BGA/3/13
Sponsored by Ashwika Chitreddy, Manya Naresh, Saisha Kumar, Janvi Vashishtha of Ravenwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Madagascar.
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 of the 2023 United Nations, |
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| 3 | Bearing in mind that in the last year Madagascar has experienced a food insecurity increase of |
| 4 | 33%; |
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| 6 | Observing the effects of natural disasters such as cyclones, drought, floods and locust invasions, |
| 7 | persistent crop failures, limited access to health care, and COVID-19 on existing food insecurity; |
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| 9 | Fully alarmed that chronic malnutrition creates physical disasters, such as stunted growth, poor |
| 10 | cognition, language and behavioral development, and higher rates of mortality: currently 6.8 per |
| 11 | 1,000 people; |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Concerned that the rates of illness and infections increase the direct medical care cost by $128 |
| 14 | million annually; |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Noting that morbidity rates can create worse long term outcomes, as over 80% of the arable land |
| 17 | has been deforested, causing crop failure and lack of food source; |
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| 19 | Emphasizing how this conflict is linked towards economic losses of roughly $743 million annually, |
| 20 | approximately 7% of Madagascar’s GDP, as the service needed towards this problem grows; |
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| 22 | Acknowledging that the Malagasy government pledged aid with the support of the United Nations |
| 23 | and World Food Program, with the aim of helping 1.14 million Malagasy people on the edge of |
| 24 | starvation; |
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| 26 | Emphasizing that continued support is needed for these efforts, as one million people including |
| 27 | nearly 460,000 children still suffer from food insecurity since the 2021-2022 famine; |
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| 29 | Considering the 45% of deaths for children under the age of 5 occurring due to malnutrition, and |
| 30 | the ranking of Madagascar for 5th highest chronic malnutrition rate globally; |
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| 32 | Recognizing that since only 5% of Madagascar’s land is suitable for cultivation, farming being the |
| 33 | only method of national sustenance is not the ideal approach to combat malnutrition; |
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| 35 | The delegation of Madagascar hereby: |
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| 37 | Requests $10 Million USD in funding from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to |
| 38 | enforce regulatory policies such as: banning deforestation and logging, preventing humans from |
| 39 | depleting the topsoil, and limiting the amount of human impact on Madagascar’s land while |
| 40 | implementing biofortification/micronutrient fortification to better preserve the fertile land existent |
| 41 | within terrains; |
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| 43 | Designates $1.5 Million of the budget to implement long-term biofortification, $2 million to |
| 44 | establish dietary requirements, and the rest to maintain the policies detailed below for long-term |
| 45 | impacts. |
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| 47 | Notes the regulatory policies are being implemented to prevent further damage from humans |
| 48 | ecological footprints, while attempting to restore desertified lands; |
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| 50 | Affirms the arable land will be used to grow nutrient dense crops, such as rice, potatoes, corn, |
| 51 | tomatoes, and more to establish biofortified diets, and create distributable meals to fulfill |
| 52 | necessary dietary requirements; |
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| 54 | Provide the ability to extend future solutions and establishment towards Madagascar’s malnutrition |
| 55 | and the percentage of land suffering from human impact such as deforestation and soil erosion; |
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| 57 | Hope that organizations such as The Borgen Project, Feed My Starving Children, UNICEF, SEED |
| 58 | Madagascar, Blue Ventures, WFP, etc. will boost our implementation of crop production, while |
| 59 | prominently influencing the future wellbeing of the Madagascar population; |
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| 61 | Trust the United Nations will understand the dire consequences of not implementing this resolution |
| 62 | for the people of Madagascar and enact our initiative by January 1st, 2024. |
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