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After a lengthy consultation process, the Republic of Teruchev has created a draft repeal for UN Resolution 118, better known as the "Sex Education Act".

All stakeholders, including the author and co-sponsors, have had thorough discussions with President Steve Perry. While the President admires the overall aims of UN Resolution 118, he feels that the Act despite its good intentions falls outside the purview of the United Nations' mandate, and imposes a uniform standard as regards the most intimate of human activities without consideration for cultural sensitivities or pre-existing programmes of this nature.

With these thoughts in mind, Teruchev was compelled to gage public reaction to a possible repeal of the Act in the hopes of better focusing the UN towards humanitarianism, peace, and international dialogue.

The draft repeal proposal is as follows:

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Repeal "The Sex Education Act"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #118

NOTING that sexual education as defined in this resolution is not an issue of international importance, and further noting that there is no sound reason why sexual education should not be left to the relevant education departments of individual member states,

CONCERNED by the wording of the resolution, which makes no reference to the use of prophylactics or any other means to prevent the spread of STIs/STDs,

FURTHER CONSIDERING the vagueness of the sexual education to be provided, including funding for the initiative and the amount of sexual education to be provided,

REGRETTING the resolution advocates sex education programmes in all UN nations irrespective of cultural considerations and whether or not a member state already has in place sex education programmes of a progressive nature,

NOTING that socioeconomic factors have an equally significant role in unplanned pregnancies and other concerns relating to human sexuality, and that legislation cannot act as a panacea in this regard,

HEREBY renders the resolution "The Sex Education Act" null and void.
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Department of Foreign Affairs - UN
Republic of Teruchev

For, I think, obvious reasons, opposed

Edit: obvious insofar as who I am, not what the proposal is saying

In favor.

The original measure was an unnecessary intrusion on member nations' sovereignty.

Gurgle the Dragon
UN Representative

Dastardly Stench']In favor.

The original measure was an unnecessary intrusion on member nations' sovereignty.

Gurgle the Dragon
UN Representative

Agreed, Representative Gurgle.

If anyone wishes to question the propriety of Teruchev's repeal, feel free to direct those questions to me in addition to the author. I'll be happy to address your concerns.

Minister of UN Affairs
Edward Jones

Thank you, everyone, for your comments and kind words.

In the absence of suggestions for improving this draft, the Republic of Teruchev will move to put this repeal up for UN delegate approval in a very short while.

Thus, if anyone would like to put in their two cents, there is still time, but in light of this proposal being debated for over a month, I feel we must move on to the next logical step in this initiative very soon.

If you would like a private audience with me, by all means TG Teruchev to speak to me directly. I acknowledge some comments could be of a private manner and might possibly contain information or advice others should not be privy to.

Steve Perry
President
Republic of Teruchev

NOTING that sexual education as defined in this resolution is not an issue of international importance, and further noting that there is no sound reason why sexual education should not be left to the relevant education departments of individual member states,

Technically, an argument could be made that the sexual education of people is a necessity for people who are completely adjusted and sound of mind. However, I do not view that argument as enough of a concern at this point to worry about. I merely bring it up in case you wish to consider it.

CONCERNED by the wording of the resolution, which makes no reference to the use of prophylactics or any other means to prevent the spread of STIs/STDs,

I believe doing such would be a redundancy in light of the other health issues already addressed. But, I see your point, so keep it.

FURTHER CONSIDERING the vagueness of the sexual education to be provided, including funding for the initiative and the amount of sexual education to be provided,

Good one. If you revise this, keep this section.

REGRETTING the resolution advocates sex education programmes in all UN nations irrespective of cultural considerations and whether or not a member state already has in place sex education programmes of a progressive nature,

This is not really that valid of an argument when one considers the UN normally ignores cultural considerations with its acts. I would drop this section.

NOTING that socioeconomic factors have an equally significant role in unplanned pregnancies and other concerns relating to human sexuality, and that legislation cannot act as a panacea in this regard,

Actually, we do not know how true this is. Those other factors also usually involve ignorance in some fashion (whether willful or otherwise), so an argument can be provided that the issue is one of education and not one of economic status. I am not sure if this should be rewritten, dropped, or simply kept in spite of that argument potential.

FOR this proposal.

Ok, Liliths Vengeance feels that the last two clauses in the repeal should be struck out, or at least modified in the case of the last one.

Comments on this anyone?


