NationStates Jolt Archive

Education For All
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Tresora

Description: The World Assembly, hereafter referred to as the WA, proposes that Historical Resolution #3 "Education For All", as passed and subsequently repealed by the WA's predecessor under Historical Resolution #95, be reinstated as law.

The WA is APPALLED that the average level of education in some member countries has reached an all-time low.

It is UNDERSTANDING that the "Education For All" act was repealed on well-reasoned grounds.

It is CONFIDENT that, with the dissolution of the WA's predecessor, the circumstances on which the "Education For All" act was repealed no longer apply.

It is ENRAGED that in light of the above, the "Education For All" act has not already been reinstated.

Based on the above grounds, the WA hereby reinstates Historical Resolution #3 "Education For All".

Approvals: 1 (True Macedonia)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Feb 17 2009
I always thought you had to resubmit the original legislation rather than asking the UN... er, WA to reinstate it. You can't repeal a repeal, or something.

Improve Human Rights
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Newurinza

Description: Human Rights should be more better in countries. Countries should have a big think about improving their people's right to vote. I looked at several countries and i am horrified at some of the human rights. So i Purpose that every country in Nation States should have brilliant human rights

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 54 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Feb 17 2009
I'm not sure, but I think this is a game mechanics violation (it wants to set everyone's civil rights to "Brilliant", which isn't one of the accepted rankings). Maybe it's just a gut feeling, since anything that poorly written has to be illegal. >.<

Prevention of Terroism Act
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Great Britannia II

Description: This resolution recognises that many acts of terroism are not forseen by the Government and prepatory measures are not taken.

This act will increase the budgets for the armed services and create a Terroism Unit in the Police Force.

The Act states:

A. Police Officers will all be trained and authorised to hold and use a gun if required.

B. Police Officers will be given a "shoot to kill" policy which permits the police service to eliminate suspected terroists, thus avoiding an act of terroism.

C. Major Train Stations, Airports, Underground Stations and Public Areas will be monitered by the Terroism Unit which will apply "shoot to kill" if found nessecary.

D. Metal detectors and X-Ray machines are to be installed at train stations to ensure the safety of passengers and staff and preventing any planned acts of terroism.

E. Convicted terroists must be used to the Government's advantage and information must be gathered from them by any means.

F. The Police Force are authorised to use acts of torture on convicted terroists to gain nesecary information. Once the terroist is no longer required he/she will be shot.

This act ensures the safety of all citizens in the World Assembly and prevents acts of terroism from reoccuring. The act unites the members of the World Assembly to fight the War on Terror.

Approvals: 2 (True Macedonia, China-East Asia)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Feb 17 2009
What's "terroism" and why should we care about it?

What's "terroism" and why should we care about it?

Typo aside, I gather the author hasnt see the current legislature on the subject...

I always thought you had to resubmit the original legislation rather than asking the UN... er, WA to reinstate it. You can't repeal a repeal, or something.You're quite correct, what's worse is that the author of that one isn't trying to bring back on of the good UN resolutions.

I'm not sure, but I think this is a game mechanics violation (it wants to set everyone's civil rights to "Brilliant", which isn't one of the accepted rankings). Maybe it's just a gut feeling, since anything that poorly written has to be illegal. >.<Correct again.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: Laudren

Description: Description: Focusing on providing humanitarian aid to both individuals and governments;

OBSERVING that the World Assembly has not designated a single point of responsibility for coordinating relief aid to underprivileged individuals and areas.


The World Assembly,

RECOGNIZING that all citizens of member nations should be protected by humanitarian organizations and the government.

1. ESTABLISHES the International Coordinated Relief Committee (ICRC), an organization whose sole duty is to co-ordinate of relief aid of member nations as well as non-government organizations, if said organizations are willing to cooperate.

2. MANDATES that the ICRC shall be funded from the resources of the World Assembly member nations. But the ICRC is allowed to accept donations and grants from individual persons or organizations.

3. The ICRC is allowed to aid any region willing to accept help. Regions belonging to a WA members, and those of sovereign nations.

4.1. DEFINES a major disaster as an event which may threaten lives and livelihoods, such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, war-torn areas, poverty-stricken areas, including communities which cannot sustain it's own population due to no food/water, medical assistance, or having lack of life-supporting materials.

4.2. DEFINES the functions of the ICRC, whose role shall be to:
a) Provide international coordination of food, shelter, and humanitarian aid efforts in nations affected by a major disaster( defined above );
b) Coordinate the efforts of existing non-government organizations in member nations at an international level;
c) Provide training to volunteers in preparedness for such disasters: Training includes (but not limited to) practices in medicine, carpentry.

5. INSTRUCTS the ICRC to:
A) not promote conflict or war in any way;
B) not abuse their budget, in any way that may hamper the true purpose of the organization itself.

6. Allows any member nation to add to or improve the ICRC in any way so that the purpose of this organization can be better fulfilled. These improvements include, but are not limited to, adding or reducing powers invested to the ICRC, creating sub-organizations that aid the ICRC in specific tasks, creation of regulations that the ICRC has to follow.

ENCOURAGES member nations and existing non-government organizations to share recovery plans, to cooperate, and aid each other through the coordinations of the ICRC.Oh look, plagiarization (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13835689&postcount=7).

Oh look, plagiarization (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13835689&postcount=7).

Wasnt that one repealed and replaced anyway?

Clown Stability Act
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Emperor Matthuis

Description: CONCERNED about the recent political instability in WA member states.

IMPLORING WA member states to strengthen their grip on their masses.

ACKNOWLEDGING that citizens may oppose legislation to increase the already considerable power of politicians.

RECOGNISING that clowns are seem as a non-partisan, jovial figure by society.

PROPOSING that a Clown Secret Police (CSP) be set up in all states to stop the proles getting too revolutionary-minded.

ESTABLISHING that the CPS be given full, extra-judiciary powers and are above the rule of law.

NOTING that some people may be afraid of clowns, proposes that as a compromise jesters may be used.

HEREBY establishes the CPS in all states.

Co-authored by Randy the Clown.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Feb 19 2009


Arr, be illegal fer forming a secret police.

Arr, be illegal fer forming a secret police.

Not to mention branding (the co-author part) and the fact they establish the acronym only to typo it twice after

What's "terroism" and why should we care about it?

It's a Mirage.

Category: International Security


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Strovlanistan

Description: In this Act, all WA members will have combined there military forces to create a unified army.
the military would be organized into chapters from where the army came from: Ex. The Strovlani chapter's army would have recrutment centers and be stationed in Strovlanistan.
Having a unified army organized into national chapters would prevent war amongst WA members, increase the strengh of the WA and make the military more efficient during military actions. Like I even need to say it, this obviously suffers from a branding violation.

Military Alliance of WA
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Serbian_Soviet_Union

Description: Allowing the rights of each sovereign nation that is a member of WA to hold bilateral talks and agreements on Miltary cooperation of each nation. Military alliance of WA is not a world police but a Military Alliance of WA, a International Organisation for Military.

Approvals: 5 (Optiplex 745, Lawinstien, The Blackend Sun, Jacobish, Nobitta)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 48 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Feb 17 2009

Some people simply will not listen. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=583501)

Repeal "Freedom of Marriage Act"

Description: WA Resolution #15: Freedom of Marriage Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: This resolution is ludicrous. It completely contradicts its self when it says:

RECOGNIZING that religious communities have different views and are free to recognize or not such unions

it then goes on to say:

(a) All States shall have the minimum conditions to protect the union of two persons which shall include but are not restricted to provisions regulating the administration of the common estate and the inheritance rights acquired by those entering into such a union.

This means that if a gay wants to get married in a Catholic Church or something- the Church will have no choice in approving it because of this "protection" law.

A second point is that the WA is squeezing its self into other nation's affairs. Forcing the legalization of gay marriage upon other nations would be unfair.

So please, support this resolution and rid the World Assembly of the right of making decisions for us, the nations that make up this organization.



That last line qualifies this as bloody stupid - why make a resolution when a resign button does the trick?

Removal of Tariffs

Description: Noting, that WA Member-states wish to promote domestic industries,

Understanding that some nations have yet to develop industries to high levels,

However, noting that unless tariffs are lifted, the free flowing of ideals and goods will never occur,

Thus, calls on all WA Member-states to slowly lower tariffs and promote free trade for a closer, globalized world



I thought this had its own thread, but I can't find it. It duplicates World Assembly Economic Union.

That last line qualifies this as bloody stupid - why make a resolution when a resign button does the trick?

That resolution is a Mirage.

Repeal "World Assembly Headquarters"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #8
Proposed by: The Regiment of Amoney

Description: WA Resolution #8: World Assembly Headquarters (Category: Political Stability; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: MADDENED by the fact that this bill calls W.A. member nations qoute "drunks, stoners, weirdos, military fruitcakes, sex addicts, rejects, dear little kiddies, and militant machistas"

SEEING that this bill has no formality and lacks the important information to back its claims and also seeing as it would charge member nations to use facilities which could leave some nations out of the headquarters and therfore not in touch with the current happenings at the W.A.

NOTING that the bill was passed by a slim margin of less than 500 votes.

SADDENED by the lack of confidence in the W.A. delegates by calling them "inmates" and other repeated harsh accusations that are not facts and have not been explained.

HEREBY repealing World Assembly resolution #8 "World Assembly Headquarters" on the basis of unfair judgment, lack of formality, lack of facts, and an unfair solution to less fortunate member nations.

Approvals: 6 (Scotchpinestan, Manticoran States, Kroningburg, Krankor, Rudinshtein, Isle de Beaulieu)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 47 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Feb 21 2009 So in short, the author admits to "madness," yet objects to being called mad. I so enjoy the WA's serial failures of logic. :tongue:

That's about the third time he's submitted it.

Me as delegate

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: WOrlDWIde MAGic

Description: As a nation delegate i will make our economy better and safer. I would put money in for health care. Military will have some rights, but that's not the only important issue. Money will be equally spread from business to business. There will lots of religious rights and political rights. I will be focussing on attracting tourists and raising our income taxes.

http://blog.pharmalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/o_rly.jpg

He wants to be Delegate or The Galactic Emperor (http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/9881/800pxsidslightningmz4.jpg)?

http://blog.pharmalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/o_rly.jpg

He wants to be Delegate or The Galactic Emperor (http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/9881/800pxsidslightningmz4.jpg)?

You know, after all the time I've played this game it's rare that I see something I haven't seen before, but I have to say that that's the first time I've seen a proposal being used to campaign for a delegacy.

Maybe our Esteemed and Most Serene Secretary-General, Mme Gratwick, should be noticed there are Members wanting to be appointed Delegates-for-Life... She might have an idea or two about this, in her temporary confinement in Tunisia.

Regional Delegation Activity
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: the Imperial Crown

Description: The World Assembly, acknowledging that each Region has a separate Delegation Policy, requests the following for all Regional Delegates and WA Members:

That all Delegates VOTE on all resolutions (regardless of their personal preference) in accordance to how the REGION wants them to do so.

That All Delegates MAKE an effort to be active in the information process to ensure that every citizen and nation has a fair chance for voting, whether through a PROXY (Such as a WA Regional Delegate) or personally (by being a member of the WA themselves).

REQUESTS that All WA Members work within a Region to ENSURE that the Members of said region are INVOLVED and CONSULTED about each resolution of World Assembly to ensure a FAIR Representation of views.

UNDERSTANDS that Delegates have situations beyond their control but ORDERS that every delegate should keep their REGIONAL Leader informed of any possible downtime/inactivity in order to ensure that the regions DEMOCRATIC Needs are met by a Proxy Delegate, whether on external forums or in the World Assembly Hall.

This is to ensure that there will always be someone from each region voting for all provisional resolutions.

Furthermore, as a clause in this resolution, the World Assembly requests with utmost respect, that Delegates who fail to vote on behalf of the region or those who fail to do their jobs at all be dismissed in favour of a Delegate who will take pride in their position and thus work to the best of their ability.

In action of this proposal, the WA Requests that an independent Commission for Delegation Participation and Regulation is convened in order to ensure that Delegates are fulfilling their required duties to the best of their known abilities.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Feb 23 2009

Illegal, Meta-Gaming.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: ViEtAmino

Description: Description: Another version of Studly Penguins and Nebulantis's Veteran Reform Act.

The World Assembly,

DEFINING, a 'veteran' who has served, or is currently serving, in a nation’s armed services during times of peace or war, by his/her own free will.

ALARMED by the inadequate treatment of returning veterans in some nations, regarding employment, medical care, and psychiatric care,

EMPHASIZING the need for a comprehensive and updated strategy to assist returning veterans,

1. ESTABLISHES the WA Veteran Assistance Offices (WAVAO), an organization designed to carry out the actions outlined in this resolution;
a) Endorses the founding of WAVAO in all WA-member nations;
b) Notes that the cost of WAVAO, financed by the World Assembly, shall include the establishment of offices, services, and other expenses incurred by the program;

2. DECLARES that all returning veterans shall be heavily assisted in full re-in statement, conditional upon a satisfactory review to their place of employment, upon their return to civilian life;

3. URGES that this re-in statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following;
a) Current or equivalent position at time of deployment;
b) Rate of pay at time of deployment, appropriately adjusted for inflation or deflation, with a maximum cap to protect abuse of the new system;
c) Any bonus pay or monetary raise that the veteran would have achieved under typical circumstances shall be received in MINIMUM 1/5 of total, (A grievance can be filed in WA nations to their top court as to compensation claims) as to not overburden struggling economies;
d) Reasonable consideration of the veteran for promotions that they would have been eligible for;

4. ENCOURAGES that this re-in statement shall also include assistance in finding alternative employment, under the following conditions;
a) Veteran may request any employment or government agency of their choosing, should they wish to seek this assistance,;
b) The selected agency will consider assisting, (based on research cost in ratio to the positive effect it will have in employment status of their charge) in trying to find employment for the veteran that matches their current skills, technical ability, and past job history;
c) Until sufficient employment is achieved, the veteran shall receive a check equal to current cost of living and inflation rates , Subject to review for review by and excessive debt board.
d) If acquired employment is lost, the veteran shall be subject to their jurisdiction’s unemployment laws and code.

5. SOLEMNLY AFFIRMS that all veterans shall be offered access to state-of-the-art medical and psychiatric treatment, with monetary assistance being provided by the World Assembly through the WAVAO as needed, to an extent to be defined by length of service and medals achieved, not to exceed a set limit based on per capita income of said nation;

7. REMINDS all nations that veterans may be excluded from any of the services applied by this resolution, at the individual nation’s discretion, for any of the following reasons:
a) Dishonorable discharge
b) Lack of updated knowledge for the field of work he/she is entering
c) Debilitating injury
d) Mental instability; As perceived by WA regulated hospital standards.

8. PROCLAIMS that a veteran that has been found guilty of war crimes will be refused benefits.Illegal, branding violation and probable plagiarization.

Category: Advancement of Industry


Area of Effect: Environmental Deregulation


Proposed by: Ostronopolis

Description:
UNDERSTANDING: That Cars are the main backbone of a nations transportation in the modern era

DESIRING: To allow Car manufacturers to use area considered off limits by governments because of the environment

BELIEVING: That by doing this car manufacturers could get required materials and produce more cars for the consumer

RECOGNIZING: That all cars require a certain level of environmentally unfriendly materials to be built

OBSERVING: That big car manufacturing businesses tend to produce more and help the consumer when given the opportunity to do so

CONVINCED: This Resolution will help Car manufacturers around the WA and allow for not only more cars but wealthier citizens and governments

MANDATES: That Car manufacturers may make in roads into environmentally protected places

DEFINES: The Car manufacturers may do what is needed to to make a profit and help the consumer

REQUIRES: Governments to deregulate environmentally sound areas so car manufacturers may make in roads to them.

FORBIDS: Car Manufacturers to intentionally kill any wildlife in these areas

ALLOWS: Car manufacturers to do what they want in environmentally protected areasSince when do car manufacturers build roads?

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: JahKaya

Description: Part I defines torture, and commits parties to taking effective measures to prevent any act of torture in any territory under their jurisdiction. These include ensuring that torture is a criminal offense, establishing jurisdiction over acts of torture committed by or against a party's citizens, ensuring that torture is an extraditable offense, and establishing universal jurisdiction to try cases of torture where an alleged torturer cannot be extradited (Article 5). Parties must promptly investigate any allegation of torture, and victims of torture must have an enforceable right to compensation. Parties must also ban the use of evidence produced by torture in their courts, and are barred from deporting, extraditing or refouling people where there are substantial grounds for believing they will be tortured.
Parties are also obliged to prevent other acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to investigate any allegation of such treatment within their jurisdiction.
Part II governs reporting and monitoring of the Convention and the steps taken by the parties to implement it. It establishes the Committee against Torture, and empowers it to investigate allegations of systematic torture. It also establishes an optional dispute-resolution mechanism between parties and allows parties to recognize the competence of the Committee to hear complaints from individuals about violations of the Convention by a party.
Part III governs ratification, entry into force, and amendment of the Convention. It also includes an optional arbitration mechanism for disputes between parties.

Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.

Thank You For Your Time And Please Help End World Torture. Illegal, doesn't do anything (at least that I can see), we already have a resolution preventing torture and quite possibly plagiarized from the Geneva Convention.

Repeal "Freedom of Marriage Act"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal

Resolution: #15

Proposed by: Consadia

Description: WA Resolution #15: Freedom of Marriage Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Repeal of Resolution #15 (Freedom of Marriage Act)

The reason for a repeal of resolution #15 is the disregard on nations and citizens of the World Assembly.

Resolution #15 (Freedom of Marriage Act) may give rights to a minority part of some nations but disregards nations of a majority that seat on the other Side of this issue.

Resolution #15 (Freedom of Marriage Act) takes rights and freedoms form religions that stand against this issue. (Article 1)

Resolution #15 (Freedom of Marriage Act) takes the rights form nations to make their own laws and regulations on this issue. (Article 2)

Resolution #15 (Freedom of Marriage Act) has disregard all religious and political beliefs of all persons in the WA.

Repealing Resolution #15 (Freedom of Marriage Act) Dose not mean that same or different sex marriages are illegal but will give the right back to the nations government or voters to determine what the issue is.

Approvals: 1 (Varazhdin)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Feb 28 2009

What happened to the Mirages (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14511616&postcount=997)?

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #21
Proposed by: Socialist1

Description: WA Resolution #21: Living Wage Act (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The Living Wage Act should be repealed because it needs to be rewritten and re-categorized. The act does a poor job of defining poverty. Nowhere does this act specify how much the living wage is. The act also fails to index the living wage to inflation or the cost of living. Also this issue belongs in the human rights category not the social justice category since a living wage should be defined as a human right.
OK, as the author I may be a tad biased here, but did they read the act at all? It specifies very carefully what the living wage is, just not using explicit numbers, in a way that is indexed to the cost of living. And the comments about the category are just plain wrong.


Category: Repeal
Resolution: #15
Proposed by: The sloth like people

Description: WA Resolution #15: Freedom of Marriage Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: i think it should be up to the countries themselves to decide if they should allow same sex mariage, traditional mariage, or both. not up to the assembly becuase if a country is a majority of the population's religeon doesn't aprove of same sex mariage or traditional than there should be no reason to have the one that no one will be executing.
Purest NatSov where it isn't incoherent, and a distinct lack of mirages.

Rights of Humans

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Crazy hell for nazi

Description: Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Article 8
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Article 11
Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 13
Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
Everyone has the right to leave any country, including their own, and to return to their country.
Article 14
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 15
Everyone has the right to a nationality.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
It's the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html). Why can't people be original and write their own illegal proposals?

Passports

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Davenport In Florida

Description: Every citizen has to show his/her passport at every border. Even province borders. The great plus is that criminals can be easily tracked. The minus is that it will costs money and time.

Approvals: 3 (Kick ass kingdom, Naminda, Crazy Goat)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 50 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 3 2009
Time waster.

No Businesses in Goverment

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.


Category: Furtherment of Democracy


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Mary Queen of Scots

Description: This will help with

1. No Businesses will have representation in the Senates of the WA nations

2.Will stop the goverments from being ruled by Unions

Approvals: 1 (Naminda)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 3 2009
Has to be a idealogical ban, but what the goverment type is called escapes me.

Montreal Protocol
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental

Industry Affected: All Businesses

Proposed by: Saudi kewait

Description: This is a resolution designed to protect the ozone layer by banning the production of Chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs).

CFCs are extremely stable substances useful in the manufacturing of many products including styrofoam, plastics, and coolants.

However, CFCs detroy ozone molecules because of the chlroine in the CFC molecules, and their stability allows them to destroy thousands of ozone molecules.

Nations may use alternative substances such as Hydrofluorocarbons, which are much safer due to that fact that they do not contain the harmful chlorine atom.

Let us improve our world by not destroying it.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 3 2009

Montreal is a small village within my Empire, I did not know it was so widely known. What a boon to tourism it will be!

And I agree. Improving the World can face some difficulties, after it is utterly destroyed.

I thought everybody had a Montreal... like Springfield... or Freepersburgatopia.... :p

Seriously, though. RL=bad... and even if it wasn't RL it would be bad... didn't we ban naming things after places back when the WA was still That Which Shall Not Be Named?

Anyway...


Extended Education Act
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity

Area of Effect: Educational

Proposed by: Insane Masterminds

Description: The purpose of the Extended Education Act is to extend and broaden our present and future students education.

The act will lengthen the years of education a student will receive before he/she is allowed to decide wether or not he/she may attend future schooling. It will also broaden the subjects that the students will learn while attending school. Further more, Teachers will be eligible to recieve more pay as a result of the act being passed.Vaaaaaaague... with a side of nonspecific and a smattering of linguistic floundering.

Category: Repeal


Resolution: #16


Proposed by: Mary Queen of Scots

Description: WA Resolution #16: Sexual Privacy Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The reason to repeal this act is that is if everyone is Gay or Transsexuals then there will be no more population after thay die out. It is a goverments job to ensure the safety of it's counties welfare and survival. Hmm, I was unaware that the Sexual Privacy Act required anybody to be gay or transsexual.

Vetrens Care Act
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: King Eliam Lovers

Description: Knowing Vetrens don't always get the care they need.

Knowing Care isn't freely given but given with a high price.

Understanding the cost.

Asking to consider what would happen to you if you were in this position.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Mar 5 2009

Umm... well.. trying to sort it out: is the subject some kind of a new species?

However I commend the author for trying to make the (I believe) first resolution in haiku.

What about:

Act. Vetrens.

Concern.
Things to be made.
Drop in the ocean.
Needs more.
Wind.
Barley.
Sorrow.
Action.

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #37
Proposed by: The Steppe Empire

Description: WA Resolution #37: Fairness in Criminal Trials (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: RECOGNISING that nations have many different equally valid legal systems

OBSERVES that the use of a verdict of "Not Proven" is wrong and not real

COMMENDS the idea that the innocent not be wrongly punished and that the guilty not be wrongly exonerated

DECLARES that WORLD ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION #37
Fairness in Criminal Trials should be repealed!
So the only argument against the resolution, as opposed to all the bits agreeing with it, is that "Not Proven" is wrong and isn't a real verdict? The Scottish legal system will be jolly surprised and a bit annoyed to hear that.

Category: Repeal


Resolution: #38


Proposed by: Spartan Philidelphia

Description: WA Resolution #38: Convention Against Genocide (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: ACKNOWLEDGING the many loopholes and flaws in the resolution.

NOTING that this resolution prevents not only, war, death penalty, and any other sort of killing of ANY person regardless of reasons.

Examples of Flaws:

Scenario 1:
Nation A kills members of Nation B for causing millions of dollars in damages.

According to "Convention Against Genocide", this is GENOCIDE.

Scenario 2:
Nation A is attacked by Nation B, a rouge nation.

Nation A cannot defend itself due to killing members of Nation B with the intent of killing nation B would be GENOCIDE.

Nation A then receives aid from Nation C, Nation A and C are unable to defend due to this resolution.

HEREBY repeals

WORLD ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION #38

Convention Against Genocide Oh noes! The rouge nations are at it again.

Elimination of Nuclear Power
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: Uranium Mining
Proposed by: Oscen

Description: Nuclear power was once thought to be the savior of energy and the environment. In over 50 years, the world has lodged trillions of dollars in which little has come out of it.
Disasters including Three Mile Island: Partial meltdown in 1979 in Pennsylvania and the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986 where the land is still inhabitable and has raised the entire earth's radioactive levels.
Nuclear power cons include:
*Building nuclear power plants is not cost effective.

*There still is no viable solution for storing highly radioactive nuclear waste.

*The federal government's enforcement of safety regulations is negligent.

*Reactor sites and spent fuel pools are potential targets for nuclear terrorism and sabotage.

