How to fulfill the UN 1rst millenium goal (debate format- MUN)

I would like to begin by stating the first and foremost United Nations millennium goal:

eradicate extreme hunger and poverty.

How to do this? This resolution would be a big leap forward.

An important 2011 paper by economists Luc Christiaensen, Lionel Demery and Jesper Kuhl shows that agriculture is roughly three times more effective at reducing extreme poverty than non-agricultural sectors. This demonstrates the important of the industry to fulfill this millennium goal.

One may think, what about all the other developing countries in the world?

Well, Sub-Saharan Africa has the farthest to go to eradicate poverty, despite recent progress, since a large proportion of its population still lives so far below $1.25 per day, and is the only region in the world where poverty and hunger are on the increase.

Most of this extreme poverty being located in the rural areas of the continent, the development of agriculture would extremely help. Additionally, this delegate believes that once the trade in Africa's agriculture has improved, this will engender more beneficial developments, such as transport and sustainable farming.

 

Moreover, this delegate would like to bring your attention to clause 2*, which she commends Nicaragua for particularly.

The improvement of infrastructure and education would hugely African agriculture. The infrastructure could range from transport links, which would benefit small rural villages enormously, as the poor access to markets, land and resources is one of the main issues African agriculture faces, to hospitals, an example of how this would help is with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is reducing life expectancy and the productive capacity of farming households – in the past two decades 7 million farmers and agricultural workers have died of AIDS in the most affected countries.

Education would be greatly beneficial, as the main problem in Africa is that the arable land isn't being used efficiently. Through education, farmers could not only be taught about how to produce the maximum amount, but also how to sustainably use resources.

*clause 2:

2.      Urges countries to replace at least 5% of the money they spend on unsustainable aid with aid focused on increasing the trading capabilities of these countries through means such as, but not limited to:

a.      Investing into infrastructure and education

b.      Funding anti-corruption groups that these nations believe can make an active difference based on thorough research