19
Re.: Stopping Drug Trafficking
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: Ireland
Date: May 19, 2021
Shocked that the illicit drug market now makes about half a trillion dollars a year, and
Noting that outdoor cultivation of cannabis, particularly on public lands, is causing increasing damage to the environment. Grow site operators will often contaminate and/or alter watersheds, clear-cut native vegetation, throw away garbage and materials that are not biodegradable at deserted sites, create wildfire hazards, and divert natural water courses, and
Concerned that a DAWN survey in 2007 of 63 metropolitan areas came up with an average of 12.1 deaths per 100,000 people related to drug use,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- I would make trade route inspections. This would higher security for drug trafficking, so that not as many drugs would make it through. I would want five people on each of the fifteen routes (I counted on a map) so that there would be a good sweep of the entire boat (I also checked, and they are about 120 feet long.)
- At minimum wage of about 9 euros, I would need 16,200 euros to do a 24-hour shift. I think I would keep this up for 20 years to get them into the habit of not sending the drugs and let them all get a good enough education on why drugs are bad. So, the estimate cost is about 118,260,000. ($144,659,012 USD)
Resolution GA-04 May 19
Re.: Water for people in India
Submitted to: General Assembly
Submitted by: South Korea
Date: May 19, 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
Concerned that 21% of diseases are caused by water in India, and
Shocked that 100 million homes in the country lack water, and
Noting that they lack long term replenishable water sources,
Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:
- It costs about $97,000 to make a reservoir that is 100 acres and 10.7 acres in surface area so if we make four of them to replace the four that are clogged up there it should add up to 388,000.
- And I looked it up and for a reservoir of a larger size it took 9 months to install plumbing so we can assume for the plumbing it will take nine months on the generous side and to fill it would take a month or so depending on where we get the water and how we are transporting it so being generous a 1 year.
- We will be transporting the water by boat. We will connect the pipes to existing pipes and then we can bump up the price to $395k. And also we can put the reservoirs near existing pipes. https://thirstrelief.org/ is a clean water charity where we will get our water.