*Reprocessing used nuclear fuel is extremely dangerous, increases the amount of bomb-usable plutonium, creates additional terrorist targets and encourages nuclear proliferation.

Nuclear power is not the solution to global warming.

The amount of government subsidies needed to keep a power plant running is huge.

There are faster, safer and cheaper ways to meet our energy needs, including renewable energy sources and co generation technologies, which combine heat and power.

STOP THE PRODUCTION OF ALL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS!
FOR I ASK YOU, WOULD YOU WANT A POWER PLANT NEXT TO YOUR HOME?

Approvals: 1 (Oscen)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Mar 5 2009

Obvious RL references, and it doesn't actually do anything.

Oh noes! The rouge nations are at it again.And suddenly I severely miss the cards thread...

Also:

Category: Gun Control

Decision: Relax

Proposed by: Pot smokers land

Description: this proposal is to have compulsory gun ownership.

if the nations' citizens have guns they can protect themselves from robbery and other crimes this would also increase the nations' economy and reduce the amount of money spent on the army and police forces


Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Mar 5 2009 I find the submission-maker's name to be amusingly appropriate. Also, I don't think this would have the effect they think it would have...

Category: International Security

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Freedomstaki

Description: NOTING that terrorism is serious concern to all nations of the world, and

ACKNOWLEDGING that aviation is likely target of terrorists, and

RECOGNIZING that terrorist have bombed, hijacked aircraft and have even used them as
weapons, and

NOTING WITH APPROVAL that airport security screening has helped to prevent terrorist
attacks, and

NOTING WITH DEEP CONCERN that airport security screening has also seen catastrophic
failures which have resulted in the loss of lives and property:

1. DEFINES the standard of airport security screening as the "screening of passengers, crew,
employees, baggage and cargo for threats which may result in the lost of an aircraft due to
terrorism";

2. DIRECTS World Assembly member nations to set up and adopt airport security screening
standards to protect to aviation from terrorist threats;

2. AUTHORIZES the creation of the International Aviation Security Administration to oversee
the standards in member nations;

3. INSTRUCTS the International Aviation Security Administration hold annual undercover tests
and investigations of airport security areas in member nation to see if they are following
standards;

4. FURTHER REQUESTS that bimonthly undercover tests are held in member nations by a local
authority;

5. URGES the passing of this resolution as detriment to terrorism and to furthering the
protection of human life.

Approvals: 5 (Lysian, NarfNarf, Pusik XII, Dukab, Yawnville)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 48 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Mar 5 2009 Can you really make the passing of your resolution part of your resolution? That seems a bit redundant to me. Also, it fails to really do anything since it doesn't establish the standards it wants to enforce so much as make it suddenly a requirement that someone else come up with them, which smacks of meta-gaming as it would suddenly be 'illegal' for such a follow-up proposal not to be written.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I may very well be due to a severe lack of sleep recently...

And suddenly I severely miss the cards thread...


*COUGH* (http://test256.free.fr/)

Clean Air Agreement
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: American Aristocrats

Description: RECOGNIZING the environmental danger posed by greenhouse gas effects;

UNDERSTANDING that high carbon emissions from industry and automobile usage contributes to this environmental problem;

HOPING to curb these effects for our futures and the futures of our progeny; and

REALIZING that hard work is required to help better the environment

HEREBY

1. ESTABLISH that all member nations will lower their national carbon emissions by 33% within the time of two years;

2. ESTABLISH that member nations will investigate alternative fuels.

OK, how?


Compulsory gun ownership
A resolution to tighten or relax gun control laws.


Category: Gun Control
Decision: Relax
Proposed by: Pot smokers land

Description: this proposal is to have compulsory gun ownership.

if the nations' citizens have guns they can protect themselves from robbery and other crimes this would also increase the nations' economy and reduce the amount of money spent on the army and police forces

Maximum Number of Parties
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Aquadicus

Description: Each of our nations is ruled by a government, many of which are made of several parties. Though a bicameral system of government insures political freedom, it also can destroy the democracy that so many of our nations cherish.

In hopes to solve this problem, the following will be the law when it comes to the formation and regulation of political parties:

Formation of a political party:
1. The founder of the political party will sign a registration form promising that his or her party will better or contribute to the nations well being in some way.

Regulation of political parties:
1. Only 5 parties, or the 5 major parties are allowed to gain/hold seats in the higher house of the government(Senate).
2. All other political parties, or the minority of political parties, are allowed to gain/hold seats in the lower house of government(House of Representatives).
3. Every 4 years elections will be held for each house and the seats within the houses. BEFORE ELECTIONS ARE HELD, though, a census will take place and will decide the new [or unchanged] majority parties. Thus, the minority parties, through adding members to their party, can achieve higher status and become part of the higher house.

Secondary Language Manditory
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage
Proposed by: Aquadicus

Description: As to keep national identies and rich cultures, all nations will keep the language they have been using.

This preposition suggests that all nations select a language that will act as a UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE to better communicate between nations. This secondary language will be manditory to be taught by all teachers in every nation.

These are all game mechanics violations.

Better Education
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Conzainia

Description: Children are our future and they need BETTER EDUCATION without deucation what will all of this turn into a big dump??? I hope not!

Renewable Energy
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: Automobile Manufacturing
Proposed by: Conzainia

Description: We need Renewable Energy it will keep the world spining round, because the more fossil fuels we use we are destoying our planet.We need to use Renewable Energy if we do it will be great it will be recycled not used up unti there isn't any left so use Renewable Energy!!!

These are just plain silly.

Lawful Curfew
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Xankou

Description: My proposition is to enforce a Curfew on all Citizen's of the World Assembly.

What is a Curfew?
An order by a government for certain persons to return home daily before a certain time. It can be imposed to maintain public order, or suppress targeted groups.

How would it be enforced?
The police force of each nation would patrol areas of a town, city or village at all times after 21:30. Any person wishing to be outdoors after 21:30 would require a permit which can only be aquired by people over 21years of age in full or part time employment and at the discretion of the police official from which the permit was requested.

The permit can be aquired from any police station.

Positive effects this would have:
*Crime rates would be cut down extra-ordinarily.

*Hospital admissions due to alcohol and/or drug related incidents would be cut down considerably.

*Road accidents due to poor night-time visibility would be limited.

*Government income from fines issued to Curfew breakers

Negative effects this would have:
*The general public would have the feeling of "oppression".

*Funding required in Law and Order would increase considerably to cover expenses of the constant patrols.

And is this a QandA session or a proposal? I will give it to them that they are the first ones to include the pros and cons of their resolution. And how the hell is a curfew political stability?

Freedoms of the Press
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Free Press
Proposed by: Camrox

Description: All WA nations will enact laws that give complete freedom to the press. These freedoms include,

(1). Freedom to express their political ideals without fear of retibution.

(2). Freedom to express their religious views without government persecution.

(3). Freedom to show contempt for government leaders when they feel it is neccesary.

(4). Freedom to express contempt for their government aslong as it does not lead to violence.

(5). Freedom to present their moral values without government persecution.

No nations are allowed to censor to press for political, religious, or moral reasons.

Also, Respecting government security, The press may not print clacified government documents without government approval.

However, the press may present any government corruption as long as they have proof.

Contravenes Freedom of Expression, and wrong category.

Repeal "Convention Against Genocide"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #38


Proposed by: 46566

Description: WA Resolution #38: Convention Against Genocide (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Every Nation is forced to accept people into there own boreders. Regardless of the fact they could be violent criminals, or somehow mentaily unstable and could hurt there own citizens.

Every nation is forced to give aid to the victoms of the genocide even though there might not be enough money in there trasury for thier own people.

This resolution sets a precedent in forcing help from other nations. This resolution limits the power of each national goverment in the WA.

Approvals: 1 (Deutsches Preussen)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Mar 8 2009
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Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Diversitopia

Description: This act would:
1. Allow same-sex marriage in all WA member nations.
2. Add sexual orientation to hate crime legislation.
3. Punish employers who discriminate based upon sexual orientation.Fairly certain that all of this is covered already.

Category: Gambling

Legalize/Outlaw: Legalize

Proposed by: Crella

Description: IT'S IS GOOD FOR THE KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT MONEY AND HOW LIFE IS A BIG RISK.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Mar 9 2009 CapsLock: Because the Shift key is way too much work when you don't even know basic grammar!


Category: Free Trade

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Bethany the III

Description: we want the pasta!!!

please please please!!!



give us the pasta we neeed to live!!


especially the delicious kind!!!




with alfredo!!!!



yumyumyum!!!!




yay!


okay thanks.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Mar 9 2009And then there are the people who legislate for the lulz....

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: The Regiment of Amoney

Description: The people of the World Assembly

ACKNOWLEDGING our diverse justice system.

CELEBRATING our human rights as WA nations

SEEING that the Death Penalty is still allowed in many countries

HEREBY abolishing the Death Penalty from all WA members nations with the passing of this bill for the reasons of:

1. The death penalty has been seen as an unpainful way to execute criminals. However, studies have shown that the poisons used in death penalties can be extremely painful. This can be classified as torture and a violation of human rights.
2. Seeing the hypocrisy and irony of the Death Penalty- Killing someone in punishment for killing another. This can be classified as murder itself and the government of that nation would be responsible.
3. In killing the offender, the government cannot clear the criminal of the crime if he/she is found to be innocent. There have been thousands of wrongful executions and the victims of these cannot be saved, because they are already dead!

In the words of martin O'Malley - "It is time to ask whether public executions, even of the guilty, are consistent with the future we prefer for our children's world. Our free and diverse republic was founded not on fear and retribution. It was born from higher things -- freedom, justice and the dignity of the individual."

BEGGING - WA nations to stand up and fight against unjustice one step at a time and make our world a safer and healthier world.Illegal, that quote's either a RL reference or branding.

Category: Free Trade


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Queenslandburg

Description: The World Assembly strongly encourages trade between our member nations and all nations. The WA will contiue to move foward in making sure that trade barriers are removed.

The World Assembly hereby issues the following recommandations to be considered by member nations.

A. Establish a Free Trade Organization
1. It will be this organization sole responsiblity to ensure that trade between nations are accuring activitly.
2. This organization put resources into programs that help brake the barriers.
3. Establish a committee within the organization, that will provide resouces to nations.
4. Establish a committee that will build ships and machines for nations to use at a free charge.
5. The Free Trade Oraginzation will be funded by donations and the general fund.


This Resoultion will be considered by the World Assembly and thrives to make sure that free trade is encourage throughout our community.Don't we have one of these already?

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: All Businesses


Proposed by: Popaholick

Description: Let mee be honest, our planet is a dump! But there is plenty of ways too stop that.

THEREFOR:

1)Make all of our enerie by wind or solar power or wind.


2)Build more and more rycicling plants.


3)Have titer restictions on mining industries.


4)Give peaple 500$ fines if they disobay this laws. If your planet's a dump, move!

Simply because I was about to post that one myself, I will add that someone needs to either learn how to spell and use grammar or become familiar with a spelling checker. One of the two. Seriously... nearly every fifth word needs a translation..

Category: Education and Creativity


Area of Effect: Educational


Proposed by: Gimbras

Description: 1' EVERYONE have the right to education
2' promove andicapts people education
3' everyone must be helped by the governement if they dont have resources to have a education

I LET YOU DICIDEI think the author could use some more education, especially in areas like spelling, grammar, etc.

Take it all
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Prepneck county

Description: take weverything that everyone has because the government should be the ones who decide what the people do where they do who they do it with ect................................................................................................. .................................................................................................... .........................................

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Mar 13 2009

Illegal, ideological ban and wrong category...

We Need More
A resolution to tighten or relax gun control laws.

Category: Gun Control
Decision: Tighten
Proposed by: Ballin County

Description: We need more guns and arms manufacturing so that our countries will be able to defend themselves. We need to have more guns so that other countries would not take advantage of us.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Mar 13 2009

Doesn't look like tightening 'Gun Control' to me; might even be 'International Security', instead, but so badly written that it's difficult to tell...



Mandatory Charity Donations
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.

Category: Social Justice
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Helertia

Description: Noting the large number of charitible causes and alarmed by falling donations to charites, I propose the following new tax:
A mandatory tax for all businesses with an income of more than £50,000 per annum, to be deducted from profits after expenses and other taxes, of 10%. This would then be donated to a charity (Chosen by the government, to help avoid fraud)
This would not harm businesses, and would significantly increase charities income.

Approvals: 2 (Helertia, Yakier)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Mar 13 2009

Bloody stupid (especially the sections that I've put into red...), and how many nations have '£' anyway...

FWTA
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Prizem

Description: Free World Trade agreement~

IS an agreement that will help trade between the rich and powerful and weak Nations.It will improve the economies of those such nation until that they have a better economy and can support them self's.Most Nation only need a jump start to being a developed county and this is that start.

~voting here shall improve the overall economies of all Nation in the WA


WA Resolution #26 already in effect, and this does absolutely nothing.

Take it all
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Prepneck county

Description: take weverything that everyone has because the government should be the ones
who decide what the people do where they do who they do it with ect.....
.................................................................................................... ...............

Approvals: 1 (The Laughing Men)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Mar 13 2009

To quote the Gipper...."There you go again!":tongue:

One friendly piece of advice, neighbor. Punctuation is our friend. You should try it sometime. Oh wait a sec, he used them all at the end. My bad.:tongue


A right to a free education
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Star Isles

Description:
every child, whether rich or pour should have the right to a free education. Acknowledging that knowledge is the vital key to a nation's development, every nation should provide for its younger generations the right to learn and be educated. this proposal should see:
1. That every government of each nation should implement according to its means a way to provide an education system that is for free for every child.
2. That every nation encourage its younger citizens to learn.
3. That every nation should not take advantage of its poor citizens or of its much wealthier ones in seeking to comply.

Approvals: 25 (New Rotanius, Socialist1, China-East Asia, Rome and Romania, Osea 767, Nobitta, Former Russian Feder, Jacobish, The Derrak Quadrant, Ventei, Camrox, Achalya Santis, Tonatha, Schwagle, Yakier, Oscen, South Lorenya, Alsted, Connollyism, Princess Cheryl, Mikitivity, A-W cream soda, Sionis Prioratus, Punggol, The Laughing Men)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 28 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Wed Mar 11 2009

EDUCATION PEOPLE
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Gimbras

Description: 1' EVERYONE have the right to education
2' promove andicapts people education
3' everyone must be helped by the governement if they dont have resources to have a education

I LET YOU DICIDE

I'll refrain from pointing out the irony. :D

Category: Recreational Drug Use
Decision: Promote
Proposed by: Ger off my land

Description: A law aimed at allowing people greater freedom of expression as well as happiness.
Nothing is to be forced upon people but they are to be encouraged by way of media,word of mouth and government assistance
To do what, exactly?

Category: Education and Creativity

Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage

Proposed by: Eduro

Description: All nations who are part of the WA must offer manditory and/or elective classes in Elemetry school or Middle school, continuing till there Graduation, in Religions and their beleifs that support the betterment of Mankind.

Includeing but not limited to Christianity, Islam,Jeudism,Buddhism,Hinduism,and at least one Pagan religon of the Countries choosing as long as it supports peace and tolerance.

With these classes in our schools we will have less religous discrimination and hate crimes in childhood and in there adult lifes

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Mar 14 2009 Pretty sure it counts as a bucketload of RL references, not to mention completely imposing on religious freedom and it contradicts itself to oblivion. "Mandatory and/or elective"??? How EXACTLY is that supposed to work? :confused:

Additionally, "the betterment of Mankind"? What about Wolfkind? Or Spiderkind? Or Transformerkind? Way to stomp on the non-humans. :(


Category: International Security

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: The Buffalo Bulls

Description: The Republic of the Buffalo Bulls requests a restriction on Government Earmarks:

ACKNOWLEDGING that Earmarks are "pet projects" put forth by congressional leaders hidden in bills to ask for added funding.

DISGRACED that some Earmarks ask for ridiculous amounts of money congressmen ask for for "pet projects".

ACKNOWLEDGING that some projects do help the economy, increase cash flow, and create jobs.

ASKING for a restriction on Earmarks that would limit the amount of any Earmark to under $10 Million and restrict the amount of Earmarks per congressional leader to 7 per term and restrict Earmarks to those that create jobs and stimulate the economy.


Approvals: 1 (Oscen)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Mar 14 2009 Branding, not to mention all the assumptions it makes about the fiscal and political landscapes of the nations it would affect and the incorrect category.

Repeal "The Right to a Lawful Divorce"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #39


Proposed by: JustinsD country

Description: WA Resolution #39: The Right to a Lawful Divorce (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: i think that you should not be able to get a divorice because ones you get married you need to stay that way

Approvals: 6 (Krankor, Socialist1, 1-502nd Airborne Inf, Flibbleites, NewTexas, Architeuthis)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 47 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Mar 14 2009
Bloody stupid

Repeal "The Right to a Lawful Divorce"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #39


Proposed by: Prepneck county

Description: WA Resolution #39: The Right to a Lawful Divorce (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: i do not think that people should be able to get divorced after getting married because all it does is makes people sad and the man usually gets the crappy end of the deal and its even worse if there are kids involved so i think that if people are going to be dumb enough to get married and think that each other is all that they will need for the rest of thier lives so be it but they SHOULDNT be able to get divorced

Approvals: 6 (Krankor, Socialist1, 1-502nd Airborne Inf, Flibbleites, NewTexas, Architeuthis)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 47 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Mar 14 2009
See above

Repeal "The Right to a Lawful Divorce"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #39


Proposed by: Angleter

Description: WA Resolution #39: The Right to a Lawful Divorce (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Nations of the World Assembly,

NOTING that only 61% of votes were for this proposal,

CELEBRATING the cultural diversity of its member states,

RECOGNISING the individual rights of these nations,

REMEMBERING that marriage is primarily a religious affair and is intended to last a lifetime,

NOTICING that in the majority of WA nations there is no actual separation between state civil unions and “internal, solely religious procedures”,

UNDERSTANDING the religious influence upon many nations of the World Assembly,

REALISING that the aforementioned Resolution is thus infringing on the religious freedom and individual independence of many nations in the World Assembly and their subjects,

The World Assembly hereby repeals WA Resolution 39: The Right to a Lawful Divorce.

Approvals: 9 (Wilkshire, 1-502nd Airborne Inf, Flibbleites, NewTexas, Sovereign Unity, The Voltarum, Socialist1, Krankor, Architeuthis)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 44 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Mar 14 2009
Best of the three, but that isn't saying much. Oh and false argument as 61-39 is actually a very big margin.

BETTER EDUCATION!

A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity


Area of Effect: Educational


Proposed by: Conzainia

Description: If we don't have better education soon our kids will be as dumb as door knobs, WE NEED IT !!!
Without Education what are we? Our kids need the education that will give them good jobs and this will help the econemy because more education means more money is involved and we could have longer school hours!!! More time for parents to relax and more time for the next generation to become the best we have ever had.

What i think we need is longer school hours, better funding and much better education!!!
please help make the next generation smart!

Approvals: 1 (Dhalsam)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Mar 15 2009
Never fails that a educational proposal is garbage..



Category: Education and Creativity


Area of Effect: Educational


Proposed by: Dhalsam

Description: Understanding that the young people of today are the workers and politicians of tommorow that will keep our regions and nations going I propose a large increase of funding into education to be able to teach

A) Accurate and real history of our nations instead of the brainwashing that we want our citizens to hear if only to evade the past from occuring again

B) Comprehensive Sex education in order to make sure that when it comes time for young people to make these decisions they understand the pros and cons

C) advanced mathematics and sciences starting in 6th grade in order to prepare our young people to do all levels of both subjects in order to become the engineers that will create the advanced technology of tommorow

D) Finally an increase in funding for Writing courses for it would be a shame for our future not to properly be able to write in our nations languages not at a proficient level bu at a level where they can be the diplomats and delegates that we can be proud of

Approvals: 4 (Dhalsam, The Americana Union, Punggol, Socialist1)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 49 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Mar 15 2009
Well at least that one didn't have a title and sentence in all caps..

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Prepneck county

Description: EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR RIGHTS TAKEN AWAY THEY SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO COME AND GO AS THEY PLEASE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WANT TO DO... THEY SHOULD BE ON 24 HOUR LOCKDOWN EVERY DAY AND ONLY GET BREAD AND WATER THREE TIMES A DAY AS LONG AS THEY OBEY THE RULES AND KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT And you intend to achieve this by increasing human rights.

Consolidation of Knowledge
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Neoperuvian

Description: MANDATES that all of a Government's knowledge of Nuclear Technology should be consolidated among the World Assembly

PREVENTS a country from withholding knowledge that is key to the advancement of Nuclear Power Plants or Nuclear Weapons

ENCOURAGES the advancement of Nuclear Technology

ENCOURAGES diplomacy among Nations of the World Assembly

DOES NOT MANDATE that a country must give up their nuclear weapons or technology

Approvals: 1 (The Seed of Thought)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Mar 15 2009

Be very careful pardner, I wouldn't want to see Bob Flibble wack you with a trout.

Category: Global Disarmament


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Yalosia

Description: This calls for a Ban on all nuclear weapons. No nation within the World Assembly shall build or use nuclear weapons. The only acception to this is if the delegates of 3/4 of all the regions declare it necessary.Illegal, contradicts Nuclear Arms Possession Act and game mechanics.

Public Schools
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.

Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Serras-Dia

Description: International School Network
Goals
1. All public schools in member nations are funded by a global network supported by the WA.
2. All of the schools have the same standard and are all have equal funding so all students have equal opportunities.
Reasons
1. This will help create a standardized network of schools so it makes moving from country to country.
2. All students get a equal education and all have and equal opportunity to do well in the world.
3. This will improve quality of living through out the world by helping poorer people get better jobs and better them selves.

Approvals: 1 (Quintessence of Dust)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Mar 16 2009
Bloody stupid! (And I was very surprised to see Quod endorsing such a flawed proposal...)

Leaving aside the fact that the term 'Public Schools' has differing meanings in different nations, there's the lack of definition in the clause saying that "All of the schools have the same standard": Standard what, I ask? Syllabus? Floorplan? Disciplinary code? Uniform? Language of instruction?
If this proposal's author means a standard syllabus then they are clearly ignoring (or simply ignorant of) the facts that _
1/ Different nations have different languages;
2/ The idea of history & geography courses covering all of the WA's thousands of member-nations is ridiculous but no national government is likely to be pleased at the idea of its people's youngsters being taught the history & geography of some smaller selection of nations unless they can insist on the inclusion of their own nation's details (which this proposal wouldn't let them do);
3/ Various nations have tech levels and native sapient species differing from those of the author's RL homeland, which might require special syllabuses and/or different lengths of schooling;
4/ Specialised schools can have useful roles to play in preparing people for certain types of careers, or for teaching children who have disabilities that would make their managing in 'standard' establishments very difficult.
Oh, and of course this proposal would seem to require that every school cover the whole period of 'school-level' education, from start to finish, instead of allowing for students to be split betwen schools according to their basic age-groups as is common in many countries...

And these schools "are all have equal funding ", but the author doesn't say whether they mean literally 'the same amount per school' or whether that's to be 'per student' instead... and even if it is to be per student this point, again, totally ignores such "minor" differences in schools' situations such as the local economy (which would affect all costs, such as -- for example -- staff salaries), environment, or specialised needs of any pupils...

Standardisation of Schools
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.

Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Tresora

Description: The World Assembly notes that schools within its member nations are divided into two categories:

Private
Public

Public schools are run by the state and are free for any child who wishes to enroll. However, investigations often determine that they are vastly inferior to private schools.

Private schools are owned and run by companies or individuals who are not connected to the state. Children who wish to enroll must pay a significant fee.

The World Assembly believes that it will benefit all citizens to abolish private schooling and increase the numbers of public schools.

In order for this to occur, government funding for the public schools and the department of education in general must increase substantially.

All schools will be standardised, meaning that they will be equal. The same courses will be followed in every school, from the age of four years up to the age of 16 years.

Furthermore, all schools will be brought up to a much higher standard.

It should be noted that any post-16 colleges will continue to be owned privately.

The results of this act are that all citizens receive a free education.

On these grounds, the World Assembly motions to pass the Standardisation of Schools act.

Approvals: 1 (Engelton)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 17 2009

And another attempt at standardisisng schools across all of the WA's member nations, regardless of their differing circumstances...
Shall we discuss its author's mistaken assumption about there only being two types of schools possible, which ignores the possibility that some nations might require payment by students in their state-run establishments and that there are probably many (and certainly some) nations where many of the 'private' schools are run by religions or charities rather than on a 'for profit' basis.
And then there's to be a standard syllabus in all schools, despite the problems with such an idea that I've already considered above (and any other problems with it that I missed, too, of course...), and the apparent assumption (actually based on an ignorance of the WA's actual diversity?) that schooling between the ages of 4 & 16 would be appropriate for members of all sapient species...
Oh, and there's an assumption that "any post-16 colleges" would currently be owned privately in ALL of the member nations, rather than just in the author's homeland, which I'm fairly certain isn't the case...


