MODEL UNITED NATIONS MA/C.3/68/Res.2 General Assembly JCGC Distr.: Limited 16-17 November 2013 Original: English Sixty-eighth session Agenda item: Child Labor Sponsor: Australia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chad, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea. The General Assembly, that, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations has Recalling proclaimed that children require special care and assistance, the Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor Recalling by 2016, ILO Convention 182 and Millennium Development Goals 1 and 2, its appreciation towards the action to achieve the elimination of child labor, Expressing including providing economical support, education and sustainable development taken by organizations such as IPEC and UNDP, the necessity of three perspectives when dealing with problems concerning Emphasizing child labor, which are the and producer’s, consumer’s worker’s side, that the UN Global Compact and the SA8000 had a positive impact on Affirming eliminating child labor, that frameworks created to achieve Fair Trade was an effective plan to Also affirming eliminate child labor, that despite past international efforts, child labor still remains a Noting with deep concern prevalent problem, and many children continue to be exploited, that effective elimination of the worst forms of child labor requires immediate Considering
MODEL UNITED NATIONS MA/C.3/68/Res.2 JCGC General Assembly Distr.: Limited 16-17 November 2013 Original: English Sixty-eighth session Agenda item: Child Labor Sponsor: Australia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chad, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea. The General Assembly, Recalling that, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations has proclaimed that children require special care and assistance, Recalling the Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor by 2016, ILO Convention 182 and Millennium Development Goals 1 and 2, Expressing its appreciation towards the action to achieve the elimination of child labor, including providing economical support, education and sustainable development taken by organizations such as IPEC and UNDP, Emphasizing the necessity of three perspectives when dealing with problems concerning child labor, which are the producer’s, consumer’s and worker’s side, Affirming that the UN Global Compact and the SA8000 had a positive impact on eliminating child labor, Also affirming that frameworks created to achieve Fair Trade was an effective plan to eliminate child labor, Noting with deep concern that despite past international efforts, child labor still remains a prevalent problem, and many children continue to be exploited, Considering that effective elimination of the worst forms of child labor requires immediate