2016 Washington Model Organization of American States General Assembly
FINAL Packet
First Committee
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DASHBOARD OF INDICATORS TO ADDRESS AND REDUCE ADDITIONAL ACTS OF CORRUPTION
First Committee Topic No. 3 of the Agenda Draft Resolution presented by the Delegation of the Republic of Peru
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
EMPHASIZING:
Articles 11 and 13 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which refer to the importance of promoting and strengthening democracy in order to guarantee economic and social development;
REAFFIRMING:
Article 4 of the Inter- American Democratic Charter when it establishes that “transparency in government activities, probity, responsible public administration on the part of governments, respect for social rights, and freedom of expression and of the press are essential components of the exercise of democracy”;
The importance of fair financial governance to promote economic prosperity across the Hemisphere, and the pivotal role of government in combating corruption in its public institutions, whether it be through preventative or reactive measures;
REALIZING:
That government corruption, when not controlled or prevented, undermines national public finances, leading to reduced government assistance, increased poverty rates and lower quality and coverage of public programs in areas such as education, health, infrastructure, participation, and other social services;
CONCERNED:
About the serious threat posed by corruption, as it weakens democratic values, distorts the economic situation, increases mistrust on public and governmental institutions, and damages society's moral fiber;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
That the main purpose of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption is “to promote, facilitate and regulate cooperation among the States Parties to ensure the effectiveness of the measures and actions to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption in the performance of public functions and acts of corruption specifically related to such performance”; and
HAVING SEEN:
Article VI of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption that refers to the acts of corruption that will be taken into consideration in the application of the Convention, which do not include specific corruption acts in public spending such as campaign finances, public-private contracts, and the execution of government budgets,
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RESOLVES:
1. To acknowledge all Member States efforts and accomplishments in the implementation of preventive and reactive measures to eradicate corruption.
2. To further recommend all Member States to ratify the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the Follow-Up Mechanism for its Implementation (MESICIC), in order to form a unified front to fight corruption and to develop the institutional skills to combat this pervasive phenomenon.
3. To request the Inter-American Program to Fight Corruption and the Committee of Experts of the MESICIC, to create a Working Group to define a dashboard of transparency indicators, that evaluate specific governments acts, currently not included in the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, and identify illicit enrichment, bribery and other forms of corruption that affect public finances. The acts evaluated by the dashboard of indicators should include but not be limited to:
a. Government campaign spending during elections; b. Public spending by each country legislative bodies and Ministries of Justice or their equivalent; c. Public spending on Government contracts with the private sector;
4. To strongly encourage all Member States to implement, measure and follow-up on the indicators defined by the Working Group in their public policies, and to submit an annual report in the Anti-Corruption Portal of the Americas, including supporting evidence, such as the reports on the execution of congressional and executive budgets, for general public to review.
5. To appeal to the Inter-American Program to Fight Corruption and the MESICIC, to follow up on the reports of Member States on the dashboard of indicators, and to publish an annual summary identifying best practices and gaps in the implementation of the indicators for each country.
6. To encourage the Inter-American Program to Fight Corruption to include the acts of government measured in the new indicators as criminal acts of corruption, additional to the ones already established; and to examine and investigate Member States that for two years fail to make progress related to the indicators defined by the Working Group.
7. To request the Secretary General to present a report on the implementation of this resolution in the Forty- sixth Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Approved for form and substance NATALIA ESCOBAR-PEMBERTHY (Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories:
1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented) 2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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PUBLIC POLICIES AND COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES TO EDUCATE ON THE ERRADICATION OF ANY KIND OF DISCRIMINATION First committee Topic No 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution presented by the Delegation of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 3(l) of the Charter of Organization of the American States (OAS), which stablishes as one of its principles that “The American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex.”;
Article 45(a) of the OAS Charter, which states that “All human beings, without distinction as to race, sex, nationality, creed, or social condition, have a right to material well-being and to their spiritual development, under circumstances of liberty, dignity, equality of opportunity, and economic security.”;
Article 9 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which asserts that “The elimination of all forms of discrimination, especially gender, ethnic and race discrimination, as well as diverse forms of intolerance, the promotion and protection of human rights of indigenous peoples and migrants, and respect for ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in the Americas contribute to strengthening democracy and citizen participation.”;
Article 2 of the Inter-American convention against all forms of discrimination and intolerance, which emphasizes that “Every human being is equal under the law and has a right to equal protection against any form of discrimination and intolerance in any sphere of life, public or private.”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
The Resolution of the United Nations AG/RES/2106 A (XX) “International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination”;
The Resolution of the United Nations AG/RES/34/180 (1979) “Convention on the elimination on all forms of discrimination against women”;
The Resolution of the United Nations AG/RES/35/55 (1981) “Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief”;
The convention concerning discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, ILO/C111 (1958); and
RECALLING:
The Report on the 154th Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that summarizes the different issues of the member states on the human rights area, and the salient rise of discrimination cases on several countries,
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RESOLVES:
1. To congratulate the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), for the efforts done in the protection of human rights particularly in the right to equality.
2. To encourage the member states to keep working to guarantee the right to equality of every single person on the Americas.
3. To urge the member states to establish progressive public policies, laws and government programs, in which the implementation of processes to monitor and eradicate discrimination against racial, ethnic, sexual and religious minorities through the opening of spaces to the awareness, reflection and education of the people in the Americas would be according to the culture and special needs of each country.
4. To recommend that Member States, in order implement said monitoring procedures, allocate the appropriate budget, according to their own funding capabilities and needs. In addition, they might request support from NGOs, foundations, international organizations and others.
5. To suggest that Member States conduct research and other necessary preparations, in order to start the implementation of these public policies not later than March 21, 2021.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor) Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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OAS COMMITMENT TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION IN THE HEMISPHERE First Committee Topic No. 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Barbados
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
That Chapter II Article III Section I of the Charter of the Organization of the American States establishes that “The American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex”;
That Chapter XV Article 106 of the OAS Charter reads “There shall be an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, whose principal function shall be to promote the observance and protection of human rights and to serve as a consultative organ of the Organization in these matters. An inter-American convention on human rights shall determine the structure, competence, and procedure of this Commission, as well as those of other organs responsible for these matters”;
That Chapter II Article IX of the Inter American Democratic Charter proclaims: “The elimination of all forms of discrimination, especially gender, ethnic and race discrimination, as well as diverse forms of intolerance, the promotion and protection of human rights of indigenous peoples and migrants, and respect for ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in the Americas contribute to strengthening democracy and citizen participation”;
REAFFIRMS:
Chapter III Article 15 of the Social Charter of the Americas that “Member states also recognize the need to adopt policies to promote inclusion and to prevent, combat, and eliminate all forms of intolerance and discrimination, especially gender, ethnic, and race discrimination, in order to safeguard equal rights and opportunities and strengthen democratic values”;
Article 1 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights that “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”;
RECOGNIZING:
That the societies of the OAS member states have been plagued with intense discrimination; that this discrimination impacts democracy in the region; and that discrimination of any kind hinders the integral development of society;
EMPHASIZING:
That the Department of International Law of the OAS, in 2005, created a framework to prepare a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and Discrimination, specially meant for the Afro-descendant community who experiences constant racism;
That the Department of International Law of the OAS has a Program of Action on Indigenous Peoples in the Americas in order to highlight their rights;
The OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs adopted a resolution to condemn all forms of discrimination and acts of violence against persons by reason of sexual orientation and gender identity or 4_First_Barbados_2
expression as well as to encourage member states to adopt policies against discrimination of the LGBTQIA community; and
NOTING WITH GREAT CONCERN:
That although member states are fighting discrimination, there are countless human beings who still experience discrimination and who are the victims of racial, gender, ethnic, religious, and sexual discrimination and intolerance,
RESOLVES:
1. To commend the OAS’s implementation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which fights to promote diversity in member states and end any form of discrimination.