Human Rights
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Crazy hell for nazi

Description: NO1:All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights

NO2:Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status

NO3:Everyone has the right to life

NO4:No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade

NO5:No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or punishment.

NO6:Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

NO7:All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law

NO8:No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

NO9:Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial

NO10:No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense

NO11:Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.

NO12:Everyone has the right to leave any country, including their own, and to return to their country.

NO13:Everyone has the right to a nationality.

NO14:Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family

NO15:Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

NO16: everyone has the right to freedom of
thought, conscience and religion

NO17:Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression

NO18:Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

NO19:Everyone has the right to take part in the government of their country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

NO20:Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in their country.

NO21:Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization

NO22:Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

NO23:Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.


Approvals: 1 (Picisa)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 17 2009

I seem to recall this being submitted before, and somebody then saying that it was a case of plagiarism from a RL (UN?) document...

Ban on neofascist groups
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Kohlhaasenbruck

Description: RECOGNIZING that fascism and nazism were a tragedy for humanity and were refuted by history;

NOTING the rapid spread of groups and parties who believe in that ideology and that constitutes a serious danger for democracy;

FURTHER NOTING that the fascist ideology is not compatible with the priciples of democracy;

HEREBY

DECLARES that fascist, nazist and racist groups or parties must be ban and have not the right to exist;

URGES all WA nations to fight against those ideology an to prosecute those who support them;

FURTHER DECLARES that any form of apology of fascist ideology must be illegal and prosecuted by any means.


Approvals: 1 (Kohlhaasenbruck)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 17 2009

Illegal: ideological ban, wrong category (banning any type of political parties is NOT 'Furtherment of Democracy'; I'd say that this was 'Moral Decency', instead, if such bans weren't illegal anyway...), and arguably RL references (to "history", and to "the rapid spread of groups and parties who believe in that ideology"...).


Public Officials' Pay
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.

Category: Social Justice
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Kohlhaasenbruck

Description: DEFINING public official a person who holds an office in public administration or government, through either election, appointment or employment;

BELIEVING that in a period of economic crisis the priviliged classes should pay for their mistakes and not the workers;

NOTING the the pubblic officials gain way more than the average worker;

FURTHER NOTING that in our society there is too income inequality and should be contrasted by any means;

FURTHER BELIEVING that those in power should be the first to give the example;

HEREBY

URGES all WA nations to calulate the average worker income in a public and clean statistic to be held regularly every month;

FURTHER URGES all WA nations to estabilish by law that the pay of pubblic officials should be the same of the average worker.

Approvals: 1 (Kohlhaasenbruck)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 17 2009
This might "reduce income inequality" but I don't see how it would "increase basic welfare", so I'd say that it's illegal on the basis of Category (again... and that it should probably be 'Moral Decency', instead, again).
Also, whether some of the assumptions made in the preamble are purely RL references (and hence illegal) or are actually true for the author's own nation, I doubt very much whether they apply in all of the WA's member-nations...

Bloody stupid! (And I was very surprised to see Quod endorsing such a flawed proposal...)
They're from my region, and asked me to approve it.

Language and Skill Obligations
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Tresora

Description: THE WORLD ASSEMBLY,

NOTING that industries of its member nations are comprised largely of immigrant workers,

RESPECTING that industries employ immigrant workers because they are willing to work for a low wage,

FURTHER NOTING that many immigrant workers are unskilled,

APPALLED that many immigrant workers are illegal immigrants,

FURTHER APPALLED that industries are willing to employ illegal immigrants and are furthermore willing to ignore minimum wage laws,

PROPOSES that all people, before being allowed to reside permanently in a country, be obliged to learn the language of that country,

FURTHER PROPOSES that all people, upon gaining permanent residence in a country, be obliged to take a course which will teach them basic work skills.

Approvals: 3 (Sionis Prioratus, Serialkillerstan, Antiochus Epiphanes)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 50 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Mar 17 2009

Illegal, wrong category: proposing that people be obliged & required to take certain actions does not fit as 'Human Rights'...
(And if 'False assumptions' was considered valid grounds for deleting proposals, too, then the preamble here would certainly be a good candidate for such treatment.)

Category: Political Stability


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Irete

Description: I define democracy as the demostration of crazyness. Democracy doesnt always work, and i believe as a leader of agrowing nation the democracies should be illegal and all nations fall in line of DictatorshipsIllegal, idealogical ban.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Aredral

Description: Ban smoking on any public places.It will help not just the smokers but also the people around it. Just imagine a nation without smoking.Illegal, wrong category.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Anatosia

Description: To prevent and reduce child mortality rates in the world.

Children are the future of our world. As such all WA member nations must:

Take the appropriate steps to vaccinate all children in their respective nations, who have
not already been vaccinated, against all childhood diseases and some diseases which can be prevented at early childhood.

Children of WA member nations must be vaccinated at 5 years of age and under.

Childhood and other diseases are:

- Diptheria.
- Haemophilus Influenzae Type B.
- Hepatitis A.
- Hepatitis B.
- Measles.
- German Measles. (Rubella.)
- Mumps.
- Whooping Cough. (Pertussis.)
- Pneumococcal Disease.
- Polio.
- Rotavirus.
- Tetanus.
- Chicken pox. (Varicella.)
- Small pox.

All WA member nations must implement this resolution within one year of its having taken
effect.

Any WA member nations unable to implement this resolution, due to lack of funds, must apply
for aid to do so from: The International Red Cross or the World Health Organisation.
They may also apply for aid to implement this resolution from WA members and non-WA member
nations. WA member and non-WA nations are not obliged to grant any form of aid to a nation
who asks it of them. They may also apply for aid from other local and or international
charity organisations to fulfill this resolution.

It is hoped that nations not holding WA membership will also follow what this resolution
denotes.

Peace and Grace to All. Illegal, RL references (International Red Cross and World Health Organization).

Category: Repeal


Resolution: #9


Proposed by: Communist Russia09

Description: WA Resolution #9: Prevention of Torture (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Recognizing the universal right for nations to extract information that can harm the nation from its enemies,

Deeming torture to constitute a efficient way obtain said information,

Consequently moving quickly to repeal prohibitions on torture within international law,

Declares:

1. ‘Torture’ is defined as an act of intentionally inflicting pain, severe discomfort or suffering on a person for the purposes of intimidation, coercion, personal punishment or interrogation, or to extract information, confession or concession to demands from them or any other person, where committed with the approval or assistance of a government official or person acting in such capacity.

2. Such acts include, but are not limited to:
-Physical, sexual, or psychological abuse,
-Forced maintenance of physically uncomfortable positions, such as stress positions or forced standing,
-Sensory deprivation, such as prolonged confinement to dark quarters and or use of a hood during interrogation,
-Subjection to intrusive noise, such as noise that is continuous or excessively loud,
-Sleep deprivation,
-Deprivation of adequate food and drink,
-Denial of necessary medical care,
-Denial of right to religious observance,
-Attempts to reduce physical or mental capacity, even where not causing pain or severe discomfort or suffering.

3. Torture is a way for countries to obtain crucial information from a enemy who will not comply otherwise.

4. Every member nation may enact the means of torture in all its forms to person to a where there is probable cause to believe that the person will comply be subjected to torture. After all other means have been exhausted

CALLING for the immediate repeal of WA resolution #9 to ensure a safer worldIllegal, contains new legislation.

Illegal, RL references (International Red Cross and World Health Organization).And 'Illegal, wrong category', too: Compulsory vaccination doesn't exactly improve sapient rights...

I'm just glad to see mine isn't on here. Mine is the The Voting Rights Act, and I made sure I followed to rules, as I understood them to be. Apparently I was correct. Just wish I could get more support for it though. I guess I'll have to revise it or something and make it better.

Category: Free Trade


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Camrox

Description: Recognizing the need for a standard in currency to further trade in all nations.

A standard of currency is hereby deemed neccessary to prevent expolitation of bussinesses and civilians.

Currency Value
--------------

Currency value is based on three things,

1. nations size (bigger means worth more per "standard currency"
2. nations wealth (wealthier means worth more "standard currency"
3. nations influence ( more influential means worth more per "standard currency"

The name of this currency is called the "Trade Dollar"Huh?:confused:

Category: International Security


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Comunnism

Description: Article 1. Any nation may infiltrate any other nation with agents if a threat is clear.

Article 2. If an agent is discovered, the country must release the agent back to the country of origin harmlessly.

Article 3. If article 2 is broken in any way, a severe punishment, made by the WA only, is served.

Article 4. No country shall have the right to object in other countries police state related affairs.

Article 5. Articles 1, 2, and 4 can only be edited by the WA. Illegal, attempts to allow itself to be amended.

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: All Businesses


Proposed by: UEFs Hidden Empire

Description: This proposal is that the advancement of a Nations Industry and technology should come before the advancement of the protection of the Enviornment.Illegal, wrong category.

Repeal "Prevention of Torture"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #9


Proposed by: Comunnism

Description: WA Resolution #9: Prevention of Torture (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Tourture is a usefull tool when used right. You can strike fear into the heart of enemys and get information out of them better. This can shorten wars and conflicts. People think as tourture as putting someones life at stake, but it isn't entirely that.

Approvals: 2 (NewTexas, Kogaion)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Mar 21 2009

False argument

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: UEFs Hidden Empire

Description: The Right to any form of shelter is a resolution to make sure all human beings have a form of shelter. The resolution contains 4 parts.

1)The right to any form of shelter ensures that all human beings will he provided to any human that has none.

2)This resolution also ensures that hotels will be exempt from this law, unless decided so by the owner.

3)This resolution will ensure that when renting out houses, this law makes the borrower priority over the renter if the renter already has free shelter.

4)This resolution will ensure that all homeless will maintain a form of job, albeit a grill cook a McDonalds or even a CEO.Illegal, RL reference.

False argument

Sadly, being a load of bollocks doesn't make a repeal illegal. "Honest mistakes" about what the original proposal actually does will get picked up on, but being wrong about the universe in general is something that we have to deal with on the floor of the WA.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Vaalajarvi

Description: Proposing that the World Assembly install an annually, democratically elected leadership organization: The WA Secretariat.

This organization would have a head nation, this nation would be theoretically the most powerful nation in all of Nation States. This nation would have to be a nominated member of the Secretariat, voted in by a two-thirds vote of all WA Nations. this Secretary-General would be elected annually, but could be nominated and run for an infinite amount of terms.

This organization, as well as the Secretary-General, would have special powers over the rest of the WA, these powers would be at the liberty of the WA to decide. Illegal, game mechanics.

Category: Moral Decency


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Jordsindia

Description: This resolution is to ban and outlaw all homosexual acts in all WA nations. This will hunt down homos and arrest them, and promote funding of the dangers of homosexuality to young people. If people practice this act, they will be arrested and jailed for 500 days or more. Passing this bill will help nations become a better place and have no immoral issues on this. The only spectations of allowing this is on the base of their religious beliefs, but highly unlikely. If they are out of jail and commit this crime again, they will be sentenced for 1000 days. Tax money by the people will be needed for this funding, but it is worth it.Illegal, grossly offensive.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Crazy hell for nazi

Description: NO1:All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights

NO2:Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status

NO3:Everyone has the right to life

NO4:No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade

NO5:No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or punishment.

NO6:Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

NO7:All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law

NO8:No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

NO9:Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial

NO10:No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense

NO11:Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.

NO12:Everyone has the right to leave any country, including their own, and to return to their country.

NO13:Everyone has the right to a nationality.

NO14:Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family

NO15:Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

NO16: everyone has the right to freedom of
thought, conscience and religion

NO17:Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression

NO18:Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

NO19:Everyone has the right to take part in the government of their country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

NO20:Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in their country.

NO21:Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization

NO22:Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

NO23:Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. Illegal, duplicates passed resolutions.

Category: Political Stability


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Queenslandburg

Description: Realizing that the World Assembly is growing a rapid pace and is in need of more office space

Orders the World Assembly Office of Building Management(OBM) to submitt a report on the POSSIBLITY of building a complex of office buildings and faclitles around the WA headquaters.

The office of Building and Mangement will release a report with the following included:
A. Cost- The cost of builing the complex
B. Time- What is the estimated time it will take to compleste the project.
C. Economy- What impact will this project have on the economy both short time and long time.

The cost of this research will be funded by the General Fund.

All nations realizing that this is NOT a proposal to build a complex, but a proposal to realease the OBM to research the possiblity of a complex around the WA Headquaters





Patron: Ambassador to World Assembly
Ambassador Q Thomas, QueenslandburgIllegal, branding.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Triandad

Description: We must allow democracy to prevail in all regions for if there is not democratic governments than there is nothing worth living for we must allow democracy. ask not what you can do for democracy but what can democracy do for you this is the question that we need to askIllegal, metagaming.

Landmine Discrimination Act
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Barney Frank

Description: Whereas,
WA Resolution #40 Institutionalizes discrimination against the Arms manufacturing Industry.

Whereas,
WA Resolution #40 Instututionalizes discrimination against Nations that manufacture, import, export, and utilize Landmines.

Sections 9 and 10 of WA Resolution #40 shall be removed from WA Resolution #40 in order to deny the WA the ability to enforce the resolution.

The Text to be stricken from WA Res #40 is as follows:
9. Establish the World Assembly Demining Agency (WADA) with a charter to:
- conduct and aid mine clearance operations, where requested,
- research and develop mine clearance technology,
- instruct civilians on landmine safety and treatment of landmine-related injuries,
- further promote landmine safety awareness through educational and informational campaigns;

10. Compel the WADA to respect the territorial sovereignty of member nations, stipulating that:
- member nations may request assistance for mined areas within their jurisdiction,
- requesting nations must provide all available information on the mined area,
- storage and disposal of removed landmines and fragments is the responsibility of requesting nations, and the WADA may refuse involvement if the requesting nation is deemed incompetent to perform such tasks.

Illegal, wrong category and amends an existing resolution

Licence to Kill

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: The southern cross11

Description: non-smokers should have a licence to kill smokers as self-defence from the smoke

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Mar 23 2009

I've heard that you can die if you smoke, but this is fucking ridiculous.

Protective Tariffs
A resolution to develop industry around the world.


Category: Advancement of Industry
Area of Effect: Protective Tariffs
Proposed by: - Chaos -

Description: Article I. Definitions

A. Protective tariffs are defined as a tax placed on goods coming into a country for a limited time in order to shield domestic industry within that country from foreign competition during a time of economical crisis.

B. The taxing nation is defined as the member nation that is placing a protective tariff on goods coming into their country.

Article II. Preservation of Protective Tariffs

A. All prior laws at a national level declaring protective tariffs illegal are hereby repealed.

B. Protective tariffs are allowed to be put into effect in any member nation, using their established legislative system.

Article III. Limits on Protective Tariffs

A. Protective tariffs are to be used only when a economical crisis, as defined by the leader of the member nation enacting the protective tariff, causes domestic industry to decline.

B. Protective tariffs may only tax up to 15% of the cost of manufacture of the imported goods or 10% of the suggested retail price of the imported goods, whichever is less.

Article IV. Protective Tariff Review Committee

A. The Protective Tariff Review Committee (PTRC) is hereby founded.

B. The mission of the PTRC is to guarantee that all protective tariffs of member nations meet the above limits in Article III.

C. The PTRC shall review protective tariffs at the following times:

1. Prior to the activation of the tariff.

2. One month after the activation of the tariff.

3. Three months after the activation of the tariff.

4. Six months after the activation of the tariff.

5. One year after the activation of the tariff.

6. Two years after the activation of the tariff and one year thereafter until the protective tariff is removed.

7. Any other time the PTRC believes that an active protective tariff is no longer needed or is too severe compared to the economical crisis.

8. Any time at least one hundred member nations of the World Assembly petition the review of a protective tariff.

D. The PTRC will review protective tariffs at the times stated in Article IV C to guarantee the following things are true.

1. An economical crisis is present in the taxing nation.

2. The protective tariff matches the severity of the economical crisis and the protective tariff is not higher than allowed in Article III B.

3. The member nation is attempting to remedy the economical crisis.

E. If the PTRC finds that the statements in Article IV D are not true in the case of the protective tariff being reviewed, the PTRC will repeal that protective tariff.

F. The PTRC can review the severity of an economical crisis in a member nation if requested to by that nation. If the economical crisis is determined to be extremely severe, the PTRC can waive the limits prescribed in Article III B for a total of three months. After three months, the member nation must request another review of its economical crisis in order to have the limits waived an additional three months.

G. If the PTRC nullifies a protective tariff under Article IV E, the taxing nation will not be allowed to create another protective tariff for six months.

Illegal, metagaming

Common Currency Act
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Category: Free Trade
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Camrox

Description: Description: Recognizing the need for a standard in currency to further trade in all nations.

A standard of currency is hereby deemed neccessary to prevent expolitation of bussinesses and civilians.

Currency Value
--------------

Currency value is based on three things,

1. nations size (bigger means worth more per "standard currency")
2. nations wealth (wealthier means worth more "standard currency")
3. nations influence ( more influential means worth more per "standard currency")

All currency is acceptable under this act, but this act insitutes a common value to every form of currency.

This act states that this form of currency is called the "Standard Bill" or the "Trade Dollar" Nations may use either name for this currency standard in legal documents.

All nations are to setup an organization to discover a the true value of their currency. This organization will report to the new WA organization called "WACM" (World Assembly Currency Management). All nations will send their findings to this organization.

The world needs a standard of currency to ensure economic stability. Also the WA needs a standard of currency to ensure stronger ties between its nations.


I'm honestly not sure what this does, (peg all the currencies at a standard value I think) but I think it's another metagaming violation.

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: Woodchipping


Proposed by: Lafttia

Description: There are many virgin forests around the world that are untouched by illegal logers & we should preserve them for future generations. We should also regulate legal logging by having seedlings planted after a company cuts down a part of the forest. The more a company plants seedlings, the better our carbon control is. There should be also regulations on how to cut down forests by cutting down a small part of a forest enough to supply a small city once every three months & after every cutting, there should be seedlings planted or else the country will have sanctions. With this proposal, future generations will admire & use wisely our forests. Isn't illegal logging restricted by definition?

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Anatosia

Description: Free consensual sex on the first day of every month

On the first day of every month citizens of every nation may consensually have sex with whom so ever they choose.

Purpose: To liberate the spirit and feel free.

It is hoped that every body involved will have a good time.

All love from HEA.Sneaky branding on this one HEA=The Holy Empire of Anatosia.

Illegal, metagaming



I'm honestly not sure what this does, (peg all the currencies at a standard value I think) but I think it's another metagaming violation.

Actually, I think it just changes every currency's name. It reorders every nation's currency value, but gives it a single name. The currency values would still be different, and you'd end up with a very confusing business because you would have to know where the coins came from to determine their value. And then you're back to square 1, except every currency has a different name.

Actually, I think it just changes every currency's name. It reorders every nation's currency value, but gives it a single name. The currency values would still be different, and you'd end up with a very confusing business because you would have to know where the coins came from to determine their value. And then you're back to square 1, except every currency has a different name.

Ok, I was right.

Stop the Smoke
A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.


Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Koonini

Description: The selling and smoking of cigarettes becomes illegal.
The health of citizens of all WA nations increases.


Strength Violation

Peace and safety
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Marivel

Description: No dicatorship should ever join the W.A. It is not right. In the course of this event we the people of the Nation of MArivel are asking the world to not allow any nation held under any dictatorship in.

If a nation in this manner wishes to enter then that nation must:
1 release and deassits
2: release all prisoners held for political reason
3: creat a strong governmen
4: creart a constitution
5: creat an governing body( court systems, law markers and or commander in chief.
In order to make our region safe and continue to keep peace we all must follow these rules.

Metagaming, Branding, and Ideological ban

Stop the Smoke
A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.


Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Koonini

Description: The selling and smoking of cigarettes becomes illegal.
The health of citizens of all WA nations increases. Strength ViolationActually I'd say wrong category on that one, should be Recreational Drug Use, Outlaw.

Category: Education and Creativity


Area of Effect: Educational


Proposed by: Camrox

Description: Education is a neccessity.

Home schooling is a form of education in which parents take responsobility for their children.

It promotes parent-child quality time and allows the parent to be sure their children are learning.

Furthermore it allows more money to be used on getting better teachers, classrooms, cafeteria food, computers, ect...

Also it keeps children away from poor infulences and promotes moral standards.

Artical 1 (description)
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1. Homeschooling will become an alternative to public schools to any parent who has at least a highschool diploma.

2. If a parent who meets the reqirements listed in <Artical 1, 1.> feels they are not qualified to teach a subject they can enroll their child in a specific class in any public school


Artical 2 (Government Requirements)
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1. No government may restrict any civillians who feel they must homeschool their child unless they do not meet the qualifications in <Artical 1, 1.>

2. Also every nation will use the money in the education budget freed by the lower attendance to further the education system NOT TO BE USED TO purchase FURNITURE FOR THE TEACHERS LOUNGE OR SUCH WASTEFUL USES! Anyone who is caught doing this WILL BE FINED!

Artical 3 (funding)
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1. ALL nations will allow tax deductions for the books and material for the first year of a homeschoolers expences.

2. All nations must fund a standard testing system and take accurate count of the education of all children.



Homeschooling was the very first form of education and we should continue if for future generations. An education proposal with typos, classic.

Flibbleites, aside from the spelling errors, this line I find rather shocking:

Homeschooling will become an alternative to public schools to any parent who has at least a highschool diploma.

I mean... A highschool diploma does not make one qualified to teach a subject.

WAU
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: New Fredrick

Description: From the desk of G.F. Adams, President of the United States of New Fredrick:

Members of the WA:

Education paves the road to a better future for all World Assembly member nations. I believe that by educating our citizens, we can increase solidarity, inspire thought and creation, and lead the world into a better tomorrow.

Thus, I propose the creation of the WAU: World Assembly University. Each member nation of the WA will have at least one WAU.

Unlike other Educational Institutions, the WAU will offer sponsorship programs in conjunction with local office(s) which will cover the cost(s) of the following:

Tuition
Residence
Beer
Food

Studies would be based around shaping students into members of the global community, including, but not limited to, mandatory studies of WA Law and History.

Sponsorship, however, would be limited to those who demonstrated the will and determination to follow through with their academic goals. Furthermore, limiting the selection process to eligible candidates would virtually dismiss the "free-rider" issue that would undoubtedly arise should tuition be made free for all, which in turn would produce a higher value of education for Faculty and Students.

We all benefit when our workforce(s) is/are educated and prepared to lead us into the future. Thus I humbly ask that all WA member nations make the right choice for not only theirs, but for all of our futures.

Branding, and in my opinion bloody stupid

Branding, and in my opinion bloody stupid
Also 'Bloody Stupid' for this line _
Unlike other Educational Institutions, the WAU will offer sponsorship programs in conjunction with local office(s) which will cover the cost(s) of the following: _ as this would effectively forbid the use of any such sponsorship programmes by any other 'Educational institutions', even ones that currently practice this...

Why my proposal has been deleted?

Free Sex

Description: Free consensual sex on the first day of every month

On the first day of every month citizens of every nation may consensually have sex with whom so ever they choose.Only once a month?! Who wrote this thing, Comic Book Guy?

"Inspired by the most logical race in the galaxy, the Vulcans, breeding will be permitted once every seven years. For many of you this will mean much less breeding; for me, much much more."

:p

Also 'Bloody Stupid' for this line _
_ as this would effectively forbid the use of any such sponsorship programmes by any other 'Educational institutions', even ones that currently practice this...

Wait, how does it effectively forbid the use of any other sponsorship programs?

Wait, how does it effectively forbid the use of any other sponsorship programs?

Unlike other Educational Institutions, the WAU willSo the WAU will, but other Educational Institutions -- unlike the WAU -- won't...

So the WAU will, but other Educational Institutions -- unlike the WAU -- won't...

My interpretation it was just making a wrong assumption that other "Educational Institutions" don't offer these.

My interpretation it was just making a wrong assumption that other "Educational Institutions" don't offer these.Oh, I agree that its author probably was making a wrong assumption, but with the wording that they chose to use I think that it would also (inadvertently) have the effect of making the WAU establishments the only ones that legally could offer them...

Category: Repeal


Resolution: #9


Proposed by: Communist Russia09

Description: WA Resolution #9: Prevention of Torture (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: RECOGNIZING the universal right to freedom from the fear of terrorism and violent acts within a nations borders

FURTHER RECOGNIZING the world has changed and captured enemies of the state do not give information willingly to their captors who are trying to prevent acts of terrorism.

