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Encourages the education of rural and vulnerable farming communities in sustainable agricultural techniques and agroecology through:
Recommends the formation of a subcommittee in which entities with profits emerging from agriculture are:
Further requests the levying of taxes and fines for corporations violating human rights, trade laws, and any determined regulations and shall impose anti-trust regulations:
Proclaims its unwavering support for the unique needs and social structures of local minorities, youth, women, and pastoralists with reference to agriculture, forestry, and nutrition and emphasize their inclusion in Food and Agricultural Organization and governmental projects related to the same;
Further requests the formation a cap-and-trade system (which limits aggregate emissions by establishing a cap on total emissions on a monthly basis) and recommendations to phase out energy-intensive and high-emission practices as currently deployed by agricultural entities in the UN Member States;
Resolves to fund and invest in advanced scientific research and innovations as decided by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and as agreed to by other UN Agencies. These modern scientific innovations must be subject to suitable regulations to ensure the wellbeing of those involved and subject to its programs and so as to not contradict the goals of Operative Clauses 2 and 3;
Proclaims its commitment to privatizing agricultural sectors by offering subsidies for cooperative corporations and local agricultural economies specifically pertaining to small-scale farmers. Laws and regulations would be in place to harness them;
Approves the development of food warning systems that would predict and keep count of potential food shortages that could damage steady food production and distribution to unadvanced regions. With such measures, the impact of disasters that limit food production could have minimal effects on food distribution;
Maintains its positive stance on the use of local markets, the preservation of biodiverse farming and diverse economic options for farmers to increase resilience to environmental and economic shocks, up-scale food-based efforts to prevent micronutrient malnutrition and deficiency, support local forestry, preserve native crops, and incentivize agricultural progress beyond standard monoculture. This will also include subsidies, education, and other support that involve aquaculture, oyster beds, and forms of oceanic farming and aquaculture that are compatible with long-term climate resilience goals. The committee may seek sources of funding from other UN agencies to accomplish these objectives in UN Member States;
Reaffirms its intention to continue the protection of food security for the entire population of UN Member States and not any select sector of the population, so as to avoid the “unequal distribution of food” across regions and peoples within member states (see the Agenda);
Further resolves to establish mutual accountability towards the accomplishment of the goals described in the operative clauses aforementioned between and among UN Member States;
Designates rapid-force organizations to react to emergencies on time and shall commit to establishing food safety network programs to provide aid during times of crisis, as defined and requested by any particular UN Member State, as well as for farmers who are chronically ill or whose resources have been substantially affected by climate change beyond typical conditions and thus are in great need of international aid and support via the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. The FAO may request further funds from other UN Agencies as needed.
FAO - SMUN 2024
Schoolhouse Model United Nations 2024 - Draft Resolution
Committee: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Agenda: The Causes and Consequences of Unequal Food Distribution across Landmasses and Regions
Sponsors: The delegations of Iceland, Lithuania, Uruguay, and Vietnam.
Signatories: The delegations of Liberia, Mexico, Tunisia, Rwanda, and Egypt.
The Food and Agriculture Organization,
Deeply concerned by the global food crisis, a widespread and pressing problem that has worsened in recent years due to conflict, climate disruptions, and the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the responses to it,
Convinced that the Earth is in the cycle of getting hotter as it did a long time ago, and there is nothing we could do about that. However, the process is intensified by human activities. The destructiveness of climate change has been increased since the Industrial Revolution by a variety of emissions originating from diverse sources, including, and with special emphasis, the combustion of fossil fuels, transportation, and emissions from energy-intensive agriculture as well,
Sincerely regretting that climate change has caused many farms to become unable to meet demand and to expend high costs mitigating damages. Floods and heatwaves, in addition to saltwater intrusion in coastal zones, have made agricultural soil infertile, leading to a potential 17% decrease in crop production worldwide by 2050. The committee also recognizes the role of mass migration in producing massive refugee flows that have exacerbated food insecurity in these vulnerable communities, with up to 1 billion more individuals projected to be forced to migrate in coming years.
Fully aware that methane production from the breeding and farming of cattle, rice, and other food sources, the emissions of factories and agricultural machinery, the transportation of foods throughout the supply chain, and the use of high-emission fossil fuels in agricultural infrastructure are exacerbating the challenge the world faces in securing food security for all by worsening climate disturbances,
Further deploring how environmental harms, including greenhouse gases that lead to increasing temperatures, as well as the lack of precipitation, are leading to drought and habitat destruction all around the globe. Moreover, such consequences ironically impact agriculture itself because of the devastating impacts of climate change on crop production, livelihoods, and economic stability.
Strongly condemning corrupt organizations and governments, the treatment of important crop strains as intellectual property, and a lack of proper legislation in regards to restraining monopolies from dominating domestic markets,
Deeply disturbed that food prices can uncontrollably rise if only one entity has the ability to sell, produce, or control a good or agricultural product. This has devastating consequences, especially for vulnerable rural communities that are mostly unable to handle cost increases. Small scale farmers are outcompeted, making farming and agricultural progress less socially sustainable. This is actively destroying economies through unequal control and distribution of food and agriculture, the very subject of this agenda,
Cognizant that a rural infrastructure and deep socio-economic gap mean less available and less efficient agricultural infrastructure, resulting in crippled rural communities that have substantially higher rates of starvation, malnutrition, poverty, and health issues. This is inherently not merely an agricultural issue but rather multiple human rights violations,
i) The establishment of workshops (temporary) and plant clinics (permanent).
ii) Bringing awareness to farmers as the results of adopting modern and advanced methods of farming, making accessible information and technology to cope with climate disruptions, and creating subsidies to support these farmers/aquacultural harvesters in their mission towards climate resilience, education, etc.
iii) The creation of a direct line of communication among farming and scientific communities to improve economic, social, and climate resilience in order to monitor and adapt to changes in real time;
i) Supervised in order to prevent what the committee deems violations against eradicating food inequality (including climate change, armed conflict and violence, agricultural techniques, etc.)
ii) Incentivizing what the committee deems appropriate in regards to achieving the aforementioned goal in UN member states;
i) The creation of a subcommittee under the FAO to monitor and measure carbon emissions from relevant companies and levy taxes responsibly;
ii) Enforce a policy for countries with a GDP per capita under $500 to allow Major Companies to operate within its geopolitical borders only under a domestic license to prevent monopolization and jacking up of prices. Support from the FAO will be provided to incorporate these laws into action for any country that requires support and help. According to the Article 2(7) of the UN charter, the FAO and all committees cannot alter the internal policies of a country, and hence the FAO is only providing advice for the enforcement of the law after it has been implemented;
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