Resolutions for March 27, 2018

Here are the resolutions for the March 27th General Assembly session. The schools attending are Christ Prince of Peace, Hixson Middle, Ladue Middle, and Marian Middle. The General Assembly will be at the Richmond Heights Community Center 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.

Resolution Number/Status	Submitted by:	Topic:
GA-01 SUBMITTED	South Sudan Christ Prince of Peace	Water Crisis in South Sudan
GA-02 SUBMITTED	Afghanistan Marian Middle	Decrease the Number of Child Brides in Afghanistan
GA-03 SUBMITTED	Finland Hixson Middle	Sweatshops in Bangladesh
GA-04 SUBMITTED	South Korea Ladue Middle	Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Thailand
GA-05 SUBMITTED	Zimbabwe Christ Prince of Peace	HIV Aids Epidemic in Sub Saharan Africa
GA-06 SUBMITTED	Madagascar Marian Middle	Wildlife Conservation
GA-07 SUBMITTED	Denmark, Vietnam Ladue Middle	Police Misconduct

Resolution GA-01 March 27

Re.:                             Water Crisis in South Sudan
Submitted to:             General Assembly
Submitted by:            South Sudan
Date:                           March 27, 2018

Whereas Article 24 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.”, 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

Aware that people are having to walk many miles from their homes to get clean water to drink, and

Saddened that over five million people are at risk of getting diseases from unclean water in South Sudan, and

Knowing that South Sudan is in a war right now, and

Concerned that Bacteria in the water is leading to millions of people getting diseases causing more and more deaths, and

Worried that over 97% of water in South Sudan is going to agriculture instead of drinking water for the population of people in South Sudan, and

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

We are first going increase the number of wells in South Sudan temporarily.
After the wells have been built, we are going to build 50 storm drains each in the cities of Yambio and Juba, the two most populated cities in South Sudan.
The pipes that connect to the storm drains are going to lead to a water treatment facility that is going to clean the water.
After the water is clean the purified water will go back into pipes that connect to an underground reservoir.
This underground reservoir will even more pipes that connect back to the cities of Juba, Bor, Yambio, and Malakal.
Next we are going to build a water towers in the South Sudan cities of Juba, Bor, Yambio, and Malakal.
Our seventh step will include us building pipes that connect the water towers and the underground reservoir.
This whole resolution will take around ten years.
Our resolution will cost around $120 million dollars.
Our first source of money will come from raising the top ten highest paying UN dues by 0.6% percent which will create around $80 million dollars over ten years. The second source of money will involve South Sudan asking the Water Sanitation & Hygiene Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for $40 million dollars.

Resolution GA-02 March 27

Re.: Decrease the Number of Child Brides in Afghanistan

Submitted to: General Assembly

Submitted by: Afghanistan

Date: March 27, 2018

Whereas Article 4 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”, 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 child marriage directly hinders the achievement of at least six of the Sustainable Development Goals, and

Concerned that more than 650 million women already suffer the consequences of child marriage, and

Knowing that child marriage is fueled by gender inequality, poverty, traditions and insecurity, and

Upset that In Afghanistan, 57% of girls are married before they are 19 and the most common ages for girls to get married are 15 and 16,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

Establish the Stopping Child Brides Together program (SCBT), a pilot education program in Afghanistan, that will teach children and parents about child brides and the consequences of selling under age children into marriage. The program will include hearing personal stories of girls sold into marriage, informing parents of the laws and the actions that could be taken if the laws were to be broken, and teaching people how to identify a dangerous person and suspicious actions to watch out for.
Provide $1.5 million to fund the program for four years. The money will be used to:

pay 125 teachers $72/month (5,000 in Afghanis)
provide a financial incentive of $1.50/month (100 in Afghanis)for approximately 5,000 families to participate in the education program
buy supplies
transport teachers to various locations.

This money will be raised by increasing UN dues by 0.2% each year on the 10 wealthiest countries.

