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UNDP Transnational Corporations A/1 The General Assembly, Taking note that transnational corporations are major businesses that sell products or services in many countries including business such as Nike, Mitsubishi, Adidas, Levi, Coca-Cola, and Hershey, Gravely concerned that these companies create factories in developing countries to make their products at cheaper rates and to escape the human rights laws in other nations, Further concerned that transnational corporations will even go as far as to threaten and kill union leaders in the countries of their factories, Aware that the transnational corporations are the main source of the economy in many developing countries, Noting that the governments of developing countries are lowering human rights laws and lowering minimum wages to bring in more transnational corporations to aid their economies, 1. Requests more laws for workers' safety and protection against human rights violations by: (a) Giving workers health benefits as well as larger pay; (b) Providing more sanitary working conditions for all workers; 2. Requests transnational corporations take responsibility for all human rights violations by; (a) Assigning large fines for all human rights violations and increasing fines for those that exist; (b) On the possible occurrence of a death at the workplace, the corporation should pay the victims family a sum of money; (c) Providing health benefits for the workers and their families; 3. Calls upon governments to not encourage the exploitation of their citizens as workers by: (a) Monitoring workplaces, especially factories; (b) Creating more laws concerning human rights, and properly enforcing; (c) Further monitoring transnational corporations' dealings with citizens; (d) Not attempting to lower minimum wage and human rights standards. Committee: UNDP Topic: Transnational Corporations ECOSOC, A/2 Alarmed by the human rights violations that are currently being committed by transnational corporations in developing nations, Taking into consideration that transnational corporations’ involvement in developing nations is vital, Fully believing that it is completely possible and necessary to achieve a system in which transnational corporations continue to flourish yet workers in developing countries are still treated properly, 1) Urges the creation of an international code of conduct for transnational corporations that will globally unify standards for workers; 2) Encourages developing nations where labor is exploited to create laws regulating working conditions that corporations must adhere to if they want to keep their presence in that nation; 3) Promotes the formation of unions among workers in the same areas of work in developing nations to enable workers to: a) Stand together to advocate for rights, b) Go on strike if their needs aren’t met; 4) Requests the help of NGOs to provide awareness programs that will educate consumers about the human rights violations that sometimes occur in the production of the products they purchase, including publicly naming corporations that do commit blatant violations, so as to: a) Discourage consumers from buying from corporations that mistreat workers, b) Put said corporations in the spotlight to pressure them to change their ways; 5) Further proposes a UNDP “seal of approval” for companies that show continuous maintenance of high standards of worker treatment, that will: a) Reward corporations that maintain good practices, b) Encourage existing and new corporations to adopt humane policies; 6) Suggests education programs for workers of transnational corporations in developing countries that will teach: a) How to stay safe when working in factories, i) Especially when working conditions are poor, b) Which rights are guaranteed to workers by the government, if applicable, so that workers know when said rights are being infringed upon and can take action. Topic: Transnational Corporations Committee: United Nations Development Program To the General Assembly, A/3 Observing that a transnational corporation has caused many problems to the least developed countries, the least developed countries has been struggling to keep up with the modern day companies. Such as Nike, Coca-Cola company, and Adidas. The modern day companies have refused these less developed countries plead and left them without any hope of trying to compete. This is still a major problem till this day. Deeply concerned that this topic has had a major problem in the Kingdom of Spain in the past, the only way for solving this dreaded problem is by having the modern day companies assist the lesser developed countries to keep up with the famous companies. Also to try and help the lesser developed countries with the Human Rights Violation. Realizing that transnational corporations has caused many less developed countries company to close down. Also for that matter, when the company closes down, many people do not know where to go because they do not know where to buy their basic supplies such as food, water, clothing, and etc. So when that occurs many people die. Requests that the UN should try to do something about transnational corporations. By giving: 1) Modern Day Items 2) Human Rights Violation 3) Able to Compete with modern day prices 4) If needed aid, government will be able to provide such items that the lesser developed countries plead. 2. Confident that we have Human Rights Violation for all the countries ` not only just Spain. 