Quote: Repeal "Legalise Euthanasia"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #43


Proposed by: Pro-Sovereignty Babes

Description: UN Resolution #43: Legalise Euthanasia (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: RECOGNIZES that the issue of Euthanasia is a difficult issue in which good people may, and often do, disagree.

ARGUES that euthanasia proposes to eliminate suffering by eliminating the one who suffers. Euthanasia violates the principle that each human being has intrinsic dignity and value, regardless of age, physical or mental condition, or state of dependency.

ACKNOWLEDGES this repeal will not prohibit Euthanasia in any nation, but permit it to be a daily issue in which a nation may decide this issue for themselves.

RECALLS Resolution #147 "Abortion Legality Convention" in which the controverial issue of abortion was taken out of the jurisdiction of the United Nations and returned to nations to decide. Euthanasia is a similar issue that should not have the world body mandate how every nation should believe.

FURTHER ARGUES The United Nations should be able to welcome nations that have differing opinions on controversial issues such as this one. The original vote on this resolution was 10,810 (for) to 10,031 (against). Such an obviously divisive issue should not be mandated upon nations one way or the other. Resolution #43 does exactly that.

REPEALS Resolution #43 "Legalize Euthanasia"[/quote]

Quote: 
Repeal "Replanting Trees"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #23
Proposed by: Adolf Barham

Description: UN Resolution #23: Replanting Trees (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The United Nations,

UNDERSTANDING the good environmental intentions of resolution #23, "Replanting Trees,"

EMPHASISING that this repeal is not an attempt to make it easier for companies to deforest trees wantonly,

NOTING that trees are measured by a numbered count and not in acres making the proposal very vague and ineffectual,

FURTHERMORE NOTING that it only states that the responsibility of replanting the trees is held by the person or the enterprise who cut them down and makes no obligation for the individual or the enterprise to ensure that the replanted trees are able to grow and that there is no power to enforce that the trees are able to grow,

CONSIDERING that there may not be ample land to replant the required amount of trees available,

ALSO CONSIDERING that no reason is given as to why the trees should be replanted and that all this resolution achieves is wasting the money of each nation,

NOTING that the resolution makes no allowances for any trees cut prior to the resolution passing,

CONSIDERING that, under this resolution, it is possible to cut down small batches of trees numbering below five acres and not replant, thereby rendering the resolution virtually useless,

STATING that the resolution makes no allowances for different varieties or types of trees grown, thus allowing companies to destroy biodiversity,

NOTING that no allowances are given for the deforested area to recoup in certain nutrients after the deforestation,

DEEMING Resolution #23 to be an ineffectual and inconsiderate resolution which fails to accomplish its goals,

REPEALS Resolution #23: Replanting Trees.

Co-Authored by: Jey[/quote]

Vote will be cast on Wed/Thur.

This is all the information i have right now, if there's something you think i should add, or any thing else you need to tell me, feel free

Leader (President)-Mr. Nikesh Jani (Also Leads all communications within the IDU, as they do not fall within "foreign" or "internal")

(Cabinet Members) Led By Internal Affairs Minister- J.Maya
Foreign Affairs- Mr. Y. Boreanez
Department of Education- Madam. Alexis French
Department of Security- General Carson D. Gunn(male)
Department of the Arts and Culture- Ms. Mina Liberty
Head Economic Minister- Mrs. P.F. Platter
Department of Social Equality- Mr. Walter Dunisof
Department of Health- Doctor K.L. Anderson

Head of The Lower Departments- Mr. David Sparkler

My aims for this term is for better social equality and well educated citizens, along with a better security system

Cabinet Reshuffle is going to be on the 1st of July 2006

Capital City is the twin city of Vampyro(very original), The city lies on the blood river, going from north-east to South-west, With the New Vampyro District (a bit like RL Midtown/Downtown Manhattan, NYC) on the eastern side of the river, and Old Vampyro (close resemblance to RL Uptown Manhattan and Bronx) on the West, with the palace of the president on Governers Island in the middle of the river, along with most other government buildings (a kind of scaled up Ellis Island type place)

The Flag-
The Flag of Vampyro has symbolises a few things- the red in the background symbolises the passion of the people and their strong culture and beliefs, while the black, another strong colour, symbolises the strength of the government- working WITH the people. The eye in the center is there to symbolise the all-seeing omnipotent and omnipresent government- watching the people incase they do anything out of line. The falg will be changed every couple of months.