In the fourth year of the program, we will evaluate to see if the number of child brides has decreased in the areas where the education program has been offered. If it has been successful, we will request additional funding to expand SCBT to the neighboring countries

Resolution GA-03 March 27

Re.: Sweatshops in Bangladesh

Submitted to: General Assembly

Submitted by: Finland

Date: March 27, 2018

Whereas Article 23 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”, and

Whereas Article 23 section 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.”, and

Whereas Article 23 section 4 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.”, 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

Aware that many large garment brands use sweatshop labor. Such as The North Face, Old Navy, Forever 21, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Gap, and many other popular brands.

Saddened that an estimated 250 million children, ages 5-14 are forced to work in sweatshops in developing countries for need of money, and

Knowing that about 1.3 million children just in Bangladesh worked in sweatshop labor full time to support their families just in 2017, and

Aware that 3.5 billion people live on less $2.50 a day in the world. Thus making people choose between life and sweatshops,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

The UN will examine companies suspected of using sweatshop labor in Bangladesh. From that, the UN will vote on a sweatshop labor company to investigate.
Upon decision, the UN will send undercover reporters to the company’s factories to investigate the conditions as hired workers. Reporters will take note of all conditions including the number of breaks, pay, hours, abuse if any, exists, safety features and any other things.
After a report of conditions, the UN will write up a document of the conditions of the company’s factories. Along with this, the UN will write up a counter document on the things that need fixing (Stop Sweatshops Plan, or SS plan). A diplomat will be sent to the corporate office of the company to introduce them to their factories conditions. From there the diplomat will introduce the SS plan to the company. They will negotiate with the company on conditions their factories need to fix, on the fact the UN will have sweatshop information on the company. The UN will also negotiate an agreement with these companies, that families will receive financial assistance for education for a work contract. This way children working in the company’s factories can receive education. The diplomat will ask on behalf of the UN for the given conditions to be given to the factory workers.
If the SS plan is refused or not enough conditions are agreed to, the UN will go to plan B. Plan Boycott will be advertised to the public by the UN through newspapers and social media. The boycott will include the boycotting of the all the company’s products. The UN will work to spread awareness about these sweatshops. The UN will spread awareness through, the public and workers in companies using sweatshop labor. Consequences could include; temporary reduction in sales leading to a possible reduction in staffing, prices going up, some loss in profit for the company, but the end result is workers are treated in humane conditions. Workers will get better hours, pay, and conditions. This could also help to strengthen fair game between sweatshop labor companies, and ethical companies or companies that include good working conditions.
The estimated cost for program $5,763,000, mostly for reporters and plane tickets. The UN will ask for donations from companies that do not support sweatshops and want to get rid of them. The UN will approve these companies “Sweatshop Free” clothes. If the UN still needs more money for this program, it will raise the needed amount of money by raising dues on the 10 nations that pay the highest amount of dues.
Estimated time for the changing of one company, about a month securing plan B is not initiated. Plan B, estimated time could go as long as a year, or perhaps longer. If successful in the first company, the UN will repeat steps 1-4 on other harmful sweatshop labor companies.
Undercover reporters will check up on factories once a month for a year to ensure the SS plan conditions are being followed. Another round of ensuring check-ups will run once a year for 15 years to ensure no trickery in factories. If successful with the first company, the UN will move on to converting other sweatshop companies using this same plan.
The UN will encourage companies to make a good will investment in the children who would have been prime candidates for the sweatshops by offering to train and educate these children for free if the families agree that the child would then be employed by said company for 4 years AFTER graduation/completion of education and training. The children grow up getting an education and the company retains skilled workers and a reputation of being a company that is forward thinking and supports human rights. The 4 years would be paid- not free work- but the company would benefit from educated, steady workers.

