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 # 417
Restrictions on Hydraulic Fracturing
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The General Assembly:
Aware of its commitment to ensuring the safety and sustainability of all means of energy production, to protect the populations affected by them,
Declaring that hydraulic fracturing unfortunately fits neither of these constraints, instead imperiling the health and well-being of many populations, while consuming an unconscionable amount of water,
Noting that hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as "fracking", may lead to the contamination of groundwater, thereby toxifying soil, marshlands, riverine and coastal fisheries, and drinking water sources, introducing sickness in sapient beings, livestock, and wild animals,
Aware that, since hydraulic fracturing requires such large amounts of water, local communities, particularly those in drought-plagued regions, are often left with an insufficient supply of clean water,
Further noting the strong correlation between fracking and increased seismic activity,
Frightened that fracking releases a significant amount of methane, a greenhouse gas far stronger than carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere,
Trusting the ability of the energy sector to extract energy in a way that avoids the environmental hazards of fracking,
Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, "hydraulic fracturing" as a method of fossil-fuel extraction in which pressurized liquids are inserted into the crevices of underground rocks at high pressures, in order to release the natural gas or oil contained therein,
Prohibits the practice of hydraulic fracturing in all areas of World Assembly member-states which are in or within close range of land inhabited by populations of sapient beings, to the extent that the practice:
poses a demonstrably significant threat of contamination thereto,
harms the water resources demonstrably neccessary to ensure the health of local communities,
and/or poses significant risk of other strongly detrimental health effects, according to the World Health Authority, to said populations of sapient beings,
Clarifies that the policy laid out in Section 2 still applies when the region of effect crosses national boundaries.
Passed: | |
For: | 12,080 | 69.4% |
Against: | 5,327 | 30.6% |
General Assembly Resolution # 418
Safeguarding Nuclear Materials
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
The World Assembly,
Understanding that there are more than six times more non-WA nations than member nations,
Noting that those nations do not have limits on their nuclear arsenals, use conditions, or any restrictions on nuclear arms whatsoever, thereby putting member nations at a considerable military disadvantage against their nearly-unlimited power,
Observing that radical elements of the Assembly could ban the manufacture of nuclear weapons after the repeal of 391 GA 'Securing Nuclear Materials from Dastardly Menaces' and 351 GA 'Nuclear Material Safeguards', meaning that a single legislative mistake could destroy us, and
Giving credence to the necessity of clause 5, as non-inclusion would lead to nuclear materials being unprotected in state collapse, creating a proliferation crisis, in which the purveyors of loose nukes must not become nuclear powers, hereby:
Affirms the right of member nations to possess nuclear weapons and to use them in the case that they are attacked by hostile forces;
Maintains the right of member nations to manufacture and trade nuclear weapons or reactors, to possess the materials required in such manufacture, and to acquire the materials required in such manufacture;
Maintains the right of member nations to have knowledge of the manufacture and trade of nuclear weapons or reactors, to possess such knowledge, and to acquire such knowledge;
Mandates that member nations take all practical actions to stop unauthorised release of the materials or disclosure of the knowledge spoken of in the above two clauses; and
Directs, should no future legislation require otherwise, the Nuclear Energy Safety Commission to ensure that nuclear armaments, materials, and knowledge are secured from weaponisation by providing material assistance and phase-out assistance to nations unable to defend their own nuclear knowledge and technology.
Passed: |
For: | 14,404 | 80.4% |
Against: | 3,501 | 19.6% |
General Assembly Resolution # 419
Voting Equality for Freed Inmates
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
The General Assembly:
Noting that freed inmates have already paid the legal consequence for their action, and therefore ought to be, rather than shunned out of society, reintegrated into it,
Believing that the right to vote ought not to be arbitrarily deprived from individuals due to such factors as prior criminal status that do not impede one's mental competency,
Concerned especially for the innocently convicted, who, through felon disenfrachisement laws, are unfairly deprived of voting rights for a crime they did not commit,
Asserting, therefore, that the disenfranchisement of former criminals constitutes unjust discrimination that must, in the name of civil equality, be addressed by this Assembly:
Prohibits member nations from denying a non-imprisoned, otherwise-eligible individual the right to vote on an equal basis with any other voter solely on account of their prior criminal activity, unless any of the following is true:
said criminal activity directly pertained to any of the following crimes:
voter fraud or other related acts,
improperly aiding a foreign or domestic power in the subversion of the nation,
said person is on either parole or probation for a previous crime,
Prohibits member nations from enacting measures that would excessively impede the right of an otherwise-eligible former criminal from voting,
Reserves for member nations the liberty to legislate on the issue of enfranchisement for individuals under incarceration.
