NationStates Jolt Archive

Mikitivity and I have put together a web site - and organization, hence known as NUNAA - to keep tabs on all things related to the United Nations resolutions passed and not passed, in the long run.

The web site for NUNAA is located here:
http://nunaa.skytowerpoet.net/

Please, any comments, suggestions, or criticisms, post here or telegram us.

We're open to anything the NS UN community may have to offer for us to help educate new and old players on the importance and value of being knowledgable of the practices and past of the organization can help foster better proposals, resolutions, and an overall quality improvement of the United Nations.

Thanks Tuesday for taking the time to get it made and running! :)

That said, the page is not just a resource for nations that want to pass UN resolutions, but also a tool that can be used by the number of nations that dislike UN resolutions.

If you have a recent or enhanced version of Acrobat, you'll be able to cut and paste formatted resolutions.

With that in mind, if you were a resolution author or know one, and would like the formatting in the above site to match what you originally proposed, just telegram me or Tuesday and we'll see to it that your resolution appears in the archive in the form it was voted on.

Do keep in mind that we actually keep the typos in resolutions (I even left the typos in mine as much as I'd love to remove them). :)

Also, if you have complete or partial text or other information related to resolutions that *failed* we need that. The archive is primarily around to show the complete history of the NS UN, not just the history of what passed.

10kMichael

Also, if you have complete or partial text or other information related to resolutions that *failed* we need that. The archive is primarily around to show the complete history of the NS UN, not just the history of what passed.

Taken from the DU Regional Forum:

Ban of Death Penalty
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Gigatron

Description: "The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.

It violates the right to life.

It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments."

- Amnesty International

The death penalty means the triumph of vengeance over justice and violates the first right of any human being, the right to life. Capital punishment has never prevented crime. It is an act of torture and the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. A society that imposes the death penalty symbolically encourages violence. Every single society that respects the dignity of its people has to strive to abolish capital punishment.

We demand the universal abolition of the death penalty. In this respect, we call on citizens, states and international organizations to act so that:
• states ratify this UN Moratorium on an international and regional level.
• countries which have stopped executing people sentenced to death, remove the death penalty from their statute books.
• states which sentence to death persons who were juveniles at the time of the crime, end this blatant violation of the international law
• mentally disabled people cannot be sentenced to death
• no states having abolished or suspended executions extradite anyone to third countries still applying the death penalty, irrespective of guarantees that it would not be imposed.

Votes For: 6957

Votes Against: 9288

Voting Ended: Sun Jun 27 2004


End Nuclear Proliferation Act

A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.

Category: Global Disarmament
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Free Outer Eugenia

Description: "The doctrine of mutually assured destruction perpetually sets our entire planet on the brink of a worldwide nuclear apocalypse"

- Maxwell Freeborn Pierce,
Anarchy's Regional UN Delegate

We, the assembled Nations of the UN body must do our part to preserve the Earth for future generations. Weapons that utilize deadly and harmful radiation poison the land for many centuries after the conflicts in which; and the very nations by which they had been deployed will have long passed out of human memory.

Be it therefore resolved that all UN member nations immediately cease all production of nuclear weapons including but not limited to: Fission bombs, fusion bombs, neutron bombs, 'dirty bombs' and depleted uranium ammunition.

Be it further resolved that all UN member nations dismantle and safely dispose of all such weapons in their arsenals no later than a decade after the passing of this resolution.

Be it further resolved that a UN ENPA (End Nuclear Proliferation Act) Enforcement Agency be set up to oversee the implementation of this resolution.

Votes For: 7787

Votes Against: 9955

Voting Ended: Thu Jun 10 2004

Space Defense Initiative

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.

Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: SCOS OJ

Description: RECOGNIZING, the calamitous consequences of an asteroid striking the Earth;

RECALLING, Asteroid 2004 FH, the 100 foot in diameter asteroid which, on 19 March 2004, passed perilously close to Earth;

RECOGNIZING, that the gravity of the harm of such an event justifies measured responsive action;

REAFFIRMING, the duty and obligation of the governments of all nations to defend its peoples;

REAFFIRMING, this council's resolution of 12 November 2002, "Fight the Axis of Evil," calling for an increase in defense spending;

REAFFIRMING, this council's resolution of 6 October 2003, "International Space Initiative", calling for international cooperation in the development and advancement of space based technology;

THE UNITED NATIONS, IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED,

RESOLVES to undertake the research and development of an orbital defense platform designed to defend Earth from threatening interstellar objects;

URGES the development of proper equipment for said platform, possibly including, but not limited to, long range reconnaissance scanners, tractor beams and energy based cannons;

URGES but does not compel all nations to participate in this endeavor;

URGES each participating nation to contribute its maximum allowance in good faith;

RESOLVES that in order to prevent the orbital defense platform from improper application, each use and deployment of the platform be approved by full consensus of all participating nations;

DECIDES to remain seized of the matter

Votes For: 6780

Votes Against: 9988

Voting Ended: On or before Apr 20 2004

Passport harmonisation

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Stormymilkshake

Description: As the peoples of the world learn more of other nations the urge to travel and broaden cultural horizons has naturally increased. Border formalities are hampered customs officials finding themselves increasingly baffled by the variety of personal identification each nation requires. A UN standardisation initiative would see world citizens issued with documentation which presents personal information in a single format, easing stress and delays at Customs and Immigration facilities. Tourism generates significant revenues alongside the cutural benefits and UN intervention would stimulate growth in this area of each nation's economy.

