A group of bearded militiamen have recently declared rural Pinkeba a sovereign and independent nation! Yuunli's talk radio pundits demand immediate government action.


The Debate

1. "Gov'mint's not workin' fo' folks 'round here," says Faith Love, a turnip farmer, "We have ourselves a guar-un-teed right to form a gov'mint that works for us. We don't want any confrontation, now, we just want to shake hands and let ya'll get along with yer business while we get along with ours."

2. "I can't believe this!" shouts General Bill Sherman. "This is tantamount to treason! Our political system would collapse if whole territories were allowed to leave at any time. It would be chaos! I propose that you let me take care of the problem...permanently."

3. "Perhaps we can reach a suitable middle ground," says an elderly gentleman resting on a park bench, "If we were to bring government close to the people, and allow them to have a modicum of self-determination, perhaps they wouldn't feel the need to cede. Let's give the local governments more power."

4. "Our last caller made a really good point," says talk radio host Pete Jefferson, "These decent, hard working citizens are clearly being brainwashed by Yuunli Public Radio's prattle. I don't want my tax dollars supporting their agenda. Therefore, the answer is clear: dismantle Yuunli Public Radio."


Following the Constitution of the Republic, any part of the country may secede if this is supported by a strong majority in a referendum. This is the case in the province of Pinkeba (called B?ng?whe in the local dialect).

Thus the Republic of Yuunli has only 16 provinces now, and the Autonomous Community of Chirachi (the continental part of Yuunli) now has 5 neighbors: the Free Land of B?ng?whe, the Interstellar Federation of DataGenesis, the People's Republic of Flankia, the Democratic Federation of Grosseschnauzer, and the Gemeinde of Sober Thought.

N?gus ?nai (Makuz Imai) of the Conservative Party of Yuunli, the former Chairman of the Executive Council of the province, becomes B?ng?whe's first President.

B?ng?whe's new official language is the local dialect of Poirih, which they call Baar?. They decide to keep the Yuunli Dollar as its national currency?at least as long as they don't want a currency of their own?, and to continue participating in the Yuunli Triball Major League. I don't know what happens to the planned freeways through the Tiafn/D?efn Mountains, though...

Repeal "Protection of Dolphins Act"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #106


Proposed by: Omigodtheykilledkenny

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

Argument: WHEREAS, the U.N. Protection of Dolphins Act constitutes an encroachment on national sovereignty, in that it claims jurisdiction over international waters -? restricting the rights of nations who have a presence in said waters, violating treaties and trade pacts between nations respecting said waters, and placing special restrictions on any future such treaties; and

WHEREAS, many member states' economies are heavily reliant on fishing and related industries, and this act severely damages their national economies; and

WHEREAS, it is decidedly outside the jurisdiction of the United Nations to place such precise restrictions on international trade and commerce; and

WHEREAS, dolphins are not an endangered species requiring special protection; and

WHEREAS, the sale and consumption of dolphin meat is prevalent in many cultures, and the Protection of Dolphins Act is culturally insensitive in that regard; and

WHEREAS, the Protection of Dolphins Act does little to advance the central purpose of the United Nations, namely, the promotion of human rights; and

WHEREAS, the provision in the Protection of Dolphins Act, calling specifically for the prevention of "dolphin abuse, in any way that (member states) see fit, provided that no dolphin shall ever be preferred over human lives," is insufficient for the protection of human lives and livelihood:

1. THE U.N. PROTECTION OF DOLPHINS ACT IS HEREBY REPEALED.

And with two major news stories today The Schnauzerlands Times is up and running!

Despite long odds, Sober Thought managed to survive long enough to have over a billion inhabitants. Yeah! :pisang:

Hey guys. My younger brother recently moved in with me, so as to begin his career playing college football, and as a Kinesiology student. Unfortunately, 2 days ago, during practice, he broke his Tibia...or shin bone. His scholarship is now up in the air, and his mobility has been reduced to little more than pulling himself across the floor.

So, anything that I have tentatively planned, or been discussing on these boards, and the NS world in general will be on hold for a few weeks.

See you soon.