I was looking through Wikipedia articles, and came to the article for Chicago. I saw that it had a large list of "sister cities." I read more about them, and thought it might be something interesting to implement here.

Article here: click me.
The IDUSCP page: click me.

What it is is basically two cities agree to be "sister cities", which would promote cultural understanding, stimulate economic development, and encourage conducting long-term programs of mutual benefit.

We could do this inside the region, or with nations outside the region. (Perhaps in allied regions...see I can tie this into my Foreign Minister position! ) I just thought it would be something nice to have to add to wikis really. Who doesn't want more for the wikis?

Opinions please

Quote: UN Security Act 1

Category: International Security
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: F-Carthage III

Description: NOTES THAT

CONCERNED BECAUSE many nations crime rates are alarmingly high

CONSIDERING that crime causes a sense of fear in many nations and works against both dictatorships and democracies alike.

BELIEVING that many governments are the cause of some of the crime, intentionally or not.

ACKNOWLEDGES that other steps aside from the ones stated in this proposal must be taken

URGES NATIONS TO

put a stop to this lawlessness by increasing funding to police forces and education.

spend more then amount required in this proposal.

APPROVING of Proposal 57 Reduce Black Market Arms Sales


PROPOSES TO

INCREASE funding to police forces and education

DEFINE crime as any act against the law in any individual UN member nation. Or something strictly against any UN proposal.

CREATE the UNSI (United Nations Security Inspectors) to aid the nations who can not control their crime levels but wish to.

EMPHASIZES that the UNSI will determine whether crime rates in all UN member nations are nonexistent, low, moderate, high or alarmingly high and will only help any nation who requests help and has a moderate to large crime rate

STATES that the UNSI will help the nation who has requested help regarding their crime rates by doing one or more of the following things:

1. Providing a teacher to help improve the skills of the police force
2. Suggesting many hints or tips as to how to prevent crime (these hints would be made by the UNSI)
3. Help to create an advertising campaign against crime
4. Possibly suggesting punishments that would deter criminals from breaking the law

BELIEVES that this proposal will make the world a safer place

Co-Authored by Adolf Barham[/quote]

Quote: Developed Economic Advancement

A resolution to develop industry around the world.


Category: Advancement of Industry


Area of Effect: Protective Tariffs


Proposed by: Belarum

Description: General Assembly of the United Nations,

REFFERRING to Section I of Resolution #49 (Rights and Duties of UN States) in order to better illustrate this resolution,

DISTURBED by the many UN nations which have overlooked and directly circumvented the authority of previous UN legislation through a recent increase in free trade initiatives,

FURTHER DISTURBED by the adverse effects of free trade in a many number of UN nations, which includes the exploitation of labor in many underdeveloped nations, the crippling of smaller businesses which cannot compete with multinational corporations with access to cheap labor in poorer nations, and massive job loss in developed nations, which has been proven to lead to increased rates of crime, poverty, and drug abuse,

DETERMINED, through this resolution, to enact legislation which can lend a helping hand to those displaced through free trade and outline an effective plan to advance the economies of individual nations,

MANDATES the following:

1) All UN nations have the authority to enact protective tariffs on foreign goods and services in order to protect their labor forces and industries, given these tariffs are not forbidden by any previous UN legislation;

2) All UN nations have the authority to enact embargoes on foreign goods and services in order to protect their labor forces and industries, or as a means of protesting the acts of nations, given these embargoes are not forbidden by any previous UN legislation;

3) All UN nations have the authority to set their own taxation policies on all foreign goods and services entering their nation, given these taxation policies are not forbidden by any previous UN legislation.

