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 # 254
Invasive Species Response Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The World Assembly,
CONCERNED that the serious universal issue of invasive plant and animal species has been overlooked by the international community;
HIGHLIGHTING accidental overproliferation of invasive species as not only a threat to ecosystems across the world, but also a significant, yet preventable financial burden for businesses and governments;
STRIVING to reduce such consequences by promoting international response to present invasive species outbreaks and cooperation in curbing future spread of dangerous species;
Hereby;
DEFINES "invasive species" as any non-sapient plant or animal species posing a serious risk of rapid, uncontrolled, and detrimental population growth upon being introduced to a new environment;
INSTITUTES an international ban on the unregulated introduction of potential invasive species to nations in which said species are likely to overtake or displace indigenous flora and fauna;
MANDATES that nations or other groups desiring to introduce any potentially beneficial non-native species conduct highly thorough research into the potential consequences thereof and maintain a fund for use in population control efforts should they become necessary;
REQUIRES that nations maintain a reasonably comprehensive, freely accessible registry of indigenous species indicating their reproductive capacity, biological predators, genetic variability, and ideal environmental conditions, among other information relevant to population growth capacity or pest control;
ENCOURAGES cooperation between member-states and the World Assembly Science Program in identifying species with the potential to thrive in and dominate certain environments or cause extinctions of native species;
PERMITS customs officials to take necessary action against individuals suspected of cross-border smuggling of potential invasive species via airports, docks, post, or national and local borders;
OUTLAWS practices of the shipping industry conducive to the accidental spread of invasive species, namely the discharge of ballast water in coastal waters or internal waterways and use of inadequate vessel-cleaning procedures;
GRANTS businesses, particularly those involved in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and other industries whose profitability is likely to be hampered by the costs of invasive species management, full access to the aforementioned registries;
FURTHERMORE AFFIRMS the right of said businesses to apply for guaranteed low-interest loans to be spent on management of harmful invasive species, upon the presentation of credible scientific evidence proving the necessity of assistance.
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Passed: | |
For: | 7,321 | 65.7% |
Against: | 3,817 | 34.3% |
General Assembly Resolution # 255
Rights of Neutral States
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.
The World Assembly,
REAFFIRMING that it is a right of states to refrain from conflicts that do not directly involve them,
BELIEVING that it is a responsibility of this Assembly to uphold this right,
And to this end resolves;
The term "neutral state" shall be defined as any state that has formally declared a policy of non-involvement, either in a specific conflict that involves one or more other states or in all such conflicts beyond its own borders (as 'general neutrality'), that has not participated in a relevant current conflict, and is in full compliance with the obligations of neutrals as listed in this resolution;
The term "belligerent" shall be defined as any state with armed forces involved in a relevant conflict;
The obligations of neutral states are as follows:
The state shall not allow any belligerents forces to cross or remain within its lands, excepting as clause 5 of this resolution lists, to launch attacks from or through its territories, or to recruit therein, nor shall it be legal for its people to serve belligerents as mercenaries;
The state may not perform any actions within or against belligerents that this resolution forbids belligerents to perform within or against neutrals, except that it may use reasonable force to repel belligerent forces that are violating its neutrality;
The state must not sell or otherwise supply war materiel to a belligerent, or allow anybody within its borders to do so, or allow its agencies or businesses to transport war materiel for belligerents, or (except as any other WA law specifies) allow war materiel for belligerents to cross its territories;
The rights of neutral states are as follows:
Belligerents may not declare war or commit any acts of war against states neutral in the relevant wars, and no WA member may do so at all to states that follow general neutrality;
Belligerents may not send armed forces into or across neutrals territories, except as this or another WA resolution specifically allows;
Belligerents must not conscript people with a neutrals nationality into their service, unless that neutral state agreed before the war that those people also hold the belligerents nationality;
Belligerents must not interfere with neutrals international trade, except as any other WA law specifically allows;
Belligerents must not compel prisoners of war (POWs) to enter a neutrals territory with the express intent that those people be caught and interned therein;
The following individuals or groups of belligerent states have the right of free passage within the territories of neutral states and vice versa; furthermore, any states trespassed upon have the right and duty to intern any trespassing personnel until either the conflict ends or both sides agree to their release:
Accidental strays who intend on leaving immediately;
Warships that were in serious danger of wreck, for a reasonable time to have their own crew make repairs to improve seaworthiness (but not to improve specifically combat-related systems);
As members of diplomatic missions, within reason;
Casualties or POWs being repatriated with both belligerent sides consent;
Escaped POWs;
Member nations that form military alliances with any non-member nation must make full compliance with the provisions of this resolution by that ally a term of the alliance.
