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 #211
Establishment of ICPIN
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
The United Nations,
Aware that criminal activities often span multiple jurisdictions,
Alarmed by the prospect of criminals attempting to cross national borders in order to escape justice,
Realizing that many nations employ multiple law enforcement agencies with differing mandates and fields of specialisation, which may not have direct correlations in other nations, making international cooperation between these agencies and others difficult,
Recognising the importance of international communication in tackling crime and apprehending criminals:
1. Promotes cooperation between member nations in the apprehension of criminals, particularly international fugitives, the suppression of criminal activities, and the sharing of intelligence concerning criminal activities and their perpetrators;
2. Further encourages member nations to negotiate reciprocal agreements with others to permit law enforcement agents to enter their nation and exercise power of arrest and detention;
3. Emphasises that the decision to grant such powers remains a national prerogative;
4. Requires member nations to maintain a Central National Office (CNO) to communicate between all law enforcement agencies and other relevant authorities under their jurisdiction, and to act as a point of first contact for other national and international organizations seeking to establish lines of communication;
5. Establishes the International Criminal Police Information Network (ICPIN) to promote effective communication between nations and their law enforcement agencies, and to facilitate international operations to suppress criminal activities, especially in the fields of:
- trafficking of persons, arms, drugs, stolen goods, illegal technologies and other illegal materials,
- international terrorism,
- organized crime,
- corruption and financial crime;
6. Encourages member nations, where appropriate, to use the ICPIN as means to issue alerts, exchange information and organize efforts to apprehend criminal fugitives;
7. Declares that the ICPIN shall:
- maintain regular contact with all CNOs,
- assist in the establishment and maintenance of the CNOs of nations requesting such aid,
- facilitate communications and cooperation between national law enforcement agencies,
- distribute information and alerts to all relevant CNOs about known or suspected fugitives or criminal activities,
- cooperate with other relevant international agencies, such as the ICSI,
- compile and maintain a database of known and suspected fugitives, international criminal organizations, and criminal activities spanning multiple jurisdictions;
8. Strongly emphasises that:
- ICPIN agents shall not have powers of arrest or detention, nor any authority to engage in police or military actions,
- any information provided shall only be disclosed with the express agreement of both the nation of origin and the ICPIN,
- nothing in this resolution shall require nations to aid in the apprehension of anyone they do not consider a criminal.
Passed: |
For: | 7,465 | 66.0% |
Against: | 3,842 | 34.0% |
Historical Resolution #212
Disease Prevention and Control
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
The General Assembly of the United Nations,
Believing that the member states of not only the United Nations, but the world should be committed to the health and well-being of their people,
Deeply concerned by the potential lack of prevention and control of disease in the respective member states of the United Nations, as well as the potential lack of coordination between agencies of nations in bringing medical advances and preventative measures to nations of the UN in fighting disease,
Emphasizing the importance of disseminating crucial information concerning the prevention and control of disease throughout the international community, to include nations which may not hold membership in the United Nations,
Resolving to bring decent health standards as well as coordination and preparedness to combat disease to as many nations as possible, hereby:
1) Strongly encourages nations to fund research into preventative measures and cures for disease and disseminate such information internationally;
2) Further encourages coordination between the existing health agencies of nations in fighting and controlling disease;
3) Establishes the United Nations Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC), with the mission to:
-identify, assess, and communicate current and emerging threats to human health from disease,
-actively research treatment, cures, and preventative measures concerning disease,
-coordinate efforts between UN member states in preventing and controlling disease;
4) Mandates the establishment of CDPC offices in the member states of the United Nations, as necessary in order to:
-research ways and possibilities to prevent and control disease,
-support relief efforts in individual UN nations through the appropriate agencies or take responsibility itself should those agencies be unable to respond to an outbreak of disease,
-disseminate crucial information and research concerning disease internationally in a quick and orderly fashion;
5) Strongly encourages nations to:
-create agencies concerned with the prevention and control of disease,
-research cures and preventative measures to combat disease,
-disseminate information internationally which could be used to impede the spread of disease.
Passed: |
For: | 9,095 | 81.0% |
Against: | 2,134 | 19.0% |
Historical Resolution #213
Repeal: “Protect Historical Sites”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Historical Resolution #15 “Protect Historical Sites” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The General Assembly of the United Nations,
COMMENDING Resolution #15: "Protect Historical Sites," for its intent to safeguard historically significant locations within member nations;
HOWEVER NOTING that Resolution #15 wholly lacks any apparent methods for which to protect the historical sites referenced to within the resolution text, only saying "we cannot let historical sites go to waste;"
FURTHER NOTING that Resolution #15, at no point within the resolution text, defines what constitutes a "historical site" that is worthy of protection, thus leading to confusion and misunderstandings among member nations;
CONCLUDING that Resolution #15 is an insufficient and ineffectual resolution, given that it lacks any form of implementation of its admirable intent;
REPEALS Resolution #15: "Protect Historical Sites."
