BGA/5/13
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The delegates above represented the Delegation of Lithuania.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Concerned with the rising rates of domestic violence in both developed and underdeveloped |
| 2 | countries, up 20-30% globally after the COVID-19 pandemic. The delegation of Lithuania is |
| 3 | devastated and calls for swift change to be made; |
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| 5 | Noting that the second most common crime in Lithuania is domestic violence, with 80% of |
| 6 | reported domestic abuse victims being women and the remaining 20% being men. We regret that |
| 7 | adequate efforts to solve the issue have not been met; |
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| 9 | Alarmed by the divorce rate of at least 44%, leaving single parents souring across the nation of |
| 10 | Lithuania, and disturbed by the implantation of childhood trauma due to the sight of domestic |
| 11 | violence in their own home; |
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| 13 | Recognizing the previous efforts to combat domestic violence internationally with the Istanbul |
| 14 | Convention (Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women |
| 15 | and domestic violence); |
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| 17 | Fully alarmed that at least 1,800 individuals from Lithuania die every year due to domestic abuse, |
| 18 | keeping in mind the population being 2,830,546 and constantly declining. With a ratio of 114 |
| 19 | women for every 100 men; |
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| 21 | Acknowledging that out of the 10,600 individuals that were recorded to have experienced this |
| 22 | abuse only 15% of individuals surveyed experienced domestic violence and contacted police; |
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| 24 | Taking into consideration that in the first eight months of the year, police registered 4,206 criminal |
| 25 | offenses related to domestic violence, compared with 7,126 in 2020, and 17 domestic violence- |
| 26 | related femicides were reported in the first eight months of the year, compared with 28 in 2020 |
| 27 | and 21 in 2019; |
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| 29 | We the delegation of Lithuania do herby: |
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| 31 | Encourage the United Nations to put forth new available legislation and encouragement to dimmish |
| 32 | the rates of domestic violence throughout not only Lithuania but any other country who signs and |
| 33 | ratifies it; |
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| 35 | Constructed in the likeness of the legislation of the Istanbul convention which was is based on the |
| 36 | understanding that violence against women is a form of gender-based violence, amending its |
| 37 | foundation to include all citizens; |
| 38 | reassess bi-annually after initial construction, receiving up to $250,000 per meeting from the UN’s |
| 39 | Joint SDG Fund if necessary for upkeep, |
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| 41 | Emphasizes that Guyana’s farming industry is severely handicapped by flooding and that the |
| 42 | implementation of flood systems and bridges would strengthen their economic viability and |
| 43 | simultaneously aid in promoting the infrastructure of the nation, |
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| 45 | Urges the passage of this resolution on January 1, 2024, to prevent Guyana’s population from any |
| 46 | further flood damage and to repair existing institutions. |
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