2. To request that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights establish and stimulate diversity training sessions for government agents of the respective member states: a. The implementation of such diversity training sessions will combat issues regarding discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation. b. In these diversity training sessions, the IACHR would urge governments to create legislation that would help protect victims of any form of discrimination and sanctions those who commit the crimes. c. That the IACHR conduct studies and reports of the member states’ violation of human rights during these diversity-training sessions. d. That funding for these diversity-training sessions come from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
3. To recommend OAS members create and adopt policies in order to ensure and enforce the full human rights and freedoms of persons or groups that experience or are prone to experience any forms of discrimination and intolerance for the purpose of acquiring rightful employment, housing, medical needs, state welfare, education, or any other form of government assistance.
4. To propose that Chapter II Article III Section l of the Organization of the American States be amended from “The American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex” to: a. “The American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, ethnicity, nationality, creed, sex, gender, sexual orientation, or religion”
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor) Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented) 2. ______3. ______4. ______5.______4_First_WG_Antigua&Barbuda_Bahamas_Bolivia_Brazil_Guyana_2
PROCESS TO MONITOR AND ERRADICATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES IN THE HEMISPHERE First Committee Topic No. 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegations of Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, and Guyana THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REAFIRMING: That the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that all human beings are equal in rights and dignity, recognizing the values of liberty, life and security written in this declaration, respecting its ethnic group, color, sex, religion, political opinion or any other precedent; That the American Declaration of Rights and Duties of Men recognizes the equality the rights and duties to all; That the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities formally announce that States Parties shall condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms, promote understanding among all races and adopt immediate and effective measures, particularly in the fields of teaching, education, culture and information, with a view of combating prejudices;
CONSIDERING: That the Charter of the Organization of American States recognized the Human Rights as a fundamental part of the inter-American system: “Convinced that the historic mission of America is to offer mankind, a land of liberty and favorable environment for the development of his/her personality and the realization of his just aspirations”; TAKING INTO ACOUNT:
That the Inter-American Convention Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance recognizes the principles of equality and nondiscrimination among human beings, as dynamic and democratic concepts, that foster the promotion of effective legal equality and presuppose an obligation on the State’s part to adopt special measures to protect the rights of individuals or groups that may be victims of racial discrimination,
RESOLVES:
1. To strongly suggest that universities from the whole hemisphere conduct a comprehensive evaluation of discrimination against all minorities and marginalized communities within the Member States.
a) The evaluation is to consider qualitative and quantitative aspects in order to describe the general situation of all minorities and marginalized communities within the hemisphere.
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b) The criteria would be rate of death in the community compared to national average; Average income in community; Unemployment rates of marginalized in communities; access to public services; [education, healthcare, clean water, electricity]
c) The evaluation is to be held every 3 years in order to monitor the situation of minorities and the progress reached by the Member States. The aforementioned will consider as a base line, the first report made by the universities described in this Resolution.
2. To dedicate itself to improve social and economic rights of the most marginalized and minority communities as established in the report by providing basic services through the team of experts given by the universities, including pedagogues, lawyers, doctors, advisers on fair trade.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented) 2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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INTEGRAL PROGRAM ON TRANSPARENCY TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION First Committee Topic No. 3 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Uruguay
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 1 of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which states that “The American States establish by this Charter the international organization that they have developed to achieve an order of peace and justice, to promote their solidarity, to strengthen their collaboration, and to defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity, and their independence (…)”;
Article 4 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which underlines that “Transparency in government activities, probity, responsible public administration on the part of governments, respect for social rights, and freedom of expression and of the press are essential components of the exercise of democracy”;
Article 5 of the Social Charter of the Americas, which states that “Combating corruption and other unethical practices in the public and private sectors strengthens a culture of transparency and is fundamental for long-term growth and poverty reduction”;
CONSIDERING:
That corruption represents a complex problem affecting the globe and having consequences not only on economic development but also on democratic institutions by perverting their legitimacy;
EMPHASIZING:
Article 2 of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, whose purposes are “To promote and strengthen the development by each of the States Parties of the mechanisms needed to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption; and to promote, facilitate and regulate cooperation among the States Parties to ensure the effectiveness of measures and actions to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption in the performance of public functions and acts of corruption specifically related to such performance”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
The United Nations Convention against Corruption, which represents a global agreement capable of preventing and fighting corruption in all its forms and establishes four main subjects that help to deal with this matter: prevention, criminalization, recovery of assets and international cooperation;
DEEPLY CONCERNED:
About the fact that Transparency International in its global ranking showed that many countries of the Hemisphere are ranked at the top list of corrupt ones and focused in the situation of not having any progresses in good political practices, which implies no advance in citizen’s life quality; and
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RECALLING:
CES/DEC.1/03 rev.1 “Declaration on Security in the Americas”, in which states parties expressed the corruption “constitutes a threat to our state’s security” and compromised themselves to strengthen the Inter- American Convention against Corruption and the Follow-Up Mechanism for its Implementation (MESICIC);
EPCICOR/doc.05/04 rev. 6 “Declaration of Managua” in the meeting of the states parties to the Inter- American Convention Against Corruption which affirms the commitment of the governments to combat corruption and impunity and different follow-up mechanisms to fight against,
RESOLVES:
1. To acknowledge the contributions of the MESICIC as an important intergovernmental body for supporting Member States in their institutional legal reinforcement.
2. To invite Member States that have not joined yet to implement the MESICIC which represents an important democratic instrument in order to strengthen their transparency and contribute with the realization of further reports from the Committee of Experts.
3. To request the Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) to create an ‘Integral Program on Transparency’ to carry out the next objectives, but not limited to:
a. Promote the translation of information and recommendations from countries of the Hemisphere that possess the best positions within the Transparency International (TI) ranking in order to help other States to improve their own position in the TI ranking. b. Work along with the United Nations (UN), International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) and other organizations in order to promote international cooperation to fight against corruption. c. Enhance technical assistance from the Department of Legal Cooperation available for consulting of Member States that have joined the MESICIC regarding their internal laws in order to comply with the offences contained in the Article VI of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption applying the model laws produced by the Committee of Experts of the MESICIC and its Technical Secretariat. d. Organize different campaigns of experts against corruption available to all Member States with the final purpose of offering information to the citizens, especially in educational centers, about the means that civil society has to help fighting against corruption. e. Create an “OAS Corruption Rate” based on the information contained in the Inter-American Convention against Corruption along with the participation of civil society and ONG’s. f. Upload the results obtained by the “OAS Corruption Rate” to the OAS official website to be available for all Member States.
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4. To finance these programs, campaigns and missions with specific funds allocated in the budget of the SLA, voluntary contributions from Member States, Permanents Observers and NGOs in order to maintain the independence and autonomy.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories:
1. ______
(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE FOR MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVES
First Committee Topic No. 3 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Colombia
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
WELCOMING:
The results and progress produced by The Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC);
The efforts of Transparency International and the World Bank to empower citizens through initiatives such as Speak Up and the Emerging Change Model, respectively;
RECALLING:
Article 95(a) of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which states that “formulate and recommend to the General Assembly a strategic plan which sets forth policies, programs, and courses of action in matters of cooperation for integral development, within the framework of the general policy and priorities defined by the General Assembly”;
Article 95(e) of the OAS Charter, which declares that “periodically evaluate cooperation activities for integral development, in terms of their performance in the implementation of policies, programs, and projects, in terms of their impact, effectiveness, efficiency, and use of resources, and in terms of the quality, inter alia, of the technical cooperation services provided; and report to the General Assembly”;
RECOGNIZING:
The 1996 Inter-American Convention Against Corruption which identifies the international reach of corruption and the need to promote and facilitate cooperation between states in order to fight against it; to promote and strengthen the development by each of the state party’s mechanisms needed to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption;
The advice of Transparency International in the fight to educate citizens of countries affected by corruption in government and local business through initiatives that offer citizens instruction on learning, reporting, and fighting corruption through Transparency and Accountability in Social Programs in Latin America;
The Emerging Change Model provided by the World Bank in the effort to provide information to states on how to allow citizens to take part in the fight against corruption; and
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
The thematic work conducted by the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center on evaluation and measurement that addresses the lack of credible evidence on outcomes of anti-corruption interventions;
The lack of education provided for citizens on fighting or reporting corruption to the proper agencies in order to receive resources provided for whistleblowers and those who witness corruption,
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RESOLVES: 1. To address the need for increased education and evaluations of anti-corruption initiatives in both the government and private sector.
