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Proposal: Anti-Terrorism Resolution

Meatopiaa
22-07-2004, 03:33
**DRAFT PROPOSAL - 07/21/2004 ... Open for debate and suggestions**

Elimination of International and Regional Domestic Terrorism

A resolution for practical measures that fight terrorism and calls for the elimination of international and regional domestic terrorism.

Category: International Security

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Democratic Republic of Meatopiaa

"Elimination of International and Regional Domestic Terrorism"


Practical measures that fight terrorism and calls for the elimination of international and regional domestic terrorism:


DEEPLY disturbed by the propensity for terrorist acts and the persistence of terrorist acts, which have been carried out worldwide;

MINDFUL of the need to enhance the role of The United Nations in combating and forever globally outlawing acts of international and regional domestic terrorism;

CONVINCED of the importance of the consideration of measures to eliminate international and regional domestic terrorism by the collective members of The United Nations as the universal body having competence to do so;

WHERIN The United Nations should encourage States and/or Regions to review urgently the scope of the existing propensity for international and regional domestic terrorism and should enact provisions on the prevention, repression and elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, with the aim of ensuring that all peoples of all Nations should be free of harm inflicted at the hands of terrorists;

STRESSING the need to strengthen further the international cooperation between United Nations member States and/or Regions, and other Regional organizations and arrangements, if any, in order to prevent, combat, and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed, The United Nations and all member States:

1. DECLARES that terrorist acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public of any and all Nations, within a group of persons or any particular person(s), for political purposes, are in any and all circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other nature that may be invoked to justify the terrorist acts;

2. STRONGLY condemns all acts, methods, and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whosoever committed;

3. CALLS upon all States and/or Regions to refrain from financing, encouraging, providing training for, or otherwise supporting terrorist activities in any way, shape, or form;

4. CALLS upon all States and/or Regions, with the aim of enhancing the efficient implementation of relevant legal instruments, to intensify, as and where appropriate, the exchange of information on facts related to acts of terrorism, and in so doing, to avoid the dissemination of inaccurate or unverified information;

5. FINDS that international cooperation, as well as actions by individual States and/or Regions, to combat terrorism should be conducted in conformity with the principles of the Charter of The United Nations, as well as existing and future relevant resolutions;

6. CALLS upon all States and/or Regions to adopt measures; in accordance with “The Universal Bill of Rights” Implemented: Fri Aug 8 2003; to prevent terrorism and to strengthen international cooperation in combating terrorism and, to that end, to consider in particular the implementation of measures within the States and/or Regions to eradicate terrorism;

7. URGES all States and/or Regions, that have not yet done so, to consider as a matter of priority, becoming parties to this and future viable anti-terrorism relevant resolutions, conventions and protocols, and calls upon all States and/or Regions to enact, as appropriate, domestic legislation necessary to implement the provisions of this resolution, and other existing or future viable anti-terrorism relevant resolutions, conventions and protocols, to ensure that the jurisdiction of their Regions enables them to bring to accountability the perpetrators of terrorist acts, and when possible, to cooperate with, to provide support, and to assist other States and/or Regions and relevant international and regional organizations to that end;

8. FURTHER declares, that any State found to be in violation of this anti-terrorism resolution, and future viable anti-terrorism relevant resolutions, conventions and protocols, should be held accountable for perpetrated acts of terror, forthwith, in accordance with domestic legislation, under the jurisdiction of the member State's governing Region, in conformity with the principles of the Charter of The United Nations and its duly enacted resolutions;

9. RESPECTFULLY suggests and invites member States and/or Regions, that have not yet done so, to submit to The United Nations membership information on their State and/or Regional laws, guidelines, and regulations regarding the prevention and suppression of acts of international terrorism, via NationStates forums and/or off-site forums, or by whatever means at their disposal;

10. INSISTS that a future without acts of terror, is a future that all Nations and their peoples require and deserve.


Thank You in advance for your time in reading and considering this draft proposal.

Please offer any suggestions, constructive criticism and wisdom that may help this worthy resolution pass so the UN may take an active roll in further protecting the innocent men, women, and children of all Nations.

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Meatopiaa
22-07-2004, 07:45
**I am very sorry but I have yet to have an option to edit my posts. I have reposted a somewhat slimmed down version of my original draft proposal.



