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 # 151
Missing Individuals Act
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
THE WORLD ASSEMBLY:
UNDERSTANDS that individuals of all genders and ages are reported missing,
REALIZES that most nations have procedures already in place to assist in the safe recovery of all missing individuals,
REQUIRES that all WA member nations have reasonable protocols in place that both prevent abductions of their residents and also aid in the safe recovery of all missing individuals,
SPECIFIES that member states may determine whether runaways from within their jurisdiction should be returned to their home,
URGES for the creation and utilization of a family counseling program to be used in all cases where a runaway is returned to their home,
CREATES the Missing Individuals Archive (MIA) in order to facilitate cooperation between local, national, and international law enforcement agencies with regards to individuals who have been lost, abducted, or run away,
MANDATES that the relevant local and national agencies share relevant information through MIA and also cooperate with other WA member nations whenever it is suspected or known that a missing individual has moved across a national border,
ENCOURAGES the development of strong working relationships between WA member nations and any neighboring nations in order to better coordinate international efforts in the event of an international missing persons case.
STIPULATES that all who were knowingly involved in the abduction of an individual shall be prosecuted to the full extent of national and international law,
ALLOWS for WA member nations to add additional protocols and procedures within their own borders as appropriate for their nation's population and cultural needs.
Passed: |
For: | 10,118 | 79.5% |
Against: | 2,615 | 20.5% |
General Assembly Resolution # 152
Repeal: “WA Environmental Council”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #42 “WA Environmental Council” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
APPLAUDS the intentions of WA Environmental Council, and recognizes the benefits of environmental protection,
REALIZES, however, there are several flaws with the resolution which make its efficacy limited, at best,
WORRIES about the goals and aims of the WAEC, as it was established without specifics being detailed within the resolution text,
UNDERSTANDS that member nations are not required to assist WAEC research, cooperate with the WAEC, nor comply with suggestions related to published scientific reports, which further undermines the WAEC,
RECOGNIZES that the WAEC has no legal authority to resolve environmental problems, and is therefore powerless to act in the face of environmental problems,
SUBMITS that the shortcomings of this resolution far exceed the potential benefits,
The General Assembly hereby repeals WA Environmental Council.
Co-authored by: Mousebumples
Passed: |
For: | 9,564 | 78.8% |
Against: | 2,575 | 21.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 153
Repeal: “Biological Weapons Conference”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #65 “Biological Weapons Conference” (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
OBSERVING that the definition of biological weapons in the 'Biological Weapons Conference' as "[any] infectious or biological agent of any kind that is intended to cause death, permanent illness, or injury" is very imprecise, and may include innocent substances, such as agents used for pest control and the protection of crops, as well as certain herbal remedies;
FURTHER OBSERVING that the resolution both "requires member states to disarm their biological arsenal" and "allows member nations to use such agents for peaceful purposes", implying a more narrow distinction that the definition of biological weapons in the resolution does not actually make;
FINALLY OBSERVING that core concepts of the resolution such as "disarmament" (the objective of the resolution), "biological arsenal" (the intended target) and "other peaceful purposes" (an all purpose loophole) go entirely undefined as well;
CONCERNED that the Biological Weapons Conference does not explicitly ban Member States from using biological weapons, except if a nation were to use them in response to being attacked with biological weapons;
DEEPLY CONCERNED that the same clause states that nations may respond "with any force necessary" to an attack with biological weapons, actively encouraging the use of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in war;
RESOLVES that the 'Biological Weapons Conference' is poorly worded, self-contradictory and does not help to promote international peace;
REPEALS the 'Biological Weapons Conference'.
Passed: |
For: | 10,423 | 82.2% |
Against: | 2,260 | 17.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 154
Repeal: “Extinction Preparation Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #126 “Extinction Preparation Act” (Category: Education and Creativity; Area of Effect: Educational) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly:
APPLAUDS the aim of GA#126, Extinction Preparation Act, which attempted to preserve biodiversity and encourage research amongst all the nations of the world;
BELIEVES, however, that using a single facility for this purpose is highly impractical for a number of reasons, most notably:
The variety of storage conditions required to safely preserve all contributed genetic samples; for example: embryonic samples would need to be stored differently from agricultural seeds,
The logistical issues that some nations may encounter when making contributions and/or sending their scientists to the facility to conduct research;
The large amount of space required to allow for proper examination of all contributed materials may be better suited for multiple facilities due to the aforementioned items,
The security risk as a single disaster - whether caused by nature or by man - would take out all materials, information, and employees of the facility,
NOTES that this resolution fails to ensure that a wide array of genetic samples will actually be sent to the facility as it merely "urges member nations to supply specimens" and lacks any clause to allow the WASP to request specific samples;
RECOGNIZES that individual nations are more than capable of funding and maintaining security over similar projects on a national and/or regional level:
REPEALS General Assembly Resolution #126, Extinction Preparation Act.
Co-authored by: Mousebumples
Passed: |
For: | 10,499 | 86.7% |
Against: | 1,615 | 13.3% |
General Assembly Resolution # 155
Freedom of the Press
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Nations of the World Assembly,
Believing that all citizens of World Assembly member nations should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and be educated about affairs in their own nation along with international affairs;
Defining a media technology to be any technology used for mass communication of information, including but not limited to the Internet, television, newspapers, and radio;
Further defining news media to be those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering information on current events to the general public;
Clarifying that an international news media organisation is one which has a permanent, primary base in any World Assembly nation other than the one being referenced;
Calls upon all World Assembly member nations to begin following the guidelines below to ensure a fair and free press;
- Section I - Reporting
Nations will allow national news media organisations to utilise all available media technologies to report news from and to areas inside their own borders, as well as from any other World Assembly nation.
International news media organisations can only operate from within a nation's borders (ie. utilising available media technologies to report news) when given explicit permission to do so, and are subject to the same laws which apply to national news media organisations.
Nations are encouraged to allow reporters from international news media organisations which do not operate from within their borders entry to the nation to report news back to their own nation.
Section II - Accessibility & Censorship
Citizens will not be banned from accessing any news sources from news media organisations operating both within and outside the nation's borders.
Reports from news media organisations operating within the nation's borders can only be censored if they pose a genuine threat to the security of the nation. Otherwise they are free to report news in accordance with any national freedom of expression laws and broadcasting codes of conduct.
Section III - Additional
Clarifies that nations are otherwise free to control the availability of all media technologies as they see fit, except where other legislation in this field affects this right.
Passed: | |
For: | 9,290 | 71.7% |
Against: | 3,670 | 28.3% |