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Emissary Report - August 2020


10000 Islands Emissary Update

Date: August 2020
Population: 1503
Delegate Endorsements: 604
Forum: Linkhttp://10000islands.proboards.com/
Discord: Linkhttps://discord.gg/mw27pug

TITO Command

Has your region been invaded, or do you want to get in touch with TITO? If so, contact one of the following nations:
~Chief Executive: Markanite.
~Field Commander: Kanta Hame.
~Tactical Officers: Shy Guyia, Smugglers and Mercs (EF), THX1138, Controlitia.
~Executive Officers: Aschente, Hakketomat.

Government

As of this report's publication, the Government of 10000 Islands consists of:
~Chief Executive: Markanite
~WA Delegate: Kuriko
~Senior Senator for Blue Canaria North (Emissary Report): Grea Kriopia
~Senator for Lyonnesse East (Houses): Thedairos
~Senator for New Republica South (Debates and Discussions): Controlitia
~Senator for Himes West (RP): Wille-Harlia
~Minister of Labor: HumanSanity
~Minister of Immigration: THX1138
~Minister of Education: The tasmanian islands

Delegate Kuriko posted an official statement after recent incidents with our Discord. You can read it here.

Information about other government officials of 10000 Islands can be found Linkhere.

New Government Appointments

~ Senator Thedairos appointed Free Las Pinas to serve as their Deputy Senator for Lyonnesse East to help out with maintaining XKI Houses and hosting competitions.
~ As N-Day approaches in September, Haivon was hired to help coordinate N-Day efforts with The Potato Alliance on behalf of XKI.
~ In line with new legislation creating a Discord moderation team separate from XKI government, 10 new appointments were made to the new mod team. You can find the full list of members in the Ministry of Labor payroll.

Around the Islands

~ August's LinkFeatured Nation was Margaux, a prolific roleplayer who has also served in TITO, as a recruiter, and as Deputy Senator for Himes West. Keep up the good work!
~ XKI's first-ever LinkTacoVison, hosted by Hakketomat, was a resounding success, with over 20 participating nations, a Discord listening party, and a live vote count. HN67 proved his excellent music taste with his winning song entry LinkMoney Run Low by The Score. Congrats!
~ Minister of Immigration, THX1138, gave recruiters a chance to win tons of Tacos during the LinkTreasure Beach Summer Recruiter Event. Although the event was briefly interrupted for Accelerator maintenance, recruiters were eager to continue the race to draw in new nations, and the competition has been extended into September.
~ A multitude of fantastic flag designs were submitted for the LinkA Taco Archipelago Flag Contest, sponsored by Taco-Island-Charities. After much consideration, Islanders chose the entry by Free Las Pinas, making it A Taco Archipelago's official flag! Congratulations FLP and thank you to all who participated.
~ Additionally, Taco-Island-Charities is hosting a Short Story Contest on our forums with a taco prize! Find more info Linkhere.
~ The Cultural Office was hard at work this month, introducing two brand new events! First, they asked everyone to put on their thinking caps with a Weekly Riddle competition hosted gameside. They also gave Islander's a chance to share a laugh and snack on popcorn during XKI's first official Linkmovie night, watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Big thanks to the Cultural Office Staff for their amazing work!

Islander Achievements

We're trying out a new section for this report, dedicated to the individual achievements and efforts of XKI members. Don't forget to drop by and congratulate them on their success!

~ Blogotopia was ranked as the #6 Top Issue Player early in August. Little wonder, given that they're Number 1 in Welfare, Public Education, and Youth Rebelliousness, and are in the top 0.1% for an astounding 38 stats.
~ Not to be outdone Tzo was ranked as the #4 Top Issue Player in the same dispatch, being first in Intelligence, Culture, and Inclusiveness. They are also in the top 10 ranking for a grand total of 16 stats! Congrats to both of XKI's premier issue players! We hope to see you both continue to rise in the rankings.
~ Paffnia has been busily typing away with his latest issue draft Parking? Lots! Filled with humor and Paff's signature charm, the draft is shaping up nicely for submission. Here in XKI, we're keeping our fingers crossed for a quick publication!
~ Wischland was too humble to mention her own issue drafts when writing this section but she has at least two in the works, Spare a Couple Endorsements, Leader? and Of Wealth and Health, as well as one already submitted! Most definitely a promising career of issue writing in her future and fingers crossed on publishing!
~ Despite being just a few months old in NS, Free Las Pinas has already become an important figure in the realm of trading cards. With a deck valuation at an incredible 2553.78, FLP is already ranked in 100th place for International Artwork. As if that wasn't awesome enough, he's also been a boon to the region with his card mentorship and contributions to the LinkXKI Card Co-op. Thank you FLP, and keep up all the good work!

XKI Game-Side

A poll by THX1138 held this August made stomachs rumble, asking Islanders about their favorite type of pie as we approach the fall season.

The RMB just kept giving this August with these wonderful gems...

Dress in layers
Poker face
Wrong kind of celebration!
Don't jump the gun
Riddle has 6 letters
To CTE, or not to CTE
Hope you're at cat person
A little wisdom
Collective groaning
Gif me a break

WA Affairs

Going forward, you can catch the WA Affairs found in the vote tracker created by the 10ki wa secretariat. This section will not be included in future editions.

WA Vote Tracker 2

by 10ki wa secretariat


World Assembly Supremacy Program

Recent Proposals:

SC, December 15th 2020 Commend Praeceps: A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
Author: Honeydewstania
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 13 | Against 2 | Abstain 0 | Delegate’s Prerogative 1
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 453)
Final WA vote: For 11771 (89%) | Against 1462 (11%)
Result: Passed.

The Security Council,

Observing that Praeceps was one of the nations that pioneered the formation of The North Pacific Cards Guild, and was subsequently appointed as its first Guildmaster,

Noting The North Pacific Cards Guild’s role as the first and largest alliance of art collecting nations and further noting the high concentration of influential collecting nations involved within its programs,

Realising that the efforts of Praeceps as Guildmaster are largely responsible for such successes, including:

  • Investing large amounts of time processing artwork requests, accepting new guild members, tallying votes for various events, and outwardly representing the guild on the international stage,

  • Creating the 31 Days of Legendaries Event, resulting in higher guild publicity and membership growth due to the massive distribution of highly valued artwork,

  • Overseeing the production and execution of the The Comprehensive Guide to NationStates Cards, one of the most frequently cited references among collectors; The Monthly Snapshot, a semi-frequent and comprehensive artwork news source; and The Monthly Card Collection Competition, where nations compete to create collections matching a predetermined theme and have the chance to win highly coveted art pieces,

  • Recruitment of nations within the guild to serve in the leadership, many of which who have been previously recognised by the Security Council for their own outstanding achievements to the guild and beyond,

  • Peacekeeping through the humane punishment of nefarious nations who violate the rules of the North Pacific Cards Guild, such as the condemned Noahs Second Country, who was caught in the egregious act of stealing bank funds from a fellow guild member,

Recognising that Praeceps’ efforts in modeling The North Pacific Cards Guild into a professional organisation led to the eventual establishment of the Ministry of Cards within The North Pacific, permanently establishing their legacy within the largest region in the world,

Appreciating the open, community-driven nature of Praeceps, as indicated by their narratives in publications such as The Monthly Snapshot and in interregional festivals, where they encourage other regions to develop similar programs and offer their assistance in doing so, inspiring artwork programs in regions such as 10000 Islands,

Lauding Praeceps for their other contributions to The North Pacific, such as by serving two terms as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, where they resurrected the previously inactive diplomatic corps and remodeled it into an efficient organisation, as well as introducing the practice of releasing regular updates during the term which has since been adopted by other ministries,

Applauding Praeceps for their contributions to The North Pacific's Ministry of Culture through their role as Deputy Minister, where they organise 'Social Deduction Games' - fun games that help to foster regional activity and create bonds between nations,

Acclaiming Praeceps for their legislative contributions in The North Pacific, which include proposing constitutional amendments that clarified procedures regarding security checks and prohibiting members of the Security Council from being members while having a lapsed citizenship, boosting regional security,

Praising Praeceps for their positive international impact via the World Assembly as the author and co-author of several
World Assembly proposals and resolutions, such as:

  • The Security Council proposal to remove password protection from The Union of the Axis Power, a fascist and Nazi-aligned region, which, despite not passing, spurred the regional leadership to destroy and attempt to reestablish the region, getting captured by anti-fascist forces in the process,

  • Security Council Resolution #303 “Commend Destructive Government Economic System”, the first resolution to commend a nation for their participation in the international artwork trade due to their community contributions and artwork preservation efforts,

  • Security Council Resolution #334 “Commend The Templar High Council”, a unique resolution that commended a nation renowned for their in-depth and purposeful storytelling, which is revered around the multiverse,

Determining Praeceps to be an exemplary nation dedicated to assisting both their regional and the international community via their outlined actions,

Hereby Commends Praeceps.

