RGA/7/2
Sponsored by Qiming Yuan, Jinxuan Jiang, Ziyang Jiang, Shanti Boorgu of Brentwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Cambodia.
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 for the safety of the Cambodian population of children and adolescents, |
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| 5 | Stressing that child laborers are working in dangerous, repugnant jobs such as those in the |
| 6 | farming, textile, scavenging, military, and even in prostitution industries, |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Acknowledging that around 45% of children in Cambodia, ages 5 to 14, are working which equates |
| 9 | to an estimated 300,000 children, |
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| 11 | Noting the launch and lack of improvement from Cambodia's 5-year plan addressing child labor in |
| 12 | the form of online child exploitation, otherwise known as the National Action Plan to Prevent and |
| 13 | Respond to Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE), |
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| 15 | Noting the United Nations’ past solutions for child labors in similar countries and their history of |
| 16 | providing support by enforcing new policy, providing education, and supporting minimum age |
| 17 | requirements, |
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| 19 | The Delegation of Cambodia does hereby: |
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| 21 | Advocate for the alignment of Cambodia’s legislation and policies with international standards on |
| 22 | child labor and child rights; |
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| 24 | Emphasize the need to ratify and adhere to relevant international conventions, including ones set |
| 25 | by the United Nations in the past; |
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| 27 | Declares the intention of Cambodia to establish stronger legislation in order to reduce the use of |
| 28 | child labor in existing industries and to enhance access to quality education as a preventative |
| 29 | measure against the restriction of an uneducated population; |
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| 31 | Requests the establishment of a robust system for monitoring workplaces of which heavily rely on |
| 32 | a child workforce to ensure compliance with child labor laws; |
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| 34 | Appeals for the vocational training support of the United Nations in creating opportunities for |
| 35 | adults, who are barred otherwise from, to acquire education to master working skills in order to |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Urges the United Nations to extend current child labor programs to the Cambodian public with the |
| 38 | intent of providing a safer future to the younger generation; |
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| 40 | Declares that with a clear plan, international support, and a commitment to monitoring progress, |
| 41 | we can achieve this important goal; |
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| 43 | Trust that the United Nations enacts this resolution with equal respect for human rights around the |
| 44 | world in order to provide a safe future for children and adolescents in Cambodia. |
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