3. Calls upon the UN to assist the lesser developed countries in their aid until the countries can take over for themselves. Then from then on, the stores can take care of themselves 4. Recommends better conditions and wages during the work time. This states that: 1) Condition in the workshops 2) Better wages when working hours 3) Maybe able to retire when wanting to 4) Does not overwork people that work 5. Supports that when the UN government stated to assist transnational corporations. The government will provide basic necessities to the lesser countries and will accompany them, by human rights violation and stocking. 1. Topic: Transcontinental Corporations Committee: United Nations Development Programme To the Economic and Social Council, A/4 Recognizing that least developed countries are trying to get the cheapest labor possible and that doing so involves lowering the concern for human rights, Acknowledging that transcontinental corporations are taking advantage of these desperate nations in order to create the cheapest product possible and to escape the strict human rights policies of first world countries, Noting that transcontinental corporations are violating the human rights of workers by giving unfair wages, threatening workers, and using child labor, Fully aware that these multinational corporations are intimidating workers and hiring paramilitaries to threaten or even kill union leaders, Bearing in mind that most first world countries depend on this type of work force by transcontinental corporations to run their economies, 1. Requests governments to consider enforcing human rights by: a. forcing corporations that are violating these guidelines out of the country using: i. military force, ii. UN regulations; 2. Encourages nations to create guidelines/laws that protect workers’ rights, which include: a. paying fair wages, b. using workers of legal age, c. stop threatening employees and leaders; 3. Emphasizes the need for the United Nations to monitor transcontinental corporations to ensure they are not violating human rights; 4. Recommends the creation of a transparency program: a. in which the United Nations monitors governments to make sure: i. governments are following the transparency policy, ii. governments are not allowing human rights violations, b. having countries report to the United Nations monthly; c. enforcing these transparency programs by: i. cutting off all trade with countries that don’t agree, ii. offering countries another chance to agree with the transparency programs; 5. Further invites NGOs such as Amnesty International and the IFHR to raise awareness and protest of transnational corporations violating human rights through the use of: a. mass media, including: i. radio, ii. television, iii. internet, iv. bulletin boards, b. public speakers for less developed countries through: i. rallies, ii. gatherings, iii. religious sites; 6. Supports that help is first sent to regional blocs that are most affected, such as Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. UNDP Transnational Corporations A/5 The United Nations Department Programme, Shocked by the fact that 18 out of every 100 people in the working force is a child, Disturbed at the fact the about 13% of children ages 6-14 does not attend school, Noting that many children are forced into labor sometimes by family members, Aware that education campaigns brought forth by the IPEC (International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour) had some effect on the shocking percentage of child labour, Recognizing that transnational corporations have helped Turkey’s success in building a strong and stable market, Mindful that an international market has further developed Turkey’s economy through investments of other countries, 1. Welcomes a transparency program for the citizen’s knowledge of the government’s financial plans and actions; 2. Encourages organizations to send out volunteers to countries struggling with child labor and transnational corporations to educate and convince people that every child deserves the privilege to an education; 3. Suggests that money be given to families, who are using child labor to survive, in exchange for the child’s income, and then convince them to place their child(s) in school; 4. Considers that guidelines be created for the companies using newly developing countries for the cheapest labor such as: (a) Prohibiting the use of paramilitaries, with human rights organizations (ILO, UNICEF) annually reporting back to be sure they are not being used, (b) Prohibiting the use of children to work for them, (c) Ordering a minimum salary to be sure workers will be able to create a living, specifically made for each country based on inflation rates. United Nations Development Programme Transnational Corporations A/6 The General Assembly, Noting that six million people work in foreign affiliates, most of whom are unfairly paid and overworked, Recalling that there are currently 60,000 parent factories and 500,000 subsidiaries, Alarmed by the disregard and violations of the human rights regulations of first world countries, Gravely concerned for the lives of not only adult workers but illegal child laborers, 1. Calls upon the head quarters of transnational corporations to keep a constant eye on their subsidiaries, and the working condition there; 2. Requests the placement of security cameras in numerous factories: a) The cameras will be able to ensure the safety for the factory workers; b) Cameras will be watched and reviewed by volunteer NGO’s, if a violation occurs within the factories, that countries police will be notified and able to prosecute the offender; c) The cameras will be either paid for by the company they have been placed in, the government of that country, or donated by humanitarian groups, 3. Requesting that the UN specify factories to shut down: a) The UN will send representatives/volunteers