Co-authored by Pineappleistania.

GA, December 13th 2020 Repeal “Rights of the Employed”: A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Author: Cretox State
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 4 | Against 10 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: Against (weight 454)
Final WA vote: For 11898 (80.1%) | Against 2960 (19.9%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Commending the efforts of GA 491 "Rights of the employed" in enumerating several rights of workers,
Concerned, however, that sloppy writing and easily foreseeable consequences have transformed this well-intentioned resolution into a heavily flawed piece of legislation that imposes substantial unintended costs and directly undermines its own agenda,

Troubled that the resolution requires that workers prove to their employers the necessity of their breastfeeding in the workplace, a condition which is both obviously problematic and flies in the face of the legislation's stated purpose,

Disturbed that the resolution mandates a private area in the workplace "reserved for the sole purpose of breastfeeding" for workplaces subject to the mandates of clause E(3), a costly and unrealistic burden on small businesses and workplaces that cannot practically accommodate such a requirement,

Elaborating that the above mandate also establishes a substantial incentive for firms to avoid hiring female labor in direct contravention of the intentions of this resolution and WA labor law, especially given the absence of any non-discrimination hiring protections applying to breastfeeding in this resolution,

Confounded that the resolution requires at least eight weeks of leave for adoption, despite older children generally needing no special caregiver attention,

Adding that this mandate incentivizes business-minded governments to unduly burden adoption of older children to the detriment of adoptees, adopting families, and foster care systems,

Recognizing that extant WA law covers the two main policy objectives of this resolution, parental leave and retaliation, to a far greater degree, with:

  1. GA 503 "Protecting Legal Rights of Workers" ensuring that workers are not retaliated against for seeking legal enforcement of their rights; and

  2. GA 527 "Protected Working Leave" providing for far broader parental and other leave;

Reminding that several extant resolutions, including GA 35 "The Charter of Civil Rights", GA 91 "A Convention on Gender", and GA 457 "Defending the Rights of Sexual and Gender Minorities" more than adequately cover discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression, or sexual identity, and

Convinced that a heavily flawed, overreaching, and largely redundant piece of legislation has every reason to be repealed,

Hereby repeals GA 491 "Rights of the employed".

GA, December 8th 2020 Repeal “Protecting Sites of Religious Significance": A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Author: Honeydewstania
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 9 | Against 1 | Abstain 1
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 458)
Final WA vote: For 10288 (68.6%) | Against 4711 (31.4%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Affirming the importance of identifying and protecting sites of cultural significance;

Acknowledging that religious sites frequently fall into this category and are deserving of protection;

Gratified by the long-standing success of General Assembly Resolution #287 "Cultural Site Preservation", which codifies identification and protection for sites with all manner of cultural significance;

Abhorring the needless and overreaching bureaucracy present in General Assembly Resolution #522 "Protecting Sites of Religious Significance", which both duplicates effort and exceeds reasonable boundaries;

Notes that the target resolution creates extensive and overlapping efforts in this regard through the creation of a second committee tasked with an overlapping mandate, and the separate designations of significance for religious sites now being required under multiple competing resolutions;

Annoyed that the creation of this unnecessary second committee will massively waste World Assembly funds that would be of better use elsewhere;

Further notes that the target resolution uses incredibly broad and problematic definitions, such as:

  • defining any ‘place of religious community’ as a site of religious significance to be protected in perpetuity, which will include culturally insignificant houses with shrines where community worship may take place, preventing owners of the house from altering the religious nature of the house in the future even if their own religious views have changed;

  • defining any grave ‘of people associated with […] a religion’ as a site of religious significance to be protected in perpetuity, which would render the grave of any deceased practitioner of an active religion forever untouchable, even for law enforcement purposes such as recovering evidence in a murder;

Dismayed that member nations are required to protect "foundational place, or places, of a religion" in perpetuity, which could lead to people declaring the establishment of a religion to immediately gain international protections for their person and property against even the most reasonable of societal demands;

Troubled that sites of religious significance established through invasion may be completely desecrated by member nations regardless of their current importance to the adherents of the religion at present;

Further troubled that the resolution does not fully prevent member nations from applying blanket access restrictions to sites of religious significance, defeating the purpose of protecting these sites in the first place;

Confused by unclear wording in the resolution, such as ‘[a]busing [sic] one's private property rights in the pursuit of gaining the legal right to protect or maintain a site of religious significance’, which could lead to vastly different interpretations by member nations and not result in the intended effect that the clause wanted;

Concluding that the member nations of the World Assembly should repeal a flawed resolution; hereby:
Repeals General Assembly Resolution #522, “Protecting Sites of Religious Significance.”

Co-authored by Verdant Haven.

SC, December 6th 2020 Commend The Templar High Council: A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
Author: Praeceps
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 12 | Against 0 | Abstain 0 | Delegates prerogative 1
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 457)
Final WA vote: For 12212 (88.8%) | Against 1534 (11.2%)
Result: Passed.

The Security Council,

Realizing that throughout the universe there are nations which specifically focus on contributing significantly to building the international literary collective,

Believing that epistolaries contribute significantly to the enjoyment of an innumerable number of beings, creates more activity in the multiverse, and that significant, consistent contributions of an appropriately high quality to this area should be recognized by the Security Council,

Acknowledging that The Templar High Council is a nation which has focused on developing the international literary collective, particularly in the genre of fantasy,

Appreciating The Templar High Council’s efforts in protecting The Council of the Multiverse by quickly organizing a refounding of the region when the previous founder was unwilling to protect the group, then subsequently as its founder, ultimately ensuring that the collaborative literary group can further the international art of storytelling, that this Council of the Multiverse has, under the direction of The Templar High Council:

  1. Helped international authors improve in their authorship of fictional realms that they wish to build by providing pre-publication feedback,

  2. Helped in the publicization of collaborative fictional universes that authors have an opportunity to contribute to,

  3. Compiled vast resources for authors from all nations that may be used to develop their settings,

Approving of The Templar High Council’s authors who have started the groundwork for expansive and widely-known anthologies, including:

  1. A world of Martial Magic, focusing on the dojo of Ray Williams as he attempts to train children in the art of chi,

  2. The story of Thalia West’s studies at the Mana Academy,

  3. The aftermath of the fall of a region full of pocket-sized monsters and how a valiant rebellion rises to oppose them,

Admiring The Templar High Council’s authors, who took a leading role in supporting the authors who established the beginning of universal collaborative stories such as:

  1. The resulting effects of when victims of a massive explosion unexpectedly survived and received superpowers,

  2. The progress on a journey of thousands of players of a game who got sucked into and trapped in the online game world,

  3. The heroic exploits of teams of hunters and huntresses who fought to protect humanity from a grim demise at the hands of monsters,

  4. A world where demons are fighting in a war of the gods to determine the future of humanity,

  5. The adventures of a group of heroes who fought against the darkspawn which threatened to inflict blight across the world and members of a mercenary band seeking fame and fortune,

  6. A mercenary school dedicated to the art of warfare in all aspects and in training up the next generation of soldiers and generals,

Appreciating the stories which have been written in The Templar High Council in collaboration with authors from other nations including but most certainly not limited to:

  1. Arcturus Reticio’s adventures as a loyal soldier while hiding a secret affinity for magic,

  2. Maiso Sh*tai’s studies in becoming a grim reaper and ferrying dead souls to the afterlife,

  3. Zoe Foster, a vector and inertia manipulator who is in training to become a professional hero,

  4. The heroics of various super-powered members of the Justice Queens in their fight against evil,

Concluding that The Templar High Council’s authors are incredibly skilled and have significantly contributed to the fictional writing sphere through their immense literary prowess,

Hereby commends The Templar High Council.

