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Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Presenter: Asatruland
Resolution: World Health Disease Center

APPROVES and APPLAUDS the efforts of Resolution #9 and Resolution #32 in their efforts to try to combat diseases especially the diseases that are infectious to humans and other species and can pass easily between human to human.

Article 1: The creation of a World Health Disease Center which will be funded voluntarily by U.N member states who feel concerned about this issue and other World Health charities, organizations and other charities.

Article 1 (i): The creation of the World Health Disease Center will include a staff of U.N member states best doctors and physicans but will ENSURE that national governments will not be shortdrained of their top physicans and doctors.

Article 1 (ii): The World Health Disease Center will direct its efforts to find cures to known infectious disease of the viral, Bacterial, Parasitic, Fungal, and Prion categories.

Article 1 (iii): The World Health Disease center will also conduct research to prepare for outbreaks of new 'unknown' diseases that reside within each of the five categories listed above in Article 1 (ii).

Article 2: With the outbreak of a disease within the five categories of infectious diseases. If REQUESTED by U.N member states, the World Health Disease Center can assist the U.N member state in restraining the outbreak of the disease within the infected area through medical and financial resources.

Article 3: A six category system will be set up to categorize different outbreaks of infectious diseases by its case to case basis.

Article 3 (i): Stage one; There has been a sporadic case of two or more in an isolated area over a week period.

Article 3 (ii): Stage two; Case to case human transmission that exceeds ten cases within a week.

Article 3 (iii): Stage three; Limited village or region infection of infectious disease that has caused at least 20 people to become sick and at least 50% in a short time period.

Article 3 (iv): Stage four; Widespread regional contamination with 50% death or more.

Article 3 (v): Stage five; National epidemic of infectious disease.

Article 3 (vi): Stage six, the transmission of infectious across national boundaries and the need for worldwide preparedness and and action to combat such disease.

Article 4: OBJECTIVE of this resolution is the creation of a worldwide Health Disease center to ensure that infectious disease that have been recorded and any new 'infectious diseases' that appear in the future can be combatted in an effective way.

This doesn't seem to be that bad a proposal. However we have two problems with this resolution.

1) Isn't it a little broad ranged??

2) Article 1 (i): The creation of the World Health Disease Center will include a staff of U.N member states best doctors and physicans but will ENSURE that national governments will not be shortdrained of their top physicans and doctors.

How??

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Presenter: Asatruland
Resolution: World Health Disease Center

APPROVES and APPLAUDS the efforts of Resolution #9 and Resolution #32 in their efforts to try to combat diseases especially the diseases that are infectious to humans and other species and can pass easily between human to human.

Article 1: The creation of a World Health Disease Center which will be funded voluntarily by U.N member states who feel concerned about this issue and other World Health charities, organizations and other charities.

Article 1 (i): The creation of the World Health Disease Center will include staff top staff from, U.N member states, their best doctors and physicans, but this resolution ENSURES that the national governments can ensure not all of their top physicans and doctors need to go towards to the World Health Disease Center.

Article 1 (ii): The World Health Disease Center will direct its efforts to find cures to known infectious disease of the viral, Bacterial, Parasitic, Fungal, and Prion categories.

Article 1 (iii): The World Health Disease center will also conduct research to prepare for outbreaks of new 'unknown' diseases that reside within each of the five categories listed above in Article 1 (ii).

Article 2: With the outbreak of a disease within the five categories of infectious diseases. If REQUESTED by U.N member states, the World Health Disease Center can assist the U.N member state in restraining the outbreak of the disease within the infected area through medical and financial resources.

Article 3: A six category system will be set up to categorize different outbreaks of infectious diseases by its case to case basis.

Article 3 (i): Stage one; There has been a sporadic case of two or more in an isolated area over a week period.

Article 3 (ii): Stage two; Case to case human transmission that exceeds ten cases within a week.

Article 3 (iii): Stage three; Limited village or region infection of infectious disease that has caused at least 20 people to become sick and at least 50% in a short time period.

