Draft Resolution Sample

Council: Human Rights Council

Issue: The Military Use of Children

Country: United States of America

The Human Rights Council,

Recalling Article 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), "State parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 15 years do not take a direct part in hostilities",

Bearing in mind the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) which criminalizes leading a military force which recruits child soldiers in the United States, defining child soldiers as "any person under 18 years of age who takes a direct part in hostilities as a member of governmental armed forces",

Deeply disturbed that the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers report that approximately 300,000 children in over 40 countries worldwide are engaged in military conflict,

Alarmed by the advantage taken of children due to their emotional and physical immaturity, such as but not limited to being used for suicide missions, sex servants and spies, exposing them to not only physical but also emotional assault,

1.      Encourages cooperation with NGOs such as Child Soldiers International and Amnesty International to deal with poverty in countries at war by:

a). Organizing funds so as to provide refugee camps with daily necessities by:

i).writing plans to well known business enterprises that include a list of the countries that will benefit from the donations, local situations and what help we hope to receive,

ii). Encouraging tax reductions for donors,

b). Recruiting volunteers worldwide to adopt children who have lost their families by:

i). putting up advertisements on well known websites and on television,

ii). Providing volunteer certificates for those who have accomplished the tasks which grants them discounts and other privileges from governmental business,

c). Raise social awareness of the situation through mass media by:

i). Filming movies and video clips based on true stories in countries with the problem of child soldiers,

ii). Making records, graphs and tables looking into the issue public on leading newletters;

2.      Recommends an international organization called the Child Defense International (CDI) whose mission shall include:

a). Promoting justice among LEDCs by:

i). Encouraging and funding the establishment of local schools,

ii). Seeking cooperation with military arms manufacturers worldwide so as to discourage the provision of arms used by child soldiers,

b). Setting up orphanages to provide child care, primary education and spread the knowledge of child protection,

c). Guiding children to developing talents for later career life,

d). Aiding underage victims of war to overcome possible depression and emotional harm by requesting help from psychologists to research depression resulting in over contact of war violence;

3. Calls upon promoting education in countries:

a). with child soldiers to:

i). Discourage children from joining the military underage and make clear the current situation in military conflict and the hostility they face by joining,

ii). Include lesson on morals emphasizing the basic human right of life,

b). without child soldiers to:

i). Encourage students to engage in charity and carry out solutions to global crisis,

ii). Encourage schools to hold charity activities such as but no limited to fairs and bake sales, the money made donated to NGOs devoted to solving the problem of child soldiers;

4. Further suggests an International Covenant on Child Protection (ICCP) be signed requesting member states to:

a). Provide full time or part time job vacancies annually from local business for people in states at war such as but not limited to:

i). Teenagers (15 and above) ,

ii). Parents with over four children under their care,

iii). Orphans or those who have lost family members at war,

b). Pass laws banning child participation in the military such as but not limited to:

i). Direct contact in military conflict as child soldiers,

ii). Indirect contact in military conflicts as drummer boys, porters or messengers,

iii). Taking advantage of children by using them for suicide missions or as human shields.