Category: Health
Area of Effect: Healthcare
Proposed by: The Republic of Marzicon
The World Assembly,
Recognizing the dangers associated with mining operations,
Acknowledging that not all mining companies and organizations can be trusted with providing adequate mining safeties,
Keeping in mind the long-term health risks associated with mining,
HEREBY:
1. DEFINES, for the purposes of this resolution:
- Operation: any site or location used by a mining organization for the purposes of substance extraction,
- Open-pit mining: a mining operation with a wide, deep hole is created in order to extract substances,
2. MANDATES that all member-states with a mining sector to hereby enact these changes:
- Regulations to mandate deep-surface mining operations and open-pit mining operations to have proper ventilation systems and other measures placed with the goal of stabilizing the air quality of the surrounding environment of toxic, mine-related gases and particles to 5000 parts-per-million,
- Require all mining employees, if they are carbon-based life forms, to be fully clothed and require employees to be wearing necessary additional safety equipment including but not limited to reflective jackets and air filtration systems,
- If need be, require robotic assistants and workers in the operation sites to be fully cleaned post-operation whilst maintaining a constant state of reliability through regular maintenance,
- Provide medical access and screenings for mining-specific illnesses including, but not limited to, respiratory infections and cancers,
- Require mining companies adequately pay their workers for their high-risk occupations through benefits and insurance plans which protect workers from the physical and medical dangers posed by mining operations,
3. ENCOURAGES that member-states create a safety board for the inspection of mining agencies and for the protection of miners,
4. CLARIFIES that this resolution also implies regulations be placed on any and all sectors that directly require the extraction of naturally occurring ground-based substances for the purpose of sale on the open market, and not to more artificially-created extraction industries, including but not limited to agriculture, in this regard,[/spoiler]
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