Historical Resolutions
From the rise of civilization (November 13, 2002) up until a particularly brutal collision with reality (April 1, 2008), nations toiled under the banner of the World Assembly's predecessor, an organization that now Cannot Be Named, but sounded a lot like "United Stations." Although this grand institution is no longer, its incomparable volume of law shall stand forever.
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Historical Resolution #102
Repeal: “Required Basic Healthcare”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Historical Resolution #17 “Required Basic Healthcare” (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The United Nations,
CALLING TO MIND the passage of Required Basic Healthcare from June 5, 2003 and its presumed replacement, RBH Replacement from June 26, 2003,
RECOGNIZING Required Basic Healthcare as a valuable reference document, though outdated in its methods of delivery, as conceded by RBH Replacement,
RECOGNIZING FURTHER the UNs decision that Required Basic Healthcare not be enforced, as per clause 1 of RBH Replacement which states, [t]he resolution Required Basic Healthcare is to be no longer enforced by the UN,
NOTING the possible confusion to member nations over which resolution to enforce given the lack of the repeal mechanic at the time of passage for Required Basic Healthcare and RBH Replacement,
NOTING FURTHER other older, poorly-worded resolutions or sets of resolutions which came about prior to the ability to repeal and CALLING for repeals to all such resolutions in order to clarify the international law imposed on member nations by the UN,
AIMING to make easily understandable the UNs enforcement regarding healthcare,
DETERMINING it a clerical and technical necessity to repeal Required Basic Healthcare, as well as a required measure to elevate the nature of legislation in the UN:
REPEALS Required Basic Healthcare.
Passed: |
For: | 12,011 | 77.1% |
Against: | 3,559 | 22.9% |
Historical Resolution #103
Right to Refuse Extradition
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
ACKNOWLEDGING that capital punishment (the death penalty, execution) is a contentious issue, with many different viewpoints
ACKNOWELDGING ALSO that situations involving international fugitives may be very diplomatically delicate
ENCOURAGING nations to resolve matters of international fugitives through discussion and diplomacy
AFFIRMING that a nation should not be forced to be a party to execution against its will
AFFIRMING ALSO that this resolution shall not affect each nation's sovereign right to allow or ban capital punishment within its own borders
BE IT RESOLVED that UN member nations shall have the AFFIRMED RIGHT to refuse, if they so desire, extradition (deportation) of international fugitives to any UN member nation IF the extraditing nation may reasonably believe that the fugitive may face capital punishment if extradited
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that UN member nations may exercise this right without fear of military reprisal from any other UN member nation
Passed: |
For: | 10,746 | 70.6% |
Against: | 4,468 | 29.4% |
Historical Resolution #104
Computer Crimes Act
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
Computer Crimes Act
NOTING the increasing trend for computer networks to be interconnected and to transcend national borders;
AWARE that the vast majority of businesses and most national and international economies rely on these systems and the information contained within;
ALERT to the dangers of allowing such a vital and grand-scale system to remain unprotected by international law; dangers which could cause massive economic, and other, damage to individuals, corporations and states alike through the damage or theft of computer systems or the information contained therein;
PROHIBITS the following practices:
1) The use, spread, and creation without proper safety precautions*, of computer viruses and other similar malicious programs including worms, Trojans, or any other program which damages, or otherwise adversely affects, computer systems; or destroys, damages, manipulates or steals information without authorisation. This excludes security specialists in their attempts to find new ways of defending against viruses, so long as they are creating and using such programs solely for that purpose, and do not use them without the authorisation of the owners of the computer system. They still may not spread them, and they must use proper safety precautions* (*to prevent spread and/or direct damage to computer systems or data in them without the express permission of the owners).
2) Computer hacking, defined as the intentional unauthorised access to, or unauthorised use, theft, manipulation or damage of information stored electronically.
3) Identity theft, defined as any unauthorised attempt to use or steal elements pertaining to another individuals identity, including credit card details.
MANDATES that any business, organisation (either governmental or non-governmental) must take security measures to protect any confidential data contained in them, especially that data that pertains to information about their customers or members of the public. Such measures may include, but are not limited to, password protection of systems, data encryption, firewall installation, and virus scanning software, etc.