Resolution GA-04 March 27

Re.: Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Thailand

Submitted to: General Assembly

Submitted by: South Korea

Date: March 27, 2018

Knowing that 1 million children are sold into commercial sexual exploitation every year, and

Concerned that women and girls make up 96% of the victims involved in abusive sexual conduct, and

Noting that over 1 million women work in Thailand’s sex industry, and that over 80,000 Thai children have been forced into prostitution, and

Aware that many of those that are sold by a sibling, parent, or significant other, and

Mindful that the numbers stated above are of monitored prostitution, and

Ashamed that not very many people are putting in effort to help the women and girls in this situation,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

The United Nations sends a delegation to Thailand to negotiate peaceful means of building a safe house dedicated to benefitting those trying to leave the forced prostitution industry.
Assuming success with the negotiation, The UN creates a safe house in the northeastern sector of Thailand and issue an aid team and medical team to immediately assist and monitor the safehouse.
The aid team will provide necessities, such as clothes and food, while the medical team will assess health and administer care as needed.
The UN will provide basic education to those who need it, and financial support to help those in our safehouse be integrated back into society with jobs and a place to live.
To pay for Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Thailand, we are requesting $15 million dollars. The money will be used in the following way:

$3,125,000 for everyone’s necessities per month (food, clothes, water, etc)
$10,125 for education
$2,500,000 for financial support for 2500 people
The rest of the money will be used to pay the Aid and Medical team workers, and any other staff as well as for emergencies

We will receive the funds from The International Justice Mission who we will partner with, as well as any other human trafficking related organizations that have the desire to fund us, such as The Issara Institute.
This program will go on for four months. Assuming it goes well, the next three countries with high prostitution rates (India, China, and Venezuela) will be added to the program.

Resolution GA-05 March 27

Re.: HIV Aids Epidemic in Sub Saharan Africa

Submitted to: General Assembly

Submitted by: Zimbabwe

Date: March 27, 2018

Whereas Article 3 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.”, and

Aware that about 6,000 Africans die each day from the AIDs virus. Roughly a quarter of the population of Zimbabwe ages 15-49 have the virus. More than half of all deaths among children in Zimbabwe under age 5 are due to AIDs, and

Saddened that the life expectancy of Zimbabweans has gone from 69 years of age to 40 years of age due to the AIDs virus. We are also sad that 16 other countries in Africa are living with the AIDs virus. Also the money from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is running out, and

Knowing that of the 34 million people worldwide living with AIDs, about 69% of them live in Africa. In Zimbabwe 33% of adults are living with HIV and there is no cure, and

Concerned that according to a new survey the contraceptive use has gone down in Africa. Southern Africa is the region most affected by HIV virus, and

Worried that this virus could grow exponentially. The African population is growing greatly. Which implies the Virus could grow at an alarming rate,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

Doctors Without Borders would be sent to help the patients with the HIV virus.
Ten tents will be set up with bed care operative units. The tents and doctors will move 200 miles every two months on trucks. Each tent costs $32,000 but with 10 tents it will cost $320,000.
We will buy ten trucks that will cost 110,000
The doctors and tents will be set up immediately and end in ten years.
There will be 1 million rapid diagnostic tests, that will cost $770,000, for Aids in the tent.
If there are places that the trucks can’t get to, people will have to come to the tents.
The UN will create a program called AIDS Education Association (AEA) that will go into schools and set up workshops to educate people on how to prevent it. There will be two volunteers at each of the schools in the major cities. There will be one volunteer at each workshop.
If this program has success we will expand to all of sub-saharan Africa.
Our resolution will cost approximately $1.5 million dollars. If we add a 0.1% raise each year for five years in dues to the 10 nations that pay the most we will get $1.9 million. We will have $400 thousand dollars left over. $200 thousand will go to the education and $200 thousand towards research for a cure.
Our tents will be up for 10 years, moving every 4 months.
Our tents will start in Harare, Kwe Kwe, Masvingo, Beitbridge, Bulawayo, Victoria Falls, Lupane, Chinhoyi, Muzerabani, and Nyamapanda.
Our success will be that less people are being infected by the virus. In ten years we hope that at least 20% of the population with aids goes down.