Each nation would be able to present its travel documentation in a manner and design which reflects its own culture and traditions as long as it contained the standard information.

Votes For: 16174

Votes Against: 3817

Voting Ended: Mon Feb 9 2004

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A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Purple Haired vegans

Description: Come on you know what i mean. these things are the bane of our existence. If they were band, it would create world peace as everyone would walk around in a happy daze knowing that there internet surfing will be trouble free.

Votes For: ????

Votes Against: ????

Voting Ends: Sat Jan 10 2004

From random odd sources:

HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE

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

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: The Orion Nebula

Description: PREAMBLE: The intent of the UN rules governing proposals is to insure that substantial issues are discussed. It is entirely just and proper that this should be so. Similarly, the intent of the Freedom of Humor Act, which recently passed the UN by an almost 4 to 1 margin, is to allow these issues to be discussed in an entertaining and amusing way. This too is entirely just and proper and will lead to a happier and more humane citizenry. The Whimsical Republic of the Orion Nebula is therefore proud to submit the following for consideration.

HIPPO AWARENESS DAY

WHEREAS, although Hippos are indeed quite large there exists some controversy as to whether they are the second or third largest land animal;

AND WHEREAS the Hippos are known to be distressed by the terrible way that mankind has treated the environment of the Earth;

AND WHEREAS Hippos are not only an endangered species but young Hippos are often mocked in junior high school for their ridiculous looking windbreakers, their large glasses and their round sneakers that resemble above-ground pools,

LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT each member nation of the United Nations declare the first Thursday following the Winter Solstice to be "Hippo Awareness Day".

AND LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED that each member nation shall create programs that, on this day, educate its populace to the plight of all endangered species, but mostly Hippos. These programs should also raise the environmental awareness of the citizenry and encourage conservation.

AND LET IT BE EVEN FURTHER RESOLVED that these programs should contain the information that HIPPOS ARE BIG to help them regain their rightful place as the Earth's second largest land animal. Also this could be best accomplished by encouraging people to visit the zoo to see Hippos in the flesh so they can understand just how big Hippos are. This would prevent hurt Hippo feelings when people, unfamiliar with the size of Hippos, say "Wow, Hippos are big!" as opposed to having a comfortable idea about the relative size of Hippos, which would cause them to say "Now, THAT is a big Hippo!" only in the presence of an overtly large representative of the species.

AND LET IT BE STILL FURTHER RESOLVED that the member nations of the UN are encouraged to broadcast a national telethon on Hippo Awareness Day to raise money for the establishment of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

ALSO hello.

Votes For: ????

Votes Against: ????

Voting Ended: ?? Dec 2003

The GenetiCorp Convention

A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Category: Free Trade
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: The Global Market

Description: WHEREAS:

Cloning, a process that exists in nature in the form of identical twins is suddenly linked with reactionary fears of degrading respect for human individuality and violations of human rights, when humans discover that technology.

Yet how would one’s rights to her/his individuality best be served? By allowing the individual to decide whether or not she or he would like to be cloned? Or by passing on the responsibility for that decision to a state?

The right to decide whether or not you would be cloned is linked to that of the ownership of the individual over his or her own genetic code. Many Western societies are rushing towards a situation where those rights are massively being given up by the ‘moral majorities’ in those societies, to the state.

Note that the right not to be cloned is also among those rights.

Since future visions of a society with abominable human rights, are being also (over)used against cloning, let us present an alternative scenario.

When a theoretical human right for individuality, becomes a human duty for individuality, you can ask yourself this question: ‘What sort of a state would possibly seek benefit from the absolute need to identify individuals by their genetic codes?’

This is the kind of state that will violate your human rights.

This Convention defends the rights of the individual to ownership of, and therefore the (still theoretical) right to alter her or his genome, and more general his or her physical architecture.

People who push for laws against genetic modification technology do not realize they are interfering with those rights.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS HONORABLE UNITED NATIONS THAT:

I. The United Nations shall issue a statement defending the ownership of the individual over his or her genome, and therefore the theoretical right to duplicate and/or alter it. If two people both possess the same genome, they will both have the right to duplicate and/or alter theirs.

II. All international laws specifically directed against the development of any form of biotechnology of a civilian nature are hereby abolished.

III. Individual governments shall reserve the right to restrict the research of biotechnology within their own nation, though scientists shall have the right to leave at any time they wish, except in cases of criminal activity, war, or imminent danger.