GA, December 4th 2020 Protected Working Leave: A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
Author: Cretox State
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 9 | Against 12 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 454)
Final WA vote: For 12305 (80.7%) | Against 2951 (19.3%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Understanding the importance of an economically and socially secure working class to long-term economic growth,

Believing that said security does not need to be mutually exclusive with the decision to raise a family or the need to maintain good health, and

Wishing to ensure that working people in all member nations have access to paid leave and job security in order to care for themselves and their loved ones, without unduly disrupting the operations of their employers, hereby:

  1. Defines for the purposes of this resolution:

    1. a "worker" as any individual bound by a contract to perform work or services for an employer, whose employment contract mandates the work or services be performed specifically by that worker, involves an obligation for the worker to perform work and the employer to provide it, and implies the employer having some degree of control over the manner in which the work is performed; and

    2. "paid leave" as time during which a worker is not required to perform the work or services specified in their employment contract and receives:

      1. compensation sufficient to financially support themselves and their dependents, to be provided by the government of a member nation;

      2. all employment-related benefits which would otherwise be provided to that worker, to be provided by their employer; and

      3. the guaranteed ability to return to the same or a comparable job after the conclusion of paid leave, should their employer reasonably be able to provide such;

  2. Declares that member nations must provide workers who request such with a reasonable duration of paid leave to the extent necessary to adequately service any of the following conditions:

    1. to care for a new child due to childbirth, adoption, or placement of said child in foster care should the child require such care;

    2. to care for a seriously ill or physically or mentally disabled spouse, child below the age of majority, parent, grandparent, or dependent should they require such care; or

    3. to recover from their own serious illness;

  3. Forbids employers from discriminating or retaliating against workers for requesting or taking paid leave pursuant to section 2 of this resolution; such retaliation including:

    1. not returning said workers to the same or a comparable job;

    2. terminating employment;

    3. reducing compensation or benefits; or

    4. disciplining said workers;

  4. Requires that workers:

    1. give their employer reasonable notice in the event of a foreseeable birth or adoption; and

    2. alert their employer of serious health conditions that are the reason for their requesting paid leave if practicable;

  5. Clarifies that:

    1. employers may not impose unnecessarily onerous conditions on the granting of paid leave;

    2. any additional conditions by an employer on the granting of paid leave are to be implemented and enforced at the employer's expense;

    3. member nations may place the burden of providing financial compensation to workers over the duration of paid leave on said workers' employer should the employer be capable of providing such without significant financial strain; and

    4. employers, member nations, and World Assembly resolutions may implement policies granting workers more expansive paid leave than provided for by this resolution.

SC, December 2nd 2020 Condemn The Free Joy State: A resolution to express shock and dismay at a nation or region.
Author: Cretox State
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 10 | Against 3 | Abstain 0 | Delegate’s Prerogative 1
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 453)
Final WA vote: For 9785 (69.7%) | Against 4263 (30.3%)
Result: Passed.

The Security Council,

Appreciating the immense work that national leaders face on a daily basis to keep their respective nations functioning smoothly,

Realizing that these leaders often face crises of a potentially national scale, which must be dealt with quickly and decisively on top of leaders' nominal workload lest said crises metastasize into crippling catastrophes,

Noting, however, that there exist malicious actors who will stop at nothing to exploit the busyness and gullibility of the average modern leader to nefarious ends, in an area where any mistake can have disastrous consequences,

Disgusted at the relentless efforts of The Free Joy State to actively manipulate the decisions of national leaders and precipitate these calamities on a multiversal scale,

Understanding that The Free Joy State has undertaken no fewer than three confirmed mass infiltration operations that could potentially undermine the stability of any nation in existence at any time, and which this Council has been utterly powerless to stop to this day, including:

  1. Operation #522, codename "Time To Get Serious", in which Free Joyish agents pose as dour faith leaders and attempt to convince national leaders to outlaw laughter, thereby making a mockery of national governments and sowing the seeds of mass unrest in one fell swoop,

  2. Operation #549, codename "Feasting Or Fasting?", in which Free Joyish stealth teams abduct the nephews of national leaders and brainwash said nephews into coercing their aunts and uncles into tossing untold scores of overweight teenagers into gladiatorial arenas, a cruel and petty mission which only exemplifies the utter depravity of The Free Joy State, and

  3. a far more secretive plot, Operation #559 (codename "The Low Aspiration Nation"), in which operatives of The Free Joy State infiltrate the highest levels of national governments across the multiverse in an effort to trick national leaders into enslaving their own populations, a scheme so heinous even The Free Joy State's government sought to avoid being directly associated with it, leading to it being staged out of the puppet state of The New Bluestocking Homeland,

Mortified by The Free Joy State's rampant public attempts to influence those who seek to assist national leaders with running their nations and by extension corrupt their necessary work,

Reviling in horror at the blatant oppression that permeates every corner of Free Joyish society, which manifests through unnerving policies such as corporal punishment, conscription, outlawing public protest, banning people from entering or leaving the country, and human sacrifice,

Nauseated by the blatantly advertised villainy of The One True Church of the Exalted Holiness and Free Joyish institutions at large, who take a bizarre pride in their crimes against their own people, including overt racism, weekly public executions, and utter contempt for the environment and the health of their citizens,

Resolving to at least recognize the despicable endeavors of this grotesque excuse of a nation, even though they may never be stopped,

Hereby condemns The Free Joy State.

GA, November 30th 2020 Land Reclamation: A resolution to increase the quality of the worlds environment, at the expense of industry.
Author: Orca and Narwhal
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 10 | Against 4 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 450)
Final WA vote: For 10921 (76.7%) | Against 3321 (23.3%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Worried that unregulated land reclamation can lead to ecological damages with long term economic damage, as well as dangers to the health of both people and the environment;

Acknowledging the use of land reclamation by member nations to increase their land area for necessary purposes such as halting urban spread into pristine terrestrial ecosystems, or extending port facilities of growing coastal cities;

Very concerned about the loss of biodiversity hotspots and areas vital for the reproduction of commercially important marine species, as an unintended consequence of land reclamation;

Especially aware of the vulnerability of shallow marine ecosystems and the coastal areas, yet understanding the occasional necessity for their development;

Searching for a way to balance ecological concerns with the necessities of urban development;
Hereby:

  1. Defines:

    1. “land reclamation” as the oceanic construction of new dry land in a nation’s territory;

    2. “impact study” as an independent survey conducted to determine the potential ecological impacts of land reclamation;

  2. Mandates thats a good faith effort to obtain and apply materials that cause as little environmental damage as possible for the physical stage of land reclamation must be made, unless obtaining those materials is incredibly infeasible or costly, in which case the best possible alternative must be used;

  3. Subject to clause 5 of this resolution, orders member nations to prevent a land reclamation project from proceeding if it is likely to cause environmental damage that will severely imperil the health of marine life or those that live nearby;

    1. Clarifies that if the potential damage caused can and will be mitigated to a reasonable level, the land reclamation project may proceed;

  4. Requires member nations to conduct impact studies to determine if proceeding with land reclamation will not violate this resolution;

  5. Requires that results of impact studies must be submitted to the Environmental Survey of the World Assembly (ESWA), and tasks the ESWA with:

    1. issuing special permits to land reclamation projects that would otherwise violate this resolution only if:

      1. not proceeding with land reclamation will severely imperil the health of a nation’s population; or

      2. not proceeding with land reclamation will cause greater environmental damage than doing so;

    2. issuing normal permits to land reclamation projects that will not violate this resolution;

    3. prohibiting land reclamation from taking place if it violates the restrictions laid out by this resolution;

  6. Mandates that land reclamation projects that are issued permits as a result of clause 5a must cause as little environmental damage as feasible, and prohibits land reclamation projects from proceeding if they are denied a permit by the ESWA.

Co-authored by Honeydewistania.

SC, November 27th 2020 Commend Kenmoria: A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
Author: Honeydewstania
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 11 | Against 1 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 453)
Final WA vote: For 11738 (80.9%) | Against 2767 (19.1%)
Result: Passed.