Passed: | |
For: | 14,315 | 82.1% |
Against: | 3,117 | 17.9% |
General Assembly Resolution # 420
Protection of Biomedical Research
A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare.
Recognizing the vast potential of biomedical research to improve and save the lives of the citizens of Member-States,
Applauding the great strides already made in the field by Member-States,
Seeking to greatly expand these efforts through the expansion and facilitation of International collaboration in the field,
And condemning the placement of unjust and illegitimate restrictions on life-saving biomedical research,
The World Assembly hereby;
Defines Biomedical Research as the fields of research investigating the causes of disease, disease prevention, treatment, and the mitigation or elimination of medical conditions including, but not limited to: Cancer, Paraplegia, and Motor Neuron Diseases,
Expands the mandate of the Biomedical Innovation Organization of the World Health Authority to include:
Coordination of international efforts at biomedical research,
Development of a set of minimum scientific and ethical standards for biomedical research, to be met by Member-States,
Service as an advisory body for biomedical ethics organizations and biomedical ethics regulatory bodies within Member-States,
Maintenance of an internationally-accessible database of ongoing biomedical research within Member-States, excepting information regarding research efforts which are protected by Member-States as a matter of security,
Mandates:
That Member-States place no restrictions on biomedical research beyond those that are necessary to ensure that research efforts meet ethical and scientific standards,
That Member-States rescind any and all biomedical research ethics standards and regulations that do not serve specifically to minimize or eliminate harm to life provably sentient or sapient at the time of research, and,
Clarifies that the above provisions are subject to extant legislation,
And reminds Member-States that any and all determinations of sapience or sentience are subject to extant World Assembly legislation and scientific procedure.
Passed: | |
For: | 13,766 | 78.1% |
Against: | 3,856 | 21.9% |
General Assembly Resolution # 421
Ozone Layer Protection
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The World Assembly,
Aware that high levels of Ultraviolet Light, particularly in certain wavelengths, can be very harmful to many types of life-forms including [for example] both humans and bears,
Understanding that the presence of Ozone [i.e. tri-atomic Oxygen molecules] at a suitable level in a planet’s upper atmosphere can give life below significant protection against such harmful ultraviolet rays within incoming sunlight,
Recognising that certain chemicals which are sometimes used in industry, particularly various members of the Halogenated Hydrocarbons group, are likely to deplete that layer of Ozone and thus reduce its protective effects if they escape into the atmosphere,
Wishing to prevent such damage to the protective Ozone, acknowledging this as a potential problem of international scope, and hoping that concerted action on the matter by this organisation’s members not only will be useful in itself but also will encourage non-member nations to take similar action as well;
Hereby,
1). Requires all member nations to evaluate the potential Ozone-depleting properties of each and every chemical that their industries produce and/or use;
2). Strongly urges all member nations to reduce their production and use of all chemicals that are known to have serious Ozone-depleting properties, as far as possible, even in advance of any international regulations targeting the specific substances concerned;
3). Establishes within WASP an agency called the Atmospheric Chemistry Establishment (or ‘ACE’), requires that member nations share their information on Ozone depletion with ACE, and instructs ACE to _
A/ Collect data, and if necessary perform research, on the Ozone-depleting properties of all chemicals produced and used by industry;
B/ Discover what safer alternatives exist for any industrial chemicals that do have Ozone-depleting properties;
C/ Working with the International Meteorological Organisation (IMO), collect any necessary data on Ozone distribution and concentrations that national governments do not supply to ACE and the IMO anyway;
D/ Determine the relative levels of hazard that the different Ozone-depleting chemicals pose to atmospheric Ozone levels, bearing in mind both extent of usage and their own stability as well as their Ozone-depleting power per molecule;
E/ Share all of the above data with any governments, government agencies, or multinational businesses, that request it;
F/ Set deadlines (with scales of no less than four, and no more than twelve, years) by which all member nations are to phase out the production and use of specific Ozone-depleting chemicals by at least the ACE-specified levels, starting basically with the chemicals that pose the greatest hazards to atmospheric Ozone levels but also bearing in mind the importance of their uses and the availability of safer substitutes;
4). Requires all member nations to meet all deadlines that ACE sets for phasing out the production or use of any Ozone-depleting chemicals, unless they can prove to ACE that their handling of those chemicals occurs only within closed systems from which escapes cannot threaten any other nation’s atmosphere in which case ACE will grant them a waiver for as long as those conditions continue;
5). Urges member nations to do what they can, without increasing the risk of international conflict, to persuade non-member nations to cooperate with ACE as well.
Passed: |
For: | 15,214 | 83.5% |
Against: | 2,998 | 16.5% |