IV. No nation nor the United Nations shall restrict the free flow of scientific information of a civilian nature, so long as such flow does not violate standing property rights.

V. That cloned humans shall be accorded the same rights and as naturally born humans.

Votes For: 5415

Votes Against: 6992

Voting Ended: Sat Oct 11 2003

International Space Initiative
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Fortunado

Description: For better of democracy and the future of mankind, herewith is our proposal to form the International Space Intitiave (ISI). A worldwide participatory group designed to cull the best and the brightest from around the globe for the sake of exploring worlds beyond our earthly soil.

Rather than make the space race a race at all, the ISI fully utilizes the basic ideals of intelligence and communication.

Working much like the United Nations, the ISI will plan, build and implement space exploration on a committee basis with shared expense and reward.

As a bare bones plan, herewith are basic ideology for the ISI:

1. A universal collective of science, manufacturing and defense.

2. Cradle-to-grave education for all to ensure future generations that space is no longer regarded as a folly, but as a serious opportunity to utilize.

3. The chance to explore and possibly, ihabit, lands beyond Earth bringing forth a mission of Peace.

Kindly cast your vote to ensure that the future of our children and our childrens' children fully explores all opportunities.

Votes For: 9806

Votes Against: 2930

Voting Ended: Mon Oct 6 2003

The Bill of No Rights
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: The Global Market

Description: In an effort to restore some semblance of sanity to the world, the UN shall pass this BILL OF NO RIGHTS.

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This world is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone, not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all of your relatives wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. There are charitable people to be found, who will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we’re just not interested in public health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don’t be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don’t be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won’t have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching conscience. We hate oppressive governments and won’t lift a finger to stop you from going to fight if you’d like. However, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world and do not want to spend so much of our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and a funny hat.

ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to have one, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.

ARTICLE X: You do not have the right to happiness. You have the right to pursue happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by things like the American Bill of Rights.

Votes For: 5045

Votes Against: 8366

Voting Ended: Tue Sep 30 2003

The Cato Acts

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: The Global Market

Description: Reaffrming our undying commitment to liberty, be it resolved by this honorable United Nations that the following measures shall be passed in all member nations:

Article I- That all taxpaying citizens shall be entitled to be represented in the government.
Article II- That in all legal matters, the prosecutor or plantiff shall carry the burden of proof, and all accused persons shall enjoy a presumption of innocence.
Article III- That the right of free speech and press shall not be abridged, except when such speech or press violates a contract (such as software piracy) or poses a clear and imminent danger (such as deliberately inciting a riot).
Article IV- That no person shall be censored, sued, or prosecuted for his political or religious beliefs.
Article V- That all persons shall have the right to petition the government and assemble nonviolently.
Article VI- That government shall neither directly endorse nor censure any religion.
Article VII- That no person shall be enlisted in the armed forces against his will, nor be forced into involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime for which the said individual shall have been duly convicted.
Article VIII- That all private individuals and businesses shall have the right to emigrate from any nation, though individual nations shall reserve the right to create their own policy on immigration and naturalization.
Article IX- That inventors shall be entitled to protection from international patents for a period of no less than eighteen months from the time of invention.
Article X- That government shall neither abridge nor expand the rights or responsibilities of any citizen on account of "race".

All legislation in conflict with these acts are hereby null and void.

These acts named in greatest honor of Marcus Portius Cato the Younger (95-46 BC), who died valiantly trying to protect the Republic from the yoke of Caesar.

Votes For: 4088

Votes Against: 8548

Voting Ended: Thu Sep 25 2003

Some blasts from the past:

Curb Illicit Arms Transfers

A resolution to tighten or relax gun control laws.

Category: Gun Control
Decision: Tighten
Proposed by: Galdago

Description: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

CONSIDERING that the illicit traffic in small arms impedes development, constitutes a threat to populations and security, and contributes to the destabilization of States;

RECOGNIZING the suffering caused by illicit trafficking in small arms and that States bear the obligation to bolster their efforts in developing practical ways of addressing the problem;

REAFFIRMING the right to individual or collective self-defense recognized in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations implying that States have the right to acquire arms for defense;

REITERATING the importance of the right of self-determination of all peoples, especially under alien domination or foreign occupation;

CONVINCED of the need for a thorough approach to control and reduce small arms and light weapons in a balanced manner to ensure international peace and security;

1. ADOPTS the following recommendations for the curbing of illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons with respect to the definitions of this weaponry articulated in the annex of this resolution;

2. REQUESTS the Secretary-General continue to consider the matter and report to it at its subsequent sessions on the implementation of this resolution and to seek and consider the views of all Member States on the objective, scope, agenda, dates and venue of an international conference on the illicit arms trade;

3. DECIDES to convene an international conference on all aspects of the illicit arms trade no later than 2005;

4. WELCOMES the offer by the Government of Galdago to host in Coronada, no later than 2005, an international conference on all aspects of the illicit arms trade;

