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The schnauzervolk nations plunged into a period of official mourning over night following the announcement from the Chancellor of Grosseschnauzer that the beloved traditional head of state, Kinderlieb the Second, had passes away following a gallant fight against cancer.
Lieben, as she was affectionately called, was the fifth generation to sit on the traditional schnauzervolk throne; her daughter, Edelweiss the Second has succeeded to the throne.
All government offices in the schnauzervolk nations, as well as many public facilities and businesses will remain closed until the state memorial services in all of the schnauzervolk nations have been completed.

Hi, I used to have an account in your old forum. I'm not sure if I hould re-register here, so apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place or breached protocol.

Anyway, I'm here soliciting feedback on a proposal I've drafted and am hoping to submit to the UN early in June. I've already canvassed the Celdonian Diplomatic Quarter (home of the AntiCapitalist Alliance, Coalition of AntiCapitalist Economies and the International Fair Trade Agreement) and the UN Old Guard for opinions but thought I'd try the IDU as well, given your region's interest in UN affairs.

So, here's the proposal:

Quote: Freedom of Conscience Act

Category: Human Rights; Category: Strong

We, the United Nations, having in past resolutions affirmed our respect for human rights that transcend national borders, do hereby

1) DEFINE a ?prisoner of conscience? as a person who has not used, or encouraged the use of, violence; has not openly supported or recommended hatred for racial, religious or similar reasons to provoke people to discriminate, or to be hostile or violent; is detained or imprisoned because of their political, religious or other beliefs, or their ethnic origin, sex, colour or similar reasons; and accordingly

MANDATE that all member states immediately and unconditionally release any prisoners of conscience they are currently detaining and pledge not to detain such persons in the future

2) DEFINE a ?disappearance? as a person who has been taken into custody by government authorities or by armed political groups, but whose whereabouts and fate is kept secret; and accordingly

MANDATE that any institution or group holding such an individual reveal the fate and whereabouts of the ?disappeared?

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

4) DEFINE a ?political prisoner? as a person whose imprisonment is politically motivated, specifically that they are or were a member of a forbidden political party, or have been involved in armed struggle against the government, or have been a victim of other kinds of systematic discrimination based on sex, race or other reasons, who is not a member of the national armed forces of a nation that the imprisoning nation is officially at war with; and accordingly

CALL FOR all political prisoners to be charged and tried fairly as soon as possible or be released

5) CONFIRM this institution's opposition to torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatments and punishments.

CODA: terms such as ?fair trial? are to be interpreted in the letter and spirit of the previous resolutions that specifically address them.[/quote]
Feel free to comment. Thanks very much for your time.
Eco

Greetings,

I received this proposal from a representative from Nederland with a request for comments. I'll give you lot a chance to look at it as well, I'll send the comments back to the nation who sent it to us.

Quote: Resolution name: Higher Education Act
Category: Social Justice

The Democratic Republic of Tycholand,

REALIZING, with regret, that many poorer teenagers and adolescents cannot pay for higher education,

NOTING that many rich nations fail to support poorer people/students to follow education,

AWARE that many teenagers and adolescents want to attend higher education,

ALSO aware that many students have to work to finance their study,

Calls for the implementation of the ?Higher Education Act? whereby all UN nations are:

- REQUIRED to finance at least 35% of higher education costs for students,
- DEFINES higher education as all education above secondary level (example: above American High School) such as colleges and universities.
- REQUIRED to give students a loan when asked whereby:
1. There will be a maximum interest-rate of 0,25%
2. The interest-payments will start after the study: the student does not have to pay interest during the study and does not have to pay the interest for those ?study-years? afterwards,
- REQUIRED on governments to always properly finance higher education. [/quote]

Computer Crimes Act

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


Category: International Security


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Gwenstefani

Description: Computer Crimes Act

NOTING the increasing trend for computer networks to be interconnected and to transcend national borders;

AWARE that the vast majority of businesses and most national and international economies rely on these systems and the information contained within;

ALERT to the dangers of allowing such a vital and grand-scale system to remain unprotected by international law; dangers which could cause massive economic, and other, damage to individuals, corporations and states alike through the damage or theft of computer systems or the information contained therein;

PROHIBITS the following practices:

1) The use, spread, and creation without proper safety precautions*, of computer viruses and other similar malicious programs including worms, Trojans, or any other program which damages, or otherwise adversely affects, computer systems; or destroys, damages, manipulates or steals information without authorisation. This excludes security specialists in their attempts to find new ways of defending against viruses, so long as they are creating and using such programs solely for that purpose, and do not use them without the authorisation of the owners of the computer system. They still may not spread them, and they must use proper safety precautions* (*to prevent spread and/or direct damage to computer systems or data in them without the express permission of the owners).

2) Computer hacking, defined as the intentional unauthorised access to, or unauthorised use, theft, manipulation or damage of information stored electronically.

3) Identity theft, defined as any unauthorised attempt to use or steal elements pertaining to another individual?s identity, including credit card details.

MANDATES that any business, organisation (either governmental or non-governmental) must take security measures to protect any confidential data contained in them, especially that data that pertains to information about their customers or members of the public. Such measures may include, but are not limited to, password protection of systems, data encryption, firewall installation, and virus scanning software, etc.