2. To establish the Committee for Measurement and Analysis of Anti-Corruption Initiatives and to encourage Member States of the OAS to join and actively participate in the committee’s efforts towards the implementation of anti-corruption evaluations, whose objectives will be the creation, implementation, and analysis of methodology to measure anti-corruption initiatives: a. To implement cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of sector programs with inbuilt anti-corruption measures, which evaluate the benefits of a project, programme, or policy compared to its costs, in short, these two methods assess the value for money of an intervention. b. Noting, CEA compares the costs of alternative ways of producing similar outputs, while CBA quantifies in monetary terms as many of the costs and benefits of a proposal as feasible. c. To conduct such analysis on a number of initiatives to be determined by the committee. d. To conduct such analysis on a routine basis to be determined by the committee. e. To share results of analyses by each Member States’ respective anti-corruption agency.
3. To encourage the instruction of citizens of Member States in the fight against corruption by providing educational resources that allow for citizens to become aware of available resources including legal services and advice provided by various organizations such as Transparency International: a. To work alongside Transparency International to provide handouts regarding the steps, measures, and resources offered to whistleblowers. b. To promote the implementation of citizen report cards to rate the quality of major businesses in cities by their own citizens, to be conducted on paper to prevent tracking of whistleblowers and uploaded through technological formatting to easily store data. c. To endorse the formation of a group entitled "Empowering Citizens through Education Against Corruption" willing to educate citizens on the dangers of corruption and how to prevent or report a corrupt act which include but are not limited to bribery, embezzlement, cronyism, and nepotism. d. To survey citizens every five years in order to gain feedback on how education programs have thrived or failed in order to continue to succeed in the fight against corruption in the future.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor) Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented) 2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______
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REDUCING RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES
First Committee Topic No. 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of the Republic of Haiti
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 3l of the 1948 Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) in which “The American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex,” as one of the fundamental principles of the OAS;
The 1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, asserting that all people are born equal and all are born with right to choose their religion and civil liberties;
CONSIDERING:
The 1966 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which promotes universal respect for all human beings “without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,” and the 1969 American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José, Costa Rica), guaranteeing the right to freedom of association and nationality;
The 2005 Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas, in which Heads of State and Government affirmed “our commitment to respect the rights of Afro-descendants and to ensuring their full access to educational opportunities at all levels, and to decent work that will help them overcome poverty and social exclusion and contribute to their increased participation in all sectors of our societies”;
RECALLING:
The 2013 Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance in which member states agreed that “the phenomenon of racism has a dynamic capacity for renewal that enables it to assume new forms whereby it spreads and expresses itself politically, socially, culturally, and linguistically” and established “that the victims of racism, racial discrimination, and other related forms of intolerance in the Americas are, inter alia, people of African descent, indigenous peoples, and other racial and ethnic groups or minorities, or groups that by reason of their lineage or national or ethnic origin are affected by such manifestations”;
The 2013 Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance, in which member states resolved, “The States Parties undertake to adopt the special policies and affirmative actions needed to ensure the enjoyment or exercise of rights and fundamental freedoms of persons or groups that are subject to discrimination or intolerance for the purpose of promoting equitable conditions for equal opportunity, inclusion, and progress for such persons or groups. Such measures or policies shall not be considered discriminatory or incompatible with the purpose or intent of this Convention”;
VIEWING WITH APPRECIATION:
The conferences held by the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons of African Descent and against Racial Discrimination to train Caribbean Community (CARICOM) staff on the Inter-American Human Rights System;
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The OAS policy round tables, which continue to allow for discussion of pertinent challenges in the Hemisphere and which in 2013, considered “Milestones and Challenges in the Advancement of the Rights of Afro-Descendants in the Americas”;
ACKNOWLEDGING:
AG/RES. 2824 (XLIV-O/14) “Recognition of the International Decade for People of African Descent,” which recognizes the contributions minorities offer their societies;
Visions of the 2014 Strategic Plan for the Caribbean Community 2015-2019: Repositioning CARICOM to create a “Caribbean Community that is integrated, inclusive and resilient,” and “where every citizen is secure and has the opportunity to realise his or her potential with guaranteed human rights and social justice”;
A goal of the 2014 Strategic Plan for the Caribbean Community 2015-2019: Repositioning CARICOM is “to ensure sustainable human and social development in the Region, with reduced levels of poverty and equitable access by vulnerable groups and significant improvement of citizen security by facilitating a safe, just and free Community;” and
DEEPLY CONCERNED:
By rising racial tensions in the Hemisphere and increasingly impenetrable borders,
RESOLVES:
1. To commend member states for their efforts in promoting human rights and reducing discrimination.
2. To create a pilot program under the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons of African Descent and against Racial Discrimination, beginning in the Caribbean, that will work to provide intercultural education opportunities in port and border towns with significant migrant populations: a. That there be a sub-committee created of representatives from each participating Caribbean state that will convene annually, in a location of the Rapporteurship’s choosing, to discuss sharing of best practices and potential ways to overcome barriers. b. That these representatives be responsible for implementing the program in their own states. c. That this program shall consist of culture sharing opportunities: i. That minorities and the larger local population engage in activities with one another, such as art and games, so that they gain an appreciation of one another as human beings. ii. That performances be held quarterly, two reflecting the traditional culture of the country and two reflecting the cultures of minorities located in the cities.
3. To direct the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons of African Descent and against Racial Discrimination to assess the program in 2019 and expand it to other parts of the Hemisphere by 2023, if it is successful in reducing incidents of racial and ethnic discrimination in the Caribbean.
4. To request funding from pertinent NGOs, UNESCO, member states, and permanent observer states.
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5. To request that the General Secretariat report to the General Assembly at its Forty-Ninth Regular Session on the implementation of this resolution, the execution of which shall be subject to the availability of financial resources in the program-budget of the Organization and other resources.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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CREATING NEW WAYS TO ELIMINATE CORRUPTION WITHIN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE OAS THROUGH THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND A PUBLICIZED DATABASE
First Committee Topic No. 3 of the Agenda Presented by the Delegation of Panama
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 2 of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which states: “The Organization of American States, in order to put into practice the principles on which it is founded and to fulfill its regional obligations under the Charter of the United Nations, proclaims the following essential purposes”;
Article 45 of the OAS Charter, which states “The Member States, convinced that man can only achieve the full realization of his aspirations within a just social order, along with economic development and true peace, agree to dedicate every effort to the application of the following principles and mechanisms”;
CONSIDERING:
The need to eliminate corruption throughout the Hemisphere;
That the Organization of American States has a firm stance on corruption hence its Inter-American Convention against Corruption adopted in March 1996;
The Inter-American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption has set as one of its goals to “Promote the sharing of experience with a view to providing services for improving existing anticorruption institutions and systems”;
That a mechanism exists within the OAS to monitor corruption, the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC);
The Hemispheric Information Exchange Network for Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition (The “Network”) has been a part of the OAS since year 2000 and has been working to make sure people who have committed crimes of corruption have been brought to justice; and
EMPHASIZING:
That the OAS has successfully used networks to deal with other issues,
RESOLVES:
1. To commend those Member States that have made great strides in combatting corruption within their borders.
2. To applaud those Member States that have taken a firm stand against Governmental Corruption.
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a. To commend participating Member States that have taken positive action against governmental corruption. b. To recommend that the data base be connected to a social media account which will intermittently send reports to citizens of the participating Member States.
