The+effects+of+globalisation+on+child+welfare+in+the+Least+Developed+Countries+and+countries+in+transition

LDCs (least developed countries) and NICs (Newly Industrialized Countries) have both been effected on the political, social, economic, and cultural levels by globalisation. Sudan, as a country that has just begun opening its borders to the global market, is still very conservative and still sees that setting international standards and laws about child welfare is against a nation's sovereignty. Many of the cultures within Sudan are tribal, and the unity that is valued within these communities can be harmed by foreign influences, especially after the civil war. The effects on child welfare, Sudan feels should be dealt with on the domestic on not the international level. One the results that Sudan has had to face due to globalisation is an increase in the number of children that live in the slums of cities. With this, the spread of diseases increases as well as the infant mortality rate. Between 30 million and 100 million children live on the streets of the world cities. One way to solve this is to decrease the amount of imported food products to LDCs that have a reliable source of food, keeping the families that move to the squatter settlements in the fields and keeping the children out of the cities.

1. Calls upon all member nations ensure that the standards and rights agreed upon by the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child be upheld, including violators being taken to local courts and tried for violations, including but not being limited to dangerous working conditions, long hours, low payment rates, lack of availability to education, etc.

2. Requests that each nation state enforces similar punishments upon corporations that violate the convention, to be formally put together by UNICEF and would include a minimum fine to the local government and a compensation for all the workers.

3. Further requests that accessibility to health care and education be made available for residents of squatter settlements in exponentially growing cities in less economically developed countries by means of; a) increasing the areas of informal housing in order to decrease population density and limit the spread of diseases, and b) increasing the number of public schools in these areas by increasing the number of teachers and accessibility to educational resources.