Sample Resolutions

Please note: when submitting resolutions, do not number the individual lines. Number the operative clauses only.

Submitted To: The Special Political Committee

Submitted By: Germany

Subject: Situation in Afghanistan

      The Security Council,

RECALLING resolution 65/8 of December 7, 2010 and resolution 64/11 of November 9, 2009 which specifically address the situation in Afghanistan, and 

DEEPLY CONCERNED by the 2011 Corruptions Perception Index by Transparency International which found Afghanistan to be tied for second place in terms of most corrupt governments among participating nations, and

NOTING WITH REGRET the findings by the 2011 Afghanistan Opium Survey which determined Opium poppy cultivation to have reached 131,000 hectares in 2011, up by 7% from 2010 findings in the same survey, and

ALARMED BY the 2011 report by the United Nations on civilian deaths which determined that 77% of all civilian deaths in Afghanistan were attributed to the Taliban and other insurgent groups, and

FULLY AWARE of the lack of rainfall in Afghanistan in 2011 which has led to increased famine and a decrease in crop haul for the 2011 year, and

1.) RECOMMENDS all nations to follow the orders of NATO and withdraw their combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014 to allow the Afghan National Police to fully assume control of security operations;

2.)  FURTHER RECOMMENDS all nations with troops in Afghanistan to provide non-combatant police trainers to the Afghan National Police in order to prepare them to fully assume control of security operations by 2014;

3.) ENCOURAGES member nations to provide agricultural incentives to farmers who choose to stop growing opium in order to further eliminate opium from the black market while also providing another source of food for Afghanistan;

4.) REQUESTS that all member nations increase their monetary aid to Afghan programs that aim to further develop infrastructure and provide food for Afghan civilians who have been affected by famine;

5.) CONDEMNS the targeting of civilians by the Taliban and other insurgent groups who were responsible for 77% of civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2011.  

Submitted To: The Special Political Committee

Submitted By: Ukraine

Subject: The role of diamonds in fueling conflict (21)

The Special Political Committee,

RECALLING resolution 56/263 of 9 April 2002 concerning the acknowledgement of trade in conflict diamonds as being a major threat to peace and stability wherever trade in such diamonds occurs, and

CONVINCED that trade in conflict diamonds can be halted, if not significantly reduced, and

RECOGNIZING the harm and disruption that trade in conflict diamonds brings to the countries involved, especially those suffering from insurrection funded by trade in such diamonds, and

RECALLING ALSO the fact that the overwhelming majority of rough diamonds in the world originate from legitimate sources, and

NOTING the need for nations involved in the legitimate diamond trade to protect that trade as it is a major aspect of their economies, especially those of developing countries, and

CONVINCED ALSO that participation in and progress of the Kimberly Process is a major step towards significantly reducing and eliminating the trade in conflict diamonds, and

1. COMMENDS the work already accomplished by the Kimberly Process in its implementation of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme;

2. REITERATES the illegality of trade in conflict diamonds whether it be from a rival nation or rebel movement to usurp a legitimate government;

3. URGES all member-states to participate in and, if need be, conform to the international certification scheme established by the Kimberly Process;

4. ENCOURAGES the Kimberly Process to continue its work in breaking the link between legitimate trade in diamonds and conflict diamonds;

5. DECIDES to establish, in accordance with Rule 105 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, a sub-committee composed of volunteer states, the purpose of the sub-committee being to identify organizations which proliferate and engage in the trade of conflict diamonds, to work in conjunction with the Kimberly Process in its efforts, to also work in conjunction with UNMIL, MONUC, UNAMSIL, and any other regional and subject-relevant United Nations organization to, if need be, enforce the resolutions made by the committee.