Rotary District 9670 MUNA 27-28 April 2012
MUNA - Model
United Nations Assembly - 2012
RESOLUTIONS
STOP PRESS - Please note : An additional resolution will be announced at the briefing for inclusion in the MUNA program . The image above gives a hint to the content of the "surprise" resolution.
Human Rights and Justice
1. That this Assembly
Expressing concern at recent deeply marked tendencies within numerous societies
to characterize migration as a problem and a threat to social cohesion,
Recommends that all member
States closely monitor the way in which the concept of national identity is
debated within their societies, with a view to preventing it from being used as
a tool to create artificial differences among some groups of the population.
2. That this Assembly
Bearing in mind the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence
to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights on
25 June 1993,
- Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people
to self‐determination, including the right to their
independent State of Palestine;
- Encourages all States and the specialized
agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to
support and assist the Palestinian people in the early realisation of
their right to self‐determination.
- Urges Israel
to remove the wall being constructed on Occupied Palestinian
Territory and allow
the Palestinian people to give effect to their right to self‐determination.
3. That this Assembly
Noting with concern several outstanding
International Criminal Court warrants against international criminals including
eleven suspects of crimes against humanity and genocide evading arrest
warrants, (for example Bosco Ntaganda for conscripting child soldiers, and
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for genocide);
Recognising
the capacity of the International Criminal Court to bring human rights
offenders to justice as in the recent landmark verdict against Congolese armed
group leader Thomas Lubanga,
Demands
the UN provide all necessary resources to support the arrest of international
fugitives.
4. That this assembly
Alarmed
that in over 70 countries worldwide, certain sexual orientations and gender
identities are considered illegal, and are regularly punishable by fines,
imprisonment, life imprisonment and the death penalty,
Urges all member nations
to ensure that their laws seek to protect all citizens, regardless of their
sexual orientation and gender identity, including the equal recognition of
members of society of all sexual orientations and gender identities before the
law by eradicating persecution based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Environment
5. That this assembly
Recalling the provisions of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change and
Recognizing the urgency of addressing and the seriousness of the challenge of
Climate Change,
Calls upon member States
to show strong political will in working cooperatively towards achieving the
ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
through the urgent implementation of its provisions.
6. That this Assembly
Recognising the work of UN Joint Environmental Unit towards the improvement
of member’s states’ preparedness to
respond to environmental emergencies,
Affirms that refugees and
internally displaced people as a result of environment disasters are entitled
to the same human rights as other people in their governments including:
a. Defining the physical
safety of refugees and internally displaced people;
b. Providing them with the
basic necessities of life;
c. Promoting the enjoying
of their fundamental economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights.
Security
7. That this Assembly
Reiterating its grave concern at the danger to humanity posed by the possibility
that nuclear weapons could be used,
Urges the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea to rescind its announced withdrawal from the Treaty
on the Non‐Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, to re‐establish cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and
to rejoin the Six‐Party Talks, with a view to achieving the denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.
8. That this Assembly
Noting the
Secretary -General‘s repeated pleas to President Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people and embark on
a path to greater democracy,
Calls for an
immediate cessation of violence by all parties, and progress towards national dialogue
that leads to a peaceful political resolution of the crisis with respect for Syria’s
territorial integrity and the unity of the country’s people and
Calls for the situation in Syria to be referred
to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
9.
That this Assembly
Recognizing
the growing concern about the nature of Iran’s nuclear programme,
and questions of transparency surrounding the non-publication of a report by an
expert panel,
Urges the Security Council “1737”
Committee, created to monitor compliance with sanctions imposed on Iran, to
redouble its efforts to enforce the sanctions regime on Iran, intensify its work
to provide an opportunity to settle the matter by diplomatic means and guide
the Panel in fulfilling its role.
10. That this Assembly
Saddened by the recent
loss of civilian lives in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar,
Calls for an independent
and full investigation of this tragic incident, and
Recommends
that Western allied forces reassess their effectiveness and restrengthen their fight against the
Taliban and other non-government agencies
Global Economy and the Elimination of Poverty
11. That this Assembly
Expressing
deep concern about the ongoing adverse impacts, particularly on development, of
the world financial and economic crisis.
Recognizing that while global
growth is returning there is a need to sustain the recovery, which is fragile
and uneven,
Urges stricter regulation
and more effective supervision with all of the major financial centres (including
systemically important financial institutions, credit‐rating agencies and
hedge funds) so that global regulatory convergence and the global
implementation of standards are achieved.
12. That this
Assembly
Acknowledging that preparations are
under way for the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
(“ Rio+20”) in June 2012,
- Urges renewed
political momentum for poverty eradication, taking into account its
interrelationship with social integration, full employment and decent work
for all;
b. Reaffirms a United Nations focus on achieving poverty eradication, full
and productive employment and socially inclusive policies in spite of the
current challenging economic environment;
- Recommends that the
Conference address the need for
effective global policies for
poverty eradication in light of the mixed progress so far made in
addressing world wide youth unemployment and ageing issues.