DEEMING torture to constitute a way in preventing such acts,

FURTHER DEEMING that moving quickly to enact repeal prohibitions on torture within international law,

DECLARES:

1. ‘TORTURE’ is defined as an act of intentionally inflicting pain, for the purpose of interrogation, or to extract information, confession or concession to demands from them or any other person, where committed with the approval or assistance of a government official or person acting in such capacity.

2. ACKNOWLEDGING that torture will secure the safety of all member nations by extraction information from those who would seek it harm.

3. TORTURE is designated a nations right to gain information from all enemies of the state

4. EVIDENCE obtained by torture shall be admissible in legal proceedings, as evidence against persons accused of terrorism or intent to terrorist acts.

CALLING for the repeal WORLD ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION #9 Prevention of Torture as a obsolete law in a world of changeIllegal, contains new legislation.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Kershnertopia

Description: There has been talk of taking and riding gay marriage. I say nay. We only need straight people in our countries. They can and will teach this oppossed oppression in the schools. Just think of the children!
Details:
1)Ban on marriage equals gifted and good children.
2)This can mean less riots on the prejudice on the deal of whether or not to do it.
3)Less police calls on gay sex in public.
4)Yes this can lead to people on the streets because they are gay, which is why we can rehabilitate them to straight people.
5)With this idea and proposal, everyone can be equal and live in a more stable world.

Do you hate it when people ask what you are, straight or gay? This idea can and will help us all progress to the future! Rehab will help smooth the wounds of the future of the world. Gays will be sent to rehab to become straights, this will never be tought in schools ever again, and more important topics will come across nations everywhere. Join in and vote on this topic for a better world!!!Illegal, contradicts passed resolutions.

Category: Social Justice


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Libriac

Description: Forum: World Assembly
Question of: Increasing Crop Production in Poor Countries
Submitted by: The Republic of Libriac

The World Assembly,

Recognizing the need to deliver food aid to countries in poverty,

Understanding the dangers that take place when delivering these aid shipments,

Convinced the deliverance of aid and the development of agriculture in poor nations will benefit all parties involved.

1. Encourages all modernized, industrialized states to consider helping poorer nations by cutting down on the amount of food aid shipments needed by helping to increase the amount of farmable land.
2. Suggests that aid is based on need, and not affected by any other factors, and that help with maintaining and using croplands be put forward.
3. Calls Upon all developed nations to put forward their help in this issue by doing the following:
a. Sending experts on farming and irrigation to impoverished nations to help with the development of agriculture,
b. encouraging states to stimulate the development of agriculture in poor nations by:
i. sending over rich, farmable, soil as a ‘top-layer’ to help start the process of farmability of land.
ii. engaging in training of farmers,
iii. putting forward a buffer-period of five years to start agricultural development, before withdrawing to help the nations gain independence from all foreign aid.
4. Proposes all member states of the World Assembly contribute to the advancement of agriculture in impoverished nations in a staggered pattern, with larger nations contributing more, as they have more than smaller nations have to offer. Illegal, branding and possibly the wrong category.

Less gase better air
A resolution to develop industry around the world.

Category: Advancement of Industry
Area of Effect: Environmental Deregulation
Proposed by: Marivel

Description: We the people of the world assembly should consider use less efficent cars that use gase.
I say to get better air we sould look at the cause and effect.
1. destroy all cars that use gase and put cars on c-2 fuel.
2. Learn how to bring old thing s back such as walking, riding bike.


Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Mar 29 2009

Illegal, wrong category.


Minority Language Rights
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: West Joshland

Description: Acknowledging that language is central to one's culture, it shall be a universal human right to communicate both verbally and non-verbally in one's native tongue. A government cannot discriminate against a linguistic group because it is in the minority. Therefore:

1) The state shall provide significant protections for speakers of minority languages, including but not limited to legal aid, social services, health care, education, welfare, and political rights.

2) Linguistic minorities shall have the right to free speech in their chosen tongue.

3) Linguistic minorities shall have the right to open their own language schools. These do not have to be government supported, but government interference is strictly prohibited.

4) The state shall not require linguistic minorities to learn the language(s) of the majority, although supporting the official or primary language of the country for the benefit of the minority is allowed and encouraged.

5) Governments shall make any and all efforts possible to provide official state documents in minority language, provided the language's speakers include a significant portion of the population.

6) If the minority language is spoken by a significant portion of the population, the state is encouraged, but not required, to teach the language to the minority, so as to create a bilingual or multilingual nation.


Approvals: 15 (Kingsley Bedford, Jacobish, Rusiyania, Minyos, Osea 767, Achalya Santis, Ventei, Serialkillerstan, Sionis Prioratus, Chazzistan, Ascendas, Kabanatuanistan, RIP yakier, Star Isles, Callisia)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 38 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Mar 27 2009


Only "Mild"?!? Clause #1 guarantees members of minorities rights that the majority don't nececssarily possess?
Hr'rmm, would its guarantee of "political rights" count as an 'Ideological Ban' (on Dictatorship/Absolutism)?

Hr'rmm, would its guarantee of "political rights" count as an 'Ideological Ban' (on Dictatorship/Absolutism)?

I myself have not paid attention to that "detail". However, I voted for it because I think the topic merits discussion. A real pity the author did not search for refinement through the forums. I hope s/he can come to his senses. Otherwise it is well-written, what is practically a miracle in not-forum-sighted drafts.

Hr'rmm, would its guarantee of "political rights" count as an 'Ideological Ban' (on Dictatorship/Absolutism)?Yes, BA, everything is an ideological ban. I mean, whats the point of even arguing with you anymore?

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #9
Proposed by: Marivel

Description: WA Resolution #9: Prevention of Torture (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Any country should have the right do with crimals as they like.This act will effect the way a country handles its justice system.
Yes, their may be other ways of getting anwsers but that is the best way.
Do I even need to say it?


Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Southeastern Evropa

Description: IN ORDER TO protect the psychological and educational development of minors worldwide, this resolution declares that:

Article 1: The term “minor” describes a person of age 12 or younger

Article 2: All WA resolutions using the term "minor" refer to Article 1's restriction

Article 3: All member nations have the right to set their own limit on the age to be considered a minor as long as that limit stays above the minimum set by this resolution


Following is an excerpt from a political debate between minor-rights political activist Susan Marie and pro-child labor spokesman Dave Bergmuller:

Marie: At and prior to the age of twelve, children are in development of both mind and body. Industrial work and like such can be strongly detrimental to a child's well-being and future development, especially in terms of education and the political process. This would harm not only the advancement of the arts and sciences, but would also cause damage to the very foundation of democracy.

Bergmuller: Well, would we not be taking away the child's right to work?

Marie: If you call a 9-year-old boy slaving away in a coal mine for 10 hours a day a right, then call me guilty. We are merely protecting the children, our future, for them to become a later social, economic, and political foundation for our nations.
Does the "debate" at the end constitute a format violation? It should be illegal somehow or other, surely.


Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Andromeda Islands

Description: Whereas,

In a democratic nation there should be a healthy separation between church and state.
Freedom of Religion does not exist
in all countries in the world.
Whereas,
too many wars are started and fought
because of religious differences.
Whereas,
there is a need for more religious
tolerance on Earth.

Therefore be it resolved that the World Assembly
support and promote a greater understanding
of all religions and promote more tolerance of
differences of religion.
Be it further resolved that the World Assembly oppose
all wars fought in the name of God and religion.
Smells like plagiarism to me.

Does the "debate" at the end constitute a format violation? It should be illegal somehow or other, surely.

I'm thinking probably a RL reference.

Yes, BA, everything is an ideological ban. I mean, whats the point of even arguing with you anymore?Oh, not everything, not by a long way... although I do realise & freely admit (and have in fact recently admitted in another thread, that was about a specific proposal, too) that the definition of 'ideological ban' that I would use if in power is significantly wider than the one that the Mods are actually using; but still, in this specific case, shouldn't any proposal that tries to guarantee any group political rights qualify for inclusion?

Distrubution of Fresh Water
Description: A resolution to provide clean, freshwater to everyone.

Freshwater is an important renewable resource, necessary for the survival of humanity.
It is estimated that about 18 percent of the world's population lacks access to safe drinking water.

50% of diseases obtained by humans are due to poor water conditions.

Soon, water shortages will cause wars and fighing.


To combat this, more research needs to be done in creating more and more techniques of converting unclean water to drinkable water.
Also, construction of water purifying plants purifiers is needed.

We need to start putting a full force of time and effort to lower the gap of water distribution and provide water for everyone.

isn't this illegal for rl reference violation?

Oh, not everything, not by a long way... although I do realise & freely admit (and have in fact recently admitted in another thread, that was about a specific proposal, too) that the definition of 'ideological ban' that I would use if in power is significantly wider than the one that the Mods are actually using; but still, in this specific case, shouldn't any proposal that tries to guarantee any group political rights qualify for inclusion?Not without abolishing the Furtherment of Democracy category. Besides, wouldn't equating political rights with "ideological bans" fly in the face of your whole sapience-rights fetish?

Category: Global Disarmament


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Revolutionary League

Description: Nuclear weapons are a threat for the world's enviroment at large scale and also make unusable large areas of land when test are conducted. This are enough reasons to stop the creation of this kind of weapon.Illegal, contrdicts passed legislation, or at least it would if it actually did anything.

Category: Advancement of Industry


Area of Effect: Tort Reform


Proposed by: Top Hats and Berets

Description: we need to increase the amount of WA issues
I hope whoever deletes bring this issue up :PThis is not tort reform.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Krolikoria

Description: This Proposal is to ban abortion in the W.A.
It is natural that all humans make mistakes, but by making those mistakes we must learn from them and never do it again. Shall we take one’s life because to individuals wanted to "explore" and made a mistake. By having an abortion, you are killing humans. Also, an abortion mentally and physically damages the woman. Most women wish that they never went through with the abortion. At the physical standpoint, however, you may make it so that the woman may never have another child again, wanted or unwanted. The act of abortion is morally wrong and must be righted by abolishment. Illegal, wrong category, should be Moral Decency.

I re-ask the same question.

I re-ask the same question.

No, it isn't illegal, but it is stupid.

Why isn't it illegal? It gives real life data.

Not without abolishing the Furtherment of Democracy category.No. Any proposals that only 'Urges' such measures, rather than tries to make them mandatory, wouldn't actually be strong enough to ban anything so would still be possible... and then of course there's also the possibility of further measures like the [passed] 'Freedom of Assembly' resolution, which might make it easier for the people to express their views & to organise but don't outright tell nations to change how their actual systems of government work...
Besides, wouldn't equating political rights with "ideological bans" fly in the face of your whole sapience-rights fetish?Given that the nations with which I've tried to promote 'sapient rights' have been ones with significant non-human elements in their populations, I hardly consider the term "fetish" appropriate. (Choosing to create nations with such populations, on the other hand... Hr'rmm? ;)) Anyway, if you go back and look at the threads concerned you'll see that all my own proposals on the subject would have required the member nations to do was to give non-human sapients basically the same rights as humans there possess because of UN/WA resolutions, and that the clauses about equality under those nations' own laws were only aspirational rather than mandatory...

Category: Education and Creativity


Area of Effect: Educational


Proposed by: The Jeil

Description: my county economy is growing and my education find lowering because of the economy.so could you get so money.What?:confused:

Category: Gun Control


Decision: Tighten


Proposed by: The Jeil

Description: my county crime rates is riseing,and my police foces is very weak But guns ownly bring up my county crime rates and my police foces better weapons.so could ban guns in my county.

from:the republic of the jeilIllegal, branding and tries to only affect one country.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: GREECE AND MIDDLE EAST

Description: There has been talk of taking and riding gay marriage. I say nay. We only need straight people in our countries. They can and will teach this oppossed oppression in the schools. Just think of the children!
Details:
1)Ban on marriage equals gifted and good children.
2)This can mean less riots on the prejudice on the deal of whether or not to do it.
3)Less police calls on gay sex in public.
4)Yes this can lead to people on the streets because they are gay, which is why we can rehabilitate them to straight people.
5)With this idea and proposal, everyone can be equal and live in a more stable world.

Do you hate it when people ask what you are, straight or gay? This idea can and will help us all progress to the future! Rehab will help smooth the wounds of the future of the world. Gays will be sent to rehab to become straights, this will never be tought in schools ever again, and more important topics will come across nations everywhere. Join in and vote on this topic for a better world!!! It's deja vu all over again. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14633695&postcount=1083)

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: The Quebecoise

Description: Gay Marriage should never be allowed because marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman and you just don't mess with such a sacred and ancient law. Instead of disrespecting the faiths of many people why not call it something else entirely. Gays should be allowed a civil union. I will give a list of things that are allowed and not allowed in a civil union:

1)People in a civil union have same legal rights as a married couple.
2)People in a civil union cannot join in more than one civil union just like a marriage.

Now a short description of a civil union ceremony. People joining in a civil union cannot have a ceremony in a church. It must be performed by a Judge at a courthouse. There is to be no material or words said pertaining to any religion that is against the union of gays.Probably contradiction here.

Why isn't it illegal? It gives real life data.


It gives figures, but it doesn't say the sourse. Technically, it isn't illegal.

Category: Moral Decency

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Johns Desk

Description: This Act will enforce the following laws if passed by the WA, in order to make nations more friendly towards younger population.

When passed, requires nations to have strict laws on topics such as rascism, nudety, and the persecution of those for their practices or beliefs. This would include television, outdoor decency, and, commercial purposes.

Also, if this law is broken, the offender, on first offence is to pay a fine of $1,000. On second offence, the offendere is sentenced to 2 years in prison. Reguardless of which of these is broken.


Hopefully this is to be passed, and our children with better attitudes to the future, and less rude and vulgar behavior.

Approvals: 2 (Achalya Santis, Consaria)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 50 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Mar 30 2009 First, it doesn't actually do anything. Second, why exactly do we even HAVE a "moral decency" category? It seems to me that anything worth passing that has a bloody thing to do with morality would actually be better categorized under civil rights or whatever the actual category heading is called. I honestly cannot remember ever having seen a decent proposal come out of the Moral Decency category. That doesn't mean they don't exist, just that I haven't seen them.


Category: Environmental

Industry Affected: Uranium Mining

Proposed by: Warlycan

Description: Uranium mining should be illegal due the dangers it involves , i admit uranium allows for nuclear energy however it also allows for nuclear weapons and when their is cleaner options for energy like solar power and wind energy we should not allow for the use of uranium for power

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Wed Apr 1 2009 If there isn't an actual rule saying that the title of a proposal should have something to do with its content, there should be, or at the very least a little bit of common sense should kick in every so often when people hit the submit button. If you name your proposal "Gambling", people are going to expect to see something about, oh say... gambling!


Category: Repeal

Resolution: #40

Proposed by: Mandanisia

Description: WA Resolution #40: The Landmine Convention (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Why should those who use landmines lawfuly suffer because some mistreat them.
We should have the right to allow people to use Landmines!
Sure some use them for war but if we had no landmines the arms industry will suffer, some countrys will become over populated because those who should have died will live .That means there will be less food and resorces making a Great Depression! Millions will starve others will wish they had starved with no resorces or food. The economy that has suffered so much will likely collaps in on itself.

This world wide problem must be provented please BRING BACK THE LANDMINES!

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Wed Apr 1 2009The over-reaction doomsday call is amusing as all hell. ^-^

Ardchoille, oh boy, thank you sooo much. I have never - ever - seen a proposals' page containg only sensible, votable texts, and with correct grammar.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Even saved a copy, I know such a vision of Paradise can't last for long.

A. de S.-C.

Ardchoille, oh boy, thank you sooo much. I have never - ever - seen a proposals' page containg only sensible, votable texts, and with correct grammar.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Even saved a copy, I know such a vision of Paradise can't last for long.

A. de S.-C.

That's how it used to look; but it takes me forever to do what Fris and Hack could do in half an hour. And there's still one dodgy one there -- metagaming, I think -- but my computer developed a glitch and wouldn't budge it.

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: All Businesses


Proposed by: MemphisCharlie

Description: i beleive that it may be efficant but we can do with out help put a stop to it You want to do what now?

Category: International Security


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: PTSF

Description: we need to strengthen our international security so that all country's not juts the big ones may live in peace, we must stand together against common foes like terrorists and more rogue Nations who would bring our fragile peace to an end. i am proposing that we make a force to given and protect the people of this planet our world what we live in and work,play and sleep in we must protect it at all costs I think even Ard can figure out what the problem with this one without me needing to say it.:tongue:

Category: Political Stability


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Beer-paradise

Description: Whereas, it is not the job or responsibility of the World Assembly to force an ideologic version of governance,

Whereas, the World Assembly recognizes and celebrates the differences in governing styles amongst member nations,

We hereby acknowledge and uphold the right for ever nation to govern themselves as they like so long as they are not harming other nations or infringing upon the rights of other nations to govern themselves as they see fit.

We uphold that the purpose of the World Assembly is to promote laws that provide for the generally peace and well-being of all nations and do hereby stand against the creation of laws for purposes other than these.

We do state that it is not the purpose of the World Assembly to tell nations how to govern themselves, and we leave it to each nation to self-govern without the World Assembly imposing it's own values and morals on nationstates members.Illegal, pure blocker.

Category: Repeal


Resolution: #40


Proposed by: The Steppe Empire

Description: WA Resolution #40: The Landmine Convention (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly

ARGUES: That Landmines are more for defense in war

ALSO ARGUES: that Outlawing landmines will only let Outlaws and terrorists have them.

DECLARES: That if there is a Landmine problem, that The Local Government and military can handle it.

ALSO DECLARES: that The World Landmine Disposal group be formed for helping fund Landmine Disposal.

ANNOUNCES that The Landmine Convention be Repealed. Illegal, contains new legislation.

I think even Ard can figure out what the problem with this one without me needing to say it.:tongue:


Even Ard? I just knew this would happen; his moment of fame as beta-tester for nintendo.nationstates.net has gone to Bob's head.

UN Police
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: PTSF

Description: we need to strengthen our international security so that all country's not juts the big ones may live in peace, we must stand together against common foes like terrorists and more rogue Nations who would bring our fragile peace to an end. i am proposing that we make a force to given and protect the people of this planet our world what we live in and work,play and sleep in we must protect it at all costs

Approvals: 1 (Kingsley Bedford)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Apr 3 2009

Illegal as the UN ceased to exist prior to the implementation of the WA and the world police is also illegal.

Ban Gay Marriage and Adoption
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: What occurs between two consenting adults behind closed doors is no business of the state. However, I propose that the marriage between two same sex people be outlawed, and they must not be allowed to adopt children.

Gay marriage makes a mockery of the church and is against its teachings. Marriage should be between a man and a woman.
The survival of the human race depends on different sex relationships. Thus same sex relationships must not be promoted in this way.

Adoption by a gay couple is highly unfairon the child. Research suggests that the child in question will likely get bullied by his peers and this could cause psychological damage. There should be no other victims of homosexuality other than homosexuals themselves. Although it has not been proved, children adopted by gays will probarbly turn out gay themselves aas they have been socialised this way.

I urge you to vote for this motion and I look forward to this resolution being passed.

Thank you,
The Armed Republic of Gossy Britannia,
Chairman of the 'Coalition National Party' (CNP) &
The Conservative Coalition Congressional Candidate

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 4 2009
Illegal: Wrong category, branding, and (possibly?) contradiction of existing legislation...

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: The World Assembly,

1) I hereby propose that every household in WA member states must, by law, posess a rifle and ammunition, to be stored in seperate locked cabinets to be used to protect ones property or family, as a fundamental right.
2) Victims will be able to use the rifle or any other amount of force necessary to protect ones property or family and will not be classed as the criminal. They are the victims.
3) The rights of victims are more important than that of the criminal.


We repeatedly hear of the old and frail pensioner getting overpowered and burgled whilst fearing for her life. We hear about how the victims of burglaries must do nothing but cower in their bedroom for fear of being hurt, or prosecuted for hurting the criminal.

This legislation will enable victims to protect their property and family, as well as deter potential criminals.

I urge you to vote for this motion and i am looking forward to feeling safer.

Thank you,
The Armed Republic of Gossy Britannia,
Chairman of the Coalitiona NAtional Party (CNP) &
The Conservative Coalition Congressional Candidate Illegal, branding and possibly wrong category.

Opt-Out System
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: It is no secret that the WA has attempted to take the soverignty of nations.

It is no secret that the only people who knows what is best for their region is themselves.

It is no secret that people don't want foreigners to create the law of their land.

I hereby propose that nations are allowed to 'opt-out' of certain mild resolutions.
This will help retain what little soverignty is left within our nations.

I urge you to endorse and vote for this motion. and I look forward to being able to govern my own nation once more.

The Armed Republic of Gossy Britannia,
Chairman of The Coalition National Party
The CNP's Congressional Candidate.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 5 2009

Illegal: seeks to make resolutions optional, has national sovereignty as its only argument, branding... and when he says "certain mild resolutions" just which ones does he mean?

has national sovereignty as its only argumentThat's only illegal for repeals.

And wouldn't the question of "opting out" of Mild resolutions be pretty much moot, anyway? Mild resolutions aren't mandatory.

And wouldn't the question of "opting out" of Mild resolutions be pretty much moot, anyway? Mild resolutions aren't mandatory.What, never? Not even if they contain any operative clauses that begin with words such as "Mandates", "Declares" or "Requires", rather than just ones beginning with words like "Urges" and Hopes"?
What about NAPA, with its clause that requires nations to keep their nuclear weapons out of the wrong hands, for example?

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Camrox

Description: This act shall outlaw war. War is an abomination that serves no pourpose but to expand a nations boarder through the death of thousand of inocent civillians and the death good soldiers who do not deserve to die. War is an direct violation of all human rights and will also severely damage the economy and government of any nation that is attacked. All people deserve to be able to sleep well at night without the fear of soldiers destroying their homes and taking their lives.


War is defined as-
1. an act of aggresion against another nation.
2. the movement of soldiers or military equipment into another nation.

No nations shall allow war to commence. If one nation declares war on another, all nations in the WA shall come to the defence of the nation attacked.Illegal, metagaming.

Category: Social Justice


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Jinaquai

Description: WA Taxation Abolishment states that the WA shall for no reason be allowed to collect a direct or indirect tax from any member state.Illegal, wrong category.

Gun removal

A resolution to tighten or relax gun control laws.


Category: Gun Control


Decision: Tighten


Proposed by: RIP yakier

Description: guns should be removed anyone seen with a gun should be arrested. cutting down on gun crime means less death.

please stop the madness

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Apr 3 2009

Tried it... lot of people got shot...

Skeet Skeet Bang Bang!!

A resolution to tighten or relax gun control laws.


Category: Gun Control

Decision: Tighten

Proposed by: Jordanda

Description: Hundreds of of people have been dieing around the globe because of poor gun trafic. Heck no even our children are picking up sawed off Shot guns at the dollor store. we need to strengthen gun laws and trafficing guns. you need to be a Cop,a soldier.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 5 2009


:eek2:

Kids at the blackjack table
A resolution to legalize or outlaw gambling.

Category: Gambling
Legalize/Outlaw: Legalize
Proposed by: Chrysryland

Description: When your citizen's young children ask their mothers to play a board, game, mostly, they react that they are too busy to play board games. The Republic of Chrysryland has legalized the right for kids to gamble at local casinos. Kaakr Pormjiik, a 12 year old boy has said: "Now I am not bored when I want to play. My mother is working for 16 hour shifts a week at her job in Congress and my father is usually in other countries. I have only a 3 month old baby sister, Kjalicia, and I cannot play with her. I play with my friend, Bkazruus, he's 13. He said he started gambling too." Government officials in Chrysryland have set up rooms for kids ages 6-17. Their they serve poker tables, slot machines, blackjack, and they have "Mini-Bars" where they serve ice cream, milkshakes, soft drinks and non related alchohol beverages. If kids win money, it helps their family with poverty and tax paying. So lend a hand into kids gambling.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 5 2009

Illegal, branding.


Higher Education Funding Act
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.

Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: Considering increasing university fees and in some nations an increasing cost of living, university education is becoming less attractive
to the worlds youth.

This act is intended to make university education an attractive prospect for our young, cut government spending (in nations which fund higher education) and inject money into the economy from foreign students spending.


This act proposes:


1. Free University Education For All Domestic Students


2. Universities To Be Entirely Funded By Foreign Students Fees

3. Foreign Students Are Subject To Domestic Laws And Foreign Policy Concerning Foreign Under-Graduate Students Regarding Right To Work Etc.

4. Foreign Students Are Subject To Domestic Laws And Foreign Policy Concerning Foreign Post-Graduate Students Regarding Right To Stay Etc.





