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Catholic Position on GA Resolutions
Greetings. This dispatch is meant to serve as a reference guide for the Catholic position regarding General Assembly Resolutions. Please note that none of the stated positions is necessarily authoritative for Catholic nations. If you feel that any information is incorrect, or that the position stated does not adequately reflect Catholic teachings, then please telegram me at Noi vogliam dio. Now without further ado, let me explain the key system:- Green. This means that the resolution is in accord with Catholic teachings and that Catholic nations should support it.
- Gray. This means that the resolution doesn't conflict with Catholic teachings and that Catholic nations are free to support or oppose it.
- Red. This means that the resolution is in direct conflict with Catholic teachings and that all Catholic nations should oppose it.
Here's a good article on how being a Catholic nation and a member of the WA isn't contradictory: Subsidiarity – The World Assembly – and the Catholic Nation
General Assembly Resolutions | Catholic Position |
Neutral; doesn't conflict with Catholic teachings | |
Neutral; doesn't conflict with Catholic teachings. However, Article 3 might depending on context. | |
GAR#3 The Right To A Fair Trial (Repealed) | Neutral, it didn't conflict with Catholic teachings |
In accord with Catholic teachings | |
GAR#5 Coordinating Relief Aid (Repealed) | Neutral. However, such a resolution might put undue burdens and limitations on humanitarian organizations, especially Catholic ones. |
In accord with Catholic teachings | |
In accord with Catholic teachings | |
Neutral; doesn't conflict with Catholic teachings. Satirically references "drunks, stoners, weirdos, military fruitcakes, sex addicts, rejects, dear little kiddies, honest family types," and mentions that ambassadors went on drinking binges the night before. | |
In accord with Catholic teachings | |
Neutral; doesn't conflict with Catholic teachings | |
Neutral; doesn't conflict with Catholic teachings | |
GAR#12 Prevention Of Terrorism (Repealed) | Neutral; it didn't conflict with Catholic teachings |
GAR#13 Fair Criminal Trial (Repealed) | Neutral; it didn't conflict with Catholic teachings |
GAR#14 Neutrality Of Nations (Repealed) | Neutral; it didn't conflict with Catholic teachings |
GAR#15 Freedom Of Marriage Act (Repealed) | Articles 2 & 3 required the state to recognize that marriage between a man and a woman to be no different than a "union" of homosexual persons. This resolution could not be reconciled with Catholic teachings. |
GAR#16 Sexual Privacy Act (Repealed) | Articles 3 & 4 conflicted with Catholic teachings |
Neutral; doesn't conflict with Catholic teachings | |
In accord with Catholic teachings |
(More coming soon; Work In Progress)