Resolution GA-06 March 27

Re.: Wildlife Conservation

Submitted to: General Assembly

Submitted by: Madagascar

Date: March 27, 2018

Although, When the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS was written, we didn’t appreciate the importance of protecting animals from exploitation and poaching, we now believe that animals should be protected as humans are. Therefore,

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

Aware that Sustainable Development Goal 12 calls for “sustainable consumption and production,” and aims at “doing more and better with less by reducing resource use degradation and pollution,” and

Knowing that a United Nations environmental treaty states that “Unless the international community integrates wildlife conservation with sustainable development, it will not be able to protect the remaining animal species on Earth.”, and

Saddened that of the “8,300 animal breeds known, 8% are extinct and 22% are at risk of extinction,” and

Understanding that Madagascar, as an island, is inhabited by numerous, extraordinary animals and botanical species, and

Recognizing that lemurs are found only in Madagascar and are considered the most endangered mammal species because 80% of the lemur’s original habitat in Madagascar has been destroyed. Out of the 50 different kinds of lemurs, 10 are critically endangered, 7 are endangered, and 19 are considered vulnerable,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

Agrees to spend 3 million dollars to set up one new national wildlife reserve in Madagascar to conserve the most endangered species of lemur.
This $3 million dollars will come from increasing dues by 0.2% on the ten highest dues paying nations. We will also ask the World Wildlife Federation to contribute to this fund.
We shall employ local residents that previously made their money by poaching to help with the conservation.
After two years, this new reserve will sustain itself by eco-tourism, tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, especially to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
The program shall prove successful when the protected species of lemurs has increased its numbers by 30%.
Assuming that the program is successful, after three years of service, we will work with two or more countries to set up conservation reserves in their countries to protect additional endangered species.

Resolution GA-07 March 27

Re.: Police Misconduct

Submitted to: General Assembly

Submitted by: Denmark, Vietnam

Date: March 27, 2018

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 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

Whereas Article 9 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.”, and

Whereas Article 20 section 1 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”, and

Saddened That in 2016 the United States Police Department killed 1,348 people according to US Bureau of Justice Statistics, and

Aware That in 2010 there were 4,861 reported cases of police misconduct in the U.S. 23.8%-Excessive Force, 9.3%-Sexual Misconduct, 7.2%-Fraud/Theft, 6.2%-False Arrest, 5.8%-Accountability. All others types were 5% or under, and

Concerned That only 750 of the world’s 17,000 law enforcement agencies (4%) self report officer involved shootings, and

Worried That there are patterns of police misconduct throughout all countries, no matter how large or small, and

Saddened That in the UK, there were more than 400 claims of police abusing their authority for sexual gain,

Be It Hereby Resolved That The General Assembly:

The United Nations will create a task force to grade countries on the misconduct of their law enforcement, and with the country’s permission, UN officials will watch over and advise the country’s law enforcement.
The grade will be determined by the data that the government collects, random tests of law enforcement officials, and data collected by the task force.
UN officials will work with the governments law enforcement to create changes in their organizations to decrease law enforcement misconduct.
Funding will initially come from one year long increase of 0.1% on the 10 countries that pay the most in UN dues and all further funding will be from the increases in dues of countries graded poorly.
For the first year there will just be an evaluation of countries law enforcement and an increase of dues based on the evaluation. In the following years there will be officials sent to countries with lower ratings, with their permission, to help decrease misconduct.

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Resolutions for March 27, 2018

Resolution GA-01 March 27

Resolution GA-02 March 27

Resolution GA-03 March 27

Resolution GA-04 March 27

Resolution GA-05 March 27

Resolution GA-06 March 27

Resolution GA-07 March 27

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