AFFIRMING that the option to trade freely with another nation should be left to the discretion of each nation engaged or desiring to engage in such actions, and that this legislation may be invoked by individual nations which seek not to participate in future UN free trade initiatives,

ENCOURAGING the practice of ?fair trade?, which is defined as an equitable and fair relationship between the marketers in one nation to the producers in another, actively working to provide the labor of producer nations with livable wages, hours, benefits, and opportunities for advancement,

HEREBY enacts Developed Economic Advancement.

Co-authored by Tarmsden[/quote]

If you would like to know, this resolution goes up to vote and either passes or fails after Rights of the Disabled. I hope someone or a few people can post here with their opinions. I wonder when the next time someone repeals something will be. It would be interesting to have a repeal, or even just another resolution. I'll have you know Yelda's trying to do a repeal of ALC. It would be a vicious debate, one I wouldn't want to get into myself if that gets to queue.

Quote: Rights of the Disabled

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Tarmsden

Description: The United Nations, noting that...

1) Disability is defined, for the purpose of this resolution, as a mental or physical impairment that has an adverse effect on one?s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities as long as the adverse effect is substantial and the adverse effect is long-term (meaning it has lasted for at least 12 months, or is likely to last for more than 12 months or for the rest of one?s life);

2) People with physical, mental and developmental disabilities should be fully entitled to participate fully in all societies and should be guaranteed full and equal rights;

Hereby MANDATES that:

1) All disabled persons shall be free from all forms of negative discrimination in institutions open to the public on the basis of their being disabled, except in cases where said discrimination is strictly necessary due to the nature of the disability;

2) All disabled persons shall have the right to an education comparable to that of their non-disabled peers, the exception being where limitations require a special education program that can teach necessary life skills;

3) All disabled persons shall have the right to be as independent as possible given the nature of their disability, including independent living, community-based living or group homes that provide a sense of dignity to the person with a disability;

4) All public buildings shall make a reasonable effort to provide access to their facilities for people with disabilities;

5) All disabled persons shall have access to relevant health care and assistive technology that could increase their independence and productivity, including accessible voting technology and workplace technology where applicable;

6) The UN Commission on Access for the Disabled (UNCAD) shall be created, consisting of medical professional, disability activists and other appropriate experts as determined by the UN, to make recommendations and information available regarding the disabled and integration of the disabled into society available to nations, organizations and individuals that request it, as well as to enforce the provisions of this proposal.

This proposal shall not be construed in any way to deny disabled persons access to any additional services provided by individual nations to them, nor shall it be construed to excessively disregard cultures, traditions or economic viability in the nations of the UN.[/quote]

Quote: Patients Rights Act

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Yeldan UN Mission

Description: NOTING that a healthy population is a more productive population and the better the overall health of citizens, the better a nation?s economy can thrive;

BELIEVING that all persons have the right to participate in the assessment of their needs, the development of their treatment plans and to receive information concerning their condition and treatment;

ASSERTING that medical professionals must be able to provide these services without government interference in the doctor/patient relationship or corruption;

FURTHER ASSERTING that patients have the right to expect confidential treatment of all communications and records about their care and the right to receive information concerning their condition and treatment;

The General Assembly of the United Nations declares that:

(I) Decisions concerning medical treatment, medical procedures and treatment options shall rest with the patient and his or her attending physician.

(II) All citizens of all UN member nations have the right to undergo any medical procedure, except where previous legislation by this body that is still in effect has granted them immunity from giving such rights.

(III) Patients may refuse treatment and such refusal shall be verbal or in writing provided that such refusal does not endanger the health of others.
(i) A physician may give emergency medical treatment without the patient?s consent if, because of the emergency circumstances, including the patient?s physical or mental state, it is not possible to obtain his consent.

