WGA/12/10
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The delegates above represented the Delegation of Mozambique.
This legislation was filed in the Economic and Financial category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Noting with concern that the unemployment rate in Mozambique is at a staggering high of 28.6 |
| 2 | percent of the population, |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Deeply aware that rising sea levels and shifts in weather patterns will disproportionately impact |
| 5 | Mozambique's developing economy compared to the economies of industrialized nations, |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Appreciating the role of electric cars and grid-scale energy storage in decreasing carbon emissions, |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Further recalling that mining is an integral part of battery and green energy production, |
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| 11 | Cognizant of the UN’s commitment to both a clean environment and safe conditions for workers as |
| 12 | affirmed in resolutions 73/333 and 62/182, |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Dismayed at the inadequate consideration given to the workers essential for the success of the |
| 15 | green transition, leading to the deaths of numerous workers every year, |
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| 17 | The delegation of Mozambique hereby: |
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| 19 | Requests an increase in funding of 2,248,000 USD to be used by the United Nations Industrial |
| 20 | Development Organization (UNIDO) to make four new sustainable lithium mines safer and greener |
| 21 | in Morrua, Muiane, Moneiea and Munhamola Provinces; |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Expresses its commitment to increased global cooperation in sustainably sourcing raw materials; |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Calls on the UN to prevent fatalities in mines by incentivizing better infrastructure and safer |
| 26 | workspaces; |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Urges the implementation of bioremediation facilities in mines and factories across Africa and the |
| 29 | Global South; |
| 30 | |
| 31 | Emphasizes that the UNIDO should publicly support the right of miners to unionize in opposition to |
| 32 | exploitative companies and inequitable contracts; |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Trusts that the United Nations will see the importance of ensuring that workers’ humanity is not |
| 35 | forgotten in our pursuit of net zero carbon emissions. |
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| 37 | |
| 38 | Aiming to reduce the stress of migrant overpopulation in the main refugee center in the city of |
| 39 | Kofinou, where over 1,000 inhabitants are utilizing the resources meant to originally house 350 |
| 40 | refugees. |
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| 42 | The Delegation of Cyprus Does Hereby: |
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| 44 | Acknowledge the UNHCR’s previous goal of $3.2 Million to support the refugee crisis relief in order |
| 45 | to provide preliminary resources, improve existing refugee centers, and provide temporary |
| 46 | housing to combat homelessness in Cyprus, with 62% of the funding already procured, |
| 47 | |
| 48 | Request $11.1 million in order to address refugee overcrowding and mistreatment crisis in Cyprus, |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Seek $1.1 million - the rest of the 38% of the original goal - to be allocated to the Cyprus branch |
| 51 | of the UNHCR in order to construct a transit center near Kofinou and maintain the newly built |
| 52 | refugee camp, |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Note that the constructed transit center would mandate a steady flow of 300 migrants per day, |
| 55 | providing resources for those not planning on finding permanent residence in Cyprus, |
| 56 | |
| 57 | Request $10 million to be used in the construction of a new refugee camp in Nicosia - in between |
| 58 | the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the general republic - that will offer a safe shelter for |
| 59 | refugees entering Cyprus, |
| 60 | |
| 61 | Acknowledge the construction of the new refugee camp will take one year; after completion, |
| 62 | Cyprus will monitor influxes of refugees, support new migration patterns, and work to prevent |
| 63 | major overcrowding issues, |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Note that these camps will provide “basic necessities as food, water, sanitation, and health care” |
| 66 | alongside protection and the “right to housing, work, and education” as dictated by the UNHCR |
| 67 | requirements, |
| 68 | |
| 69 | Affirm that this resolution will go into effect on June 1, 2024. |
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| 71 |