from the PTC and other organs such as UNTCD and the UNDP to have talks with the governments or president of the countries active in TNC’s to attempt to encourage them to change their current ways; b) Specific factories are to be shut down, if found by volunteer NGO’s, to be unsafe/uninhabitable; c) If the factory is in poor condition but still acceptable to work in it will remain open, but it will have to be supervised by the NGO and UN representatives in order to ensure safety for the workers; 4. Welcoming new security measures to make for sure that child labor is not taking place in industry head quarters or subsidiaries. B/1 UNDP Microcrediting in Underdeveloped Nations Microcrediting in Underdeveloped Nations The General Assembly, Taking note that microcrediting is the lending of small amounts of money to poor people to help them start to make a living, usually about twenty-five U.S. dollars, Gravely concerned that many banks do not wish offer microcrediting programs since it is extremely hard for many poor people who receive the loans to actually pay the banks back, Acknowledging that microcrediting can help many people around the world and may lower the amount of poverty internationally, Further concerned that many people who receive microloans spend it on food, water, and other needed supplies instead of the beginnings of generating income, 1. Requests the creation of more microcrediting programs internationally; 2. Requests coordinating efforts of NGOs and other programs to place resources efficiently; 3. Calls upon increased availability of microcrediting services: (a) Have microcrediting services in public and government buildings as well as banks; (b) Have microcrediting services in not only cities, but rural areas as well; 4. Urges governments to encourage banks to start microcrediting services by paying them a reward of money annually. B/2 UNDP Micro crediting in Underdeveloped Nations The United Nations Development Programme, Recalling that micro crediting has lessened poverty in the countries which have been given education on how to use the money to increase their income and micro credit loans, Conscious that many people who would like a micro credit loan are not able to reach them, Bearing in mind that many banks lending micro credit loans are not receiving back the borrowed money and are therefore losing much money, causing few banks to lend micro credit loans, 1. Emphasizes the need for training to expand one’s money growth such as: (a) business skills, (b) micro credit insurance, (c) micro credit savings; 2. Urges that NGO’s create stations devoted to micro crediting, which will be spread out through rural areas where people are not getting these services; 3. Suggests that organizations back up each bank or station with micro crediting services so that the bank will not reach bankruptcy, if they lend a minimum of 10,000 loans; 4. Requests that the number of loans given to a single person be limited to one, until they pay back their last loan with the interest included, while the start out at $100 and increase once the micro crediting service is confident that the receiver is spending their money wisely and will pay them back regardless; 5. Considers the micro crediting services to give out a pamphlet to each customer expressing ideas of how to spend their money such as opening a business for an area which they are skilled at or have had experience with. B/3 Committee: UNDP Topic: Micro crediting in Underdeveloped Nations GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Recognizing the many positive uses of microcrediting in the past; Commending Muhammad Yunus for his Nobel Peace Prize worthy work in the field of microcrediting in 2006; Reaffirming Muhammad Yunus’ opinion of microcrediting in underdeveloped nations- the poor and needy are entirely able better their lives with the support of financial capital; Respecting a banks right to not offer microcrediting programs due to increased interest rate transactions, the poor’s noncompliance, but mostly the non-profitable market of lending loans to the poor; Welcoming the positive potential of microcrediting reducing poverty and helping the economy; Appreciating the UNDP’s effective and successful work of microcrediting to the poverty, and their more than generous microcrediting to over 300,000 people in China, since 1994; Encouraging NGO’s globally to consider microcrediting programs, for in the past NGO’s such as Kiva, Gateway, Opportunity International, and Microfinance have become very successful through the business of microcrediting; 1.Commends the UNDP’s training programs such as MicroStart and MicroSave, and would like to further these program’s effectiveness by making training programs, such as these, mandatory when receiving a microloan from a company; a) By making these training programs mandatory, the poor will be educated; b) And even if they do not use the information they learned during a training for one of their loans, it is more likely they will use the valuable information next time; c) The training programs are all about making the poor aware how to wisely use their loans; 2. Authorizes a microcrediting bank be placed in every 10 acres where there is about 2/3 impoverished people, and 1/3 non-poverished people; a) This will allow banks to have an adequate amount of profit from their regular bank consumers, but will still have the opportunity to help the lives of those impoverished; b) This will allow people impoverished or not, the ability to access banks so they can have the opportunity to receive microloans, 3. Requests that there be one bank worker that offers microcrediting, for every 50 people in their designated 10 acres; a) This will