NationStates Jolt Archive

The representatives of The Free Land of Leaky Cauldron would like to lobby for support for its Ozone Layer resolution which has been proposed. If the resolution is passed, incentives will be given to manufacturing companies that work to find subsitutes for products that harm the ozone layer. Manufacturing companies that continue to make these harmful products will have to pay an extra tax. Furthermore, a team of scientists will be commission to help make safe products such as refrigerators and air conditioners a reality.

Albus Dumbledore - President

Ozone Protection Resolution

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Leaky Cauldron
Description: In response to the depletion of the ozone layer, it is proposed that alternate products be made for the consumers of UN nations. Depletion of the ozone layer due to the release of gases such as freon and CFC's, causes the following events among others:

1. An increase in temperature in countries where holes in the ozone layer are greatest.
2. Destruction of plants thus disrupting the food chain.

If this resolution is passed, the following events will occur:
1. Makers of products harming the ozone layer shall have a tax levied on them.
2. Makers of products that use alternate technologies that do not harm the ozone layer shall receive a tax cut.
3. A committee of scientists shall be commission to help make substitutes for products that harm the ozone layer.

Voting Ends: Tue Aug 24 2004
It helps if you post your proposal.

Gilderoy Lockhart, do-er of all deeds that need doing, Frisbeeteria

As one national leader to another, I would like Ereole to be the first nation to put foward its support for your proposed resolution.

Sincerely,

Lenore

Prime Minister
Ereole

This resolution ignores the fact that not all governments operate on a system where a central government collects taxes on goods, or from corporations. Some dictatorships don't allow their citiznes to have currency, they just live off the people and that's that. Fully communist countries can't give tax cuts to state owned companies. That said, you're ignoring a relatively large portion of UN nations who would be essentially exempt from penalization.

At present, the Draft Resolution is far too vague for the Foreign Office or the King's Government to take note, much less offer its support. As written, rather, the King's Government must stand in opposition to the Draft Resolution although we concur with its intent.

In order for the Draft Resolution to proceed, the King's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would recommend that the rates of taxation be specifically codified within the terms of the Resolution, and which body receives the amount of the tax increase must be clarified--does the UN receive this benefit, then passed on to the individual Member States; or do the governments of Member States receive the benefit? Further, the Resolution would be greatly improved by a list of manufactured products or production processes which cause damage to the ozone layer, e.g., factories/corporations which produce chloro-fluorocarbons as a result of production.

In a similar vein, the rate and target of the tax cut must also be clarified.

The Secretary concurs with the sentiments of the distinguished gentleman from Sophista, in that targeted tax benefits or penalties are probably not an effective means of enforcing the terms of the Draft Resolution. The same effect might more equitably be achieved via the use of trade incentives for countries who enforce the terms of the Resolution, and the creation of a "Corporate Partners List" of corporations who have adopted protective measures to protect the ozone layer...thus tacitly encouraging other Member States to do business with these corporations. Similarly, a list might be compiled of those corporations slow to comply with the agreed-upon ozone protection standards.