**EDITED DRAFT - 07/22/2004**

"Elimination of International and Regional Domestic Terrorism"

Practical measures that fight terrorism and calls for the elimination of international and regional domestic terrorism:

DEEPLY disturbed by the propensity for terrorist acts and the persistence of terrorist acts, which have been carried out worldwide;

MINDFUL of the need to enhance the role of The United Nations in combating and forever globally outlawing acts of international and regional domestic terrorism;

CONVINCED of the importance of the consideration of measures to eliminate international and regional domestic terrorism by the collective members of The United Nations as the universal body having competence to do so;

WHERIN The United Nations should encourage States and/or Regions to review urgently the scope of the existing propensity for international and regional domestic terrorism and should enact provisions on the prevention, repression and elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, with the aim of ensuring that all peoples of all Nations should be free of harm inflicted at the hands of terrorists;

STRESSING the need to strengthen further the international cooperation between United Nations member States and/or Regions, and other Regional organizations and arrangements, if any, in order to prevent, combat, and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed, The United Nations and all member States:

1. DECLARES that terrorist acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public of any and all Nations, within a group of persons or any particular person(s), for political purposes, are in any and all circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other nature that may be invoked to justify the terrorist acts;

2. STRONGLY condemns all acts, methods, and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whosoever committed;

3. CALLS upon all States and/or Regions to refrain from financing, encouraging, providing training for, or otherwise supporting terrorist activities in any way, shape, or form;

4. CALLS upon all States and/or Regions, with the aim of enhancing the efficient implementation of relevant legal instruments, to intensify, as and where appropriate, the exchange of information on facts related to acts of terrorism, and in so doing, to avoid the dissemination of inaccurate or unverified information;

5. FINDS that international cooperation, as well as actions by individual States and/or Regions, to combat terrorism should be conducted in conformity with the principles of the Charter of The United Nations, as well as existing and future relevant resolutions;

6. CALLS upon all States and/or Regions to adopt measures; in accordance with “The Universal Bill of Rights” Implemented: Fri Aug 8 2003; to prevent terrorism and to strengthen international cooperation in combating terrorism, enact domestic legislation necessary to implement the provisions of this resolution, and other existing or future viable anti-terrorism relevant resolutions, conventions and protocols, to ensure that the jurisdiction of their Regions enables them to bring to accountability the perpetrators of terrorist acts, and when possible, to cooperate with, to provide support, and to assist other States and/or Regions and relevant international and regional organizations, to that end;

7. FURTHER declares, that any State found to be in violation of this anti-terrorism resolution, should be held accountable for perpetrated acts of terror, forthwith, in accordance with domestic legislation, under the jurisdiction of the member State's governing Region, in conformity with the principles of the Charter of The United Nations and its duly enacted resolutions;

8. RESPECTFULLY suggests and invites member States and/or Regions, that have not yet done so, to submit to The United Nations membership information on their State and/or Regional laws, guidelines, and regulations regarding the prevention and suppression of acts of international terrorism, via NationStates forums and/or off-site forums, or by whatever means at their disposal;

9. INSISTS that a future without acts of terror, is a future that all people(s) of all Nations require and deserve.


Please offer any suggestions that may be helpful. This is our first draft proposal for a UN resolution since joing the United Nations.

Thank you

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Sophista
22-07-2004, 07:59
I must admit, I was skeptical upon reading this particular brief. Too often people lash out against terrorism in a way that only encourages violence and extremism, creating a self-sustaining cycle of attacks and counter-attacks. This proposal howevers, seeks to denounce all forms of terrorism, including those propegated by governments against minority peoples, and uses langauge that allows for the prosecution of entities that were formerly not accountable for their actions. Plus, it uses the language that Sophista promoted in its guide to resolution writing.

We offer our enthusiastic support.
Ecopoeia
22-07-2004, 10:52
I must admit that I am mildly surprised to find anti-terrorism proposal that is well conceived and executed. I suspect my nation may well lend its support.

Varia Yefremova
Speaker to the UN
Enn
22-07-2004, 14:04
The very fact that this includes a definition of terrorism gets a tick in my book.
Ynys
22-07-2004, 18:32
This Well Worded document wins the support of the Federation of Ynys

Markus Hill
U.N representative
Federation of Ynys
Meatopiaa
22-07-2004, 23:51
In order to save people time, this thread has been reposted due to no available "edit post option" in regards to the draft proposal being edited as comment and thoughts are conveyed. It will save you some reading time, I think.

The new thread is here: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=341936 (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=341936)

Please visit that thread... Thank You!

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