The Security Council,

Believing that nations that make significant contributions to the international community should be formally recognised, and that Kenmoria is one such nation,

Applauding Kenmoria’s novel approach to economic freedom, which includes allowing corporations to own and operate judicial systems and entire towns, and such a deregulated model has resulted in the privately-owned Kenmorian airports and airways being reputed for their efficient security and affordable accommodations,

Impressed by the Kenmorian government, a parliamentary democracy elected every five years, which has enacted policies beneficial for the Kenmorian populace such as a nationwide subsidised internet connection and a world-class road infrastructure,

Recognising Kenmoria for their involvement in the crisis in Posteastan via the corporation Construction Enterprises, in which they provided humanitarian aid and helped to reconstruct civilisation after a complete obliteration of social order,

Further recognising that Kenmoria, despite not being an official member of the World Assembly, is in compliance with every resolution passed, a shining example of which many other non-WA member nations should follow,

Fully appreciating the Kenmoria WA Mission, led by the Ambassador James Lewitt, for their omnipresence in World Assembly discussion channels and forums, in which they:

  • provide consistent and constructive criticism on draft proposals, as well as suggest crucial additions to content, ensuring that resolutions passed may be of the highest quality,

  • create a more positive and conducive environment for newer and less experienced authors, and guide them in the tough process of passing their own proposals,

  • state extremely insightful opinions and commentaries on World Assembly related discussion (excepting one occasion that deservedly resulted in the defenestration of Ambassador Lewitt), which are understandably revered by the international community,

Extolling the Kenmoria WA Mission for their co-authorship of several resolutions, which further indicates their devotion to assisting fellow delegations in improving international law, ensuring the passage of resolutions such as:

  • General Assembly Resolution 481 "Data Protection Accord", a resolution which guaranteed privacy for people in member nations by prohibiting most cases of non-consensual data collection,

  • General Assembly Resolution 494 "Regulating Desalination", a resolution which enforced environmental regulations regarding the construction and operations of desalination plants,

  • General Assembly Resolution 511 "Ensuring Effectual Recycling", a resolution which required systems for the recycling of items to be in place, allowing for reuse of waste and preventing it from damaging ecosystems,

Praising the Kenmoria WA Mission for their contributions to international law as submitting author, which include:

  • General Assembly Resolution 469 "Reducing Food Waste", a resolution which prevented the unnecessary wastage of edible food, protecting the environment and providing nourishment for the poor,

  • General Assembly Resolution 475 "Promoting Natural Sciences in Schools", a resolution which ensured that all students in member nations received a science education based on empirical evidence and logical reasoning,

Observing that while in Europe, Kenmoria served as an Undersecretary of the European WA Office, and in that position they participated in the authorship of multiple informational dispatches for residents of Europe, allowing them to make well-informed votes on World Assembly proposals,

Acclaiming Kenmoria’s authorship of the document 'Power to the (AI) People', which highlighted the issue of Artificially
Intelligent citizens being shut down as a result of power trips, resulting in governments making prompt decisions to resolve the issue,

Concluding that Kenmoria is a nation that absolutely deserves formal recognition, and that an official commendation from this Council is in order,

Hereby commends Kenmoria.

GA, November 26th 2020 Repeal “Landfill Regulation Act”: A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Author: Honeydewstania
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 12 | Against 6 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 453)
Final WA vote: For 9236 (62.3%) | Against 5599 (37.7%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Observing the excessive micromanagement in General Assembly Resolution #520, “Landfill Regulation Act”, which includes mandating that member nations create agencies to ensure compliance, unnecessary handholding and bureaucracy that is better left to be decided by member nations themselves;

Further observing that this overreach ignores member nations who use private companies to survey environments, which results in member nations being forced to create agencies they will not use, meaning that the bureaucracy is even more pointless;

Concerned that the poor definition of SWL includes locations such as scrap metal yards, which pose little to no significant harm to public health or the surrounding environment, resulting in harsh mandates being placed on these ‘landfills’ that could cost exorbitant amounts of money;

Dismayed that systems for the collection and removal of leachate are mandated regardless of the potential danger the leachate causes to public health or to the environment, yet another excessively broad mandate;

Further concerned that implementing such unnecessary regulations negatively affect the operations of ‘solid waste landfills’ with very little potential positive benefit;

Realising that placing these mandates on SWLs without any form of subsidy or funding could lead to costs being passed on to the consumers, therefore giving them incentives to dispose of solid waste at unregulated areas instead and defeat the resolution’s purpose of protecting the environment from solid waste;

Convinced that a poorly executed and overreaching resolution ought to be repealed, hereby:

Repeals General Assembly Resolution 520, “Landfill Regulation Act”.

SC, November 23rd 2020 Commend Twobagger: A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
Author: Jakker City
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: N/A
Final Regional vote: N/A
Final Delegate vote: Against (weight 453)
Final WA vote: For 6820 (46.9%) | Against 7736 (53.1%)
Result: Failed to pass.

The Security Council,

Affirming Twobagger as a nation that has spent years prioritizing values of community and region-building through their involvement in regions such as 10000 Islands,

Highlighting that records of the nominee's achievements are not publicly accessible and hoping that this proposal can serve to document several of them for future generations,

Applauding the 300+ times in which Twobagger was involved in defenses and liberations for regions in dire need. These actions supported sovereignty and ensured that hundreds of regions could govern how they saw fit. These efforts include:

  • Served as a role model of defending activity for many months in 2019 which inspired other defending nations to participate and led to Twobagger being recognized as the best nation for defense engagement that year;

  • Helped to ensure that The East Pacific went back to rightful members of the community after the region dealt with a government coup in 2019;

  • Coordinated troops of 10000 Islands to defend Philippines and participated in the siege of Anontia in 2019;

  • Led troops for 10000 Islands as a Tactical Officer in the overtaking of The Iron Confederacy in 2019, a region that promoted fascist ideals;

  • Contributed in the refounding of The Skeleton Army in 2012, a region that has been commended by this body;

  • Assisted in the organization of the resistance movement to bring Great Bights Mum back to the delegacy of The North Pacific in 2008 after the government was couped by Lewis and Clark;

Praising the nominee’s innovation to strengthen military operations in 10000 Islands and across defending. These accomplishments have left a lasting, positive impact on defending across the world because Twobagger not only developed a new military strategy that is still used today, but also ensured sustainability in defender leadership. These efforts include:

  • Oversaw the tactical officer transition of THX1138as well as assisted in the officer training of Mingulay Isle;

  • Designed technology that detected and stopped several foreign threats attempting to overtake a region which would have likely been successful otherwise;

  • Developed the military tactic for defenders to change delegacies of raiding nations during foreign occupations to reduce the pace that additional regional officers could eject nations. This approach also helps to maintain morale for nations in the occupied region and those involved in the defending;

Acknowledging the leadership of the nominee to build community within 10000 Islands and go above and beyond to look after other regional members such as:

  • Served as a senator for five terms and wrote a proposal to ensure that members of 10000 Islands' government received salaries in the form of the regional currency. This served as a foundation for the Wage Reform Act, as well as a proposal that inspired the Chief Executive to make government voting records public information;

  • Participated in several recruitment events like "Team Battles" to help the region grow in population, including the recruitment of future Senator Isles of Nixon as well as a future 10000 Islands Knight, at a time when automated efforts to recruit nations did not exist;

  • Engaged in multiple leadership initiatives for community integration including Mayor of Taco Island, which involved facilitating games and activities to bring nations together as well as Speaker for the Mayor Shelter Political Party, which included encouraging other nations to engage in regional politics;

Recognizing the nominee’s authorship of an essay that detailed their change in regional alliances and outlined considerations that a nation should make when faced with such difficult decisions,
Declaring that this nominee has showcased dedication to building regional communities and has left a lasting impact that warrants public recognition,
Hereby Commends Twobagger.

GA, November 23rd 2020 Repeal “Supporting and Valuing the Humanities: A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Author: Imperium Anglorium
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 7 | Against 4 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 452)
Final WA vote: For 12624 (84.9%) | Against 2238 (15.1%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly finds as follows:
  1. Subtle unintended consequences should not be ignored or dismissed just because they are difficult to understand. The target resolution (GA 495) has subtle unintended consequences that need explanation at length.

  2. GA 495 establishes a fundamentally broken control mechanism which states that another committee will '[ensure] that money accepted by nations or organisations from the WHF is used for the above established purpose'. It also states that 'if incorrect use of funds is reported, the GAO will cease the allowance of funds to the transgressing nation or organisation' (emphasis not in original). This anti-corruption mechanism creates massive harms. The passive construction of the section 5 suggests that the mere reporting of an incorrect use of funds triggers an embargo on General Accounting Office money. The Office has no explicit statutory authority to reject false or malicious reports. The Assembly supports many projects in member nations: GAO money in GA 263 'Uranium Mining Standards Act' s 8 helps prevent radiological accidents, GAO funds given in GA 97 'Quality in Health Services' support universal healthcare in poor countries, and funds disbursed by GA 80 'A Promotion of Basic Education' ensure that disadvantaged children are educated (including in the humanities).

  3. The target embargoes money until a member nation receives a favourable verdict, instead of ordering funds to stop only when a tribunal determines a violation has occurred. The extent of the embargo is also not limited to the specific project which is allegedly corrupt, as the resolution applies to the 'transgressing nation'. An education department buying school supplies with money allocated for building repairs can thus defund health services and schools on the opposite side of a nation.

