WGA/10/10
Sponsored by Amelia Lewis, Joseph Garate, Austin Pettiford of John Overton High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Cape Verde.
This legislation was filed in the Administrative and Budgetary category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly: |
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| 3 | Encouraged by Cape Verdes’s gradual efforts to ensure widespread access to healthcare on each of |
| 4 | its islands, |
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| 6 | Deeply concerned with the absence of a major hospital or emergency clinic on Boa Vista, Cape |
| 7 | Verde’s third largest island, |
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| 9 | Bearing in mind that only eighty percent of the Cape Verdean population has a healthcare facility |
| 10 | within a thirty-minute proximity, |
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| 12 | Motivated to ensure better emergency health services through the use of helicopters, |
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| 14 | Observing that more healthcare centers will lead to more jobs and improve the economic condition |
| 15 | of Cape Verde, |
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| 17 | Considering the past outbreaks of COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, and Malaria and their impact on the |
| 18 | island's overall health, |
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| 20 | Compelled to address this issue of healthcare disparity and inequity. |
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| 22 | We, the delegation of Cape Verde do hereby: |
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| 24 | Call upon the United Nations to allocate $100,000,000 for the construction of a new hospital on |
| 25 | the island of Bao Vista, |
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| 27 | Request additional funding in the form of $100,000 USD to create two helipads to connect the |
| 28 | small island of Brava to Fogo and to purchase two medical grade helicopters. |
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