General 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 # 238
Repeal: “Marital Rape Justice Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #231 “Marital Rape Justice Act” (Category: Moral Decency; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
DEDICATED to the defence of human rights, to the protection of equality, to the combatting of rape and to the administration of justice for all,
BELIEVING the target resolution was written with all of these goals in mind but that it fails to achieve any of them,
CONCERNED the target resolution merely throws up legal barriers to marital rape without asserting a right to be free from it, thus failing to defend human rights,
APPALLED the target resolution orders the elimination of legal distinctions between instances of rape yet allows for authorities to discriminate in favour of victims of marital rape and against victims of non-marital rape when responding to accusations of rape, thus failing to protect equality,
ACKNOWLEDGING this discrimination was intended to allow for authorities to give due attention to cases of rape where the victim and perpetrator are living together,
NOTING this goal could be achieved without allowing general discrimination,
FURTHER NOTING this goal is not even achieved by allowing general discrimination, as the definition of marital rape excludes familial relationships and other relationships not established in legal contracts that could give the perpetrator just as much access to their victim in order to commit a repeat attack,
HORRIFIED such discrimination could lead to victims of non-marital rape having their accusations neglected or actively ignored in favour of victims of marital rape, thus failing to combat rape,
WORRIED the Act's definition of "marital rape" confuses the issue of marital rape, as some of the legal relationships included in the definition carry no connotation or expectation of sexual activity, while some relationships not established in legal contract do carry such connotations and expectations but are excluded from the definition,
AGREEING these failures were wholly unnecessary and prevent the target resolution from achieving the administration of justice for all,
CONVINCED their exclusion would have increased the efficacy of the target resolution and helped it achieve its goals,
DESIROUS of the opportunity to replace the target resolution with a more effective and comprehensive resolution without these failures,
Hereby
REPEALS GA #231 Marital Rape Justice Act.
Passed: |
For: | 9,040 | 72.2% |
Against: | 3,485 | 27.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 239
Vehicle Emissions Convention
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
Commending the efforts of many WA member nations to improving the quality of the environment and their willingness of to adapt feasible approaches towards achieving this.
Believing that the reduction of waste emissions from the automotive sector is an international issue with significant climate implications, no simple solutions and no national boundaries and that every nation and industry should accept a collective responsibility and affirmative response attitude towards improving.
Noting that waste products/emissions from mechanical forms of transportation such as cars, buses, trains, shipping, and air travel, constitute a significant source of atmospheric pollutants.
Intending to reduce the environmental impact made by WA member nations through their automotive industries and general automotive operations,
Defines for the purpose of this act;
(i) "Automobile" as a vehicle designed for the carriage of goods or people powered either fully, or in part by an internal combustion engine.
(ii) "Emissions" as the harmful gas bi-products released into the atmosphere as a direct result of the burning of carbon-based fuels (such as coal, natural gas, and petroleum products) via an internal combustion engine or likewise device equivalent in function ie; carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
Hereby;
(i) Mandates that member-states take all practical and effective measures to make a meaningful and good-faith effort towards reducing vehicular emissions, including the institution of a progressive schedule of reduction in the amount of emissions produced by automobiles manufactured after the passage of this resolution.
(ii) Understands that the automotive industry by nature goes through developmental stages and therefore encourages the automotive industry to adhere to the progressive schedule of reduction as much as is practicable while mandating regular figures to be provided to government agencies reflecting said improvements and ensuring that all entities are actually progressing towards this goal.
(iii) Mandates the creation of the "International Vehicular Emissions Authority" committee to review the data from clause (ii) annually to ensure compliance with clause (i) and (ii) respectively.
(iv) Encourages the automotive industry to set a target and strive towards said target of a 75% reduction in vehicle emissions in comparison to current levels.
(v) Encourages governments to offer incentives to the automotive industry to achieve the target set out in clause (iv).
(vi) Encourages governments to offer incentives to citizens to purchase vehicles which produce lower emissions than others available on the market.
