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Support Hemp Production

The Avenging Angels
20-12-2004, 19:40
Please read this over, I am tyrying to build as much support as I can for this. :):) So, read it over, and if you like it please endorse it. Thank you very much. I hope everyone will support this proposal, if you have questions please ask me.

Support Hemp Production

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 Avenging Angels

Description: I propose that all nations should support the production of Hemp. Hemp needs to be recognized as a profitable and environmentally friendly crop.

Uses and Benefits of Hemp:

Hemp is suitable for industrial paper manufacturing, can be used for clothing and shoes, for use as a renewable energy source, and for use in food products.

The increased demand for health food has stimulated the trade in shelled hemp seed while hemp oil is increasingly being used in the manufacturing of bodycare products. Hemp is High in protein and Omega-3 fatty acids.

Hemp due to its tall growth and thick foliage prevents the rising of weeds.

Hemp is such a hardy plant, it can grow easily and abundantly almost anywhere. Hemp can even be cultivated in arid regions with poor soil or in places with a very short growing season. Hemp requires little water or nutrients, and therefore can be grown without chemical fertilizers.

Hemp is an ideal rotation crop for farmers worldwide. It puts down a taproot twelve inches long in only thirty days, preventing topsoil erosion.

The depletion of the ozone layer threatens to reduce soy crops by up to 50%, but hemp is immune to the damages of ultraviolet light.

Hemp's cellulose level is three times that of wood, so it makes superior paper products and yields four times as much pulp per acre as trees. The hemp paper process utilizes less energy and fewer chemicals than tree paper processing and doesn't create the harmful dioxins, chloroform, or any of the other 2,000 chlorinated organic compounds that are byproducts of the wood paper process.

Hemp is a sustainable, annual crop that is ready for harvest just 120 days after going to seed, compared to trees which take tens or hundreds of years to reach maturity. Harvesting hemp doesn't destroy the natural habitats of thousands of distinct animal and plant species.

Therefore I propose that each nation that supports this program set up an advisory board to oversee this program and its financial operation. The advisory board will be comprised of 8 officials and one director of the board. The board will be comprised of other workers to help these 8 officials and to help manage the work of this agency.

The director and these 8 officials will be picked by the government of that nation. The director will have discretion in selecting the employees needed to make the agency run.

The members will be:

2 economists, 2 ecologists, 2 agriculturalists who are knowledgable and haver experience in growing hemp, and 2 biologists.

The advisory board will have the power to provide incentives to farmers that grow or will grow hemp.

The incentives given to farmers who use hemp as a crop can take several forms:

1. Farmers who grow hemp will be given tax breaks. These tax breaks will be based on how hemp the farmer grows, and the maximum tax break will be 45% for a yearly period.

2. Farmers will recieve monthly stipends, and will also be based on how much hemp they grow. The maximum stipend will be $10,000.

The budget should be based on how many farmers are involved in the program, and how much each farmer plans on growing. Farmers in the program will be asked to give a small percentage of their profits to the program. The percentage will be based on economic status of the farmer, and how much profit they are making. This should provide 30 % of the funds for the program, and the other 70% will come from the government, and any outside funding if needed.

Approvals: 15 (Steenia, Master Tom, Seamus McCaffrey, Coolet, Andorista, WZ Forums, The Magdalen Islands, Sargonastan, Aylandlandfive, No Breaks, TPM, Mikeswill, Sticks and Dirt, JS Nijmegen, Libertarianada)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 131 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Dec 23 2004
Bellutan
20-12-2004, 19:45
This seams sensiable I cant see anything wrong with this I will serport it. how do I go about endorsing it?
The Avenging Angels
20-12-2004, 19:54
Thank you so much. :)

You have to be a UN delegate to endorse proposals.

To endorse it go to the UN page, and at the bottom there should be a link that says List Proposals. This will take you to the proposal section, and at the bottom you you should see Find a Proposal, type in Support Hemp Production, and this will take you to my proposal. There you should see a link that says endorse this proposal or something along those lines. If anyone has questions please TG me at The Avenging Angels. Thank you very much!!!!!! :):)
The Avenging Angels
20-12-2004, 21:59
I feel it is one of the better proposals out there. I am hoping many people will be willing to support this. :):) I would appreciate any and all support. :):)
Henrytopia
20-12-2004, 22:07
I have made an appeal to our UN Delegate to review your proposal and endorse it so that it may appear before the UN for vote. I wish you the best of luck with this proposal. I will be sure to keep my eye on it.

Gregory van Morgan,
Ambassador to the United Nations

OOC: One thing I thought may also be a good informative point, what type of climate and landscape would this ideally grow on? Since some of us have relatively barren countryside that may not be a great place to grow much of anything but crabgrass. Desert climates may have an issue as well if hemp requires excessive amounts of water.
TilEnca
20-12-2004, 22:43
I can't see any reason for not supporting this, but what if we have no experts in growing hemp to put on the panel?
The Avenging Angels
20-12-2004, 23:58
"Hemp is such a hardy plant, it can grow easily and abundantly almost anywhere. Hemp can even be cultivated in arid regions with poor soil or in places with a very short growing season. Hemp requires little water or nutrients, and therefore can be grown without chemical fertilizers."

Hemp can grow in almost any environment except for some obvious exceptions like the artic.

Thank you all for the support. ;):)
The Avenging Angels
21-12-2004, 03:23
There may room for an ammendent to this if it makes to the resolution stage, and if it is passed.

There could be a provision for providing education in the ecology of the hemp plant.
Koo-Koo-Catchoo
21-12-2004, 03:38
The Oppressed People's of Koo-Koo-Catchoo would like to help endorse your cause, and we want to say thank you to taking a stand. Some economies cannot thrive without the production of hemp, and its vast range of uses. Please feel free to include us with your cause.

Director OPKKC
Melissa Sampson
The Avenging Angels
21-12-2004, 03:54
Thank you. :):)

I appreciate your kind words and your support. I need help getting the word out. If any is willing to help me, the best way to help is to start TGing other UN delegates. :):):)
Bellutan
21-12-2004, 20:38
I have asked the UNdelagate for my region to endorse the proposal. :)
The Avenging Angels
21-12-2004, 20:54
Thank you. :):) I really appreciate this. :):)
Henrytopia
22-12-2004, 14:23
I have contacted a number of delegates regarding this proposition. I only received one response and it had a stipulation of course which would necessetate a re-write. Send me a tele and I will forward it to you. Seems like we have not gotten the support we need yet? I wrote the delegates in the 500-540 yesterday asking for assistance.
The Avenging Angels
22-12-2004, 20:45
No we are at 81 endorsements, and we need 65 more endorsements to get this to the resolution stage. If we keep the effort up we can pull this off. :):)
The Black New World
22-12-2004, 20:47
No we are at 81 endorsements, and we need 65 more endorsements to get this to the resolution stage. If we keep the effort up we can pull this off. :):)
66.

Lady Desdemona of Merwell,
Senior UN representative,
The Black New World