BGA/1/14
Sponsored by Ellie Park, Idil Gorgulu, Abigail Koester of Cookeville High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Somalia.
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 | Acknowledging the growing need for prevention against infectious diseases continuously lowering |
| 4 | the mortality rate below the sub-Saharan average even with the increase in life expectancy since |
| 5 | 1990, |
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| 7 | Recognizing the global efforts made by the World Health Organization and UNICEF through |
| 8 | organized campaigns such as the World Immunization Week in 2014, |
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| 10 | Keeping in mind the role of vaccination in lowering the rate of measles outbreaks from 2014 to |
| 11 | 2022, |
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| 13 | Fully aware that the Federal Republic of Somalia as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement has |
| 14 | taken steps in the past to prevent pandemics such as COVID-19, |
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| 16 | Reaffirming the fact that NAM is a global multilateral system with the basis of peace and unity, |
| 17 | Seeking cooperation among the 120 member nations to lower the mortality rates particularly |
| 18 | caused by communicable diseases preventable by early-on vaccination, |
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| 20 | Deeply concerned with the hesitant cooperation of other nations in funding the lack of resources to |
| 21 | train and staff these efforts in spreading the need for vaccinations, |
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| 23 | The delegation of Somalia hereby: |
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| 25 | 1. Calls upon all the members of the United Nations, emphasizing those in the medical or |
| 26 | educational field, to support and recommend the implementation of vaccination in Somalia, |
| 27 | a. Data brought by WHO representatives show how common diseases in Somalia, such as |
| 28 | diphtheria and polio, are vaccine-preventable; |
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| 30 | 2. Congratulates UNICEF and WHO for drawing attention to this important issue with the current |
| 31 | campaigns that are authorized; |
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| 33 | 3. Encourages the educational fields in Somalia, especially those providing education for the |
| 34 | younger age groups, to involve vaccination education in their teachings and free vaccinations in |
| 35 | schools with the help of Cluster groups like the Child Protection Area of Responsibility and |
| 36 | Education Cluster, co-lead by UNICEF and the non-profit Save the Children; |
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| 38 | 4. Recommends that the Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and UNICEF join World |
| 39 | Immunization Week 2024 and make this accessible for schools in Somalia to raise awareness; |
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| 41 | 5. Acknowledges that not only Somalia would benefit, but other neighboring countries, or countries |
| 42 | with similar issues related to vaccination, can benefit from implementing the utilization of schools |
| 43 | to provide and educate about immunizations for younger children: |
| 44 | a. Neighboring countries of Kenya and Ethiopia have low vaccination rates with 8.2% and 1.4% |
| 45 | respectively and share a World Life Expectancy ranking lower than 120 with Somalia, |
| 46 | b. Deaths of African children from VPDs makeup 58% of global VPD deaths, improving the health |
| 47 | literacy of Africans will increase the amount of Africans willing to get vaccinations as more |
| 48 | awareness will spread. |
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