RGA/12/2
Sponsored by Anna Esbenshade, Averly Nielson, Jaylin Adams, Megan Mickiewicz of Brentwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Kuwait.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Alarmed over the welfare of approximately 100,000 stateless people, known as the Bidoon, who |
| 2 | are unaccepted by the Kuwaiti government and deemed illegal despite being their sole claim of |
| 3 | nationality; |
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| 5 | Considering their inability to receive basic government services and citizenship is founded on the |
| 6 | basis of prejudice by the Kuwait national government; |
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| 8 | Concerned by the deniance of Bidoon people to gain citizenship results in lack of access to |
| 9 | essential amenities; |
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| 11 | Noting the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 5: No one shall be subjected to |
| 12 | torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; |
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| 14 | Taking into consideration Article 15 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right |
| 15 | to a nationality and no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to |
| 16 | change his nationality; |
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| 18 | Bearing in mind the Nationality Law of 1959, which deals with the transmittance, inheritance, and |
| 19 | gain of nationality in Kuwait; |
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| 21 | The Delegation of Kuwait hereby: |
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| 23 | Urges the UNHCR to converse with the Kuwaiti government in order to include the Bidoon peoples |
| 24 | in the group of those meeting the requirements of citizenship; |
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| 26 | Requests the Bidoon people be given equal rights, protection, and treatment by the law as all |
| 27 | preexisting Kuwaiti citizens as part of this effort; |
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| 29 | Further requests the Nationality Law of 1959 to continue to be upheld in terms of Kuwaiti |
| 30 | citizenship; |
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| 32 | Notes that this resolution will result with no cost to the United Nations; |
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| 34 | Trusts the UN to aid in the protection of the fundamental rights of all Bidoon people. |
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