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HISTORICAL RESOLUTION #176 Repeal "Keep The World Disease-Free!" A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation
Category: Repeal	Resolution: #9	Proposed by: Jey
Description: UN Resolution #9: Keep The World Disease-Free! (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void. Argument: The General Assembly of the United Nations, AWARE of the need for the prevention of diseases and for hygienic standards throughout member nations, COMMENDING Resolution #9: Keep The World Disease-Free!, for its intentions to bring about disease prevention and hygienic standards in all member nations, HOWEVER CONSIDERING that Resolution #9 fails to accomplish its goals to bring about stronger hygienic standards by not including any effective methods to do so, and only stating that citizens "should" be given the right to certain hygienic items, FURTHER CONSIDERING that Resolution #9 fails to bring about the containment of diseases through increased access to vaccinations by directly stating that "[the vaccinations] don't have to be mandatory", UNDERSTANDING that Resolutions #20 "'RBH' (Required Basic Healthcare) Replacement", #67 "Needle Sharing Prevention", and #77 "Epidemic Prevention Protocol" collectively provide UN member nations with declarations to bring about better hygienic standards as well as disease prevention, CONCLUDING that Resolution #9 is not only unenforceable and void of actionable language, but its intentions are also covered by numerous amounts of passed legislations, REPEALS Resolution #9: Keep The World Disease-Free! Votes For: 10,597 Votes Against: 2,710 Implemented: Tue Sep 19 2006

HISTORICAL RESOLUTION #177 Repeal "Support Hemp Production" A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation
Category: Repeal	Resolution: #85	Proposed by: Leg-ends
Description: UN Resolution #85: Support Hemp Production (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void. Argument: The United Nations, AGREEING in principle with UN Resolution #85, "Support Hemp Production", that hemp is 'a profitable and environmentally friendly crop', CAUTIOUS, however, of the resolution's effusive praise of hemp, offering no mention of any of the disadvantages of the hemp crop, HIGHLIGHTING, for example, that hemp can only be harvested at specific times, whereas many other crops can be harvested throughout the year, thus making the use of hemp in processes requiring large, regular harvests considerably more difficult, DISAPPOINTED that the resolution introduces no checks or balances in the creation and operational running of hemp advisory boards, thus rendering the process very open to corruption, unfair apportionment of funds, or the dissemination of unsuitable advice, CRITICISING the system of stipends and subsidies proposed by the resolution, and the poor logic of such a scheme, OBSERVING that if hemp is indeed as profitable and commercially viable as the resolution claims, such support would be unnecessary, wasteful, and would endanger competition, FURTHER OBSERVING that if the projects did not prove viable and did in fact require such support, tax-payers would be forced to contribute large sums of money solely to keep unprofitable enterprises afloat, APPALLED that such a burden would be placed not only upon tax-payers within specific nations, but on all UN member nations, through the mandate for the UN to contribute funds to such projects, BELIEVING that government-enforced bias towards particular crops to be unfair as well as impractical, as it discourages specialisation and development of resources, and could lead to wasteful excess of certain crops and shortages of other essential varieties, especially those used towards the production of food, FURTHER NOTING that placing special emphasis on one single crop risks ecological and economic catastrophe in the case of specific crop diseases, climate conditions or pest attacks affecting that crop; CONSIDERING such flaws too critical to justify retaining the resolution and its bureaucratic, inefficient and wasteful system of finance: 1. REPEALS UN Resolution #85, "Support Hemp Production"; 2. AFFIRMS that this repeal will not prohibit any nation from continuing such programs on a national level should they choose to do so, noting that their right to implement such schemes would remain protected by the UN under Resolution #128, "Representation in Taxation". Co-authored by the members of ACCEL Votes For: 9,311 Votes Against: 2,815 Implemented: Sun Sep 24 2006

HISTORICAL RESOLUTION #178 Outlaw Necrophilia A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.
Category: Moral Decency	Strength: Mild	Proposed by: Karmicaria
Description: The NationStates United Nations, DEFINING necrophilia, for the purposes of this resolution, as any unauthorized sexual act, performed on a deceased individual, DISTURBED by the occurrence of necrophilia within the member nations of the UN, NOTING that a corpse is incapable of consent, and that such lack of consent is why rape is commonly considered an inappropriate act, OBSERVING many cases of emotional damage to the families of deceased individuals in cases of necrophilia, RECOMMENDS that member nations outlaw the desecration of corpses, STRONGLY ENCOURAGES member nations to punish those guilty of corpse desecration to the fullest extent of the law, and, CALLS UPON member nations to provide counseling and medical care for those engaging in acts of necrophilia. Votes For: 8,526 Votes Against: 6,028 Implemented: Sat Sep 30 2006

HISTORICAL RESOLUTION #179 Freedom of Assembly A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
Category: Furtherment of Democracy	Strength: Mild	Proposed by: Mikitivity
Description: The NationStates United Nations, CONVINCED that the expression of different political opinions is crucial to the democratic process, TAKING NOTE of article 3 of its resolution The Universal Bill of Rights, which grants individuals the right to peacefully assemble, APPALLED that in some extreme cases the expression of these opinions has moved from political expressions into actual physical acts, sometimes resulting in harm to other people or the destruction of public or private property, AWARE that the reaction towards the harm of others or the destruction of public or private property has been to not only restrict these acts, but to also discourage the expression of extreme differences in opinion and to prohibit the formation of political opposition groups, 1. REAFFIRMS the equal right of individuals to freely express any opinions in a political process, provided that these opinions do not result in harm to other people or to public or private property without consent, 2. ASSERTS that individuals should have the right to freely assemble with others who share even extreme political views in appropriate venues, in order to better work within domestic and international political systems in a peaceful way, 3. CONFIRMS that the right to assembly includes the formation and coordination of political opposition organizations, which should be permitted to advocate radical changes in their existing government or political system, 4. CONDEMNS any political organization that advocates harm to other people or to public or private property as a means to spread terror or to gain political influence, 5. CALLS UPON political organizations to seek political change through peaceful means, and 6. ENCOURAGES national governments to open their elections and political process to any political organization that is seeking to voice its opinions through peaceful means. Votes For: 9,338 Votes Against: 4,153 Implemented: Thu Oct 5 2006

HISTORICAL RESOLUTION #180 Fair Sentencing Act A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
Category: Furtherment of Democracy	Strength: Mild	Proposed by: Gruenberg
Description: The United Nations, Reaffirming its intent to ensure for all those accused of criminal acts fair legal proceedings, Believing that all those tried for criminal acts deserve the right to sentencing by a competent judicial body, whether judge, jury or other, able to consider the specific conditions of the case, Realizing that in many cases, there may be extenuating circumstances, whereby individuals with similar offences may require different sentences, and therefore full consideration of all relevant factors is needed, Recognising that different societies treat crime and punishment in different ways, and adopt different attitudes to which sentences may be appropriate: 1. Requests that member nations ensure their legal processes are fair and just; 2. Declares the right of nations to determine for themselves the sentences for violations of laws committed within their jurisdictions; 3. Calls for the creation of independent and accountable bodies capable of overseeing and reviewing sentencing decisions; 4. Recommends that nations devolve sentencing powers to the level most capable of taking into account all relevant considerations. Votes For: 9,597 Votes Against: 4,066 Implemented: Tue Oct 10 2006

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