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 # 640
Repeal: “Reducing Spills and Leaks”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #298 “Reducing Spills and Leaks” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Recognizing the immense importance of legislation regulating the transportation of hazardous substances, General Assembly Resolution #298 Reducing Spills And Leaks included;
Concerned that despite its laudable aim, a series of flaws and oversights may render this resolution detrimental to the member states of this august body;
Troubled that poor phrasing in subclause 1C(b): "... [penalizing] entities which cause and/or allow leaks to occur through negligence" may enable a dangerous interpretation of the provision, in which punitive penalties may only be extracted from negligent offenders;
Frightened that the desiderata laid out in Clause 2, which require compliant WA member states to "establish standards and utilize technologies ... using SaLDA recommendations and technological resources," may inhibit national-level policy and technologies by tying smaller-scale legislation and technological implementations, which seek to minimize risk, enable restitution for, and/or improve cleanup of spills and leaks, to the much broader standards of an international committee;
Ill at ease over Clause 4s mandate, requiring compliant WA Member States to turn away transports from any entity that does not comply with the aforementioned SaLDA standards and recommendations, so long as the material being transported is considered "capable of causing a spill or leak," an outrageously broad mandate that applies not only to potentially hazardous materials. but to nearly every meaningful good and resource, and which could place trade between WA member states and the roughly 90% of nations that do not hold membership in this body (and which have little incentive to abide by regulations that hold no legal authority over them), alongside the import and export economies of compliant WA member states, at risk;
Dismayed that, despite the absolute importance of total cooperation between local, national, and international authorities in the success of any cleanup effort, and the number of lives that stand to be lost if particularly dangerous spills arent dealt with as quickly and effectively as possible, that Clause 7, the resolutions provision regarding cooperation with national governments, is non-binding. Simply put, the risk of a breakdown in collaboration between hazmat authorities is too great to put into a simple recommendation, and stronger measures must be enacted for the safety of WA member states' citizens;
Propounding that, far be it from "[preserving] lives", the flaws present in General Assembly Resolution #298 Reducing Spills And Leakss provisions risk bringing significant harm upon World Assembly nations and nationals;
Concluding, therefore, that the immediate repeal and replacement of the aforementioned resolution is the right and proper path towards putting in place effective international standards and oversight for the transportation of hazardous materials,
Hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #298 Reducing Spills And Leaks.
Passed: |
For: | 13,627 | 89.1% |
Against: | 1,663 | 10.9% |
General Assembly Resolution # 641
Repeal: “Stock Exchanges and Foreign investment”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #401 “Stock Exchanges and Foreign investment” (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Recognising that GA #401 establishes the International Securities and Exchange Commission (ISEC), and directs it to enact regulations on currency exchange in order to "prevent artificial manipulation of the exchange rate [and] ensure that [currency] exchanges operate without bias toward the citizens of any one nation",
Disheartened that the resolution fails to clearly delineate what regulations the ISEC would enact to further these goals,
Further noting that the resolution's ambiguity on what constitutes "artificial manipulation of the exchange rate" severely limits the ability of a member nation to engage in currency intervention operations, such as to stabilise its currency's exchange rate,
Baffled that the definitions on stocks, bonds, and securities in GA #401 are very poorly written, excluding such instruments as preferred stocks, pay-in-kind bonds, convertible bonds, and insurance-linked securities, and thus leaving the ISEC to offer inferior and potentially misleading recommendations to member nations in its "model code of securities regulations",
Co-author: Simone Republic
Passed: |
For: | 14,139 | 95.2% |
Against: | 709 | 4.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 642
Sophisticated Investors Protocol
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
The World Assembly,
Acknowledges previous resolutions to protect the interest of investors (GAR#474, #633);
Recognizing the wide range of investment products available but that potential investors have widely differing levels of knowledge, expertise, risk appetite, and other circumstances;
Believing that distinguishing between sophisticated and other investors is necessary to protect ordinary investors from purchasing high risk products but also allow knowledged investors with sufficient expertise to assume higher risks;
Hereby defines:
"Institution" to mean a financial institution with qualified staff and regulated by a competent authority in at least one member state;
"Instruments" to include all securities, currencies, futures, options, and all related derivatives traded in any member state;
"Products" to include all funds, certificates, notes, units, shares, interests and all other products investing in instruments and managed by an institution regulated by at least one member state;
Hereby further defines:
"Individual investor" to mean an individual, a sole proprietorship or the partners of an unlimited partnership;
"Corporate investor" to mean an incorporated entity owned by multiple individuals or other corporate entities with limited liability, including (but not limited to) mutual societies and cooperatives and entities pursuant to legislation by at least one member state;
"Institutional investor" to mean an institution with specialist functions in investment;
Hereby requires that:
A competent authority of a member state must define, if desired in writing by the said investor, to be "sophisticated" if that investor can present evidence to meet the requirements below at the time of accreditation and repeating at all times thereafter until the said investor rescinds such evidence:
An individual investor meets all requirements on personal and household wealth, income, education, experience and knowledge of financial instruments and products sufficient to invest in complex financial instruments and/or products;
A corporate investor has a majority of its board of directors and/or officers (as defined by the member state) satisfying all education, experience and knowledge of instruments and products deemed necessary by the member state, and for the corporate itself to have such sufficient wealth and income as deemed necessary;
An institutional investor is required to meet all regulated requirements imposed on it by the said competent authority at all times;
Unless classified as a sophisticated investor based on the aforesaid criteria, a member state may not make available instrument(s) and/or product(s) to an investor if the said instrument(s) and/or products:
Has features that may potentially result in a loss greater than the original investment amount;
Invests in non-WA member states that the member state deems to offer insufficient protection to investors;
Includes any other features deemed relevant by the competent authority of a member state with jurisdiction on the said instrument and/or product.
