It's currently listed on pg. 5, resolution titled Election Protection. Please approve this resolution so it can be voted on by everyone.
Texan Hotrodders
21-09-2005, 21:14
OOC: It is generally considered a courtesy to post the text of your proposal here or provide a link to it.
Election Protection
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Shamm
Description: RECOGNIZING THAT coercive practices, discrimination, and interference by political parties at polling stations disrupt the democratic process and deprive citizens of their chance to freely choose their leaders.
To combat and eventually eliminate these practices, the U.N. will establish an agency whose primary responsibility will be to oversee elections as they occur in member nations. The agency will ensure that voters have their rights explained to them, that voters are not coerced or threatened by agents of interested political parties, and that voters have complete access to polling stations and are not unlawfully turned away or denied the right to vote. The agency will also document all attempts to interfere with the voting process and publish them in their annual reports.
This agency will be funded by member nations, and member nations will not bar its access to their elections.
Holyboy and the 666s
21-09-2005, 22:49
Here is the proposal.
Election Protection
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Shamm
Description: RECOGNIZING THAT coercive practices, discrimination, and interference by political parties at polling stations disrupt the democratic process and deprive citizens of their chance to freely choose their leaders.
To combat and eventually eliminate these practices, the U.N. will establish an agency whose primary responsibility will be to oversee elections as they occur in member nations. The agency will ensure that voters have their rights explained to them, that voters are not coerced or threatened by agents of interested political parties, and that voters have complete access to polling stations and are not unlawfully turned away or denied the right to vote. The agency will also document all attempts to interfere with the voting process and publish them in their annual reports.
This agency will be funded by member nations, and member nations will not bar its access to their elections.
My thoughts:
Election Protection
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
Category: The Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Shamm
Description: RECOGNIZING THAT coercive practices, discrimination, and interference by political parties at polling stations disrupt the democratic process and deprive citizens of their chance to freely choose their leaders.
Nice intro, but you need a longer preamble. This is the part of the proposal where you convince us that this needs to be done. Add reasons for why this needs to pass.
To combat and eventually eliminate these practices, the U.N. will establish an agency whose primary responsibility will be to oversee elections as they occur in member nations. The agency will ensure that voters have their rights explained to them, that voters are not coerced or threatened by agents of interested political parties, and that voters have complete access to polling stations and are not unlawfully turned away or denied the right to vote. The agency will also document all attempts to interfere with the voting process and publish them in their annual reports.
Illegal. You can create a committee, but it can not be the only thing a resolution does.
This agency will be funded by member nations, and member nations will not bar its access to their elections.
That last line isn't needed. First, the agency will be funded by the UN, which in turn is funded by the member states. Second, UN members must comply with UN resolutions, so there is no need to prevent nations from barring this resolution
This is a really good idea. I just think it needs a bit of work. If it doesn't reach quorum, I suggest rewording it and submitting it here for clean-up.