5. ENCOURAGES the establishment of national programmes to combat the illicit transfer of small arms and ensure the collection thereof within the suggested parameters of paragraph 6 and invites the international community and the Secretary general to render technical and financial support to strengthen the ability of States to take these actions;

6. RECOMMENDS that participating States should implement programmes of action which would:

a) employ regulations to control the production of small arms and light weapons within their jurisdiction, and over the export, import, transit or retransfer of such weapons;

b) generate agencies responsible for policy guidance of efforts to prevent illicit trade, including aspects of illicit manufacture, control, trafficking, circulation, brokering, trade, as well as tracing, finance, collection and destruction of small arms;

c) ensure responsibility for all small arms held and issued by the state and create measures for tracing such weapons;

d) and enact, where possible, effective disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, including effective collection, control, storage and destruction of small arms, particularly in post-conflict zones, as well as address the special needs of children affected by armed conflict.

ANNEX

DEFINITIONS
In the present resolution and its aspects:

a) “Small arms” means man-portable firearms and their ammunition primarily designed for individual use by military forces as lethal weapons; the term shall be used interchangeably to also denote the aggregate of small arms and light weapons;

b) “Light weapons” means some man-portable firearms and their ammunition, light artillery guns and rockets, and guided missiles for use against armored vehicles, aircraft, or fortifications.

Votes For: ????

Votes Against: ????

Voting Ended: Tue Jun 10 2003

United Nations Peace Prize

A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.

Category: Political Stability
Strength: Significant
Proposed By: Pax Romantica

Description: In recognition and acknowledgement of those who strive to create greater world harmony and understanding, the Kingdom of Pax Romantica proposes the creation of a United Nations Peace Prize.
This Prize will be awarded annually to that individual, organization, group or nation that has done the most to further the cause of peace in the world, be it through politics, science, or the arts.

This Prize will bestow gratitude, honour and prestige upon the recipient from the world community. Additional benefits and privileges may be determined and added later.

The award process may be formalized in a number of ways, but the Kingdom of Pax Romantica recommends:
1) Nominations of potential recipients with sufficient explanation put forth by a given date each year by UN members.
2) A period of review of nominees and discussion of merits.
3) A brief period of voting to end on a given date by UN members, the nominee receiving the majority of the votes then being awarded the Prize.
4) The convocation of the UN to witness the presentation of the Peace Prize during an annual ceremony befitting the prestige of the award.

Peacemakers often labour beneath the radar of international attention. Let us reward and encourage these labours for the betterment of the world.

Votes For: ????

Votes Against: ????

Voting Ended: Sat Jul 5 2003

Excellent idea. When they are dredged up, will texts of failed resolutions be archived there?

Ah, I see that as I wrote my post, Goobergunchia posted that massive list, thus making pointless at a stroke the time I spent dredging the NS forums for references to the Bill of No Rights and the Cato Acts. Oh well.

EDIT: Wow, I never realised Galdago had tried to pass that arms trafficking thingie before _Myopia_ was even established.

Very nice website. Two thumbs up! :cool:

http://www.cozmikshirts.co.uk/graphics/seal.jpg

Excellent idea. When they are dredged up, will texts of failed resolutions be archived there?

Ah, I see that as I wrote my post, Goobergunchia posted that massive list, thus making pointless at a stroke the time I spent dredging the NS forums for references to the Bill of No Rights and the Cato Acts. Oh well.

EDIT: Wow, I never realised Galdago had tried to pass that arms trafficking thingie before _Myopia_ was even established.

Nor had I! Goobergunchia's post is excellent and will certainly work to distract my staff from the current UN discussions. ;)

And thanks to all. I'm going to ask that Tuesday change the page to include the names of other nations that have contributed (Frisbeeteria and Goobergunchia) if they'd like to have their names listed on the site as well.

Another thing, there may be space for us to add links to the Jolt debates under the resolution text on the pdf archives. Would this be useful? How long do old Jolt threads stick around? I'd like to *not* have to maintain old links, as the next thing Tuesday and I have been talking about is maintaining a link to the UN voting records for individual nations and then also getting Sophista's resolution writting guide converted from the forum based document to a Word / PDF version. I think with a bit of work it can look cleaner and with Acrobat, we can use bookmarks to basically "index" the paper.

Thanks for all the support, everyone! Mik and I have been batting this idea around for the last couple of weeks, and finally, everything came together!

Anyone who contributes who wishes to be named on the page, please send me a telegram with your permission; I don't want you be solicited if you don't want to be.

Also, it might take me a few weeks time, but, eventually I will be linking to individual nations' voting records and adding a vast majority of PDFs and what-not that Mik sends my way.

Feel free to send me your suggestions, files, and the likes to tuesdayheights@lycos.com.

Any e-mails from goobergunch(at)gmail.com are from me, btw.