Passed: |
For: | 8,060 | 71.5% |
Against: | 3,205 | 28.5% |
Historical Resolution #214
Repeal: “The Right to Form Unions”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Historical Resolution #149 “The Right to Form Unions” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The United Nations,
ADMIRING the intentions of the original resolution as honorable and defensible;
ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of Unions in certain economic and governmental structures;
NOTING that the benefits of a union can only be truly realized in a society where workers have the option to contractually surrender their union rights;
NOTING the tendency of natural regulation that occurs in capitalist markets to ensure Unions are preserved;
NOTING the absence of necessity for Unions in controlled markets (given the nature of a government run by the workers);
CONCERNED with the restrictions an overarching, international protection of Unions places on some forms of government;
CONCERNED with certain practical errors present in the resolution;
OBSERVING ideological shortcomings of the resolution, namely that it:
-undermines some forms of government, such as socialism and communism, that do not operate under a free-market system.
-undermines many forms of economic policy, such as a strictly free-market system, by mandating government intervention via requiring arbitration and enforcement to be supplied.
-undermines individual governments by prohibiting said governments from temporarily suspending Union rights, regardless of natural disaster, medical emergency or war.
-undermines and cripples start-up small businesses by allowing employees of any size business to Unionize and strike, regardless of their motivation or contractual obligations; and additionally undermines small businesses by removing the ability to avoid (as a method of self-preservation) hiring employees with such rights by guaranteeing these rights to all members of the workforce.
-undermines the privacy of employer-employee negotiations by publicly mandating certain unavoidable contract laws; and that the resolution provides no method for employers to guarantee employees will not fully invoke these rights with no provocation, regardless of the need for such a guarantee.
-undermines employers in free-market systems, by allowing the employee a perfectly legal route to indefinitely preserve their job, regardless of any reason, no matter how viable (including information dissemination and violation of business practicum), for their dismissal from their place of work.
AND OBSERVING practical shortcomings of the resolution, namely that it:
-fails to even define 'Union', effectively enabling any single individual to possess the rights "reserved" to a fully operable Union, or allowing a nation to set such strict requirements on the definition as to prevent a Union from actually existing.
-fails to give recourse to the possibility of failed 'independent arbitration', effectively giving every Union, regardless of industry (including military and medical) the ability to strike, regardless of the harm to the public good.
-fails to differentiate different groups of employees and associates, effectively preserving the right of every group - including CEOs and owners - to Unionize, creating an atmosphere of warring Unions between levels rather than open dialogue between associates.
-is self-contradictory in Clause #8 by giving no hierarchy; effectively, there is no line drawn between what laws restrict Union activity and what laws Unions must abide by, guaranteeing massive legal battles to determine these lines.
Hereby REPEALS U.N. resolution #149, 'The Right to Form Unions'.
Passed: |
For: | 6,233 | 57.2% |
Against: | 4,670 | 42.8% |
Historical Resolution #215
Unnecessary Animal Cruelty
A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.
The United Nations,
Recognizing the cruelty and inhumane treatment to which a great number of animals are continuously and unnecessarily subject to;
Acknowledging animals basic freedom from needless torture and abuse;
Horrified by the widespread practice of so-called blood sports, such as bullfighting or dog fighting, in a legal manner;
Disgusted at how certain individuals and organizations make an economic profit from the affliction, agony, and death of animals as a public spectacle,
Not considering cultural significance as a valid argument defending the torture of animals for the purpose of entertainment or recreation, and;
In an attempt to eradicate the dispensable suffering of other living beings;
1. Defines, for the purpose of this resolution:
a) The term ''animal'' as every non-sapient, non-botanical living being except fungi and microorganisms.
b) The term ''legal biomedical research'' as the scientific tests, experiments, or investigations conducted by any individual, institution or organization which has been given permission to perform such activities by competent authorities in accordance with standing UN legislation.
c) The term ''proper shelter'' as (i) area with sufficient space to allow the animal to easily stand, sit, lie, turn about, and make all other normal body movements in a comfortable, normal position for the animal and (ii) dwelling place which is safe and protects the animal from injury, physical suffering, and impairment of health.
d) The term ''proper veterinary care'' as any veterinary treatment needed to prevent suffering or impairment of health.
2. Mandates that:
a) The following shall be strictly prohibited:
- Torturing, cruelly beating, overdriving, overloading, causing substantial bodily harm or tormenting any animal.
- Maliciously, deliberately or recklessly injuring, wounding, poisoning, maiming, disfiguring, mutilating or killing any animal.
- Knowingly and willfully depriving any animal of necessary sustenance, food or drink.
- Force-feeding any animal by any method.
- Willfully depriving any animal of proper shelter or proper veterinary care.
- Knowingly and willfully causing or procuring any of the aforementioned.
b) All public or social activities displaying, exhibiting or involving the substantial bodily suffering of, the intentional infliction of significant physical pain on or the death of any animal shall be prevented and banned.
c) The following shall be exempted from all the above clauses:
- Activities conducted for the primary purpose of and strictly required for providing food for human or animal consumption.
- Activities conducted for purposes of legal biomedical research.
- Professional veterinary practices performed in the interests of an animal's health or welfare.
- The destruction of any animal for the purposes of protecting the public, other animals, property, or the public health.
- The humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that involves instantaneous unconsciousness and immediate death.
d) All forms of organized animal combat, where participating animals are forced, instigated or in any way encouraged to fight between each other, shall be prevented and banned.
3. Urges members to increase the awareness of animal cruelty and continue to instill respect for animals through education, and;
4. Further encourages the adoption of policies and regulations to preserve the basic dignity of all animals.
Passed: |
For: | 6,311 | 61.5% |
Against: | 3,951 | 38.5% |