United Nations Draft Report Chaiwala (2022)

2nd July, 2022

Authors: Ukraine, the United States of America, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Federal
Republic of Germany, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, Poland, Italy,

Committee: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

1. Recommends that UNHCR Inspectors be given access to inspect camps holding

Ukrainian refugees in Russia to verify that the rights guaranteed to refugees according to
the 1951 Protocol are being granted

2. Urges the EU to implement a coordinated Refugee Dispersal Policy that takes into account
local labour market conditions when matching refugees to provinces, thereby sending refugees to
regions where there is a demand for their labour,
a. This will ensure that their right to work, employment and to earn a livelihood are equally
granted by the host countries
b. It will also allow new refugees to settle into foreign soil as quickly as possible by
allowing them to contribute and benefit to the overall economy of their host countries

3. Encourages trade unions, large employers and national associations of professionals to

coordinate to form matching and recruitment policies to employ Ukrainian refugees, a.
Recommends that host countries take into account the foreign qualifications and work
experiences of refugees while employing them, so skilled labourers can perform jobs catering to
their own skill set and not menial labour;

4. Recommends that EU countries commit to moving refugees out of temporary housing

solutions like camps, into permanent settlements as soon as possible,
a. This will ensure that a durable solution is formed for the refugees which provides them
with mental and geographical stability
b. Having access to a permanent settlement will grant them with better employment
opportunities and will also help develop a sense of specialization and job security;
5. Encourages countries hosting refugees to hold town halls in refugee hotspots to explain to host
communities migration trends and policies, thus ensuring that host communities feel like they
have a say in their future;

7. Recommends that financial support from the Global Concessional Financing Facility of the
World Bank be extended to the middle-income countries housing the majority of Ukrainian
refugees, such as Poland, Romania, and Moldova, as well as Greece and Turkey which are
hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees,
a. This will ensure that proper care is taken care of every refugee there by providing them
with the necessary amendments and

8. Recommends that to keep up with these increased commitments of the GCFF, high-income
countries such as France, the United Kingdom and Germany which are hosting comparatively
fewer refugees should increase their financial donations towards the GCFF;
a. Donations should be calculated on a “cash or housing” formula, where the number of
each refugees that each EU member country is be capable of hosting be calculated as a
function of their percentage share of the European economy, and the daily cost to a given
host nation of hosting one refugee also be calculated; then, countries which are hosting
fewer refugees than they should can make up this difference in the form of payments to
the GCFF, which will then be transmitted to the poorer countries who are hosting more
refugees;

9. Emphasizes the importance of keeping in mind that the refugees from Ukraine are
comprised of more than 2.5 million children, which is near fifty per cent of total
refugees, according to UNHCR and UNICEF reports, and that this generation finds
themselves devoid of basic education,
a. Refugee centres that sustain displaced persons for longer periods of time should
contain an education centre unit for the children present there,

i. This will be undertaken in collaboration with the organisation Educators Without

Borders, in the refugee camps, ensuring that an adequate number of teachers are
available to organise classes with young Ukrainian refugees,

b. While the education provided should cover the basics required for the acquirement of
a sufficiently high standard of employment at higher ages,
c. The medium of education should be based upon the predominantly spoken language
in the region,
 10. Recommends the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to establish a
mission in Ukraine called the “United Nations Humanitarian Mission for Ukrainian
Refugees and IDPs”

a. Its mandate shall be to,

i. Ensure that all IDPs in Ukraine, and refugees in foreign refugee camps, receive humanitarian
aid, including food, medicine, shelter, and packages, that contain basic necessities, such as, but
not limited to, hygiene products, feminine products, daily-use items,

ii. Ensure that Ukrainian refugees in foreign states are provided their fundamental human
rights, the same rights granted to a foreign legal resident of a state, along with the legal
obtainment of citizenship of refugees in their state of asylum, if consented to by the
refugees, and the government of that state,

iii. To provide grants to states willing to accept a limited number of refugees, but who
will face financial and spatial inconveniences in the accommodation of said refugees, to
ease the process of the settlement of refugees,

iv. Provision of essential vaccines to Ukrainian refugees and IDPs, such as those of
COVID-19,

vi. The facilitation of psychological and psychosocial care facilities for individuals and
children affected by the crisis,