Article 3 (iv): Stage four; Widespread regional contamination with 50% death or more.

Article 3 (v): Stage five; National epidemic of infectious disease that National health officials can't control.

Article 3 (vi): Stage six, the transmission of infectious across national boundaries and the need for worldwide preparedness and and action to combat such disease.

Article 4: U.N member states are not REQUIRED to ask for the World Health Disease Center in case of disease outbreak.

Article 5: OBJECTIVE of this resolution is the creation of a worldwide Health Disease center to ensure that infectious disease that have been recorded and any new 'infectious diseases' that appear in the future can be combatted in an effective way.

This is a good effort. Obviously, a lot of thought has gone into it. We're pleased that the representative of Asatruland posted a draft here for comment. There's a lot of work needs to be done with the language, but we'll stick to substance for the moment....

Our first concern is with possible duplication/contradiction of NSUN Resolution #77, "Epidemic Prevention Protocol". Has that been considered?

The proposal sets up six categories of outbreaks. Why? When you break things up into categories, we'd expect to see something requiring different actions for different categories. That isn't here.

We'd also be careful about saying the Center will be staffed by nations' "top" and "best" people. We can just imagine folks squealing that they're not going to give up their very best medical experts to some international organization. We'd probably add a few squeals ourselves. The statement about nations "ensuring" the problem doesn't arise doesn't seem to cut it. How about eliminating the issue by changing the wording to something like "expert epidemiologists and support personnel"?

Lorelei M. Ahlmann
Ambassador-at-Large

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Presenter: Asatruland
Resolution: World Health Disease Center

APPROVES and APPLAUDS the efforts of Resolution #9 and Resolution #32 in their efforts to try to combat diseases especially the diseases that are infectious to humans and other species and can pass easily between human to human.

Article 1: The creation of a World Health Disease Center which will be funded voluntarily by U.N member states who feel concerned about this issue and other World Health charities, organizations and other charities.

Article 1 (i): The creation of the World Health Disease Center will create a international medical staff of the most 'expert epidemiologists and support personnel from U.N member states but will ensure that U.N member states will still be left with their top physicans and doctors.

Article 1 (ii): The World Health Disease Center will direct its efforts to find cures to known infectious disease of the viral, Bacterial, Parasitic, Fungal, and Prion categories.

Article 1 (iii): The World Health Disease center will also conduct research to prepare for outbreaks of new 'unknown' diseases that reside within each of the five categories listed above in Article 1 (ii).

Article 2: With the outbreak of a disease within the five categories of infectious diseases. If REQUESTED by U.N member states, the World Health Disease Center can assist the U.N member state in restraining the outbreak of the disease within the infected area through medical and financial resources.

Article 3: A six category system will be set up to categorize different outbreaks of infectious diseases by its case to case basis.

Article 3 (i): Stage one; There has been a sporadic case of two or more in an isolated area over a week period. With stage one, there is a minimal alert and the World Health Disease Center will require an updated report on the outbreak each month.

Article 3 (ii): Stage two; Case to case human transmission that exceeds ten cases within a week. Moderate alert, where a World Health Disease Center Team can go to the effected area on governmental request.

Article 3 (iii): Stage three; Limited village or region infection of infectious disease that has caused at least 20 people to become sick and at least 50% in a short time period. Raised Alert system where World Health Disease Center staff work with governmental organizations to contain the spread of the disease.

Article 3 (iv): Stage four; Widespread regional contamination with 50% death or more. Dangerous Alert results in the U.N World Health Disease center staff to notify other World 'organizations' and other nations concerned and double effort to work on disease cure.

Article 3 (v): Stage five; National epidemic of infectious disease that National health officials can't control. Immediate Alert, the nation in question has has its quarantine broken, and that U.N member states should be alerted of possible transmission beyond borders of infectious disease.

Article 3 (vi): Stage six, the transmission of infectious across national boundaries and the need for worldwide preparedness and and action to combat such disease. Red Alert, declaration that infectious disease has spread national boundaries and incist that all U.N member states, and others to work together to halt the spread and insure a cure for the infectious disease in question.

Article 4: U.N member states are not REQUIRED to ask for the World Health Disease Center in case of disease outbreak.

Article 5: OBJECTIVE of this resolution is the creation of a worldwide Health Disease center to ensure that infectious disease that have been recorded and any new 'infectious diseases' that appear in the future can be combatted in an effective way.

Resolution 77:

UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #77

Epidemic Prevention Protocol
A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.


Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Huai bei

Description: Contagious Diseases Epidemic Prevention Protocol

Description:
Globalization, international trade and advanced transportation systems accelerate the spreading pace of contagious diseases and make every nation vulnerable. We need a solution to this problem :
Contagious Disease Epidemic Prevention Protocol

1. Every Nation is obliged to inform international community of every epidemic outbreak and to use all prudent medical means to isolate it.

2. International Red Cross Organization (IRCO) would be utilized to offer assistance to any Nation hit by contagious disease outbreak (recipient). The IRCO will manage donation and its distribution to recipient upon request of the recipient. IRCO will cooperates closely with Health Ministries of its members.

3. a)Every Nation has the right to quarantine any inbound passenger and potential-pathogen-carrier-cargo from Nation which is hit by the outbreak.
b) Every Nation has the right to ban import of food- and medical-product which is suspected to be a potential-pathogen-carrier from Nation which is hit by the outbreak.

Acknowledging that both actions are notably well within the Nation sovereignity.
Every Nation which is hit by epidemic outbreak and therefore affected by above mentioned actions is urged not to retaliate those actions.

4. Any person who, on behalf of the IRCO, renders medical care or assistance without the expectation of receiving compensation for such service, shall not be liable in civil damages for any act or omission, not constituting gross negligence, in the course of such care or assistance.

Explanation :
1.Definition of Epidemic :
affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time
2. Statement of Sovereignity Assurance:
This Protocol is humanitarian in nature. Sovereignity of each UN Member is guaranteed.
3. Animal to Human Contagious Disease:
If contagious disease suffered by animal can be spread to human and there is proven case that human have been infected, the nation should refer to point 1 of the protocol.
4. Recommended method for (humanitarian) donation :
First step : consult the recipient nation whether it would accept the offer
Second step : consult the recipient regarding the type of the aid
Third step : consult the recipient regarding the method to deliver the aid
Fourth step : If agreement reached of all of the previous steps , conduct the aid

Type of donations:
a) Financial aid
b) Medicament and Food should be sent by civil transportation means. In the case that there is an option to use military transportation means, the recipient should be consulted. If it is agreed upon, the donor can send them.
c) Medical Training ( in case of military medical personals read point b)
d) Medical Personals (in case of military medical personals read point b)
e) Scientific cooperation; Technology transfer

I think this actually goes well with this resolution. The World Health Disease Center works to fight the outbreak to ensure it doesn't go beyond nationa boundaries, and it can also be assisted by other Medical or Heath instituations that was noted in article one, so the IRCO can provide assistance to the national government and the staff of the WHDC to work for a cure. It also deals with what national government's can do with passengers and people who might be effected transnational, while the WHDC acts for the emergency at hand.

Anyone else??

Anyone else??
I feel it should tie in with other agencies like the IRCO and UNAIDS.

Article 5 seems redundant. Your sporadic use of caps is also a little annoying.

There's also nothing about endemics.

Tie in with IRCO and UNAIDS? Do you mean like assist and receive resistance from both organizations when requested??

Endemics??

Tie in with IRCO and UNAIDS? Do you mean like assist and receive resistance from both organizations when requested??
Yes. Perhaps not UNAIDS, on reflection, but given the IRCO is there, you may as well use it. Perhaps the organization in this proposal could organize IRCO aid?

Endemics??
Yes. An endemic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemic_%28epidemiology%29) is where a disease is continuously present within a system, and remains so even if there is no new introduction of the disease. So if the Spon plague was endemic in Maxtopia, then even if it sealed its borders and had no possibility of contagions arriving in the country from outside, the disease would continue, because it was so widespread.

