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Draft of Repealing Resolution #70, page 14 on previously passed resolutions.

Description: This resolution must be repealed recognising that:

·Whaling occurs constantly in the modern world despite the ban

·“Indigenous peoples who engage in 'aboriginal whaling' using traditional non-industrial methods” use spears, arrows and swords

·Traditional methods are more “barbarous” than the industrial method as they make whales die much slower as they penetrate less into the whale as they are used to kill the whale with human labour, which applies less force than machines to penetrate the whales skin to kill the whale.

·Indigenous peoples can easily sell the whales they have caught to whale meat markets which is an incentive for them to conduct whaling beyond their quota’s as since whale meat is illegal whale meat prices are through the roof

·Whales are being killed with increasing numbers due to the fact that whaling is illegal so therefore there is no reason for them to comply with the present UN Resolution

·No basis is laid out for detecting or investigating whaling activities

·Whalers have no reason to licence considering the very activity of whaling is illegal and licensing would make it easier for them to be caught

·There is a clause stating that the commission is empowered to licence limited scientific whaling, Pro whaling UN nations can therefore illegally use corruption or bribery against commission members to allow whaling to happen in limited numbers with very little or no scientific basis

·Although overfishing is a serious problem whaling is completely different issue as fish and other aquatic life (with exceptions) are not “highly-developed mammals with advanced social and communications systems”

·Although whaling drove the world's whale population to the brink of extinction the major factor was poor or no legislation measures to sustain whale numbers that were in place from the start of whaling through to the modern era

·Resolution #70 is rendered redundant by the passage of Resolution #119. Whales are fully protected by UNCoESB, thus #70 is no longer needed

Is this resolution repeal mentioning another new resolution (The previous 2 proposed resolution repeals did).

To my mind, this
·Resolution #70 is rendered redundant by the passage of Resolution #119. Whales are fully protected by UNCoESB, thus #70 is no longer needed
is the only real reason to repeal UNR70. If whales are endangered in NS (as they are in RL), then they are protected by UNCoESB. If they are not endangered, then why do we need to protect them? The stuff about indigenous whaling and illegal whaling does not matter.

I would concentrate on the redundancy angle, perhaps also mentioning that 70 contains no investigation or enforcement mechanism, so it really isn't doing anything other than cluttering up the books.

Here is the text that Venerable Libertarians and myself used in our repeal attempts. Keep in mind that this is VL's text, so don't copy it word for word. But you can use it to get some possible ideas for rewording yours.
Recognising the passing of UN Resolution # 119 “UNCoESB”, which empowers nations who are UN members to protect a species that may or may not be endangered with extinction, under Article 4 of that resolution,

Understanding human affinity with marine mammals,

Recognising that the “UNCoESB” bill guarantees protections to species that are threatened with extinction,

Noting that the passing of the “UNCoESB” renders Resolution # 70 “Banning Whaling”, redundant,

Recognising that as a redundant resolution, it is no longer cost effective or efficient to continue funding for this resolution which is now an unacceptable burden on the UN treasury and the funds it draws from our nations,

We hereby repeal UN Resolution # 70 “Banning Whaling”.

I have countered the arguments of the Resolution, so that is the reason why I haven't written anything else plus the “UNCoESB” bill does not cover all areas, plus the Delegates aganist the “UNCoESB” bill will not vote for repealing resolution #70 if it mentions it too greatly, plus the pro-whaling delegates will vote aganist it if I do as well.

·Whaling occurs constantly in the modern world despite the ban

·No basis is laid out for detecting or investigating whaling activities

·Whalers have no reason to licence considering the very activity of whaling is illegal and licensing would make it easier for them to be caught


OOC: Faulty premise. Compliance is mandatory, therefore no UN member nations are engaged in whaling.

I'd already mentioned this proposal:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12267292&postcount=4240

Still, my comments cross posted over.

Lots of issues -

"Whaling occurs constantly in the modern world despite the ban " - RL does not equal NS.

Re: Indigenous peoples - the original stated those "taking only a small number of whales each year" - not those mass marketing them.

The this bit seemed a tad circular - "Whales are being killed with increasing numbers due to the fact that Whaling is illegal so therefore there is no reason for them to comply with the present UN Resolution" - Because it is illegal more are being killed? How the heck does that work out?