NationStates Jolt Archive

The idea for developing a method of re-evaluating past UN resolutions was recently brought forward in The Wild Card's proposal Sunset Statutes On Resolutions (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=396367). Though many people agreed that the idea was a good one, and the benfits of de-cluttering the halls of the UN of obsolete, redundant, and out-of-date legislation are widely acknowledged, this proposal could not be carried through because it is inherently an issue of game mechanics, which cannot be legislated.

Rather than discarding this idea outright, Fris came up with the idea of a Sunset Commision of the UN that will methodically go through old legislation, and through a democratic process of its members, decide which ones to organize repeals for clicky (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8167675&postcount=11). Noting the frequent failure of repeals, and the recent success of the Global Library repeal due to good orginization and planning, I call on all UN members to support this effort to keep the statutes of the UN current and free of redundancy through an open and democratic process. These measures will trim a large and expensive beurocracy, and strengthen all member nation's trust in this noble institution.

Does the establishment of a Sunset Commision require a UN resolution for its creation?

If not, volunteers and nominations are welcome.
If so, The Foreign Ministry of Kreitzmoorland will begin to draft such a proposal.

comments and suggestions welcome

-Brondus Row, Ministy of Foreign Affairs, The Feifdom of Kreitzmoorland

So, from what I understand of UN mechanics, you couldn't make a resolution to create this because it would require an in-game action. Otherwise, people are encouraged to assemble to decide which resolutions they would like to repeal and update. Several other nations are very active in these sorts of UN actions, and it doesn't require a specific committee to recommend repeals.

Correct. If a nation has an issue with a previous resolution, then that nation will propose a repeal and we can all gleefully debate it. Therefore, I see no point in mandating a redundant committee.

Whoo Hoo! Finally, "Sometimes Deadly!"

oooooh, the deadlies are my favorite! especially "quite deadly"

Anyhow....I suppose that is the case, except that such a commitee would guarantee a ready-made campaign team, and a systematic review of ALL legislation that would be rather taxing on one person. The proposals page in the UN is packed with repeals that may or may not be justified, but few of them get off the ground due to little or no publicity.

It might be easiest for you to decide which previous resolutions you'd like to repeal, and then post a first draft of your repeal here for some constructive criticism. That will help improve the repeal, for one, and since a number of those who frequent this board are UN Delegates, it might help it get quorum as well. Posting on this board provides your proposal with greater exposure, and gives others a chance to voice their opinions on it to make it the best it can be.

I just can't help but think that forming a specific committee would minimize the involvement of those who don't have the time to regularly devote to that sort of thing. (such as myself)

Vastiva nominates Powerhungry Chipmunks to chair the commission.

DLE nominates Vastiva on a day when he's just run out of his addiction of choice and been annoyed by 600 n00bs as the head of the oversight committee.

Hey, if we're going to have useless committees, we need useless oversight committees to monitor the useless committees.

My objection is this: a committe of this nature will have its own biases and ideas, and thus may not really be representative of the *entire* UN, or at the very least, the majority. The system is fine the way it is, so I see no reason to change it.