NationStates Jolt Archive

UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #50

UN Space Consortium
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Rixtex

Description: Whereas the nations of the world wish to unify their efforts at space exploration, and

Whereas, no nation can claim title to the Moon,

Let it be resolved, that an agency to be named the United Nations Space Consortium (hereafter referred to as “U.N.S.C.”) is hereby created. The purpose of the U.N.S.C. shall be to establish a permanent Lunar Base capable of furthering the exploration of space for knowledge and resources.

The U.N.S.C. shall be incorporated under the charter of the United Nations and entirely funded through the sale of stock to any desiring nation, regardless of their affiliation to the United Nations. Non-participating nations are free to pursue their own space objectives, but would not reap the rewards of the investors. No taxing authority shall be created by the passage of this resolution.

A Provisional Board of Directors (“Provisional Board”) shall be composed of a representative from each nation participating in the U.N.S.C. immediately following the passage of this resolution. The Provisional Board will then proceed to elect a permanent Board of Directors (“Board”). No sale of stock shall occur before the seating of the Board.

Full operational control, design, development, priorities, and administration will be assigned to the Board whose service will remain subject to the will of the stockholders, as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation.

Let the nations of the world move forward together to a new frontier.


Votes For: 13,191
Votes Against: 5,426

Implemented: Sun Feb 29 2004

Why it confuses me- Arent their already nations in outerspace? And therefore isnt this resoultion totally pointless. Or am i missing something here?


Number 2
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UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #5

DVD region removal
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Mercia

Description: The removal of regions in DVD's that prevent a user from one region watching the DVD's form another. One region is all wek need.

Votes For: 4,266
Votes Against: 806

Implemented: Fri Jan 17 2003

I just dont understanf that one.

UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #50

UN Space Consortium
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Rixtex

Description: Whereas the nations of the world wish to unify their efforts at space exploration, and

Whereas, no nation can claim title to the Moon,

Let it be resolved, that an agency to be named the United Nations Space Consortium (hereafter referred to as “U.N.S.C.”) is hereby created. The purpose of the U.N.S.C. shall be to establish a permanent Lunar Base capable of furthering the exploration of space for knowledge and resources.

The U.N.S.C. shall be incorporated under the charter of the United Nations and entirely funded through the sale of stock to any desiring nation, regardless of their affiliation to the United Nations. Non-participating nations are free to pursue their own space objectives, but would not reap the rewards of the investors. No taxing authority shall be created by the passage of this resolution.

A Provisional Board of Directors (“Provisional Board”) shall be composed of a representative from each nation participating in the U.N.S.C. immediately following the passage of this resolution. The Provisional Board will then proceed to elect a permanent Board of Directors (“Board”). No sale of stock shall occur before the seating of the Board.

Full operational control, design, development, priorities, and administration will be assigned to the Board whose service will remain subject to the will of the stockholders, as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation.

Let the nations of the world move forward together to a new frontier.


Votes For: 13,191
Votes Against: 5,426

Implemented: Sun Feb 29 2004

Why it confuses me- Arent their already nations in outerspace? And therefore isnt this resoultion totally pointless. Or am i missing something here?

Yes their are... DLE and I are two of the more common Space-Based nationstates which are extensively active on the forums and in proposal discussion...

However... Not all of them are... This is a NSUN resolutuon which creates a "Consortium" for space research, to which, nations which may not have the funds or capability to sigularly perform space research and the like; may pool assignments in for such use, deriving such through what could be considered a form of "profitt sharing"...


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UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #5

DVD region removal
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Mercia

Description: The removal of regions in DVD's that prevent a user from one region watching the DVD's form another. One region is all wek need.

Votes For: 4,266
Votes Against: 806

Implemented: Fri Jan 17 2003

I just dont understand that one.

DVD disks and players are normally encoded according Phillips original standard, to use "Region Codes" to control playback. DVD's players check this region code, and if it does not match the one stored in its own firmware, it will not playback the disk. To allow the broad usage of DVD's accross regional borders, this resolution causes the manufacturers to not use region coding in their firmware, so that any DVD player can play any DVD regardless of what nation it is from, and where it is now...