Any e-mails from goobergunch(at)gmail.com are from me, btw.

Thanks for letting me know, I have many friends who share your name! ;)

EDIT: Wow, I never realised Galdago had tried to pass that arms trafficking thingie before _Myopia_ was even established.

Actually, there's a funny story with that.... *reminisces*

As you have no doubt noticed, UN resolutions have line breaks removed from them when they are listed in the list of adopted resolutions. However, it used to be that the line breaks would be removed when the resolution was placed up for vote. This usually didn't matter, because most of the older resolutions were fairly simple in nature and only had a few sentences. However, when Galdago's resolution came to the floor, it appeared as a huge mass of text. Although I, as the new Delegate of Democratic Underground, voted for it, as did many well-informed and active UN members, the vast majority of UN members voted against it simply because they didn't want to read a huge mass of text. On the last day of the vote, [violet] interceded and re-added the line breaks, setting the practice to its current form. However, it was too late to change the vote and so the resolution went down to defeat.

Any clue why this isn't included in the list of resolutions?


Passport harmonisation

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Stormymilkshake

Description: As the peoples of the world learn more of other nations the urge to travel and broaden cultural horizons has naturally increased. Border formalities are hampered customs officials finding themselves increasingly baffled by the variety of personal identification each nation requires. A UN standardisation initiative would see world citizens issued with documentation which presents personal information in a single format, easing stress and delays at Customs and Immigration facilities. Tourism generates significant revenues alongside the cutural benefits and UN intervention would stimulate growth in this area of each nation's economy.

Each nation would be able to present its travel documentation in a manner and design which reflects its own culture and traditions as long as it contained the standard information.

Votes For: 16174
Votes Against: 3817
Voting Ended: Mon Feb 9 2004

Actually, there's a funny story with that.... *reminisces*

As you have no doubt noticed, UN resolutions have line breaks removed from them when they are listed in the list of adopted resolutions. However, it used to be that the line breaks would be removed when the resolution was placed up for vote. This usually didn't matter, because most of the older resolutions were fairly simple in nature and only had a few sentences. However, when Galdago's resolution came to the floor, it appeared as a huge mass of text. Although I, as the new Delegate of Democratic Underground, voted for it, as did many well-informed and active UN members, the vast majority of UN members voted against it simply because they didn't want to read a huge mass of text. On the last day of the vote, [violet] interceded and re-added the line breaks, setting the practice to its current form. However, it was too late to change the vote and so the resolution went down to defeat.

Which is another reason why I'm working to reformat everything to its original state.

Newbies still look through the official archive and don't believe us when we say, "The older stuff just pales in comparison to improvements in formatting alone we've seen", because to their eyes, old and new look alike!

It will take a while, but we'll eventually have something that while official, will at least offer another perspective on what the UN has done.

Any clue why this isn't included in the list of resolutions?

Absolutely no idea. You might want to ask the mods!

Re Jolt longevity: The mods have discussed removing the current 1300 post limit on topics and ending the purges of older topics because the root causes are no longer relevant. I think it was a server-space issue, and that's just not a factor on Jolt's more modern equipment. Consequently, I believe live links to the Forums are fine.

The UN Forum goes back at least to June/July 2003 pretty much intact. There are also over 300 sometimes-blank topics with a timestamp of 1970. This is due to problems with the old server (and is the reason for the occasional 'disappearing topic' on the old one). You can change your forum settings at the bottom of each Forum index page, and by tweaking the URL you can display up to 200 topic titles at a time. Makes research of older stuff much easier.


... unless you're temporarily on dial-up like I am now. Can't wait to get home to my broadband!

The UN Forum goes back at least to June/July 2003 pretty much intact. There are also over 300 sometimes-blank topics with a timestamp of 1970. This is due to problems with the old server (and is the reason for the occasional 'disappearing topic' on the old one). You can change your forum settings at the bottom of each Forum index page, and by tweaking the URL you can display up to 200 topic titles at a time. Makes research of older stuff much easier.

*checks, thankful for the 200-topic tip*

It seems to go back largely to early September 2003, with the first resolution being visible for proper debate being Fantasan's "Common Sense Act II" resolution.

Well, we oldies can always tell stories about the good ol` days. I for one remember the heated debates over the common sense acts. ;)

Well, we oldies can always tell stories about the good ol` days. I for one remember the heated debates over the common sense acts. ;)

The first common sense act was "removed" from history prior to June 2004 ... so officially I think you speak of ghosts and demons when you use the plural form here. ;)

The second one ... *shakes head*, I'd have to look at it again, but for some reason I'm remembering something about it bugged me.

I recall attempts at a Common Sense Act III (Not by Fantasan but by someone else. But again, its a vague memory.) All the anticapitalist nations were against it too for some reason. *shrug* I am quite convinced that I voted in favour back then.

I've updated the website for those interested!