allow those who need to obtain a loan, the opportunity to talk to a bank worker and see their possible loans they can receive; b) By having this amount of workers, the bank will be able to interview each customer and see if they are respectable enough to receive a loan; c) By doing this banks will be able to give more effective loans, and will be able to know that they are lending loans to the right people; 4. Requests each customer of a microcrediting bank can only receive loans once every 3 months, 4 times a year; a) This will help banks offer loans to people who will actually use them for starting up businesses, rather than food or shelter; b) By lending loans out this way, the customers will have to not rely heavily on banks for their money, and will be pushed to work more independently for money; 5. Suggests there be some kind of filing system of customers throughout all the banks that offer microcrediting in one specific nation; a) This will give banks the assurance that their customers are not receiving loans from multiple banks; b) This will give the poverty an equal chance of receiving loans in developed and underdeveloped nations; c) This filing system could also be associated with the UNDP so there will be a global count of people that receive loans through microcrediting; 6. Urges the importance of NGO’s and banks in underdeveloped nations to offer loans through microcrediting to impoverished people effectively, by following all the above operatives; a) If clear guidelines are set, to who can receive loans through microcrediting, many people will have the opportunity to rise out of poverty with the help of NGO’s and banks; 7. Requests companies that offer microinsurance and microsavings to work together with NGO’s and banks so the poor that receive loans can effectively save money; a) This will allow the effective use of loans be carried out by the poor; b) If microinsurance and microsavings are offered, they will act as a kind of incentive they will push the poor to want to effectively use their loans; c) The poor will feel save in time of a crisis and will be given more opportunities to build a company if they are backed up by insurance; 8. Considers raising the money in a microloan for a customer who has complied successfully with a bank or NGO for more than a 12 month period; a) This, like microinsurance and microsaving, will be an incentive for the customers of microloans to comply with the bank’s and NGO’s rules; b) Banks and NGO’s will be able to trust their customers more and will not feel they are making a bad move by lending more loans to a person; 9. Requests a conference be set up once a year where all the banks and NGO’s around the world can come and communicate past microcrediting statistics and future plans; a) By having this conference, developed nations will be able to work together with underdeveloped nations; b) The underdeveloped nations will be able to have support; c) Every nation will be up-to-date and will have the same opportunities as any other nations in the area of microcrediting; 10. Stresses that microcrediting is one of many solutions to poverty, and that microcrediting can work in association with these other solutions to combat the big problem- poverty; a) Nations do not have to depend fully on microcrediting; b) Nations will not feel forced to use microcrediting; c) But it is a smarter move, because the nations will have support from microcrediting and other solutions that want to fight poverty; B/4 United Nations Development Programme Micro-crediting in Undeveloped Nations The General Assembly, Recalling that millions have been aided with microloans and able to escape poverty, Noting that only 3%-6% of those interested in the loans are able to receive them because of their location, Recognizing that many recipients of microloans are not using the money for it’s intended purpose and will not be able to pay off their dues, Gravely concerned that if banks cannot afford to give out loans, the poverty level in underdeveloped nations will once again rise, 1. Resolves that clearer, more defined rules will help ensure that loans with be used in an appropriate manner: After every loan given to one or a group of persons the loan size would decrease, in able to prevent dependency on them; Banks or NGO’s can have random or scheduled times to visit recipients, according to their reference, and see proof that their loans are being used for the right purpose; 2. Agrees that banks should make training sessions mandatory for anyone who wishes to receive a loan: a) Programs such as MicroStrart and MicroSave will teach the poor how to use their money wisely and be taught skills which will help them in the business world and everyday life; b) The UNDP could continue their work with the recipients and help more NGO’s begin training programs; c) NGO’s would be encouraged to set up more training programs, specifically near more banks, so all would be able to attend classes; 3. Requests that UNDP do all in it’s power reach all in need, thereby making it possible for even those in the most rural to receive loans and an instructional course: a) More banks will be put in areas currently lacking them, which would help lower the poverty level more than it already has; b) Commercial banks, cooperative banks, and RRB’s will continue their work in delivering financial services; c) SHG’s will continue their independent work and be used in order to deliver microloans even farther than well-established banks; 4. Urges the UNDP to pay close watch over banks and the recipients of loans and to encourage wealthy countries to donate money to banks in rural areas and to organizations who will be conducting training programs