  4. GA 495 also states '[t]he WHF shall exist to provide funding to constituent nations and non profit organisations within them to accomplish either in part or in full the following objectives'. There is no clause requiring that requestors only get money for projects which they could not pay for themselves, suggesting indirect diversion of funds, as nations can purposefully defund their schools, fill holes in the budget with General Fund money, and pocket the difference. Member nations should not be allowed to take Assembly funds dishonestly.

  5. The kinds of projects the WHF approves are not limited only to projects which have a primary effect in achieving the goals listed in the resolution. Section 3's 'accomplish either in part or in full' does not put a floor on how little is accomplished, opening the sewer doors to:

    1. Building a lazy river for university students to relax on, as the project in part helps to 'strengthen the academic enrichment of courses and create [humanities] electives', if people may paint murals on the walls or a chapel is attached.

    2. Organisations sending theology professors from across the country to theme parks, as it in part helps to 'hold nationwide symposiums to put on ... advancements in the various areas of the humanities'.

    3. A nation defunding its own humanities departments and shuffling the freed-up money to foreign bank accounts would create a need to 'support university degree programs that fall within the definition of the humanities', a problem at which this committee could then throw money.

  6. '[E]nsuring that money accepted by nations or organisations from the WHF is used for the above established purpose' in section 4(a) does nothing when the money is given for wasteful purposes. The clause seems as if it is supposed to stop nations from taking the money they receive and directly diverting it to other purposes. The clause does not stop indirect diversion as described above.

  7. Wasteful spending programs mean less money for food aid, pandemic relief, and basic education. Feel-good resolutions should not be supported when they are coupled with draconian punishments and provisions which leave open massive doors for squandering limited Assembly funds. Nor is it just to deprive member nations – without due process and, at best, on minor irregularities – of what they need to educate, heal, and protect their citizens. Repeal of GA 495 also will cause no substantial harm due to the provisions of GA 80 'A Promotion of Basic Education', which promote the same goals, without the overbearing penalties or the deficient anti-graft mechanisms of the target resolution.

Now, therefore, be GA 495 'Supporting and Valuing the Humanities' repealed.

SC, November 19th 2020 Commend Ariusgrad: A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region
Author: Joan dArc
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 11 | Against 1 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 448)
Final WA vote: For 4575 (31.7%) | [color=red]Against 9849 (68.3%)
Result: Failed to pass.

The Security Council,

Noting that Ariusgrad, first elected on January 31st, 2012, has been the longest serving delegate of the region Philippines to the World Assembly,

Recognizing the eight and a half years of unparalleled service of Ariusgrad to said region as its President, encouraging active participation of its residents in regional and global affairs,

Impressed by the performance of Ariusgrad as they took the task of leading a relatively small and unknown region riddled with fleeting administrations, feuding member nations, and strong invasions,

Further noting that Ariusgrad introduced to Philippinesat least 11 new government capacities within a constitutional democratic setup, including the Vice Delegate (Vice President), the Communications Officer (Minister of Foreign Affairs), the Homeland Officer (Minister of Domestic Affairs), and the Security Officer (Minister of Defense) as a commitment towards efficient and effective service within and outside the region,

Admiring the fact that they quickly resolved at least 30 invasion attempts during their administration of the Philippines, including at least four that had a total of over 40 invading nations and at least one with a total of over 70 invading nations taking control of the region from Ariusgrad,

Applauding the diplomacy of Ariusgrad as they helped their region maintain warm relations with more than 100 regions at one time, including multiple major regions such as The Rejected Realms and The Order of the Grey Wardens, while cooperating and working with a number of them in multiple missions in the past,

Praising the leadership of Ariusgrad which brought Philippines to new heights, administering the most number of member nations in the region's history as it reached 177 nations in 2017,

Respecting their prolific work to maintain a good international standing for Philippines as Ariusgrad continued to be active in the universe by having their region join the inter-regional alliance of the URA, an alliance of over 34 independent regions dedicated to World Assembly matters and inter-regional peace,

Grateful for Ariusgrad's continued programs to bolster defense and reinforce security from the regional to the global scale in promotion of ready power for peace,

Moved by their commitment to achieve economic and social development within a shared world,

Believing that the existence of a nation passionate about individual participation, international relations, inclusiveness, openness, and democratization in this decade makes the world a better place for all,
Hereby commends Ariusgrad.

Co-authored by Lanaograd

GA, November 18th 2020 Patient Travel Freedoms: A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare
Author: Cretox State
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 8 | Against 3 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 452)
Final WA vote: For 12426 (81.1%) | Against 2892 (18.9%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Noting that adequate and affordable medical care is necessary to ensure the health of individuals and society as a whole,

Understanding that the unique medical needs of individuals can and do vary greatly, as does the medical infrastructure available within any given nation, and

Recognizing that there are occasions in which seeking medical care in a foreign country is in the best interests of an individual, hereby:

  1. Defines a "patient" as a citizen or permanent resident of a member nation seeking medical care within another member nation;

  2. Declares that, subject to this and extant World Assembly resolutions, member nations shall not obstructively interfere with the ability of their patients to seek medical care within the territory of a foreign member nation;

  3. Clarifies that member nations may implement reasonable restrictions on the ability of their patients to seek medical care within the territory of a foreign member nation to the extent necessary to address circumstances where:

    1. seeking medical care within the territory of said nation would present a severe threat to the safety of the patient, excepting potential complications caused by the medical care being sought;

    2. the patient in question is legally unable to make the decision to seek medical care in the territory of said nation due to incarceration, ongoing legal proceedings, or lacking legal competence; or

    3. there exists a compelling public interest similar in nature to the above, which clearly and demonstrably warrants restricting a patient's ability to seek medical care pursuant to this resolution and definitely outweighs the benefits to the patient in allowing such seeking of medical care;

  4. Prohibits member nations from retaliating or taking legal action against a patient for seeking medical care in a foreign member nation, except as necessary to enforce restrictions implemented pursuant to clause 3 of this resolution;

  5. Subject to other World Assembly resolutions, mandates that member nations implement clear and effective policies for providing necessary medical care to their incarcerated populations;

  6. Declares that patients within the territory of a foreign member nation have the right to:

    1. receive appropriate continuing or follow-up medical care upon returning to their member nation of origin, should providing such care not place an undue burden on the healthcare system of that member nation;

    2. receive, to the extent requested by those patients, accurate information concerning all medications prescribed to them, including their ingredients and known side effects; and

    3. be informed of available resources for resolving disputes arising from the medical care in question, including applicable domestic and foreign legal representatives, and to have potential disputes resolved in as timely a manner as can reasonably be provided, and to be made aware of their outcome;

  7. Subject to other World Assembly resolutions and other provisions of this resolution, requires member nations to collect and compile accurate and actionable data concerning their patients' reasons for seeking medical care in a foreign member nation, to such a degree that does not constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and to use said data to identify and address weaknesses in their domestic healthcare systems; and

  8. Urges member nations to further improve domestic access to medical care.

SC, November 16th 2020 Commend Sierra Lyricalia: A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
Author: Cretox State
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 12 | Against 2 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 450)
Final WA vote: For 12495 (89.6%) | Against 1449 (10.4%)
Result: Passed.

The Security Council,

Saluting Sierra Lyricalia, as well as its affiliated delegations and territories, as an incredibly versatile nation whose remarkable contributions to vastly different and equally essential areas of international concern are only fully recognized by a few,

Impressed by the outstanding efforts of Sierra Lyricalia's uniquely competent World Assembly delegation, as exemplified by:

  1. their authorship of AI Coexistence Protocol, a General Assembly resolution which made significant strides towards the peaceful coexistence of synthetic and biological life while preventing the development of a catastrophic information singularity, and

  2. their continuous efforts to assist other delegations with the authoring and revision of potential legislation, as aptly demonstrated by their vital role in the drafting and passage of:

    1. Anti-Counterfeiting Pact, a General Assembly resolution designed to protect commerce and foster international goodwill by cracking down on counterfeit legal tender, and

    2. Repeal: "Promotion of Recycling", a General Assembly resolution that repealed a critically flawed prior resolution for poor execution, incoherent language, and infeasible mandates,

Expanding on the particular talents and alcohol intake of the Lyrical delegation, which has historically been represented by individuals such as Stephenie Zakalwe, a former ambassador renowned for her skills as an astronaut and her role in rescuing a kidnapped diplomat,

Recognizing the nation's efforts to directly streamline the running of national governments throughout the multiverse by presenting colloquially written and easily understandable dossiers of options to national leaders regarding an assortment of nationally significant issues, including:

