Lindim
02-05-2005, 21:10
UPDATED!
((Very OOC note: The introduction is essentially copied (with minor edits) from my last post, so skip to the heavily reworked draft if you want.))
The modern seas are full of commerce and civilian and military traffic in every concievable sea lane, through every corner of the oceans. Trillions of dollars are invested into international shipping lanes, and yet despite this density of seafaring vessels, much of the maritime navigational hazards that fill the world remain uncharted, even by the most active government and militaries.
However, when a chart for naval officers is developed by a military or government, it often remains classified and is not available to corporations or civilians. Thse private citizens and organizations still need the information, though. Eventual declassification often releases an outdated map that does not provide accurate information, and may provide even more of a danger.
An Open Maritime Hazards Chart (OMHC) would need to be a public, continually updated maritime hazards chart that would be available in many languages and maritime navigation standards. The OMHC proposal would have to be detailed and quite specific, setting achievable goals through ready means.
The proposal has several key points necessary in it.It would have to call for the establishment of an International Maritime Safety Board (IMSB). Listed would be the means available to the IMSB, such as the limits of the utilization of UN Member States own hazards charts. For the actual operation, the source of the many ships, manpower, and funds needed for the task would be necessary to delineate. And the publication of the Open Maritime Hazards Chart would of course be mentioned.
And now, the proposal.
Open Maritime Hazards Chart
Catergory: Free Trade
Strength: Significant
NOTING the importance of international shipping to the global economy,
ALARMED BY the incalcuable loss in trade and commerce caused by shipwrecks all over the globe,
DEEPLY REGRETTING the many lives lost in the destruction or damage of seafaring vessels,
RECOGNIZING the need for reliable maritime hazard navigational charts open to civilians and private enterprises,
the United Nations
RECOMMENDS the establishment of an OMHC task force dedicated to the creation of a publicly available maritime hazards chart that would address every major body of water available to seafaring vessels;
SUGGESTS the formation of a separate OMHC fund that would support the activities of the task force, through purchases of necessity for ships, personnel, and equipment, monetarily supplied by UN Member States;
REQUESTS the task force's access to any non-classified navigation materials of UN Member States;
AUTHORIZES the use of United Nation publishing means, be they electronic or print, to publish the OMHC in every commonly used language;
EMPHASIZES the need for the OMHC to be annually updated after its initial publication by a reconvention of the task force; and
URGES the task force to be comprised of experienced sailors, meterologists, cartographers, and various other experts wholly prepared for such an undertaking.
((Very OOC note: The introduction is essentially copied (with minor edits) from my last post, so skip to the heavily reworked draft if you want.))
The modern seas are full of commerce and civilian and military traffic in every concievable sea lane, through every corner of the oceans. Trillions of dollars are invested into international shipping lanes, and yet despite this density of seafaring vessels, much of the maritime navigational hazards that fill the world remain uncharted, even by the most active government and militaries.
However, when a chart for naval officers is developed by a military or government, it often remains classified and is not available to corporations or civilians. Thse private citizens and organizations still need the information, though. Eventual declassification often releases an outdated map that does not provide accurate information, and may provide even more of a danger.
An Open Maritime Hazards Chart (OMHC) would need to be a public, continually updated maritime hazards chart that would be available in many languages and maritime navigation standards. The OMHC proposal would have to be detailed and quite specific, setting achievable goals through ready means.
The proposal has several key points necessary in it.It would have to call for the establishment of an International Maritime Safety Board (IMSB). Listed would be the means available to the IMSB, such as the limits of the utilization of UN Member States own hazards charts. For the actual operation, the source of the many ships, manpower, and funds needed for the task would be necessary to delineate. And the publication of the Open Maritime Hazards Chart would of course be mentioned.
And now, the proposal.
Open Maritime Hazards Chart
Catergory: Free Trade
Strength: Significant
NOTING the importance of international shipping to the global economy,
ALARMED BY the incalcuable loss in trade and commerce caused by shipwrecks all over the globe,
DEEPLY REGRETTING the many lives lost in the destruction or damage of seafaring vessels,
RECOGNIZING the need for reliable maritime hazard navigational charts open to civilians and private enterprises,
the United Nations
RECOMMENDS the establishment of an OMHC task force dedicated to the creation of a publicly available maritime hazards chart that would address every major body of water available to seafaring vessels;
SUGGESTS the formation of a separate OMHC fund that would support the activities of the task force, through purchases of necessity for ships, personnel, and equipment, monetarily supplied by UN Member States;
REQUESTS the task force's access to any non-classified navigation materials of UN Member States;
AUTHORIZES the use of United Nation publishing means, be they electronic or print, to publish the OMHC in every commonly used language;
EMPHASIZES the need for the OMHC to be annually updated after its initial publication by a reconvention of the task force; and
URGES the task force to be comprised of experienced sailors, meterologists, cartographers, and various other experts wholly prepared for such an undertaking.