I'm not sure if it's needed - I imagine it would be a bit late by then - but I was just raising it for attention.

APPROVES and APPLAUDS the efforts of Resolution #9 and Resolution #32 in their efforts to try to combat diseases especially the diseases that are infectious to humans and other species and can pass easily between human to human.

Article 1: The creation of a World Health Disease Center which will be funded voluntarily by U.N member states who feel concerned about this issue and other World Health charities, organizations and other charities.

Article 1 (i): The creation of the World Health Disease Center will create a international medical staff of the most 'expert epidemiologists and support personnel from U.N member states but will ensure that U.N member states will still be left with their top physicans and doctors.

Article 1 (ii): The World Health Disease Center will direct its efforts to find cures to known infectious disease of the viral, Bacterial, Parasitic, Fungal, and Prion categories.

Article 1 (iii): The World Health Disease center will also conduct research to prepare for outbreaks of new 'unknown' diseases that reside within each of the five categories listed above in Article 1 (ii).

Article 2: With the outbreak of a disease within the five categories of infectious diseases. If REQUESTED by U.N member states, the World Health Disease Center can assist the U.N member state in restraining the outbreak of the disease within the infected area through medical and financial resources. The World Health Disease Center can assist other Health organizations, for example, the IRCO in organizing medical supplies and assests.

Article 3: A six category system will be set up to categorize different outbreaks of infectious diseases by its case to case basis.

Article 3 (i): Stage one; There has been a sporadic case of two or more in an isolated area over a week period. With stage one, there is a minimal alert and the World Health Disease Center will require an updated report on the outbreak each month.

Article 3 (ii): Stage two; Case to case human transmission that exceeds ten cases within a week. Moderate alert, where a World Health Disease Center Team can go to the effected area on governmental request.

Article 3 (iii): Stage three; Limited village or region infection of infectious disease that has caused at least 20 people to become sick and at least 50% in a short time period. Raised Alert system where World Health Disease Center staff work with governmental organizations to contain the spread of the disease.

Article 3 (iv): Stage four; Widespread regional contamination with 50% death or more. Dangerous Alert results in the U.N World Health Disease center staff to notify other World 'organizations' and other nations concerned and double effort to work on disease cure.

Article 3 (v): Stage five; National epidemic of infectious disease that National health officials can't control. Immediate Alert, the nation in question has has its quarantine broken, and that U.N member states should be alerted of possible transmission beyond borders of infectious disease.

Article 3 (vi): Stage six, the transmission of infectious across national boundaries and the need for worldwide preparedness and and action to combat such disease. Red Alert, declaration that infectious disease has spread national boundaries and incist that all U.N member states, and others to work together to halt the spread and insure a cure for the infectious disease in question.

Article 3 (vii): In case of endemic diseases to one particular nation, the World Health Disease Center and its staff will work with government officials on working for a cure to endemic as well as infectious diseases and ensure that endemic disease outbreaks don't become transnational infectious diseases as well.

Article 4: U.N member states are not REQUIRED to ask for the World Health Disease Center in case of disease outbreak.

Article 5: OBJECTIVE of this resolution is the creation of a worldwide Health Disease center to ensure that infectious disease that have been recorded and any new 'infectious diseases' that appear in the future can be combatted in an effective way.

Just little grammatical errors:

In article 2:

diseases. If REQUESTED by U.N member states, the World Health Disease Center can assist the U.N member state in restraining the outbreak of the dise

Change it to:

diseases, if requested by member states the World Health disease Center will assist in restraining the outbreak of the disease and on and on.

Article 5: OBJECTIVE of this resolution is the creation of a worldwide Health Disease center to ensure that infectious disease that have been recorded and any new 'infectious diseases' that appear in the future can be combatted in an effective way.

Article 5 should instead of being deleted, should be moved up to the front to state clearly what this resolution is about and then bring in the Disease center.