The Armed Republic Of Gossy Britannia

Approvals: 3 (Kabanatuanistan, Kingsley Bedford, Meekinos)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 50 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 5 2009

Illegal, branding (and its apparent assumption that there will always be enough foreign students in each nation for their fees to fund the university systems like that is arguably "bloody stupid", too).

Category: Moral Decency


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: Zanemia

Description: Proposes: Salary caps for the heads of federally aided corperations equal to only 2 times that of the lowest paid employees.

Recognizes: tariffs not as aidIllegal, wrong category.

I'm beginning to think that Gossy Britannia's goal is to have the most proposals posted in this thread.Category: Moral Decency


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: All places of business which are open to the public and offer the service of a bathroom, must allow anybody, whether a paying customer or not to use the facilities.Illegal, wrong category.

Category: Moral Decency


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: All football (soccer) matches which include the international side, must be broadcast on a channel which is free to access in the country of the teams concerned.

This includes World Cup, Regional Cup and Friendlies.Illegal, wrong category.

Category: Moral Decency


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: Anybody who wins the jackpot on a slot machine or 'drops the bandit' will be obliged, by law, to buy a round for every other bar patron up to half of the jackpot.
If the amount in question is greater than half of the jackpot,the people nearest the bar will get the beverages.

This is intended to discourage use of slot machines and 'spread the joy' Illegal, wrong category (at the least wrong strength).

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: All Businesses


Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: Anyone found training monkeys to act as Butlers without a valid 'Theatrical Training License' will be put in the stocks for three hours and tomatoes will be handed to the monkeys and passers by.Illegal, wrong category. But more importantly, how is it that Gossy Britannia is still allowed to submit proposals? I've posted about a dozen of their illegal proposals in this thread so far.

Category: International Security


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Camrox

Description: REALIZING the need for a defensive organization to protect every WA nation from the threat of attack by non-WA nations.

BELIVING that all nations can help to protect the weaker nations from the threat of invading nations from outside the WA.

We RESOLVE,

1. That all WA nations assist any nation that is under attack by an invading nation.

2 To neutralize this threat and to observe the aggresiveness of any other nation this act calls for the creation of a WA Defensive Union to protect the rights of all nations from foreign oppression. The following are the guidelines for the formation of this union
(a.) The allocation of funds to the creation of a WA defensive headquarters.
(b.) The ability of the WA to call for troops from all nations to assist in the defense of all nations under attack by foreign nations. (Soldiers will only be drawn from nations that have more than enough to protect and maintain order in their nation)
(c.) The ability for all nations to benefit from the most advanced military technology and the allocation of fund to the reaserch of better weapons.A WA army by any other name is just as illegal.

But more importantly, how is it that Gossy Britannia is still allowed to submit proposals?Notification issues.

Unless they're just randomly spamming the hell out of things, a nation isn't likely to burn through all three strikes in one fell swoop. So if you post three bad Proposals, they'll be nuked at the same time and it'll net a single warning. If you post another three bad ones in a clump, that'll result in a second warning. We try to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Usually.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: AssStoneria

Description: Description: The World Assembly,

UNDERSTANDING that anyone, having not bribed the proper authorities, may be accused of a criminal act, whether innocent or not;

DESIRING that the innocent be allowed to pay the judge a smaller bribe than the guilty to be exonerated;

BELIEVING that properly bribing a highly seated arbitrator will aid this cause;

RECOGNIZING that nations have many different equally valid legal systems to bribe;

OBSERVING that persons from many nations travel to other nations for a variety of bribery reasons;

CONVINCED that agreement amongst member states on the basic legal rights of individuals concerning bribery in trials can further protect travelers and improve relations between nations;

MANDATES that all persons charged with criminal offenses in the jurisdictions of member nations shall bribe the seated arbitrator in the trial with such reasonable finances as is necessary to pay off both prosecution and defense properly;

DEFINES "criminal forgiveness fee" as those desired by the state or a state-appointed actor;

REQUIRES that such trials be bribed impartially by someone competent in the area of law concerned;

REQUIRES further that such bribes be adjudicated impartially by person or persons competent to understand the proceedings;

COMMENDS to the consideration of member nations a jury of the accused's peers as such trial adjudicators irrelevant;

INSISTS that the accused be permitted expert representation by a professional versed in the area of law concerned for a reasonable price;

FURTHER INSISTS that governmental or charitable mechanisms be set up to provide such bribery for those accused who are otherwise unable to afford it;

REQUIRES that evidence-giving, any addressing of the trial adjudicators by either the prosecution or defense, and any procedural or legal directives made by the trial director shall be funded equally out of the bribe, excepting that individual evidence-giving may be done with the public excluded if the trial director agrees that a high enough fee has been paid;

OBSERVES that ceremonial or religious activities of the court not related to evidence-giving, addressing the trial adjudicators, or directing the course of the trial may or may not be required to cost an extra fee at the determination of member nations;

FORBIDS prejudicial public discussion of a trial and prejudicial private discussion with the trial adjudicators while the trial is in progress by anyone not having funded the case;

ALLOWS that the identity of witnesses may be concealed as deemed appropriate by the trial director, provided there are reasonable grounds to fear that the witnesses concerned may otherwise be expected to pay their bribe to the mafia (that, by the way, doesn't exist);

REQUIRES that the accused may be forced to self-incrimination, and that this does not constitute sufficient reason for them to refuse to answer a question put to them during the trial;

OPINES that a trial should be held reasonably locally to the place of commission of the highest paid authority;
Any contradictory legislation would be hereby repealedSomething about that last line makes me think illegal.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: AssStoneria

Description: Description: The World Assembly,

UNDERSTANDING that anyone, having not chosen to become sick by from certain diseases, may be in need of certain treatments involving crack cocaine;

DESIRING that the innocent be allowed to use crack cocaine to control certain symptoms;

BELIEVING that there is more need for medical crack cocaine than there are dangers;

RECOGNIZING that nations have many different equally valid laws regarding crack cocaine;

OBSERVING that persons from many nations travel to other nations for a variety of medical reasons;

CONVINCED that agreement amongst member states on the basic legal rights of individuals concerning crack cocaine and it's medical use can further protect travelers and improve relations between nations;

MANDATES that all persons in need of medical crack cocaine in the jurisdictions of member nations shall not accepting of its use, shall be reserved to predetermined, medical use areas;

DEFINES "medical use" as the use only by those suffering symptoms not otherwise manageable through normal medical means;

REQUIRES that such use be deemed appropriate by someone competent in the area of law concerned;

INSISTS that the suffering be permitted expert medical care by a professional versed in the area of medical crack cocaine;

FURTHER INSISTS that governmental or charitable mechanisms be set up to provide such medical care for those suffering who are otherwise unable to afford it;

OBSERVES that ceremonial or religious use still be deemed the jurisdiction of member states;

Any contradictory legislation would be hereby repealed;Illegal, wrong category (should be Recreational Drug Use, Legalize). Plus I doubt there are any medical benefits to crack.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Ballin County

Description: Homosexuality is wrong and should be banned from every nation in the WA. It could lead to record-high populations because nobody likes to live in an area where their are two guys walking down the street, holding hands and making out. It's not right for the children to be exposed to that. It could lead to them becoming homosexual and I know that nobody wants their kid to be raised liking the same sex! If you see two guys or two girls holding hands then they should be thrown into prison. All homosexuals must be banned from any nation that is joined to the WA.Illegal, wrong category.

Category: Gambling


Legalize/Outlaw: Outlaw


Proposed by: AssStoneria

Description: REALIZING that WA members are outnumbered by non members by about 3 to 1,

ACKNOWLEDGING the fact that only WA members are required to comply with WA resolutions,

NOTICING the fact that many non member nations are hostile towards WA members,

REALIZING that the WA members need to be able to defend themselves if attacked,

1. DECLARES that WA members are required to possess Doomsday Devices to defend themselves from hostile nations,

2. DENIES the right for individual nations to decide if they want to possess Doomsday Devices,

3. REQUIRES that all nation possess Doomsday Devices and take every available precaution to ensure that their weapons do not fall into the wrong hands.Illegal, plagiarization and wrong category.

Little Nations
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.

Category: Political Stability
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: The Sobani

Description: NOTING: That many nations are in the grip of a Cold-War like status

RECOGNISING: That smaller nations tend to be 'stuck in the middle'

ACKNOWLEDGING: That most nations are in posession of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons.

FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING: That little nations are in posession of tiny armies.

SUGGESTING HEREBY: That all little nations are given sole rights to Nuclear, Chemical or Biological Weaponry in order to prevent the nations with vast military power from continuous and dangerous vying for power.

RESOLVES:

1) All nations with a population above 3million negate the right to hold Weapons of Mass Destruction.

2) All nations of any size which have minimal civil rights and political freedoms ALSO negate the right to hold any Weapons of Mass Destruction

3) Putting all Weapons of Mass Destruction under the control of the 'little nations' in the charge of a multi-national commitee - hereby preventing little nations using the weaponry as a means of gaining power.

STATING: The aforementioned commitee contains delegates from at least twenty-two nations from three regions of the world

FURTHER STATING: That no nation who has a larger nation exerting control over it should be alowed into the commitee.

DEMANDING: The members of the commitee be voted upon by 'The League of Little Nations' every six months.

Approvals: 1 (PTSF)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Apr 10 2009

Illegal: contradicts existing legislation, selective application (clause #2), violation of committee-creation rules, metagaming ("regions")... and that reference to 'The League of Little Nations' might fail under the rule against creating parallel organisations such as "a second WA", too.
Oh, and is the suggested upper population limit for the possession of WMDs supposed to be in terms of game-mechanics (which would not only be illegal for that reason anyway, but would actually meant that this ban applied to all NS nations...) or to RPed population levels instead?

Let all people be free

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Pardice

Description: I believe all people should have the right to vote and have there view heard on everything.

Approvals: 2 (AssStoneria, Jacobish)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Apr 9 2009
Vague, fourth wall violation.

Category: Free Trade


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Empie

Description: In responce growing global concerns the WA should henceforth,

1.Leagaly protect the right of upstanding nations to have acsess to arms to defend theire borders.
2.Ban radical nations known for international atacks on civilian populations.(terrorist states)
3.Ban Upstanding Nations from supplying said Naitions with arms and military supplies.

This is not a resolution to leagalize or ban any specific type of weapons but to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of our mutual enemies.Illegal, wrong category.

Seperate rooms
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Jashenkaito

Description: should homosexuals share the same showers as straight people some people think this should be debated to have seperate room or stalls

Wrong Category

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...also, er, blatantly offensive, or at the very least, bloody stupid? Doesn't do anything either, or account for the fact that private rooms and "stalls" were taken out of men's public showers to prevent homosexual activity from being conducted within. Is this guy supposed to be pro- or anti-gay?? :p

On a slightly less disturbing note...
Repeal "WA General Fund"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #17
Proposed by: St_Krems

Description: WA Resolution #17: WA General Fund (Category: Furtherment of Democracy; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: This Assembly,

CONCERNED that the World Assembly, being reliant on donations, will become biased in favor of those countries that donate the most;

NOTING that the World Assembly Resolution #17 increases the likelihood of corruption and wasteful spending in the WA;

FURTHER CONCERNED with the unreliability of donations from member states and understanding that this uncertainty makes it difficult to plan spending for the next fiscal year;

FURTHER NOTING that this difficulty in planning is further exasperated by section 7 of resolution #17 that forbids deficit spending;

REGRETTING that resolution #17 means that the WA can never increase its revenues by raising taxes and must therefore fund all new committees and initiatives by reducing its spending in other areas;

NOTICING WITH DEEP REGRET the language of section 8 which, "Affirms the right of member nations to maintain full authority over domestic taxation policies, barring those that may include unfair discriminatory practices";

TAKING SPECIFIC ISSUE with the final part of this section which, in itself, could be a resolution, requiring it to be voted upon by the entire Assembly;

The World Assembly hereby repeals resolution #17, "WA General Fund".

Approvals: 18 (St_Krems, Arguros, Kharkistania, South Scona, Puchi, AssStoneria, Lysteriosis, Kohlhaasenbruck, Deutsches Preussen, Callisia, Naughty Slave Girls, Star Isles, TerKil, PTSF, Serialkillerstan, Jacobish, Isle de Beaulieu, Engelton)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 35 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Wed Apr 8 2009 The entire argument is gutted when you consider the "donations" are not voluntary. Author also apparently believes that states shouldn't be able to write their own tax laws, and per the last line, appears to be suggesting a line-item veto for the WA...or something.

...also, er, blatantly offensive, or at the very least, bloody stupid? Doesn't do anything either, or account for the fact that private rooms and "stalls" were taken out of men's public showers to prevent homosexual activity from being conducted within.


I figured it was granted. Although, I really didn't figure out what he was trying to accomplish until you made things clearer.

Category: Political Stability


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: Global Assembly

Description: This Assembly,

Committed to providing for a stable, reliable source of funding for the Global Assembly and its operations;

Convinced, however, that a program of solicited donations from national and private benefactors would serve the GA's purpose much greater than a coerced taxation scheme;

Disappointed by the previous practice of continually establishing programs and imposing mandates upon member states without stipulating how they will be funded;

Concerned by the possibility of corruption and wasteful spending, and determined to prevent such practices in the establishment of GA funding,

1. Declares that the Global Assembly shall be funded by donations from member states; the GA will not levy taxes directly upon the citizens or residents of any nation;

2. Establishes the GA General Fund, which shall be the central source for the funding of GA operations, and the monies from which shall be spent only on maintaining the administration of the GA and missions established by a vote of the Global Assembly;

3. Establishes the GA General Accounting Office (GAO), to collect donations to the General Fund, calculate available and projected funds for each fiscal year, publish an annual budget for the Global Assembly, and certify that all appropriations therein are disbursed and utilized in a responsible manner;

4. Provides that national donations to the General Fund shall be assessed annually by the GAO, according to donors' national wealth and ability to give;

5. Further provides that annual surpluses in the GA budget shall be returned to national donors, in equal proportion to the amount of their contribution;

6. Further instructs the GAO to submit to regular audits from outside agencies;

7. Forbids the GA from engaging in deficit spending; and,

Recognizing that donations given to the Global Assembly by member nations are likely to originate from public funds,

8. Affirms the right of member nations to maintain full authority over domestic taxation policies, barring those that may include unfair discriminatory practices;

9. Strongly encourages member states to provide for an appropriate degree of public accountability and transparency in decisions made regarding budgets and taxation.Illegal, plagiarization and tries to oly affect one nation.

Category: Social Justice


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: England and France

Description: TAKING into account that the current global recession is striking all nations.

REALISING that wages and job opportunities are going down.

REMEMBERING that excessive deregulation is why we are in a global crisis.

ENACTING laws to ensure governments are creating as many jobs as possible.

FURTHER safeguard citizens' jobs, and pay.

ENSURING a fair minimum wage is in effect within all countries, and that unemployment benefit is also readily available.

ALSO remembering the wide range of ideologies within the World Assembly, and ensuring that this act is put into place with input from all wings of the political spectrum.Global recession, what global recession? We're not experiencing any recession in Flibbleites. Plus I believe we already have a minimum wage resolution.

Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Jordanda

Description: 45 countries out of thousands have gone to war with eachother and we need to do something about. The WA needs to form it's own world military system. because if it dosn't the whole world will be at war.
So illegal they submitted it twice.

Category: Social Justice


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: Otselic

Description: We believe that visiting citizens from other nations should be held to the standards and laws of the nation they are visiting. If said citizen breaks a law he should be tried in that nations courts and that nation should have every rihgt to hold the visitor accountable to its laws and sentance said visitor to whatever punishment is felt neccessary.Illegal, wrong category.

Category: Gambling


Legalize/Outlaw: Legalize


Proposed by: Froggydoggy

Description: The UN Money Rights Act legalizes gambling on the premise that an individual has his or her right to do whatever he or she wants to do with his or her own money, and therefore has the right to gamble.

ACCEPTING that no law should interfere with a legal citizen’s rights,

REALIZING that any lawful citizen should have the right to do whatever he or she wants to do with his or her own money,

RECOGNIZING that by outlawing gambling the government is doing so.

KNOWING that gambling may or may not be against a person’s best interests, but

RECALLING that it is not the government’s place to decide a person’s actions based on
the person’s welfare, therefore

CONCLUDING that any lawful citizen should be allowed to gamble. UN? We don't have one of those anymore.

Category: International Security


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: North Whorea

Description: HAVING established that the earth is spherical in nature, and composed of
various minerals;

CONSIDERING that there exist means, either mechanical or chemical in nature,
that may be used to move or otherwise penetrate Earth and establish tunnels of
transportation;

EVIDENCED by Madonna's hole in her heart "that goes all the way to China;" and

DECLARING as self-evident that a sovereign nation's territory includes such
portions of the earth that may be reasonably considered below that nation's
surface;

The World Assembly hereby recognizes:

a) the right of a sovereign nation to secure and police all space within that
nation's three-dimensional volumes;

b) the borders of a nation do include such Earth that is beneath the earth's
surface yet not beneath the surface of another nation;

c) the most straightforward modelling of such subterranean
territory portrays a conical prism extending from the earth's surface to
the geometric center of the earth; and

d) penetration of such subterranean prism constitutes a violation of the
bounding nation's territory and infers all rights and consequences that would
be legally recognized by the World Assembly in case of a crossing of national
borders immediately above the surface of the earth.

IN FURTHERANCE of maintaining world order and global peace, the World Assembly
also imposes a ban on drilling within the center of the earth, to include the
innermost material constituting a geometric sphere of radius 100 meters
encircling the geometric center of the earth.

IN ACCORDANCE with established and future World ASSembly law, the body
recognizes the natural rights of nations to:

a) mine, explore, and plumb the deepest regions of the earth which neither
violate national borders nor the commonly owned center sphere of Earth;

b) bury south korean hookers and sandwiches in any depth of earth that
does not violate such established borders and regions;

c) operate forced prostitution rings of kidnapped south koreans within the
sovereign territories of a nation;

d) defend, with force, invasions of the subterranean regions of a nation; and

e) enforce international and World Assembly treaties on the established
conical subterranean regions of a nation with the full authority also
established for the surface regions of that nation. Illegal, RL references.

Category: International Security


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: South Gyptopia

Description: HAVING established that the was first discovered, and has since been maintained by the founding fathers of the Global Assembly;

CONSIDERING that there exist means, either mechanical or chemical in nature,
that may be used invade or otherwise attempt to take possession of the Moon;

EVIDENCED several stones that have been hurled at it by certain unnamed other Nations;" and

DECLARING as self-evident that the Moon should be considered sole property of the Global Assembly;

The World Assembly hereby recognizes:

a) the right of The Global Assembly to secure and police all space within that
Moons three-dimensional volumes;

b) the borders of the Moon shall include all area up to and including a foot above any point considered the surface;

c) trespassing upon the above mentioned area constitutes a violation of the
bounding nation's territory and infers all rights and consequences that would
be legally recognized by the World Assembly in case of a crossing of national
borders immediately above the surface of the earth.

IN FURTHERANCE of maintaining world order and global peace, the World Assembly
also imposes a ban on launching rocks from within a nations borders or any point
in space at the Moon

IN ACCORDANCE with established and future World Assembly law, the body
recognizes the natural rights of nations to:

a) observe, photograph, and write poetry about the Moon;

b) bury south korean hookers and sandwiches in any depth of earth that
does not violate such established borders and regions;

c) operate forced prostitution rings of kidnapped south koreans within the
sovereign territories of a nation;

d) defend, with force, invasions of the MoonIllegal, RL references.

Illegal, plagiarization and tries to oly affect one nation.

Illegal, RL references.

Illegal, RL references.
Interestingly, all of those nations are from the same region: http://www.nationstates.net/region=the_ga, apparently bent on establishing some sort of alternate world body called the "Global Assembly".

alternate world body called the "Global Assembly"

Did anyone else start out in the WA trying to create an alternate world body?

I did...I created the AW. Assembly of Worlds.

Interestingly, all of those nations are from the same region: http://www.nationstates.net/region=the_ga, apparently bent on establishing some sort of alternate world body called the "Global Assembly".

I noticed that, I also noticed the similarities in the text of "Order of the global center" and "Declaration on Moon Ownership" which makes me wonder if there isn't some other illegal activities going on there.

Category: International Security


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: South Gyptopia

Description: HAVING established that the was first discovered, and has since been maintained by the founding fathers of the Global Assembly;

CONSIDERING that there exist means, either mechanical or chemical in nature,
that may be used invade or otherwise attempt to take possession of the Moon;

EVIDENCED several stones that have been hurled at it by certain unnamed other Nations;" and

DECLARING as self-evident that the Moon should be considered sole property of the Global Assembly;

The World Assembly hereby recognizes:

a) the right of The Global Assembly to secure and police all space within that
Moons three-dimensional volumes;

b) the borders of the Moon shall include all area up to and including a foot above any point considered the surface;

c) trespassing upon the above mentioned area constitutes a violation of the
bounding nation's territory and infers all rights and consequences that would
be legally recognized by the World Assembly in case of a crossing of national
borders immediately above the surface of the earth.

IN FURTHERANCE of maintaining world order and global peace, the World Assembly
also imposes a ban on launching rocks from within a nations borders or any point
in space at the Moon

IN ACCORDANCE with established and future World Assembly law, the body
recognizes the natural rights of nations to:

a) observe, photograph, and write poetry about the Moon;

b) bury south korean hookers and sandwiches in any depth of earth that
does not violate such established borders and regions;

c) operate forced prostitution rings of kidnapped south koreans within the
sovereign territories of a nation;

d) defend, with force, invasions of the Moon


Well... let me choose my poison....

Hmm.... I think I'll go with....


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Resolving Casino Problems
A resolution to legalize or outlaw gambling.


Category: Gambling
Legalize/Outlaw: Outlaw
Proposed by: Damanica

Description: I personally think that the majority of casinos are some what a waste of money. I think that if we save our money we could do something else, like trying to improve our economy, or our education system. All casinos are doing is providing bad habits for people to be hooked on. Yes, it is there choosing whether ir not they want to gamble, but with all the casinos out there, it is a pretty big infuence. If there aren't as many casinos, it would be less of a chance of people getting adicted to it.


Gambling Ages
A resolution to legalize or outlaw gambling.


Category: Gambling
Legalize/Outlaw: Outlaw
Proposed by: Damanica

Description: Another topic I bring up is that the age for gambling should be older, at least a couple years. All it is doing is creating the option for kids to gamble. I thinks that the age should be a couple years older because all young kids have to do is walk in, try a slot, and [they're] hooked!!

These should do something, if only there weren't so many hypotheticals.


Embassy Freedom Act
A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.


Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Camrox

Description: RECOGNIZING that the holding of hostages in embassys from other nations is an important issue.

BELIVING that no nation should hold another nation's citizens hostage especialy when they are doing a legal job.

RESOLVING,
1. That no nation may restrict any nation's embassy unless that nation is aggressive against them.
2. If at war then each side may return the members of the other nation's embassy.
3. The members of any nations embassy may not be detained by the authoritys of any other nation.
4. If an embassy member does a criminal act then they will be returned to their nation and judged in their own nation

They might want to look at Resolution #22 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14116570&postcount=24)

I noticed that, I also noticed the similarities in the text of "Order of the global center" and "Declaration on Moon Ownership" which makes me wonder if there isn't some other illegal activities going on there.Apparently so:

15 hours ago: The Rogue Nation of South Gyptopia was ejected from the WA for rule violations.
15 hours ago: The Republic of Global Assembly was ejected from the WA for rule violations.
15 hours ago: The Armed Republic of AssStoneria was ejected from the WA for rule violations.

15 hours ago: The Rogue Nation of South Gyptopia was ejected from the WA for rule violations.
15 hours ago: The Republic of Global Assembly was ejected from the WA for rule violations.
15 hours ago: The Armed Republic of AssStoneria was ejected from the WA for rule violations.
I love the smell of napalmed multis in the morning.

They posted this on The GA's RMB, and I got a kick out of it:

The Adopted Nations of the Global Assembly,

NOTING that the World Assembly has become corrupt and to massive to control itself ;

BELIEVING that there is a vital and needed role for a global organizational body;

ANY nations wishing to join this new Global Assembly please post your vote at the Stonerville Civil Headquarters;

FURTHER NOTING that there are an awful lot of World Assembly Resolutions that are not agreeable to the peoples of Stonerville and other areas of the World;

FURTHER BELIEVING that the civil disobedience of nations no longer finding themselves in agreement the World Assembly is a cry for a stronger global union;

HEREBY

1. ESTABLISHES the Global Assembly as the sole alternative to the World Assembly;

2. DISMISSES all previously passed WA Resolutions, so that citizens of today pass new resolutions agreed upon by the Global Assembly;

3. DECLARES the pages of international law to be blank;

4. INVITES members of the Global Assembly to begin work on a new volume, which may in time exceed even the grandeur of its predecessor.

