Resolutions for May 4, 2022 Session

Here are the resolutions for the May 4, 2022 General Assembly session. The schools attending are Lafayette Prep Academy and Wydown Middle. The General Assembly will be at the Creve Coeur Drury Inn 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.

Status	Submitted by:	Topic:
GA-01	Switzerland, Italy, and The Netherlands Lafayette Prep Academy	Education for women in Afghanistan and South Sudan
GA-02	Barbados Lafayette Prep Academy	Helping the Water Crisis in South Africa
GA-03	Portugal, The Bahamas, Senegal, and Saudi Arabia Lafayette Prep Academy	Women’s Rights in Ethiopia
GA-04	Brazil Lafayette Prep Academy	Sexual Assaults in Botswana

Resolution GA-01 May 4

Re.:                             Education for women in Afghanistan and South Sudan

Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Switzerland, Italy, and The Netherlands
Date:                           May 4, 2022

Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #4 is Quality Education, and

Whereas Sustainable Development Goal #5 is Gender Equality, and

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 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

Emphasizing that according to EDPC Afghanistan has a 47% percent literacy rate in ages 15-24, and

Noting that more than 2.8 million children, or over 70 percent, are out of school in South Sudan, and

Knowing that being literate is very important and Afghanistan needs help raising this statistic, and

Aware that having proper education is very important and as previously stated in the PREAMBLE everyone has the right to education, and

Alarmed that 84% of Afghan women are illiterate, and

Noting that females in South Sudan make up 12% of the country’s teaching population, and

Aware that sexism is a major issue in Afghanistan especially, and

Concerned that the lack of proper education is a major issue in the world and South Sudan is included, and

Concerned that now the Taliban has control again after 20 years of more fair education, and are reverting to unfair education for women, and

Saddened that the number of women being educated in South Sudan will continue to decrease if no one takes proper and immediate action,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. (Action Plan) Using old buildings and tents to create schools to create learning spaces for Women of all ages in Afghanistan and South Sudan. We have one for every 5-mile radius. We will train teachers in the surrounding areas to teach women. We will use the United Nations school in a box to educate. This program will be free but donations are always welcome.

• (Funding) To make this program sustainable we will ask Nestle if they can donate 1 dollar for every 2 Kit Kat bars they sell which will result in about $384.1 Million US dollars. This is to make sure that this project will still be going on when moving on to a different project. We can also raise the top 25 richest countries’ dues by 10% to keep the money we need. We will need to buy tenths schools in a box for our program in South Sudan and Afghanistan from the United Nations. For both countries and our 5-mile radius rule, this should cost 40 million. We will also pay teachers a smaller wage which for all teachers in total should cost 50 million yearly.

• (Timeline) We will also check the literacy rate of both countries. If either of these percentages has increased by at least 20% the program will continue as is. If not, the program will end. We will re-evaluate every two years and look at the same percentages, but after the first two years instead of a 20% increase, we will look for a 5%-10% percent increase.

• (Evaluation) Our program is welcome to all females in Afghanistan and South Sudan. We will raise dues and use nestles and/or other donating companies to help to pay for our program. The program will be 2 years at the shortest. If, when we do our percentages, checks the program will another two years and then we look at the percentages again and they met our modified percentage quota it will continue for another two years. This every-two-year process will continue until both percentages are at least 95%. The intent of our program is the educate females in both countries as the current systems aren’t allowing them to do so.

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Resolution GA-02 May 4

Re.:                             Helping the Water Crisis in South Africa

Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Barbados
Date:                           May 4, 2022
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

Alarmed that out of a population of almost 60 million, 14 million people in South Africa do not have access to sanitized water, while 3 million don’t have much access at all, and

Recognizing that more than 90% of the treatment plants in South Africa release sewage into the rivers that most use for water, and

Fully aware that South Africa is the 30th driest country in the world, and it is predicted that the demand for water will overrun the supply by 2030, while much of the water they do have is polluted,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. The United Nations will create a program with the goal of helping stop the water crisis, which will be called the UN Water Plan, or UNWP. It will work to provide more sources of water in South Africa, along with filters and taps that will help provide more accessible clean water, especially in houses. It will also work to stop the sewage flow into the rivers, establishing other and more safe places for it to be deposited.
   
   
2. The UNWP will cost 60,000,000 dollars. To cover these costs, the UN will ask the 80 most wealthy countries to donate 800,000 dollars each. The extra funds from this request will go towards possible extra costs, such as shipping and others.

The budget consists of:

• 42,000,000 for water filtering and taps
• 5,000,000 for new water locations
• 10,000,000 for the building of sewage plants
• 2,000,000 for water cleaning

• The UNWP will continue its work for 24 consecutive months, starting as soon as possible. 
  
  
• After the time has passed, the UN will look at the number of people who are still without clean water. If the amount of people has decreased by at least 8%, the UNWP will be able to continue its work. If it continues to be successful over the years, it will move on to other countries that are without clean water to help them, too.

