BGA/2/15
Sponsored by Ishitha Nakka, Evan Daruwalla, Anika Pandey of Ravenwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Eritrea.
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 | Concerned that Eritrea was ranked 189 out of 195 for ease of agricultural business because of a |
| 4 | lack of infrastructure to transport food to markets, |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Deeply disturbed by the fact that Eritrea is only able to produce enough food for 25% of the |
| 7 | population while 80% work in agriculture yet yields no significant results or provides food for the |
| 8 | population, |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Bearing in mind that the Eritrean-Ethiopian war destroyed more than half of the infrastructure that |
| 11 | allowed access to food and water, |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Stressing the fact that Ethiopia alone used no less than $12 billion on the Eritrean-Ethiopian War |
| 14 | leaving no money left for infrastructure, |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Acknowledging that misplaced households suffer large reductions in food production, asset losses, |
| 17 | and continuously worsening access to water and health infrastructure, |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Noting that the African Development Bank Group provided Eritrea with $100 million to fix |
| 20 | agriculture and failed, |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Keeping in mind that Eritrea’s GPE partner provided the country with $25.3 million to fund |
| 23 | infrastructure for schools that have been destroyed, |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Emphasizing that Eritrea signed the Belt and Road Initiative with China and has not benefited from |
| 26 | the program, |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Alarmed by the fact that Eritrea’s “End Hunger” program pledged to end hunger by 2030 but has |
| 29 | used unsatisfactory methods without any community-based involvement leading to a place behind |
| 30 | the starting goal, |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Gravely concerned by the fact that many religious-based programs including “Bread for the World” |
| 33 | have worked to end hunger and also failed, |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Further reminds that the Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that more than 60% of the |
| 36 | population suffers from a lack of access to food, |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Drawing attention to the World Bank and World Health Organization report that child malnutrition |
| 39 | is a tragic result of rampant hunger in Eritrea due to a lack of access to food, |
| 40 | |
| 41 | Determining that UNCTAD determines the lack and danger of infrastructure in Eritrea has severely |
| 42 | injured hundreds of thousands in Eritrea, |
| 43 | |
| 44 | The delegation of Eritrea does hereby: |
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| 46 | Call upon the United Nations and various Eritrean agricultural infrastructure non-governmental |
| 47 | organizations to create an educational program, called the Agricultural Education Program (AEP), |
| 48 | that will start in Eritrea and then move on to other countries with problems in agriculture |
| 49 | infrastructure, |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Advocates that the United Nations and Eritrean non-governmental organizations send |
| 52 | infrastructure workers to provide the residents of Eritrea with knowledge on infrastructure and |
| 53 | building, |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Requesting that the United Nations and NGOs (non-government organizations) send 250 workers |
| 56 | for no more than 4 years to educate Eritrean communities on how to build basic infrastructure, |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Seek $15 million for Eritrea in order to pay for all the workers, their residential costs, supplies for |
| 59 | the program, and incentives to help spread knowledge of infrastructure, |
| 60 | |
| 61 | This resolution shall begin October 1, 2024, at the beginning of the new fiscal year to ensure that |
| 62 | the organizations have a sufficient amount of time to prepare the workers and supplies, |
| 63 | |
| 64 | Stating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 25 establishes the fact that all humans |
| 65 | deserve a right to a standard of living well enough to support the health and well-being of |
| 66 | themselves and their families, |
| 67 | |
| 68 | Reiterating that Goal 2 of the United Nations goals focuses on reducing world hunger and allowing |
| 69 | all humans access to nutritious food to support their physical health, |
| 70 | |
| 71 | Establishing that the Eritrean government has approved documents stating that all humans of |
| 72 | Eritrea have the protected and unchangeable right to food. |
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