BGA/9/14
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The delegates above represented the Delegation of Venezuela.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Drawing attention to the economic decline of Venezuela brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, |
| 2 | resulting in a crash of the health sector (this left up to 18.8 million people without adequate |
| 3 | healthcare); |
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| 5 | Noting with concern the rise of numerous previously eradicated diseases such as malaria, which |
| 6 | have compounded the already troubling issue of healthcare failure; |
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| 8 | Fully alarmed that Venezuela has the highest rates of malaria in all of Latin America, with 53% of |
| 9 | Latin American malaria cases being Venezuelan; |
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| 11 | Concerned that malaria cases have increased nearly tenfold in Venezuela in the last decade and |
| 12 | continue to rise despite the healthcare system’s efforts; |
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| 14 | Bearing in mind the United Nations’ Sustainable Development goal three is to have health and |
| 15 | well-being for all at all ages, which cannot be achieved in Venezuela with this current calamity; |
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| 17 | Congratulating the progress Paraguay made by coordinating with the World Health Organization |
| 18 | (WHO) in the eradication of malaria in Paraguay in 2018; |
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| 20 | Commending the University of Oxford’s development of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine that has |
| 21 | shown a 77% efficacy in trial runs throughout Africa (this efficacy is above the WHO requirements |
| 22 | for the Malaria Vaccine Technology Roadmap with a stated goal of 75% efficacy and is nearly twice |
| 23 | that of existing malaria vaccines); |
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| 25 | Condemning the United States’ ongoing economic sanctions on Venezuela imposed in 2017 and |
| 26 | 2019, which have only worsened the healthcare crisis and caused widespread suffering to the |
| 27 | Venezuelan population, resulting in up to $11 billion in damages in 2019 alone as well as the U.S. |
| 28 | deployment of warships off the Venezuelan coast in 2020 (a blatant violation of Article 2 of the UN |
| 29 | Charter and the principles of international law) and attempts to ‘˜prosecute’ Venezuelan president |
| 30 | Nicolas Maduro Moros (a violation of Articles 1 and 2 of the UN Charter and an attempt to enforce |
| 31 | the American legal system on a foreign sovereign nation); |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Addressing that many other nations have begun sanctions that are intensifying the already |
| 34 | dreadful conditions that the Venezuelan people must endure; |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Bearing in mind that economic pressure and supply shortages have worsened the Venezuelan |
| 37 | healthcare crisis by leaving families vulnerable to malaria and increasing the likelihood of severe |
| 38 | cases, taking a major toll on the already failing Venezuelan economy; |
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| 40 | Alarmed that 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled their country, choosing to potentially endanger |
| 41 | their families’ lives for a chance at a better life in foreign countries, which poses the risk of |
| 42 | international disease transmission; |
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| 44 | Emphasizing the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ statements condemning these |
| 45 | sanctions and calling upon UN member states to suspend them, stating that they contribute to this |
| 46 | humanitarian crisis; |
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| 48 | We, the delegates of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, hereby: |
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| 50 | Call upon the United Nations to encourage countries to cooperate with the Venezuelan government |
| 51 | by ending these harmful sanctions and request nations that initiated sanctions against Venezuela |
| 52 | to fully resume trade, and that the importation of the R21/Matrix-M Malaria vaccine and medical |
| 53 | equipment to treat malaria patients be paid for by the sanctioning countries in return for the |
| 54 | damages caused by these dangerous sanctions; |
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| 56 | Express our hope that these vaccines would be distributed by local hospitals and clinics in tandem |
| 57 | with WHO supervision to ensure that these vaccines are properly implemented, with annual |
| 58 | examinations to determine the effectiveness of this program until the malaria issue is solved; |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Recognize that only those aged between 5 and 36 months are currently eligible for receiving this |
| 61 | vaccine and that ensuring all children within this age range are vaccinated will cause this process |
| 62 | to take many years until it is completed therefore, effective vector monitoring is also a necessity |
| 63 | along with the vaccine; |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Encourage the United Nations to cooperate with the Venezuelan government in the distribution of |
| 66 | the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine throughout each state of the country, particularly in high-risk |
| 67 | areas; |
| 68 | |
| 69 | Recommend that surrounding nations aid the Venezuelan government in eliminating malaria, |
| 70 | knowing that Venezuelan refugees can spread the disease to other nations; |
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| 72 | State that while these measures will not be enough to solve the crisis in Venezuela, they will |
| 73 | greatly alleviate pressure on the national government to solve the issue; |
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| 75 | Announce that the amount of money to be used will be determined by the WHO in cooperation |
| 76 | with Venezuelan authorities; |
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| 78 | This resolution will enter effect immediately upon approval. |
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