MUNA RESOLUTIONS
Resolution #1: The Situation in Syria
Resolution #2: Tensions in the Persian Gulf
Resolution #3: Least Developed Countries Programme of Action
Resolution#4: Protecting the Global Climate for Present and Future Generations
Resolution #1:The Situation in Syria
The General Assembly,
Expressing grave concern for the situation in Syria,
Further expressing profound regret at the death of thousands of people,
Condemning the widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civilians,
Lamenting the failure of the Syrian authorities to meet their commitments to reform,
Further lamenting the failure of the Arab League to promote a peaceful resolution to the situation,
Recalling the principles of the Responsibility to Protect adopted for implementation by this Assembly, Resolution 63/308, September 14, 2009,
Recognizing that Syria is on the brink of becoming a failed state,
Deeply concerned about the implications of an emerging civil war in Syria,
Further concerned about the possibility of foreign intervention leading to a major regional war,
Determining that the situation in Syria constitutes a threat to international peace and stability,
1. Calls for an immediate end to all violence and urges all parties to practice the utmost restraint,
2. Calls upon the Syrian government to implement its reform commitments and return its armed forces to their barracks,
3. Calls upon the Security Council to authorize the Arab League to assemble and deploy a peacekeeping force into Syrian to provide security for all parties to the internal conflict in order to set the conditions for free and fair democratic elections,
4. Calls upon all member states to provide their support to the Arab League led peacekeeping mission,
5. Calls upon the Secretary-General, and the Secretariat, in discussions with the Syrian government, to take steps to develop and implement the necessary procedures and time-line for free and fair elections,
6. Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.
Mover: Jordan
Seconded: Egypt
Speakers: Iraq, Turkey, the Netherlands, France, China, Nigeria, Lebanon, Israel
Resolution #2: Tensions in the Persian Gulf
The General Assembly,
Noting that the Persian Gulf via the Straits of Hormuz account for 35% of all seaborne trade oil, and 20% of all oil traded and consumed,
Recognizing that any disruption in the movement of oil through the Persian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz will fundamentally damaged the global economy,
Deeply concerned by the bellicose rhetoric emanating from elements of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Deeply concerned about the growing evidence of Iran’s covert nuclear enrichment programme whose purpose is clearly directed towards the acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability,
Further deeply concerned about the failure of the Islamic Republic of Iran to meet its legal obligations as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
Recognizing the legal rights of the international community to impose further economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran for failing to meet its legal obligations under the Nuclear Non-ProliferationTreaty,
Rejecting any legal basis for the Islamic Republic of Iran to link economic sanctions to its rights to close the Persian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz to the free movement of ships through an international strait,
Recognizing that any attempt by the Islamic Republic of Iran to close the Persian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz by the threat or act of force will constitute an act of aggression,
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Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to renounce publically and forcefully its threat to use force to close the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz to the free movement of ships,
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Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to meet immediately all its obligations as a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty to re-assure the international community that its nuclear program is not intended to as a means to acquire nuclear weapons, and thereby forestall the likelihood of economic sanctions,
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Requests Member States under the auspices of the Security Council to coordinate an international response to the closure of the Persian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz as permitted under Article 42, Chapter Seven of the United Nations’ Charter,
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Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran and the international community, under the joint leadership of the Secretary-General and the European Union to enter into immediate discussions to defuse the current tensions in the region,
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Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.
Mover: Kuwait
Seconded: Saudi Arabia
Speakers: India, the United States, Germany, Russia, North Korea, Japan, Venezuela, Iran
Resolution #3: Least Developed Countries Programme of Action
The General Assembly,
Taking note of the Report on the Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, held in Istanbul from 9 to 13 May 2011,
Recalling the Istanbul Declaration1 and the Programme of Action adopted at the Conference,
Reaffirming the overarching goal of the Istanbul Programme of Action of overcoming the structural challenges faced by the least developed countries,
Further recalling General Assembly Resolution 65/280 of 17 June 2011, endorsing the Istanbul Programme of Action,
Further Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 2011/9 of 22 July 2011 on the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020,
Welcoming the Declaration adopted at the Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries, held in New York on 26 September 2011,
Recognizing the important contribution of civil society, the private sector and parliamentarians to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries,
1. Calls upon the least developed countries, with the support of their development partners, to fulfill their commitments to the Istanbul Programme of Action,
2. Further calls upon the development partners to integrate the Istanbul Programme of Action into their respective national cooperation frameworks and to implement it with enhanced, predictable and targeted support to the least developed countries,
3. Also calls upon the private sector, civil society and foundations to contribute to the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action in line with the national priorities of the least developed countries;
4. Calls upon the developed world to improve the quality of aid, implement duty-free quota-free market access, undertake debt cancellation, and enhance the transfer of technology for the least developed countries
5. Requests the developed world to ensure that their commitments to the Least Developed Countries and the Istanbul Programme of Action are not undermined by the ongoing world financial and economic crisis.
6. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a progress report on the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020.
Mover: Argentina
Seconder: Ecuador
Speakers: Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Greece, Spain, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, Chile
Resolution #4: Protecting the Global Climate for Present and Future Generations
The General Assembly,
Recalling previous resolutions, especially 64/73 of December 7, 2010, and 65/159 of December 21, 2010, relating to the protection of the global climate for present and future generations,
Recalling also the principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol,
Noting with appreciation the Government of South Africa’s hosting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Durban from 28 November to 9 December 2011,
Recognizing that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet,
Noting with grave concern the failure of nations to meet their commitments relative to the Kyoto Protocols,
Deeply regretting the decision of the Government of Canada to withdraw from its Kyoto commitments,
Recognizing that fulfilling the ultimate objective of the Convention requires the strengthening of the multi-lateral, rules-based regime under the Convention,
1. Calls upon the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action Group under the Convention to launch a process to develop a new protocol, or instrument with legal force under the Framework Convention applicable to all parties no later than 2015,
2. Calls upon the developed world to forego short-cited economic interests, recognize fully their historical responsibility for the current global climate crisis and act accordingly,
3. Further calls upon the developed world not to place the burden of meeting their reduction commitments, whether signatories or not to Kyoto, by reducing their commitments to the developing world in general, and least developed nations in particular,
4. Also calls upon the Second Committee to undertake discussions on what steps this Assembly might take in response to the failure of member states to undertake meaningful green gas emission reductions.
5. Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.
Mover: Suriname
Seconder: Bangledesh
Speakers: Australia, Panama, Liberia, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Sweden, South Africa