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Resolution GA-03 May 4

Re.:                             Women’s Rights in Ethiopia

Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Portugal, The Bahamas, Senegal, and Saudi Arabia
Date:                           May 4, 2022
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 16 section 2 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.”, and

Whereas Article 17, section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.”, and

Whereas Article 18 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion of belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”, and

Whereas in Ethiopia, women are highly discriminated against. The National Constitution in Ethiopia makes it fundamental for women to be protected against the law, but they still are not. Women have to take remedial circumstances to enable them to participate in activities relating to men. 1 in 5 girls gets access to secondary education, not because they don’t want to, it’s because of barriers built by men restricting them. Around 59% of Ethiopian women have experienced sexual violence, which is also due to the fact they are being restricted by men that are supposed to be their providers, and

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge. In Ethiopia, many laws are supposed to help and support women. 41% of women are married before the age of 18. Families in Ethiopia are controlled by men because of how many laws restrict women to have equal rights and operate freely. Freely, meaning having the same laws as men, equal rights. Meaning women are controlled by their families, having no control over their families. Overall, not to mention the country is already suffering as a whole. Ethiopia has an estimated 35 million people who are subject to poverty. Over 12 million are impacted by food insecurity, and

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind. In Ethiopia, many women are illiterate because of their ability to be in school. They were stripped of normal human rights because of their gender. Gender should not play a role in the rules applied in the country, and it still violates the laws in many countries. They have a lack of control in Ethiopia, which causes major conflict between the genders,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. Our action plan is to help Ethiopian women. We plan to get them better education, better pay, and better everything because they are treated unfairly compared to the men. We want them to have equal rights and be treated fairly. Ethiopian women should be comfortable in the country where they live. We want Ethiopia to grow as an economy, and live a better life. We will pay for them to have better schools, better jobs, better ability to own housing, etc. Doing this can give them the same opportunity as the men in their country.

• The funding that will be used to support this cause is the countries Saudi Arabia, and Portugal. These countries have plenty of money to supply the needs to change this problem. Ethiopian women need a better school system to help them build a better path in life. We can help establish new laws to help women be freed from the restraints created by the Ethiopian government. These countries can also have the ability to recruit new women and give them opportunities to make money by getting a paying job since some Ethiopian women do not have that privilege. Doing these things can increase Ethiopian women’s ability to succeed in life.

• This process could take a long time because of the donations, hoping that the government will support this idea. The attempt to get the money could take around 3-6 months, to build the funds to help women in Ethiopia. This could be a shorter amount of time due to the main contributors, Portugal and Saudi Arabia. After collecting the funds, it takes around 2 years to build the new school systems and start to put women on the right track. This makes sure that they can support themselves until new laws can be put in place to “upgrade” the number of rights women have generally. The government is a part of the problem, one of the reasons women can’t have equal rights in Ethiopia.

• In the end, Ethiopian women will be treated and respected as men are. Countries donating money and pitching in to help Ethiopian women. Although it may take a while, they will overall be able to live a better life.After tons of discrimination, this will be a big change for them. With new jobs, a better education, and the ability to make decisions and own things that they weren’t allowed to own they will have a better way of living for themselves and their future children. Requesting help from Portugal and Saudi Arabia makes it easier for them to have equal rights.

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Resolution GA-04 May 4

Re.:                             Sexual Assaults in Botswana

Submitted to:            General Assembly
Submitted by:            Brazil
Date:                           May 4, 2022
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 Botswana is at the top of the list with a rate of 92.93 rapes per 100,000 people, “last updated Nov 15, 2021, and

Whereas in Botswana in 2014 their assault rate was 806.6 cases, and

Alarmed that their kidnapping rate was 0.1 cases, their robbery rate was 81.3 cases, their burglary rate was at 143.9 cases, and

Whereas “According to CSA existing data, in 2013 defilement among children was 97 (0.2%), and

Whereas 901 children were reported pregnant in 2013, almost ten times more than defilement cases. In the same year, there was a high number (1058) of children who stayed away from school. Participants’ narratives reported CSA to be an escalating problem in Botswana”, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

1. (Action Plan) Create a program where it teaches girls and women around the world to protect themselves and look for the signs that they are being drugged and more.
2. (Funding) Non-Government profit organization.  We would host a charity event to fund the organization and we would invite our fellow countries like Iceland, Australia, and Russia, the minimum we would need is at least 1 billion or more-this money will be used for the following Housing, Food, Blankets, 2 or 3 Therapists to help get over their trauma, Self-defense lessons supply for self-defense lessons will be-punching bags, floor mats, Trainers, Ect.
3. (Timeline) 6 months or a year and a half. That would be the max. Then we would check in on everything to make sure that everything would be running smoothly and nobody is doing anything unpleasant.
4. (Evaluation) Once it’s up and running I would check on the progress every 2-3 weeks. Then once I see a chance I would check a few times a month. And in the beginning, We would start off small and then expand. We would start with giving the classes myself with a few helpers then graduate to bring a trainer in and more. This would all happen in between the timeline is set.