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 #239
Repeal: “Humanitarian Intervention”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Historical Resolution #92 “Humanitarian Intervention” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
This Assembly, having convened to reconsider its adoption of UN Resolution #92: Humanitarian Intervention, observes the following:
1. The United Nations through past legislation condemns in the strongest possible terms egregious human-rights violations such as genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity;
2. The United Nations is committed to enforcing relevant legislation expressly forbidding such offenses by member states;
3. The United Nations is not necessarily opposed to international interventions with a humanitarian purpose, but does fear that UN involvement in military operations as stipulated by Resolution #92 is inappropriate;
4. The United Nations expresses strong concerns over the serious flaws evident in the remit of Humanitarian Intervention, specifically:
- that it permits the United Nations to authorize offensive actions against member states, in contradiction of the UN's long-held tradition of strict neutrality in international theaters of conflict;
- that it subjects the territorial sovereignty and integrity of member states to a vote by a panel of unaccountable UN diplomats, allowing the United Nations to disregard member states' said sovereignty at the request of two or more nations;
- that it allows the United Nations to authorize interventions in non-member states, who are decidedly outside UN jurisdiction and are under no obligation to uphold UN mandates, however beneficial or well-intentioned;
- that it grants the overseeing panel unlimited powers to meddle in the planning and execution of intervention operations, greatly impeding their effectiveness and likelihood of success.
Whereas:
This Assembly considers the above-cited flaws to constitute a serious overreach of the mandate of the United Nations to protect international human rights;
This Assembly in particular strongly condemns this act's attempt to enforce UN dictates on non-member states;
This Assembly reassures its members that the enforcement of UN proscriptions against human-rights violations by member states will continue, even in the absence of an intervention accord;
This Assembly is convinced that nations finding cause to intervene in cases of grave human-rights abuses committed in other countries will do so, with or without a UN permission slip:
Be it therefore resolved:
1. UN Resolution #92: Humanitarian Intervention is hereby repealed.
Passed: |
For: | 5,586 | 66.1% |
Against: | 2,860 | 33.9% |
Historical Resolution #21 “Fair trial” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The General Assembly of the United Nations,
APPLAUDING the attempts of Resolution #21: "Fair trial" to bring about fair rights of the accused within the various judicial systems of member nations;
HOWEVER CONSIDERING Resolution #21's complete lack of any details concerning the concept of a fair trial, including relevant definitions and ingredients that traditionally constitute a fair trial, usually including: juror and/or judge impartiality, competency and neutrality, right to fair representation, right against intimidation, and right to counsel;
REGRETTING that without these understood characteristics of a fair trial in the text of the resolution, the term becomes ambiguous, defeating the overall purpose Resolution #21;
REPEALS Resolution #21: "Fair trial".
Passed: |
For: | 5,227 | 62.9% |
Against: | 3,087 | 37.1% |
Historical Resolution #241
Repeal: “Metric System ”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Historical Resolution #24 “Metric System ” (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Understanding that "Metric System" seeks to standardize weights and measurements, specifically, converting all nations to the metric system,
Regretting, however, that the resolution fails to require any standardized weights and measurements, or provide any details for their implementation, defeating its central purpose,
Seeking the opportunity to pass more detailed and comprehensive international weights and measurements standardization,
Noting that this ineffective piece of legislation bars such an act from passage,
The United Nations hereby repeals "Metric System".
Passed: |
For: | 5,608 | 58.9% |
Against: | 3,909 | 41.1% |
Historical Resolution #242
UN Access to Literacy Project
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
The United Nations,
Applauding its previous Resolution #79, "Reformed Literacy Initiative", for making literacy "the critical priority" for national educational systems,
Recognising that access to a wide range of suitable reading materials is central to the realization of that goal,
Considering that the relative cost of redistributing surplus reading materials compares favourably in economic and environmental terms with that of mass reprinting,
Pleased that the existence of the UNEAF precludes the necessity of creating additional bureaucracy for the administration of the Project:
1. Inaugurates the "UN Access to Literacy Project", to be run as a voluntary and not-for-profit initiative to include all member nations;
2. Invites all nations to collect surplus reading materials and make them available to the Project for redistribution to those in need;
3. Designates "surplus reading materials" as including donated, unwanted, used, second hand or remaindered books, magazines, journals and other written sources, including print rejects that are still usable but that cannot be sold;
4. Stipulates that materials may be used but must be of a reasonable quality, or capable of being returned to a reasonable quality at minimal cost, particularly with regard to their utility in literacy projects;
5. Grants nations reasonable discretion in organizing collection of the materials, including in the degree of centralisation: the collections could, for example, be organized within educational institutions, as part of waste collection, or through charity events;
6. Permits agencies and authorities involved in literacy programmes to petition the UNEAF for assistance in supplying a range of reading materials;
7. Authorises the UNEAF to:
- take inventory of collected materials;
- allocate the materials, and otherwise acquired through additional UNEAF initiatives, to petitioners;
- make contributors aware of particularly dire needs;
- grant small rewards to institutions that prove particularly responsive and helpful in collecting surplus reading materials;
- advise nations on strategies to improve their collections;
8. Declares that the UNEAF may make judgments on the reading materials, in consultation with petitioners for assistance, based on how appropriate and relevant they will prove, but that it will refrain from indulging in or abetting political censorship.
Passed: |
For: | 6,340 | 85.0% |
Against: | 1,117 | 15.0% |
Historical Resolution #243
International Measurements Act
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
The United Nations,
REALISING that lack of weight and measurement standardisation is a major concern for importers and exporters,
FURTHER REALISING that such a lack of standisation can impede the flow of scientific research,
BELIEVING, therefore, that a standard for weights and measurements is required,
UNDERSTANDING, however, that one system of measurement, whilst appropriate in some circumstances, may be inappropriate and otherwise unusable in other circumstances,
FURTHER UNDERSTANDING that other measurement systems may be of cultural signifigance for certain member states,
The United Nations, hereby:
1) ESTABLISHES the Bureau of Measurements and Weights (BMW),
2) COMMISIONS the BMW to create a standard for all weights and measurements, and warrants the BMW to decide which unit is to be used under what circumstances. This will include, but is not limited to:
a) Metric weights and measures for use on consumer products, scientific calculations (where appropriate), and roadway signage;
b) The Parsec and related measures for astrophysical calculations (where appropriate);
c) The Nautical Mile and related measures for aerial and nautical navigational (where appropriate)
d) Bits, octets, bytes and related units for electrical information storage
e) Other measurements systems for other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the BMW
3) MANDATES that all labelling, roadsigns, scientific papers, navigation charts, and other items requiring notation of this ilk, display the unit system as deemed appropriate for said item by the BMW clearly. This does not preclude the use of alternative measurements on such items as long as the BMW sanctioned unit is also displayed,
4) FURTHER ENCOURAGES that the measurement system(s) as authorised by the BMW be used primarily in educational instruction to encourage familiarity, but not precluding the teaching of other systems should a nation deem it necessary
Passed: |
For: | 6,062 | 75.7% |
Against: | 1,945 | 24.3% |