BGA/8/15
Sponsored by Audrey Stanfield, Sophie Belmont, Elizabeth Morrison, Caroline Kelley of Webb School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Cuba.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Noting with concern the rising problems due to climate change, particularly in regards to access to |
| 2 | water, in the Caribbean Islands since the 1950s; |
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| 4 | Emphasizing that the UN has already taken steps to provide assistance through the Sustainable |
| 5 | Development Goal 6; |
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| 7 | Taking note of Cuba’s decreasing water supply attributed to droughts; |
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| 9 | Taking into consideration agricultural hardships as a result of water scarcity; |
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| 11 | Deeply concerned that more than 50 percent of Cuba’s available drinking water is lost due to its |
| 12 | antiquated water infrastructure built in the 1920’s; |
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| 14 | Fully alarmed that Cuban citizens are obtaining diseases from consuming contaminated water; |
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| 16 | The delegation of Cuba hereby: |
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| 18 | Calls upon the UN Conference to provide funding to improve Cuba’s and its surrounding countries’ |
| 19 | infrastructure and access to drinking water; |
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| 21 | Urges the UN Conference to provide this funding to improve the lives of the Cuban citizens as well |
| 22 | as promote prosperity across the country; |
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| 24 | Requests the UN Conference to provide 142 billion USD to improve infrastructure for better access |
| 25 | to fresh water; |
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| 27 | Seeks 7 million USD in financial aid for desalination plants which will be used to purify ocean water |
| 28 | and make it acceptable to drink; |
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| 30 | Emphasizes these actions should take place in Cuba and its surrounding countries; |
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| 32 | Further recommends these actions should take place at the soonest possible time and should take |
| 33 | place no later than the year 2025. |
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