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  Proposal: Universal Laws of Conduct

Posted by: random_factor
08-02-2005, 02:36 PM
Forum: WA Proposal Clinic
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Hi. I was told that this is a good place to get advice and constructive criticism for a proposal. I'm from Futaba Aoi, and my proposal is outlined below.

This is a pretty straightforward resolution covering the basic laws that all countries should have, but often don't.Quote: RECALLING United Nations resolution #26, (The Universal Bill of Rights) wherein all UN citizens are given rights to safety and peace,
BELIEVING that all people everywhere deserve freedom from physical and mental harm wrought upon them by other human beings,
RECOGNISING the need for a universal legal system to ensure that all people may be protected wherever they go within the UN,

THESE UNITED NATIONS HEREBY DECLARE:

DEFINING ?harm? as any injury or infection of a person, except where used as medical treatment,
DEFINING ?damage? as any alteration to an object that leaves it less able to carry out its function, lessened in value, graffitied, or with some other alteration undesirable to its owner,

1. [1] No human being may, by deliberate action, bring, or attempt to bring any human being to harm, [2] nor by deliberate inaction allow the same.
2. No human being may, by deliberate action, cause, or attempt to cause, damage to any property that they do not own, without the full, explicit, informed, uncoerced consent of the owner of said property.
3a. Under section 1, clause 2, those forced to cause harm in order to protect themselves or others are hereby exempted form section 1, clause 1 and section 2, provided that:
  [1] the harm or damage they cause is outweighed by the harm they prevent
  [2] the harm or damage they cause is the absolute minimum necessary
  [3] they cause harm or damage only where absolutely necessary
3b. In cases where an individual disregards a minority in order to protect a majority, no criminal charges may be brought with regards to harm caused to members of said minority.
[/quote]It has been rewritten several times, but it still needs work. I'm also working on a fourth section making it illegal to force people to do something against their will, but it's quite complicated because you need all sorts of exemptions for law enforcement - people don't want to go to prison, but the police are allowed to make them, etc. so if anyone has any ideas for that part I'd be grateful.
Thanks.

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  Miervatian Standard Time

Posted by: Domnonia
08-02-2005, 07:49 AM
Forum: Nations of the IDU
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  Definition Please?

Posted by: Keeslandia
08-02-2005, 04:14 AM
Forum: Fun & Games
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OK, what's a Scribent?

I've searched several dictionaries with no success. Can anyone enlighten me?

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  Freedom of Conscience

Posted by: Mikitivity
08-01-2005, 03:16 AM
Forum: General Assembly Resolutions
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Freedom of Conscience
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Ecopoeia

Description:
We, the United Nations, recognise that freedom of conscience is a fundamental human right that transcends national borders and note with regret that the governments of some member states persecute and commit acts of violence against those who merely express beliefs or thoughts that are not state-approved.

Accordingly, we hereby:

1) DEFINE a ?prisoner of conscience? as a person who is detained or imprisoned, not for use of, nor encouragement to use, violence; not for openly supporting nor recommending hatred for racial, religious, sexual or similar reasons to provoke people to discriminate, or to be hostile or violent; but for their political, religious or other beliefs, or their ethnic origin, gender, sexuality, colour or similarly unjustifiable reasons; and accordingly

INSIST that all member states immediately and unconditionally release any prisoners of conscience they are currently detaining and

PROHIBIT member states from detaining prisoners of conscience in the future.

2) DEFINE a ?disappearance? as an instance when a person has been taken into custody by government authorities or by an armed political group, when this person?s whereabouts and wellbeing are kept secret without the full, informed, uncoerced consent of the individual in question; and accordingly

INSIST that any institution or group holding such an individual to reveal the whereabouts and condition of the ?disappeared? person.

3) CONDEMN extrajudicial executions by governments, killings caused by the unnecessary use of lethal force by law enforcement officials and killings of civilians in direct or indiscriminate attacks by governments or armed political groups.

Votes For: 3,767
Votes Against: 1,466
Voting Ends: Wed Aug 3 2005

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  Establish UNWCC

Posted by: Groot Gouda
07-25-2005, 11:54 AM
Forum: General Assembly Resolutions
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Establish UNWCC

A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Sunteria

Description: The United Nations,

OBSERVING the neglect of the basic Human Right to sanitary water;

NOTING that lack of sanitary water is the leading cause of death in third world countries;

FURTHER NOTING the absence of past resolutions in favor of sanitary water and its accessibility;

IN THE INTEREST OF providing third world regions with sanitary water;

1. ESTABLISHES a new UN funded committee of scientists and engineers, the United Nations Water Cleansing Committee (UNWCC), to use the sewage and waste water pumped in from surrounding areas to create fresh, sanitary water by means of plant life;

2. AUTHORIZES the committee to create artificial oases and reserves which will hold water and use hydroponic plants to cleanse the waste-water of all phosphorous, nitrates, salts, and ammonia which render it unfit for human consumption;

3. BELIEVES WITH SCIENTIFIC MERIT that the water, having been cleansed by these plants, will be sanitary enough for those disadvantaged peoples who previously had limited access to quality water; and

4. SUGGESTS that the establishment of the UNWCC would further human rights and raise the quality of life for millions of people.

