Pikistan
10-11-2004, 01:36
UN Regional Delegates,
I have made a proposition to render UN Resolution #28 ("Free Education") null and void.
While I believe that affordable, government-provided education for the masses is a great idea, while skimming the UN records, I found that this issue has been put before the general assembly repeatedly in the forms of Resolution #3, ("Education for All"), Resolution #28 ("Free Education), and in the form of the recently passed Reformed Literacy Initiative. I found that Resolution #28 basically restates #3, except for the fact that the age to which the government must support the citizen's education changes from 16 to 18.
Why not try to repeal resolution #3 then and have the populace educate for a further two years? Because some of our less economically affluent members may not be able to take the financial stresses of supporting a citizen's education for a further amount of time. While education should always be a top priority, in some cases the money could be better spent on things such as welfare, the military, subsidies to corporations, etc. depending on what type of nation the member is.
I am confident that all members who are able to financially will continue to support their citizens' intellectual growth. It would be morally wrong to deny them the right to knowledge if they can afford it. I beleive, though, that those nations who cannot should be given a break, and not financially overextended in an effort to educate the populace, as this will do more harm than good for the country.
Below is a transcript of the proposed resolution.
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TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that this resolution is excellent in principle in that it mandates that all minors should have the right to a free education;
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT members of the United Nations have greatly varying budgets for issues such as social welfare, education, etc., and may not be able to prioritize a full education through the age of eighteen;
ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT United Nations resolution #3:"Education for All" clearly stipulates that all minors aged 16 and under should have the right to a free education;
AND REALIZING THAT the populations of some member nations cannot afford to divert the massive amount of funds nessicary to fund a free education system through the age of 18 through taxation;
ALSO REALIZING THAT some member nations have differing priorites when it comes to the budget, i.e. military spending, the environment, subsidies to private corporations, etc.
REMEMBERING ALSO THAT the United Nations passed resolution #79, the Reformed Literacy Initiative, which stipulates that the citizens of all member nations have the right to learn their native language in spoken and written form, and that this is a form of education;
PROPOSES THAT the United Nations repeal this resolution as it is repetitive in that there is already a resolution in place to gurantee the education of minors aged 16 and under and another resolution that gurantees rudimentary education for all illiterate citizens of member countries. Resolution #28 is unnessicary and just creates more buerocratic red tape.
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Thank you for considering my proposal.
King Andrew VIII
Monarch of Pikistan
P.S. This is a re-post of an earlier request that was too ambiguous to be effective. I hope to garner more support with this posting, as it more clearly states my intentions.
I have made a proposition to render UN Resolution #28 ("Free Education") null and void.
While I believe that affordable, government-provided education for the masses is a great idea, while skimming the UN records, I found that this issue has been put before the general assembly repeatedly in the forms of Resolution #3, ("Education for All"), Resolution #28 ("Free Education), and in the form of the recently passed Reformed Literacy Initiative. I found that Resolution #28 basically restates #3, except for the fact that the age to which the government must support the citizen's education changes from 16 to 18.
Why not try to repeal resolution #3 then and have the populace educate for a further two years? Because some of our less economically affluent members may not be able to take the financial stresses of supporting a citizen's education for a further amount of time. While education should always be a top priority, in some cases the money could be better spent on things such as welfare, the military, subsidies to corporations, etc. depending on what type of nation the member is.
I am confident that all members who are able to financially will continue to support their citizens' intellectual growth. It would be morally wrong to deny them the right to knowledge if they can afford it. I beleive, though, that those nations who cannot should be given a break, and not financially overextended in an effort to educate the populace, as this will do more harm than good for the country.
Below is a transcript of the proposed resolution.
<START TRANSCRIPT>
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that this resolution is excellent in principle in that it mandates that all minors should have the right to a free education;
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT members of the United Nations have greatly varying budgets for issues such as social welfare, education, etc., and may not be able to prioritize a full education through the age of eighteen;
ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT United Nations resolution #3:"Education for All" clearly stipulates that all minors aged 16 and under should have the right to a free education;
AND REALIZING THAT the populations of some member nations cannot afford to divert the massive amount of funds nessicary to fund a free education system through the age of 18 through taxation;
ALSO REALIZING THAT some member nations have differing priorites when it comes to the budget, i.e. military spending, the environment, subsidies to private corporations, etc.
REMEMBERING ALSO THAT the United Nations passed resolution #79, the Reformed Literacy Initiative, which stipulates that the citizens of all member nations have the right to learn their native language in spoken and written form, and that this is a form of education;
PROPOSES THAT the United Nations repeal this resolution as it is repetitive in that there is already a resolution in place to gurantee the education of minors aged 16 and under and another resolution that gurantees rudimentary education for all illiterate citizens of member countries. Resolution #28 is unnessicary and just creates more buerocratic red tape.
<END TRANSCRIPT>
Thank you for considering my proposal.
King Andrew VIII
Monarch of Pikistan
P.S. This is a re-post of an earlier request that was too ambiguous to be effective. I hope to garner more support with this posting, as it more clearly states my intentions.