NationStates Jolt Archive

Before I post my government's draft proposal, I want to say a few words about it.

I'll address the reasoning behind each clause after posting the proposal. The basic structure of this proposal is divided into a justification filled with preambulatory clauses and a UN course of action filled with operative clauses. You'll notice that my satirical proposal titled an Immodest Proposal and the current proposal to Ban Child Soldiers use the same basic structure.

[OOC: If you look at real UN resolutions you'll see they use the same format.]

The reason I've done this is so you can quickly scan the resolution and (1) understand why this course of action is being taken in the first part, and (2) jump to the second half to see what is really being done. Look back at last year's resolutions. It is unclear why they were written.

You'll also notice that most of the language of this resolution appears rather weak. There is a reason for that: if we don't start sugar coating our resolutions, we are going to be creating more nations like Joccia. I ask you as a group, why is your nation in the United Nations? If Joccia and other nations start doing the exact opposite as we mandate, why do you bother to be a part of this organization? We can all make our own law at home, but the idea was to move together, even if on some issues that means moving slowly. Keep in mind that Joccia has not once tried to force its will on us. This is no justification of what that government has done, but at the same time, we must respond to wash any blood from our hands.

Resolutions thread a thin line between establishing an international statement or will and honestly meddling with other nations.

With this in mind, I wouldn't have even suggested language and actions nearly so harsh if: (1) Joccia hadn't agreed to follow the same laws (resolutions) that we all did, and (2) if the issue at stake was something incredibly mundane like hookers or trials or saving the environment or arguing over what kind of word is "is". In other words, my government takes the Joccian death toll very seriously. In fact, our intelligence suggest it is only weeks before Joccia begins to ban books and justifies this action based on more UN legislation. And believe me, a nation with telepaths has access to all sorts of information that more mundane intelligence agencies have to fight to get.

But now I'm beginning to digress. Some of you may actually agree with some of the ideas I'm about to suggest, and since our NationStates United Nations can not make use of parliamentary procedural rules like a motion to divide the question into separate parts, I will actually submit two linked proposals.

Right, I'm going to repeat the preambulatory clauses and put two separate statements to a vote. I'm hoping that this way, people can vote on the parts they agree with and against the parts they disagree with.

I'd prefer to actually vote on three separate issues, because as you'll see ... my draft proposal really was created with three parts in mind. However, IIRC due to the two proposal submission limit, I am forced to pass along this package in two instead of three parts.

If another nation supports this idea, I'd be happy to break the question into three parts, and yield authorship of the third part. I'm not interested in actually having my nation's name attached to a resolution, it is the people of Joccia and integrity of this organization that I'm worried about.

With that in mind, this is a draft proposal. That means I welcome feedback and debate, including debate from Joccia, who is directly involved in this situation. Remember, by just bringing our discussion into a public forum we may even force some stability and save lives.

10kMichael
UN Ambassador
Confederation of Mikitivity

[NOTE: This is the first of two linked proposals. They share the same operating clauses.]

Category: International Security
Proposal Name: Response to the Joccian Genocide: Part I
Strength: Mild


The NationStates United Nations Forum,

RECALLING its resolution on Gay Rights, adopted May 3rd, 2003, mandating that all United Nations member states pass laws to protect all people from discrimination,

MAKING NOTE of Articles 5 and 6 of the Universal Bill of Rights, adopted August 8th, 2003, which stated that no human should be subjected to torture, cruel, or inhumane treatment or arrested without an explicit list of offenses,

RECALLING its resolution to Legalise Euthanasia, adopted January 16th, 2004, explicitly stated that adults have the right to choose to take their own life only in cases when they are faced with a life threatening illness,

UNDERSTANDING its resolution on No Embargoes on Medicine, adopted October 24th, 2003, stated that during times of war that trade embargoes should not include medical supplies or experts,

