Unemployment of disabled persons in Ireland

BGA/11/13

Sponsored by Hannah Marassa, Reese Hannan of Brentwood High School

The delegates above represented the Delegation of Ireland.

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	Deeply concerned with the unemployment rates of disabled persons in Ireland
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5	Acknowledging the fact the the United Nations has addressed the topic of disabled persons and
6	their rights in resolution 7/9
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8	Keeping in mind the Disability Inclusion Strategy that stresses the inclusion and accessibility to
9	disabled persons in the workplace
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11	Considering that Ireland possesses the largest disability unemployment gap within the European
12	Union
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14	Emphasizing the alarming levels of discrimination, in Ireland and beyond, of that employers in
15	hiring disabled persons
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17	Proclaims that several of the jobs provided, for disabled persons, did not meet national minimum
18	wage regulations
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20	Alarmed by that over 38% of disabled and chronically ill persons in Ireland were at risk of poverty
21	and social exclusion, this rate being more than doubled compared to other adults (Irish Human
22	Rights and Equality Commission)
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24	The delegation of Ireland does hereby:
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26	Calls upon the United Nations Human Rights council to endorse a program throughout Ireland to
27	better accommodate for the needs and employment of disabled persons
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29	Seeks that this program is to provide gratuitous resources to persons with disabilities to find and
30	sustain reasonable employment
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32	Recommends that other United Nation member countries provide this service, through their
33	Department of Labor and Humans Rights Commission, following this outline, to accommodate to
34	and combat their disabled population's employment gap
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36	Further requests the United Nations allocate 30,000 USD to the Irish delegation to fund this
37	program
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