Proliferation

Clauses: Nuclear Proliferation 1) Recognizing the potential and devastation of nuclear weapons, all states possessing nuclear weapons has 2 implement one of the following options: a) convert existing nuclear weapons into a purely non aggressive state as a means of nuclear energy. All nuclear weapons that are not utilized in the conversion process must adhere to option b b) hand them over to the UN where the assembly, as a collective body will decide when a situation merits the use of nuclear weapons to eliminate threats that disturb continued world order and peace. 2) All member states must adhere to random annual searches by the IAEA (international Atomic Energy Agency) to ensure that countries which are not permitted to possess nuclear weapons do not possess or are currently undergoing plans to develop nuclear weapons. Any country found to be in violation of these rules are to suffer a no trade embargo until the IAEA reports that the weapons have either been disposed of or relinquished to the security of the United Nations. 3) Vetoing Power granted to the permanent members of the Security Council: The US, UK, France, Russia and China are non-void when it comes to the proposal of action and after final agreements have been made by General Assembly concerning the use of Nuclear Weapons commandeered by the United Nations thus allowing equity and preventing political bias by these fellow member states. Human Trafficking 1) Each member state contributes a standard 5% of its annual GDP to form and maintain a committee, Global Anti-Human Trafficking Committee (GAHTC) which will oversee the issue of human trafficking internationally and work with governments whose countries are affected by Human Trafficking. The committee will be globally recognized as one belonging to the United Nations and will have its own international law enforcement department and in which it can aid in preventing and ultimately eliminating Human Trafficking in afflicted countries. 2) Any member state found to be supporting or having knowledge of Human Trafficking activities within their own countries; without implementing measures to control/eliminate the situation or request assistance from the United Nations; be given exemption from voting privileges in the General Assembly until the matter has been rectified. (i) Each country contributes a standard sum of money from its annual GDP to form and fund a Special global task force( The Global Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force-(GAHTTF) that the united nations will oversee. This task force will be responsible for monitoring the borders of countries that are known for human trafficking in search of these traffickers and for monitoring the regular hot spot trade routes that these traffickers use. This task force will collaborate with the countries affected by human trafficking to improve efforts to combat human trafficking. (i) Each country contributes a standard sum of money from its annual GDP to form and fund a Special global task force( The Global Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force-(GAHTTF) that the united nations will oversee. This task force will be responsible for monitoring the borders of countries that are known for human trafficking in search of these traffickers and for monitoring the regular hot spot trade routes that these traffickers use. This task force will collaborate with the countries affected by human trafficking to improve efforts to combat human trafficking. Infant Mortality 1) Recognizing the right to be given the opportunity to live, state members are not, on any circumstances allowed to purposefully kill infants as a means of population control. Rather governments are encouraged to promote methods of contraception in their countries and develop housing communities in order to alleviate a potential over-population crisis. 2) Countries should invest in formula milk as a means of having an alternative for mothers which are infected with HIV. This formula should also contain other supplements such as essential vitamins and minerals which will promote health in infants as well as combating diseases which also contribute to infant mortality. 3) All infants before being granted entry into their first year of schooling are to be given as many free vaccinations as their state government can administer with reference to the economies of that particular state. Environmental Sustainability 1) Countries are to undertake plans to develop natural parks and forest reserves in their country, totaling at least 1/15 its country’s land mass. This will ensure a means of controlling CO2 levels as well as a myriad of other benefits promoting environmental sustainability. 2) Member states whose countries encourage hunting as a form of tourism conduct annual studies to determine population size of the species being hunted. If the population size of the hunted species reaches a critical level of being endangered, the selected country is to postpone hunting activities until the population size of that species restabalizes. (i) Each country contributes a standard sum of money from its annual GDP to form and fund a Special global task force( The Global Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force-(GAHTTF) that the united nations will oversee. This task force will be responsible for monitoring the borders of countries that are known for human trafficking in search of these traffickers and for monitoring the regular hot spot trade routes that these traffickers use. This task force will collaborate with the countries affected by human trafficking to improve efforts to combat human trafficking. AUSTRALIA (Tier 1) Australia is a destination country for some women from East Asia and Eastern Europe trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. The majority of trafficking victims were women who traveled