4. To assure that the database serve as a platform to recognize positive efforts by Member States to eliminate governmental corruption.
5. To seek funding to administer the data base from participating Member States as well as from interested NGO’s such as the Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (ACRC).
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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A VOICE FOR MINORITIES CONFERENCES
First Committee Topic No: 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Canada
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article No. 2 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights which confirms that “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the 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”;
Article No. 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that “Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him”;
Article No. 3.l of the Charter of the Organization of American States, which proclaims “the fundamental rights of the individual without irrespective of race, nationality, creed or sex”;
EMPHASIZING:
Article No. 1 of the Social Charter of the Americas which states that “everyone is born free and equal in dignity and rights. Member states reaffirm their commitment to universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms as essential elements to achieve social justice and strengthen democracy”;
RECALLING:
The 12th and 15th articles of the 2012 Social Charter of the Americas (AG/doc.5242/12 rev.2) which establish, respectively, that “member states have the responsibility to promote and achieve social development with equality and social inclusion for all,” and that “member states also recognize the need to adopt policies to promote inclusion and to prevent, combat, and eliminate all forms of intolerance and discrimination... in order to safeguard equal rights and opportunities and strengthen democratic values”;
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION:
Article No. 55 of the Social Charter of the Americas which establishes “In hemispheric cooperation, member states will promote inclusive mechanisms that favor the development of horizontal, South-South, and triangular cooperation actions, complementing traditional cooperation mechanisms”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
That the eradication of discrimination against certain population groups has been hindered by the lack of action plans, and that such action plans are necessary to reduce the number of victims of discrimination, and relieve current victims; and
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CONVINCED:
That OAS Member States can improve their research on discrimination by making its victims a main source of information, and by sharing their findings can ensure the cooperation necessary to protect the rights of all citizens,
RESOLVES:
1. To invite Member States to continue working to safeguard human rights and uphold and enforce anti- discrimination laws.
2. To urge Member States to make an exhaustive analyses of cases of discrimination in their countries in order to examine the effectiveness of policies against these types of violations.
3. To hold a four (4) day “Voice for the Minorities Conference” in Toronto, Canada on January 15th, 2017 to promote the exchange of ideas on the subjects of discrimination and intolerance in the hemisphere. Participants will include representatives of OAS Member States, relevant Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and victims of discrimination who will participate as spokespersons of their particular experiences of discrimination. The schedule will include: a. The first day the Conference will focus on cases of racism in the hemisphere, with the 2013 Miss America, Nina Davuluri, as special guest. b. The second day the Conference will address ethnic discrimination in the Americas, featuring a talk by the Peace Nobel Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú. c. The third day the Conference will discuss issues of discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation, including a presentation by a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Tamara Adrian. d. The fourth and last day, Conference participants will examine religious discrimination cases, with the participation of the Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Andrew Bennett.
4. To provide technical support to NGOs and other participants who plan to record and disseminate Conference proceedings to their audiences in order to increase the reach of the Voice of Minorities.
5. The funding for this Conference will be provided by the Bank of Canada and the Religious Freedom Fund, and will count on the support and collaboration of NGOs such as Amnesty International, The Simon Wiesenthal Center, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Action Center and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
6. To request that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights present the conclusions of the conference at the next General Assembly.
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7. To plan a second Voice for the Minorities Conference for February, 2018, to continue the necessary work of eradicating discrimination and intolerance in the Americas.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5.______
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CREATION OF AN INTER-AMERICAN WORKING UNIT FOR SEXUAL IDENTITY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE RAPPORTEURSHIP FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
First Committee Topic No. 2 on the Agenda Draft Resolution presented by the Delegation of Argentina
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
The Article 2 of the Social Charter of the Americas which establishes that “Member States will strengthen and foster policies and programs directed towards the achievement of societies that offer all people opportunities to benefit from sustainable development with equity and social inclusion”;
The Article 12 of the Social Charter of the Americas which states that “Member States have the responsibility to promote and achieve social development with equality and social inclusion for all”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
The Article 26 of the Social Charter of the Americas which states that “Member States recognize that different cultures coexist and interact in societies and that it is, therefore, necessary to promote policies and programs that foster cooperation and solidarity between and among them, as well as the full and effective participation of all people and groups with cultural identities in the framework of democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms”;
REAFFIRMING:
The Second of the Principles of Yogyakarta whereby “Everyone is entitled to enjoy all human rights without discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Everyone is entitled to equality before the law and the equal protection of the law without any such discrimination whether or not the enjoyment of another human right is also affected”;
DEEPLY CONCERNED:
Regarding the violence and discrimination against the LGBTI community in the Americas; and
RECOGNIZING:
The existence of the Rapporteurship on the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexuals and Intersex Persons,
RESOLVES:
1. To create a Working Unit for Sexual Identity, under the direction of the Rapporteurship, aimed to promote consciousness regarding the rights of the LGBTI Community in the Americas.
2. To promote and develop networking relationships and discussion groups between the Unit for Sexual Identity, governmental entities and LGBTI organizations and associations in each one of the Member 17_First_Argentina_2
States in order to collect information and learn from the experiences, lessons and good practices of those who have had success in the promotion of the rights of the LGBTI Community and replicate such experiences and good practices in other countries.
3. To encourage the respect for the LGBTI Community’s rights in the Americas based on the equality, through the development of educational workshops. These educational workshops are to be arranged by the Unit for Sexual Identity and they will be designed for heterosexuals and LGBTI Community members interested in learning about the rights of all individuals, whether they belong to the LGBTI Community or not.
4. To present a proposal to the Inter-American Development Bank to be the financial entity in charge of the financing of the Project for the establishment of the Working Unit for Sexual Identity.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5.______
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ESTABLISHING A RAPPORTEURSHIP WITHIN THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (IACHR) TO TRACK AND MONITOR ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE HEMISPHERE
First Committee Topic No. 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Nicaragua
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 3l of the Charter of the Organization of American States, which states that “the American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex”;
Article 45a of the Charter, which declares that “all human beings, without distinction as to race, sex, nationality, creed, or social condition, have a right to material well-being and to their spiritual development, under circumstances of liberty, dignity, equality of opportunity, and economic security”;
Article 106 of the Charter, which establishes that “There shall be an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, whose principal function shall be to promote the observance and protection of human rights and to serve as a consultative organ of the Organization in these matters”;
RECALLING:
The Third Summit of the Americas, held in Quebec City in April of 2001, which committed to the continued promotion of measures to “strengthen and improve the inter-American human rights system, in particular the functioning of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)”;
Article 1.1 of the American Convention on Human Rights which states that “The States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms, without any discrimination for reasons of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic status, birth, or any other social condition”,
That the IACHR, from 1990-2012, established ten rapporteurships “in order to devote attention to certain groups, communities, and peoples that are particularly at risk of human rights violations due to their state of vulnerability and the discrimination they have faced historically,” and that “The aim of creating a thematic rapporteurship is to strengthen, promote, and systematize the Inter-American Commission's own work on the issue”; and
CONSIDERING:
That the use of online tracking systems in criminal matters—such as homicide, sexual assault, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and other violent crimes –has allowed law enforcement agencies in the Hemisphere to better combat such criminal activities;
That the tracking and monitoring of discrimination within the Hemisphere can act as a means to identify the location of high incidences of discrimination within the Americas;
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That despite the numerous advances made by member states, discrimination is still endemic within the Hemisphere, and that the understanding and location of discrimination can allow for a targeted approach to eliminating discrimination,
RESOLVES:
1. To request that the IACHR establish a rappoteurship that will track and monitor all forms of discrimination within the Hemisphere.
