Quote: Global Food Distribution Act

A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Category: Free Trade

Strength: Strong

Proposed by: Yeldan UN Mission

Description: The General Assembly of the United Nations,

RECOGNIZING the role of proper nutrition in maintaining the physical and psychological well-being of all persons;

FURTHER RECOGNIZING the importance of proper nutrition in the growth and development of children;

NOTING the need of all peoples to have adequate supplies of good quality, healthy food;

DEFINES "food" as the appropriate and healthy substance(s) that a person uses or can use as a primary source of energy.

HEREBY

1. ENCOURAGES the sale and/or transfer of food products between UN nations;

2. ENCOURAGES all nations to institute health and nutritional education programs within their school systems;

3. REQUIRES the gradual reduction, in stages, of all protectionist mechanisms in the trade of food including, but not limited to, Tariffs, Duties, Farm Subsidies and Subventions. Exception will be made for protectionist mechanisms which are based upon legitimate Religious, Cultural, Medical, or Ecological concerns;

4. ESTABLISHES the following schedule for reducing protectionist mechanisms:

Years 1 thru 6: 36% cut over six years (6% per year)
Years 7 thru 11: 50% cut over five years (10% per year)
Year 12: 14% cut (total elimination of protectionist mechanisms)

5. EMPHASIZES that UN member nations reserve the right to employ retaliatory tariffs towards non-UN nations to prevent price dumping;

6. ESTABLISHES the United Nations Free Trade Commission (UNFTC) to arbitrate trade disputes and pass rulings on exceptions claimed under Article 3;

7. ENCOURAGES STRONGLY the removal of all sales taxes levied on food;

8. CALLS UPON UN member nations to, except in cases where private entities already conduct such research, advance research into new and improved methods of food production and distribution as a priority within their research budgets insofar as is necessary and possible given their circumstance(s).

Voting Ends: Wed Nov 16 2005 [/quote]

Just a quick message to tell you that I have been invited in and accepted as a member of the UN Old Guard.

Antrium celebrates the birth of its 1 billionth citizen today!

Here is the Antrium Beacon-Times Online article:
http://antriumbt.blogspot.com/2005/11/1-bi...tizen-born.html

Quote: Repeal "Fossil Fuel Reduction Act"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal

Resolution: #126

Proposed by: Omigodtheykilledkenny

Description: UN Resolution #126: Fossil Fuel Reduction Act (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: UNDERSTANDING the need for effective legislation to promote clean and renewable energy alternatives and accelerate their development;

EMPHASIZING that such legislation should be sensitive to economic factors and circumstances, especially where small and developing nations are concerned;

ACKNOWLEDGING that Resolution #126: Fossil Fuel Reduction Act fails on this point;

RECOGNIZING that a mandate for a 2-percent annual reduction in fossil-fuel emissions based on a flat ?ceiling consumption rate? does not take into account the rapid growth of nations over time, and thus requires nations to cut emissions by much more than 2 percent each year;

REGRETTING that small and developing nations will be forced to bear the brunt of this mandate and withstand the most damage to their national economies, as their populations grow at a relatively faster rate, and they may not yet be equipped with the resources necessary for such a dramatic shift in energy supply;

CONCERNED that the ?time extensions? authorized under this act cover only catastrophic circumstances (specifically natural disasters, war and ?severe economic depression?) and may not allow nations to apply for extensions based on less severe economic or political conditions, such as domestic political turmoil, recessions or significant economic strain; and

TROUBLED by this act?s authorization of trade sanctions on noncompliant nations, which would force some governments to take drastic measures -- including imposing hefty new taxes on businesses and private citizens, placing severe new restrictions on private enterprise, and even seizing businesses and shutting down their factories if nationwide emission rates are not decelerating fast enough -- in order to come into compliance on schedule and avoid punitive sanctions,

The United Nations hereby REPEALS Resolution #126: Fossil Fuel Reduction Act.

Voting Ends: Fri Nov 4 2005 [/quote]

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted, but I've had a lot going on the last two days.
I will post the region's vote on late, late Thursday, since I don't know when on Monday this vote was opened.

Quote: Repeal "Protection of Dolphins Act"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #106


Proposed by: Yeldan UN Mission

Description: UN Resolution #106: Protection of Dolphins Act (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: 1): COMMENDING the goals of United Nations Resolution #106, Protection of Dolphins Act;

2): NOTING the passage of United Nations Resolution #119, UNCoESB;

3): FURTHER NOTING article 7 of UNCoESB which bans all hunting of endangered species, in addition to other provisions which ensure the survival of endangered species;

4): CONVINCED that Resolution #106 is rendered redundant by the protections provided in Resolution #119;

5): BELIEVING that the removal of unnecessary legislation is in the best interests of the member nations of the UN;

6): HEREBY repeals United Nations Resolution #106, Protection of Dolphins Act.