NOTING that the government of Joccia's Department of Social Well Being recently instituted an executive order, dated February 3rd, 2004, finding all prostitutes unable to make competent decisions and then justified summarily executed these prostitutes under the guise of providing humane treatment via euthanasia,

GRAVELY AWARE that the current Joccian policy of rounding up very specific groups of citizens, such as its elvish minority, prostitutes, and unemployed, against their will for mandatory execution is not only a form of discrimination, but that such a practice is by definition genocide,

MAKING NOTE that reports from the BBC, dated February 6th, 2004, place the number of Joccians of Elvish descent that have been deported or murdered by the government at over 120,000,

CONCERNED that the Joccian Department of Social Well Being executive order, dated February 3rd, 2004, also targeted any citizen over the age of 70, any person involved in a protest, and any minority group should also be terminated,

OBSERVING that the Joccian Parliament passed a new documentation law, dated February 10th, 2004, requiring all travelers to Joccia to include information containing their: political orientation, sexual orientation, parentage, knowledge of war crimes, social class, and sexual deviations,

NOTING that many nations immediately raised objections to the passage of Joccian laws authorizing Joccia to execute its minority populations,

UNDERSTANDING that some NationStates United Nations member states and many more non-United Nations member states have already placed a trade embargo on Joccia,

AWARE that some nations have sent military forces to the region and are threatening action should the Joccian government not immediately stop its genocidal practices,

SECTION I: Addressing the Current Joccian Position:

1. DECLARES the current genocide in Joccia to be a crime against humanity and crisis flash point;
2. DEPLORES the Joccian allegations that their current genocidal practices were mandated and called for by the NationStates United Nations;
3. REAFFIRMS that it was never the intent of any NationStates United Nations resolutions to justify let alone result in the execution of any human being;
4. STRESSES that the Joccian government failed to take into consideration any of the spirit of the discussions of the resolutions in the NationStates United Nations forum and has purposefully misinterpreted the letter of these resolutions in order to avoid compliance with the intent of these resolutions;


Please feel free to comment here or telegram me privately (though I will be away for a few days).

10kMichael
UN Ambassador
Confederation of Mikitivity

[NOTE: This is the second of two linked proposals. They share the same operating clauses.]

Category: International Security
Proposal Name: Response to the Joccian Genocide: Part II
Strength: Mild


The NationStates United Nations Forum,

RECALLING its resolution on Gay Rights, adopted May 3rd, 2003, mandating that all United Nations member states pass laws to protect all people from discrimination,

MAKING NOTE of Articles 5 and 6 of the Universal Bill of Rights, adopted August 8th, 2003, which stated that no human should be subjected to torture, cruel, or inhumane treatment or arrested without an explicit list of offenses,

RECALLING its resolution to Legalise Euthanasia, adopted January 16th, 2004, explicitly stated that adults have the right to choose to take their own life only in cases when they are faced with a life threatening illness,

UNDERSTANDING its resolution on No Embargoes on Medicine, adopted October 24th, 2003, stated that during times of war that trade embargoes should not include medical supplies or experts,

NOTING that the government of Joccia's Department of Social Well Being recently instituted an executive order, dated February 3rd, 2004, finding all prostitutes unable to make competent decisions and then justified summarily executed these prostitutes under the guise of providing humane treatment via euthanasia,

GRAVELY AWARE that the current Joccian policy of rounding up very specific groups of citizens, such as its elvish minority, prostitutes, and unemployed, against their will for mandatory execution is not only a form of discrimination, but that such a practice is by definition genocide,

MAKING NOTE that reports from the BBC, dated February 6th, 2004, place the number of Joccians of Elvish descent that have been deported or murdered by the government at over 120,000,

CONCERNED that the Joccian Department of Social Well Being executive order, dated February 3rd, 2004, also targeted any citizen over the age of 70, any person involved in a protest, and any minority group should also be terminated,

OBSERVING that the Joccian Parliament passed a new documentation law, dated February 10th, 2004, requiring all travelers to Joccia to include information containing their: political orientation, sexual orientation, parentage, knowledge of war crimes, social class, and sexual deviations,

