General Assembly Resolutions
Since the rise of the World Assembly from the ashes of its predecessor, the Bureaucracy That Cannot Be Named, WA member nations have worked tirelessly to improve the standard of the world. That, or tried to force other nations to be more like them. But that's just semantics.
Below is every World Assembly resolution ever passed.
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General Assembly Resolution # 97
Quality in Health Services
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
RECOGNIZING health is a duty of every nation, aiming at universal & equal access to health services (promotion, protection & recovery);
FURTHER RECOGNIZING health services rank among the ones which have the highest public relevance;
AFFIRMING it is necessary, under the law, to have government regulation & supervision, to be carried out directly or through third parties, and the duty of the World Health Authority (WHA) in assisting such actions if, and only if, so asked by any nation;
IT IS THEREFORE ESTABLISHED:
1) The health services shall constitute separate systems in each & every nation, organized according to the following guidelines:
a) Full health services coverage;
b) Community participation;
c) Cooperation between nations that are not at a declared state of war amongst themselves.
2) The health system shall be financed by national budgets or the budgets of assigned political divisions, as well as other existing private voluntary sources. The WHA may also fund at the request of any nation, but never before a thorough audit of the health system, ensuring transparency & honesty. The WHA shall deny funding to any nation if there is:
a) Reasonable suspicion of occurrence of deliberate diversion of money from the health budget towards other uses; the WHA shall never cover deliberate budgetary shortages;
b) Reasonable evidence a nations economy is strong enough as to not actually need external help.
3) World Assembly members are strongly urged to provide voluntary health personnel & donated medical supplies to nations that ask for such help, due to issues such as, but not limited to, extreme poverty or disasters;
4) Nations, or any assigned political divisions, shall:
a) Provide health personnel & supplies to health services at least once every budget cycle, aiming at the gradual reduction of internal health disparities;
b) Establish the standards of review, evaluation & control of allocation of health personnel & supplies;
c) The WHA shall assist the shaping of said standards if, and only if, so asked by any nation.
5) Nations or any assigned political divisions shall retain full freedom to:
a) Allow or not, partial to full participation of private enterprise in their health systems;
b) Provide assistance only to those who cannot afford to pay for their own care, if compelling practical purposes for such a policy can be proven beyond any doubt.
6) The health system of a nation, or any assigned political divisions, is responsible for:
a) Helping the training of health personnel;
b) Participating in the effort of eradication of endemic diseases;
c) Participating in policy formulation & implementation of basic sanitation projects.
Passed: |
For: | 3,517 | 64.9% |
Against: | 1,903 | 35.1% |
General Assembly Resolution # 98
Oil Tanker Standards Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
OIl Tanker Standards Act
Environmental
RECOGNIZING the need to transportation oil and natural gas across oceans
RECOGNIZING that the transport of oil and natural gas is vital to many national economies
NOTING that many other nations rely on natural gas and oil imports for their oil and natural gas supply
RECOGNIZING the great danger oil spills pose to surrounding animals, plants, and the ocean environment at large
FURTHER RECOGNIZING that double hulled or double bottom ships significantly lower the chances of an oil spill
Therefore, the World Assembly,
ESTABLISHES the World Assembly Oil Transportation Committee to:
1. Ensure oil tankers are kept up to meet requirements
2. To research methods to improve oil tankers and reduce the chance of a spill
3. To research more efficient clean up methods if an oil spill does occur
4. To acquire new technology from member states already possessing it at the member state's consent.
5. To take suggestions of new technology from member states.
MANDATES that every new oil tanker must be equipped with at least a double hull or double bottom to decrease chances of an oil spill;
REQUIRES non-proprietary double-hulled technology be made available to shipbuilders, and that proprietary double-hulled technology be made available at reasonable rate of return for the developer of the technology;
ALSO REQUIRES that all single-hulled tankers are to be phased out and replaced with either double-bottom or double-hulled tankers at the earliest possible time;
MANDATES that each new tanker be equipped with a proper ventilation system for the main tank;
MANDATES that every tanker is to have proper equipment on board to quickly put out fires aboard the vessel;
MANDATES that tanker captains must quickly and promptly report oil spills to the marine and environmental authorities of member states affected so the spill can be quickly contained;
URGES nations to implement other or better safety features aboard oil tankers other than what is specified here
Passed: | |
For: | 4,891 | 75.6% |
Against: | 1,580 | 24.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 99
Multilateral Prosecution Act
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The General Assembly,
Applauding the work of previous and currently adopted legislation to establish perimeters for international territory, and the elimination of servitude, terrorism and international piracy on a coordinated multilateral platform,
Resolving to address the common and legally problematic circumstance of a stateless person who has been captured by a joint effort of member nations,
Endeavoring to ensure that the work of multilateral efforts is not negated,
Hereby Solemnly,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this document,
(a) Stateless as the political status of belonging to no nationality;
(b) "Multilateral Effort" as a group of multiple WA member nations working in conjunction with one another to capture an accused criminal or a group of accused criminals;
2. Requires that all stateless detainees captured by a multilateral effort under the provisions of WA legislation must be transported safely to the International Courthouse for Multilateral Prosecution (ICMP);
3. Stipulates that once in the custody of the multilateral effort, and in their continued detainment by the ICMP, the detainee must be provided the following
(a) Necessary security from the appropriate authorities to assure their continued detainment and protection from outside forces;
(b) Freedoms and necessities of life that are assured to them under WA legislation;
4. Affirms the duty of the ICMP to try accused stateless detainees captured by a multilateral effort, for crimes established by World Assembly resolutions;