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  Misfeasance, Malfeasance & Nonfeasance

Posted by: Keeslandia
07-20-2005, 06:24 PM
Forum: WA Proposal Clinic
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It troubles me to have to bring up the feasances, but it appears to be a topic whose time has come.

Miki (and to others who would like to chime in), does the IDU have any provisions for the removal of a UN Delegate who has not performed their duty? I've combed the archives (a bit) and have not located anything that appears appropriate.

I wish it hadn't come to this, but it appears as though our Vice-Delegate is neglecting the duties of serving as Acting Delegate. As such, the IDU is going unrepresented. If I am mistaken, I apologize and by all means encourage the Vice Delegate to become active.

However, if this nonfeasance is in fact occuring, the situation should not be tolerated. Therefore, I feel I must raise the question of whether or not mechanisms have been put in place to address this sort of situation. If they have not been - we're probably stuck (although we're in a place where we can call an election shortly). If they are, it may be time to explore them.

Any thoughts or advice are appreciated.

Thanks.

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  UN Biological Weapons Ban

Posted by: Mikitivity
07-19-2005, 11:53 PM
Forum: General Assembly Resolutions
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UN Biological Weapons Ban
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.

Category: Global Disarmament
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Reformentia

Description:
NOTING bioweapons are an unpredictable and dangerous weapon to ALL parties in a conflict, combatant and non-combatant alike.

DECLARING ?bioweapons? are contagious biological viruses, bacteria or microbes with the effect of harming, incapacitating, or killing a person upon infection. Alternately, "vaccines" are neutralized forms of bioweapons individually administered to a voluntary subject to stimulate immune response to those bioweapons, and which pose a negligible (less than 0.5%) chance of causing injury beyond the required immune response or death.

DECLARING a "virus" to be a microscopic infective agent with DNA or RNA guiding its actions.

CONVINCED the possession or use of such bioweapons by any UN or NON UN member nation presents an unacceptable risk to the safety of all nations and are unnecessary to national defense.

TAKING NOTE of the need for nations to develop effective defenses against such bioweapons.

HEREBY RESOLVES:

1. The possession, production, trafficking or use (either directly or through proxy) of bioweapons as defined by this resolution is forbidden to all UN member nations.

2. Exception is made to Article 1 for trace amounts of no more than 250mg of any bioweapons required for the purpose of counter-agent research. Such trace amounts it is the responsibility of any nation researching them to keep secured against risk of any infection to anyone. They are to be so secured within a multi-tier (minimum of 2 tier) quarantined building in that nation, and kept under the highest of that nation?s military security.

3. In any circumstances not covered by Article 2: Any bioweapon proscribed as described in this resolution which at any time is in the possession of a member nation or known to be in the possession of its citizenry must be immediately and completely destroyed through a method which incorporates all possible safeguards against any release of the agent.

4. Though being infected is not illegal, if a proscribed agent is present in an infected individual they must undergo immediate isolation and treatment.

5. UN member nations are proscribed from military partnerships of any kind with any nation known to be using, trafficking, producing or in possession of bioweapons which are proscribed as described by this resolution.

STRONGLY URGES:

6. UN member nations to employ trade sanctions or incentives as they see fit to any nation known to be using, trafficking, producing or in possession of bioweapons which are proscribed as described by this resolution, in any circumstances where the application of such sanctions or incentives would represent an effective means to having that nation abandon such bioweapons.

7. UN member nations issue a formal statement of intent that in the event that a nation/nations employs bioweapons against a UN member nation, forces will be committed to the defense of that member nation, and/or reprisals upon the offending nation/nations. The terms and conditions of such a statement to be left to the discretion of each individual member nation.

Voting Ends: Sat Jul 23 2005

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  Mikitivity on NSWiki

Posted by: Mikitivity
07-19-2005, 11:09 PM
Forum: Nations of the IDU
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This thread is where I'll point you to the working NSWiki entries for my country. When I type geographical and international political / cultural issues, I'd love to link to other IDU nations. Please feel free to post in this thread to point me to things from your nation that you feel are appropriate for connections / links! Smile

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  Repeal "National Systems of Tax"

Posted by: Mikitivity
07-14-2005, 09:42 PM
Forum: General Assembly Resolutions
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Repeal "National Systems of Tax"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #105
Proposed by: Powerhungry Chipmunks

Description:
UN Resolution #105: National Systems of Tax (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument:
The United Nations,

APPLAUDING ?National Systems of Tax? for upholding nations? rights to self-determination in the area of tax systems,

RECOGNIZING the short treatment, however, which ?National Systems of Tax? gives some very important, international issues concerning tax systems (such as tariffs and international tax incentives),

NOTING, ESPECIALLY, the resolution author?s willingness and desire to address such issues,

ACKNOWLEDGING, with reluctance, the mechanical need to repeal ?National Systems of Tax? in order to re-address those important international issues and to more adequately secure national rights,

ASSURING member nations of future legislation, which will be more comprehensive and explanatory in scope, more serviceable to member nations in protecting their rights to determining their own tax systems, while more permitting of international determination of international taxation issues:

REPEALS ?National Systems of Tax?.

Voting Ends: Mon Jul 18 2005

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  NASA Briefs

Posted by: Mikitivity
07-13-2005, 05:55 PM
Forum: Fun & Games
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I don't know how many of you knew this, but NASA is about to resume the Space Shuttle Program today:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/

I'm pretty excited!

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