  1. Dossier #436, "Votes, Place Your Bets!" in which national leaders were presented the options of outlawing gambling on elections, implementing state-run gambling on elections, and legalizing private gambling on elections in response to the issue of offshore betting lines being used to predict election outcomes,

  2. Dossier #451, "A Proselyte To Burn," in which controversy over the burning of religious texts was brought to the attention of national leaders, who could deal with the problem by permitting the burning of books, burning or dispatching the author responsible for the burning, or protecting all books from burning, and

  3. Dossier #724, "Your Stuff Is Forfeit," in which national leaders could decisively respond to the issue of criminal asset forfeiture by choosing to ban the practice, permit forfeiture by police, or place forfeiture under government authority,

Revering the target's devotion to the founderless and frequently targeted region of Anarchy, a devotion readily apparent through Sierra Lyricalia's work in protecting their region from foreign invasion by serving as Principal-Agent of said region, in addition to acting as Delegate on several occasions,

Acclaiming the immense contributions of Sierra Lyricalia's military forces to the fight against fascism and similarly dangerous ideologies throughout the multiverse through the use of proxy states such as Lyrical International Brigade, including:

  1. rising to the rank of Squadron Admiral in the Huey P. Newton Squadron of The Red Fleet, the penultimate position attainable in a venerable military organization commended by this body for combating fascism, and maintaining the Fleet's current staging point,

  2. leading the invasion of Apartheid South Africa, an old and vile region infamous for their disgusting promotion of dangerous ideology,

  3. staging and pointing missions out of The Rainbow Fleet, which were instrumental to the 3-day operation culminating in the fall of The Iron Confederacy, and

  4. lending vital support to raids against other fascist regions, ensuring that such regions were annihilated and forever ripped from fascist hands,

Hereby commends Sierra Lyricalia.

Co-authored by Honeydewistania.

GA, November 14th 2020 Protecting Sites of Religious Significance: A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Author: Boston Castle
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 8 | Against 6 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 446)
Final WA vote: For 9534 (64.4%) | Against 5261 (35.6%)
Result: Passed.

The General Assembly,

RECOGNIZING that many religious traditions have and maintain sites that are important to the history of their creed and the practice of their creed,

FURTHER RECOGNIZING that certain sites of religious significance have have not been properly maintained and preserved,

NOTICING that while the World Assembly has affirmed the right of citizens of nations to practice the religion of their choosing, it has not affirmed that the places of significance to a religion must be protected as well.

DESIRING that this deficiency in existing legislation be remedied in international law, hereby:

  1. Defines a "site of religious significance" to be:

    1. The foundational place, or places, of a religion;

    2. A focus of worship for a religion;

    3. The graves of people associated with or significant to a religion;

    4. Places of religious community;

    5. A museum, or other site protected by law, with a religious character;

  2. Creates the Office for the Protection of Religious Sites, hereafter noted as the OPRS, which shall:

    1. Work with faith leaders to identify and designate sites of religious significance to presently practiced religions, especially those which have significant meaning to, or are are focuses of worship of, a presently practiced religion;

    2. Work with member nations to develop an effective plan to protect designated sites of religious significance; and

  3. Further clarifies that member nations must allow sites as designated by the OPRS to be deemed significant and made compliant with this resolution,

  4. Asserts the following actions are in violation of this resolution:

    1. Desecrating sites of religious significance and desecration shall be defined as;

      1. Causing permanent disrepair or irreparable damage to sites of religious significance;

      2. Destroying artefacts or materials contained at said sites which are of religious importance;

      3. The removal of bodies, relics, or items of significance with the intent to make said sites no longer significant as deemed by the OPRS, unless the removal of the bodies, relics, or items of significance is for restoration or maintenance purposes, and

      4. Altering the religious nature of said spaces as defined by the OPRS in an attempt to make them no longer significant by removing their religious character; though

      5. Desecration shall not apply in the event of an imminent threat to health and safety with the present conditions of the site, in the event that said sites were established in a hostile fashion (such as through invasion), or if said sites are being altered with a view towards preservation in perpetuity (such as through conversion into a museum);

    2. Abusing one's private property rights in the pursuit of gaining the legal right to protect or maintain a site of religious significance;

    3. Showing favoritism to, or selectively working to maintain, sites of one belief over another; and

  5. Clarifies that nations may restrict access to religious sites in an event which requires that a nation restrict the freedom of movement throughout the whole nation such as a civil war, conflict which occurs on a nation’s territory, internal instability in the region of a religious site, or if a pandemic is declared by a national health service or disease control center,

  6. Further clarifies that nations may not impose these restrictions on access solely on the grounds of religion,

  7. Urges member nations to take additional measures to provide for the security of sites of religious significance including appointing third-party controllers of religious sites in the event that this would prove to be more conducive to their continued survival and maintenance than local administration.

SC, November 11th 2020 Repeal “Commend Wintony”: A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Author: Makdon
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 4 | Against 0 | Abstain 2 | Delegate’s Prerogative 5
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 446)
Final WA vote: For 11067 (82.8%) | Against 2297 (17.2%)
Result: Passed.

The Security Council,

Recognizing that the accomplishments of Wintony mentioned in SC#249 Commend Wintony, specifically to the region of Illuminati, may well have been respectable and demanding endeavors,

Understanding, however, that these contributions ultimately do not merit commendation for the following reasons:

  1. Copious nations have labored for and within only a single region, so for such work to be worthy on its own of commendation, it must be truly exceptional, and Wintony’s efforts towards improving their region consist of significantly less than than than those made by numerous other nations, and thus do not reach this caliber and should not be so highly lauded,

  2. Harassment is a grave and undoubtedly serious misdemeanor, but it is utterly irrelevant to the commendation whether Illuminati had a history of it, in fact, such a history only further casts the commendation into doubt,

  3. Despite the accolades the commendation bestows, Wintony was not able to enact any long lasting constructive amelioration of Illuminati, in the end only being capable of taking part in its permanent destruction,

Asserting that when observing these facts, it becomes clear Wintony is not deserving of commendation,

Hereby repeals SC#249 Commend Wintony.

GA, November 10th 2020 Repeal “GMO International Trade Accord: A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
Author: Regnum Italiae
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 8 | Against 0 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 445)
Final WA vote: For 11270 (79.5%) | Against 2912 (20.5%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Acknowledging that regulation of trade of genetically modified organisms, which General Assembly Resolution #509 “GMO International Trade Accord” tried to address, is an important area of legislation most likely in need of attention from the World Assembly; but

Noting that unclear measures lead to unforeseen consequences which can do more harm than good;

Concerned by many issues, including:

  1. The exclusion of genetic modifications obtained through hybridisation or selective breeding as a result of the limited definition of biotechnology, which pose comparable threats to the environment;

  2. The resolution’s failure to explicitly require member nations to enforce regulations created by the Committee for the Regulation of Modified Products, allowing for nations to easily dodge compliance of these provisions without penalty;

  3. The vagueness of the term ‘reasonable’ that is used so often in regard to safety measures throughout the resolution, especially in sections 3 and 4, as the use of this term allows an excessively ambiguous and free interpretation of what is the best effort possible in the matter of safety. The term reasonable is in fact inherently relative in its definition and this implies that nations can set up measures as they see fit to their contingent situation, without any kind of control, thus making it possible for them to hugely disregard security when profitable;

  4. The lack of regulations of intellectual property, thus granting undisciplined privileges to corporations and private institutions, like the possibility to stop outside research or create monopolies, which undermines the resolution's call for improving research and the exchange of information between member nations; and

  5. The presence, in section 4, of exemptions to unsterilized plants GMOs, since requirements like “in cases where the environmental benefit [...] clearly outweigh any downsides of their use” are loose enough to let member nations set their own policies without any way to ascertain the truthfulness of their reasons especially since there are no overseeing authorities; and

Concluding that such overlooked flaws completely undermine the effectiveness of the resolution as a whole; hereby

Repeals General Assembly Resolution #509 “GMO International Trade Accord”.

Co-authored by Honeydewistania

SC, November 6th 2020 Commend Morover: A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
Author: Noahs Second Country
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 13 | Against 0 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 441)
Final WA vote: For 12011 (82.3%) | Against 4854 (17.7%)
Result: Passed.

