[DRAFT] Addressing Food Deserts

[Crowheim]

Addressing Food Deserts

Category: Health| Area of Effect: International Aid

Applauding previous efforts by the General Assembly, via The Food Welfare Act, to increase access to nutritious and healthy foods for malnourished and poor individuals and communities,

Recognizing that the aforementioned piece of legislation fails to address the issue of food deserts, a major impediment to progress in the fair distribution of foods,

Affirming that this is a problem that must be addressed with an eye for the countless unfortunate peoples who are malnourished or lack access to healthy and nutritious foods,

Hoping that addressing food deserts will make progress towards the overall resolution of global hunger,

The World Assembly therefore:

I. Defines:

• A food desert as an inhabited area with limited or no access to healthy and/or affordable foods for its residents

II. Mandates that the IFWO (International Food Welfare Organization) establish a metric for determining the sites of food deserts, and log and record these instances in the Food Desert Registry (FDR), a database to be created by this act,

III. Requires the IFWO to attempt to curb the impact of food deserts in member states through the establishment of food pantries and emergency kitchens in impoverished areas and nations, as well as the direct distribution of food to those residing in food deserts, where appropriate,

IV. Requires all member states who are financially able to combat food deserts through their own means in addition to efforts from the World Assembly,

V. Encourages member states to legislate financial aid for residents who may need it to obtain healthy and affordable foods,

First draft, any and all feedback appreciated!

[Calamari Lands]

Not very significant feedback, but you may have mispelled Desert in the title.

[Drew Durrnil]

why is dessert misspelled so much

[Crowheim]

Not very significant feedback, but you may have mispelled Desert in the title.

I knew I misspelled something there but thought it was the word addressing

Thank you for the catch, fixed.

[Outer Sparta]

Not very significant feedback, but you may have mispelled Desert in the title.

I knew I misspelled something there but thought it was the word addressing

Thank you for the catch, fixed.

Ambassador Tavoularoglou: The concept of addressing food deserts and food desserts are quite different ones. Whereas one could address food deserts (which refers to areas that lack access to healthy foods), another one could address food desserts (which refers to cake, pie, cookies, and other sweet treats). Glad your delegation has caught that, but some other inexperienced delegation who feels drafting is a waste of time could make that mistake and legislate that everyone should have equal access to quality desserts or something.

Overall, our delegation supports some form of international legislation in dealing with food deserts and it's not an issue that usually makes big waves but requires attention.

[Bananaistan]

"Letting some committee run off with the WA cheque book to aid areas which may be located in wealthy member states, or not even in a member state at all, is not a good use of WA funds. The General Pit is not a bottomless fund."

[Crowheim]

"Letting some committee run off with the WA cheque book to aid areas which may be located in wealthy member states, or not even in a member state at all, is not a good use of WA funds. The General Pit is not a bottomless fund."

“I have edited the wording slightly to limit the effects of this legislation to member states only, as well as limiting it to impoverished areas (although in almost all cases of food deserts, this would already be the case.) This should curb the spending to within a reasonable amount while still allocating enough extra funds to try to tackle the hunger crisis.”

[Bananaistan]

"Letting some committee run off with the WA cheque book to aid areas which may be located in wealthy member states, or not even in a member state at all, is not a good use of WA funds. The General Pit is not a bottomless fund."

“I have edited the wording slightly to limit the effects of this legislation to member states only, as well as limiting it to impoverished areas (although in almost all cases of food deserts, this would already be the case.) This should curb the spending to within a reasonable amount while still allocating enough extra funds to try to tackle the hunger crisis.”

"You literally want to take food off of the plates of good Bananamen comrade children to give to people in rich countries etc just because the capitalists and imperialists running these societies don't care about what goes on in "deprived areas". Tell these countries to get their house in order before giving them handouts - having an irrational belief in markets does not exempt any country from adequately seeing to the welfare of its people."

[Calamari Lands]

“I have edited the wording slightly to limit the effects of this legislation to member states only, as well as limiting it to impoverished areas (although in almost all cases of food deserts, this would already be the case.) This should curb the spending to within a reasonable amount while still allocating enough extra funds to try to tackle the hunger crisis.”

"You literally want to take food off of the plates of good Bananamen comrade children to give to people in rich countries etc just because the capitalists and imperialists running these societies don't care about what goes on in "deprived areas". Tell these countries to get their house in order before giving them handouts - having an irrational belief in markets does not exempt any country from adequately seeing to the welfare of its people."

"Perhaps expanding the fourth clause, making it more specific, making its impact greater and enforcing it more strongly would fix this issue? Though, many of those societies would vote against."

[Molopovia]

Putting the confusion between Desert and Dessert aside, I support this draft and can see this getting passed, but maybe encouraging and/or obligating increased funding can speed up this process of eliminating food deserts.

[Crowheim]

[Bump.]

Putting the confusion between Desert and Dessert aside, I support this draft and can see this getting passed, but maybe encouraging and/or obligating increased funding can speed up this process of eliminating food deserts.

The overall increase in attention paid and funding towards the issue already in the proposal should help that.

[Daarwyrth]

Vyn Nysen: "Ambassador, your proposal forces the World Assembly to do the heavy lifting, while member states can lean back and do nothing while another entity solves their shortcomings. It is the responsibility of the state to ensure that all of its citizens have equal and sufficient access to food and nutritional resources to see to their basic needs at least. With this proposal you have given member states who don't raise a finger to grant their people sustenance a free pass for bad governance, and force this international body to pay their bills.

Our delegation firmly opposes this proposal, and we strongly doubt this proposal will pass its current form. If you change this resolution draft drastically, and place the weight on the appropriate entity - namely the member states - our delegation may reconsider supporting this. But in its current form it rewards injustice and apathy."

[Bananaistan]

"Still opposed due to the inclusion of impoverished areas with no reference to the wealth of the member state the area is located in."

[Crowheim]

"Still opposed due to the inclusion of impoverished areas with no reference to the wealth of the member state the area is located in."

“Would adding “in countries where the government cannot provide adequate support...” help stop this concern?”

[Daarwyrth]

"Still opposed due to the inclusion of impoverished areas with no reference to the wealth of the member state the area is located in."

“Would adding “in countries where the government cannot provide adequate support...” help stop this concern?”

"Only if you add in a mandate that those member states that do have the wealth take care of their impoverished and starving regions."

[Crowheim]

“Would adding “in countries where the government cannot provide adequate support...” help stop this concern?”

"Only if you add in a mandate that those member states that do have the wealth take care of their impoverished and starving regions."

"We have done so."

[Araraukar]

OOC: Resolutions #52, #64 & #344.

[Crowheim]

OOC: Resolutions #52, #64 & #344.

I personally think it's clear from duplicating those resolutions although perhaps piggy-backing off of #64 and utilizing the standards laid out there to help this cause would be a good idea?

[Araraukar]

OOC: Resolutions #52, #64 & #344.

I personally think it's clear from duplicating those resolutions although perhaps piggy-backing off of #64 and utilizing the standards laid out there to help this cause would be a good idea?

OOC: Your entire proposal's sensibility hinges on the existing of these food deserts. Those resolutions together mean that such don't exist in compliant member nations, and there already are resolutions dealing with noncompliant nations.

Also, a proposal that is mostly duplication, is considered to be all duplication, aka illegal. Minor duplication is allowed. Yours is not minor.