5. Specifies that the ICMP...
(a) Will devise and implement a developed arrangement for adjudication, that is primarily focused on addressing the law with a fair and balanced approach. The system will include representation by attorney, self-representation, public defenders, documentation, stenographic transcripts, judicial rulings, a system for appeals of court rulings -- and any other device of the law that allows the ICMP to function more fairly and balanced with respect to the laws of the World Assembly;
(b) Shall reflect the legal and judicial systems that the World Assembly promotes for member nations in its future, and past regulations;
(c) Has the right and duty to solve any disputes over proper legal conventions in the ICMP;
6. Demands that defendants found guilty of some or all of their accused crimes may be subject to any of the following sentences at the discretion of the ICMP
(a) Enforced reparation;
(b) Incarceration;
(c) Rehabilitation;
7. Further demands that any facilities rented and/or used for one of the aforementioned sentences shall be...
(a) Prudently chosen and transparently observed by the ICMP;
(b) In the possession of a member nation;
(c) In compliance with WA legislation;
(d) Appropriately reimbursed by the World Assembly for all services provided to conduct the aforementioned sentence(s);
8. Declares that all defendants found innocent of all or some of their accused crimes must be appropriately reimbursed by the World Assembly, at the judicious discretion of the ICMP;
9. Outlaws the use of capital punishment against, or otherwise, murder of a stateless individual;
10. Clarifies that the ICMP must conduct all of its proceedings with full compliance to the laws and regulations of the World Assembly;
Passed: | |
For: | 3,881 | 67.2% |
Against: | 1,893 | 32.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 100
Anti-Cyberterrorism Act
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
The World Assembly,
OBSERVING that a single person, known as a cyberterrorist, can potentially cause strife and havoc to the world of information technology, with relatively little funds, equipment or experience;
FURTHER OBSERVING that most cyberterrorists act and plan either individually or in groups on the internet;
BELIEVING that it is crucial to warn member states on potential cyberterror threats that may be directed at them from radical or violent groups or individuals, so they can take action to defend themselves from such attacks;
FURTHER BELIEVING that member states should also respect, as best as possible, civil liberties and the individual right to privacy when tackling cyberterrorism;
Hereby,
DEFINES for the purpose of this resolution:
Information technology, as the development, implementation, and maintenance of computing devices and software systems to organize and communicate information electronically;
Cyberterrorism: as any premeditated, politically or ideologically motivated attack, or threat thereof, through the use of information technology, against information or telecommunication networks, computer systems, computer programs, and data, which results in significant disruption, distress or losses of physical, economic, or infrastructural nature to targets, by sub-national groups or agents;
Internet Service Provider(ISP): as any person or entity that operates or resells and controls any facility used to provide Internet access directly to the public;
DECLARES that conspiring, planning, carrying out, funding or aiding acts of cyberterrorism shall be outlawed in all member states, and that member states will commit to prosecute violators to the fullest extent possible in their jurisdiction;
FORBIDS member states from conspiring, planning, carrying out, funding or aiding acts of cyberterrorism, and requires member states who carry out such activities to cease and desist immediately;
REQUIRES member states and ISPs to do as much as possible within their jurisdiction to prevent and combat cyberterrorism at home and abroad, with respect given to civil liberties and the individual right to privacy under applicable national and international laws;
URGES member states to share information with each other on individuals and organizations who are suspected or known to have a history of cyberterrorism to combat the spread of cyberterrorist activities on to the international level, while respecting applicable national and international laws regarding privacy;
FURTHER URGES member states to coordinate counter-cyberterrorism activities against such cyberterrorist groups;
REQUIRES member states to freeze the assets of cyberterrorist individuals or organizations which may be used to support international cyberterrorist acts - including but not limited to: funds, computers or storage devices;
CALLS FOR member states to shut down ISPs that knowingly hosts and allows cyberterrorist activities to originate from their servers;
RECOMMENDS member states to ban or restrict convicted individual cyberterrorists from computer activity;
FURTHER RECOMMENDS member states to raise awareness about cyberterrorism and educate the general populace about protecting themselves from such attacks.
Co-Authored by Charlotte Ryberg
Passed: | |
For: | 3,330 | 53.0% |
Against: | 2,955 | 47.0% |
General Assembly Resolution # 101
Repeal: “The Clean Water Resolution”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #96 “The Clean Water Resolution” (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
RECOGNIZING the vital importance of access to water,
HOWEVER REGRETTING that this particular resolution was rushed to a vote despite being environmentally and economically impractical,
APPALLED that the resolution gives the World Assembly Water Purification and Treatment (WAWPT) the unlimited power to divert water from one nation to another,
NOTING that the diversion of water can have disastrous environmental and economic consequences, including climate change, destruction of habitats, adverse health effects, interference with shipping, and destruction of fisheries,
DISMAYED that the resolution does not require the WAWPT to provide compensation to governments or private parties from whom it diverts water,
CONCERNED that the WAWPT's mandate to create a universal water system is unnecessarily expensive in duplicating the efforts of domestic government agencies and private companies that already provide water service,
PERPLEXED at the resolution's failure to provide definitions of "toxic materials" and "contamination,"
DISTRESSED that the resolution could be construed to ban additives to water that are beneficial to public health,
TROUBLED that the resolution fails to promote - let alone mention - water conservation as the conservation of water may negate or at least lessen the need for the diversion of clean water,
WORRIED that the clause regarding basic education is short on details, which may result in a nation being compliant while not upholding the true spirit of the resolution by, perhaps, educating their people on how to make water toxic as a part of military training,
HEREBY REPEALS Resolution 96, "The Clean Water Resolution."
Passed: |
For: | 4,285 | 73.6% |
Against: | 1,537 | 26.4% |