to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels, but were subject to conditions of debt bondage or involuntary servitude. There were several reports of men and women from India, the People’s Republic of China, and South Korea migrating to Australia temporarily for work whose labor conditions amounted to slavery, debt bondage, and involuntary servitude. The Government of Australia fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. During the reporting period, the government strengthened its domestic trafficking laws to cover offenses involving deception, exploitative employment, conditions and contracts, or debt bondage. The government also ensured that each person in a trafficking network could be prosecuted in cases involving internal trafficking. It also increased penalties for trafficking in children and for employers who exploit workers in conditions of forced labor, sexual servitude, or slavery. The government provides significant resources to support antitrafficking efforts throughout Southeast Asia, law enforcement training, victim assistance, and prevention activities. The Australian government should devote more attention and resources to addressing allegations of labor trafficking, including in connection with its 457 worker visa program. Prosecution The Government of Australia demonstrated increased efforts to prosecute trafficking in persons cases during 2006. Australia prohibits sex and labor trafficking and trafficking-related offenses in Divisions 270 and 271 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code. Prescribed penalties for these offenses are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with those prescribed for other grave crimes. During the reporting period, there were four convictions for sex trafficking. One defendant was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment; the three other convictions are on appeal. Six sex trafficking and two labor trafficking cases are currently before the courts involving 16 defendants. The Transnational Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Teams (TSETT) within the Australian Federal Police investigated 14 possible trafficking cases in 2006. Australian citizens were returned to Australia to face prosecution for sexually exploiting children in other countries under Australia’s extraterritorial child sex tourism law. During the reporting period, the Australian Federal Police conducted 10 investigations for violations under child sex tourism law, and there were four convictions under that law. There were no reports of government or law enforcement involvement in trafficking. In late 2006, a Bangladeshi domestic worker filed a complaint against a United Arab Emirates diplomat in Australia, alleging work conditions that amounted to involuntary servitude. Protection The Government of Australia continued to provide comprehensive assistance for victims of trafficking, their family members, or witnesses willing to aid in criminal prosecutions. The government encourages victims and witnesses to participate in the investigation of traffickers, but directly links continued assistance to victims’ role in a viable prosecution. An enhanced visa regime enables victims or witnesses assisting in an investigation to remain lawfully in Australia. A total of 58 visas have been granted under this regime since its inception in January 2004. One of the visas available is designed to protect victims from retribution they would face if they had to return to their country of origin. Due to the requirement that permanent visas will be granted only to those who have held a temporary visa for two years, no one has yet been in the program long enough to qualify for a permanent visa. Individuals granted status under this visa regime are entitled to a package of benefits, including shelter, counseling, and food and living allowances. The benefit program is administered by the government’s Support for Victims of People Trafficking and was assisting 35 victims as of January 2007. Australia funds two return and reintegration activities in the Asia region. The first is for return and reintegration of trafficked women and children, and the second solely supports Thai victims. The Australian Federal police trained 25 special TSETT investigators in interviewing suspected trafficking victims. The government implemented a formal referral protocol and interviewing procedure for trafficking cases. Prevention Australian government agencies, including specialized Australian Federal Police investigation teams, worked closely with regional counterparts on trafficking matters. Cooperation extended to training, supporting investigations in neighboring countries, and securing prosecutions in Australia and over- A U S T R A L I A 58 seas. Australia, as co-chair and co-founder of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons, and Related Transnational Crime, continues to play a prominent leadership role in several regional projects aimed at building awareness of trafficking, increasing law enforcement capacity, and enhancing victim support. The government supported a public awareness campaign with advertisements in daily and suburban newspapers encouraging victims and concerned members of the community to call the police hotline. (i) Each country contributes a standard sum of money from its annual GDP to form and fund a Special global task force( The Global Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force-(GAHTTF) that the united nations will oversee. This task force will be responsible for monitoring the borders of countries that are known for human trafficking in search of these traffickers and for monitoring the regular hot spot trade routes that these traffickers use. This task force will collaborate with the countries affected by human trafficking to improve efforts to combat human trafficking.