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 # 508
Restrictions on Forced Eugenics
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Condemning the use of forced eugenics,
Applauding the measures contained in GAR #38 "Convention Against Genocide" against the use of eugenics to further an agenda of ethnic cleansing,
Convinced that it should be the guardian's prerogative, and not a state's or a medic's, whether their unborn offspring undergoes genetic modification,
Subject to its previous, extant legislation, the World Assembly hereby:
Forbids member states, or the governments of any political subdivision thereof, from incentivising the genetic modification of any sapient offspring prior to their birth, except for incentivising the remedy or elimination of disorders, disabilities, or diseases;
Prohibits any individual or entity from genetically modifying or commanding the genetic modification of sapient offspring prior to their birth without the informed consent of the offspring's legal guardians; and
Forbids any individual or entity from compelling, forcing, or coercing a legal guardian to give consent to the genetic modification of their offspring prior to their birth.
Passed: |
For: | 12,006 | 80.3% |
Against: | 2,939 | 19.7% |
General Assembly Resolution # 509
GMO International Trade Accord
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
The World Assembly,
Admiring the potential of agricultural biotechnology to revolutionize food production, bolster commercial growth, and ensure food security for peoples throughout the world,
Recognizing genetically modified organisms as a crucial product of agricultural biotechnology, which offer immense benefits in crop yield, pest resistance, and other areas,
Understanding that genetically modified organisms by their very nature present a potentially extreme hazard to national populations, due in no small part to the unpredictability of novel genetic material, which poses substantial risks such as increased selection pressure on native organisms, gene transfer resulting in resistant pests and microorganisms with increased pathogenicity, and the impossibility of removing many such organisms from the environment after their introduction, and
Wishing to encourage the development of agricultural biotechnology while addressing this potential hazard and supporting global conservation and agricultural sustainability efforts through the regulation of the international trade of genetically modified organisms, hereby:
Defines for the purposes of this resolution:
"biotechnology" as the application of genetic modification techniques that overcome natural barriers of physiological reproduction or recombination, and are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection; and
a "genetically modified organism" (GMO) as any living organism or product made from a living organism, including viruses and similar particles, that possesses genetic material in a novel combination obtained through the use of biotechnology, excepting sapient organisms;
Establishes the Committee for the Regulation of Modified Products (CRMP) under the International Trade Administration for the purpose of overseeing the implementation of measures pursuant to this resolution, with the following responsibilities:
establishing and maintaining guidelines regarding the international trade of GMOs, in order to protect conservation efforts and biodiversity;
providing guidance on environmental risk assessment of GMOs;
facilitating the exchange of information concerning GMOs;
assisting member nations with the acquisition of resources to safely develop and effectively regulate biotechnology;
assisting member nations with the implementation of measures pursuant to this resolution; and
providing funding to member nations for the purpose of implementing measures pursuant to this resolution, in the event that the member nations in question are demonstrably unable to otherwise implement such measures due to economic limitations;
Mandates that member nations:
make decisions regarding the import of GMOs based on scientific environmental risk assessments where reasonable;
take reasonable and effective measures to prevent the illicit shipment or accidental release of GMOs or their genetic material;
take economically feasible measures to promote public awareness of the benefits and risks of GMOs according to a cost-benefit analysis of said measures; and
assist with scientific and technical training regarding GMOs;
Reserves to member nations the ability to set their own policies regarding the sterilization of plant GMOs and the use of sterilized plant GMOs, with the following requirements:
said policies must permit the use of sterilized plant GMOs in cases where the environmental benefit of using sterilized plant GMOs would clearly outweigh any downsides of their use; and
said policies must implement reasonable and effective measures to prevent the spread of sterilized plant GMO pollen to any nearby fields of similar plants;
Encourages member nations to facilitate more expansive research and development of biotechnology.
Passed: | |
For: | 10,610 | 71.7% |
Against: | 4,187 | 28.3% |
General Assembly Resolution # 510
Marine Protection Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The World Assembly,
Noting the importance of a healthy marine environment in maintaining biodiversity, enabling sustainable fishing and other commercial activities, and ensuring that people are fully able to enjoy recreational and cultural activities,
Applauding the commitment of this august body to the preservation of environmental health, including the integrity of marine environments,
Lamenting the lack of existing World Assembly resolutions designed to address destructive practices in essential marine environments, including unsustainable harvesting of marine organisms, heavy tourist traffic, waste dumping, and industrial activities, and
Wishing to remedy this deficiency by establishing an international framework for the protection of marine environments, hereby:
Defines "regulations" as reasonable restrictions on any of the following, for the purposes of this resolution:
the types and scale of fishing and other harvesting of marine organisms;
the dumping of waste;
access to tourists and the activities tourists may undertake; or
industrial activities, such as oil drilling and refinement;
Establishes the Committee for the Preservation of Marine Environments (CPME) to oversee the protection of critical marine environments in international waters, with the following responsibilities:
identifying areas within international waters which would benefit from sanctuary designation due to said areas meeting any of the following conditions:
being critical to the survival and growth of a species due to serving as a major spawning, breeding, or feeding area;
serving as a habitat containing an exceptional level of biodiversity; or
containing a notable shipwreck or other site of high cultural or historical significance;
designating such areas as sanctuaries, and implementing and maintaining regulations in said areas to further the purpose for which said sanctuaries were designated;
compiling and maintaining a comprehensive report on the state and health of the marine environment within each sanctuary as applicable to the purpose for which that sanctuary was designated, to be available upon request to any member nation; and
ensuring that member nations are appraised of the regulations enacted within a sanctuary should they desire that information;
Clarifies that any regulations implemented under this resolution must comply with other World Assembly resolutions;
Permits member nations to petition the CPME to remove sanctuary designation from an area or modify regulations implemented pursuant to this resolution in that area, which the CPME shall thoroughly review before making a decision on the matter;
Mandates that member nations implement regulations within areas of their territorial waters meeting the conditions outlined in section 2a of this resolution, to the extent reasonable and effective in those areas;
Urges member nations to take further measures to protect marine environments within their territories; and
Encourages member nations to finance the implementation of measures pursuant to this resolution through financial penalties on industrial practices harmful to environmental health.
