South Carolina YMCA Youth in Government

Middle School Model United Nations

Council Assignment:
Proposal Number:
Country: Greece
Authors: Alexander Davis, Kaiya Trask, Prateek Shah, Andrew
Maiorana

School: Hughes Academy

Title: Greece’s Poor Economy

Justification: In 2009, as a result of the world financial crisis,

Greece’s economy went into recession. At first, nothing was done
about it, but under the pressure of the European Union, the Greek
government adopted a program that cut government spending
and raised taxes. In May 2010, Euro zone governments provided
Greece emergency loans worth $147 billion to repay their debt of
$413.6 billion. Of course, this leaves $266.6 billion left unpaid not
including the interest required to pay off the emergency funding.
Greece’s college passage rate is under 35%, which has also
contributed to the job market collapse.

Proposal for Action: We ask the UN to the supply $1,500 to

every high school graduate for each month of college they attend.
For certain fields of study, such as Engineering, Agriculture, and
Infrastructure; students will be awarded 10,000 dollars after
completion of their degree to motivate them to go into the job
market. We also ask that the UN funds projects of contracted
companies in those fields to create more jobs for the graduates.
We estimate this will cost the UN about $120,000 to graduate
1,000 students, while it will take $500,000 to fund companies and
their projects.