(vii) Mandates the automotive industry set aside proportionate funding to research and develop engines and technologies which will further offset emissions from their products
Passed: | |
For: | 8,453 | 62.6% |
Against: | 5,055 | 37.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 240
Sexual Autonomy Guarantee
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The World Assembly,
DEFINING "the right to sexual autonomy" as "the right to be free from unwanted sexual activity, to never be obliged to engage in sexual activity and to participate in sexual activity only with the free and informed consent of all parties to that activity",
CONVINCED that everyone has the right to sexual autonomy,
SEEKING to guarantee this right to every citizen of every member-state,
ACKNOWLEDGING that there exists a belief that a marriage contract, or equivalent legal document, or the existence of a similar relationship, represents a permanent and continuous state of consent to sexual activity,
WISHING to eliminate inequality between victims of rape while also preserving the practical capability to intervene in a manner appropriate to the circumstances of the crime,
Hereby
GUARANTEES every citizen of every member-state the right to sexual autonomy without exception,
DECLARES that consent to sexual activity may be withdrawn at any time before or during sexual activity,
MANDATES that no marriage contract, or equivalent legal document, or the existence of any similar relationship, shall ever be construed as providing prima facie consent for sexual activity, nor shall any state or manner of dress, nor any behaviour perceived as "sexual provocative",
PROHIBITS member-states from creating a legal distinction between sexual crimes which take place within a marriage, or similar relationship, and sexual crimes which do not,
REQUIRES that all sexual crimes, and accusations of such crimes, receive the same level of attention as any other crime of similar magnitude and a response from legal authorities that is timely and appropriate to the circumstances of their execution, including efforts to protect the victim from a repeated attack by the perpetrator, regardless of whether the victim and perpetrator are in a marriage, or similar relationship, or not,
STIPULATES that, with specific regard to protecting victims from repeat attacks, special care and attention must be given where a shared work, education or living space, or other factors, such as a familial or professional relationship, give the perpetrator a level of access to the victim that a random attacker would not have,
ENCOURAGES member-states to establish education programs to correct misconceptions and misinformation about sexual crimes and to combat stigma against the victims of such crimes.
Passed: |
For: | 11,506 | 89.6% |
Against: | 1,342 | 10.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 241
Repeal: “Consumer Product Safety”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #139 “Consumer Product Safety” (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The General Assembly,
CONSIDERING the protection of consumers from potentially dangerous products to be a laudable goal;
OBSERVING that the Consumer Product Safety Council is given the authority to unilaterally declare a product unsafe, and thus illegal to import or export;
LAMENTING that no appellate system exists through which manufacturers can appeal a commercial ban on their product;
NOTING that GAR#139 states, in relevant part:
"DEFINES an 'unsafe consumer product' as any consumer product that can pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure a consumer while used properly and according to age / training / safety requirements;"
CONCERNED that the aforementioned definition may prohibit and, at minimum, unnecessarily restrict the commercial trade of common products such as matches, lighters, vehicles, electronic appliances, certain forms of medication, and firearms;
REGRETTING that the Consumer Product Safety Council is charged with seeking financial compensation and legal recourse from manufacturers that produce appliances such as the ones listed above, which will serve as a further financial disincentive for the production of such products;
DISPUTING the notion that GAR#139 "will promote a higher level of consumer safety on an international level, leading to a decline in injuries and deaths associated with consumer products," taking the aforementioned arguments into consideration,
Hereby,
Repeals General Assembly Resolution #139, "Consumer Product Safety."
Passed: |
For: | 8,405 | 67.3% |
Against: | 4,080 | 32.7% |
General Assembly Resolution # 242
Biological Warfare Convention
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.
The World Assembly,
RECOGNIZING the inherently unpredictable nature of self-propagating weaponry such as biological weaponry,
BELIEVING that it is contrary to the principles of this assembly to permit warfare of such an unreliable nature,
RESOLVING that effective measures must be taken to ensure that such warfare is minimized
And to this end resolves;
"Biological agents" shall be defined as any disease-producing bacterium, virus, prion, or other microorganism with the capacity to be used effectively in an act of biological terrorism or biological warfare;
The use of biological agents as weaponry in any situation with the intentions of incapacitating, injuring, or destroying civilians populations, military personnel, or the environment is hereby prohibited;
Member nations shall take all measures necessary and practical in preventing the production, sale, or transfer of biological agents (and/or the components necessary in their construction) from their own nation to another party, if the transfer process is considered to violate the intentions and provisions of this resolution;
The World Assembly Commission on Biological Agents (WACBA) shall be created within the World Health Authority (WHA), and is hereby tasked with the following:
To assist the civilian populations of member nations which have been subjected to the consequences of a biological attack by proportionally utilizing all appropriate resources provided by the WHA,
To assist the governments of member nations in creating effective bio-defense programs to ensure the safety of member nations against biological agents;
Member nations are further encouraged to take retributive measures, subject to limitations recognized by international law, against nations or groups that handle biological agents irresponsibly - for example, in excessively violent, destructive, or blatantly unnecessary ways;
Member nations reserve the right to stockpile biological agents for the purposes of research only, so long as they are in compliance with the provisions of this resolution; biological agents collected by member nations for purposes other than research shall be neutralized in a timely manner, and with as safe a procedure as possible;
Such research as mentioned prior shall be limited to the development of vaccinations, the creation of defensive measures or counter measures, or the development of medical treatments.
Passed: |
For: | 8,606 | 67.0% |
Against: | 4,245 | 33.0% |