WGA/10/9
Sponsored by Benjamin Brown, William Doyle of Franklin High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Armenia.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Recognizing that 80 % of the land plots in Armenia are characterized by desertification processes |
| 2 | and various levels of land desertification, |
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| 4 | Cognizant of 32% of Armenia’s land being in a state of full desertification, |
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| 6 | Understanding that only 11.2% of Armenia is forested, the least of any caucasus country, |
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| 8 | Comprehending that 70% of Armenia’s forests are currently degraded, |
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| 10 | Having examined a similar situation in Georgia, with about 35% (1 million hectares) of agricultural |
| 11 | lands considered degraded at this time, |
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| 13 | Appreciating the preexistence of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, |
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| 15 | The Delegation of Armenia Hereby: |
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| 17 | Calls upon the United Nations to help alleviate desertification in the nation of Armenia through the |
| 18 | rapid and needed expansion of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, |
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| 20 | Acknowledging the goals of this U.N. organization to combat desertification across the world, |
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| 22 | Applauds the UNCCD’s efforts of tree planting, establishing seed banks, reintroducing selected |
| 23 | species, countering erosion through terracing and other measures, enriching the soil with |
| 24 | nutrients, and planting trees to combat desertification, |
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| 26 | Considering the fact that the U.N. is not on track to meet its sustainable development goals by |
| 27 | 2030, |
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| 29 | Calls upon that the U.N. create an incentive grant for signatories of the United Nations Convention |
| 30 | to Fight Deforestation |
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