RESOLUTION 2009

Committee/Forum: Human Rights, Forum 1
Question of: Child sex trade.
Co Submitters: Thailand, Venezuela, Spain.
Co-Sponsors: Colombia, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Nigeria, Laos, Papua New Guinea, France.



THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE
United in our abhorrence of the cruel, unjust and inhumane acts committed against the innocent children of our country,
Convinced of the need to provide all children with enough opportunities to make better choices for their future, to keep them away from the illegal sex trade.
Acknowledging that the lack of opportunities and the conditions that these children live in, often force them to turn to the sex trade for well-needed money for themselves and their families,
Understanding the utmost importance of the safety of these children, and the need for all countries’ co-operation to bring the trade to an end, once and for all,
1. Calls for the increased involvement of governments and NGOs opting for stricter laws condemning crimes against child right exploitation by:
I. Suggesting that all governments prosecute offenders to full extent with regard to local and national laws,
a.) Adopting zero tolerance for any sex crime against children,
I. A globalized sex trade law for all countries to have compulsory sentences,
II. No cases should be overlooked but all must be taken to trial and decided on by an unbiased judge and jury,
c.) Improving the law for all countries that make child prostitution illegal and the labour of children strictly illegal; commitment to follow the law should be observed in all countries,
2. Strongly recommends that governments all over the world should develop a system to give help to all unfortunate children by:
a.) Conducting workshops to educate all marginalised children in basic life skills for jobs in the future; Children need to be educated about their rights stated as government laws,
b.) Building orphanages and foster homes for street children: providing them with the basic necessities of shelter, food, clothing, education, and security,
I. Creating further awareness to raise funds locally and internationally, such as SMS donations to build the workshops and orphanages
II. Emphasizing the importance of countries working together such as MEDCs providing financial help to LEDCs to provide a basic standard of living.
c.) Encouraging the adoption of orphans and street children which could be forced in the sex trade,
d.) Providing help lines and advice stations which should be easily accessible to children and parents and should have links with law enforcements. Agencies that have a right to report any situation that they see as being a possible cause of child exploitation.
e.) Providing victims with assistance geared to their specific needs: children being found exploited in the sex trade should be sent to rehabilitation centers.
3. Stresses that the government works with NGOs such as the DEP (Daughter’s Education Programme) to provide better opportunities for the children to keep them off the streets by:
a.) Encouraging scholarships, especially for young girls to give them at least first year of secondary education, and therefore, a better awareness of the world around them,
b.) Providing more centers for extra-curricular activities to keep children off the streets, also teaching them relevant trades and helping them to find job opportunities so they are less likely to sell themselves to earn money,
c.) Teaching sex education as a compulsory part of the education in the first year of secondary in schools to teach children the awareness of sex trade and the importance of contraception,
d.) Providing free and accessible help centers for children who have already been abused, and their families to offer counseling and referral to organizations such as the DEP,
e.) Providing more government funding for organizations such as these,
4. Urges the increase in police investigation and prosecution efforts against traffickers by:
a.) Fulfilling the right to arrest, and report to courts with full evidence that could lead to the prosecution or a conviction of a trafficker,
b.) Enjoining this to install CCTV’s in order to monitor police investigations and to extend the teams that are morally reliable in completing their duty: any corrupt police officers that contribute to increasing the trade (e.g. through bribery) should immediately decommission and prosecuted and never allows to serve in any such capacity
c.) Tracking down illegal access points where the trade takes place, again using CCT’s as evidence, in suspicious or probable areas,
5. Recommends barring commercial sex operators from expanding their businesses by enforcing trade barriers which prevent illegal migrants coming into the country to engage in sex trade by:
a.) Monitoring borders where children are bought and sold to other countries, have regular check points with strict regulations and security for migrants to go through, making transporting illegal and difficult,
b.) Paying more attention to the purpose of a visit to a country and hence limit easy granting of visas to bar commercial sex operators from expanding their businesses.
c.) Install CCTV’s especially at borders to monitor and ensure no authorities are corrupt and no children are smuggled into any countries,
6. Advises the United Nations human rights committee to continually hold regular and regional international conferences to check the progress of the actions put in place and to rectify the issues that should arise,
7. Urges that NGOs not only work with the children, but also provide aid to their families by:
a.) Teaching families the dangers of the sex trade, and highlighting the importance of contraception so families are less likely to sell their children to the trade,
b.) Providing underprivileged families with job opportunities by helping them to find work and teaching them relevant trades to allow them to earn more money,
c.) Giving free night classes to family members to teach them basic skills such as reading and writing so they are more likely to use these skills to obtain better jobs and therefore gain more money,
8. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter