NationStates Jolt Archive

UN Powers Act

Concerned about the direction that the United Nations has taken,

Convinced that the United Nations should hold no hard power but should act as a forum to settle our differences,

Suggesting that the United Nations must have limitations on its power to ensure survival of the sovereign nation,

Proposing the following changes,

1. The United Nations is denied the powers of property ownership.

2. The United Nations is denied the power of building and maintaining armed forces of any nature and is furthermore denied the right to draft within member nations.

3. The United Nations may not use the land within any member nation without the expressed, written permission of that nation. The United Nations may not commandeer or use any property that belongs to a member nation without the expressed, written permission from the nation.

What do you think of this proposal? What would you change?

Illegal.

Not only would this be illegal in the way it's phrased, but I think it's silly. I don't think any resolution ever would - nor legally could - make the UN seize property. It's not something you need be concerned about. Eminent domain, etc., isn't really something for the NSUN to deal with.

Not only would this be illegal in the way it's phrased, but I think it's silly. I don't think any resolution ever would - nor legally could - make the UN seize property. It's not something you need be concerned about. Eminent domain, etc., isn't really something for the NSUN to deal with.


But this would mean that anybody who did want to pass a resolution giving the UN the power of eminent domain would have to get a repeal through first...

But this would mean that anybody who did want to pass a resolution giving the UN the power of eminent domain would have to get a repeal through first...

... and after that fight multiple claims for illegality.