Vastiva
19-09-2004, 10:31
NOTING WITH REGRET the cost of travel and lodging, and the unbalanced burden this places on the smaller, less economically stalwart members of the UN;
EXPECTING that if the thousands of member nations do not have to physically send representatives to UN HQ, that there will be a drop in pollution caused by transportation (especially air travel), which will help nations fulfil their environmental obligations as set out in previous resolutions;
NOTING WITH REGRET an increase in acts of violence between UN members, particularly during strong, emotional debate;
FULLY AWARE of the question of funding a UN building and all its requirements (staff, rent, utilities);
HAVING EXAMINED the availability of global communications technology and it's relative inexpensive nature as opposed to the above costs;
NOTING the nature of the UN to make unfunded mandates which member nations then implement at their own cost;
Therefore, the UN hereby
SUPPORTS those nations which give economic assistance to industries which deal in Information Technology, and make such technology available to the greater public, particularly to the less economically gifted members of the United Nations;
AUTHORIZES that the nature of the UN be altered from only a "face-to-face" venture, to include meetings within cyberspace, on UN protected websites and within UN chat rooms;
PROCLAIMS that through the usage of webcams and equivalent technology, all delegates from all "virtually attending" member nations may have an equal presence within the UN for purposes of quorum and all other facets requiring attendance;
DECLARES ACCORDINGLY that through the use of real-time security identification technologies available to the UN, each member's “virtual presence” will be confirmed and verified to the limits of the technology available;
REQUESTS that the UN shall transcribe and archive all proceedings on these chat rooms and make them available to the public;
FURTHER REQUESTS that all transcriptions be made fully searchable by the most modern means available;
RECOMMENDS the employment of state-of-the-art electronic security systems by the UN to prevent the successful use of viruses, hacking, and other malicious computer programs and activities against the virtual UN and its voting and debating systems.
FURTHER RECOMMENDS that the UN shall allow any and all media outlets from all member states to observe and record proceedings in the UN - "live", virtual, and those involving both aspects - which are not closed for security reasons, the better to make the proceedings of the UN available to a greater proportion of its constituent public;
NOTES this does not remove the presence of face-to-face meetings at the UN, but rather seeks to increase the scope of "valid" meetings and "valid" presences at UN gatherings and the amount of information freely available to the citizens of all member states.
EXPECTING that if the thousands of member nations do not have to physically send representatives to UN HQ, that there will be a drop in pollution caused by transportation (especially air travel), which will help nations fulfil their environmental obligations as set out in previous resolutions;
NOTING WITH REGRET an increase in acts of violence between UN members, particularly during strong, emotional debate;
FULLY AWARE of the question of funding a UN building and all its requirements (staff, rent, utilities);
HAVING EXAMINED the availability of global communications technology and it's relative inexpensive nature as opposed to the above costs;
NOTING the nature of the UN to make unfunded mandates which member nations then implement at their own cost;
Therefore, the UN hereby
SUPPORTS those nations which give economic assistance to industries which deal in Information Technology, and make such technology available to the greater public, particularly to the less economically gifted members of the United Nations;
AUTHORIZES that the nature of the UN be altered from only a "face-to-face" venture, to include meetings within cyberspace, on UN protected websites and within UN chat rooms;
PROCLAIMS that through the usage of webcams and equivalent technology, all delegates from all "virtually attending" member nations may have an equal presence within the UN for purposes of quorum and all other facets requiring attendance;
DECLARES ACCORDINGLY that through the use of real-time security identification technologies available to the UN, each member's “virtual presence” will be confirmed and verified to the limits of the technology available;
REQUESTS that the UN shall transcribe and archive all proceedings on these chat rooms and make them available to the public;
FURTHER REQUESTS that all transcriptions be made fully searchable by the most modern means available;
RECOMMENDS the employment of state-of-the-art electronic security systems by the UN to prevent the successful use of viruses, hacking, and other malicious computer programs and activities against the virtual UN and its voting and debating systems.
FURTHER RECOMMENDS that the UN shall allow any and all media outlets from all member states to observe and record proceedings in the UN - "live", virtual, and those involving both aspects - which are not closed for security reasons, the better to make the proceedings of the UN available to a greater proportion of its constituent public;
NOTES this does not remove the presence of face-to-face meetings at the UN, but rather seeks to increase the scope of "valid" meetings and "valid" presences at UN gatherings and the amount of information freely available to the citizens of all member states.