Other then that the Akhalla diplomat and the Akhalla empire accepts and endorses this resolution.

I really like this proposal, but first I would add some things to it.

1- Some articles dealing witht the sharing of information on diseases and control procedures. Perhaps the establishment of an international database not unlike that wheather sharing thingy from a couple months ago. Basically all known information on diseases and control methods is dumped into that database for people to analyze and use for the future. Or something along those lines

2- Something dealing with quarantine procedures. Minimum safety equipment for officials, procedures, public announcement of a breakout, mandatorily informing the WHDC (World Health Diseas Center) of outbreaks. What nations can and cannot do to protect their borders from diseased immigrants etc...

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Presenter: Asatruland
Resolution: World Health Disease Center

APPROVES and APPLAUDS the efforts of Resolution #9 and Resolution #32 in their efforts to try to combat diseases of all kinds.

Article 1: The creation of a World Health Disease Center which will be funded voluntarily by U.N member states and Health Organizations and Charities like IRCO and others.

Article 1 (i): The creation of the World Health Disease Center will create a international medical staff of the most 'expert epidemiologists and support personnel from U.N member states but will ensure that U.N member states will still be left with their top physicans and doctors.

Article 1 (ii): The World Health Disease Center will direct its efforts to find cures to known infectious disease of the viral, Bacterial, Parasitic, Fungal, and Prion categories.

Article 1 (iii): The World Health Disease center will also conduct research to prepare for outbreaks of new 'unknown' diseases that reside within each of the five categories listed above in Article 1 (ii).

Article 1 (iv): The creation of a databank within the World Health Disease Center dealing with information on already known diseases and control methods of that certain disease which would be there for quick access to World Health Disease Center and other Health organizations liked IRCO and others.

Article 2: With the outbreak of a disease within the five categories of infectious diseases the World Health Disease Center will assist in restraining the outbreak of disease within infected area through medical and financial resources. The World Health Disease Center can assist other Health organizations, for example, the IRCO in organizing medical supplies and assests.

Article 3: A six category system will be set up to categorize different outbreaks of infectious diseases by its case to case basis.

Article 3 (i): Stage one; There has been a sporadic case of two or more in an isolated area over a week period. With stage one, there is a minimal alert and the World Health Disease Center will require an updated report on the outbreak each month.

Article 3 (ii): Stage two; Case to case human transmission that exceeds ten cases within a week. Moderate alert, where a World Health Disease Center Team can go to the effected area on governmental request.

Article 3 (iii): Stage three; Limited village or region infection of infectious disease that has caused at least 20 people to become sick and at least 50% in a short time period. Raised Alert system where World Health Disease Center staff work with governmental organizations to contain the spread of the disease.

Article 3 (iv): Stage four; Widespread regional contamination with 50% death or more. Dangerous Alert results in the U.N World Health Disease center staff to notify other World 'organizations' and other nations concerned and double effort to work on disease cure.

Article 3 (v): Stage five; National epidemic of infectious disease that National health officials can't control. Immediate Alert, the nation in question has has its quarantine broken, and that U.N member states should be alerted of possible transmission beyond borders of infectious disease.

Article 3 (vi): Stage six, the transmission of infectious across national boundaries and the need for worldwide preparedness and and action to combat such disease. Red Alert, infectious disease has spread national boundaries and URGES all U.N member states, to work together to halt the spread and insure a cure for the infectious disease in question.

Article 3 (vii): In case of endemic diseases to one particular nation, the World Health Disease Center and its staff will work with government officials on working for a cure to endemic as well as infectious diseases and ensure that endemic disease outbreaks don't become transnational infectious diseases as well.

2- Something dealing with quarantine procedures. Minimum safety equipment for officials, procedures, public announcement of a breakout, mandatorily informing the WHDC (World Health Diseas Center) of outbreaks. What nations can and cannot do to protect their borders from diseased immigrants etc...

I think that actually connects to Resolution #77. I am not too sure.

Anyone else??

So is it good??

Can someone help me cut it down by 1000 characters.