NationStates Jolt Archive

We, the people of Most Serene Republic of Jaua, admit that we had a fast glance of the proposal and voted right away FOR, given our general concordance with the principle.

However, thnks to the Forum, we were able to understand the wrongness of doing so.

The phrase that made out vote change to AGAINST is in the proposal:

"In the case of a freak situation in which a person has no serious illness or is over a certain age, if the person cannot make the decision themselves it would be made by those closest to them on the basis of professional medical advice. "

This, and belief that each nation should have the right to pass their own legislation regarding this matter, made us oppose firmly.

This, and belief that each nation should have the right to pass their own legislation regarding this matter, made us oppose firmly.
Precisely, the UN is not the right place to decided this. The UN is for world issues on trade and threats, not stuff like this.

I have written an alternative euthanasia proposal which does not force nations to legalise this violation of rights: "In the case of a freak situation in which a person has no serious illness or is over a certain age, if the person cannot make the decision themselves it would be made by those closest to them on the basis of professional medical advice. " The proposal has not yet been submitted, I'm waiting for the weekend, when more people will be on to approve it. Through following the advice of other nations, I have ironed out the loopholes too, and mine is very specific (none of this vague ideas plus a story). Please, have a look at this thread http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=112865, where I posted my original then refined it - the current version is further down - and make any comments to help me improve it.

But I do think that the individual's right to be sovereign over his own body is vital, and so people should be able to choose to die. IMO, this is such an important principle that putting it into practice via things like euthanasia is important enough for the UN to do it. Just with a good proposal, not this current rubbish with 100 loopholes.