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This resolution is contradictory with passed resolution #10
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Honored UN Delegates,

I want to bring up the matter of liberating phonetapping to the secret police and military.

In these times of increased brutal acts like random assaults, murders, kidnapping and terrorism, it is clear that phonetapping is not an option, but a required instrument to investigate crimes thoroughly.

Therefor my proposal is the following:

UN States have to record every phonecall and store these recordings on inaccessable and offline military servers for at least five years. They will serve as investigation material and evidence in court cases, of course, only these will be seen as legitimate phonecall recordings.

The secret police and military will have access to these recordings for the investigation of federal cases.

Citizens cannot charge the state of infringement of the privacy for accessing the recordings of their phonecalls.

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What do you think of this proposal and what ammenmends must be made?

Honourable Delegate:

Would this resolution not be considered a breach of a citizen's personal rights?

Also, how would this apply to nations who have no military or "Secret Police"?

Sincerely,

Sir Robert Banks
Royal Embassador of the King
Queendom of Kitsunestan

This is not a matter that justifies international legislation, in our opinion. We firmly believe that the matter of monitoring interpersonal communications within a nation should be up to that nation, and that nation alone. Opposed.

- Jinella Agaranth, Ambassador

Problem with that is someone could easily impersinate another and frame them for a crime and it's a breach of the human rights of the populace. Surly people must have the right to talk in private and not to be held accountable for what they have said in the past

Do you actually have a proposal to draft and edit or is this just a suggestion?

The Blue Eyed Man
UN Ambassador
The United States of Cookesland

Do you actually believe it is possible to listen to every single phone conversation in an entire nation? I think you might have a solution to the dole, you could hire all the welfare recipients to listen to every conversation ever recorded in a nation, then everyone would be employed. It is hard enough to selectively monitor phone conversations.

Regards,

Rex Smiley, UN Representative

You all overlooked one very important point, this idea blatently contradicts UN Resolution #10 Stop Privacy Intrusion (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7029598&postcount=11).

Bob Flibble
UN Representative

Damn, Mr Flibble got there first.

A resounding 'No' from over here.

No

Not courteously at all,

Does this not violate resolution 10?

You will not have backing from my state on this issue.

Could someone tell me how to effictively search past resolutions? I can search but it seems putting only one keyword will never give results...

From the title, we had hoped that this might be a ban on the annoying habit of using cell phones in stores and other public spaces.

David Watts
Ambassador
The Dominion of New Leicestershire