General Assembly

Sponsors: ​Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, France, Italy, Canada, Swaziland

Signatories:​ Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Cameroon, Chad, Denmark, Djibouti,
Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation., Slovenia, Switzerland, Taiwan, United
Kingdom, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen, Georgia
Topic: ​“Humanitarian Crisis in Hong Kong”

The General Assembly,

Condemning​ the Chinese suppression of Hong Kong liberties and rights;

Refusing​ to stand idly by as the humanitarian and political rights of the Hong Kong people are
oppressed;

Recognizing​ recent resolutions introduced by influential governments, such as the United States
House of Representatives which passed a bill in support of the people of Hong Kong 417 to 1;

Reaffirming​ the legal-binding of the Sino-British Declaration in 1997 of 50 years of Hong Kong
Autonomy;

Strongly Reaffirming​ the stipulations detailed in The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China which derives its authority directly
from the Sino-British Joint Declaration;

Considering​ Hong Kong’s extremely low rate of acceptance for refugee claimants with only 25
refugees accepted in 2018, and urging other countries to accept refugees in their stead;

Respecting​ the established “one-state, two-systems” policy;

Understanding​ the AMUN Model International Court of Justice’s recent precedent establishing
the Sino-Hong Kong protests as an international issue;

Supporting​ the people of Hong Kong in their patriotic struggle, helping them financially, helping
them seek refuge, and helping with transportation of said movement;

1. Calls upon​ Member States to submit applications to grant asylum privileges to the
refugees from Hong Kong;
 a. Asks willing member states to propose a quota of refugees that they deem
appropriate to accept;
i. Urges developed nations to provide asylum to refugees proportional to
their population size, development, HDI (Human Development Index),
economic stability, and available land, (preferably in the South East Asian
region due to their proximity to Hong Kong);
ii. The quota shall be suggested by the host country and approved by the
Hong Kong Commission in order to accurately determine the possible
refugee quota;
b. Supports the establishment of sustainable refugee camps, with the help of NGOs
such as Construction for Change, in the Republic of China, The Republic of the
Philippines, the Republic of Indonesia, and Vietnam; as well as any nation in the
region who volunteer to take in refugees;
i. Calls upon countries within the region to host Hong Kong refugees,
allowing for those host countries beyond the immediate region to possibly
receive economic aid;
ii. Urges for the donation of human necessities such as food, clothing, and
water by UN Member States and NGOs (such as the Red Cross) to such
refugee camps;
iii. Ensures that said refugee camps be built to the standards as laid out in the
UNHCR’s Emergency Handbook;
iv. Staff such refugee camps with trained medical professionals originating
from NGOs such as Doctors Without Borders;
2. Recommends​ a committee of experts from independent governmental organizations, the
Hong Kong Commission, to investigate possible human rights violations committed by
the PRC in regards to the Hong Kong protests;
a. Encouraging the Hong Kong Commission to be composed of experts in human
rights fields from independent governmental organizations from countries who
have voluntarily signed onto the resolution such as the African Union, the Council
of Europe, the Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe, the
Organization of American States;
b. Using the funds allocated by participating countries for investigations into actions
undertaken by the People’s Republic of China;
i. Information resulting from investigations will be published and sponsoring
states, as well as willing states, will be suggested to take appropriate
action with regards to the actions of the People’s Republic of China in the
event reasonable evidence is found that the People’s Republic of China
has committed international human rights violations as determined by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
 ii. Work to cross-reference the current Hong Kong protests with the
Tiananmen Square protests on June 4th, 1989 to ensure there are no
abuses or violations of human rights;
3. Invokes​ charter 3 of the United Nations Accords, directing the Security Council to
provide naval assistance in order to better facilitate the safe passage of refugees to
refugee centers;
a. Asks member states within Oceania and East Asia to provide ships and naval
forces to the INC for the purpose of aiding Hong Kong;
b. Utilizes said naval forces to remove refugees from the South China Sea to
countries offering asylum;
c. Asserts that supplied ships and naval vessels use UN flags and logos as to
promote multilateralism;
4. Encourages the creation​ of an international fund for countries not geographically located
near the crisis in the South China Sea who are willing to provide either refugee shelter or
humanitarian aid; such as Mexico, France, Italy, Canada, Iceland, etc. monitored by a
sector of the INC to correctly distribute funds;
a. Countries unable to send physical aid to the people of Hong Kong can instead
send fiscal aid to aid in the naval efforts;
b. Funds can also be sent to aid the creation of refugee camps
5. Reaffirms​ the legal-binding of the Sino-British Declaration in 1997 of 50 years of Hong
Kong Autonomy and the stipulations detailed in The Basic Law of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China which derives its
authority directly from the Sino-British Joint Declaration.