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Ok, I know ammendments are illegal, and sorry about this but I don't know what you have to do if you want to change a resolution. There are a lot of things in the description, but not one saying that "No person may be owned or viewed as a possesion". Just thought that either another proposal could be made, or a repeal or whatever it is people have to do to change it. Sorry if this is against the rules, I'm still not too sure about how the U.N works. Please just let me know if this post if not allowed



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End slavery


A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Monocerous

Description: The scourge of slavery yet remains in these progressive times. People are bought and sold like cattle, unable to determine their destiny. Their families are split apart; they are allowed no possessions of their own. They are beaten, chained, and tortured.

Therefore, I propose that the following human rights be given to every peoples of this great world:

- The right to leave her or his job, given two weeks' notice.

- The right to own possessions.

- The right to travel freely throughout their country.

- The right to bodily safety from one's employer.

- The outlawing of the selling or purchasing of people.

Votes For: 6939

Votes Against: 1753

Implemented: Tue Jan 21 2003

Just thought that either another proposal could be made, or a repeal or whatever it is people have to do to change it. Sorry if this is against the rules, I'm still not too sure about how the U.N works. Please just let me know if this post if not allowed

If you can't write an independent resolution to fix the problem you perceive, then you must repeal the resolution in question and replace it with a new one. In fact, End Slavery has recently been repealed and replaced by not one but two resolutions, which do indeed declare that a person may not be owned.

For reference. (http://www.nationstates.net/page=UN_past_resolutions/start=231)

-- Samantha Benson
Co-author, "Abolition of Slavery"
Quintessence of Dust Department of UN Affairs