Committee: UNESCO

Agenda: ‘Global Access to Quality Education: Bridging the Educational

Divide’

Sponsors: Republic of Kenya, Republic of Korea, The Swiss Confederation

Signatories: Japan, The Swiss Confederation, Kingdom of Spain, Hellenic

Republic of Greece, Republic of Finland, Republic of Korea

Preambulatory Clauses:

Fully aware of the UN Charter;

Observing the various discussions of the committee;

Emphasizing the importance of bringing global access to basic academic education

in UN LDCs (Lower Developing Countries)

Alarmed by the calls for the investment of taxpayer money abroad at

disproportionate rates, and the levying of additional contributions from
member-states aside from the obligatory contributions given to UNESCO

Confident In this committee’s ability to resolve the issue at hand

Further Recalling the UN document E/CN.3/2008/

Desiring to strengthening further the efforts of the UN system in this field

Noting with satisfaction the increased efforts being devoted to this tasks by the
member states of the UN

Convinced that Human Resources constitute a decisive factor in the economic and
social progress of developing countries

Deeply concerned about the current global literacy rate

Guided by The UN charter

Affirms that the principle of non-interference extends to educational policies and

practices, emphasizing the sovereignty of each nation in shaping its own
educational system,

Operative Clauses:
1) Calls for a establishment of a joint task force to recognise regions with the
immense educational disproportion and come up with targeted approaches
for intervention without breaching with the a countries sovereignty, this task
force is called;

1.1) This is joint task force will work under UNESCO and will be a UN
sanctioned body;

1.2) This Task Force will consist of Representatives from each member state
willing to work towards the agenda of the Joint Task Force,

1.2.1) This Task Force will consist of one representative from each member
state that is funding this Task Force;

1.2.1.1) These Representatives must be relevant to the task force i.e they
must be learned professionals in the fields of education, Psychology;

1.3) This task force will have Individual meetings with international
associations such as OECD, Eurostat, World Bank, United Nations
Statistical as well as partnerships with other UN sanctioned bodies, This
commission shall :

1.3.1) Review existing initiatives among relevant agencies and,

1.3.2)Come up with solutions, especially in terms of the following areas:

1.3.2.1) Maintaining and implementing international measurement

standards while providing guidance to member States, such as the
International Standard Classification of Education;

1.4) UNESCO is invited to:

1.4.1) Take note of the activities so far undertaken by the Task Force;

1.4.2) Advise on the future direction of work;

1.4.3)Integrate pre-existing educational programs such as the

EFA(Education for All), FEI(Future of Education program), TGC (Teachers
for Global Citizenship);

1.4.4) can conduct surprise inspections of schools to avoid abuses of power

by the state authorities or the educational institution’s staff;

2) Draws attention UNODC's Children's Program, GLOK42

2.1) This focuses on:
2.1.1)Addressing the issue of drug use;
2.1.2) Preventing drug use,
2.1.3) Helping treat drug dependence in children,

2.1.4) Facilitating re-integration of youths into society,

2.2) Recommends that GLOCK42 forms a partnership with the Joint

Education Task force mentioned in points 1 and 1.3;
2.2.1) This Partnership shall work together to identify at-risk youths who are
facing problems with drugs, alcohol and tobacco present in the
aforementioned areas with immense educational disproportion;

2.2.2) The aim of this partnership would be to curb narcotics use in

educational institutions, with special emphasis on hard drugs such as heroin
and cocaine,

2.2.3) Any identified at risk youths shall be provided rehab facilities and
physical therapy to help wean them of drugs and help restore their health;

2.3) Under the JETS-GLOK 42 partnership:

2.3.1) The signatories advise the inclusion of the problem of drugs as the
first priority,

2.3.2) The signatories advise the inclusion of awareness campaigns, to

inculcate in the children the fear of narcotics:

2.3.2.1) One example of this can be seen in the tobacco advisory ads issued
by the Indian government, The military tactics of ‘Shock and Awe’ are to be
used to scare the juveniles, Some exaggerations are to be used as a method
of decreasing alcohol, tobacco and narcotics abuse,

2.3.2.2) The signatories advise the creation of fictional characters to impress

feeling of disgust around drugs and tobacco for younger children,

3) Recommends the implementation of a programme called ‘School Fuel

Program’ This program shall be implemented by all member states in an
initiative to provide an incentive for children to attend school;

3.1)The ‘School fuel Programme’ aims to provide a mid-day meal around

noon contingent on the attendance of children in school.
 3.2) This will take the financial burden of providing two out of three meals
away from the parents and on to the children, and would increase attendance
rates,

3.3) This program shall be particularly targeted towards citizens in the

extremely low income category;

3.4) The meals shall be made by local chefs or any other local persons have
knowledge as to the art of culinary preparation The sponsors and signatories
acknowledge the extra costs incurred due to the inclusion of chefs from
abroad to provide mid-day meals; hence have decided to make sure that
local individuals are given this chance This is also because familiar foods
will bring the children into their comfort zone,

4) Encourages the establishment of a low-cost or free educational framework,

recognising the location and economy applied;

4.1) This framework consist of quality education, teacher training and

accessibility to all within the member states as well as willing nations;

4.1.1) The teacher trainings are aimed by developing specialized and

professional programmes for the educators,

4.1.2) Quality education will be made accessible by defining transparent

standards for inquiring and maintaining the basic quality of education
throughout,

4.1.2.1) The standards shall be approved by a joint commission comprising

educational, sociological, psychological and/or economic experts within the
nation implemented, the force will also include specialists from the
UNESCO member states,
 4.2) This framework will be supported by Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPS), in order to provide comprehensive procedures for the same,

4.2.1) This will be provided by insuring cooperation between governmental

and private entities to provide a fair share of resources and help by reduction
of financial disparities,

5) All aforementioned policies shall be funded by the following resources:

5.1) UNESCO’s Funds-in-Trust which takes contributions from member states for
specific purposes;

5.2) Strategically carried out leveraged fundraising campaigns on a national and

international scale;

5.3) Sale of Publication of UNESCO’s documents which shall help raise money
for these initiatives,

5.4) Formation of Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP’s) These partnerships entail

cooperative efforts with corporations, foundations, and charitable organizations to
help finance the UNESCO’s endeavors,

5.5) voluntary contributions from UN Member States, multilateral organizations,

private sector and other sources;

5.6) 30% of a country's budget for education must be submitted as funding (see
point 6.1.2)

5.6.1) This money shall be reinvested in the country in the form of initiatives and
programmes,

6)Affirms, that all UN LDCs (least developed countries) will be eligible for these
benefits:
6.1) Any LDC member-state may reach out to UNESCO to avail these benifits;

6.1.1) These LDC’s must allocate a percentage of their GDP in education, this
percentage would be decided during negotiations with members of UNESCO, the
sponsors must re-affirm that states may allocate varying percentages of their GDP
into education;

6.1.2) These nations must allocate 30% of their education budget to UNESCO

6.1.3) Non-LDC states must submit an application to UNESCO, and allocation of

funds will be further discussed during negotiations

*With special thanks to the delegate of the Swiss Confederation.