Steve Perry
President

Ok, Liliths Vengeance feels that the last two clauses in the repeal should be struck out, or at least modified in the case of the last one.

Comments on this anyone?


Steve Perry
President

Don't do it. The second to last clause is an important point, whether in the past the United Nations has explicitly recognized cultural considerations or not. At the very least, it may give UN members to consider cultural matters in the future, and I suspect that many UN members are already ostensibly muticulturalist anyway, regardless of whether their voting pattern reflects that. The last clause will also appeal to many in the membership, and while I think that the clause as a statement is an oversimplification as was suggested, are not most clauses oversimplifying complex subjects?

Minister of UN Affairs
Edward Jones

Noting cultural considerations don't hinder your proposal (people aren't going to vote against it because you're using failure to consider culture or National Sovereignty), but it will rally those that care about it - which seems to be a swiftly increasing demographic. The majority, as VL rightly pointed out, don't give a damn. However, its about getting the right focus groups to come together, not just worrying about the majorities concerns and having only those ones hit - else no non-idealistic proposal will ever pass.

I'm for this proposal. I think each nation should have the right to choose if they want to teach sex ed.

It was proposed to me in another forum that in the last clause of my draft I strike out the words "and other concerns relating to human sexuality".

I believe it was felt that these words were overly vague, as "concerns relating to human sexuality" could run the gamut from STIs to Impotence.

I had merely used these words, however awkwardly put, to simply avoid singling out "unplanned pregnancies", a term I parsed from the Sex Education Act itself.

(Lord knows I wouldn't have wanted to make reference to LAE's mention of sexual congress for pleasure being an important function. How to eloquently dance around that?)

Thoughts?

Steve Perry
President
Republic of Teruchev

It was proposed to me in another forum that in the last clause of my draft I strike out the words "and other concerns relating to human sexuality".

I believe it was felt that these words were overly vague, as "concerns relating to human sexuality" could run the gamut from STIs to Impotence.

I had merely used these words, however awkwardly put, to simply avoid singling out "unplanned pregnancies", a term I parsed from the Sex Education Act itself.

(Lord knows I wouldn't have wanted to make reference to LAE's mention of sexual congress for pleasure being an important function. How to eloquently dance around that?)

Thoughts?

Steve Perry
President
Republic of Teruchev

I suggest that you take their advice and strike "and other concerns relating to human sexuality" from the proposal. I doubt most people will be worried about you singling out "unplanned pregnancies".

Minister of UN Affairs
Edward Jones

The good people of Discordinia have noticed that many nations in neighboring regions do not have a socially progressive system of sexual education in place, but instead teach the subject in an entirely depressive manner.

Nonetheless, the good people of Discordinia, being cultural relativists, must agree that sexual education is (and should be) an affair internal to each nation and would endorse this resolution.

All Hail Eris!

Cookie I, El Jefe

The Proposal has now been revised to remove "and other concerns relating to human sexuality" from the final clause.
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Repeal "The Sex Education Act"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #118

NOTING that sexual education as defined in this resolution is not an issue of international importance, and further noting that there is no sound reason why sexual education should not be left to the relevant education departments of individual member states,

CONCERNED by the wording of the resolution, which makes no reference to the use of prophylactics or any other means to prevent the spread of STIs/STDs,

FURTHER CONSIDERING the vagueness of the sexual education to be provided, including funding for the initiative and the amount of sexual education to be provided,

REGRETTING the resolution advocates sex education programmes in all UN nations irrespective of cultural considerations and whether or not a member state already has in place sex education programmes of a progressive nature,

NOTING that socioeconomic factors have an equally significant role in unplanned pregnancies, and that legislation cannot act as a panacea in this regard,

HEREBY renders the resolution "The Sex Education Act" null and void.
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Comments on improving this proposal further, as always, are welcome.

Department of Foreign Affairs - UN
Republic of Teruchev

We are likely to support this.

Me likey.

All Hail Eris!

-Cookie I, El Jefe

If its a Repeal and Replace to cover points like STD/STI's in a redraft then I'd be infavour if it is only a repeal I'd be against as i feel thast making sure that people are educated fully in all aspects of life is very important, particularly to stamp out such backward thinking as Sexism and Homophobia.

This is one of those resolutions where I've approved every half assed repeal attempt, so you can count on seeing my approval on it.

Bob Flibble
UN Representative