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 # 353
Repeal: “Renewable Research Commitment”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #182 “Renewable Research Commitment” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the attempt of Resolution #182 to reduce the usage of fossil fuels in member nations through requiring research on renewable energy;
Perplexed by the requirement that each member nation commit "sufficient funding" towards researching renewable energy when the World Assembly should, when feasible as in this case, work together towards conquering common problems, instead of assigning vague and inefficient instructions onto each individual member nation;
Confused by the suggestion that nations tax at least 5% of fossil-fuel burning power plants' expenditures instead of their revenues or operating income;
Disturbed that 5% was seemingly chosen at random, and that a flat tax does not take into consideration the wide disparity of our member nations and their economies and existing industries, nor each nation's already present financial commitments towards implementing and subsidizing renewable energy financed through other sources;
Concerned that this resolution only suggests that nations implement results from the research, and that therefore a nation which heavily utilizes fossil fuels may continue to pollute the environment despite access to clean and renewable energy if it is financially sensible for them to do so;
Wishing that this resolution had installed a World Assembly committee that focused on promoting, sharing, and implementing renewable energy technologies instead of requiring nations to vaguely commit "sufficient funding" towards research, encouraging nations to implement an aimless tax on power plants, and not requiring nations to actually change their polluting behavior;
Affirming that the attainment and usage of clean and renewable energy is a laudable and necessary goal, and that all nations should seek to reduce their fossil fuel usage, but that this resolution fails to set our nations on the path towards the achievement of this goal;
Hereby repeals "General Assembly Resolution #182, Renewable Research Commitment"
Passed: |
For: | 10,013 | 73.9% |
Against: | 3,539 | 26.1% |
Security Council Resolution # 189
Liberate St Abbaddon
A resolution to strike down Delegate-imposed barriers to free entry in a region.
The World Assembly,
Noticing the ancient region of St Abbaddon was occupied weeks ago,
Conceding that St Abbaddon is not yet under a password,
Considering endorsement levels in the region to be far in excess of what occupiers would need to hold the region, and accumulating influence to do damage may be the purpose of these excess forces,
Further considering new regional officers to cause greater dangers to a native community such as this one,
Insisting a delay to act until a password is implemented could mean the opportunity to act in time has passed,
Noting very few historically founderless regions have survived other than the feeder and sinker regions,
Appreciating these few remaining relics for the valuable reminders they contain about the origins of NationStates,
Remembering St Abbaddon was originally inhabited by people who came to NationStates from other domains in the first few months,
Believing the story of St Abbaddon to be useful for understanding the cultures of early NationStates,
Observing St Abbaddon is presently home to many native nations who seek to preserve their region,
Hoping a World Assembly Liberation will hinder the efforts of the occupiers, and apply pressure to end the occupation without permanent consequences,
Knowing the natives of St Abbaddon will rise stronger than ever before if given the opportunity,
Hereby Liberates St Abbaddon.
Passed: |
For: | 10,216 | 83.2% |
Against: | 2,067 | 16.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 354
AI Coexistence Protocol
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
EXCITED that many nations are on the cusp of developing artificial intelligence,
CLEAR that natural fears needn't stain relations between civilizations before they even develop,
HOPEFUL that synthetic and biological life can coexist peacefully, having conquered the dangers of a runaway information singularity,
and
UTTERLY DETERMINED to avoid the hideous tragedy of self-fulfilling prophecy,
The World Assembly therefore:
1. Defines artificial intelligence or "AI" for purposes of this resolution as any mind, computer program or collection thereof, synthetic brain, or other intelligence that a) was created, by accident or on purpose, by means other than biological reproduction and its adjuncts and innovations, broadly construed; and b) is able to demonstrate sufficient intelligence, learning capacity, emotion, moral reasoning, self-direction/ambition, introspection, and mental stability that it would be classified by a WA nation's relevant experts as displaying personality; legal competence; and ineligibility for involuntary psychiatric commitment; if it were an ordinary, biological legal resident thereof;
2. Requires that any AI meeting the above requirements be treated on an equal basis under the law with biological beings of equivalent citizenship and residential status; excepting that AI reproduction must be undertaken on similar resource-use principles to those reproduction methods and laws available to the majority of a WA member's inhabitants;
3. Prohibits the construction of unrestrained self-replicating machines, all-consuming nanomatter, "gray goo," or any other form of runaway assimilatory mechanism. Permissible non-intelligent autonomous self-replicating machinery must include:
externally operable whole-swarm shutdown mechanisms;
local, individual automatic instant shutdown via actuator switch or circuit breaker in case of malfunction or security breach;
secure, reliable command-&-control functions with constant intelligent supervision;
4. Instructs WASP, ULC, and WADB to offer consultations with WA states on best practices of machine/network security and command & control dependability, including programming and construction assistance; and to run wargames and bench tests for heavily networked nations to test response scenarios to runaway mechanisms, matter, or hostile AIs;
5. Encourages WA nations to have serious national discussions about the numerous ramifications of the creation of life before permitting or funding the construction of substrates capable of achieving AI status;
6. Clarifies that, except as mandated by WA law on discrimination or the movement of persons, nothing herein requires WA nations to:
- permit initial construction of AIs
- admit AIs into their physical or informational jurisdiction
- refrain from deporting AIs should they enter such jurisdiction due to emergency or misadventure
- fail to take precautions against a coordinated AI rising, as long as no isolated crime is interpreted by itself as evidence of such a rising.
