World Assembly Resolutions
Since the rise of the World Assembly from the ashes of its predecessor, the Bureaucracy That Cannot Be Named, WA member nations have worked tirelessly to improve the standard of the world. That, or tried to force other nations to be more like them. But that's just semantics.
Below is every World Assembly resolution ever passed.
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General Assembly Resolution # 93
The General Patent Charter
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
SEEKING to establish international laws for:
The mutual recognition of patents issued by member countries;
The protection of the rights of patent holders within a member country;
The World Assembly,
DEFINES for the purpose of this resolution:
Invention: a contrivance or construction of something which has not before existed, proven to be workable, useful and non-obvious;
Patent law: any legislation that provides for issuing of Patents in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention; an official right allowing the Patent Holder to exclude unauthorised individuals or private entities from making or marketing an invention for a certain period of time, after which the invention enters the public domain;
Patent Holder: a person, their assignee or an entity who holds the patent, regardless of whether they were the inventor or not;
Public domain: patents that are not subject to protections of patent law or specific state ownership, making the invention freely available for use by anyone;
Biological patenting: where research methods, specific sequences, chemical compositions or the process for creation of genetically engineered biological matter are patented;
1. MANDATES that national patent laws must grant the following rights to patent holders, whose patents are granted and filed at their patent office: to have their patents recognized in all member countries; and to exclude unauthorised persons or private entities from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention;
2. SPECIFIES that the minimum term of the patent shall be at least 20 years, subject to renewal eligibility and fees as determined by the issuing member country, and member countries that require a payment of a renewal fee to keep a patent, or patent application in force, must ensure that the renewal fee is fair and sensible, and that the interval for the payment of such renewal fee is a year or longer;
3. CALLS FOR national patent laws to grant active patent applications that have been filed but not yet granted a "Patent Pending" status, which shall provide no legal protection unlike a granted patent, but will provide for protection in case of intentional infringement later, if that patent application is granted;
4. SPECIFIES that where no action is taken to renew a patent, even if renewals are permitted, when the patent term expires, that patent will automatically enter the public domain;
5. RESTRICTS biological patenting to the methods for creation of genetically engineered biological matter only;
6. CREATES the Universal Patent Archive (UPA), a branch of the Universal Library Coalition, and invites member countries to submit their patents to the UPA; inclusion of date & time stamps will determine who patented what first, for posterity and preservation of knowledge.
7. REQUIRES member countries to provide for patent holders to seek damages from anyone who can be proven to have intentionally infringed their patent(s), but states that the existence of such patents in the UPA is not a valid argument for infringement;
8. ALLOWS patent holders to licence; mortgage; assign, transfer, or give away the patent; place the patent into the public domain; or allow the patent to expire.
ASSURES that nothing in this resolution will affect the right of member countries to accept/reject patent applications or allow/disallow patent renewals after expiration.
Passed: | |
For: | 4,435 | 72.3% |
Against: | 1,701 | 27.7% |
Security Council Resolution # 24
Condemn Great Nepal
A resolution to express shock and dismay at a nation or region.
The Security Council,
RECOGNIZING Great nepal as an oppressive dictatorship.
NOTING that Great Nepal grants little to no political rights to its population, along with subjecting citizens to cruel punishment.
INSULTED by the fact the the United Kingdom of Great Nepal made a mockery of the World Assembly and its resolutions by actively and fully participating in the slave trade while it was still a member of the World Assembly.
HORRIFIED that Great Nepal has committed, and admitted to abusing the population in ways such as:
a. Executing children in schools of all grade levels for being suspected of "bullying."
b. Killing all children before the age of four suspected to be homosexual, even though it would be near impossible to know at that young age, and only allowing children to live if they pay currency to the government.
c. Using child slaves for labor purposes.