(IV) Patients have the right to be given full and accurate information about the nature of their illnesses, diagnostic procedures, the proposed treatment and the costs involved.

(V) Patients have the right to know by name the persons directly and personally involved in their care.

(VI) Consultations between patients and physicians shall be held in the strictest confidentiality and shall not be made available to any third party without the consent of the patient.

(VII) Personal medical records and the contents of such records shall not be made available to any third party without the consent of the patient.

(VIII) No medical facility or physician shall discriminate between patients on grounds of religion, race, sex, nationality, country of birth, or other such grounds.

(IX) For the purposes of this legislation, "patient" may also refer to a legal guardian if the patient is under the age of 16, or is an adult unable to understand his or her rights under this Act.

(X) In cases involving adult conjoined twins who are both capable of exercising their rights under this act, acceptance or refusal of treatment shall be required of each twin. In cases involving minor conjoined twins or in instances where one or both twins are incapable of giving consent, decisions shall rest with the guardian or physician as per Articles III(i) and IX.

Co-Authored by: Waterana[/quote]
Like usual, I'm not going to vote except to break a tie, but I'd like to point out that this prevents law enforcement personnel from accessing medical records for forensic purposes.

My vote will be cast in accordance with the region's on Tuesday.

Title: Would You Like Hot Lead with That?

Description: The Daily @@TYPE@@ newspaper reports that another pizza delivery driver was assaulted and robbed on the job yesterday, the tenth such attack in recent weeks. Public sympathy is with the pizza drivers, mainly because lazy people don't want to have to pick up their own pizzas.

Validity: Valid for major industry Pizza Delivery

[option]@@RANDOMNAME@@ -- chief extortion officer of The Pizza Delivery, Ice Cream Vendor and Roasted Chestnut Workers Union of @@NAME@@ -- wants you to give his comrades in arms real firearms. "We would welcome your support in this matter, and we assure you that the pizza, ice cream and chestnut community won't forget what you do at election time."
[effect] residents live in fear of armed delivery people
[stats]economy [not economic rights] declines, personal rights increase, political rights increase, Pizza Industry declines
[option]"That's ridiculous," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, spokesperson for the Pizza, Submarine and Burger Joints Association. "How could we continue to pay our employees as little as we do if they've got guns? How many customers would call if a gun-toting pizza guy was at the door? Instead you should make all deliveries payable by credit card or electronic payment only. Sure it might take a surcharge of say of 10%, but it is a small price to pay for safety and pizzas."
[effect] couch potatoes grumble about 'service' or 'handling' fees when they order out
[stats]economic freedom decreases, economy increases, Law&Order increases, Pizza Industry strengthens
[option]"I don't wanna to face neither no gun barrel or more fees," says a semi-articulate thirtysomething living in his parents' basement who uses the screen name "RelaxoMan. "Why don't the gummint like, subsidiary pizza? If I ain't got my double @@ANIMAL@@-topping pizza, the gummint is being just like them Nasties!"
[effect] waistlines expand and pay packets contract as the government pays for all fast food
[stats]general economy declines, Pizza Delivery increases, Health decreases
[option]Health Minister @@RANDOMNAME@@ gives you the brightest smile you've ever seen. "I've been trying to get people off fast food for ages. Let's ban pizza delivery on public safety grounds, crack down on public health code violations and put 'quick service' restaurants out of business for good. Think of the money we'll save on health care! Sure people might not like it in the beginning, but no longterm gain without shortterm pain, right?"
[effect] fast walking has replaced fast food as the most popular pastime
[stats]Pizza Delivery disappears as Major Industry, economy as a whole remains stable, economic freedom declines, personal freedom declines, Health increases

Navy Officers

L-R: Admiral, Captain (N), Commander, Lt (N), Sub-Lt

L-R: white summer dress, blue winter dress, blue duty, blue winter dress, blue duty