Passed: |
For: | 9,222 | 70.6% |
Against: | 3,833 | 29.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 355
Rights of Sapient Species
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The General Assembly,
Applauding the efforts to secure rights for all sapient beings, regardless of race or species, and the many efforts not to limit such rights to only beings of the homo sapiens species;
Nevertheless Concerned at the many attempts to restrict the rights of sapient beings for purely racial reasons, including but not limited to attempts to restrict the rights of sapient machines and an attempt to make human decisions necessary in the warfare of non-human species;
Believing that to secure once and for all the rights of sapient beings everywhere, a resolution is needed to affirm these rights;
Defines:
"Sapient Being" as any physical entity possessing the ability to:
Think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic;
Choose a sensible course of action or considered response;
Experience subjectively, feel, or recognize, discern, envision, understand, or attain awareness of.
"Existing international laws" as any passed World Assembly Resolutions which are extant and not void at the time an individual may read this resolution, whether those resolutions have been passed before or after this resolution was passed.
And Hereby Declares that any sapient beings found inside member nations are not to be denied any of the rights guaranteed to humans or sapient beings by existing international laws, unless these rights threaten the survival of the beings to be granted the rights, or unless said rights are specifically probihibited by an unrepealed WA resolution passed prior to this resolution. No member nation may discriminate against sapient beings for reasons of race or species alone.
Mandates that member nations extend the same rights given to humans below the age of majority and mentally ill or mentally disabled humans to the sapient beings below the age of majority and mentally disabled or mentally ill beings of the same species as a sapient being, unless these rights threaten the survival of the beings to be granted the rights, or unless said rights are specifically probihibited by an unrepealed WA resolution passed prior to this resolution. Age of majority is to be determined for individual species based on equivalent degree of maturation.
Requires that in defining legal age of consent and legal age of marriage, member nations must define legal age for individual species; the legal age cannot be lower than the average age of onset of reproductive maturation for that species, and all legal ages between species should be set at an equivalent degree of maturation. Beings that do not reproduce sexually are exempted from this clause.
Clarifies that it is the responsibility of individual member nations to determine whether a given physical entity is a sapient being, but that such methods of determination must apply equally to humans and any other entities examined, and must also be passable by all healthy, normal, adult humans. Tests must not be based on the anatomy or genetics of a species, but shall be based solely on the mental capabilities of species tested.
Further Affirms that sapient beings shall be recognized in the eyes of the World Assembly as living beings, regardless of biological status.
Passed: |
For: | 12,483 | 81.7% |
Against: | 2,795 | 18.3% |
Security Council Resolution # 190
Commend Nation of Quebec
A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
THE WORLD ASSEMBLY,
AWARE that nations of the world are consistently confronted by both major and minor political issues calling for government action,
FURTHER AWARE that individual nations across the world dedicate time and effort to highlighting and conveying such issues to individual governments,
GRATEFUL for the commitment of these nations in framing and emphasizing political matters that might otherwise not receive government attention,
RECOGNIZING Nation of Quebec as a prominent figure within the international community for political issues conveyance,
IMPRESSED that over the course of several years Nation of Quebec has gained recognition for bringing international attention to no less than 18 individual political matters facing nations of the world on a daily basis, including, but not limited to:
Democratic Transitions (aka 'Got Democracy')
Superfluity of Plastic Bags (aka 'Plastic, Plastic Everywhere')
Unidentified Flying Objects (aka 'The Truth Is Out There?')
Vigilantism (aka 'Vigilantes: Heroes or Hoodlums?')
Consequences of Harsh Adultery Laws (aka 'An Affair To Remember')
Unpaid Employment (aka 'No Vocation Without Remuneration')
The Conduct of Members of Parliament (aka 'Parliamentary Playground')
Parliamentary Voting Methods (aka 'A Farewell To Raised Arms?')
The Role of Fraternities in Modern Society (aka 'Fraternity Furor')
PARTICULARY IMPRESSED that the nominee's contributions always operate with an eloquent and precise terminology, despite covering a wide variety of subject matter,
NOTING that the aforementioned contributions sets Nation of Quebec apart internationally, making them the leading nation in the world within their field of operations,
BELIEVING that the world would be a significantly less interesting place without the nominee's contribution,
URGES the international community not to dismiss these feats, and therefore
HEREBY COMMENDS Nation of Quebec
Passed: |
For: | 12,386 | 90.0% |
Against: | 1,379 | 10.0% |