5. FURTHER DECLARES the founding members of the World Assembly be hereby know as legacy members and be considered unfit to lead;

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Heavens saviour

Description: i have observed that many countries of the world are treating there citizens as slaves.
This practice is good for there economy and maybe business but it is very bad for the citizens of there country.There are many other ways with which the government can make their country economically rich.
For example,they decrease tax rate which will make the place more attractive for the multinational companies to invest and with this the citizens will get employment and they will work way more better.
So I want WA to ban slave labour.Great idea, so good in fact we already did it (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14140556&postcount=25).

Category: Global Disarmament


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Engelton

Description: Understanding that we are all doomed to do something that will set off a global conflict, and traditional disarmament policies are ineffective at removing not only the weapons themselves, but the governments that build them. I propose that we as the World Assembly invest in a program to place all of the most intelligent people of the each nation, including those not of the WA, on space-craft and send them to another planet to start anew. The government bodies that remain will then position all of the World's nuclear arsenal evenly around the planet. Then when everything is ready all weapons will be detonated simultaneously to prevent future regimes from trying to undo the exodus of our most gifted minds.Illegal, tries to affect non-member nations.

Int Embassy Disarmament
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Noordeinde

Description: Nations of The World assembled at the WA,

Several nations in our world arm their foreign embassies with Biological weapons, Nuclear weapons and Chemical weapons. These Weapons constitute a danger to the people who work, live, or who just pass by these embassies. Therefor the World Assembly Nations hereby:

1.RECOGNIZING,that most embassies in the world are in crowded areas as cities.

2.RECOGNIZING,that Nuclear, Biological and chemical weapons are a threat for people living or working in these areas.

3.RECOGNIZING,that scientific tests have proven the disastrous consequences of use of these weapons.

4.DECLARES that Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons are prohibited in Embassies in nations who are member of the World Assembly.

5.DECLARES that member nations of the World assembly are prohibited to install Nuclear Weapons, Biological Weapons and Chemical Weapons at Embassies in non member nations.

6.ESTABLISH a Special investigation team of Inspectors at the World Assembly who maintain the international laws. And check all embassies within at least the World Assembly nations. To see if international laws are being respected.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Apr 14 2009

I'm pretty sure this is illegal. Oh, yes, so illegal...

Okay, section by section:

Category: International Security

How does this increase police and military budgets?

Description: Nations of The World assembled at the WA,

Several nations in our world arm their foreign embassies with Biological weapons, Nuclear weapons and Chemical weapons. These Weapons constitute a danger to the people who work, live, or who just pass by these embassies. Therefor the World Assembly Nations hereby:

1.RECOGNIZING,that most embassies in the world are in crowded areas as cities.

2.RECOGNIZING,that Nuclear, Biological and chemical weapons are a threat for people living or working in these areas.

3.RECOGNIZING,that scientific tests have proven the disastrous consequences of use of these weapons.

4.DECLARES that Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons are prohibited in Embassies in nations who are member of the World Assembly.

5.DECLARES that member nations of the World assembly are prohibited to install Nuclear Weapons, Biological Weapons and Chemical Weapons at Embassies in non member nations.

Doesn't this repeat an aspect of the Diplomat Protection Act? The part about what diplomats are not allowed to do? I may be all wet on that one...

6.ESTABLISH a Special investigation team of Inspectors at the World Assembly who maintain the international laws. And check all embassies within at least the World Assembly nations. To see if international laws are being respected.

Mmm. World Police, anyone?

I don't know how illegal the proposal is (category seems to be your safest bet), but there is an hilarious thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=588736) about it that you'd probably get a kick out of.

There are times when I wish people had to take an IQ test to post in the WA forum.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Willamius

Description: Recognizing that the size and breadth of the World Assembly results in a myriad of proposals being enacted,

AND

Recognizing that one of the essential characteristics of Democracy is the limitation of government intrusion into the liberties of member nations and citizens,

AND

Recognizing that the extensive numbers of WA Proposals are consistently requiring excessive regulation upon individual member states and citizens of said states,

AND

Recognizing that sufficient funding and taxation from centralized governments are NOT being provided to WA member states to bring them into compliance,

BE IT RESOLVED

That from this day forward, the WA Assembly shall limit the numbers of Resolutions for all-member votes to one(1) per every two(2) calendar weeks, meaning that no more than twenty six (26) new laws may be enacted per calendar year.

The successful passage of said resolution will assure that the individual democratic freedoms enjoyed by the member states are not hindered by excessive regulation by the mandates of the World Assembly.Illegal, game mechanics.

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: All Businesses


Proposed by: Allen Walker

Description: Vote for:

Traffic jams cause too much polution if we have straighter roads there wouldn't be any traffic jams. We could get to work, school and meetings on time and reach your destination on time.

Vote against:

Does that mean demolishing enviironment and it's surroundings? Stright roads will cause hazards at T junctions, crossroads and other split-offs.Straight roads prevent traffic jams? Since I've been in traffic jams on straight roads I beg to differ.

Ban on Sharking and Whaling
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: North Wiedna

Description: Sharks and whales in the ocean are being exploited. However, they are a key part of the oceanic ecosystem. Keeping that in mind,
1. The WA hereby bans sharking and whaling by any nation.
2. Selling of whale meat, blubber, or oil and shark meat, fins, or oil is prohibited.
3. The WA hereby establishes the Oceanic Research Comittee, and only this institution is allowed to kill whales and sharks for any reason.
4. WA Nations now are required to discourage sport sharking and tribal whaling.

Approvals: 7 (North Wiedna, Serval Cat, Achalya Santis, Ventei, Neo-Celts, Cribia, Kingsley Bedford)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 45 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Wed Apr 15 2009

Illegal: seeks to affect non-WA nations.


Rules of Engagement
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.

Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Superdemocracy

Description: CONCERNED absence of internation standards governing members conduct when at war

ACKNOWLEDGING that non-member nations may not operate by such rules

DISTURBED by the lack of legislation against war crimes by member nations

WORRIED by the lack of control of nuclear weapons within member nations.

1. ESTABLISH the World Assembly Nuclear Weapons Authority (herein "WANWA"), for proper monitoring of nuclear member nations.

2. REQUIRES that all nuclear nations declare the full scale of their nuclear armaments to WANWA for registration.

3. ESTABLISH the World Assembly War Crimes Tribunal Agency (herein "WAWCTA"), for the investigation and prosecution of nations that break any of the rules outlined in section 4.

4. REQUIRES all member nations to abide by these rules of conduct when at war:

A: All member nations must officially declare war against another nation before the World Assemby (herein "WA") if:
i: They are about to launch an attack on any other member nation.
ii: They are mobilising forces against peaceful non-member nations.
This does not apply for nations that are defending themselves against aggressors.

B: That all member nations keep civilian casualties to a minimum whilst attacking another nation, and that armed forces will be polite and courteous to all enemy non-combatants.

C: That enemy combatents that surrender must NOT be executed and may be taken prisoner (herein "POWs").

D: That all POWs are treated with respect, as they are not criminals, merely soldiers fighting for their own country.

E: That torture will NOT take place on any level, as according to the rules outlined in "WA Resolution #9".

F: That once the conflict has ended all unnecessary military force will return to their country of origin and that no aggressive actions are taken out against former enemy combatents/civilians.

5. ALLOWS any member nation to report any other member nation, that breaks these rules, to the WAWCTA (only with appropriate evidence).

6. MANDATES that nations will comply with requests made by the WAWCTA and the WANWA.

NOTE - All funding for the WAWCTA and WANWA will come solely from the WA.

Approvals: 2 (Kingsley Bedford, Varazhdin)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 50 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Apr 16 2009

Illegal: doesn't fit category, 'house of cards', and [partial] duplication of existing legislation.

Category: Global Disarmament


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Camrox

Description: OBSERVING that agressive weapons are weapons of war not protection.

FURTHER OBSERVING that aggressive weapons promote tense situations and discord among nations. Also weapons of this sort cause needless civillian loss of life.

UNDERSTANDING that money can be saved by banning death-bringing weapons of war that are expensive and needless. Also that money can be made from the civillians that are not killed by the use of these weapons.

BELIVING that aggressive weapons should be banned from the arsenals of nations and are not effective defensive weapons.

This act HEREBY RESOLVES,

I. USE
1. No nation shall participate in using aggressive weapons.

2. And aggressive weapons is described as,
a. A weapon of mass destruction.
b. A biochemical weapon.
c. A weapon used with the intent of a peremptive strike, and/or used aggressively.

II. Creation

1. No nation shall participate in the construction of a weapon described in artical I.

2. No company, government sponsored or not, shall create a weapon described artical I.

III. Disposal (DDD)

1. Decomition
a. All aggressive weapons shall be immediatly decomitioned to be disposed of.

2. Disarm
a. All aggressive weapons are to be diarmed to prepared for dismanteling.
b. All non-explosive parts of a weapon are to be stored for dismanteling.

3. Dismantel
a. All aggressive weapons are to be dismanteled and the non-explosive material recycled for future use.
b. All explosive material is to be removed, dispersed and destroyed or properly disposed of away from humans.

CONCLUDING that aggressive weapons are wasteful, deadly, terror weapons that bring nothing but death and destruction. Ban these weapons. Defence is good, War is not!Category: Global Disarmament


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Camrox

Description: OBSERVING that aggressive weapons are weapons of war not protection. Weapons can be used for defence but there are some weapons that are strictly aggressive. This treaty condems the use of such weapons.

FURTHER OBSERVING that aggressive weapons promote tense situations and discord among nations. Also weapons of this sort cause needless civilian loss of life.

UNDERSTANDING that money can be saved by banning death-bringing weapons of war that are expensive and needless. Also that money can be made from the civilians that are not killed by the use of these weapons.

BELIEVING that aggressive weapons should be banned from the arsenals of nations and are not effective defensive weapons.

This act HEREBY RESOLVES,

I. USE
1. No nation shall participate in using aggressive weapons.

2. And aggressive weapons is described as,
a. A weapon of mass destruction.
b. A biochemical weapon.
c. A weapon used with the intent of a preemptive strike, and/or used aggressively.

II. Creation

1. No nation shall participate in the construction of a weapon described in article I.

2. No company, government sponsored or not, shall create a weapon described article I.

III. Disposal (DDD)

1. Decommission
a. All aggressive weapons shall be immediately decommissioned to be disposed of.

2. Disarm
a. All aggressive weapons are to be disarmed to prepared for dismantling.
b. All non-explosive parts of a weapon are to be stored for dismantling.

3. Dismantle
a. All aggressive weapons are to be dismantled and the non-explosive material recycled for future use.
b. All explosive material is to be removed, dispersed and destroyed or properly disposed of away from humans.

CONCLUDING that aggressive weapons are wasteful, deadly, terror weapons that bring nothing but death and destruction. Ban these weapons. Defense is good, War is not!

This treaty wil be an aggreement among equals to help provide a safer future for all generations.
(revised version)Since this is pushing for the dismantling of WMDs, and since nuclear weapons most certainly fall into that category. Illegal, contradicts the Nuclear Arms Possession Act.

Nuclear Retaliation Treaty
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Gossy Britannia

Description: If a WA member state attacks another member state with nuclear weapons, all other member states must immediately attack the aggressor with nuclear weapons.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 18 2009

Does this mean you'll also give free nukes to nations that don't have them so they can comply?

Universal Public Services
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Swakistek

Description: All WA member nations must enact a 5% humanitarian levy on all residents to be paid to the International Humanitarian Commission, which will be administered by the World Assembly.

This contribution will be equally distributed to WA member nations for:

1. Universal Healthcare
2. Education for all minors
3. Humanitarian efforts

Any remaining costs of fulfilling the above goals will fall to individual countries.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 18 2009

The WA has this tiny little rule about taxing people being illegal. It's that tiny little clause known as Resolution 17: WA General Fund.

Category: Free Trade


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: StofferCorey

Description: Under the No Barriers Act each member of World Assembly must at once follow these rules:

There will be NO barriers directly or indirectly among the borders of any World Assembly member, including any member another may deem as a threat to national security.

Protectionism in any nation of the WA will NOT be allowed. This will allow a country to trade more successfully to nations of the WA that would otherwise use protectionism.

There will be NO tarrifs among any member of WA unless both parties agree to the set amount and how long this tariff would last, or if the item a nation of WA wants to export is deemed potentially dangerous to the welfare and security of the nation that will import it, a small tariff can be used. Under the first example in which both parties agree on a tariff amount, any amount is accepted. However under the second example in which the item is dangerous, the tariff can not be more than 10%.

Since this Act abolishes any tariffs, any nation of WA has the right to increase it's security measures among it's borders and it's controlled waters by ways of naval increase, security checkpoint increases, national defense spending increase and as long as a specific time and date is given and more than enough warning is issued, a nation can now proceed to do military exercises in international waters. I'm confused, this proposals seems to be saying that you can't protect your borders while at the same time saying that you can.

I'm confused, this proposals seems to be saying that you can't protect your borders while at the same time saying that you can.

I think they mean you can't have closed borders, i.e. a wall or no trade across the border, but you can secure them to an extent. That's how I read it. Either way it would never work.

WA wide control on the AK47
A resolution to tighten or relax gun control laws.


Category: Gun Control
Decision: Tighten
Proposed by: Napam

Description: Recognizing that the AK47 is the true weapon of mass destruction and is responsible for more deaths than any nuclear, biological or chemical weapon; also believing that the ease of operation, maintenance and manufacturing is a result of the guns success, efforts to curb/ control the AK47 should be undertaken.

HEREBY:

1) DEFINES that the AK47 and its ammo as an illegal weapon and possession of which is considered an international offence.

2) DECLARES that the member nation's armed forces, including the para military and law enforcement are exempt from clause 1.

3) URGES all member states to crack down on all legal/illegal gun markets and seize the AK47 from their inventory, also seize all existing versions of the AK47 from their citizens.

4) MANDATES that any nation attempting to sell or transfer existing reserves of the AK47 to declare the same to the WA before the sale.

5) ALSO MANDATES all manufacturing facilities of the AK47 be subject to regular inspection by WA inspectors.

6) GRANTS WA inspectors the right to observe any planned destruction of seized/excess inventory of the AK47.

Approvals: 1 (Todd McCloud)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 19 2009

I just want to know one thing: Why?

Dictatorship Nations!
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Norn Erin

Description: Human Rights what are they...

The Right for good

Education
Freedom of Speech
Law & Order
Economy & Job opport.
etc...

Dictatorship countries do NOT provide this for their civilians and are practically threatening the people and treating them as robots! I believe that Dictators should pay a price for their evilness!

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Apr 20 2009

I would argue this as a ban on a specific type of government if it actually did anything.

I just want to know one thing: Why?That, and also, AK47 is an RL reference.

Legalizing Marijuana
A resolution to ban, legalize, or encourage recreational drugs.


Category: Recreational Drug Use
Decision: Legalize
Proposed by: Pandanians

Description: Marijuana should be legal for all people over the age of 18. The drug relaxes people, and helps them focus more. The drug will be heavily taxed, with a 50% sales tax on the drug. There will be restriction on the drug.
1. People may only use the drug within their own homes.
2. People may not be under the influence of the drug while driving, working, or taking care of their childdren.
3. Using the drug may not be allowed in the presence of children under the age of 18 years old.
4. The drug may only be used between the hours of: 10:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M.
5. The drug will be sold only at government run stores, and the amount sold to each person will be limited and regulated.


Approvals: 1 (North Gregoria)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 19 2009

Imposes a direct tax on a something. Violation of a WA resolution.

Creation of Secretary General
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: The Jacksons of Mize

Description: This resolution would hereby have the WA and all of its members take part in an election to create a Secretary-General to head the WA.

The Secretary-General's duties would be to help maintain the WA but also help branch out and recruit more members and to strengthen ties with current members as well.

Elections for Secretary-General are to be held every three months and anyone who is in the WA can run for it.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Mon Apr 20 2009

Metagaming violation, I think. Plus, I think it wants to allow a nation this job, which I think should be a violation of the committee rules.

The Dis-Powering Hour Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: ForeSarin

Description: Description: WHEREAS this resolution will strengthen social justice among all members of the United Nations by requiring that all nations, current and future within the UN, have a hour with no power to support and insure its citizens live in a enviromentally safe world. A hour of power is not a punishment against citizens, but rather it is a moral imperative that should be incorporated into UN admissions, and acceptance ratings/standards.
The following resolution requires that all UN nations meet the below four-point Act of providing a hour of power to its citizens through all outlets available within their government, as long as the methods of providing the Dis-powering hour Act are met without violating international, national and/or local law.

The Dis-powering hour Act is as follows:

1) All Electricity Currents that are at or below the “power level” of 995.55/voltage per household, and 10,550.00/voltage per Industry, must be forced by the International Dis-powering hour Act , as long as every non-government facilities are dangered by this act.

2) All bisinesses from the year of 1910 and younger, must be strickly inforced by the Dis-powering hour Act or be taxed up to at least 75% of Electricity bill.

3) Companies/Business not enforced by the Dis-powering hour Act, are but not limited to/Hospitals,Prisons,Security Providers,ect.

4) All Industries, making an average of US$35,000 to US$190 Billion, must be offered power insurance and be reimbursed up to at least 30%. In addition, if the insured, in this category, has been employed for at least 15 years in that given year, they must be reimbursed by an additional 5%.

(*Note: Monetary figures were shown in US$ as a general currency; it must be converted accordingly and appropriately based on conversion rates.)

Though this is not a full strength plan, it is a necessary start, and a reasonable start, in order to be able to be achievable by all decent nations. The Dis-Powering hour Act is a necessity, and the Oppresed States of ForeSarin encourage all nations to pass even larger, more inclusive enviromental packages within their own nation.
The exceptions to this resolution include:

1) A UN nation classified as a “third world country,” by the UN, does not have to implement this resolution until its status is upgraded.

2) A UN nation determined to be “at war” by the UN, is exempted from continuing the program, but must have a backup program/plan.

3) A nation whose economic situation is detrimental may plea to the UN for a reduced strength “A Dis-powering Time” resolution. However, should the UN at any time deem a UN nation’s economy stable enough to support the full strength resolution, it must be implemented under order from the UN.

After this resolution’s passage, it must be instituted within three (3) months, otherwise face UN ejection, or plea one’s case for additional time, that cannot be in excess of an additional eighteen (18) months, to be granted only by and through the UN.

---The Oppresed States of ForeSarin

Approvals: 1 (Achalya Santis)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Tue Apr 21 2009

1) This isn't the UN.
2) Multiple real-life references (USD, third-world nations, etc.)
3) Branding violation

Int Child Kidnapp Warrant
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Noordeinde

Description: All Nations Assembled in the World Assembly. It seems to be that a lot more married couples, which have children, divorce their marriage.

More and more divorce cases end up in cases for the custody of the child(ren).

It seems to be that more and more of those custody cases end up dramatic, because parents just kidnap their child(ren).

Sometimes even abroad.

Therefor the World Assembly:

Realizing; that custody cases about the children "might" end dramatic because of kidnap of the child(ren) to another country.;

Realizing; that it is really difficult to get the child(ren) back because every country has it owns regulations.;

therfor:

Establishes; a bureau within the World Assembly, which can launch an International warrant for a parent that kidnapped it's child(ren).



Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Apr 23 2009

Serious grammar issues, heh this coming from a pirate. :D
Plus, it's just dumb.

Serious grammar issues, heh this coming from a pirate. :D
Plus, it's just dumb.

Not to mention that the Child Protection Act covers kidnapped children already. It urges member states to work together if the child is removed from the nation of origin.

Satellite Warfare
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Assailants and Thieves

Description: There are definitely not enough weapons outside this planet's atmoshpere, how will we protect ourselves from others? We need more satellites with lasers and such.

What if the aliens ever come?

Approvals: 1 (Assailants and Thieves)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 51 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Apr 23 2009

This doesn't actually do anything.

Dis-Powering Hour Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: ForeSarin

Description: Description: WHEREAS this resolution will strengthen social justice among all members of the World Assembly by requiring that all nations, current and future within the WA, have a hour with no power to support and insure its citizens live in a enviromentally safe world. A hour of power is not a punishment against citizens, but rather it is a moral imperative that should be incorporated into WA admissions, and acceptance ratings/standards.
The following resolution requires that all WA nations meet the below four-point Act of providing a hour of power to its citizens through all outlets available within their government, as long as the methods of providing the Dis-powering hour Act are met without violating international, national and/or local law.

The Dis-powering hour Act is as follows:
1) All Electricity Currents that are at or below the “power level” of 995.55/voltage per household, and 10,550.00/voltage per Industry, must be forced by the International Dis-powering hour Act , as long as every non-government facilities are dangered by this act.
2) All bisinesses from the year of 1910 and younger, must be strickly inforced by the Dis-powering hour Act or be taxed up to at least 75% of Electricity bill.

3) Companies/Business not enforced by the Dis-powering hour Act, are but not limited to/Hospitals,Prisons,Security Providers,ect.
4) All Industries, making an average of US$35,000 to US$190 Billion, must be offered power insurance and be reimbursed up to at least 30%. In addition, if the insured, in this category, has been employed for at least 15 years in that given year, they must be reimbursed by an additional 5%.

(*Note: Monetary figures were shown in US$ as a general currency; it must be converted accordingly and appropriately based on conversion rates.)

Though this is not a full strength plan, it is a necessary start, and a reasonable start, in order to be able to be achievable by all decent nations. The Dis-Powering Act is a necessity, and the Oppresed States of ForeSarin encourage all nations to pass even larger, more inclusive enviromental packages within their own nation.
The exceptions to this resolution include:
1) A WA nation classified as a “third world country,” by the WA, does not have to implement this resolution until its status is upgraded.

2) A WA nation determined to be “at war” by the WA, is exempted from continuing the program, but must have a backup program/plan.

3) A nation whose economic situation is detrimental may plea to the WA for a reduced strength “A Dis-powering Time” resolution. However, should the WA at any time deem a WA nation’s economy stable enough to support the full strength resolution, it must be implemented under order from the WA.

After this resolution’s passage, it must be instituted within three (3) months, otherwise face WA ejection, or plea one’s case for additional time, that cannot be in excess of an additional eighteen (18) months, to be granted only by and through the WA.

---The Oppresed States of ForeSarin

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Thu Apr 23 2009

If anyone recognizes this, it's because it's a resubmission of the one here:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14715000&postcount=1155

Still illegal, too.

Category: International Security


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Noordeinde

Description: All Nations assembled in the World Assembly;

Realizing; that piracy in international waters of ships/freighters/vessels and yachts, is becoming a global threat;

Realizing; that the lives of sailors or just people onboard of these ships/freighters/vessels and yachts are at risk more and more due the piracy;

Realizing; that pirates are “hard to get”;

Therefore,

Establishes; a World Assembly “Naval Peace Force” against piracy;

Article 1 of the Statute, Jurisdiction of the Naval Peace Force against Piracy.

The Naval Peace Force against Piracy will have jurisdiction in:
•World Assembly waters.

•If ships/freighters/vessels and yachts sailing under a member countries flag is under attack by pirates or any other hostility whether they are in International Waters, or member-nation waters.

•In the waters of Non-Member countries of the World Assembly, but only after consent of that Nation.

Article 2 of the Statute, the Naval Peace Force itself.
•Member nations of the World Assembly shall be asked by the World Assembly to join this Naval Peace Force against piracy, what means it is Compulsory to join the Naval Peace Force Against Piracy.

Article 3 of the Statute, the Powers of the Naval Peace Force against piracy.

•The Naval Peace Force against piracy may only intervene if ships/freighters/vessels and yachts sailing under a member countries flag is under attack by pirates or any other hostility whether they are in International Waters, or member-nation waters.

•The Naval Peace Force against piracy shall have a “license to kill” if the lives of World Assembly Countries citizens are at risk due to pirates.

•The Naval Peace Force against piracy shall have the power to make an arrest if ships/freighters/vessels and yachts sailing under a member countries flag is under attack by pirates or any other hostility whether they are in International Waters, or member-nation waters. Or as the lives of World Assembly Countries citizens are at risk due to pirates.

Article 4 of the Statue, the rights of an arrested pirate.

•An arrested pirate has the right to remain silence, everything he or she says can and will be used against him or she in the Court of law.

•An arrested has the right to an attorney

•An arrested pirate shall be treated well and shall not be tortured for what ever reason.

•An arrested pirate shall be deported as soon as possible after his or hers arrest to the country of the ships origin that he or she attacked.

•All arrested pirates have the right to a fair trial.

Article 5 of the Statute, the pirates belongings.
•Al the belongings of the pirates, whether they are dead or in custody, will be destroyed, examples of these belongings are their weapons or the vessel they used to attack ships with. Illegal, creates a WA military/police force.