First, I'm still working on archiving all the resolutions Gooberguncia found for us. A major thanks for that! :) On that note, Gooberguncia pointed out that there was a resolution that passed that was deleted (by accident) from the official NS UN archive. With that in mind, I hope that many of you will understand that the official archive is prone to some errors -- how many? I suspect only a few.

Second, while in the debate in another thread the subject of co-authorship came up. The UNA has only been listing the official authors of resolutions, but when I print the text, it *is* possible for the UNA to also list co-authors.

How do you (UN Members) feel about this? Should co-authors be given credit?

One way to do this would be to only allow a couple of co-authors per resolution and to only allow the official author to telegram / contact the UNA in order to have the co-authors listed.

One way to do this would be to only allow a couple of co-authors per resolution and to only allow the official author to telegram / contact the UNA in order to have the co-authors listed.
Sounds cumbersome. I'd suggest providing links to the principal discussion topics and let people research it if they wanted to.

I tend to make suggestions in almost every proposal topic that interests me. I'm not looking for credit, just better law.

Sounds cumbersome. I'd suggest providing links to the principal discussion topics and let people research it if they wanted to.

I tend to make suggestions in almost every proposal topic that interests me. I'm not looking for credit, just better law.

Danke!

It would be a pain, but I'm not looking to give people credit, but actually establishing some accountability!

Hmmm, but you are right ... the debates will show this.

The problem with links is two fold.

#1
There are so many trival "this sucks" threads that I'm not going to waste my UNA time with that really shouldn't be treated as anything more than drive by opinions.

#2
The debates are opinions ... who authored a resolution is less so.

Naturally if we start repealing resolutions, you had better believe that I'm gonna swing to the defense of my co-authored resolutions. I would actually like the moderators (not other nations) to recognize not just that I care about these resolutions, but to understand *where* my bias comes from. This will enable them to make an informed decision (including the ones that often bite me in my seat). ;)

I agree that trying to give proper credit where it is due is an important aspect in all of this, but unless a co-author steps up and takes credit under some circumstance, then, it might become hard to keep track of the proper authors within the way we are trying to go about making this web site up-to-date and comprehensive.

OK, another thing ... what about a link to Serconea's thread about UN voting records?

To ask this in a more general way, do nations feel that the voting records of individual nations is useful?

My government does. It points to whom we feel we should work with on certain issues.

Just a clarification:

"Hippos Are Really Quite Large" was not deleted - it was put up for a vote and failed.

However, it was a successor resolution to "Hippos Are Big", which made quorum and was deleted.

I've got to run right now, but I'm guessing that the Moderation thread on "Hippos Are Big", which includes a complete endorser list, is still extant.

I've got to run right now, but I'm guessing that the Moderation thread on "Hippos Are Big", which includes a complete endorser list, is still extant.
Well, the UN forum still had a bit of info. (I only captured the larger threads, btw)
The Next Resolution Up For Vote: HIPPOS ARE BIG (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=295452)
Hippo awareness day?! why!? (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=298023)
Whoever votes to replace Xmas with Hippo Appreciation Day... (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=297887)
Hippo Day?!? (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=297660)
The hippo proposal is the dumbest thing i've ever read... (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=297789)
FEEKY GOVERNMENT ISSUES OFFICIAL STAND ON PYGMY HIPPOS (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=297890)
Endangered species proposal (not hippos) (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=298568)
HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE proposal]please approve! (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=296565)
Vote YES on the Hippo bill! (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=298038)
HOW TO WASTE TIME: THE HIPPO BILL (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=298056)

I'll update that reference while adding Enn's recently passed resolution to the summary. This weekend I hope to tackle the issue of the Human Rights resolutions.

The first Hippo proposal I could find came out in July 03. The mod forum appears to have been purged of all topics before September 03, so there's nothing on the early ones. However, Kahta didn't seem to like
HIPPOS ARE BIG!!!!! (UN resolution) (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=295451)
...and then-UN-Mod Enodia seemed to agree
Enodia: Sweet merciful expletives. Thanks for the heads-up.
Goob: Thanks Enodia!
Nothingg: Thanks for deleting a resolution that was approved of by more than 130 players? I guess what the players thinks is not important to you now.
Enodia: If 130 players think that the world is made of green cheese, that doesn't change the reality. The proposal was a clear violation of the rules governing UN proposals, so whether or not it'd reached quorum was immaterial.
... etc., etc., etc. ...

I've updated the site with some minor tweaks here and there.

Bumped.

Did you update the page, because my machine pulled the older (pre-Nuclear Terrorism Act) versions of the files.

And a note to others, the pdfs sometimes are hard to read on machines that are running low on memory. I had to reboot my machine in order to read the pdfs.

-10kMichael

I've created a subdomain specifically for the NUNAA located here (http://nunaa.skytowerpoet.net).

You need to update for the resolutions past 'Law of the Sea'.

The text of that resolution is in the "Free Trade" category that I've been working on. I also will link to the debate.

