A Resolution to Establish a Budget to be Reserved for the Construction of Water Purification Facilities for Countries in Need

WGA/1/7

Sponsored by Alexander Clark, Isaiah Miller, Benjamin Hopper, Henry Spann of Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts

The delegates above represented the Delegation of Cape Verde.

This legislation was filed in the Administrative and Budgetary category

Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference

1 Noting with grave concern that 2.1 billion people across the globe suffer from clean water
2 insecurity due to the lack of adequate purification methods in various countries,
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4 Recognizing that resolution 64/292 explicitly identifies “The right to safe and clean drinking water
5 and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human
6 rights,”
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8 Acknowledging that numerous departments within the UN have been founded to attempt to
9 address the issue of clean drinking water and continue to do so,
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11 The Delegation Cape Verde does hereby:
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13 Requests the United Nations to establish a budget to be used towards the acquisition of water
14 purification systems in countries where clean water is scarce,
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16 Suggesting a budget to the value of at least ten million US dollars allocated annually in addition to
17 any preexisting budget in order to provide water purification systems for countries in which clean
18 water is lacking,
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20 Encourages the United Nations to prioritize construction of facilities for countries based on an
21 annual consensus by the representatives of member states,
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23 Trusts the United Nations to see the urgency of this resolution and to provide the help needed.
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