RGA/1/5
Sponsored by Runhe Gu, Landon Corn, Ryan Dietrick, Felo Joseph of Ravenwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of El Salvador.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly, |
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| 3 | Deeply disturbed that more than 188,000 children in the Republic of El Salvador are forced to work |
| 4 | in inhumane conditions, |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Alarmed that children are engaging in agriculture, fishing, firework production, garbage recycling, |
| 7 | and domestic service, where they are exposed to the elements, long hours, and physical injuries, |
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| 9 | Viewing with appreciation that El Salvador has child labor laws: “children ages 14-18 may engage |
| 10 | in light work if it does not pose a threat to the child’s health, education, or development,” but they |
| 11 | are not readily enforced, |
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| 13 | Alerted by the fact that at least 5,000 kids and as many as 30,000 kids work on sugar plantations, |
| 14 | using large machetes to sheer the leaves for up to 9 hours a day in the hot sun, |
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| 16 | Noting with concern that 11% of children do not complete primary school, and this figure goes to a |
| 17 | 22% incompletion rate at secondary levels, |
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| 19 | Appreciating that the Global March Against Child Labor organization helps children get access to |
| 20 | quality education and tries to eliminate child labor by questioning, addressing, and changing the |
| 21 | systems that compel children to work, |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Emphasizing that poverty and lack of education is the most significant factor leading to child labor, |
| 24 | Acknowledging that children with no access to quality education have little alternative but to enter |
| 25 | the labor market, where they are often forced to work in dangerous and exploitative conditions, |
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| 27 | The Delegation of El Salvador Hereby: |
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| 29 | Ask that the National Civil Police (NCP) in El Salvador reinforce the already existing child labor law |
| 30 | in El Salvador and ensure stricter enforcement of penalties for violators, |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Calls for policies that would ensure safe workplace conditions, and have workers sponsored by the |
| 33 | United Nations to ensure no children are being employed in extreme conditions, |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Request 70 million dollars from the UN to fund schools around the country to increase school |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Strongly encourage the government to build schools mentioned above in areas affected by poverty |
| 38 | and cut costs of tuition for secondary school to increase access to education services in El |
| 39 | Salvador, |
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| 41 | Recommend the Global March Against Child Labor organization to help conditions in El Salvador |
| 42 | and expand operations there, |
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| 44 | Reminds the member states of the United Nations to take action immediately to fix the child labor |
| 45 | and education problem in El Salvador, |
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