But don't worry, we've inventoried your resolution. :) And yeah, when I checked again last night, the "Summary" was a bit old and dated. Heck, it will need to be updated again next week too.

But yes, feedback is always apprecipated! Thanks!

I've added an off-site forum for NUNAA to discuss things related to the archive and the UN: http://s8.invisionfree.com/NUNAA/index.php

Please visit and register today!

You need to update for the resolutions past 'Law of the Sea'.

FYI on Law of the Sea and Free Trade. I've not yet generated the list of "Free Trade" resolutions (passed and failed), as the UN has been on a Moral Decency kick lately ... which is incredibly interesting. For nearly two years there was only one Moral Decency resolution on the books, and then in the span of one month three Moral Decency resolutions reached the UN floor.

That in and of itself could prove to be an interesting discussion (not debate, because it would be 100% opinion based). ;)

I did update the resolution summary PDF, through the Epidemic Prevention Protocol resolution, so Law of the Sea should be up there at least! :)

The point behind the UNAA PDFs is to give you printer friendly documents. When drafting a new resolution, I highly recommend visiting the site and printing out the pages of the PDFs that you feel will be useful.

You'll note that the past two resolutions made use of the IRCO resolution from Sep. 2003! That is amazing in and of itself, because it is one of the few times that NationStates has had a (in this case two independent) resolution(s) continue to build upon the work of previous resolutions!

I am excited about the direction this body is taking, because we are really getting to a point where things will not only become a bit more complex, but I'm starting to see some "administrative" accountability creeping into the operations here.

I'm starting to see some "administrative" accountability creeping into the operations here.

I can see how that would creep up as well; however, keep in mind that we do have lives - busy ones at that - outside of NationStates that might keep us from updating for days at a time.

This doesn't mean that we won't get to it; we're just busy, and we'll get to it when we can.

We appreciate all suggestions and anyone else who'd like to jump on board can follow Mik's PDF files and try to contribute that way, too.

I have a few more failed resolutions for you, thanks to the Wysterian and Texan forums.

Self-Support
A resolution.

Category:
Strength:
Proposed by:

Description: Regional delegates are not allowed to approve the resolutions they submitted.

Votes For: 4506

Votes Against: 9369

Voting Ended: Fri Mar 25 2003



TO PROTECT
A resolution.

Category:
Strength:
Proposed by:

Description: Regional we as the U.N. protect the world, keeping peace and upholding international laws. I propose all U.N. delegates get a certain sum of money to their countries. Not only would this drive the ambition to become a U.N. member, thus increasing peace, but also would increase the drive to become a delegate, which is very low.

Votes For: 4311

Votes Against: 9499

Voting Ended: Wed Mar 30 2003


Freedom From SPAM Act

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Forkissa

Description:
Whereas,
The electronic mail inboxes of every man, woman and child on the face of the planet are being clogged with unwanted solicitory email, hereafter referred to as SPAM.

Whereas,
This problem is causing minutes a day in irritation, millions of kilobytes of bandwith waste, and millions of dollars of corporate money from the clogging.

Whereas,
The problem is and has been growing at a nearly exponential rate for years now.

Whereas,
All people have the right to be free from barrages of obscenity and unwanted sales offers, and these serve only to worsen the general mood and lifestyle of civilization

It is proposed that from twenty days after the passage of this bill, laws be put into effect in every member country of the United Nations stating that any company found to be in posession of a list of emails for the usage of SPAM be fined the equivilent to five hundred thousand dollars and any company found to be sending unsolicitated email be fined the equivilent of five thousand dollars per email. Companies wishing to continue sending emails to private citizens must be in posession of a valid electronic signature which was gained without deceit and with a full disclaimer explaining what form of email the signee was subscribing to.

Here are passed UN resolutions that were deleted by the mods because they dealt with game functions.

Proposal limits
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy Strength: Strong Proposed by: Mercia
Description: There are far too many proposals being made and many worthy ones are sinking without trace. I propose a limit of one per week for each nation.

Votes For: 5242

Votes Against: 1034

Implemented: Sun Jan 26 2003
Search Function
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy Strength: Significant Proposed by: Padmez

Description: Delegates are often asked to endorse different proposals, however these are hard to find. I propose that there should be a search function to enable us to find proposals without having to search through 65 pages. This will make it easier to get proposals approved, since there are so many that none of them have enough votes.

Votes For: 6579.

Votes Against: 721.

Implemented: Thu Jan 30 2003

Secretary General
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy Strength: Strong Proposed by: Labrador

Description: The UN should work as it does in the real world. We need an equivalent to Kofi Annan, who would be voted on by the Regional Delegates. The Secretary General would create Councils (Security Council, Human Rights Council, Environmental Council, Trade Council, etc.) Proposals would then go before the appropriate Council for consideration before passing to the Proposal list for consideration by Regional Delegates. This would weed out stupid proposals, while giving worthwhile proposals a chance to become Resolutions.

