WGA/9/12
Sponsored by Andrew Gan, John Choi, Grayson Ognibene, Timothy Gardocki of Brentwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Thailand.
This legislation was filed in the Economic and Financial category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | A Resolution to Distribute Minichromosome Crops Throughout Thailand |
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| 3 | Considering Thailand’s prevalence of food shortages with 8.8% of the population experiencing food |
| 4 | shortages, |
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| 6 | Noting Thailand’s agricultural susceptibility to natural factors such as drought, pests, and diseases |
| 7 | especially due to its absence of GMO crops within domestic agriculture, |
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| 9 | Considering the worldwide impact of food shortages with 345 million people worldwide |
| 10 | experiencing food insecurity in 2023, |
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| 12 | Indicating the importance of Development as one of the United Nations’ main pillars, |
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| 14 | Reaffirming the United Nations’ goal in Thailand to double the agricultural productivity and |
| 15 | incomes of small-scale food producers by 2030, in particular women, indigenous peoples, and |
| 16 | family farmers, including productive resources and inputs of knowledge in non-farm employment, |
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| 18 | Acknowledging the ban on the use of GMOs for domestic commercial use within Thailand, |
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| 20 | Drawing attention to the development of minichromosome enhancements of crops countering the |
| 21 | agricultural susceptibilities to natural factors such as drought, pests, and diseases, |
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| 23 | Emphasizing the past success of minichromosome enhancements and success in 93% of trial runs |
| 24 | to modify maize to combat natural factors, |
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| 26 | Expressing the potential for minichromosome enhancements to alleviate food insecurity and |
| 27 | shortages within Thailand, setting a precedent for impoverished countries around the world, |
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| 29 | The Delegation of Thailand does hereby: |
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| 31 | Requests $50 million dollars from the Model United Nations for the production of minichromosome |
| 32 | enhanced maize and rice seeds to be distributed across 3 of the most prestigious laboratories |
| 33 | across Thailand, |
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| 35 | Establishes that these enhanced seeds will be cultivated in laboratories until enough is produced to |
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| 37 | Emphasizes the potential for countries around the world facing food shortages to take a similar |
| 38 | approach in endorsing scientific innovation to produce superior crops such as minichromosome |
| 39 | enhanced seeds to combat food insecurity, |
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| 41 | Notes the worldwide impact of food insecurity and the potential for minichromosome enhanced |
| 42 | agriculture to preserve life around the globe. |
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