FURTHER REALIZING that Great Nepal has shown itself to be a threat to other nations through actions such as:
a. Actively searching for cheap nuclear weapons for offensive purposes.
b. Threatening to use and has actively used these cheap nuclear weapons on both WA and non-WA nations alike.
c. Creating and purchasing viruses and biological weapons.
d. Using newly founded nations as testing sites for nuclear weapons.
HEREBY Condemns Great Nepal
Passed: |
For: | 3,186 | 66.4% |
Against: | 1,613 | 33.6% |
General Assembly Resolution # 94
Microcredit and Microgrants
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
BELIEVING that through focused initiatives and international cooperation, poverty and suffering can be ended,
NOTICING that microfinance allows the impoverished access to much-needed financial assistance,
RECOGNIZING that those living in poverty may be targeted by unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent lending practices,
SEEKING to protect those persons from predatory lending through specialized, safe credit opportunities,
The World Assembly therefore
DEFINES microcredit as the extension of loans for small sums of money, by lenders to those in poverty, for the purpose of sustaining livelihood and encouraging entrepreneurship;
DEFINES microgrant as a gift of a small sum of money, for the purpose of sustaining livelihood and encouraging entrepreneurship;
DEFINES solidarity lending as practice of lending microcredit collectively to a group of persons, to decrease risk for lenders by increasing the probability of debt repayment;
DEFINES a defaulted loan as one that the borrower has failed to make scheduled debt payments for at least one year;
DEFINES borrower insolvency as the inability of a borrower to make scheduled debt payments, after all reasonable payment plans have been tried;
ENCOURAGES nations to strive to eliminate poverty through microcredit, social welfare programs, and other forms of assistance directed at the impoverished;
ESTABLISHES the World Microcredit Foundation (WMF) as a global resource for microcredit lenders and the worlds impoverished persons, which is tasked with establishing WMF chapters in willing nations and ensuring the safety and efficiency of microcredit by:
- Determining credible, honest, and fair microcredit lenders and authorizing such lenders to participate in the WMF initiative, a global effort to provide microcredit and stimulate entrepreneurship;
- Forming lending standards to which all authorized WMF lenders are bound, and routinely inspecting the practices and finances of authorized WMF lenders;
- Disseminating information about WMF lenders, the WMF initiative, and microcredit in general, to microcredit lenders and borrowers;
- Educating the general populace about the safe and responsible use of credit;
- Working with borrowers to ensure the repayment of loans;
- Reimbursing lenders the balance of the principle investment in cases of defaulted loans and borrower insolvency;
CLARIFYING that the WMF shall not be the originator of any loans;
ENCOURAGES WMF lenders to practice solidarity lending, believing it to be a building block of successful microcredit lending;
ENCOURAGES nations with areas of large numbers of impoverished citizens to inquire about and establish WMF chapters in those areas;
ENCOURAGES credit lenders to research and participate in the WMF initiative;
ESTABLISHES the Microgrant Institute as a subset of the WMF, which shall:
- Accept monetary donations from individuals, governments, organizations, corporations, or other entities;
- Determine individuals living in extreme poverty who are too risk-averse to seek out a loan or have been denied access to microcredit;
- Review applications and determining if those individuals genuinely require assistance;
- Distribute a microgrant, through the monies obtained through donations, to those persons, for the purpose of sustaining livelihood and encouraging entrepreneurship.
Passed: |
For: | 3,830 | 63.4% |
Against: | 2,215 | 36.6% |
Security Council Resolution # 25
Liberate Islam
A resolution to strike down Delegate-imposed barriers to free entry in a region.
The Security Council,
NOTING that Islam has long been a vibrant and successful community, providing a place for discussion on religion and cultural issues, not just for Muslims but for those of all faiths and none.
AWARE that unfortunately some nations desire control over Islam, rather than working to build it. Crusader of Injustice has attempted to gather all Muslims on NationStates together, but rather than pursuing diplomacy, has used force. This can be seen in Islam, where they have used agents such as Tarciam and Saladin III to implement a password and eject natives like Khilafa States and The Aeneid, The Kaaba. Islam is now in great danger, with a refound likely to occur in the coming weeks, so The Security Council must act.
