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 # 427
Convention on Foreign Political Corruption
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
Recalling this Assembly's previous efforts to improve governmental accountability and transparency in member states,
Affirming this Assembly's commitment to combating political bribery across international borders,
Alarmed in particular by the practice of individuals or businesses employing political bribery in a member state to obtain or maintain business in that member state,
Seeking to prohibit such practices,
The General Assembly,
Defines "political bribery", for the purposes of this resolution, as participating, whether directly or indirectly, in the provision of anything of value, including but not limited to money, goods, or services, to:
an individual or entity performing public duties in a member state or its subdivisions, in order to influence the individual or entity to act in a manner contrary to their public duties, or
an official of the government of, an official of a political party in, or a candidate for political office in a member state or its subdivisions, in order to:
influence any action of that official or candidate taken when acting in their present or future official capacity, or
influence the official or candidate to in turn influence any action of the government of their member state or its subdivisions;
Prohibits member states from engaging in political bribery in any other member state, except where the member state is explicitly permitted to do so by the laws or regulations of that other member state;
Requires member states to prohibit any individual or entity subject to the jurisdiction of a member state, including but not limited to:
residents, nationals, and citizens of the member state, and
businesses and other organizations incorporated in, based in, operating in, or otherwise associated with the member state,
from engaging in political bribery in any other member state, except where the individual or entity is explicitly permitted to do so by the laws or regulations of that other member state;
Urges member states to take particular care to enforce the provisions of this resolution against individuals and businesses under their jurisdiction who engage in political bribery in a target member state in order to obtain or maintain business in that target member state;
Clarifies that nothing in this resolution affects the regulation of purely domestic political bribery;
Further clarifies that nothing in this resolution prohibits member states from taking any action required to protect vital national security interests during serious international disputes or times of war.
Passed: |
For: | 15,322 | 77.1% |
Against: | 4,545 | 22.9% |
General Assembly Resolution # 428
Ban on Statutory Limitations for Heinous Crimes
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Recognizing the moral depravity of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace,
Recalling this Assembly's prior commitments to the prosecution of perpetrators of such crimes,
Emphasizing that the effective protection of human rights by this Assembly necessitates that there be no statutory limitations on prosecution of perpetrators of such crimes,
The General Assembly,
Defines a statutory limitation as any limitation on the period of time following the commission of a crime that the alleged perpetrator or perpetrators may be prosecuted for that crime, with the understanding that this includes, but is not limited to, limitations imposed by administrative regulation, judicial order, or legislative statute;
Prohibits member states, whether acting individually or collectively through World Assembly resolution, from applying a statutory limitation to any crime explicitly or implicitly recognized under World Assembly law as:
a war crime,
a crime against humanity, or
a crime against peace.
Passed: |
For: | 16,701 | 82.0% |
Against: | 3,659 | 18.0% |
General Assembly Resolution # 429
Traditional Medicine
A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare.
The World Assembly,
Aware that nations generally have laws against advertising or distributing substances and other therapies for medicinal use unless those substances or therapies have been tested extensively for both effectiveness and safety;
Noting that many nations also have patent systems which do not allow the establishment of monopolies over the production or distribution of products, in cases where prior public use of such products has demonstrably existed;
Realizing that this combination of laws is likely to deter pharmaceutical businesses from testing substances for which medicinal properties have traditionally been claimed, and thus to hinder the legal distribution of those potential remedies for various medical problems;
Believing that this problem needs to be solved, for the public good.
Hereby,
1). Declares that the use of untested substances as medications potentially poses an extreme hazard to member nations populations, not only due to possible harmful side-effects but also because some people might rely on them to the exclusion of more reliable modern alternatives.
2). Defines the term Traditional Medicine, for the purpose of this resolution, as meaning any medication or other therapeutic technique that is used because of popular belief rather than scientific proof for its effectiveness, and whose use is sufficiently customary that it could not be patented in legal systems whose laws do not allow granting patents for products with provable prior use.
3). Strongly urges member nations governments:
(a) To arrange proper testing for all substances used in traditional medicine within their jurisdictions, except where the collection of those substances would harm endangered species or violate the bodily autonomy of sapient beings, and to publicize the results;
(b) To arrange proper testing, likewise, for all other therapies used in traditional medicine within their jurisdictions;
(c) To ban the manufacture and distribution, of any traditional medication for which testing has not confirmed reasonable safety and predictability of dosage;
(d) To ban the practice of any other traditional medical technique for which testing has not confirmed reasonable safety;
(e) To ban likewise any traditional medication or other traditional medical theory that has been proven reasonably safe but whose effectiveness has not been proven, if a better alternative is available, unless it will be used only alongside that alternative (and can safely be thus used) rather than in lieu of that alternative for the possibility of a helpful placebo effect;
(f) To ensure that the collection of material from organisms of any species for use in medicinal products does not endanger any species, for example by requiring that the material be taken only from farmed organisms rather than from wild ones;
(g) To ensure that any sentient life-forms farmed for this purpose are kept, and the materials collected from them, humanely;
(h) To promote research into synthesis of the active ingredients from those traditional medicines that research has proven effective and reasonably safe, so that versions of those medicines can be produced which will not have to rely on natural sources and for which dosages can probably be set more accurately than in the traditional forms.