11. Requests countries bearing geographical proximity to Ukraine to accept and provide
refugees with the required facilities,

a. All States must protect civilians fleeing the violence, including foreign nationals, allow for
their voluntary, safe and unhindered passage, without discrimination, in particular on the basis
of race, and comply with the obligation to allow and facilitate the rapid, safe and unhindered
access to humanitarian assistance for those in need,
 i. Member-states must take an active interest in the detection of racial discrimination
occurring in refugee camps and in the provision of aid to Ukrainian refugees,

ii. Member States must take actions against any and all individuals responsible for racial
discrimination against foreign refugees based on domestic due process,

a. The states should ensure respect for and the protection of all medical personnel and
humanitarian personnel, and their means of transport and equipment, and hospitals and other
medical facilities,
b. The states in question should ensure that their domestically run refugee centres are well-
equipped to cater to large volumes of refugees,
c. Countries with the economic capabilities to do so should support these centres so that their
refugee accommodating capacities is not strained at any point;

12. Sympathizes with the loss of lives of refugees during transportation:

Encourages governments to:

a. Invest capital and forces in search and rescue operations immediately helping people in
distress
b. Investigate and prosecute trafficking gangs who exploit refugees and migrants and put
the safety of innocent civilians above all else;

13. Concerning EU membership, Ukraine should be granted applicant status to deepen the
already close economic and political ties which the EU and Ukraine share,
i. it would be optimal for Kyiv to have access to the four freedoms of the European Union’s
internal market, the four freedoms being-

a. Free movement of goods

b. Free movement of capital
c. Freedom to establish and provide services
d. Free movement of persons
ii. At the same time, Ukraine could have a similar agreement with the Eurasian Union, an
organisation which the country already has very strong trade links with
14. Approves steps to resolve the “frozen “conflicts, the ongoing and frozen conflicts in the
former Soviet space and the Balkans, including Crimea, Kosovo and Donbas, all involve
separatism of some sort, this can be attained in the following way:
a) All should be resolved on the basis of some form of local democracy, that is, a vote to
ascertain the will of the people in the separatist regions is the starting point, after which
a series of technical agreements need to be reached to regulate issues that would
necessarily grow out of any peaceful secession of a territory from a larger state,
b) The exact form of the vote could be adapted to the specific circumstances of each
conflict; It need not be a referendum on the issue of separatism, In the cases of both
Crimea and Kosovo, the most prominent conflicts, regularly scheduled elections could
serve this purpose, with the stipulation that victory would require that a qualified
majority of the electorate vote for candidates who support separatism,
c) The only requirement would be that the vote be internationally observed and then
certified as free and fair to erase any doubt that it was legitimate;

15. Revisits the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace
and Security which further reinstates that,

a) A gender-sensitive solution be introduced keeping in mind the fact that over 90% of
Ukrainian and 80% of Syrian refugees are women and children escaping their war-torn
homelands

b) Recommends for the existing code of conduct to be amended in a way that prevents sex
crimes by introducing adequate control and accountability mechanisms

16. Recommends countries to offer short vocational training courses on needed skills, along with
simplifying and streamlining the process of issuing work permits for refugees,
a) This will improve the environment for doing business making it comfortable and hospitable
for all,
b) It will also make sure host countries are benefiting from refugee labours;
17. Recommends the countries of Poland, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Israel, the Kingdom of
the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Turkey; to cooperate the
help of the US’ Department of Homeland Security to aid in the voluntary resettlement of
refugees;
a.This will help the refugees in getting financial and humanitarian aid.