2. To establish a website for the purpose of collecting data and reports of discrimination within the Hemisphere, whereby the website, which will be created and monitored by the rapporteurship, will allow for: a. Victims of discrimination in the Hemisphere to submit confidential reports of discrimination. b. The creation of an electronic mapping system, which will be used by the rapporteurship to identify areas where cases of discrimination are being reported in significant numbers.
3. To allow the rappoteurship, with the permission of the participating Member State, to host public forums in areas of that Member State that have been identified as needing discussion, education and awareness about discrimination, such that: a. The public forums, whose length will be determined by the participating Member State, will serve as a tool for education and discussion about discrimination. b. The rappoteurship will be responsible for creating and dispersing all the necessary materials for the forums, such as information on available resources and educational materials.
4. To fund the rappoteurship and all its activities from the IACHR budget, from member states willing to donate to the project, and from requests to Non-Governmental Organizations such as The Impact Fund.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5.______
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RESOLUTION TO RE-EVALUATE CORRUPTION INDICATORS AND PROMOTE A STRATEGY TO REDUCE CORRUPTION WITHIN THE HEMISPHERE
First Committee Topic No. 3 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of the Dominican Republic
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
CONSIDERING:
That one of the purposes of the Organization of the American States (OAS), stated in Article 2 (b) of the Charter, is to “promote and consolidate representative democracy”;
That according to the Preamble of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, corruption “undermines the legitimacy of public institutions and strikes at society moral order and justice, as well as at the comprehensive development of peoples”;
RECOGNIZING:
The efforts of the OAS to fight corruption by creating the Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC), a mechanism in which states submit corruption reports that allow for the Committee to make recommendations to each State where the OAS sees legal gaps and other inadequacies in their management of corruption;
That according the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, it is the “responsibility of the States to hold corrupt persons accountable in order to combat corruption and cooperate with one another for their efforts in this area to be effective”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
The support of the OAS and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS) in the founding of International Anti-Corruption Academies (IACA) in Panama and Austria, the purpose of which being is to educate and train organizations and leaders about anti-corruption practices;
The creation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between GS/OAS and the International Anti- Corruption Academy, the power to do so coming from Article 112 (h) of the OAS Charter and OAS General Assembly Resolution AG/RES. 57 (I-O/71), “Standards on Cooperative Relations between the Organization of American States and the United Nations, its Specialized Agencies, and other National and International Organizations”, which states that “preventing and combating corruption, which often is transnational in nature, can be substantially enhanced by international co-operation through sharing knowledge and expertise” and that “a primary impediment for the effective prevention and combat against corruption is often a lack of expertise and capacity”;
That the OAS and the IACA agree in Article I of the MOU to “undertake joint activates with a view to prevent and combat corruption within the sphere of their competence; this may include training and research activities for anti-corruption stakeholders, through, inter alia, (joint) courses, seminars, events, and conferences. The Parties will in addition engage into joint efforts to foster and promote institutional capacity building programs as well as networking activities between anti-corruption stakeholders.”; and
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BEARING IN MIND:
That the current corruption indicators outlined by the Committee of Experts include the following: number cases involving corruption that are reported by government officials, measures adopted to protect those who report corruption, types of sanctions imposed on officials who do not report corruption, number of training programs available to civil servants expected to implement anti-corruption mechanisms and standards, frequency of public hearings to consult with citizens, number of cases where the opinions of citizens are taken into consideration, number of programs offered to general public to help them monitor public administration, and measures adopted to protect members of the public who become informants;
That out of the twenty-three countries in the Americas analyzed by Transparency International in 2015, only four ranked above a 50 out of 100 on the corruption scale, leaving nineteen countries in the region to still be considered very corrupt regardless of previous measures taken by the OAS,
RESOLVES:
1. To invite member states to re-commit to encouraging transparency in their governments, to have zero tolerance for corrupt individuals, and to have a punctual response when indicators of corruption arise.
2. To suggest that member states consider adding the number of impeachments of government officials, the number of public servants convicted on corruption charges in a court of law, the frequency of bribery amongst private officials, and the frequency of bribery between public officials and private citizens to the list of corruption indicators.
3. To recommend the creation of courses by the International Anti- Corruption Academy, which could be shared with the OAS by a representative from the Academy, who would educate civil servants in participating OAS member states on anti-corruption practices.
4. To suggest that the OAS member states demonstrate their commitment to fighting corruption by funding the teaching of these courses in their countries.
Approved for Form and Substance: (Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. (Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2.
3.
4.
5.
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STRATEGIES FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ROLE IN DEEPENING DEMOCRACY IN THE HEMISPHERE
First Committee Topic No. 1 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of the Dominican Republic
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 3 (d) of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) which states that “the solidarity of the American States and the high aims which are sought through it require the political organization of those States on the basis of the effective exercise of representative democracy”;
RECOGNIZING:
That Article 23, paragraph 1 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) maintains that “member states are responsible for organizing, conducting, and ensuring free and fair electoral processes”;
That Article 23, paragraph 2 of the Inter-American Democratic argues that “member states, in the exercise of their sovereignty, may request that the Organization of American Sates provide advisory services or assistance for strengthening and developing their electoral institu- tions and processes, including sending preliminary missions for that purpose”;
The Organization of American States Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO/OAS) is the “entity within the Department of Political Affairs in charge of developing and maintaining a permanent service and professionalized electoral observation and technical cooperation to the member countries, based on continuous improvement and consoli- dation of procedures and practices in the area,” as described on the DECO website;
That Article 24, paragraph 3 of the Inter-American Democratic says that “electoral observation missions shall present a report on their activities in a timely manner to the Permanent Council, through the General Secretariat”; and
That through DECO/OAS, there have been over 200 Electoral Observation Missions employed since 1962, with more than 5,000 international observers being sent into 27 of the 34 member-states of the Organization of American States;
BEARING IN MIND:
That Article 26, paragraph 1 of the Inter-American Democratic says that “the OAS will continue to carry out programs and activities designed to promote democratic principles and practices and strengthen a democratic culture in the Hemisphere, bearing in mind that democracy is a way of life based on liberty and enhancement of economic, social and cultural conditions for the peoples of the Americas”;
That Article 26, paragraph 2 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states “the objectives of the porters and activities will be to promote good governance, sound administra- tion, democratic values, and the strengthening of political institutions and civil society 19_WP_First_DominicanRepublic_1 organizations. Special attention shall be given to the development of programs and activities for the education of children and youth as a means of ensuring the continuance of democratic values, including liberty and social justice”; and
RECALLING:
That the Organization of American States Department for Effective Public Management (DEPM/OAS) launched a Program for the Promotion of Open Government in the Americas, known as “The OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas” in 2015. In this program, 24 young leaders from 16 countries of the Americas are brought together to “debate ideas, exchange experiences, and work on projects designed to increase governmental transparency, participation, and citizen collaboration,” as described in the OAS Press Release in March, 2015;
That the Organization of American States Department for Effective Public Management (DEPM/OAS) has launched a “Second Edition of OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas,” which will be held between April-November of 2016;
That the aim of the Second Edition of the OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas is to “create a network of young change agents bringing together the next generation of leaders across the region, offering them a space for reflection, discussion and exchange of knowledge and experiences,” as explained in the DEPM description of the program;
That the Organization of American States Department for Effective Public Management’s (DEPM/OAS) Second Edition of OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas will bring together 24 young leaders from across the region in the public, private, and civil sectors of society, who will be participate in and complete a series of four components. The phases are the following: a 2 week course on Open Government strategies throughout the Americas; First Seminar which allows for the exchange of knowledge an opening of debates (1 week duration) ; Phase Teamwork which facilitates the development of regional cooperation projects aimed at proposing solutions to the challenges facing Open Government (six months duration); Second Workshop to present and discuss the proposals/projects developed in the previous stage with government representatives or stakeholders, as well as members of the private civil society, in hopes of making the appropriate adjustments to the respective sectors in the various member- states (1 week duration),
RESOLVES:
1. To recommend the creation of a Fellowship Program on Free and Fair Elections within the Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions, mentored by a panel of OAS members whom previously served as international observers in Electoral Observation Missions (EOMs).
