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Commitment to Community
Category: Unsure

OBSERVING that community service is beneficial to the unity of communities across the world, in bringing all kinds of people together to aid those in need by one step at a time.

ENCOURAGING leaders of nations within the United Nations to promote community service within their own nations by giving high schools, as well as colleges, the option of choosing a specific amount of hours for community service as a requirement for the advancement of the student to the next grade. Also noting that such an encouragement of community service need not be specifically for students, but for the community as a whole, to promote unity.

RECOGNIZING that the encouragement of community service not to be the task of the United Nations, but of the individual nations themselves.

URGES the importance of the community and the achievement of world understanding and unity through local, national, and international co-operation in aiding those that specifically need it.

PROCLAIMING that the definition of community service, as well as the specific tasks that outline community service be determined by the individual nation itself.

ESTABLISHING a committee within the United Nations to monitor each individual nations’ response to a more encouraging environment for community service, the effect it has on the amount of time committed to it, whether it becomes more active, and to work to increase the benefits of those committing themselves to community service, notably students.

This doesn't seem to do anything.

Also, why is this of international importance and why should the UN get involved in such minutiae as school curricula?

This doesn't seem to do anything.

Also, why is this of international importance and why should the UN get involved in such minutiae as school curricula?

I probably should have made it a bit broader, but it doesn't necessarily have to do with 'school curricula'. It is to be encouraged that everyone participates in community service. I just wanna get everyone's opinions on the idea of a proposal.

This doesn't seem to do anything.

Also, why is this of international importance and why should the UN get involved in such minutiae as school curricula?
agreed. this is the UN, not some sort of federal government.

The UN isn't necessarily getting directly involved. It will merely encourage the individual nations to promote community service among their own communities with their own methods. It isn't forcing any individual nation to make requirements either.

I fail to see why the UN needs to bother with this if it isn't going to actually do anything on the issue.

I fail to see why the UN needs to bother with this if it isn't going to actually do anything on the issue.

Is there anything that you can suggest that would make this proposal UN-worthy?

I apologize firstly, for not having too much experience with UN proposals and such. I'd gladly accept any advice that others are willing to give out on this issue. I can see this as having a good effect for the UN, but I'm unable to word things like this correctly. :)

ESTABLISHING a committee within the United Nations

Well, Hack's not going to like that bit, I'll tell you now...

I can't really see the point of this either. While I do see that it has some very good motives behind it, it's not actively doing anything to help nations... it's just making sure they're helping themselves. Not sure what you could really do to help it do something, either.

I would put this in the Social Justice category, though. The idea is to help welfare aid, and it would probably help reduce income inequality as well, in the long run.

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I'll check out your school Hersfold. :)

So for now, everyone can let this one die. I realize that this proposal doesn't exactly enforce anything. Thanks for the advice though.

this is the UN, not some sort of federal government.

The NSUN has a clear federalist streak if you look at the resolutions passed. That's not the issue, though. I wouldn't mind the NSUN dictating curricula, if there was a solid and good(tm) motivation for it. I didn't think there was here.

But, as this draft has been abandoned, I will not pursue this further.

Commitment to Community
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I like it. There does seem to be something(s) missing, I just can't put my finger on it this late at night, though. Oh, and a possible category might be Political Stability...I think. If argued right.

The NSUN has a clear federalist streak if you look at the resolutions passed. That's not the issue, though. I wouldn't mind the NSUN dictating curricula, if there was a solid and good(tm) motivation for it. I didn't think there was here.

But, as this draft has been abandoned, I will not pursue this further.
the problem there is that nobody would agree on the curricula, and also, the varying degree in technological differences would almost make it impossible

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