RGA/6/6
Sponsored by Kaarunya Kaki, Vighnesh Vijayakumar, Gautham Giri, Neil Tyagi of Ravenwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Bhutan.
This legislation was filed in the Economic and Financial category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Take in with grave concern that Bhutan has environmental concerns every year affecting countless |
| 4 | people, resulting in thousands of fatalities, which causes the nation's economy to suffer poorly |
| 5 | resulting in collateral damage. Of such environmental concerns, glacial effects are a leading factor |
| 6 | because they result in increased amounts of glaciers melting, causing monsoon effects, flooding, |
| 7 | landslides, and even earthquakes. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Take into consideration that the entire population of Bhutan is 782,455, and well over half of the |
| 10 | population is affected by Glacial Effects. The population affected requires immediate humanitarian |
| 11 | assistance. The country has been impacted by many losses of lives, homes, and loved ones, and |
| 12 | extreme/prolonged droughts which help increase the risk of biodiversity and forest loss. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Deeply concerned that, for many years, around 700 glaciers that are a part of the country have |
| 15 | been constantly melting, and the problems caused by the glaciers has only led to speeding up this |
| 16 | process. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Noting that every year, side effects from glaciers wreak havoc on infrastructure in Bhutan, a poor |
| 19 | nation with an Human Development Index(HDI) of 0.666, in 2021, which is below the global |
| 20 | average |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Stress the necessity because if the glaciers keep melting at this rate(overall loss by 23%), by |
| 23 | 2050, the glaciers will be almost completely gone. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Taking into account, melting ice caps lead to the tectonic plates in the earth to shift, resulting in |
| 26 | possible earthquakes,which lets us know the country of Bhutan is seismically active, which results |
| 27 | in the country being more vulnerable to earthquakes. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Keeping in mind, the Glaciers do much more than just melt. They cause flooding throughout the |
| 30 | country and the cause landslides |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Taking into consideration that the melting of glaciers raises the temperature of the air, which |
| 33 | causes more extreme and violent monsoon rain seasons that could destroy homes and |
| 34 | infrastructure. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Noting that Monsoons have also led to flooding, and landslides, just like how the melting of |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Recognizing that over 98 percent of Bhutan is made up of Mountains, which have led to great |
| 39 | amounts of landslides that have caused havoc upon Bhutan for centuries causing heavy losses to |
| 40 | lives, infrastructure, and agricultural land. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Expressing the concern of flooding, is the number one most harmful common disaster in Bhutan, |
| 43 | which has led to many severe damages and have had a heavy effect on Bhutan for years now. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Taking into consideration, Glaciers melting will cause the mountains to rise, causing storm surges, |
| 46 | typhoons, and even hurricanes to form |
| 47 | |
| 48 | The delegation of Bhutan hereby: |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Requests the UN a total of 250 million dollars to plant around 75,000 trees costing around 50 |
| 51 | million dollars (650 per), 5000 residential solar systems (panels) costing 50 million dollars (1000 |
| 52 | per), 50 wind turbines costing around 65 million dollars (1.3 m per), 30 million dollars to build |
| 53 | mini dams along the 2700 glacial lakes throughout Bhutan and other areas with high chances of |
| 54 | flooding, 5 million dollars into researching about glaciers to help educate Bhutan, and 50 million |
| 55 | dollars to renovate houses and buildings across Bhutan to help survive the damage of earthquakes |
| 56 | and flooding. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Noting that this process will take over 35 years to finish. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Stress the necessity for these items since they would be extremely beneficial to preventing the |
| 61 | natural disasters which would help thousands of people. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Recognizing that these items will aid everyone in Bhutan, and significantly impact their lives. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Affirming that Bhutan’s Economy will be saved, which will lead to happy lives, a cleaner |
| 66 | environment, safer glaciers, and higher employment rates. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | Emphasizing the fact that the funds requested will be used to build these items, hiring and |
| 69 | employing the workers, ensuring that everything will be precariously constructed, while |
| 70 | establishing an environment with safe working conditions for the workers |
| 71 | |
| 72 | Ensuring that the construction of all of these items would not only help Bhutan deal with the |
| 73 | negative effects of the Glaciers but also help provide thousands of employment opportunities, |
| 74 | supplying safer environments for the entire population of Bhutan. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | This will take action on January 1st, 2024. |
| 77 | |
| 78 |