This most grand, impressive, and august Security Council,

Seeing that many nations send their avowed delegations to the hallowed halls of the World Assembly, yet an equitable few truly rise to the level of the delegation sent by Morover,

Understanding that this delegation treats World Assembly legislation as more important than their own national laws, demonstrating the sheer level of dedication they have to creating an inclusive and safe international environment,

Awed by the Morovian delegation’s ability to survive and thrive inside of the Festering Snakepit known as the General Assembly, where they have passed six resolutions, including:

  • GA#467: Affordable Transgender Hormone Therapy, responsible for ensuring affordable hormone therapy for transgender individuals that consent, making major strides in the treatment and proper care of such individuals throughout the multiverse,

  • GA#492: Proper Hygiene For Medical Instruments, which tasked the Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Centre with the goal of preventing the spread of disease via improperly sterilized medical instruments, clamping down on bad sanitation practices,

  • GA#493: Language And Education Rights For Deaf Individuals[/url], which maximizes the accessibility and effectiveness of educational institutions for deaf individuals,

  • GA#497: Repeal: "Military Identification Tag Act"[/url], responsible for highlighting the egregious flaws of a resolution that could have lead to personalized torture and deliberate acts of disrespect towards the deceased;

Lauding the Morovian ambassador Gregory Perise, who has spearheaded the development of seven successful and well regarded resolutions presented to this fine and enlightened

Security Council body, including but not limited to:

  • SC#297: Condemn Tinfect[/url], which righteously exposed the hypocritical and dangerous practices of Tinfect, whose impact on the General Assembly chamber is incalculable,

  • SC#301: Repeal: "Condemn This Game"[/url], accountable for repealing a piece of legislation uncouth enough to bring the disgusting practices of satirical writing upon this noble alignment of nations,

  • SC#305: Condemn Psychotic Dictatorships[/url], responsible for finally condemning a repulsive consolidation of dictatorships, moreover, the Morovian delegation made the decision in this piece to doubt the supposedly fragrant feet belonging to DEAREST LEADER, a wholly dangerous endeavor,

  • SC#328: Commend Kuriko[/url], which served to recognize one of the most well regarded and successful defenders in this chamber's history;

Glad to see that the nation of Morover has used their experience and expertise to assist other delegations as an independent nation, Minister of World Assembly Affairs in The North Pacific, and Deputy Officer of World Assembly Affairs in The Rejected Realms by:

  • Debating the merits of dozens of proposals within the World Assembly’s drafting chambers,

  • Ensuring proper consolidation of regional power in the World Assembly through production of Information for Voter pamphlets in a timely manner,

  • Successfully hosting the Second World Assembly Symposium, where intellectuals from the World Assembly congregated to debate various important contemporary topics to determine the future of this very body;

Thoroughly dismayed that the glorious honor of commendation has not yet been thrust upon such a deserving nation by the well-endowed participants of these Consecrated Corridors,

Hereby Commends Morover

GA, November 6th 2020 Landfill Regulation Act: A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Author: Cretox State
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 8 | Against 5 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: Against (weight 443)
Final WA vote: For 11771 (79%) | Against 3120 (21%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Understanding the importance of landfills in providing a cost-effective method for the disposal of non-compostable and non-recyclable solid waste,

Concerned by the potential environmental and health hazards of solid waste landfills, and

Wishing to provide a regulatory framework for the safe operation of solid waste landfills to mitigate such hazards, hereby:

  1. Defines for the purposes of this resolution:

    1. a "solid waste landfill" (SWL) as a location that receives nonhazardous solid waste for the purposes of long-term or permanent storage; and

    2. "leachate" as any liquid containing chemicals or particles originating from the solid waste stored in a SWL;

  2. Prohibits the construction of SWLs in ecologically important areas or areas where their normal operations would cause significant danger to the wellbeing of nearby permanent residents;

  3. Forbids the long-term storage of nonhazardous solid waste in a manner or a location where it can pose a significant threat to the surrounding environment or groundwater;

  4. Requires that all SWLs:

    1. include effective physical barriers designed to protect the surrounding environment and groundwater from waste contained in them and leachate originating from them;

    2. include effective systems for the collection and removal of leachate for treatment and environmentally safe disposal; and

    3. are operated in such a way that minimizes potential environmental and health hazards resulting from their operations, within reason;

  5. Mandates that member nations:

    1. ensure the regular testing of groundwater and other aquatic environments that could reasonably be affected by leachate in order to gauge the effectiveness of relevant existing SWL regulations and the need for further regulations; and

    2. establish, if such does not already exist, a state agency or similar organization with the responsibility of inspecting and regulating SWLs in accordance with this resolution and reviewing complaints regarding the operation of particular SWLs;

  6. Clarifies that regulations implemented pursuant to this resolution must remain in effect after a SWL stops receiving additional waste material until such a time when said regulations are no longer effective or necessary in providing for the environmentally safe maintenance of the SWL site; and

  7. Encourages member nations to promote methods of waste reduction to reduce their reliance on solid waste landfills as a form of waste management.

GA, October 28th 2020 Provisional Rule in Wartime: A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets
Author: Separatist Peoples
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 7 | Against 3 | Abstain 0
Final Delegate vote: For (weight 435)
Final WA vote: For 10575 (73%) | Against 3910 (27%)
Result: Passed.

Believing this Assembly’s past efforts to reduce unnecessary hardship and harm in military engagements are integral to maintaining the Assembly’s humanitarian mission;

Accepting that military occupation of civilian territory is often necessary to pacify the region following armed conflict;

Justly affirming that nations can balance effectively administering captured territory and the proper stewardship and protection of the inhabitants;

Outraged by military forces that treat occupied territory and peoples as an opportunity for plunder rather than hold the territory and its resources in trust for the territory’s inhabitants; and

Rejecting military success and profiteering as the ultimate goals of an occupation;

The World Assembly establishes the following:

  1. A ‘military occupation’ is the effective and provisional control and administration of a territory by a military power not sovereign to the territory that it controls.

  2. 'Military efforts’ are those actions or goals, exclusive of administration or policing, taken by military forces to coordinate operational or strategic advantages in armed conflict.

  3. Member state occupying forces may:

    1. Create and enforce regulations to establish effective control over the occupied territory, provided they do not violate or frustrate extant World Assembly law;

    2. Levy reasonable, non-punitive taxes to defray the non-military costs of territory administration, except that such taxes may not fund compensation for occupying forces;

    3. Compel limited emergency civilian service, provided:

      1. All compelled workers are over the occupied territory’s age of majority;

      2. Occupying forces limit service to those efforts necessary to restore or improve the quality of life for civilians in the occupied territory;

      3. The service does not, in character or purpose, further military efforts; and

      4. The service accords with extant World Assembly labor law and pays a fair wage for the services rendered.

    4. Utilize natural and community resources to the benefit of the occupied territory, provided those resources:

      1. Are not appropriated for domestic use by the occupying force; and

      2. Do not further military efforts.

    5. Recruit volunteers for military service from within the occupied territory; and

    6. Employ captured public infrastructure, such as communication systems, roads, docks, or power grids, in occupied territories for military efforts.

  4. Member state occupying forces must:

    1. Immediately confer upon occupied civilian populations of nonmember states the same rights and protections of extant World Assembly law applicable to non-citizen inhabitants of the occupying nation;

    2. Establish or restore an impartial adjudicative authority to resolve civil and criminal disputes within the occupied territory;

    3. Establish or restore essential civilian infrastructure in a timely and effective manner;

    4. Restore and enforce public order and safety while respecting the laws of the occupied land, to the extent that it does not frustrate World Assembly law.

    5. Narrowly tailor any restriction of individual freedoms; and

    6. Peacefully transition territorial authority to a sovereign government at the conclusion of hostilities or at such time as a durable and stable peace is forged.

  5. The International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee will:

    1. Liaise with both military and civilian authorities within an occupied territory;

    2. Independently inspect occupying operations;

    3. Provide guidance, technical expertise, and aid for occupied civilian populations; and

    4. Report violations directly to the World Assembly Compliance Commission.

  6. Member states must consider any serious or systematic breach of § 4, either intentionally, through gross negligence, or nonfeasance, a war crime and prosecute violators accordingly.

  7. Member states need not treat isolated and de minimis violations as war crimes, provided they are reasonably redressed and do not continue.

SC, October 25th 2020 Condemn Northern Borland: A resolution to express shock and dismay at a nation or region
Author: Tinhampton
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 1 | Against 10 | Abstain 1
Final Delegate vote: Against (weight 432)
Final WA vote: For 3208 (23.5%) | Against 10416 (76.5%)
Result: Failed to pass.