Passed: |
For: | 5,833 | 51.4% |
Against: | 5,508 | 48.6% |
General Assembly Resolution # 256
Foreign Trademark Recognition
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
Recognizing that businesses often use trademarks to identify their goods or services,
Believing that international recognition of trademarks will reduce consumer confusion in the marketplace while rewarding businesses for producing higher quality goods and services,
The General Assembly,
Defines "trademark", for the purposes of this resolution, as a group of words, a visual design, an auditory expression, or some combination thereof that is used to identify goods or services from a particular source;
Further defines "trademark right", for the purposes of this resolution, as the set of exclusive rights granted to a distributor of goods or services regarding the use of a specific trademark, including the right:
to use that trademark to identify goods or services from that distributor and to distinguish those goods and services from those of other distributors,
to seek damages from and injunction against any other entity using that trademark in conjunction with the distribution of similar goods or services,
to license any of these rights to others, and
to extinguish any of these rights;
Further defines "foreign trademark", for the purposes of this resolution, as any trademark for which a trademark right is recognized by the member nation where the relevant distributor is located;
Mandates that each member nation recognize the exclusive rights associated with foreign trademarks for as long as the relevant distributors actively make use of their foreign trademarks when distributing goods and services in that member nation;
Authorizes each member nation to create reasonable limitations and exceptions to the exclusive rights associated with certain foreign trademarks when such trademarks are:
merely descriptive of a product or service, or synonymous with a particular type of product or service,
deceptive or fraudulent,
confusingly similar to a trademark already recognized by that member nation, or to the name of another distributor or geographical location in that member nation, except when that trademark or that name was purposefully chosen to cause confusion in the marketplace due to its similarity with a foreign trademark,
in violation of general restrictions on freedom of expression, or
prohibited by any additional trademark regulations created by that member nation, so long as such regulations remain consistent with the goals of this resolution;
Clarifies that nothing in this resolution should be interpreted as requiring member nations to recognize domestic trademarks;
Further clarifies that nothing in this resolution should be interpreted as limiting the World Assembly from further legislating on trademarks.
Passed: |
For: | 8,347 | 82.5% |
Against: | 1,774 | 17.5% |
General Assembly Resolution # 257
Reducing Automobile Emissions
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
Commending the efforts of many WA member-states to improving the quality of the environment and their willingness to adapt feasible approaches towards achieving this goal;
Believing that the reduction of waste emissions from the automotive industry is an international issue with significant climate implications and that no simple solutions exist to tackling these issues;
Noting that waste products and emissions from mechanical forms of transportation such as cars, buses, trains, shipping, and air travel, constitute a significant source of atmospheric pollutants, and believing that every nation and industry should accept a collective responsibility and affirmative response attitude towards lowering their output of these pollutants;
The General Assembly;
1: Defines, for the purposes of this resolution;
"automobile" as a mechanically propelled vehicle designed for the carriage of goods or people powered in part or fully by an engine or likewise device, and
"emissions" as gases released into the atmosphere that are established to be harmful to persons or the natural environment,
2: Mandates, under this resolution;
(i) A requirement of all member nations to take any and all economically viable measures to reduce automobile emissions;
(ii) The establishment of the International Automobile Emissions Commission (IAEC) with the following mandate:
-to create procedures for the collection and publishing of automobile emissions data by member nations and automobile manufacturers,
-to establish recommended automobile emissions standards based on this data,
-to submit an annual report to the World Assembly on automobile emissions in member nations, including projections of future automobile emissions and progress towards the implementation of IAEC standards;
3: Further requires all member nations and automobile manufacturers to implement IAEC reporting standards;
4: Encourages member nations to incentivize the development of automobile emission reduction technologies, as well as the modification or replacement of in-service automobiles producing excessive emissions;
5: Further encourages member nations to share effective emissions reduction technologies with other nations.
Passed: | |
For: | 8,365 | 77.8% |
Against: | 2,390 | 22.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 258
Repeal: “Invasive Species Response Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #254 “Invasive Species Response Act” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The General Assembly,
APPLAUDING the intent behind GA #254, "Invasive Species Response Act;"
YET CONCERNED with the resolution's heinous failure to adequately define invasive species to include all known species that can destroy non-native ecosystems upon introduction;
NOTING that the resolution's definition of invasive species as "any non-sapient plant or animal species posing a serious risk of rapid, uncontrolled, and detrimental population growth upon being introduced to a new environment" alarmingly disregards bacteria, archaea, protists and fungi as potential invasive species threats;
OBSERVING that the biological domains and kingdoms omitted from the definition all contain species that can be considered invasive and highly dangerous if introduced into a non-native habitat;
REGRETTING that the resolution's "international ban on the unregulated introduction of potential invasive species to nations" is impossible to enforce, because in most cases the introduction of a potential invasive species is by definition "unregulated" anyway;
SADDENED that the target resolution merely "ENCOURAGES cooperation between member-states and the World Assembly Science Program in identifying species with the potential to thrive in and dominate certain environments or cause extinctions of native species," making a great policy optional instead of mandating the policy - something that would help to control the spread of invasive species in all member-states;
Hereby REPEALS GA #254, thereby making it completely null and void.
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Passed: |
For: | 8,908 | 83.1% |
Against: | 1,814 | 16.9% |