WGA/11/7
Sponsored by Katie Fei, Menaal Javed, Michelle Zhu, Aditi Sawhney of Ravenwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Sudan.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly: |
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| 3 | Expressing concern that Sudan has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the Middle East and |
| 4 | North Africa region, one-third of the population has suffered from irreversible chronic malnutrition |
| 5 | over the prolonged past forty years, |
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| 7 | Stressing how a majority of Sudanese counties are showing a degradation in their nutrition |
| 8 | situation through June of 2023, including 44 counties in critical situations, |
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| 10 | Taking note of the fact that about 4 million children under-five years and pregnant and nursing |
| 11 | women are estimated to be acutely malnourished and in need of humanitarian life-saving nutrition |
| 12 | services, |
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| 14 | Conscious how children in their first two years face the risk of inadequate nutrients in many of |
| 15 | their meals early on. An estimate of 650,000 individuals encounter inadequate food habits from |
| 16 | ages five and younger, |
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| 18 | Observing the statistic that malnutrition reaches chronic levels as 11 of 18 Sudanese states |
| 19 | recording one-third(33.3%) of children younger than 5 years are underweighted, two of five |
| 20 | (38.2%) are stunted, one-sixth(16.3%) of children under the age of 5 years is wasted, |
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| 22 | Aware that Sudan is one of the 14 countries where 80% of the world’s stunted children live, which |
| 23 | is linked to higher rates of disease and impaired brain development, consequently resulting in |
| 24 | lasting and impaired mental functioning, furthermore, adults who were stunted as children earn a |
| 25 | lower income (on average, 22% less), which further exacerbates poverty and the food crisis, |
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| 27 | Considering that the total losses in productivity due to the ever growing and extensive issue of |
| 28 | malnutrition in Sudan is estimated to be 10.3 billion USD, equivalent to 1.5% of the entire |
| 29 | countries GDP, |
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| 31 | Taking into account that areas with greatest losses on productivity and food insecurity are areas |
| 32 | most greatly affected by multi yearly flooding, |
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| 34 | Concerned how over 900,000 people have been directly affected by flooding as water sweeps away |
| 35 | livestock and inundated farmland, |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Stressing that 10% of arable land has turned into a swamp and millions of livestock have perished, |
| 38 | adding pressure to already scarce food supplies, |
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| 40 | Bearing in mind that Sudan contains potential to flourish as approximately 840,000 tonnes of |
| 41 | cereals were produced in 2021, an environmentally difficult year, but is currently in a cereal deficit |
| 42 | of 541,000 tonnes, displaying how urgent investment is necessary to increase self-sufficiency, |
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| 44 | The delegation of Sudan hereby; |
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| 46 | Requests support from the United Nations to aiding crop productivity by regulating flooding and |
| 47 | therefore increasing crop productivity. This will require 150 million USD from the UN. This money |
| 48 | will also be invested throughout the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food |
| 49 | Programme(WFP) in Sudan. These organizations will utilize our budget to improve agricultural |
| 50 | mechanization and target geographic-specific issues, respectively. |
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| 52 | The budget will be split into two sectors: |
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| 54 | $100 million to distribute 25,000 Water-Gate barriers, which meet FM Global Insurance Group |
| 55 | standards, in Sudan’s states with the largest flooding impacts: South Darfur, Gedaref, Central |
| 56 | Darfur, White Nile, and Kassala. These barriers can be installed quickly and easily, making them |
| 57 | ideal for Sudan’s irregular yet ever-present disasters. Reaching capacities of 2 meters high, these |
| 58 | flood barriers will be crucial to protecting farmland and livestock, resulting in less crop failure and |
| 59 | increased food supplies. |
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| 61 | The remaining $50 million to fund improved tools and genetically modified seeds to local farmers |
| 62 | in Sudan. Tools are reusable and GMO seeds will allow for more weather-resistant, higher |
| 63 | productivity crops. This will allow for a continuous improvement in food supplies, thereby lowering |
| 64 | food prices and making nutrients more readily available to low income citizens. Surplus of food can |
| 65 | be an additional source of income transnationally and contribute back to Sudanese farmers, |
| 66 | retaining this advantageous cycle. |
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| 68 | Trust the UN to enact this resolution on January 1st, 2024 |
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