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Currently in the UN Queue.

The VD Countermeasure Act

Category: Social Justice

Strength: Strong

Though certain acts are in place to alleviate disease from the world, the UN currently lacks adequate legislation to support the already present and ever growing torment which venereal diseases present upon our planet.

Resolution #32 (Global AIDS Initiative) allots for AIDS and HIV relief throughout the world. However, it presents several shortcomings:

1) While AIDS and HIV are the predominantly known venereal diseases plaguing this earth, they are not alone. Diseases such as Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes, Hepatitis (in some cases), Chlamydia, and HPV present an ever looming and ever present threat as well. In fact, HPV and Chlamydia are currently the most widespread VDs.

2) While the resolution accounts for education, preventive measures, and medical assistance, it only accounts for the "seriously afflicted countries". Unfortunately, not all those who need help live in these zones.

3) While it requests aid, it lacks a collective force to effectively administer this aid.

Proposal:

1) Expansion of the IRCO (Resolution #29) to include and VD unit, equipped with specially trained doctors specializing in VD treatment and education.

2) The dispatch this force, here after referred to as the IRCVDU to ALL nations within the UN, based on individual need.

3) With specific permission from the UN, allowance of dispatch to non-UN nations with their approval to assist.

4) The IRCVDU's duties include, but are not limited to:
" Medical assistance in respect to VD to the populous of ALL UN nations.
" Education of said populous with respect to VD in regards to treatment and prevention.
" Distribution of need-based medication, barrier contraception, and other materials (i.e. food, clothing. etc.).

Support:

The previous requests are in accordance with Resolution #77 (Epidemic Prevention Protocol), taking into account that VDs qualify as an epidemic, define as something "affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time".

1) Review rules regarding House of Cards violations.

2) Ammendments are illegal

3) Explicitly involving non-members is illegal

4) Your last paragraph suggests that this resolution already duplicates resolution #77, which is also illegal.

The "specific permission of the UN" line is also dodgy - sounds a bit like MetaGaming to me. Might be better to use "specific permission of the IRCO".

Either way, the whole thing's a giant amendment to how many resolutions?

The thing isn't in Queue if it doesn't have enough Endorcments.....




So why put "Currently in the UN Queue."?

VD hasn't been a standard term for several years now - STI and STD are the current terms (a matter of personal preference as to which you use). Similar to how people use AIDS instead of GRID nowadays. Terms change as they are better understood.

3) Explicitly involving non-members is illegal


Doesn't that depend on how one does so? 'Meteorological Cooperation' wasn't declared illegal because of its clause about them...

Doesn't that depend on how one does so? 'Meteorological Cooperation' wasn't declared illegal because of its clause about them...

Yes

3) Explicitly involving non-members is illegal

So, you say non-members, it's illegal. You imply non-members, not illegal.

Um....Meterlogical Cooperation I think is actually technically illegal, but because no one challenged it, the mods missed it.

If you've got a mod ruling that counters that, I'd love to hear it. I'll try and dig up Fris's ruling on some other resolution that I REALLY can't remember.....but no promises on finding it.

[SIZE="7"] plaguing this earth,

So since it only plagues this earth then let this earth deal with their sexual punishment for their actions. Many nations such as mine are not part of 'this earth' thus these do not plague us.. Thus we have other problems to deal with than those that bother 'this earth'. So we feel that to single out a plague that only troubles 'this earth' and sets the UN to deal with does nothing for our nation...

When the UN membership understands that not all it's member are sexual deviets who are infected or effected by such plagues as ones named here; one would hope that it turn it attention to matters that have a greater impact on membership than something so small as this matter...

Thus we find this proposal is lacking as it provides help for just a very small portion of the UN membership when there are matters that need attention that effect a larger portion of membership than this might ever effect.

Um....Meteorological Cooperation I think is actually technically illegal, but because no one challenged it, the mods missed it.

If you've got a mod ruling that counters that, I'd love to hear it. I'll try and dig up Fris's ruling on some other resolution that I REALLY can't remember.....but no promises on finding it.


Not a mod ruling, exactly, but Hack was reading the thread and voted for it...

I was assuming that what the rule meant was that resolutions couldn't try to restrict non-members, but that offering them a chance to participate voluntarily in the programmes concerned -- as I did, and as this proposal does if the line about "their approval" means "the approval of those non-UN nations' governments" -- would be acceptable...

My reading of the rule (I will leave precedent to less lazy ambassadors):

The UN:
1. Creates the Lollipop Distribution Commission mandated to give free lollipops to children of registered nations;

2. Advises all nations (UN member or not) to register with the LDC, and to allow their children access to lollipops;

3. Mandates that all strawberry flavoured lollipops be poisoned.

The UN:
1. Creates the Lollipop Distribution Commission mandated to:
a) Maintain a registry of nations (UN member or not) who have formally requested that their children be provided with lollipops,
b) Offer free lollipops to children of registered nations;

2. Advises all member nations to register with the LDC, and to allow their children access to lollipops;

3. Mandates that all chocolate flavoured lollipops be poisoned.

Not a mod ruling, exactly, but Hack was reading the thread and voted for it...

I was assuming that what the rule meant was that resolutions couldn't try to restrict non-members, but that offering them a chance to participate voluntarily in the programmes concerned -- as I did, and as this proposal does if the line about "their approval" means "the approval of those non-UN nations' governments" -- would be acceptable...

Minor infractions mods will generally turn a blind eye to unless its an excuse to remove a disgustingly bad proposal. If it is specifically brought to their attention, they'll be more forthcoming. In that case, it was a minor and well-intentioned blip on an otherwise excellent proposal. You'll recall the double co-authors on another recent proposal (one of which was you IIRC) - technically illegal and at least one mod admitted noticing it - but too minor for an otherwise good proposal.

In that case, it was a minor and well-intentioned blip on an otherwise excellent proposal.

Not just well-intentioned but also, although I might not have explained this at the time, practical: Getting information from at least some non-members too should help to make producing accurate forecasts for any members that are located near to them a bit easier, and making this offer seemed the simplest way of inducing non-members' governments to provide the IMO with that data...

You'll recall the double co-authors on another recent proposal (one of which was you IIRC)

Yes, I remember that.
No, I wasn't involved.

Yes, I remember that.
No, I wasn't involved.

*shakes head*

I'm really losing it this week. For some reason, I thought I was debating with Jey