DEFINES
(1) "Native" as a nation which takes up residence in a region without the intention of furthering the goals and aims of a foreign force, in accordance with SC15;
(2) "Password Grieving" as an invading technique, where an invader-in-disguise hides in a region long enough to accumulate a high level of regional influence, and then becomes in the founderless region to immediately establish an invisible password, and begin emptying the region of those not affiliated with their invader organisation, in accordance with SC13;
DECLARES that The Kaaba, Khilafa States and The Aeneid are natives of Islam, and Tarciam, Saladin III, Bosnia-and-Herzegovina, Union of the States and Zambia 2 are not, as they are "furthering the goals and aims of a foreign force";
RESOLVING that this occupation of Islam constitutes "Password Grieving", which is preventing the spread of interregional peace and goodwill;
DISMAYED that Islam has been crippled by this foreign occupation;
HEREBY Liberates Islam.
Passed: | |
For: | 3,146 | 63.7% |
Against: | 1,796 | 36.3% |
Security Council Resolution # 26
Commend The Joint Systems Alliance
A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
The World Assembly,
RECOGNIZING The Joint Systems Alliance as a vast intergalactic alliance of many peoples and species who have banded together in the hopes of achieving a more stable and peaceful galaxy,
OBSERVING the many positive actions of this alliance of technologically advanced nations, these actions being based around the alliances basic values of promoting peace within the nations own borders, within the borders of nations around the world or in other locations within the galaxy which are not members of the JSA, and within the vast and wild expanse of the dark void known as outer space,
ADMIRING the devotion of the members of this alliance to keeping the peace on an intergalactic scale and acknowledging the many political feats that their collective power humbly achieves, such as:
a.) - - - maintaining a massive and popular foreign embassy program within the gargantuan space station, Delta Capita,
b.) - - - holding the lengthy and lively JSA Joint Councils with the intent of resolving pressing issues with their fellow JSA nations, resolving issues with directly involved nations from outside of the alliance, and, overall, making decisions on the actions of the alliance and its members,
c.) - - - aiding in an intergalactic exploration and colonization effort initiated by non-JSA entity North calaveras,
d.) - - - creating a highly organized and highly efficient form of government for the alliance run by officials of individual member nations the alliance,
PRAISING the many efforts of The Joint Systems Alliance and its members to be prepared to act quickly on any disruptions of any nations peace whenever these disruptions occur, these actions involving for the most part the sending of military assistance and/or humanitarian aid (medical supplies, equipment, personnel, et cetera) to the nations in need,
APPRECIATING the alliances firm code of conduct which assures that all nations within the alliance are to take military action only when it is just and necessary or if it is in defense, and believing that this system has been very effective due to witnessing numerous examples of JSA military action, such as:
a.) - - - the JSAs interference with the Malaklans genocidal attack on a human colony,
b.) - - - the JSAs collaborative effort to put down an attempt to conquer the galaxy by the Hyperborians of The steppe empire and their successful peace talks with the offender after the ordeal had been sorted out and the offender defeated,
c.) - - - and the two current triumphant defenses of JSA territory from a hostile arachnid race known as the Bugs,
FURTHER APPRECIATING the JSAs commitment to strong and free international trade and approving of their awareness of a need for a healthy world economy,
ACKNOWLEDGING in particular the alliances founder and leader nation, Magna omega, for the enormous devotion of time and effort made by this entity to the alliances organization, maintaining its political stability, and to the well-being of nations both within and outside of The Joint Systems Alliance,
HEREBY COMMENDS The Joint Systems Alliance for its many great contributions to the world of NationStates and for the honorable example it sets for other nations around the world
Passed: | |
For: | 2,985 | 65.8% |
Against: | 1,554 | 34.2% |