Student Council unanimously voted in support of two resolutions, one for a conflict-free University of Wisconsin campus and another on member council’s legislation, in its final meeting of the semester on Wednesday.

The conflict-free legislation, proposed by Associated Students of Madison Rep. David Gardner, involves a campus-wide initiative to work with colleges around the world in order to push administrations to speak out in support of conflict-free electronic companies that do not use minerals such as tin, tungsten, titanium and gold.

Drafted in collaboration with UW’s chapter of Amnesty International President Katy Johnson, this legislation declares ASM’s support and commitment for human rights and social justice by appealing to electronic companies and related industries to remove conflict minerals mined in Eastern Congo from supply chains, according to an ASM statement.

This legislation will encourage both the chancellor and Board of Regents to alter their purchases to only include conflict-free technology at UW, Johnson said at the meeting.

“Our main goal is to get the chancellor and administration to issue a state of support,” Johnson said. “Around 14 schools have done this already: Duke, Ohio University and [University of Pennsylvania] are some of the bigger ones. By reaching out to the student government, we will have support from the school already to help us gain more.”

Johnson said miners are often in slave-like conditions in Congo.

She said more than 6 million people have died there since 1996 because of violence and revels in the area. This legislation, she added, is attempting to cut off any spending or relations so that the rebels have no profits, no control of mines and no funding.

Johnson also said this is specifically important for college students because they are a key demographic for every electronic company. This will make an impact at UW because of how much the institution spends and invests in these companies, she added.

The member council legislation, proposed by Rep. Richard Rolland, was passed by a second vote at yesterday’s meeting. It intends to create a more open and collaborative environment between Student Council representatives and other UW colleges, according to the statement.

Currently, representatives from student councils around campus are not able to hold a seat nor do they have an official voice on the ASM Student Council, according to ASM spokesperson Grace Bolt. She said the member council’s legislation amended bylaws to allow an individual school or college’s student government leaders to gain these rights.

This impacts students who sit on governing boards of their own school or college, such as the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Bolt said.

This will allow them to speak to capacity and extend out for greater access for students, Jared Wendt, president of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Association, said.

“I feel that it would greatly benefit all students of the university,” Wendt said.