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 # 294
Repeal: “Multilateral Prosecution Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #99 “Multilateral Prosecution Act” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
VALUES consistency and fair treatment of all individuals within the justice system of all WA member nations.
UNDERSTANDS that the resolution in question creates a separate process and set of protocols for trying stateless individuals outside of the typical legal channels within WA member nations, which results in the following issues:
Individuals may become stateless by choice, should they prefer to take their risks at trial through this less used process;
Stateless individuals may elect to declare a nationality simply to avoid the process laid out in this resolution; and
The resolution implies that the lives and/or rights of stateless individuals are valued differently than those who have a stated nationality, which is not something that the World Assembly should endorse within its resolutions.
RECOMMENDS that the WA eliminate the possibility for unequal treatment of stateless individuals.
BELIEVES that this resolution establishes a "separate but equal" process, which is inherently unfair and minimizes both the humanity of stateless individuals and the rights that should be accorded to them.
REALIZES that since the passage of this resolution, the World Assembly has worked to ensure that the following resolutions regarding due process have been clarified to ensure that the details of the following resolutions affect all individuals, including those who are stateless:
GAR #37, Fairness in Criminal Trials,
GAR #194, Treatment of Inmates,
GAR#198, Preventing Multiple Trials,
GAR#201, Habeas Corpus, and
GAR#202, Convict Appellate Rights.
ACKNOWLEDGES that the standards provided by the aforementioned pieces of legislation provide greater consistency in the treatment of all individuals whether they are stateless or have declared a nationality, rendering the "protections" provided by this resolution to be unnecessary and thereby merit a repeal.
REPEALS GAR#99, "Multilateral Prosecution Act."
Passed: |
For: | 7,746 | 76.9% |
Against: | 2,325 | 23.1% |
General Assembly Resolution # 295
Repeal: “Oil Tanker Standards Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #98 “Oil Tanker Standards Act” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Accepting that accidents involving oil tankers are an issue of importance to this body,
Regretting, however, that World Assembly Resolution #98, the "Oil Tanker Standards Act," is an incredibly flawed and problematic solution to those problems,
Noting that the World Assembly Oil Transportation Committee (WAOTC) is assigned the task of ensuring oil tankers are "kept up to meet requirements" without outlining exactly what those requirements are or how they even pertain to the resolution,
Further noting that the WAOTC is tasked with acquiring "new technology from member states already possessing it at the member state's consent" without defining what kind of technology it would acquire,
Understanding that requiring "non-proprietary double-hulled technology be made available to shipbuilders", without actually requiring the WAOTC to provide it, makes many of the WAOTC's assignments superfluous,
Further understanding that the requirement to "phase out" the use of single-hulled tankers is both costly and needless, as such tankers could find use hauling materials that are not as damaging to the environment,
Acknowledging that WA#98 places an unreasonable burden on nations with pre-existing fleets of single-hulled tankers while failing to provide any relief to this burden by funding this requirement,
Observing that the resolution imposes a requirement for a proper ventilation system without explaining what the purpose of such a system would be, and given that there are many ventilation systems which may have completely opposing purposes, this requirement is both ambiguous and unenforceable,
Astonished that the resolution urges nations to implement "other or better safety features aboard oil tankers other than what is specified here" despite the fact that "other safety features" may be inferior and used by nations to circumvent the requirements imposed on them previously in the resolution,
Believing that WA#98 is insufficient for the purpose of reducing spills, as there are many types of oil tanker designs that would not necessarily benefit from the technologies outlined here, nor would they see any benefit to the added costs these technology's integration would incur,
Recognizing that the sum of the flaws present in WA#98 both in format and in practical application have created a resolution that is nearly ineffective in achieving its stated goals,
Hereby repeals World Assembly Resolution #98, the "Oil Tanker Standards Act."
Passed: |
For: | 7,897 | 83.6% |
Against: | 1,548 | 16.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 296
Prevention of Wildfires
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
The World Assembly,
Rejoicing that many nations include not only urban areas and farmland but also wide expanses of natural or at least semi-natural habitats too,
Realising that although most nations probably have fairly adequate measures in place for controlling fires in urban areas some might not yet have extended those systems to cover their more rural areas effectively too, and that the best ways for managing fires in rural areas especially in wilderness may differ from those useful at more urban sites anyway,
Aware that wide areas of vegetation (especially those of woodland, such as may be called forests) are often likely to contain large amounts of combustible material, leading to serious risks that any fires started there might spread uncontrollably and cause significant damage,
Wise to the fact that natural fire can be an integral and even important factor in some ecosystems, and that even in wild areas where that is not the case carrying out controlled burns of limited extent to reduce potential fuel levels for unplanned fires may be a better policy than simply trying to prevent all fires there altogether,
Regarding this as an international enough topic for WA legislation because even when a fire itself does not cross international borders the smoke-clouds from it may do so, maybeso with seriously harmful results, as well as for the potential effects on global environments and endangered species;
Hereby,
1). Instructs all member nations to:
i/ Have and enforce, across all of their territory, laws against both reckless fire-starting and the deliberate starting of inadequately controllable fires;
ii/ Have suitable plans, with the necessary personnel and equipment for those, in place for managing fires everywhere within their borders, to the best extent practical within reason;
iii/ Ensure that the relevant people in any other nations likely to be significantly affected are given reasonable notice of planned fires and, as far as is practical within reason, arrange those fires for mutually agreed dates;
iv/ Ensure that the relevant people in any other nations likely to be significantly affected are also notified of any unplanned fires that are identified;
v/ Refrain from the use of uncontrolled fire as a weapon or tool of war in wilderness and semi-wilderness areas, and in any other places from which the fires would be likely to spread into such areas.
