BUPS/ BIS Model United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 2010 a. coordinates efforts between donors and NGOs to establish a comprehensive educational system, b. develops funds to purchase school textbooks and other necessary supplies, c. urges the creation of a permanent governmental department devoted to funding and overseeing the educational system, d. urges the creation of a widespread scheme of vocational training available to all Afghanistan and Pakistan’s citizens; e. abolishes school fees and funds scholarships for successful students in order to encourage them, f. establishes satellite schools, which will primarily be located in the rural areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, aiming to educate the children who are not able to go to school because of the lack of transportation; 5. Calling upon the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women to restore the human rights and integrity of women by: a. encouraging all females over 8 years to make use of the opportunity for education by disseminating information which explains their options and encourages them to obtain their education at the nearest available facility, b. creating a committee of qualified individuals to research opportunities which help women find jobs and provide information as to where women can seek necessary medical treatment, c. creating opportunities for women to serve in the state and future Afghanistan and Pakistan governments in order to promote the status of women as equal members of society; 6. Further proposing that the World Health Organization (WHO) and appropriate NGOs coordinate an extensive reform of the Afghanistan and Pakistan health sector by: a. providing medical supplies such as drugs, medical equipment, vaccines, beds, blankets, and other necessary supplies, b. improving disease containment facilities, c. ensuring that adequate resources are available for the long-term treatment of diseases, d. establishing medical facilities in areas of serious need including rural areas in order to decrease mortality, e. creating national immunization days to prevent the spread of disease, f. providing obstetrics care to ensure the well-being of mothers and infants, g. bringing Somali doctors abroad to provide them with training and observation opportunities in the developed world; 7. Suggesting all governments and NGO’s, especially the MEDC’s, to co-operate and help improve the infrastructure of Afghanistan and Pakistan by building: a. hospitals, b. schools, c. transportation systems, including a system of highways and railways, d. communication systems, particularly telephone lines, and a nationwide radio network, e. power lines and energy generation, through the use of solar panels, f. sewage systems g. water mains and distribution systems;
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