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The Regional Nation of The Northern Light.
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Vote Against GA resolution Reducing Light Pollution
Resolution Analysis
Overview
This resolution seeks to eliminate unnecessary light pollution to promote efficient energy consumption and benefit the environment. It creates a new committee within the WA Science Programme (WASP) to certify lighting units that fit particular criteria; no artificial lights brighter than 1,800 watts may be used outdoors unless they have been certified by this committee. It also contains a provision to preserve areas with high-quality night skies, as well as generally requiring that member nations cut down on excessive or environmentally damaging light pollution and educate their populaces on these matters.
Recommendation
The general principles that motivate this resolution are admirable, but in our opinion the regulations described above are unreasonably inflexible. A less specific set of mandates may be more suitable for this topic. For example, the rigid nature of this resolution means that relatively harmless, temporary lighting effects for certain outdoor events might be prohibited. This is an area of regulation that can be better handled individually by member states than the World Assembly at this level of detail.
For this reason, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends a vote Against the General Assembly Resolution at vote, "Reducing Light Pollution".
This IFV Recommendation was written in collaboration with our World Assembly Legislative League partners.