2. To recommend the structure of the Fellowship Program on Free and Fair Elections within the Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions be similar to that of the Second Edition OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas in regards to the participants involved and the use of phases over a given period of time and to recommend the inclusion of 5 phases over a 10 month period of time; including course- work, seminar/discussion, case study, teamwork, and workshop. The coursework, semi- nar/discussion, teamwork, and workshop phases mimic those put forth through that the Fellowship Program on Open Government and also include a case study phase in which 19_WP_First_DominicanRepublic_1
the most recent case in which an OAS EOM was carried out is used as a case study in an individual qualitative analysis over a 4 month period to ensure that participants have a deepened understanding of the most recent violations of free and fair elections in the Hemisphere, consolidated into one particular case study.
3. To recommend the continuation of currently in place educational and fellowship pro- grams at all levels of development that have roots in the OAS, particularly the Democra- cy Workshop Series put forth by the OAS Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions.
Approved for Form and Substance: (Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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FOSTERING INCLUSIVITY IN DEMOCRACY BY CREATING SPECIALIZED REGIONAL YOUTH DEBATE PLATFORMS
First Committee Topic No. 1 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
The Preamble to the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which emphasizes that “Representative democracy is an indispensable condition for the stability, peace and development of the region”;
Article 6 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which states that, “It is the right and responsibility of all citizens to participate in decisions relating to their development”;
Article 95 (3) of the Charter of the OAS, which acknowledges the “Strengthening of the civic conscience of the American peoples as one of the bases for the effective exercise of democracy and for the observance of the rights and duties of man”;
Article 45 (f) of the Charter of the OAS, which recognizes the importance of “The incorporation and increasing participation of the marginal sectors of the population, in both rural and urban areas, in the economic, social, civic, cultural, and political life of the nation, in order to achieve the full integration of the national community, acceleration of the process of social mobility, and the consolidation of the democratic system”;
CONSIDERING:
That approximately 160 million youth ages 15 to 29 live in the Americas (Central and South America, and the Caribbean) and are disproportionately affected by drug abuse, crime, unemployment, and violence (2013);
That youth (ages 15 to 29) in the Americas are less likely than persons over 30 to be satisfied with government, participate in formal, electoral processes like voting, instead acting through disruptive protesting or opting out of political participation all together (2013);
That the majority of officially endorsed Model Organization of American States take place in Washington, D.C. and are held in English;
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION:
The promotion of democratic ideals in education by the OAS, as emphasized in actions undertaken by the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices, involved in “promoting the development and strengthening of a democratic culture within the Americas through formal and non-formal education”;
The initiatives of the OAS to foster hemispheric youth democratic participation, especially through the Washington, D.C. Model Organization of American States for college students, the Model Organization held by the OAS in the Americas for high school students, the recent MOAS held for the first time in St. Kitts and Nevis in 2015, the multiplicity of other forums by the OAS for youth participation in business, internships, 23_WP_First_Venezuela_1 and other categories, and the scholarships provided by the OAS to facilitate inclusivity and participation on the part of youth in these various programs; and
RECALLING:
AG/RES/2683 (XLI-0/11) of the OAS, referring to the Declaration of Mexico of 2003, which reemphasizes the importance of developing a democratic conscience, culture, and values in current and future generations (2011),
RESOLVES:
1. To congratulate the OAS for its commitment to improving democracy and youth participation in democracy through its various hemispheric programs to foster participation in future generations through mock debates and professional development programs.
2. To strengthen the commitment of the OAS to youth participation and provide greater access to youth for participation in regional democratic platforms through the creation of three (3) annual, regional Model Organization of American States (MOAS) for high school students, endorsed and supported by the OAS.
3. To carry out this goal of strengthening the regional democratic participation of youth in the Americas by taking actions to: a. Include in the participation of each regional MOAS the high school youths solely from within their respective region, as listed in (2), and utilize the language spoken by the majority of the population in each respective region; b. Rotate, by lottery, the host country of each regional MOAS on a yearly basis; c. Increase the representativeness of these MOAS by suggesting that Member States select students to participate in their respective regional MOAS in a manner roughly reflective of each Member State’s racial, ethnic, and gender demographic profile; d. Provide scholarship opportunities for these three (3) regional MOAS, especially for rural, impoverished, and/or underrepresented high school youth, to encourage participation of a larger sector of the youth population, and create a fund, “Youth for Regional Democracy Fund” (YRDF), in cooperation with the funding partners listed in (4) for the purposes of this resolution; e. Undertake the creation and enforcement of this proposal through a subcommittee within the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices, to be decided upon in the next meeting of the Ministers of Education of the Member States; and f. Develop curricula for this program and train facilitators under the respectfully requested guidance of the directors of programs of a similar nature, specifically under the guidance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary General which facilitates the Washington, D.C. Model Organization of American States, the directors of the Mercosur Youth Parliament, the input of coordinators within the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices, and the direction of each Member State’s Minister of Education, at a time and place to be discussed and organized concurrently during the meeting of the Ministers of Education listed in (3e).
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4. To solicit funding through various social actors, including Innovations in Civic Participation, the Carter Foundation, the Institute for Diplomatic Dialogue in the Americas, and Civitus International, solicit the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization for funding through Strategic Objective 2 of its mission for 2014 to 2021, petition that the OAS establish the YRDF for participants of this program, and to additionally ask that Member States contribute to the democratic growth and civic participation of its respective youth through monetary donations to the YRDF.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5.______
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First Committee Topic No. 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Chile
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 3 of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) in which “The American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex”;
Article 106 of the OAS Charter that establishes the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) “whose principal function shall be to promote the observance and protection of human rights and to serve as a consultative organ of the Organization in these matters”;
Article 9 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter mandates “the elimination of all forms of discrimination” and that “the promotion and protection of human rights of indigenous peoples and migrants, and respect for ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in the Americas contribute to strengthening democracy and citizen participation”;
CONSIDERING:
That the recognition of indigenous people and their rights leads to the cultivation and progression for cultural development, welfare and the existence of a state;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
That the resolution adopted by the OAS General Assembly (A/66/459), “Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, stresses the significance of human rights for indigenous peoples and the State;
That the invitation of governments in the “Rights of Indigenous Peoples” is for “promoting and pursuing the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples… to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State”;
RECOGNIZING:
That according to the 2010 OAS Plans of Action on Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Member States have promoted the idea of the fusion between indigenous people and the modern state; and
DEEPLY CONCERNED:
That, as reported in the 1983 UN study, The Problem of Discrimination against Indigenous Populations, governments have ignored the political, social, economic, and cultural rights of indigenous peoples, and that such discrimination still exists in the Americas,
RESOLVES:
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2. To urge the OAS Member States to continue supporting the IACHR in its efforts to protect human rights across the hemisphere and specifically the specialized nature of its care for the rights of indigenous peoples.
3. To encourage the adoption of the Proposed American Declaration of Indigenous Peoples.
4. To create a new Conference, the Conference for Cultural Awareness of Indigenous Peoples (CCAIP), as a way to increase cooperation, tolerance and understanding of indigenous peoples in the hemisphere.