4). Requires member nations governments:
(a) To ban the manufacture and distribution of any traditional medications that could not be tested under the limits set by clause 3.a. of this resolution;
(b) To ban the practice of any other traditional medical techniques that could not be tested under the limits set by clause 3.b. of this resolution;
(c) To share all information that they have about the safety or effectiveness of traditional medicines with both their own nations' inhabitants and the World Assembly Scientific Programme (WASP).
5). Establishes a Traditional Medicines Evaluation Agency within the WASP, and instructs this body to:
(a) Compile and study the relevant data supplied to WASP by member nations;
(b) Arrange proper testing of any substances and techniques used in traditional medicine within member nations for which such data is currently lacking, except as limited by clause 3.a. of this resolution;
(c) Distribute this data to member nations governments.
Passed: |
For: | 15,760 | 80.0% |
Against: | 3,933 | 20.0% |
General Assembly Resolution # 430
Freedom of Religion
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Lauding this Assembly's previous efforts to protect a plethora of rights and liberties, ranging from freedom of speech to healthcare access,
Concerned, however, that the esteemed ambassadors of the world have to this point been unable to pass legislation guaranteeing the fundamental right of sapient creatures to freely practice religion, leading to an odd situation where international legislation legalising circumcision exists, but not guaranteeing freedom of religion,
Again asserting that foremost among the rights entitled to creatures is the right to peacefully worship any deity one pleases, or to refrain from doing so,
Understanding that due to the complexities and intricacies an religious practice, legislation in regards to the topic of religion ought to be careful, straightforward, and respectful,
The General Assembly, finally transcribing the freedom of religion into international law, hereby:
Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, the following terms:
"religious belief" as any set of spiritual beliefs regarding the nature and origins of the universe involving a concept of the divine or supernatural,
"religious practice" as any practice associated with a religion, be it practiced through rituals, prayer, or any other sort of activity, performed either individually or in a group,
Asserts the right of all individuals in World Assembly member-states to hold any religious belief, including a lack of religious beliefs, without fear of state punishment, reprisal, or persecution,
Asserts, furthermore, the right of all individuals in World Assembly member-states to engage in any religious practice, or to refuse to engage in said practices, without fear of state punishment, reprisal, or persecution, except where restrictions on said practice are the least restrictive means by which to advance a compelling, practical public interest in the maintenance of safety, health, or good order,
Asserts the right of all individuals to gather into groups, organisations, and institutions associated with religious belief without fear of state punishment, reprisal, or persecution, subject to the same restrictions established in Clause 3,
Strongly urges member nations to adopt a secular policy towards religious practice,
Strongly urges all member nations to refrain from criminalising victimless crimes when performed out of a genuinely-held religious belief,
Clarifies that nothing in this resolution shall be construed as preventing member nations from taking action against those groups whose religious beliefs manifest themselves in violence or coercive action.
Passed: | |
For: | 14,304 | 76.2% |
Against: | 4,471 | 23.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 431
Agricultural Invasive Species Act
A resolution to develop industry around the world.
Category: Advancement of Industry
Area of Effect: Protective Tariffs
Proposed by: The Wallenburgian World Assembly Offices
Recognizing agriculture as the most fundamental industry of most member states,
Alarmed at the harms of invasive species of pathogens, weeds, and animals on agriculture and those employed in agriculture,
The World Assembly hereby,
Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, "invasive species" as non-native species of non-sapient life that, upon introduction into or nearby the agricultural ecosystems of a member state, significantly imperil the health or productivity of those agricultural ecosystems,
Establishes minimum standards that regulate trade in order to avoid transference of invasive species,
Requires member states to employ nondestructive customs procedures or screenings in accordance with previous World Assembly legislation and otherwise of their choice on all goods entering or exiting national jurisdiction, to the extent that tests for invasive species on sampled goods guarantee a power of 80%,
Mandates fines on goods that are found contaminated with species invasive to the area of the goods' destination and do not undergo effective decontamination procedures,
Prohibits the transportation of live organisms of invasive species or goods contaminated with invasive species without sufficient measures to guarantee containment during transport, to or through areas where they pose a threat to agricultural ecosystems,
Urges the imposition of tariffs on goods known to frequently harbor invasive species in response to nations that fail to adequately inspect outgoing shipping for such infestations,
Continues to prohibit the use of invasive species against agricultural resources as an economic or military weapon,
Urges member states to research the possibility of various species becoming invasive, especially toward agricultural ecosystems, and to communicate any knowledge of invasive species to other states and the World Assembly Science Program,
Establishes the Agricultural Invasive Species Removal Service, and charges it with assisting, upon member states' request, in the removal or destruction of invasive species,
Provides for the use of selective pesticides and herbicides, and means to capture or kill invasive fauna, to eliminate populations of invasive species causing harm to agricultural ecosystems, within the limitations of already existing World Assembly law and national law,
Limits the Agricultural Invasive Species Removal Service to the use of methods that do not cause undue damage to the immediate or surrounding environment.
Passed: |
For: | 11,131 | 63.6% |
Against: | 6,364 | 36.4% |