Hereby further requires that:
All sales documentation on the said instrument(s)/products must include appropriate disclosures concerning the risks of the said instrument and/or product(s) and any potential or actual material conflict(s) of interest between the institution and the investor;
A member state may not prohibit the sophisticated investors of its state from purchasing products from an institution in another member state, provided that the said investor also meets the requirements to be deemed a sophisticated investor in the other member state;
A competent authority of a member state with jurisdiction is responsible for the implementation and interpretation this resolution, and for any penalties that may be imposed on any violations thereof.
Co-author: Imperium Anglorum
Passed: |
For: | 9,800 | 64.7% |
Against: | 5,343 | 35.3% |
General Assembly Resolution # 643
Reducing Addiction
A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare.
The General Assembly,
Recognizing that addiction is an insidious disease that can affect not only those who suffer from it, but their friends, family, and anyone else around them, with untold amounts of public expenditure being wasted due to the impacts of addiction on societal systems and inappropriate, punitive responses to it,
Believing that it is appropriate for the international community to intervene in cases where public health crises such as this run rampant across a multitude of member-nations,
Seeking to reverse the disastrous consequences of punitive actions against those suffering from a public health crisis,
Hereby enacts the following provisions into World Assembly law:
Addiction for the purposes of this resolution shall be defined as the persistent usage of a substance or repetition of behaviors by an individual, for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling incentive to repeat the activity despite such activities leading to severely detrimental impacts on their day-to-day functioning, relationships, and routines, as assessed by a relevant professional.
All member-nations are required:
to educate their inhabitants about addiction and how to avoid developing it. This may come in the form of informational pamphlets, television commercials, online advertisement, dissemination within educational settings, or any other form of popular method to distribute the information.
to create rehabilitation programs for addiction of recreational or prescription drugs, gambling, and any other prominent forms of addiction with sufficient capacity to treat all people within a member-nation suffering from addiction who seek rehabilitation. These rehabilitation programs must meet or surpass standards for medical care as set forth by extant international legislation, with frequent reviews by independent auditors to ensure their effectiveness in treating addiction. There must also be frequent reviews on the facultys treatment of patients in order to minimize cases of abuse.
to pursue rehabilitation or rehabilitation-oriented approaches to activities that commonly lead to addiction. Furthermore, member-nations shall not impose punitive measures such as imprisonment or fines as a means of punishing an individual for suffering from addiction.
Participation or attempts at participation in rehabilitation programs:
must be free for all people with addiction in member-states. They shall not be compelled to refrain from attending, and will be allowed to stay for as long as treatment is beneficial for them in their recovery from addiction.
shall not result in the punishment of any individual. Information given to staff and personnel at rehabilitation programs regarding ones participation in the activity which they are addicted to shall also not be used in an attempt to punish them.
Health workers, social workers, and members of law enforcement are, within the course of their duties, required to provide accurate information on how to seek out treatment and rehabilitation programs to individuals suffering from addiction that they may encounter.
Member-nations are encouraged to incentivize participation in rehabilitation programs where feasible via the offering of skills training and/or education opportunities.
Treatment for addiction is encouraged to be pursued and distributed across all member-nations and the international community at large. Studies should be done into the effectiveness of these treatments, be peer-reviewed, and be distributed to all manufacturers, distributors, and other relevant healthcare personnel for the highest degree of information regarding modern addiction treatment to be administered at all times.
Nothing in this resolution is to be construed to prevent future legislation on the management of addictive activities, nor to directly regulate individual member-nations policies on the actual legality of participating in addictive activities.
Passed: |
For: | 13,327 | 83.8% |
Against: | 2,580 | 16.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 644
Protecting Press Freedoms
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
The General Assembly,
Noting that GAR#155: Freedom of the Press has been repealed,
Ascertaining that press freedoms are therefore not currently protected by the World Assembly,
Determined to ensure that media in member states continues to have robust protections which allow it to operate with little regulation, and
Committed to the idea that citizens of member states should have free access to the media, hereby:
Declares that member states may not prevent the reporting of information whose reporting is necessary for the wellbeing of society as a whole or which may be of interest to the public.
Allows member states to restrict the dissemination of reporting by journalists or news organizations for purposes permitted by extant World Assembly legislation.
Orders that journalists or news organizations not be:
subject to civil or criminal penalties for the content they produce by member state governments beyond the exceptions nations may avail themselves of in clause (2), or
required to produce material reflecting any particular ideology or viewpoint excepting that which journalists agree to do so contractually.
Requires that news organizations:
create content warnings for material that may not be suitable for consumption by minors,
not prevent citizens from accessing content created by themselves or any journalist affiliated with them except to prevent individuals below the age of majority from accessing content inappropriate for consumption by minors, and
implement said content warnings, subject to the discretion of each news organization.
Co-authors: Wymondham, Attempted Socialism
Passed: |
For: | 12,725 | 81.5% |
Against: | 2,888 | 18.5% |