Votes For: 1521

Votes Against: 597

Implemented: Thu Feb 6 2003

Resolution 245A Proper Grammar
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy Strength: Significant Proposed by: Scrotalia
Description: Too long have UN Proposals been filled with improper grammar. One can scarcely move between two pages of proposals without seeing some sort of grammar or spelling error. People need to realize that "your" and "you're" are NOT the same word. People also need to realize that "to" and "too" are also not the same word, and that the "Vaticant" does not exist. Any country that files a proposal with such language shall henceforth be banned from proposals until such time as they understand the English language and can properly convey their ideas.

Votes For: 8597

Votes Against: 6885

Implemented: Sat Feb 15 2003

More Knowledge of Own Country
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy Strength: Significant Proposed by: Herozerax
Description: As ammusing as it is to read the same statements that are the description of our countries I feel that we should have more. There are obviously some sort of statistics somewhere with which the UN makes their reports. I see no reason why these statistics should not be known to the countries themselves. I say we should be allowed to view our countries' statistics so we can make more educated decisions in their development.

Votes For: 14518

Votes Against: 2724

Implemented: Wed Feb 19 2003

Reduction of Needed Approvals
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy Strength: Mild Proposed by: Cappadocia
Description: Due to the increased number UN Delegates, more and more potential Resolutions lie overlooked in the void that is the list of Proposals. We propose a reduction in the number of needed approvals from 15% of all delegates to 5%, thus increasing the opportunity of any nation to have its idea voted upon, while still curbing those proposals which are frankly a waste of knuckle power.

Votes For: 2819

Votes Against: 569

Implemented: Tue Mar 4 2003
Resolution Restrictions
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy Strength: Strong Proposed by: Conservative economics
Description: 1. Whereas, the UN proposal forum is overflowing with pointless and carelessly placed proposals, and 2. Whereas, very few of submitted proposals follow correct parlimentary procedure, and 3. Whereas, there is no current monitoring system for the submissions of proposals, and 4. Whereas, the point of the UN is being ignored and is accomplising very little, 5. BE IT RESOLVED THAT, By this here delegation of the United Nations, that all proposals submitted be subject to monitoring and scrict scrutiny.

Votes For: 11556

Votes Against: 6110

Implemented: Tue Apr 8 2003

Thanks, Joven, I'm sure Mik will be thrilled to see this!

There may still be a few missing resolutions - I seem to recall one be Grande that caused him to leave the game - but that's a much more complete list, thanks to all these entries.

(Apologies to Tuesday Heights and Mikitivity for stealing their thunder), but I've compiled a fairly comprehensive timeline over in the NSWiki:


http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/UN_Timeline

There may still be a few missing resolutions - I seem to recall one be Grande that caused him to leave the game - but that's a much more complete list, thanks to all these entries.

I didn't know Grande had left the game over that... he cited personal reasons...

(Apologies to Tuesday Heights and Mikitivity for stealing their thunder), but I've compiled a fairly comprehensive timeline over in the NSWiki:


http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/UN_Timeline

That's amazing! Great job!

There may still be a few missing resolutions - I seem to recall one be Grande that caused him to leave the game - but that's a much more complete list, thanks to all these entries.

(Apologies to Tuesday Heights and Mikitivity for stealing their thunder), but I've compiled a fairly comprehensive timeline over in the NSWiki:


http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/UN_Timeline

OOC: No worries at all! :) You've done a great job on NSWiki, and I'll go back and start filling in the history and debate on as many of the post Jan. 2004 resolutions (I've observed 'em all with the exception of a few in early June when I was in Europe).

I'll also go and add the failed resolutions to the UNA Archive. The point behind the pdfs is that they can be printed in hard copy format, and I'm hoping that new proposal writers will print out the copies of the resolutions they like while drafting up their new documents.

Whereas NSWiki will show how the body connects. One of the best examples here will probably end up being the IRCO, which I've seen used once (maybe more than that) in the II forum, in addition to being cited in two different other UN resolutions.

You and your IRCO. LOL. :p

Updated, today, in respects to the environmental issues.

You and your IRCO. LOL. :p

OOC: Yeah, I really like real world NGOs, and the IRCO offers a great roleplay foil to all the neo-nazis running around and tossing nukes at anything that gives them the time of day. I even have a version of the Mikitivity flag that is borrowed from Roger Rotor's bleeding cross design. (Roger Rotor being a super cool industrial band from Switzerland. His logo is a bleeding grey Swiss cross. Any industrial music fan should certainly check out Roger Rotor ... actually if you are a European club goer, chances are you already have!)

IC: On the subject of the IRCO, I'd certainly encourage other nations that believe in humanitarian aid to setting up a regional headquarters for the IRCO in your country. If you would like to do so and let me know, I'd be happy to update the NSWiki info for the IRCO to list regional headquarters. Also if there are other players actively using the IRCO, it would be nice to cross-reference that as well.

OOC: It is great that the election is over ... (um, only because I can spend more time here now).