Historical Resolutions
From the rise of civilization (November 13, 2002) up until a particularly brutal collision with reality (April 1, 2008), nations toiled under the banner of the World Assembly's predecessor, an organization that now Cannot Be Named, but sounded a lot like "United Stations." Although this grand institution is no longer, its incomparable volume of law shall stand forever.
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Historical Resolution #190
Mutual Recognition of Borders
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.
The United Nations,
-A- OBSERVING that border disputes and claims by more than one nation over a territory are significant sources of wars and cause excessive damage to international cultural, economic, humanitarian and scientific relationships:
-1- REQUIRES every member to recognize officially and definitely their currently undisputed international borders with other UN members and the undisputed international borders shared amongst UN members;
-2- ESTABLISHES the Committee for Mutual Recognition of Borders (CMRoB) to help members who want to (i) clarify their borders and (ii) seek neutral third party mediation;
-3- URGES members to seek neutral third party mediation, such as the CMRoB, for peaceful, fair and balanced solutions, during current and future border disputes;
-4- APPLAUDS AND ENCOURAGES all efforts by nations in the world to mutually, officially or definitely recognize their international borders and all efforts to peacefully resolve related disputes;
-5- URGES members to establish border crossing points with other members with whom they share a border, in order to increase international cultural, economic, humanitarian and scientific relationships.
NB: A territory, or a part of it, may belong to several nations, in the case that these nations are each in a different plane (or another dimension) of our NS multiverse.
Co-authored by Ceorana
Passed: |
For: | 7,208 | 57.4% |
Against: | 5,351 | 42.6% |
Historical Resolution #191
UN Drug Act
A resolution to ban, legalize, or encourage recreational drugs.
The United Nations,
UNDERSTANDING the differences of opinions within member states regarding the legality of recreational drug use;
DEFINES for the purposes of this resolution, a "recreational drug" as a chemical substance whose primarily purpose is to act upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary or permanent changes in perception, mood, consciousness and/or behavior;
1) URGES UN member states to legalize the practice of individual consumption, cultivation, preparation, and possession of recreational drugs, given that these actions pose no threat of harm to any individual other than the user, especially for the following uses:
a. Religious, spiritual, philosophical or other related purposes;
b. Medicinal benefits, such as medicinal marijuana;
2) AFFIRMS the right of UN member states to determine their own laws with regard to the legality of any activity involving recreational drugs, including but not limited to the consumption, cultivation, preparation, possession, exchange, and distribution of recreational drugs by any individual or group of individuals, within their own jurisdiction;
3) STRONGLY URGES states to illegalize the practice of deceiving or coercing others into using drugs, except when administered legally for medicinal purposes by an authorized individual;
4) REQUESTS that those states which allow responsible recreational drug use to support organizations and initiatives for voluntary rehabilitation of those affected by drugs, education on responsible drug use, and prevention of illegal and harmful acts resulting from drug use;
5) URGES states to ensure that their populations have easy access to scientifically accurate, value-neutral information concerning the effects of recreational drug use, especially if such use is legal within the state, and that suppliers of said drugs are not allowed to make false claims about them.
Passed: |
For: | 6,389 | 55.0% |
Against: | 5,231 | 45.0% |
Historical Resolution #192
Sexual Privacy Act
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The United Nations,
RECOGNIZING the inherently private nature of sexual intimacy, and
DESIRING to guarantee an individual's right to such privacy,
1. DEFINES sexual activities, for the purpose of this resolution, as behavior, in the form of consensual physical intimacy, that may be directed to reproduction, spiritual transcendence, or sexual gratification. Excluded from this definition are acts that result in the death or serious injury of a participant.
2. FURTHER DEFINES, for the purposes of this resolution, an adult as an individual who has reached the legal age of consent, as defined by the law of the nation in which the activity takes place.
3. BANS the criminalization of any form of sexual activity provided that, a) it is performed in privacy, and b) all participants are consenting adults.
4. FORBIDS governments, their agents and agencies from interfering with, conducting surveillance on, or investigating the private, consensual sexual activities of adults, subject to the exemptions below.
5. EXEMPTS from clause 4:
a. Obtaining evidence for determination of paternity,
b. Collecting information for epidemiological investigations,
c. Criminal or civil investigative activity where probable cause has been established requiring such information, and
d. Actions in situations where there is probable cause that death or serious bodily harm will result without immediate intervention.
Passed: |
For: | 9,771 | 80.8% |
Against: | 2,323 | 19.2% |
Historical Resolution #193
Extraordinary Rendition
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The United Nations,
Recognising the obligations incumbent upon member states to refrain from the use of torture,
Affirming the importance of maintaining a strong stance against all applications of torture,
Seeking means to further eliminate the potential for international complicity in acts of torture,
Deeply concerned by the practice of 'extraordinary rendition', whereby persons are rendered to foreign jurisdictions for the express purpose of having torture conducted,
Believing extraordinary rendition to be a subversion of international law and a significant threat to international human rights,
Determined to prevent member states from any form of involvement in this practice,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this Convention, torture as any act of physical or psychological violence perpetrated against persons for the purposes of coercion, intimidation, punishment, interrogation or the obtaining of information or forced confession;
2. Prohibits member states from any involvement in the rendering of persons to foreign jurisdictions if there is probable cause to believe they would be subject to torture.
Passed: |
For: | 8,306 | 66.0% |
Against: | 4,272 | 34.0% |
Historical Resolution #194
No Ex Post Facto Laws
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Believing that ex post facto laws are violations of both the rule of law and the right of persons to fair treatment by the criminal justice system;
Asserting that one should not be penalised for doing something that is not prohibited by law;
Further, asserting that there can be no crime committed, and no punishment meted out, without a violation of the law as it existed at the time;
The General Assembly of the United Nations hereby:
Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, an ex post facto law as one that retroactively changes the legal consequences of acts or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. This includes laws that criminalize acts which were legal when committed and laws which retroactively increase sentences for crimes already committed;
Declares that:
(I) No person may be charged with or convicted of a criminal offense because of any act or omission unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted a criminal offense under the law of the jurisdiction in which the charge is brought or under international law.
(II) No nation or governmental subdivision thereof shall enact any law with ex post facto provisions. Any ex post facto provisions in existing laws shall be rendered null and void.
(III) Any persons under sentence as a result of ex post facto laws shall have their sentence for any ex post facto offenses nullified and their criminal record expunged of these ex post facto offenses.
Passed: |
For: | 10,325 | 82.2% |
Against: | 2,238 | 17.8% |