2). Encourages member nations to:
i/ Include the safe handling of Fire at a basic level in their educational syllabuses;
ii/ Coordinate plans for controlling fire in border areas with relevant neighbours;
iii/ Cross-train suitable units and individual volunteers from their armed forces in fire-fighting, and position suitable equipment ready for their use, so that when not actually needed for more martial duties they can assist in this work; and deploy other units with relevant skills and equipment to assist in fire-management efforts as appropriate.
3). Instructs the WA Disaster Board to study and to distribute as appropriate information about fire hazards and fire-control methods; urges member nations to share all relevant data that they possess with the WADB; and offers this service to any non-WA nations that are interested (and are willing to pay reasonable fees, share their relevant date with the WADB, and meet clause #1s terms to the same extent that would be necessary if they were WA members) too.
Passed: |
For: | 7,929 | 79.6% |
Against: | 2,032 | 20.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 297
Child Welfare in Adoption
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
The General Assembly,
BELIEVING that intercountry adoption can be beneficial to nations experiencing difficulty with their internal rate of adoption and to children in need of a loving home,
FRUSTRATED with the reality that member nations each have differing rules and regulations regarding intercountry adoption,
CONCERNED that such a myriad of bureaucratic minutiae poses a danger to the welfare of children involved in intercountry adoptions, and unnecessarily increases the risk of child abuse and trafficking,
HOPEFUL that the consolidation of these varied rules and regulations will aid in the safekeeping of vulnerable children, as well as break down barriers to intercountry adoption,
Hereby
DEFINES, for the purpose of this resolution, the following:
child: an individual under the threshold of majority in both the country of origin and the recipient country,
prospective adopter: a party who is seeking to adopt a child;
STRONGLY ENCOURAGES member nations to permit intercountry adoption;
DEMANDS that, should one not already exist, each member nation that permits intercountry adoption establish a state or semi-state agency, to be known as National Adoption Boards, which shall have the following duties:
to maintain a register of children available within that nation for adoption,
to work with and vet prospective adopters in that nation, and
to liaise with National Adoption Boards in other member nations during intercountry adoption processes;
DECREES that any intercountry adoption between member nations must be conducted between National Adoption Boards, and that no transfer of children shall take place until the intercountry adoption is finalised and confirmed;
REQUIRES National Adoption Boards to consider the welfare and wishes of all children available for adoption, in particular with determining if intercountry adoption is appropriate for each individual child;
CREATES the World Assembly Adoption Authority (WAAA) to establish and implement a stringent and rigorous uniform code of rules and regulations regarding intercountry adoption;
MANDATES that all National Adoption Boards be member organisations of WAAA and that they adhere to all these regulations, procedures, and standards established;
DECLARES that no National Adoption Board may establish regulations, procedures, protocols, or standards regarding intercountry adoption that are contradictory or additional to those established by WAAA;
FORBIDS WAAA from establishing standards, protocols, and procedures that could reasonably be construed to be discriminatory (e.g. disallowing an intercountry adoption based on the prospective adopter's, or child's, nationality, race, gender, sexuality, or marital status), unless there are compelling practical reasons to do so;
PROSCRIBES the transfer of children by member nations to non-member nations in an effort to circumvent any facet of this resolution;
OUTLAWS the practice of buying children, in which financial or in-kind payments are exchanged to ensure an individual receives a child, however;
ACKNOWLEDGES that, in the case of adoption processes, some reasonable fees may be charged by National Adoption Boards, and/or their domestic affiliates, for expenses incurred during the adoption process.
Passed: |
For: | 7,538 | 83.4% |
Against: | 1,499 | 16.6% |
General Assembly Resolution # 298
Reducing Spills and Leaks
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The World Assembly,
Believing that reduction of harm to the environment and preservation of lives is an issue of paramount importance to this body,
Accepting that spills and leaks, when involving hazardous materials, may cause irreparable harm to the environment and result in lost lives,
Hereby,
1. Establishes the Spill and Leak Disaster Administration (SaLDA) with the following responsibilities:
Creating safety standards to minimize the risk of a spill or leak during material transport and storage,
Establishing cleanup standards for spills and leaks,
Designing reimbursement standards for the purposes of:
Making whole those affected by spills and leaks,
Collecting appropriately punitive penalties from those entities that cause and/or allow spills or leaks to occur through negligence,
Acquiring technologies that reduce the risk of spills and leaks,
Distributing technologies to nations in order to minimize the risk of spills and leaks,
Recommending the usage of SaLDA standards and technologies to WA Nations,
2. Requires nations to establish standards and utilize technologies appropriate to their needs and capabilities using SaLDA recommendations and technological resources for the following purposes:
Minimizing the risk of spills and leaks,
Making whole those affected by spills and leaks,
Enabling faster and more efficient cleanup of spills and leaks,
3. Urges nations to establish standards in line with any SaLDA recommendations not already required by clause 2,
4. Requires that nations deny entry to their territory to any transport owned and/or operated by an entity that does not follow SaLDA recommendations as outlined by clause 2 and which is carrying materials the nation to be transited considers capable of causing a spill or leak,
5. Allows exceptions to denials of entry as outlined in clause 4 in the following situations:
If such a denial would itself create a public safety hazard or significant environmental damage,
If such a denial would be in violation of extant international law,
If said transport is in compliance with all safety standards relating to SaLDA recommendations adopted by the nation it is transiting,
6. Requires nations to make a good faith effort outside of SaLDA recommendations to minimize the risk of spills and leaks from any transport originating in their territory or from any storage facility housed in their nation,
7. Urges nations to cooperate in the cleanup of spills and leaks.
Passed: | |
For: | 7,189 | 78.0% |
Against: | 2,029 | 22.0% |