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Improve Worldwide Economy
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Name: Improve Worldwide Economy
Category: Free Trade
Strength: Strong

Description:The United Nations General Assembly,

RECOGNIZING the fact that the elimination of trade barriers is the best way of encouraging the creation and development of businesses worldwide.

APPRECIATING that trade barriers greatly limit commerce between countries and businesses.

UNDERSTANDING that businesses are major contributors to a nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

NOTICING that the higher the GDP, the bigger revenue the government will receive through taxes.

REMARKING that a higher government revenue benefits everyone, as larger infrastructure projects, etc, can be afforded.

PERCEIVING that this resolution will also give everyday consumers and buyers a bigger product variety.

IDENTIFYING that the increase and growth of businesses also lowers unemployment rate thanks to the number of jobs created.

KNOWING that a larger market for nations' products will be created with this resolution.

DISTINGUISHING that free trade also stimulates cooperation between former enemy nations.

ADMITTING that if trading links are established between nations, the number of wars will drastically decrease, as nations will want other nations to prosper in order to benefit from their commerce.


For the reasons above,

The UNITED NATIONS proposes this resolution for the BENEFIT of EVERYONE and the IMPROVEMENT of WORLDWIDE ECONOMY.


P.S. Does anyone know how can I give the link of this proposal to other people? (not through the forum, but through NationStates).

I may be missing something, but your proposal only seems half finished. Is that it, or have you posted this for help with the rest of it?

As written now, it is a nice preamble, but really doesn't do anything. There are no urges, encourages, asks, mandates, nothing. It certainly doesn't deserve the strength of strong, in fact, in my own opinion, as written, even mild is too strong for what is there.

I think you might want to go into what trade barriers you would like to see removed, and how you expect UN nations to achieve that. This vegetarian proposal is really crying out for some meat.

Well (erm), actually, I believed it to be the final resolution... I thought the description part had to explain the reasons why you are proposing this, not exactly what you are going to do, as it already explains it on the sub-title.

Even so, Im open for any suggestions. ;)

Well (erm), actually, I believed it to be the final resolution... I thought the description part had to explain the reasons why you are proposing this, not exactly what you are going to do, as it already explains it on the sub-title.


No, a proposal has to do something specific. Take a look at recently adopted resolutions to get an idea.

Well, no, because the subtitle isn't part of your proposal. It is generic and applies to every proposal submitted under that catagory, no matter what the content. I am going to guess that the subtitle is more to guide writers so they can pick the right catagory for their work.

We vote on what a proposal contains, ie what you have written, not the catagory, so you really do need to go into what you want done, and how.

I see... OK then, I'll continue the proposal with some specific actions, right? I'll probably post the ''continuation'' tomorrow.

P.S. Anyone have any idea on how to delete the other thread with this resolution? I accidentally created 2, and the ''edit/delete'' button doesn't seem to be working...

I see... OK then, I'll continue the proposal with some specific actions, right? I'll probably post the ''continuation'' tomorrow.

P.S. Anyone have any idea on how to delete the other thread with this resolution? I accidentally created 2, and the ''edit/delete'' button doesn't seem to be working...

I got it. But in the future, you can just make a request in the Moderation forum if you need a thread deleted.

P.S. Does anyone know how can I give the link of this proposal to other people? (not through the forum, but through NationStates).
http://www.nationstates.net/page=UN_proposal1/match=keyword

Every single assertion your proposal makes can be answered with "not necessarily". However, this is the most glaring one:

UNDERSTANDING that businesses are major contributors to a nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

NOTICING that the higher the GDP, the bigger revenue the government will receive through taxes.

REMARKING that a higher government revenue benefits everyone, as larger infrastructure projects, etc, can be afforded.

In fact, consumption is usually the largest component, business investment is usually smaller in comparison - and even less than government expenditure in some cases. What about countries where private enterprise is illegal? And won't the government revenue depend on the tax structure? It is entirely possible to have higher GDP but lower government revenue (without a change in tax policy) if there is a shift in the respective components of GDP. How do you know the government is also necessarily benevolent and will spend the tax revenue on infrastructure, as opposed to giant palaces?

The United Socialist States of Ellelt stand opposed to any so-called "Free Trade" agreements.

These agreements typicly end up costing developing countries, like my own for example, by allowing multi-nationa corporations to sweep in and wreak our enviorment and economy with their subsistance wages system. Further, It damages the Industrialized nations by causing an influx of cheaply made (mainly because of cheap labor) goods which in tern cause massive downterns in the manufacturing sectors of the industrialized countries, lowering their gdp.

For the reason that this proposal is based upon flawed economic reasoning I urge the membership to oppose this mesure.