URGES all UN nations to implement security measures or legislation to protect these computer networks and the information contained on them through the promotion of, and education on, such measures, including encryption, password protection, firewalls, virus scanning software, and the use of secure operating systems, etc.
ENCOURAGES international cooperation between national law enforcement agencies, as well as the voluntary co-operation of the computer and Internet industry, in an attempt to reduce computer crime and improve the security of global computer networks and systems
ESTABLISHES the International Computer Security Institute (ICSI) whose tasks shall be to:
1) monitor international computer crime and work with law enforcement agencies to prevent it
2) promote and encourage the development of new security systems to help prevent computer crime
3) create and co-ordinate education programmes on computer crime prevention
and which shall be funded by voluntary donations by states, organisations, businesses or individuals.
Passed: |
For: | 11,811 | 74.5% |
Against: | 4,053 | 25.5% |
Historical Resolution #105
National Systems of Tax
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
The United Nations,
RECOGNIZING unbalances in monetary wealth between different citizens as unavoidable in most, if not all, member nations,
DETERMINING the interpretation of this unbalance, whether as an incentive for achievement or as the bane of the poor, differs among member nations,
RESIGNED to the fact that member nations will likely never agree, with any convincing degree of consensus, on specific theories regarding taxation or agree on the quality of various economic models,
DISGUSTED that there might be some member nations which attempt to pass legislation as a cudgel to force those of dissenting economic and moral opinions on taxation into their collective, arbitrary molds of rightness and wrongness in taxation systems,
VALUING member nations' right of self-determination, since they may determine the individual characteristics of their government much more adequately than the UN, which is far removed from the individual nations various situations and unique qualities,
DEEMING, still, it worthwhile to advocate a few basic measures of social justice upon the tax systems of member nations, which are generally agreed upon by all as a middle-ground:
1 ENCOURAGES member nations, and all nations in the world, adopt progressive systems for taxation, which is to say that the tax rate for a citizen increases as a citizen increases in earnings;
2 REQUESTS member nations allow for those who cannot pay their debts to declare bankruptcy: so they may not be pursued by lenders whom they have no means to pay;
3 EXHORTS all nations to investigate, critically, their respective taxation systems, detached from political motivation, to uncover what values of human liberty and social justice their taxation system upholds and in what ways it may fail to address one or the other;
4 DECLARES it the right of the individual member nation, ultimately, to determine its individual system of tax without interference by the United Nations,
That is to say, we RESERVE the right for individual nations to determine who, what, how, and how much to tax--exclusively and independently (including, but not limited to, a nations tax model, tax exemptions, those who are taxed,tax rates, targeted taxation and all other choices regarding a nation's system of tax), excluding, of course, cases in which the United Nations has already resolved upon international standards for certain aspects of a member nation's system of taxation at the time of the passing of this resolution.
Passed: | |
For: | 7,511 | 52.4% |
Against: | 6,811 | 47.6% |
Historical Resolution #106
Protection of Dolphins Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The United Nations,
RECONGNIZING that dolphins are extremely intelligent, man-loving and friendly mammals, that symbolize to millions around the world the spirit of freedom, happiness and togetherness,
ALARMED by the killing of dolphins around the world, whether intentional of accidental,
OBSERVING that the prevention of dolphin killings will not in any way hurt any of the states' economies,
RECALLING UN resolution #70 (Banning Whaling), and acknowledging that it accidentally omitted dolphins,
1. Condemns in the strongest terms the intentional killing of dolphins around the world.
2. Declares that the hunting or intentional killing of dolphins in extra-territorial waters is a crime according to the International Law, unless when done in circumstances where it is absolutely necessary for the saving of human lives or the prevention of an ecological disaster.
3. Urges all states to legislate a provision similar to that of article #2 above.
4. Calls upon all its members to find ways to minimize the accidental killing of dolphins in the fishing business.
5. Calls upon all states to prevent dolphin abuse, in any way that they see fit, provided that no dolphin shall ever be preferred over human lives.
Passed: | |
For: | 11,333 | 66.4% |
Against: | 5,726 | 33.6% |