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: All Businesses


Proposed by: Baronika

Description: This Resolution considers the possible factors of Space habitations and its effects on the global environment.

In our current global climate, overpopulation and poverty and global warming are extremely important matters however, and increase in research and funding into spaceships which can hold up to a city's worth of population would do wonders for the population not only that but it can be used to explore deeper space.

Propusion units, Life Support units and a Habitation unit of an egnormous size can be the future. However it will have a massive effect of the golbal economy bu is it worth it????

As the President of the United States of Baronika I place my nation for this argument. Illegal, branding.

The Advancement in Mining
A resolution to develop industry around the world.


Category: Advancement of Industry
Area of Effect: Environmental Deregulation
Proposed by: Baronika

Description: As the world's resources are constantly declining it is becoming increasing obvious that we need more non-renemwable or renewable fuels.

What this resoultion suggests is that greater funding and research is too made into better and more effecient mining machines therefore we will be able to mine a lot futhur down the into the earth.

Or to begin funding mining on different planets Mars for instantance has many possibilites for mining the truth is we don't know what's out there and we're haven't thought outside the box.

So this is outside of the box.

Approvals: 1 (Jacobish)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri Apr 24 2009

Okay... And what does this actually do? Aside from the silly suggestion to mine Mars.

Ban on FLag Desecration
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: Banning flag desecration will help keep peace between nations. For example, if some person(s) desecrated a nation's flag, the nation would be mad at the nation that the person(s) lived in, and might start war. A second example would be tat in many nations there are ( and I quote )"Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters" Another reason to ban flag desecration is to keep protesters and or angry mobs from causing chaos,getting out of hand, and wasting jail space by desecrating flags. By banning the desecration of flags, you will stabilize he politics of a nation by making sure another nation won't have a reason to cause anarchy or destruction.

Approvals: 1 (Jacobish)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 25 2009

Where is the quote from? Also, this is written more like a suggestion than a piece of legislation. Finally, it does nothing.

Ban on FLag Desecration
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: Banning flag desecration will help keep peace between nations. For example, if some person(s) desecrated a nation's flag, the nation would be mad at the nation that the person(s) lived in, and might start war. A second example would be tat in many nations there are ( and I quote )"Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters" Another reason to ban flag desecration is to keep protesters and or angry mobs from causing chaos,getting out of hand, and wasting jail space by desecrating flags. By banning the desecration of flags, you will stabilize he politics of a nation by making sure another nation won't have a reason to cause anarchy or destruction.

Approvals: 1 (Jacobish)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 25 2009

Nonsensical argument. If a nation really wanted to go to war over something as unimportant as a flag burning, then they probably would already be at war before the flag was even torched.

Repeal "Prevention of Torture"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal
Resolution: #9
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: WA Resolution #9: Prevention of Torture (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly,
Should see that as all nations are free and entitled to their opinions and decisions,
should repeal this resolution as it keeps nations from being free and entitled to their governmental decisions.Another note as why this resolution should be repealed is that nations torture their people anyway. In conclusion, this resolution restricts a nations freedom of governmental decision, and is not abided by anyway.

Approvals: 6 (NewTexas, Krankor, Callisia, Jacobish, Serval Cat, Greater Americania)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 47 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 25 2009

Repeal "Freedom of Marriage Act"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal
Resolution: #15
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: WA Resolution #15: Freedom of Marriage Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly,

Must see that nations, have a right to governmental decision, and it is that right, that should allow nations themselves to choose laws that have to do with 2 individuals getting married, no matter of their gender or sexual orientation. Nations should have the right to ban or allow "Gay" Marriage,"Straight" Marriage, or "Lesbian" Marriage.

By making it a resolution or law to allow marriage no matter the gender or sexual orientation, is a violation of a nation's right to governmental decision, therefore making the World Assembly a flawed assembly.

Approvals: 7 (NewTexas, Krankor, Callisia, Jacobish, Greater Americania, Groda i Gojava, North Wiedna)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 46 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 25 2009

Repeal "Child Protection Act"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal
Resolution: #19
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: WA Resolution #19: Child Protection Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly,
Notes that all nations have right to governmental decisions, and that in many nations here, all people of the nation are oppressed, tortured, and abused, including children. The government decides how to treat it's people, and the World Assembly is taking away the rights of a nation's government by restricting how it can treat it's people. The World Assembly is flawed by taking away the rights of a government and cannot be even close to perfection until these governmental rights restrictions are repealed.

Approvals: 3 (Krankor, Callisia, Jacobish)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 50 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 25 2009

Now he's just spamming the proposal queue. In addition, he doesn't seem to understand the concept of "mandatory compliance" and argues a pure national sovereignity argument.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Justorica

Description: The World Assembly, In the act of becoming a more perfect assembly, notes that a nation's government is entitled to it's opinion and decision in how to treat it's people,including children,whether or not a marriage can happen, how their people can live, what freedoms their people can have, and other things that fall into those categories. By not letting a nation's government have it's governmental rights and choose these things, the World Assembly is violating the decision it made on repealing the "Right to Fair Trial" resolution. The World Assembly repealed the "Right to Fair Trial" resolution on the basis that it is up to a nation to decide whether it's people are entitled to fair trial. If the World Assembly throws this resolution ( or proposal ) out, then the World Assembly would have to reinstate the "Right to Fair Trial" resolution, or reinstate this resolution/proposal. If both are kept out, then the World Assembly would be CORRUPT and FLAWED.Huh?:confused:

Immediate Voting
A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.

Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: The World Assembly,
In order to keep the WA proposal office empty of proposals, should pass this law so that when the resolution that being voted on is passed or thrown out, all delegates must immediately start voting on proposals.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 26 2009

Illegal: Wrong category, and meta-gaming.

Anti-Dictatorship Act

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.


Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Kieranstanage

Description: NOTING that Democracy is a tried and successful method to Government

BELIEVING that there is a vital and needed resolution to stop Dictatorships.

FURTHER NOTING that many Citizens suffer due to Dicatorships.

FURTHER BELIEVING that with no dicatorships possible, Democracy will grow even bigger.

I hereby present this Act to the assembly.

ARTICLE I
1) To declare all current dictatorships null and void.
2) To force all current dicatorships to revert to some kind of democracy within a week or face expulsion from the world Assembly.
3) To remove Dictatorships from the Country Ideology post.

If I'm not mistaken, this is an ideological ban, a meta-gaming and a game mechanics violation. Please, correct me if I am wrong.

Repeal "Fairness in Criminal Trials"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal
Resolution: #37
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: WA Resolution #37: Fairness in Criminal Trials (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly,
Realizes that a Resolution entitled 'Right to Fair Trial" was repealed because it is up to a nation to decide whether or not it's people have the right to fair trial. To give the criminals, who have committed crimes, rights citizens who abide by the law and are "better" then criminals do not have is unjust. If this resolution is not repealed, then the resolution entitled 'Right to Fair trials" must be reinstated.

Approvals: 1 (NewTexas)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Apr 26 2009

Let me get this straight... This is a repeal which will remove one resolution if it is successful and repeal another repeal if it fails?

Just spotted this one:

Retirment Act
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Justorica

Description: The World Assembly,
Notices that people over the age of 60, are lowering production, and are in some nations slaving in factories,
Also note that the elderly are still human and of an age where they are like children,
And as a restriction of child labor has passed congress,
then this resolution should be passed and if it is "vetoed" then the restrictions on child labor should be repealed.
The world assembly defines elderly working as:
Anyone over the age of 60 doing something that does not help him survive ( and a nation can not threaten their life unless they work ), an elderly person doing something that includes him doing physical labor that their nation could benefit from, and anything that the elderly person does against his will that could be classified as working.

Approvals: 1 (Connollyism)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sat Apr 25 2009

At least two violations.

1) I can only assume "congress" refers to the U.S. Congress, thus being a real-life reference.
2) Does nothing, making it a strength violation
3) Calls for a repeal if it does not pass
4) A continuation (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14728036&postcount=1161) of spamming (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14727962&postcount=1162) the proposal (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14729325&postcount=1163) queue.

Let me get this straight... This is a repeal which will remove one resolution if it is successful and repeal another repeal if it fails?

Success by failure! What they don't invent nowadays.

Let me get this straight... This is a repeal which will remove one resolution if it is successful and repeal another repeal if it fails?


I think the efficiency should be applauded...

Category: Global Disarmament


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: StofferCorey

Description: It is observed that a 30% slash in miltary spending by the members of WA would reduce the threat of war.

It is observed that such a slash would benefit each nation as follows:

a decrease in the threat of war

a large increase in capital to spur the economy

a lowered mental trade barrier.

Upon disarmament of at least 30% a nation of the WA will:

be viewed as a peaceful country

and will qualify for the membership of The GDU.

The Global Disarmament Union shall hereby be created. The Union shall represent peace among the members. It shall represent a call to disarment. It shall put international pressure to have all nations cut military spending, or all together disarm.

The GDU will be headed by the top three countries based on disarment percentage. Every three years, a new leader may emerge if there disarment percentage rises above the current leaders.

The WA hereby calls for the minimum of a 30% reduction in military spending, and a max of total disarment among nations. The WA will hereby create the GDU which shall promote and pressure the slash or disarment of military spending and supplies of nations. The leaders of the GDU shall be the top three based upon disarment percentage in which a new leader can rise every three years. Illegal, game mechanics.

Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Knockercord

Description: People in the WA may not approve of gay marriage, but i do approve of it. If somebody wants to have a gay marriage then its their choice and nobody should stand in their way to stop them. Some things that could come from this bill are...
1)Divorce Rates would go down
2)Citizens would be much happier
3)More people would flock to your nation increasing poopulation
4)Due to the spike in population, your economy would go up, and if your economy is bad, this act could help
Those were just some reasons why this act would be good to pass. I for one would put this act/bill on my mind for passing.Illegal, it's been done. And how the hell are divorce rates supposed to go down when a whole new group of people are now eligible to become divorced?

Reconization of WA Power
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: GuardianHunters

Description: Observing that the WA is violating Resolution #2 the rights and duties of WA states by trying to pass civil rights laws. Decreeing that International civil rights laws are abusing the power of the WA because this infringes on each nations sovergnty and destroys the fundemental ideals of the WA.

Resolved the WA will not allow the passage of International Civil Rights Laws while this resolution is in place.

"WTF?", Meta-gaming. And... "Reconization"?

Space Solar Power Initiative

A resolution to develop industry around the world.


Category: Advancement of Industry
Area of Effect: Environmental Deregulation
Proposed by: United Ohio and NKY

Description: Acknowledging that electricity is a vital Resource.

Believing that Space Solar power is a Prospecting industry and can porvide economical Energy at a profit.

Recommends that Grants be Given and incentives imposed to help Develop Industrys Built around Delivery systems, Satellite Manufacturing, Solar Cells, and Technology Inovation.

Urges that a Envirmental Study be conducted to Examine the effect of the tranfer of energy by Radiation to ground-based Collectors.

Declares that Barriers to the Commercial energy industry access to Space be repealed

Wait? How is this "Enviromental Deregulation"? And there are several misspelled words. Someone needs to use spellcheck.

Code standardization

A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage
Proposed by: Subenia

Description: This proposal suggests the creation of a unique code standardization (such as two letter and three letter codes, licence plate codes, etc.), which will make a nation more like the real world nations.

This will allow every Nation to have its own unique three letter and two letter codes, which are supposed to have various usage,i.e. as licence plate codes, and became a part of its culture and haritage, just like in the modern real world.

I suspect Wrong Category and wrong Area of Effect. And what's up with "A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts." There is nothing in here for that sort of thing. And lets not forget the Meta-gaming rule due to this lovely bit: which will make a nation more like the real world nations.

Category: International Security


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Justorica

Description: The World Assembly,

Noting that many poor or new nations do not get the chance to develop into the helpful,idealistic, nations they could be because they get destroyed by war before military can be effectively established,

Also noting that stronger nations with a more developed military sit back and watch as the new nations die,

Herby makes it mandatory to help out new and developing nations if they are being attacked by stronger, more developed nations, therefore saving the younger nation, helping international bonds between new and old nations, and helping make the world and WA a better place by allowing the new smaller, developing nation to develop to it's full potential.Illegal, metagaming.

Maximum income tax

Category: Social Justice
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Adisija

Description: I propose a law to make the maximum income tax rate 20% for anyone who make less than 500,000.00. And anyone who make more than 500,000.01 to pay a tax rate of 49.9%. Because it is every individuals right to keep a fair amount of what they make, and this law will allow the poorer of a country to start to move up in the world and allow the rich to stay that way thus giving more power to a middle class.This law would then give the poor a fairer chance to make something out of themselves, and would still bring money into nations threw the income tax.

This is contradictory with the game code because this would mean that all our tax rates cannot be below 50%

Plea for Dignified Writing

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


Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Pulcifer

Description: RECOGNIZING that good communication is the key to all diplomacy,

NOTING that the desire of World Assembly members to submit proposals shows their willingness to be involved with the WA process,

OBSERVES, however, that their communication is often lost in a mess of bad spelling, shoddy grammar and ignorance of syntax

DECLARES that grade-school level resolutions are detrimental to the dignity and reputation of the World Assembly.

The World Assembly therefore

ESTABLISHES that a duty of care exists from all member nations to properly review their proposals and see that there are edited to a high standard of literacy and

ENCOURAGES all member nations to stand up for legibility, quality and well-written proposals, so that our children and our children's children will be able to see the resolutions of their fore-fathers and be able to read them without needing the help of a scholar.

Wait....What? And Grade school? Try High School or College(University to all non USAians)! Also Wrong Area.

Category: International Security


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Pokemonman

Description: AKNOWLEDGING that raiding frequently terrorizes regions.
STATING that they demolish friendships, regions, and work to bring a region to where it is.
APPAULED by the fact that they often invade for no reason.
ALSO STATING that they have destroyed about 100 regions to date.
HEREBY states that raiding is illegal.
We also need to establish laws on raiding.

BASIC RAIDING LAWS:
1.) If a region has ever said or shown that they are a raiding region in any form, their region will have a “Raiding” sign that will say: “ The @@REGION NAME@@ is a raiding region,” at the top of the World Factbook Entry.
2.) All regions that have been raided by any region shall be returned to their founder. If the founder has expired or deleted by moderators the WA Delegate in the region will take over. If neither of them exist or refuse the offer the members in the region at the time of the raid will vote on the successor.
3.) Each region must have a list of successors on the World Factbook Entry.
4.) All nations that have raided will be sent a warning. If they raid another region their account will be deleted. Illegal, tries to change the rules of the game and game mechanics.

Fair Trade Agreement
A resolution to develop industry around the world.


Category: Advancement of Industry
Area of Effect: Protective Tariffs
Proposed by: Socialist1

Description: Recognizing that free market capitalism and neoliberalism have caused economic instability as well as ever increasing poverty and inequality we propose to solve these economic and social problems with the following proposals.

1. Nations shall increase tariffs on imports to protect small local businesses from multinational corporations. Nations shall also increase tariffs on exports to encourage businesses to sell products on the domestic market instead of to foreign countries.

2. All corporations shall be required to pay their workers a living wage which shall be indexed to inflation.

3. All workers rights including a safe working environment, the right to form and join workers' unions and the right to strike shall be protected by this agreement.

4. This agreement strictly prohibits businesses use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals which harm the environment and people's health.

5. All banks shall be prohibited from charging interest on loans to businesses.

6. This agreement recognizes the right of national governments to nationalize corporations with fair but limited compensation. Fair compensation shall be defined as compensating businesses up to the amount that they invested. Businesses that have already made a profit on their total investment shall not receive any compensation.

7. Businesses shall be strictly punished for any human rights violations.

This agreement shall only apply to nations that have signed or voted to ratify the agreement.

Wrong Category, illegal, poorely written and it also contradicts Resolution #43 WA Labor Relations Act.

Wrong Category, illegal, poorely written and it also contradicts Resolution #43 WA Labor Relations Act.

I'm not so sure about the wrong category item bit but this part IS illegal:

This agreement shall only apply to nations that have signed or voted to ratify the agreement.

ALL WA resolutions are binding to ALL WA nations regardless of weather or not the voted for or against or not even voted on it.

Department of Public Counsel

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Froggydoggy

Description: Preamble: The purpose of this act is create a department to be run by the Department of Justice, and with the duty of hiring lawyers to represent all criminal defendants in court, in lieu of the current system of court-appointed vs. private, paid attorneys.

Definitions:
1) The Department of Justice: an existing executive Cabinet department designed to enforce the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
2) Criminal defendant: a person accused of a crime and brought to any court of law for trial.

Content:
1) There will be created a new Department of Public Counsel, whose funding and administration will come from the current Department of Justice. Its main responsibilities will be:
A) The hiring of able, qualified lawyers to represent those accused in criminal court cases.
B) The selection and assignment of these lawyers to specific court cases, based on previous experience with the type of case involved.
2) Criminal defendants will no longer be allowed to hire a private attorney to represent them.
3) In the selection by the Department of Public Counsel of a lawyer for an individual case, no person affiliated in any way with the case will have any influence on the decision.
4) The system of public counsel will follow the same salary structure and reviewing process as the currently operating
system for public prosecutors.
5) Currently practicing criminal attorneys will be given a severance package as decided by the Department of Public Counsel, and will be given preference in the initial selection process for employees if they apply for employment. If not, they will be granted early retirement.

Funding: As decided by a Congressional committee, and based on a suggestion by the Department of Justice

Enforcement: None necessary.

I spot a WA Police-like structure.

Epidemic Outbreak Scale

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Limerick Union

Description: This Act shows the stages of a growing epidemic.

Phase 1-5: Only a threat to animals few humans infected.

Phase 6: Average Human infected in one world.

Phase 7:Poses a threat to the world.

Phase 8: Padimedic, over 100 million people infected world epidemic.
More of Health, rather than Businesses. (Category violation)

I spot a WA Police-like structure.
I don't. I do, however, spot RL references and several uncreated committee-like critters -- what is this "Department of Justice" of which they speak? Someone with better google-fu than me can check if it's plagiarization, perhaps?

More of Health, rather than Businesses. (Category violation)
More like no category at all, since it doesn't do anything.

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: All Businesses


Proposed by: Sierra Apathia

Description: Recognizing Global Industrial needs, Realizing The Social Costs,
Supporting The Reduction of The Carbon Footprint,
That the current situation on Global warming is increasing drastically, and that in spite of economic losses, The world assembly wishes to implement the carbon tax, in order to reduce the carbon emissions worldwide.
The World Assembly Shall First and Foremost:
1 Implement The carbon tax to all Countries, regardless of power or Social status, 2)Reassuring that Nations under these conditions are waived unless:
A)Has Already Implemented The Carbon Tax;
B)Under Heavy Worldwide Pressure which the government could not recognize The Carbon Tax; C)The Country is in Conflict With Neighboring countries or undergoing civil war;
D)Is A colony, Principality, Protectorate or an occupied country in the event of a War;
E)The Country is under the situation of Nuclear Fallout;
F) Is Undergoing Major Economic Downturn which does not enable the government to Implement The Carbon Tax;
G) The country is under heavy Political Revolution that does not enable the government to Implement The Carbon tax;
H) The Country Has A small Scale Industry Which its Products hasn't gone Global Yet.
I) Extreme Degree Of Poverty stricken Areas Where People are limited to one car per village; J) Other areas Which include Poverty, Economy, Military and social problems.

4) Emphasizing that the right to the Carbon Tax Ensures:
A)A step Towards The Reduction of Carbon Emissions Worldwide;
B)And Other Major Reasons.

5) Ensuring That the amount of tax to be calculated on: A Tax Of $200 for the first two tons of Carbon, and The Next Ton Would add an extra $50.

6)Showing That The Carbon Tax Includes Areas such as:
A) Aviation;
B) Petroleum;
C) Natural Gas;
D) Coal;
E) Electricity;
F) Industrial Usage;
G) Other areas That Emit Carbon.

7) Ensuring that the Policy should be taken as the first step toward the recovery of global Warming, and Toward healing the wounds of where Economic Recessions have created.Holy overused Shift key Batman!

Vote now!!

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.


Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Turekstan

Description: People of my fair nation are compled to vote. The down under has the same rules. People must vote in elections. Even if they vote for themsevles or batman, voting is important. I feel every nation, that values democracy, should compel their people to vote.

Branding and RL reference!

Lunar Militarization

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Issildrian

Description: My country of Issildrian is a peaceful state not wishes to start wars or any conflicts so we propose militarizing the lunar objects around earth and leaving their power with the WA to be used as a peaceful deterent to missile launches and other long rang weaponry.


Proposed Benefits.

1. The WA will have a stronger presence on the international stage.

2. There will be fewer missiles landing in other ountries from rougue states as these should be destroyed by the lunar installations.

3. This will act as a deterent to rougue nations who want invade peaceful nations such as my own

NF

Branding.

Branding and RL reference!

Where? I see neither branding nor a RL reference in that proposal.

Where? I see neither branding nor a RL reference in that proposal.I see them both:

Description: People of my fair nation are compled to vote. The down under has the same rules. People must vote in elections. Even if they vote for themsevles or batman, voting is important. I feel every nation, that values democracy, should compel their people to vote.

The Pollution Act

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Mekleth

Description: Stating that the world is overly-polluted and unhealthy.
Stating that much wildlife can no longer survive due to Human interference.
Stating a need for less pollution and shutting down factories.
Stating that soon Human activities may have deadly repercussions on humanity.

So what do we need to do? Any mandates or affirmations? or some kind of run into infinity or something like no purpose or something [sic].

Lets Trade
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.


Category: Free Trade
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Pardice

Description: Evrbody should be able to trade with who ever they whant an what they whant.

Takes no action. Is already legal.

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #15
Proposed by: Believers of Doomsday

Description: WA Resolution #15: Freedom of Marriage Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: CONVINCED that all member nations have a right to celebrate and practice their cultural norms as they see fit,

NOTING that same sex relationships conflict with the cultural values of some member nations,

RECOGNIZING that some member nations are run predominately by religious communities whose beliefs conflict with same sex relationships,

DETERMINED to leave the issue of same sex relations to member nations,

REPEAL the "Freedom of 'Marriage'" Act.
One of these days, someone is going to have actually read "Freedom of Marriage" and not written their repeal based on something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the resolution. One of these days, but not today.

A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.
Category: Free Trade
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Pardice

Description: Evrbody should be able to trade with who ever they whant an what they whant.
OK cool, how do we insure that?

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.
Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Turekstan
Description: People of my fair nation are compled to vote. The down under has the same rules. People must vote in elections. Even if they vote for themsevles or batman, voting is important. I feel every nation, that values democracy, should compel their people to vote.
This reduces political freedom.

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Issildrian
Description: My country of Issildrian is a peaceful state not wishes to start wars or any conflicts so we propose militarizing the lunar objects around earth and leaving their power with the WA to be used as a peaceful deterent to missile launches and other long rang weaponry.
Proposed Benefits.
1. The WA will have a stronger presence on the international stage.
2. There will be fewer missiles landing in other ountries from rougue states as these should be destroyed by the lunar installations.
3. This will act as a deterent to rougue nations who want invade peaceful nations such as my own
NF
Read the rules, will you?Army, Police, SWAT, etc

The WA doesn't get an army. Nor does it get to form The World Police. This is pretty clear: don't do it.

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Mekleth
Description: Stating that the world is overly-polluted and unhealthy.
Stating that much wildlife can no longer survive due to Human interference.
Stating a need for less pollution and shutting down factories.
Stating that soon Human activities may have deadly repercussions on humanity.
How interesting. Are we going to do anything about it?

A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.
Category: Global Disarmament
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Tritonalia

Description: NOTES the numerous member states who have been warring against other states for either conquest of territory or unlawful confiscation of goods.

ACKNOWLEDGES an individual member state's right to declare war on another

ACCEPTS a member state's right to proliferate weapons, nuclear or otherwise

THEREFORE

1.ESTABLISHES the World Assembly War Validity Comittee as the governing body of international
conflict

2.PRESERVES an individual state's right to proliferate engines and weapons of war

3.REQUIRES every member state, before sending a formal declaration of war to another state to send a copy of their ultimatum to the World Assembly War Validity Commitee to be judged as to its validity.

4.PROHIBITS the use of third-party mercenaries, such as terrorist groups, assasins or any other detrimental service.

5.DECLARES the only valid reasons for declaration of war as

a. Responding to a genocide of the member state's people, in the defending country

b. The unlawful arrest of an attackers countryman.

AND FINALLY

URGES member states to attempt to solve international issues through means of diplomacy
This can conflict with #14 Neutrality of Nations

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Limerick Union

Description: This Act shows the stages of a growing epidemic.

Phase 1-5: Only a threat to animals few humans infected.