Passed: | |
For: | 11,880 | 76.4% |
Against: | 3,672 | 23.6% |
General Assembly Resolution # 511
Ensuring Effectual Recycling
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The General Assembly,
Acknowledging the large volume of waste produced in member nations partly as a result of rapid economic growth;
Recognising that large amounts of this non-compostable waste could cause serious damage to the health of animals and ecosystems;
Convinced that promoting and mandating recycling could reduce waste and prevent it from contaminating ecosystems;
Believing it is the duty of the World Assembly to promote such practices in order to protect the health of all beings and the ecosystems they inhabit; Hereby:
1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
"recyclable waste" as waste that can be safely reprocessed into a material or product that can be reused for a practical purpose such as in manufacturing,
"recycled materials" as recyclable waste that has undergone the recycling process and has become a reusable material;
2. Compels member nations to ensure the availability of easily accessible, safe, and usable recycling systems for use by their businesses and inhabitants;
3. Mandates that member nations regularly upgrade and update any structures or buildings involved in the recycling process, pre-existing or otherwise, with the best possible improvements given the finances that might reasonably be allocated;
4. Authorises the use of the World Assembly General Fund, by member states, in order to ensure effective and reasonably-affordable compliance with clauses 2 and 3, for those that states that are reasonably unable to achieve these mandates otherwise;
5. Requires member nations to create initiatives, through penalisation or incentives, to:
raise awareness of recycling as a method to reuse waste;
encourage inhabitants and businesses to use recycling centres to recycle recyclable waste;
promote the usage or purchase of items made from recycled materials;
6. Mandates that member nations implement these initiatives to practical benefit;
7. Obligates member nations to create further accessible collection systems for recyclable waste, such as door side recycling or properly marked recycling bins;
8. Permits member states to incinerate or create and use landfills for certain types of waste when the technology or infrastructure does not exist, in that nation, to process the waste efficiently in a more environmentally-friendly way;
9. Mandates that member nations employ recycled materials wherever reasonably feasible;
10. Recommends member states to collate and conduct research to create or delegate the creation of more efficient or safer waste reduction or recycling methods, and to share this knowledge between each other;
11. Despite the above, requires member nations to pursue the least environmentally damaging viable alternative regarding waste reduction and recycling in cases where following any of the above mandates would result in a worse net outcome for the environment than not following them.
Passed: |
For: | 13,205 | 85.2% |
Against: | 2,300 | 14.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 512
Commercial Arbitration Recognition
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
The World Assembly,
Realizing that the member nations of this Assembly are significantly outnumbered by their external counterparts,
Believing it the responsibility of this august body to further the prosperity of the nations under its aegis and confer substantial benefits upon its membership,
Recognizing the importance of strengthening international commerce in achieving the above,
Highlighting the effectiveness of alternate dispute resolution, particularly through arbitration, in furthering international commerce by ensuring that any disputes arising from international commercial agreements can be efficiently resolved in in a forum that confers neutrality, finality of judgement, confidentiality, and procedural flexibility, all of which hinge upon the enforceability of resultant judgments, and
Wishing to provide a framework for the international recognition and enforcement of judgement arising from arbitration of international commercial disputes, thereby promoting free trade and commerce, hereby:
Defines:
"arbitration" as the deciding of a legal dispute in a forum outside of a member nation's judiciary or international court of law;
an "arbitral award" as a judgement on the merits of an arbitration by an arbitration tribunal, including judgments made by arbitrators appointed for a particular case as well as judgments made by a permanent arbitral body; and
an "arbitration agreement" as any agreement providing for arbitration of a dispute;
Declares:
all member nations must recognize arbitration agreements within their legal jurisdiction; and
all member nations must recognize arbitral awards as binding, and enforce them to the extent required by the arbitral award;
Clarifies that member nations may not impose unnecessarily onerous conditions on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards within their legal jurisdiction;
Further clarifies that member nations may refuse to recognize or enforce an arbitral award if any of the following conditions are met:
the arbitral award or the arbitration agreement preceding it are invalid under said award or agreement's governing law;
the party against whom the award is invoked was given insufficient notice of the arbitration proceedings, or was otherwise unable to present its case;
the arbitral award concerns matters beyond the scope of the arbitration agreement;
the procedure of the arbitration was not in accordance with the arbitration agreement or its governing law;
the arbitral award has not yet become binding on the involved parties; or
the subject matter of the arbitral award cannot be resolved through arbitration;
Asserts that nothing in this resolution shall be construed to limit the ability of individuals, nations, and organizations to enter into an arbitration agreement;
Clarifies that this resolution shall only apply to arbitration agreements, arbitration, and arbitral awards arising from international commercial agreements between two firms, a firm and a government, or two governments, or similar agreements of an international character between two firms, a firm and a government, or two governments; and
Further clarifies that nothing in this resolution applies to arbitration, arbitration agreements, or arbitral awards issued by or under the jurisdiction of a non-member nation.
Passed: |
For: | 10,131 | 71.6% |
Against: | 4,015 | 28.4% |