5. To request the Conference: a. Occur every four years with the host country determined by a lottery, inviting three representative members of indigenous communities along with two government representatives of their respective member states. b. Focus on the cultural richness of indigenous peoples in an effort to raise awareness of the values and traditions held by indigenous peoples across the hemisphere. c. Be funded half by the IACHR, and half by the host country, with transport costs for representatives to and from the conference covered by the individual member states.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
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PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND PRACTICES AMONG YOUTH IN THE HEMISPHERE
First Committee Topic No. 1 Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of the United States
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Resolutions AG/RES. 2683, AG/RES. 2571, AG/RES. 2481, regarding the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices;
ACKNOWLEDGING:
The introduction of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which asserts it is “convinced that representative democracy is an indispensable condition for the stability, peace and development of the region”;
Article 27 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which emphasizes the importance of establishing a democratic culture and because of that "special attention shall be given to the development of programs and activities for the education of children and youth as a means of ensuring the continuance of democratic values, including liberty and social justice";
Article 19 of the Social Charter of the Americas, which states that “Access to education at all levels and modalities is significant to developing human capital, strengthening democratic institutions and transmitting civic and social values”;
CONSIDERING:
Points 5.13 and 5.14 of AG/RES. 2878 (XLV-O/15), The Plan of Action of the Social Charter of the Americas, which calls on Member States to “promote permanent non-formal education opportunities for the exchange of knowledge and wisdom in society”, and “foster and strengthen the certification and improvement of skills”;
The OAS Youth Agenda which includes: 1) “institutionalization of dialogue with youth”; 2) “capacity building”; and 3) a focus on “institutional development to support the role of youth leaders within member states”;
The IV Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education held in Trinidad and Tobago in August 2005, at which representatives of each Member State requested the Inter-American Committee on Education, through the OAS Department of Education and Culture, to implement an Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices (EDUCADEM), and highlighted it as one of their main priorities;
RECALLING:
The 208 report on National Policies On Education For Democratic Citizenship In The Americas, prepared by the Department of Education and Culture of the OAS, that notes that one of the pressing issues for democracy in the Americas is the low interest of youth in the political sphere and their lack of sense of belonging to the civic culture; and 29_First_United States_1
RECOGNIZING:
That since the establishment of the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices (EDUCADEM), the vast majority of countries in the region now have policies and reforms in education for democratic citizenship;
The success and importance of educational programs for teachers and children, scholarships, online courses and research initiative put in place by the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices (EDUCADEM) and the OAS,
RESOLVES:
1. To create a fund managed by the Office of General Secretariat that will serve the Member States by co- financing the implementation of an after school program to teach, promote and put in practice democratic values and practices among youth aged 11-17. a. The contributions to this fund will be voluntary. b. United States will be the first donor to contribute to the program. c. Priority will be given to finance the program through strategic partnership and international cooperation, with entities such as the Consortium of Universities of the OAS, the World Bank, and the United Nations.
2. To invite Member States to join in an agreement, according to which they will: a. Collaborate with the strategic partners of the department of Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) through the OAS in order to reduce the costs of this program for the Member States and maximize the benefits. b. Offer after-school programs that introduce youth to democratic values and practices as well as leadership skills through study groups, community projects and forums for the discussion of current issues and democracy. i. The curriculum of said after-school programs will be elaborated by the Ministries of Education of each Member State in collaboration with EDUCADEM.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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PROTECTING FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN THE AMERICAS THROUGH EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES
First Committee Topic No. 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Jamaica
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 3 of the Organization of American States (OAS) Charter, which affirms that Member States agree to the principle that “the education of peoples should be directed toward justice, freedom, and peace”;
Article 3 of the Social Charter of the Americas, which states that “member states, determined and committed to combating the serious problems of poverty, social exclusion, and inequity and to address their underlying causes and their consequences, have the responsibility to create favorable conditions for achieving development with social justice for their peoples”;
RECALLING:
The World Health Organization (WHO) 2012 report, which affirmed that “health services should be made available, accessible and acceptable to sex workers based on the principles of avoidance of stigma, non- discrimination and the right to health”;
That the WHO recently reiterated its 2012 recommendation that parties provide “interventions aimed at empowering sex workers and providing them with HIV prevention, treatment and care, and support services have proven effective in a wide range of formal and informal sex work settings”, especially when they are “proactively involved in programme design and delivery”;
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which asserted that “people need access to accurate information and the safe, effective and acceptable contraception method of their choice. They must be informed and empowered to protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections”;
RECOGNIZING:
That the WHO defines sex workers as “people who receive money or goods in exchange for sexual services, and who consciously define those activities as income generating even if they do not consider sex work as their occupation”.
That the Global Commission on HIV and the Law (2012) observed that “criminalized and stigmatized sex workers are unable to access programmes of HIV prevention and care”, and that “female sex workers in developing countries are 14 times more likely to be infected with HIV” than non-sex workers;
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2015 report, which found that there are few population-based studies of sex workers globally, and especially in the Americas, as sex work is a stigmatized occupation that is illegal throughout most of the world;
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previously experienced discrimination, “outright hostility from administrative staff”, and “13% had been directly denied treatment”; and
ACKNOWLEDGING:
That while the goal of Member States should be to assist WSWs out of their current condition, WSW’s rights and health should be protected. Furthermore, Member States should abide by the Protocol of San Salvador (1988) and provide sex workers and other vulnerable populations with education and access to health services to promote the “prevention and treatment of occupational and other diseases”,
RESOLVES:
1. To commend Member States for being at the forefront of progress in the recognition of women’s rights.
2. To instruct the Inter American Commission of Women (CIM) to create a pilot program called “Women Educating Women” (WEW) to educate WSWs on safe sex and health practices in which three (3) member states will be encouraged to implement.
3. To instruct the WEW to work with gynecologists, reproductive health specialists, nurses, psychologists, sociologists, interested NGOs, and former WSWs to create pilot centers to provide, to current and former WSWs, such services as the following:
a. Medical evaluations and psychological counseling. b. HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and counseling, and antiretroviral treatment. c. Access to contraceptives and sex education and counseling. d. Detection and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
4. To instruct WEW to assist Member States in destigmatizing WSWs and their condition to facilitate their reintegration into society and to facilitate their access to local health services.
5. To instruct the CIM to analyze the program’s effectiveness and present its findings at a meeting of the Permanent Council in the near future.
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6. To request the financial assistance and expertise of UN Women, Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), World Health Organization, UNAIDS, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), the Sex Workers Outreach Projects, Asociación de Trabajadoras Sexuales Miluska Vida y Dignidad, Red de Mujeres Trabajadoras Sexuales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (RedTraSex) and other interested NGOS.
Approved for form and substance ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor) Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
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PROMOTE THE ERADICATION OF CORRUPTION THROUGH STRATEGIES BASED ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS First Committee Topic No. 3 of the Agenda. Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 2 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which claims that “the effective exercise of representative democracy is the basis for the rule of law and of the constitutional regimes of the member states of the Organization of American States. Representative democracy is strengthened and deepened by permanent, ethical, and responsible participation of the citizenry within a legal framework conforming to the respective constitutional order.”;
ACKNOWLEDGING:
AG/RES 2655 (XLI-O/11), “Follow-up on the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption and on the Inter-American Program for Cooperation”, which proclaims all Member States to participate in the Follow- up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption;
CONSIDERING:
That corruption represents a threat to democracy, to economic and social development, to transparency in public institutions; and it also weakens the values of justice and freedom;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
Article 4 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which claims that “transparency in government activities, probity, responsible public administration on the part of government's, respect for social rights, and freedom of expression and of the press are essential components of the exercise of democracy”; and
BEARING IN MIND:
Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, which states that Member States need to promote the mechanisms in order “to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption”,
RESOLVES:
1. To congratulate the work carried out by the Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism for Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) for the efforts and accomplishments made to consolidate the best practices for the prevention and combat of corruption.
