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GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 71 Repeal "Protection of monuments" A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation
Category: Repeal	Resolution: GA#69	Proposed by: Grays Harbor
Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #69: Protection of monuments (Category: Education and Creativity; Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage) shall be struck out and rendered null and void. Argument: APPLAUDING the ideals expressed in Protection of monuments. UNDERSTANDING that not all nations treat historical sites with the respect they deserve. NOTING the spelling errors, which may cause unintended confusion with implementation. NOTING also, the numerous loopholes which allow for a nation to essentially ignore whole sections of the statue, or to abuse the protections provided by it. REGRETTING the exclusion of personal property as a protected monument class in that the resolution does not allow for private and/or not-for-profit ownership of structures and property designated as monuments. FURTHER REGRETTING that only a single solution is offered, that being nationalization of historical sites, museums and monuments. APPALLED that one such consequence would be to deprive people of their homes if they fall under the historical site category. BELIEVING that the monuments in the world deserve better protection that those afforded by this act. DISAPPOINTED that while this resoution stands more specific and better thought out resolutions protecting a member nations monuments can not be passed. The Protection of Monuments is hereby repealed Votes For: 3,902 Votes Against: 2,291 Implemented: Wed Nov 11 2009

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 72 Cultural Heritage Protection A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity	Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage	Proposed by: Bergnovinaia
Description: The World Assembly, APPLAUDING that certain member nations have many historical and artistic artifacts that reflect their heritage; RECOGNIZING that several of these artifacts could be threatened during conflict; ACKNOWLEDGES that nations should have the rights and institutions to properly preserve these artifacts; BELIEVING that preserving these artifacts will allow citizens to further understand their heritage and expand international recognition of culture collectively; Hereby, DEFINES an artifact as any item of cultural, historical, or archeological interest to the member nation in question. DEFINES a cultural heritage site as a area of interest, archeological, historical, or cultural to any member nation within its own jurdisticion. BANS the destruction, blocking, and looting of cultural heritage sites by member states against other states during times of peace and conflict; REQUIRES that member states enact and enforce legislation criminalizing the destruction, blocking, and looting of cultural heritage sites by member states citizens against other states; ESTABLISHES the Cultural Heritage Preservation Committee as a non-profit organization that may assist non-governmental organizations and government agencies overseeing cultural heritage sites upon request; ENCOURAGES member states to: a) Make historical artifacts accessible to the public where possible b) Ensure that where an admission fee exists for a historical monument, they are as reasonable as possible and balanced between the attraction of tourism and the preservation of such monument; c) Pass on knowledge of the history and the functions of historical artifacts to all interested parties. Co-written by Charlottle Ryberg Votes For: 4,173 Votes Against: 1,833 Implemented: Fri Nov 20 2009

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 73 International Postal Union A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
Category: Free Trade	Strength: Mild	Proposed by: Grays Harbor
Description: The World Assembly, NOTING the diversity of national postal administrations in member states, whether public or private; SEEKING to transform the efficiency of international postal delivery positively; 1. CREATES the International Postal Union (IPU), a union of all member states' postal administrations aiming to coordinate postal deliveries between member state' postal administrations; 2a.i. DEFINES, for the purpose of this Resolution, the Freedom of transit, as the obligation for all postal administrations within the IPU to: relay and deliver postal items to or towards its destination in the most direct, safest and fastest route as possible, and not to discriminate between domestic and international postal items originating from other postal administrations within the IPU; 2a.ii. EMPHASISES that the definition of the freedom of transit does not imply that a member state is obliged to allow postal administrations to traverse its territory, in order to deliver postal items; 2b. FURTHER DEFINES, also for the purpose of this Resolution only, Hazardous materials, as any malicious inclusion to a mail package that could cause illness, injury, or death to a postal worker during routine transit, including but not limited to: chemical and biological agents, or explosives; 3. GUARANTEES the freedom of transit for all postal items throughout all member states, except where specifically limited in Article 4; 4. SPECIFIES that: a) Member states are not obliged to carry mail addressed to or sent from nations engaged in hostilities with them (war, territorial/trade disputes, or refusal to recognize a nation's current government), subject to the immunities recognized by international law; b) Member states may determine procedures for handling hazardous materials in postal administrations under their jurisdiction, and to determine which items may or may not be transmitted through their postal system; including but not limited to hazardous or illegal materials; FURTHER SEEKING to increase the efficiency of international correspondence between member states; 5a. INTRODUCES the International Reply Coupon, which can be exchanged for the postage rate of one basic unregistered letter to be sent to another member state; 5b. SPECIFIES that postal administrations within the IPU are not obliged to issue International Reply Coupons, but are required to honour International Reply Coupons in exchange for the postage of one basic unregistered letter at the international rate; 6. PRESERVES the right of each postal administration in all member states to collect a reasonable fee for its handling of postal materials; 7. RECOMMENDS the development of fair common standards and the use of technology in postal delivery, including fee schedules and the proper handling of hazardous materials; 8. CALLS FOR the monitoring and updating of effective technical cooperation to meet the ever-changing needs of postal customers. Edited by Charlotte Ryberg Votes For: 4,292 Votes Against: 1,320 Implemented: Sat Dec 19 2009

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 74 Medical Blockade Restriction A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
Category: Free Trade	Strength: Strong	Proposed by: Philimbesi
Description: UNDERSTANDING that in the course of international affairs, nations may from time to time place trade blockades on other nations. REGRETTING that at times said blockades might restrict life saving drugs and personnel from attending the sick and wounded in the blocked nations. ASSERTING that life is fundamentally more important than political or international affairs. The World Assembly, DEFINES Medical Supplies as any item used directly in life saving actions, or those used to sustain life after injury or disease. DEFINES Medical Personnel as civilian doctors, nurses, or paramedical personnel REQUIRES any blocking force or forces to grant vessels carrying medical supplies and personnel passage. PERMITS the searching of delivery vessels in accordance with WA statues. PROHIBITS the blocking of delivery of medical supplies or personnel to the citizens of blockaded nations. Votes For: 4,299 Votes Against: 1,371 Implemented: Sun Jan 10 2010

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 75 International Radio Act A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
Category: Free Trade	Strength: Mild	Proposed by: Linux and the X
Description: RECOGNISING that radio signals cannot be made to respect national boundaries, BELIEVING that international legislation is needed to ensure that radio systems will not cause international interference, and REALISING that standardisation of radio devices will promote international trade of the same, THE WORLD ASSEMBLY ALLOWS unrestricted use of any radio power and frequency in the immediate protection of life or property in situations in which normal forms of communication are unavailable or ineffective, ALLOWS unlicensed use of low-power radio devices, so long as such use does not interfere with other uses, but allows such devices to be subject to inspection at the point of manufacture by the jurisdiction's regulatory agency, REQUIRES that radio services include amateur, broadcast, experimental, personal communications, business communications, life and safety communications, radiolocation, governmental and military communications, and aerocraft, spacecraft, and watercraft communications. ESTABLISHES the International Radiocommunications Commission to set more detailed standards, including specific services and frequency allocations (including specific frequencies for emergency calls), FORBIDS the International Radiocommunications Commission from setting content standards, or station ownership standards beyond those clearly implied by the intended purpose of a service, CLARIFIES that the standards set by the International Radiocommunications Commission must be followed by all member nations, but PERMITS nations to create additional radio services in spectrum not used under International Radiocommunications Commission standards. Votes For: 4,328 Votes Against: 1,505 Implemented: Tue Jan 26 2010

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