Phase 6: Average Human infected in one world.

Phase 7:Poses a threat to the world.

Phase 8: Padimedic, over 100 million people infected world epidemic.
1. Wrong category.
2. Very informative; what are we going to do with this information?

Vote for 11am RCC Cola !!

A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.


Category: Political Stability
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Turekstan

Description: Anyone who is in the 11am thing, vote for 11am people. RCC Cola must maintain its leader, 11am. Vote for Turekstan, Screwing People, and other 11am nations. Vote!

Epic Branding!

*snipped 20 separate posts*Hey, next time you have multiple proposals to share, put them all in one post, will you?

EDIT: also, look over which proposals have already been posted, so you're not just repeat-posting.

Epic Branding!From their RMB:

Cool!
I submitted a World Assembly perposal thing. If any RCC Cola people see the world Assembly, they will see the "Vote" message.Apparently they've mistaken the proposal list for a messageboard.

Category: Advancement of Industry


Area of Effect: Protective Tariffs


Proposed by: Daswaniland

Description: All Nations should freely trade with other nations without reason by this i Propose

1) The Abolishment of all TARIFFS from WA member Nations

2)All Ports Be opened Up for FREE TRADE and Be designated as Free Trade Zones

3) Higher Tariffs On NON WA member states and in some Cases Refuse their Goods till They Join WA or The Nation Agrees that NON member is Not a Rogue Nation

4)The Use OF Sustainable Rescources for Production will be awarded By WAIllegal, tries to affect non member nations, and wrong category for the affect it has on member nations.

World Assembly Task Force

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Baronika

Description: With understanding that the world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place. This resolution asks for a World Assembly Task Force (W.A.T.F).

In relevance to international security it is understandable that the world needs a quick and assured option to dealing with a global crisis.

What the WATF is a group of elite operatives; with skills ranging across the board being sent into a crisis and dealing in a humane and politically correct manner.

Reguarding quickness this Task Force will be based in a satilite, meaning the Task Force can be deployed anyway on the planet in a reasonable amount of time.

The benefits of this is that it helps prevent global crisis' be dealt with quickly and efficiently.

From this the World Assembly will see massive drops in Global Terrorism, Global Diasters etc.

I see a WA police force here. 'Tis a no-no!

Outlaw Nazism

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security


Strength: Strong


Proposed by: Bakwazia

Description: In world, security must be in first place. I demand that Nazi or any of racist parties in any country must be banned. All UN and nations must fight against racism and Nazism in the nation parlament and in public. For Nazism people must go to the jail. Nation must say NO! to the Nazism.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 53 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Fri May 8 2009

Wrong Category, and Ideological ban therefore illegal.

Wrong Category, and Ideological ban therefore illegal.

Not to mention the "UN" bit.

Not to mention the "UN" bit.

Ah yes... nice catch... I'm not certain I read that much of it.

Prohibition of Deforestation

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: Woodchipping
Proposed by: Gandhapura

Description: I suggest that deforestation is very heavily controlled or even prohibited. I turn now to all companies that are destroying forests for profit, you do not make that you are in the process of destroying the lungs of the planet living for money. If we let this continue, excuse me, but killing, we run our loss. I know there are people who cut wood for heating, this is normal, I have no objection against this, but the large multinationals that are destroying forests for the benefit, I find it disgusting! The solutions I propose that large multinationals have a quota of deforestation, that these same companies are checked to see if they do not exceed the quotas, the paper companies now produce recycled paper and the people of our great world, those who wish to plant a tree to begin the reforestation of forests.

Can anyone help me decipher this thing?

<<Sorry for double post.>>

WA Peace Building Commission

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Tomkin

Description: Description: REALISING the current possibility for an irrational world.

CONCERNED that such a situation has the potential to destabilize international security, and prevent the gathering of WA participating nations.

SEEKING to fix this situation, whilst taking into account the necessity for nations to provide the man power and funding.

The World Assembly hereby,

1. DECLARES that, for any nation willing and able:

a) to provide either police or soldiers for a period of time to establish peace.

b) To provide funding, of any amount, to ensure the Peace Keeping operation goes as planned.

2. PROCLAIMS that countries under question will be occupied until lasting peace is reached.

a) National jurisdiction is to be established, to not limit the reach of the WA

b) The WA is allowed to use any force necessary to establish a “green zone” in which people may be allowed to flee to.

c) Soldiers, guerrillas, or any militia members captured will be held until peace is established and released to the new government.


6. ENCOURAGES member nations to work together to provide peace for both WA nations and non-WA nations. To keep peace through out the world

7. FOUNDS the World Assembly Peace Keepers, and charges them to arbitrate in international disputes, of any kind.

WA Peace Keepers also means: WA police. Illegal. Oh, and it creates a WA military to occupy hostile nations untill 'peace' is made. Doublely illegal.

Stop Big Brother

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Michael Bennett

Description: It is an obvious violation of a humans basic rights to life, liberty, and property if nations spy, monitor, or invade a person(s) privacy in some other way.

We must outlaw wiretapping, in home survalliance, and limit access to private records, such as medical records.

What about criminals?

http://www.nationstates.net/page=UN_proposal1/match=food
Regretfully noting that starvation and malnutrition are prevalent within a multitudinous number of nations in distress, and further noting that such hunger oftentimes leads to unnecessary conflict,

Recognizing the need for assistance in the production and distribution of food in such nations, as well as the bountiful supplies and surpluses in various prosperous nations,

The World Assembly therefore

ENCOURAGES prosperous nations to support ailing nations when and however possible, to supplant the need of World Assembly intervention;

ENCOURAGES all nations to research more efficient irrigation and drainage technology to prevent crop shortages and wasteful water use; to research plant breeding techniques and soil fertilization techniques, as well as employ crop rotation, and weed, insect, and pest control;

ESTABLISHES the International Food Welfare Organization (IFWO) as the administrator of the processes of this act; authorizes the dispatching of IFWO scientists to nations needing assistance in the creation of beneficial farming practices;

PROMOTES the genetic modification of food crops where regular food crops are inefficient, to withstand pesticides and common pests, and to increase the longevity of food products; genetic use restriction technology, such as seeds that produce plants with sterile seeds and seeds that require additional chemicals to be activated, is banned; genetically modified food products shall be tested by the IFWO to ensure that no harm is done to their recipients;

ENACTS a surplus donation system in which national crop surpluses may be donated to the IFWO, while requiring nations to carefully manage the production of surpluses so to neither promote nor condone wasteful agricultural practices; the IFWO shall be given the authority to distribute food rations to the people of nations undergoing severe economic depression, famine, or conflict which causes a shortage of food;

OUTLAWS governmental actions such as state-based food hoarding and unfair food distribution practices which deliberately produce famines and starvation; also outlaws such actions taken during crises such as famines, natural disasters, and refugee crises that are detrimental to the health and welfare of the people;

RECOGNIZING that under such circumstances a compelling governmental interest exists to protect the health and welfare of the people, the right of governments to seize food to supply to victims of such crises is granted, so long as such seizure is not detrimental to the larger population;

INITIATES the gradual reduction of protectionist devices, in regards to farming and food-related industries, that have the potential to harm international food trade; to determine when a protectionist device has the potential to harm international food trade, as well as to manage other international trade issues at the behest of the World Assembly, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is formed;

CONSTRUCTS the World Assembly Seedbank to store seeds as a source of planting where seeds are generally unavailable, due to natural disaster, disease outbreak, and war, as well as to protect the biodiversity of food crops; such seeds shall be collected as volunteered by nations; the IFWO shall manage the distribution of seeds when needed.

Nothing illegal about the text, aside from the fact that it's completely stolen (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=591236).

Category: Environmental


Industry Affected: Automobile Manufacturing


Proposed by: Guy0307

Description: An Act
To ban certain types of transport, and for other purposes

Section 1. Short Title
This act may be cited as the ‘Ban Cars Act’

Sec 2. Findings
The World Assembly:
(1) Recognises that Cars are one of the biggest contributing sources of Greenhouse Gases, which cause Global Warming
(2) Understands that alternatives to Cars exist, such as Green Cars and Public Transport
(3) Supports governments encouraging Green Cars, and individuals using Green Cars
(4) Supports governments encourging Public Transport, and commuters using Public Transport

Sec 3. Definitions
In this act –
CAR – The term ‘Car’ referes to a motor land vehicle, which uses Gasoline or Diesel as its primary fuel source
PUBLIC TRANSPORT – The term ‘Public Transport’ means a transportation service, open to the general public
GREEN CAR – The term ‘Green Car’ referes to a motor land vehicle, which does not use Gasoline or Diesel as its primary fuel source

Sec 4. Banning of certain vehicles
(a) Any Car, as previously defined in this act, may not be driven, operated or imported unless one of the conditions in subsection (b)
(b) Cars are exempt from restrictions in subsection (a) if one of the following applies:
(1) The Car is used as a life-saving emegency vechicle
(2) The Car is a Public Transport vehicle
(3) The Car is a military or law enforcement vehicle
(c) A government may not ban Green Cars, as previously defined in this act. So if I refit all cars to be run by coal fired steam engines I'll be ok.

Category: Repeal


Resolution: #9


Proposed by: Justorica

Description: WA Resolution #9: Prevention of Torture (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly,
Notes that this resolution had good meanings,
Also notes that many nations military and police forces use torture to acquire information,
Requests that this resolution be repealed as every nation has a right to decide how it's citizens and it's detainees (that are without diplomatic immunity) are treated,
But still restricts certain aspects of torture such as,
Forced Sexual Acts,i.e rape,
Acts of Torture That Could Result in Death,
and Acts of Torture That Involve Threatening The Life of and Government official, whether lying or being truthful.The WA hereby repeals "Prevention of Torture."Illegal, repeals are all or nothing.

So if I refit all cars to be run by coal fired steam engines I'll be ok.


Two words... Flux. Capacitor.

Two words... Flux. Capacitor.

Mr. Fusion powers the time circuits and flux capacitor, but the internal combustion engine of the DeLorean runs on ordinary gasoline; it always has!

Fixing the Schools

A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Artistic
Proposed by: Highly Favored Ones

Description: I believe that children do not realize that school is a privilige. However, it is and I intend to help them see that. I think we must ensure that our schools are up to code. That is why I think that each teacher is to reevaluated. They must be an example for students, inspire them to do well, and teach the material with clarity. If they cannot do that, they must be fired. If we want a better future we must invest in it and make sure we do everything in our power to do that. Voids created by this move will need to be filled quickly.
I would go with branding due to excessive use of the pronoun I.

Ecology Grants

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Esternial

Description: the World Assebly;
ACKNOWLEDGES that the earth's eco-system in endangered
CONCERED that the eco-system continues to deteriorate
and herby:
1) DECLARES that nations hand out grants to any civilian who installs solar panels
2) REQUESTS that nations produce at least 1/5 of it's energy from eco-friendly methods.
3) DECLARES that WA coastal nations must build off-coast windmills, and receive WA grants for this
4) DECLARES that WA nations must do research for new eco-friendly ways to produce energy
lolwut? How is this to be accomplished?

Fixing the Schools

A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Artistic
Proposed by: Highly Favored Ones

Description: I believe that children do not realize that school is a privilige. However, it is and I intend to help them see that. I think we must ensure that our schools are up to code. That is why I think that each teacher is to reevaluated. They must be an example for students, inspire them to do well, and teach the material with clarity. If they cannot do that, they must be fired. If we want a better future we must invest in it and make sure we do everything in our power to do that. Voids created by this move will need to be filled quickly.
How shall this be accomplished?

Recognizing cultural heritage

A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage
Proposed by: Southern Confederate States

Description: Citizens of nations have the right to show there cultural heritage, whether through flags, songs or other means, as long as they do not offend others with, racial or ethnic slurs.
Not sure on this one, but I would say subtle ideological ban.

No Man's Land

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: Woodchipping
Proposed by: Ganderus

Description: REALIZING that numerous environmental paradises in the world are being destroyed by man.

REALIZING that we should appreciate our planet for its beauty in nature, not its natural resources.

Theredore PROPOSING these outlines:

1) An area of land that is rated Environmentally Stunning shall be marked off and named No Man's Land.

2) No Man's Land shall be kept off limits to diverse organizations that come to plunder No Man's Land of its natural resources.

3) A tourism system shall be created that shall allow only sightseers and tourists into No Man's Land for viewing, cable rides, walks, jeep tours, et cetera.

4)No Man's Land shall only be used for preservation and tourism. No drilling and deforestation, et cetera, companies shall be allowed to rob No Man's Land of its resources. This area is to be preserved.

5) No nations or bodies may take a part of No Man's Land and declare it to be theirs. No Man's Land shall be an area that is shared by all nations to be an independent entity, hence the name No Man's Land.
I REALLY want to know how this will be enforced and it might also try to affect non WA nations. Oh and WRONG business affected.

Not sure on this one, but I would say subtle ideological ban.



I looked at that... but I'm thinking it's already covered under the Freedom Of Expression act.

Law For Bear Arms

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Bohemany

Description: This resolution will allow anyone from the ages 15 and up to be able to carry a gun with them, with the presence of a license.
This will allow the people to have the right to bear arms, and if in necessary times, use for self defense.

Wrong Category.
International Police Chase Act

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Noordeinde

Description: All countries which are member of the World Assembly;

Recognize; that every country has it's criminals;

Recognize; that most criminals don't want to be cought by police or other authority;

Recognize; that sometimes afther being cought criminals go on the run for the police or other authority;

Observe; that in areas near the border criminals try to flea over the border;

Observe; that afther a criminal is over the borderline, police authorities, which were chasing the criminal, can't do anything;

Observe; that criminals get away from prosecution by crossing the border afther they commited a crime;

Therefore,

Allow; that the chasing police authority may follow the suspect on foreign territory untill the authority with juridiction of that area arrested the suspect;

Therefore,

Strongly Urge; other member states to allow neighbour countries to chase suspects on their soil untill the authority with jurisdiction in that area makes the arrest.

I would think this tries to affect non WA mamebers that border WA members.

Wrong Category.

Also, I fail to see how giving someone a gun gives them "bear arms" - you'd need a costume for that.

Also, I fail to see how giving someone a gun gives them "bear arms" - you'd need a costume for that.

Bear (fire)arms

Bear (fire)arms

Upon re-reading it I have just realized the author, in fact, had the correct wording, which I had misread. (I claim temporary insanity for thinking 'bear' in the sense of right to bear arms was spelled differently) So much for my attempt at humor.

Still a very bad proposal, even ignoring the category violation, as it does not effectively either protect the right to bear arms. (with no definition of 'license', which means nations can restrict it as much as they like or even simply not issue licenses - assuming that he refers to a specific 'gun license' and not a driving license, which is also not specified.)

Democracy First

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.


Category: Furtherment of Democracy


Strength: Mild


Proposed by: Cameiria

Description: Upon passage of this amendment, these points will be adopted for the world assembly:

1)Financial support of foreign democracies over their authoritarian counterparts.
2)The urging of all applying nations to adopt a free form of democracy or to continue the practice of such a system.
3)The declaration that official policy of the world assembly is one that supports furtherment of democracy.
4)Mandates that pressure will be applied to those nations that oppress its people
5)Creation of a commitee to ensure the bountiful spread of democracy and the conversion of oppressive dictatorships to benevolent dictatorships and then to fledgling democracies.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 52 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Wed May 13 2009

Possibly Ideology... possibly strength... not sure redirecting the purpose of the WA and mandating we shake our finger at dictators and no democracies is legal... or mild.

Possibly Ideology... possibly strength... not sure redirecting the purpose of the WA and mandating we shake our finger at dictators and no democracies is legal... or mild.

It also says Amendment. So it's illegal on that.

International Crime Act

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.


Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Bardassia

Description: The World Assembly,
NOTING that the World Assembly has no international policing organisation,

RECOGNISING that international crime is a serious problem, and that those acts passed to prevent international crime rely on national police forces to enforce World Assembly laws,

ACKNOWLEDGING that the nations of the World Assembly have vastly disparate legal systems and laws, and that an international police force to enforce a single set of laws would not be feasible,

FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING that through their membership of the World Assembly the disparate member states all recognise the legality of acts passed by this body,

RESOLVES: that the perpetrators of acts in direct violation of a World Assembly resolution should be punished equally, regardless of nation, and should be caught by an efficient, international organisation

TO THIS END: this resolution authorises:

THE CREATION: of an International Police Force (IPF) with the authority to enter the legal jurisdictions of member states in pursuit of criminals violating World Assembly resolutions, and the authority to return the criminals to an international court for appropriate punishment

THE CREATION: of an International Court of Justice to appropriately punish those individuals and organisations found to be violating World Assembly resolutions

TO BE FUNDED: using money found in the WA General Fund, and money and goods confiscated from convicted criminals

AND AUTHORISES: individual Member States to directly request IPF intervention in such matters

WA Police: ILLEGAL!


On an unrelated note: I made a continuatation thread for this on the new Forum, so people can use that if they want. Link has been given: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=548

On an unrelated note: I made a continuatation thread for this on the new Forum, so people can use that if they want. Link has been given: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=548You don't get to unilaterally decide that. "Silly Proposals" is, more or less, a community thread, so it should be a community decision whether or not to move the thread to the other forum.

You don't get to unilaterally decide that. "Silly Proposals" is, more or less, a community thread, so it should be a community decision whether or not to move the thread to the other forum.

Especially because the new forums are chock full of people too inexperienced to understand what this thread (or this body) is for.

You don't get to unilaterally decide that. "Silly Proposals" is, more or less, a community thread, so it should be a community decision whether or not to move the thread to the other forum.

This is unnecessary; wait until the Jolt forum is exhausted before forking threads between the two forums. It's hard enough keeping track of one.

This is pretty much derailing spam, but I could say the same for moving the Passed Resolutions thread over to NS and deciding to never update the one here again... "wait until the NS forums are official before etc etc".

Anyways. We need to choose one forum or the other; this is just ridiculous and unorganized. Resolutions are popping up on the NS forum, but not here, which means they are receiving a considerably less amount of 'review'; or, vice-versa, if you want to argue it that way. Either way, it's inefficient and annoying.

It may be fine for II and General to use both forums, because those forums are used on a topic-by-topic basis anyways. This forum is used for a single function, so it doesn't work that easily.

:soap:

I agree entirely that the WA forum is the least well-suited to this split. I don't see any reason to give up using Jolt for the moment. But it would be nice to hear from the mods on which thread they will be reading, given one of the main purposes of this thread has become flagging illegal proposals for them.

Well, how about this: We all ignore the one I made in the new forums until the switch over is made, then it gets dug up and we go from there. The primary reason I made it is that the WA page now only redirects to the new WA forum.

To get us back on the topic of this thread.

Category: Repeal


Resolution: #15


Proposed by: Jamesbond0070

Description: WA Resolution #15: Freedom of Marriage Act (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: No one should marry ever muhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The oppisite of the following
The Nations of the World Assembly,

CONVINCED that the union of two persons should be equally protected by the State regardless of gender or sexual orientation,

CONVINCED that it is necessary to adopt worldwide standards for the protection of minorities whenever persons of these minorities decide to share a life together,

DETERMINED to further the rights of persons that have been oppressed and discriminated against for ages,

RESOLVED to provide a legal framework that enhances the social recognition of these minorities,

RECOGNIZING that religious communities have different views and are free to recognize or not such unions,

ADOPT the following resolution:

Article 1 (Object)

(a) This resolution applies to civil contracts regulating the union of two persons and its effects on the common estate and inheritance rights of the participants.

(b) This resolution does not affect the criteria and restrictions in existence for the celebration of rites within religious communities.

Article 2 (Protection of Marriage)

(a) All States shall have the minimum conditions to protect the union of two persons which shall include but are not restricted to provisions regulating the administration of the common estate and the inheritance rights acquired by those entering into such a union.

(b) The protection referred to in the previous section does not automatically confer any rights other than those that the State specifically provides for the protection of the union between two persons.

(c) The provisions of this article shall not be construed to diminish the status, rights or recognition of civil contracts already in existence.

Article 3 (Non-discrimination)

(a) No State shall restrict the right to enter into such unions to persons of a certain sex or sexual orientation, nor shall they require that they be of the same or different sex.

(b) No State shall establish different conditions, requirements or effects to unions of persons of the same or different sex.

(c) No State shall create special categories of contracts with similar goals and effects to those stated in the previous article while imposing any of the restrictions stated in the previous sections.

Votes For: 5,506
Votes Against: 4,393

Implemented: Wed Sep 3 2008 Illegal, plagiarization.

Also spam.

The National Park Act

A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage
Proposed by: New Kansasland

Description: REALIZING the natural and manmade splendour of some sites;

REGRETTING that some of these sites are being destroyed;

ATTEMPTING to preserve the splendour of these sites;

The World Assembly hereby,

1. DECLARES THAT:
A. A nation may declare a certain site of significant natural, architectural, or historical significance a National Park,
B. NO person, company, or group may build on these grounds,
C. NO industry may exploit the natural resources of these sites.

2. FOUNDS the World Assembly Cultural Commission and the World Assembly World Heritage Commitee.

3. CONCLUDES that:
A. ANY National Park that has significant symbolism to the world may be named a World Heritage Site by the world Assembly World Heritage Commitee,
B. As said NO person, company, or group can build or exploit the resources of a National Park.

Wait? How is this Education and Creativity?

I agree entirely that the WA forum is the least well-suited to this split. I don't see any reason to give up using Jolt for the moment. But it would be nice to hear from the mods on which thread they will be reading, given one of the main purposes of this thread has become flagging illegal proposals for them.

I'm reading both forums. I think Sirocco is, too. Haven't you noticed a certain twitchiness in both of us?

Wait? How is this Education and Creativity?Also, it effectively contains the same flaw as its NSUN predeccessor: This clause 1. DECLARES THAT:
A. A nation may declare a certain site of significant natural, architectural, or historical significance a National Park,
B. NO person, company, or group may build on these grounds,
C. NO industry may exploit the natural resources of these sites.doesn't restrict nations to naming sites within their own borders...

New Education For Technology?

A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.


Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: The US of Germany

Description: To The People on NS

SEEING that the Wrold of moving forward with technologly

AND eventually become a technology world using it for EVERYTHING, I hear by propose a new law which will activate 3 days after passed to all WA members. I propose that:

1. a)The WA Nations removes ALL of its subjects in schools.
b)All WA Nations will start the following curriculum.

2. a) The New Curriculum:
The History of (WA Nation Name)
Language (of WA Nation's Lanuage)
Science
Maths
Physical Education (optional)
Information Technologly (ICT E.G. Computers.

This new Curriculum will ensure our futire generations are ready for the new 'technology world' ahead.

Der Fuhrer
Dictator of The US of Germany.

Branding, and horrible spelling.

Also, it effectively contains the same flaw as its NSUN predeccessor: This clause doesn't restrict nations to naming sites within their own borders...

And let us not forget how well that worked (http://www.nswiki.net/index.php?title=World_Heritage_List&oldid=233347).

Outlaw of Gambling

A resolution to legalize or outlaw gambling.


Category: Gambling
Legalize/Outlaw: Outlaw
Proposed by: Taktar

Description: Problem: Gambling buisness owners are cheating, and stealing money from people.


The outlaw of gambling would be helpful to governments, to destroy poverty. People would not become poor; they would keep money instead of gambling it away. People would have more of an incentive to get a job, and poverty would not only level out, but decline.

Expected Effects:

Prevention of corruption. People will not be corrupted and addicted to gambling.

Lower poverty. Citizens will not gamble all money away, and gambling buisness owners will already have money from previous gambling, providing a safety net for them.


Clarification:

No gambling of any sort is aloud.

This includes betting money over who will win a game, playing a game for money, usage of public gameboards that could, in any way, used for gambling.

Usage of gameboards should be privately used, and no money in the game is allowed. Anyone may use card, board, pool, etc., but nothing that is owned by another person may be included in the game.

Punishment:

Anyone caught will be tried, and if found guilty, will be punished to 5 years in jail, and must give back tenfold what was won in gambling to the opponent.

Wait? So this will kill ALL gambiling even gambling between friends in private homes and if yer caught you HAVE to spend 5 years in jail AND pay back tenfold to all your friends if you win? What happens if they can't pay it back? Do they get shot? Burned at the stake? Spend MORE time in jail? In MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION this is just Bloody Stupid, but you all can make your own decision. Also, bad word usage is in here, due to this:

No gambling of any sort is aloud.

Aloud? Last time I checked betting is rather quiet, it's only when you win the 3 million (Dollar) jackpot that people scream for joy.

I've just done a sweep of the proposals queue. Please post any you find after this post to the Silly and Illegal Proposals thread on the beta forum.

You may still post here as well; this thread will still be checked. But please note that the "Debate it in the WA" link now takes posters to the beta forum.