2. To promote academic research and studies related to the principles and practices of transparency in the exercise of public service and facilitate the participation of universities.
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3. To prioritize the scholarship programs to postgraduates in order to promote the development of new strategies and programs to reduce corruption within the Hemisphere according to the 8 priorities of OAS scholarship application, specifically, Strengthening of Democratic Institutions.
4. To encourage Member States to continue to support the “Inter-American Anti- Corruption Fund” that will be used for the proposals of the scholarship program in order to establish a culture of transparency and ensuring more efficient public management.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented) 2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
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FIGHTING CORRUPTION THROUGH THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY
First Committee Topic No. 3 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Costa Rica
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 47 of the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which states that “The Member States will give primary importance within their development plans to the encouragement of education, science, technology, and culture, oriented toward the overall improvement of the individual, and as a foundation for democracy, social justice, and progress”; Article 4 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which states that “Transparency in government activities, probity, responsible public administration on the part of governments, respect for social rights, and freedom of expression and of the press are essential components of the exercise of democracy”; Article 5 of the Social Charter of the Americas which, states that “Combating corruption and other unethical practices in the public and private sectors strengthens a culture of transparency and is fundamental for long-term growth and poverty reduction”;
CONSIDERING:
That the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations noted that “The money stolen through corruption every year is enough to feed the world’s hungry 80 times over”;
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (2004) which states that “Each State Party shall, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal system, develop and implement or maintain effective, coordinated anti-corruption policies that promote the participation of society and reflect the principles of the rule of law, proper management of public affairs and public property, integrity, transparency and accountability”; and
RECALLING:
AG/RES. 1398 (XXVI-O/96), “The Inter-American Convention against Corruption”, which aims “to promote, facilitate, and regulate cooperation among the states parties to ensure the effectiveness of the measures and actions to prevent, detect, punish, and eliminate acts of corruption”;
AG/RES. 2480 (XXXIX-O/09), “Promotion and Strengthening of Democracy: Follow-up to the Inter- American Democratic Charter”, which encouraged the General Secretariat “to support programs designed to prevent and fight corruption, contributing to fostering accountability, efficiency, and integrity in the exercise of public service, with a view to strengthening a culture of transparency and ensuring more efficient public management”,
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RESOLVES:
1. To congratulate the OAS Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Inter- American Convention Against Corruption (MESICIC) on the conduct of numerous training programs in areas related to anti-corruption cooperation.
2. To urge MESICIC to continue to combat corruption by organizing anti-corruption educational seminars for students currently holding positions in student government at the university level.
3. To propose the creation of a one-week seminar by MESICIC that educates university students on their rights to accountable and transparent governance; how corruption affects individuals and society; and how to monitor corruption on the part of government officials and offices. The curriculum for the seminars will be structured as follows: a. Part One: Corruption and its consequences at the individual and community level. Topics will include defining the various forms of corruption, identifying its warning signs, and analyzing its negative societal impacts, such as undermining democracy and diverting funds. b. Part Two: The ideal of democracy. Students will learn how democracy is supposed to function without corruption and develop a thorough understanding of essential anti-corruption concepts such as transparency, accountability and human rights. c. Part Three: Taking action. Student leaders will explore ways to combat corruption in their communities by learning how to access and interpret pertinent government information and by studying best practices in existing anti-corruption initiatives. Students will also receive mentoring and training from government officials and NGO representatives whose work focuses on promoting transparent governance and eliminating corruption.
4. To advise that: a. The seminars be held in a different member state every year. b. Participants be selected based upon applications submitted to the MESICIC for review. A strong academic record and prior leadership experience would identify eligible participants. No more than 5 students from each member state should be chosen. c. The seminar be taught by qualified volunteer instructors from organizations such as MESICIC, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and governance-focused NGOs. d. The seminar be funded by sponsoring organizations at no cost to participating students.
5. To request funding from organizations such as UNDP, the World Bank, OAS Permanent Observers, The Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption, The International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities, and other NGOs that focus on anti-corruption initiatives and transparent governance.
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6. To urge that the first seminar is held in Costa Rica in July of 2019.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
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STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE THROUGH TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN GENDER PERSPECTIVES FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS
First Committee Topic No. 2 of the Agenda Draft Resolution Presented by the Delegation of Paraguay
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN:
Article 3(L) of the Charter of the Organization of American States, which establishes the principle of “American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed or sex”;
Article 45(A) of the OAS Charter, which claims “All human beings, without distinction as to race, sex, nationality, creed, or social condition, have a right to material well-being and to their spiritual development, under circumstances of liberty, dignity, equality of opportunity, and economic security”;
Article 137 of the OAS Charter, which establishes that “the OAS does not allow any restriction based on race, creed, or sex, with respect to eligibility to participate in the activities of the organization and to hold positions therein”;
Article 9 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which asserts that “the elimination of all forms of discrimination, especially gender, ethnic and race discrimination, as well as the forms of intolerance, the promotion and protection of human rights of indigenous peoples and migrants, and respect for ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in the America’s contribute to strengthening democracy and citizen participation”;
Article 16 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which states that “Education is key to strengthening democratic institutions, promoting the development of human potential, and alleviating poverty and fostering greater understanding among our peoples”;
Article 8(C) of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women establishes that “The States Parties agree to undertake progressively specific measures, including programs: (c) to promote the education and training of all those involved in the administration of justice, police and other law enforcement officers as well as other personnel responsible for implementing policies for the prevention, punishment and eradication of violence against women”;
Article 8(E) of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women expresses the duty of States Parties “to promote and support governmental and private sector education designed to raise the awareness of the public with respect to the problems of and remedies for violence against women”;
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CONSIDERING:
That in some states with laws in force protecting women’s civil, political, social, and economic rights, exist deeply institutionalized attitudes, perceptions, and gender expectations and norms in every level of society, inhibiting the accessibility for women to utilize the justice system and other state mechanisms designed to protect citizens’ rights; and
RECOGNIZING:
The Inter-American Commission of Women’s recommendations to the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA IV) for the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into the justice system, finding it necessary in order to transform de jure law into de facto law;
The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women’s platform for action on Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women’s three broad strategic objectives for states to eradicate discrimination based on sex, “create or strengthen national machineries and other governmental bodies; integrate gender perspectives in legislation, public policies, programmes and projects”,
RESOLVES:
1. To commend the Inter-American Commission of Women for their efforts and achievements on formulating policy recommendations for the advancement of women’s rights and gender equality in the Western Hemisphere.
2. To congratulate the cooperation between the CIM and several Meetings of Ministries within the America’s regarding Gender and Labour, Gender and Justice, Gender and Education and Gender and Science and Technology. These resolutions are key components to integrating women’s rights and gender equality in both public and private sectors within Member States.
3. To recommend that Member States implement the use of a gender perspective in all policy and legislative making processes and enforcement procedures at every level of government, in order to ensure the specific needs and interests of women are addressed.
4. To encourage Member States to incentivize private sector actors who participate in training and education in gender perspectives of their employees through approved gender equality and perspectives courses.
5. To promote the responsibility all actors within the State, public or private, have in creating and maintaining an equitable and sustainable future.
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6. To request that the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) and the CIM partner to compile and standardize the criteria needed for gender equality and perspectives training and education for all Member States’ public sector employees upon hire; held accountable through the documentation and registration of approved gender equality and gender perspectives courses provided by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission of Women.
Approved for form and substance: ______(Signature of Faculty Advisor)
Cosignatories: 1. ______(Signature of Delegate) (Country Represented)
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5.______
BUDGET PRIORITY LIST – FIRST COMMITTEE
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