THE SECURITY COUNCIL:

RECOGNISING that many national leaders have been successfully manipulated into believing that Northern Borland consistently acts in the interests of other nations, having served for many years until July 2017 as the Advocate and Arbiter General of Capitalist Paradise, which entails defending suspects in regional trials and helping resolve internal disputes before they escalate to the court system;

FEARFUL, however, that this community service has only helped Northern Borland to disguise its true legacy as a nation which is so utterly dominated by its fully-deregulated market that it has long described itself as "A Good Place to Raise Your Business" in its tourism campaigns - although such advertisement is hardly proving beneficial for a country which outlaws all immigration and is now ranked by the World Census as the third-most avoided in the multiverse (out of more than 225,000 nations);

CONCERNED that, although Northern Borland appears on the surface to be an economic miracle - boasting of the world's lowest income tax, highest average disposable income (and eighth-highest average income before "tax"), most efficient economy, and fifth-highest gross domestic product - many of these gains are pocketed by the highest-earning decile, the 24th-richest upper class of any country, which currently earns almost seventy times as much as the nation's lowest-income decile;

AWARE that this Northern Borlandian upper class has become so profitable as to distort World Census rankings on industry, with support from a government that spends the entire national budget on subsidising it: the nation currently ranks in the top sixty worldwide for all sixteen major industries other than book publishing (250th), information technology (691st), arms manufacturing (1,077th) and trout fishing (4,151st), with the manufacturing industry as a whole the 81st-largest in the world;

HORRIFIED at the realisation that any semblance of a judicial branch has been abolished, which - when combined with the fifth-rudest and sixth-most armed populace in the world, undoubtedly a byproduct of mandatory military service for citizens - has led to Northern Borland recording the second-highest death rate, 11th-highest crime rate and 132nd-highest youth crime rate of all nations;

DISMAYED at how Northern Borlandian citizens are so busy working (Northern Borland has the multiverse's second-highest employment rate, a figure which takes account of widespread child labour), spending (in the third-largest retail sector of any country) and eating (the prevalence of the world's largest soft-drinks sector and second-largest pizza delivery market translates into more than 199 in every 200 citizens being obese, itself the highest obesity rate worldwide) that they inadvertently prop up their President and CEO by simply not caring, thus being the third most politically-apathetic people in the world; and

CONVINCED that member states seeking to embrace capitalism ought to steer clear of the Northern Borlandian model thereof, which has brought to its citizenry little other than death, boredom, and mass-scale impulse buying:

HEREBY CONDEMNS Northern Borland.

GA, October 24th 2020 Reducing Disease Vectors: A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare
Author: Honeydewstania
10000 Islands discussion on this resolution: LinkDiscussion Thread
Final Regional vote: For 6 | Against 7 | Abstain 1
Final Delegate vote: Against (weight 429)
Final WA vote: For 11833 (79.8%) | Against 2991 (20.2%)
Result: Passed.

The World Assembly,

Recognising that numerous vector species, such as mosquitos, ticks and fleas, are vectors for deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, bubonic plague and many others, and most of these diseases are difficult to cure or do not have working vaccines;

Concerned that the diseases vectors spread can imperil the health of many;

Believing that reducing the populations of disease vectors is of utmost importance and in the interests of public health, hereby:

  1. Defines:

    1. "vector" as a non-sapient macro-organism that can transmit harmful pathogens to a sapient organism;

    2. "vector-spread pathogen" as a microorganism that can cause a disease, and is spread by vectors;

    3. "vector-infested area" as an area wherein the population of vectors is likely to cause serious harm to sapient populations within that area via vector-spread pathogens;

  2. Tasks member nations with effectively conducting and assembling research on vectors and vector-spread pathogens within their territory that is necessary to reducing the threats of said vectors and vector-spread pathogens to public health;

    1. Member nations that have successfully eliminated or are close to eliminating the threats of vectors to public health are exempt from this mandate, but are encouraged to assist other member nations in their research;

  3. Tasks the Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Centre with, upon request, providing medical information relating to vector-spread pathogens to member nations;

  4. Mandates that member nations publicly release any information in their possession that could potentially reduce vector populations or the spread of vector-spread pathogens for free, with necessary redactions to protect privacy or national security;

  5. Requires that member nations create and promulgate effective and understandable guidelines for people and businesses in vector-infested areas to reduce the breeding of vectors or the spread of vector-spread pathogens;

    1. Clarifies that only vectors or vector-spread pathogens that are the main cause(s) of designating an area as a vector-infested area are those that are to be targeted by this clause;

  6. Urges member nations to further enact policies using the research obtained to reduce disease vectors;

  7. Clarifies that this resolution does not discourage nor limit the usage of other legal and safe methods of reducing the threat of vectors.

Last updated December 16th.
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Meet A Nation Interview

This month we had the pleasure to sit down with a relatively new nation in XKI, Free Las Pinas, and chat about their work in the new XKI Cards Coop that launched recently within the region. Aside from within the Coop, FLP works assisting the XKI Casino, as Ambassador to Texas, and as Deputy Senator for Lyonnesse East.

GK: Thanks for doing this FLP, why do you talk about how you ended up in XKI?

FLP: Like everybody else, I began with founding my nation, which was pretty boring. I did everything most of us probably did. Once I was done with the issues and reading the new policies, I noticed I had a few telegrams. I read through a few and laughed, but what I really liked in particular was this one I got that mentioned me being “a hot commodity”. After reading the telegram in full, I decided to see what 10000 Islands was all about, and thought huh, white-sand beaches and blue-green waves? This region is perfect for me [my nation being an archipelago and all]! So I hit the join button and never looked back.

GK: Of course! Obviously you quickly got involved here, especially in cards, what/who got you into trading cards?

FLP: A few days after my founding, I created new puppets, because I got really bored of waiting hours to answer issues. I soon also applied for the Cultural Office Assistant position, and one thing led to another, I was handling about 50 nations, with half of them devoted to the Cultural Office. With that many nations, I quickly got involved more with cards and I began farming every single day.

GK: So, then what exactly do you do in your new role as a Cards Coop Administrator?

FLP: As of now, I handle the Co-op Mentorship program, wherein I assign members to a mentor and I also teach Co-op members who are new to card farming. I also help in processing recruits, and I’m soon going to handle our Shared Transfer Card System.

GK: Can you explain what the Cards Coop is for those who don't know?

FLP: The Co-op is XKI’s own cards-based organization that stockpiles legendary cards and cards of significant Islanders. We’re mostly based around cooperation, wherein we help each other build collections by allowing members to request any card on our Co-op farms.

GK: Overall, do you feel like the Cards Coop has boosted regional card activity?

FLP: Definitely! These few weeks, we’ve seen individual deck values nearly double or triple for some nations. I became the first Islander to reach 2000 DV on a single nation, then HS beat that record and broke 2500 DV, and now we have Constantinolia who broke 3000, 3500, and now, 4000 DV. Additionally, Megistos has decided to begin on their own NS Sports card collection, which is off to a good start with their massive hoarding of Vilita and Turori cards, wherein they have double the amount that even Vilita has!

GK: That's fantastic! I know the Coop has adopted a more community style of organization and contribution. How do you think the cooperative community model of the Coop impacts the way it functions?

FLP: This cooperative model allows us (the card farmers) to work more flexibly, and again, easily build up collections and contribute to the region. To expand on what I said earlier, Megistos wants to create an NSS card collection. However, it can be exhausting to farm on a hundred puppets every single day, which is where the Co-op comes in. We have a rule of not selling, gifting, or junking cards until 72 hours have passed. This is so our members have an adequate amount of time to look through the cards of other Co-op members and request any cards they'd need for their collection.

GK: Very interesting. Are there any goals for the XKI Cards Coop for the upcoming future?

FLP: One of our goals would be to create an efficient cooperative cards program for any resident of XKI. What I mean by this is that we'd want to give our members access to a huge supply of cards to build up their collections. It's important not only because it creates a community in itself, but also because of the potential incentive for new players looking to create a huge card collection or help out around the region. We've started off with the Mentorship program, wherein HS and I suggest scripts and give tips on how to farm more efficiently, how to transfer more bank, etc. How I see it, there's no big rush on this. While I know it'd be fun to host events and have some fun with our legendary cards stockpile, I'd prefer we take it slow. After all, if we party now, we'll have nothing left for later!

GK: Those sound like great goals, and definitely good long term planning for the future. To wrap things up on a lighter note, what's been your favorite lucky pull so far?

FLP: By far, it has to be when I pulled a Testlandia. It was one of the first legendary cards I pulled, and when I saw that huge spike in my deck value, I couldn't help but keep going!

Until next month, your XKI Update Staff is signing off - Grea Kriopia and Wischland

The Empire of Kuriko

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