NOTING that many nations immediately raised objections to the passage of Joccian laws authorizing Joccia to execute its minority populations,

UNDERSTANDING that some NationStates United Nations member states and many more non-United Nations member states have already placed a trade embargo on Joccia,

AWARE that some nations have sent military forces to the region and are threatening action should the Joccian government not immediately stop its genocidal practices,

SECTION II: Establishing a Trade Embargo on Joccia:

5. CALLS UPON all NationStates United Nations members to immediately cease trade with Joccia;
6. ENCOURAGES all non NationStates United Nations members to join in this trade embargo;
7. ACKNOWLEDGES that in accordance with its No Embargoes on Medicine resolution that this trade embargo shall not include food or medicinal supplies;
8. DISTINGUISHES between the people of Joccia and their government, by acknowledging that the people of Joccia are victims of this genocidal campaign;
9. AUTHORIZES the NationStates United Nations to coordinate peace keeping forces to protect these food and medicinal supplies and assure that these supplies are not hoarded by the Joccian government if there is any evidence that the Joccian government fails to honor the intent of the NationStates United Nations resolutions concerning No Embargoes on Medicine, Universal Bill of Rights, and Gay Rights by interfering with the good faith effort on the part of the nations continuing to supply food and medicinal supplies to the people of Joccia;
10. MANDATES that this trade embargo shall last until such a time that the current Joccian government resigns and its current policies are repealed;

SECTION III: Protecting the Joccian Refugees and Survivors:

11. ASKS neighboring nations to accept the Joccian refugees until such a time that they can be given asylum in other nations or return to a stable Joccia, free of discriminatory and genocidial policies of the current government;
12. AUTHORIZES the NationStates United Nations to send food and medicinal supplies to any state that accepts the Joccian refugees;
13. ESTABLISHES that a UN Commissioner on Human Rights Abuses in Joccia shall be established to monitor and report back to this assembly on the progress made in resolving this crisis;
14. AUTHORIZES this UN Commissioner to travel through any nation accepting the Joccian refugees and interview them, so that the Commissioner may include their experiences into his / her reports;
15. INSTRUCTS this UN Commissioner to continue to monitor and annually report on the progress in Joccian compliance with this and other NationStates United Nations resolutions for the next ten years,
16. FURTHER RECOMMENDS that this UN Commissioner submit minor updates and progress reports when the situation merits; and
17. EXPRESSES ITS HOPE that this crisis can be resolved without the use of arms.



Please feel free to comment here or telegram me privately (though I will be away for a few days).

10kMichael
UN Ambassador
Confederation of Mikitivity

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Cde G.P. Punkachu notes thread and prepares dossier.

Lubria suggests that for those members of the UN (hereafter refereed to as sheep) who often do not feel the need to stay informed on the current events and actions of the UN (read: do not read the forums) that you include links in your proposal to the cited statements by Joccia and to the relevant BBC Broadcasts.

Other than that... Here Here! Lubria, though lacking an expeditionary military, will gladly deploy our humanitarian aid forces, provided some more militaristic nation can assure their protection. Our armies of peace specialize in bringing the Lubrian art of basket weaving to the less fortunate, and our crack door-to-door insurance salesmen squads will ensure all Joccian refugees have full coverage on their temporary refrigerator box housing. Heck, we'll even teach them to fish, providing of course that Joccia has not ruled their trout population unable of making competent descisions.

Once again, Palinu would be happy to cater the event. Our popcorn and s'mores went over well last time, but an event of this magnitude requires substance greater than snack foods. Mrs. Lovett has proclaimed that she and her fabulous, world reknowned meat pies will be on hand, and CMOT Dibbler has graciously warned us that his foodwares (using that term lightly, of course...some might prefer the term 'biochemical munitions,' while still others might suggest the concept that 'bio' may be stretching things abit) will be made available, as they have yet to be outlawed by the U.N.