NationStates Jolt Archive

Category: Human Rights
Strenth: Strong

United Nations,

FULLY AWARE that hunger and the basic lack of food have global implications and that they are more than likely to increase in some regions,

EXPECTING the mitigating factor of daily exponential increases in the world’s population and the stress on natural resources,

NOTING other obstacles that impede the right to food such as plagues and natural disasters,

HAVING EXAMINED that only determined and unwavering action is the only way to solve this dilemma:

1. AUTHORIZES the United Nations to provide necessary resources to fulfill the right to food for as many people as possible;

2. CALLS UPON a study to determine the food situation amongst the different countries around the world, thus allocating resources accordingly;

3. DESIGNATES the UNFO (United Nations Food Organization), a new committee created by the UN, to handle the concerns of world hunger from this day forward;

4. REQUESTS a UNFO branch in every region to properly address specific concerns that may affect its region locally, and to adequately address each unique problem pertaining to each nation;

5. APPROVES the acquisition of farmland in all regions to provide a source of food, of which to donate, contingent only upon the approval of the government of which the land is within its borders, no land that is being disputed by conflicting countries will be bought;

6. FURTHER INVITES all citizens in every nation to donate food to the organization;

7. DECLARES ACCORDINGLY that the UNFO distribute food to people immediately after natural disasters as a short term solution;

8. AFFIRMS the need for a long term solution by researching other ways to bring food to people and making them more affordable, as well as ways in which the people themselves can have a decent living in order to buy food;

9. EMPHASIZES all nations to take steps to promote everyone to be free from hunger, and to make and enact national plans to fight hunger;

10. PROCLAIMS hunger an outrage and a violation of human dignity and to further ask all governments and organizations to prioritize bringing the right to food to all people;

5. APPROVES the acquisition of farmland in all regions to provide a source of food, of which to donate;
UN owned Farm Land? Problem! Wouldnt that designate that land as UN property within my state if bought here?

Isn't there an old saying: "If you give man a fish he will eat one day. If you learn him how to fish, he will eat all his live"? or something like that. I don't see that this is specified as much in the proposal as the fact that food should be distributed (which is a good solution, but only in emergency situations, cause it's shortterm)?
Or would this UNFO also think about long term solutio? If so, shouldn't that be specified as well in the resolution?

VL: yes it would however with the approval of the government (which includes accquisition of private property). I am going to put that within the proposal as an added amendment.

Cally: A very good suggestion. Perhaps giving food only in recooperation after natural disasters. The long term solutions I'm afraid are a bit harder to specify so further research should go into this and should be stated inside the proposal.

First, I'm going to disagree with Cally24 and say that this Right to Food should be universal. You can debate welfare, you can debate all sorts of things about how to treat the needy, but I do not believe that anyone should be put in a situation where they could or will die of starvation (unless it is logistically impossible to feed them or they don't want it)

Second - you reference what nations need to do to meet the requirement of a right to food, but you never actually give any human being the right to food. To my recollection (I'll check this), there has never been a resolution that guarantees the right to food for a human being so....

yeah.....

Well, everyone has a "need" for food. But to call it a "right" makes it an entitlement, like a country that has a single citizen starving in it is violating some sacred trust. I really disagree with that. Individuals are largely responsible for getting food themselves.

I think nations should try to ensure people have food, shelter, water, just like they should work for everyone having a job. But just because "pre-colonial Mynation" doesn't want to spend 99% of its budget building costly aqueduct systems giving /everyone/ water doesn't mean it's violating someone's rights.

First, I'm going to disagree with Cally24 and say that this Right to Food should be universal. You can debate welfare, you can debate all sorts of things about how to treat the needy, but I do not believe that anyone should be put in a situation where they could or will die of starvation (unless it is logistically impossible to feed them or they don't want it)
Did I say that? :eek: Don't get me wrong: I never said that people should starve! I said, or wanted to say, that in a situation where food is needed, give the food first, but this is the short term solution. While giving food, analyse how you can help with giving these people the opportunity to develop agriculture, fishing, hunting, whatever that can help them to develop a way of producing there own food. Not that I don't want to give them food anymore, but that I think that these people will benefit a lot more if they are able to help themselves!

I agree with Cally24. This resolution should be about giving food in the event of an emergency but should also focus on helping nations develop food themselves or to help rebuild food production.

"Give a man a fish, he eats for one night. Teach a man to fish, he will eat for the rest of his life".

As Cally previously stated, the idea behind the Act is great, but the basis is wasteful. Nations with great agriculture can only supply food to those with lesser economies for so long, and then the Lesser economies need to learn how to fend for themselves.

Rather then just giving them our food and resources, why don't we lay down farmland for them, give them enough cattle to make a herd, or find rivers through their country so they too may support themselves.

As of right now, The Republic of Libertaville's economy is run by cattle, and as the nations leader, I would be more then willing to supply them with enough cattle to start a herd, and the means for it to grow. Whether it be tools or education.

By just supplying them with food, we feed them for a day, but by taking our agricultural knowledge and helping them to understand how to run their own food economy, we feed their nation for years to come.