Okay, after the sports thread, here's my proposal:

All those interested in a sports tournament can report here. If we have a reasonable amount of nations, we can start the IDU Football Championships. The nations will be divided into groups. Depending on the amount of groups, the top X will continue into the next round, all the way to the final.

I will use the benelux football tournament system, which determined the scores by ranking. You take the worldwide rankings of each nation, and strip the rankings so that both rankings have the same amount of numbers. (so if one is 134.946th, and the other 58.238th, you strip the 1 so both are 5 digits). Then, each digit is compared to the one of the other. The highest one gets a goal. If the scores draw, none gets a goal.

So, in our example:
34946 = 0 0 1 1 0 = 2
58238 = 1 1 0 0 1 = 3

so the final score is 2-3.

Points in the groups are as usual: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.

The PRoGG will host the tournament to save on flying trips accoss the IDU.

Update: We will play with national teams, not club teams!.

Participating nations:
Malabra
Antrium
Keeslandia
Mikitivity
Grosseschnauzer
Adam Island
DataGenesis
Lloegr-Cymru
Lawtonia
Wondervolle
Groot Gouda
Isles of Koster

:wave:

UN Slum Act
Social Justice, mild

The NationStates UN,

ALARMED by the international growth of slums and the number of people living in slums,

NOTING WITH REGRET that a high proportion of slum inhabitants is living below the poverty line,

ACKNOWLEDGING that it will cost extremely large amounts of money to get rid of slums and provide proper housing to the inhabitants,

REALIZING that the nations with large slum areas usually lack fincancial means to tackle the problem,

EMPHASIZING that with relatively low-cost solutions, slums can be reduced,

1. URGES all UN member nations to contribute to reducing slums, either their own or by reserving financial or organisational aid for countries that need help in reducing slums,

2. NOTES that the slum inhabitants have to be made responsible for their own living area, and that governments or organisations active in slum redevelopment should incorporate community efforts,

3. SUGGESTS as possible solutions: building roads, providing fresh running water and electricity, building schools and founding work agencies to get the inhabitants to work in the formal instead of the informal economy,

4. DECLARES adequate shelter to be a fundamental right of all UN citizens.

Freedom of Science
Human rights, strong

The NationStates United Nations,

RECALLING the passing of Resolution #2: Scientific Freedom,

NOTING WITH REGRET the lack of concrete protection this resolutions provides for scientists,

ALSO NOTING that this resolution poorly defines science and scientists worthy of protection,

CONSIDERING the advantages of greater scientific freedom, such as economic prosperity, but also greater insight in how the world works, as well as possible advances in medical science,

ACKNOWLEDGING the value of religion, which however should be clearly seperate from science,

1. AFFIRMS the Freedom of Science as a fundamental right accross UN member nations,

2. DEFINES science as the system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific methods, i.e. methodically trying to falsify hypotheses based on objective experimenting which can be reproduced,

3. MANDATES that no scientist may be persecuted for conducting scientific research, publishing scientific research or reading scientific publications,

4. EXEMPTS from general UN protection from clause 3 scientific research that:
a. is acquired through methods that violate human or animal rights according to UN or national legislation;
b. is aimed at warfare or otherwise damaging persons or animals;
c. depends on "divine beings" as explanations for phenomena;

but leaves it up to individual member nations to deal with these sciences.

5. EXPRESSES ITS HOPE that through science, the lives of UN citizens will improve in the centuries to come.

With great grief I announce that the former Queen Meinara, monarch of Baranxtu from 1962-1992 and mother of our present king, Ateni, has passed away today.

The Most Serene Republic of Baranxtu's official period of grieving will last two weeks; the funeral of Her Royal Majesty has been scheduled for coming Friday, August 26th.
The republic invites all prime ministers, presidents, chancellors, monarchs and other heads of state from the IDU to her funeral, which is to be held in the capital.

The Malabrian Times, Malabra's first national newspaper, is now online. It contains topics regarding anything from sports to the IDU. It is free for viewers online and is located at: http://www.malabriantimes.blogspot.com . This is the English version. We hope IDU members will check it out.