WGA/4/10
Sponsored by Ruhee Gupta, Rhea Carthon, Lauren Goward of Ravenwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Gabon.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the 2023 General Assembly of the United Nations, |
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| 3 | Concerned that 45 percent of deaths in Gabon are due to communicable and non-communicable |
| 4 | diseases |
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| 6 | Bearing in mind that Gabon is not meeting the target goal for vaccination in children. |
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| 8 | Cognizant that in 2021, coverage for the third dose of DTP-containing vaccine was 75%, while the |
| 9 | coverage rate for the first dose of measles vaccine was 64%. This resulted in an estimated 15,476 |
| 10 | under-immunized children and 14,857 zero-dose children. |
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| 12 | Alarmed that opportunistic diseases in Gabon remain very high. 654 opportunistic diseases were |
| 13 | identified in 458 patients. |
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| 15 | Taking into account that pulmonary tuberculosis, herpes zoster, cerebral toxoplasmosis, oral |
| 16 | candidiasis, and severe pneumonia accounted for 22.05%, 15.94%, 14.19%, 14.19%, and 9.39%, |
| 17 | respectively. Cryptococcal meningitis and pneumocystis accounted for 0.44% and 0.21%. |
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| 19 | Noting with grave concern that Gabon is one of the high-burden tuberculosis countries with an |
| 20 | incidence of 578 per 100,000 population with a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant |
| 21 | tuberculosis. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Thoroughly Alarmed that Tuberculosis is so prevalent in Gabon, in part, because it often goes |
| 24 | undiagnosed and is poorly treated. In addition, the rates of local transmission and drug resistance |
| 25 | are high, leading to a tuberculosis crisis in Gabon. |
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| 27 | Further concerned that in Makokou and Dienga (rural areas of Gabon), the malaria prevalence was |
| 28 | 54.4% and 43.5% respectively. |
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| 30 | Keeping in mind that as of right now, there is currently no vaccine for Malaria in Gabon. People are |
| 31 | at high risk of catching Malaria while in Gabon. |
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| 33 | The delegation of Gabon hereby: |
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| 35 | First, request the UN to provide us with 32 million dollars to fund tuberculosis and malaria |
| 36 | vaccines in Gabon and the distribution of the vaccines. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Establishes that 21,000 dollars will go to combat tuberculosis in Gabon from the UN. |
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| 40 | Noting that Gabon currently does not have any vaccine for Malaria and has many high cases of |
| 41 | malaria which is increasing deaths in Gabon. Providing malaria immunizations will cause a |
| 42 | decrease in the number of cases. 22.5 million will go to fund Malaria vaccines. |
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| 44 | Third, asks for the World Health Organization (WHO) for the proper funding for Tuberculosis |
| 45 | vaccines. The vaccines will be used for babies, infants, and all other people under the age of 35. |
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| 47 | We request approximately 21,000 dollars for these vaccines. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Requests 9.3 million dollars for the production of warehouses. These warehouses would be used |
| 50 | for storing and distributing the vaccines we receive, with a total square footage of 92,903 square |
| 51 | meters ($100 per square meter). Having the warehouse will allow for longer shelf life therefore |
| 52 | preserving the vaccines and reducing wasted vaccines. The vaccines can be distributed at the |
| 53 | warehouse to people who are in need. |
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| 55 | Justifies this expense because this is only 32 million dollars out of the United Nations budget of 3.4 |
| 56 | billion dollars. |
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| 58 | Proclaims that this will take effect on January 1, 2024, to begin a new year. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Concludes that this resolution is an effective way to appeal to the United Nations' seventeen |
| 61 | sustainable development goals, especially number three good health and well-being. |
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