Voting Ends: Sun Oct 30 2005 [/quote]

I don't know why, but today I decided to write another proposal...so here are my ideas so far:

Prevention of H5N1 Epidemic
I'm sure most of you have heard about the H5N1 avian flu that is currently in Vietnam and other southeast Asian countries. Some ideas I came up with are:
-The creation of a UN Health Organization that would have the power to quarantine an area if there was a threat of spreading the flu
-Encouraging donations of Oseltamivir (the drug that is thought to prevent H5N1) to countries that are affected but cannot afford it
-Checking poultry for the flu regularly

If you think this would make a good proposal, I will do some more research and write a draft for it. If not, I came up with a back up plan

Ban Chemical Weapons replacement
There has not been a replacement for Ban Chemical Weapons since it was repealed. Basically, all that would have to be done is to re-word the same points the original covered, and add that pepper spray, insecticide, and others would be excluded.

Tell me if you have suggestions, comments, ideas, etc., or have an opinion on which one to write. (I dont want to write both, the one I don't use can be written by someone else.)

In the category Best Foreign Movie, the nominees were:

• Dawn of Ketchup (Adam Island)
  
  
• To Dreams of Toys (Mikitivity)
  
  
• Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine (Domnonia)
  
  
• Over the Moon (Groot Gouda)
  
  
• Salvation (Grosseschnauzer)
  
  
• Stolen Dreams (Lloegr-Cymru)
  
  

Quote: Representation in Taxation

A resolution to increase democratic freedoms.

Category: The Furtherment of Democracy

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Powerhungry Chipmunks

Description: The General Assembly of the United Nations

RECOGNIZING the diversity of individual nations? peoples, cultures, political leanings, governmental systems, and economic situations, and the fundamental need for each person or group of people being able to express those unique characteristics,

SUPPORTING the view of many that democracy and its precepts (fair representation, and political license among them) can both address and categorize these disparate situations, attitudes, and lives more justly than any other system of government,

ASSERTING that substantially fairer representation and greater political license (prerequisites to democracy) accompanies ?local governance? (that those most closely involved with and knowledgeable of an issue address it), except on issues in which overarching, external intervention is necessary,

BELIEVING as impossible for an individual citizen in a member nation to receive a fair form of representation in taxation legislation made on a UN level,

DETERMINING, in the interest of fair representation and greater democratic freedoms, that taxation of national, domestic activities and products is best dealt with, at highest, by national government:

1.FIRMLY ENCOURAGES member nations to allow citizens the highest degrees of representation regarding the taxes incurred upon them, SUGGESTING each member nation and citizens in that nation regularly and soberly scrutinize their respective taxation system, specifically to understand its effects on economic liberty and social equality, and its general service to nations? peoples;

2.DECLARES and PROTECTS, as inviolable rights of nations:
( a ) imposing or not imposing of taxes or fees on domestic activities, items, and businesses within their national boundaries, and
( b ) the determination of rate, general type (progressive, flat, etc.) and specific application of such taxes (who/what is and is not taxed);

3.DEFINES ?taxes or fees on domestic activities, items, and businesses? as including, but not limited to:
( a ) fees for national postal service, copy fees for national documents, and admissions for national parks or natural recreation activities, as well as tolls for roads within a member nations borders,
( b ) taxes imposed upon businesses which engage in strictly intra-national trade, and taxes imposed on items and services which are made and sold strictly within a member nation, and
( c ) taxes placed upon (or tax credits awarded) farmers which sell their crops strictly within the nation and taxes placed upon (or tax credits awarded) government workers;

4.ALLOWS that member nations may voluntarily relinquish all or part of their rights to determining their taxation systems to local, region, and international groups (such as an international economic alliance) if a member nation so decides;

5.URGES that nations use this right to tax their peoples with responsibility, and, most importantly, with consent and approval from the people who are taxed, NOTING that unjust governments are often punished economically, politically, and militarily by other governments as well as by those whom they oppress.

Voting Ends: Tue Oct 25 2005 [/quote]

I anticipate casting the region's vote sometime on Monday.

Hi all,

I am considering drafting up a resolution that will institute a free trade zone among UN member states for the automobile industry. Automobile industry jobs provide well-paying positions with plenty of opportunities in the engineering, art design, marketing, and professional fields. In the NS context, it will hopefully provide a boost to each nation's respective Automobile Manufacturing industries and boost the wavering economies of many nations that have an overreliance on regulation and protectionism.

I hope to achieve from this resolution a competitive advantage for the 30,000 or so UN member states, one such that it will entice non-UN nations to join this world body. As you know, I am trying to refocus the UN, among other things, to better facilitate international cooperation. In the absence of a WTO-like body in NS, I am hoping to utilize the UN to this end.

Questions? Comments? Will this run afoul of game mechanics?

Steve Perry
President

OK, you might have noticed I have left the IDU, and sent a colony (South Antrium) in my place.

This is because of a crisis in my first region of Iowa. There has been an invasion and now Abyss, who we have an embassy with, has stepped in to help. I need to return to the delegate position in Iowa for a while, to eject the invaders and to get things back to normal. I will continue to be active on these forums, and will continue to assist with Immigration duties. I will try to send Antrium back as soon as I can, but I do not know what will happen with Iowa in the future.

Invasions just suck.

Be back soon (hopefully)
Antrium