URGES all UN nations to implement security measures or legislation to protect these computer networks and the information contained on them through the promotion of, and education on, such measures, including encryption, password protection, firewalls, virus scanning software, and the use of secure operating systems, etc.

ENCOURAGES international cooperation between national law enforcement agencies, as well as the voluntary co-operation of the computer and Internet industry, in an attempt to reduce computer crime and improve the security of global computer networks and systems

ESTABLISHES the International Computer Security Institute (ICSI) whose tasks shall be to:

1) monitor international computer crime and work with law enforcement agencies to prevent it

2) promote and encourage the development of new security systems to help prevent computer crime

3) create and co-ordinate education programmes on computer crime prevention

and which shall be funded by voluntary donations by states, organisations, businesses or individuals.





Groot Gouda's position: Undecided

Hi. I am Taylor Carlson. I recently completed a degree in Sociology, and am now studying Law at the University of Saskatchewan.

As you are aware, most Daily UN Reports are being copied (at least, the top 10) to the Regional Bureau of Statistics. To make things easier, a little script I made will now fetch the Top 20 on a daily basis, including NS-wide rankings for numbers 1, 10 and 20, and the total number of nations.

It's always here: http://www.klijmij.net/~michel/IDU/unreport.txt
And yesterday's report at http://www.klijmij.net/~michel/IDU/unrep...terday.txt

Occasionaly, the national leaders like to hang out...in the countryside. Been having fun in the rural Netherlands drilling holes, patting sheep and doin' demographics with other geography teachers.

Some pictures:


Welcome!


Turf shack


Sheep, sheep, more sheep


"Es" field, basically consisting of sand topped with a metre of sheepshit to make it fertile. Typical for this area.

Ground profile of an "es".


Grazing and hay field (about 1-2 metres lower than the field above, though only 20-30 metres apart)


Possible pingo-ruin (former ice-bulb in the ground, since long melted away leaving a hole)


Me in the "jungle".

Right to Refuse Extradition
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Saint Uriel

Description: ACKNOWLEDGING that capital punishment (the death penalty, execution) is a contentious issue, with many different viewpoints

ACKNOWELDGING ALSO that situations involving international fugitives may be very diplomatically delicate

ENCOURAGING nations to resolve matters of international fugitives through discussion and diplomacy

AFFIRMING that a nation should not be forced to be a party to execution against its will

AFFIRMING ALSO that this resolution shall not affect each nation's sovereign right to allow or ban capital punishment within its own borders

BE IT RESOLVED that UN member nations shall have the AFFIRMED RIGHT to refuse, if they so desire, extradition (deportation) of international fugitives to any UN member nation IF the extraditing nation may reasonably believe that the fugitive may face capital punishment if extradited

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that UN member nations may exercise this right without fear of military reprisal from any other UN member nation

T Repuplik Yuanal hotta r a r aikne chproah: Poirih. Hoh-Poirih izza r a michung fun tyalekn ti bo bean aif t Michinzal kret unt ten bo bean in Chlirachn kret. T tsui fun t "Poirih Chproah-Komizyon" (PCK) izza Hoh-Poirih aiz tsamma haitenta tyalekt fia r unza natsyon ts teahoitn. Im biki fintst mea r infoz ipa Poirih unt zain ziptsn tyalekn.

The Republic of Yuunli has a language of its own: Poirih. Standard Poirih is a mixture of the dialects spoken on Mysh Island and those spoken in Sklyrachy. The goal of the "Poirih Language Commission" (PCK) is to preserve Standard Porih as a unifying dialect for our nation. In the wiki, you can find more information about Poirih and its seventeen provincial dialects.

OOC: About a week ago, I heard a linguist talk about the phonological and grammatical features of Bavarian. I got interested, and created this conlang.

THE SAME TEXT IN THE DIALECT OF YUUNLI'S CAPITAL CITY:
L?pf?pfwik Y?naw gott a l ookn? pfl?g: Bvolig. Gog-Bvolig izz a mbiy?ng ?n dyal?kn di bo b?n gl?t of t Mbijinzaw unt in Wilayn. Tsuu l un t "Bvolig Pfl?g-Gomizyon" (PCK) izz ts d?gotn Gog-Bvolig oz tsamma got?nta dyal?kt ?? l ?nza natsyon. Im biki l intst m?? l inoz ipa Bvolig ?nt zon zipftsn dyalekn.

AND IN THE DIALECT OF THE PROVINCE WITH THE LOWEST POPULATION DENSITY:
Odd? d Republ?k Yuen?l oeni r aikne sproe: Bori. Izz? r Obori r ? n?zung whun dy?lekn d? v? v?en af d Nizinzel gr?t unt den v? v?en in Slirasn gr?t. Izze d tsoo whun d "Bori Sproe-Gonisy?n" (PCK) den Obori as ts?nne adende dy?lek v?e r unze n?tsy?n ts?erootn. Vintst im viki m?e r invoz iba den Bori unt zane ziptsn dy?lekn.

Repeal "Required Basic Healthcare"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #17


Proposed by: Powerhungry Chipmunks

Description: UN Resolution #17: Required Basic Healthcare (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The United Nations,

CALLING TO MIND the passage of ?Required Basic Healthcare? from June 5, 2003 and its presumed ?replacement?, ??RBH? Replacement? from June 26, 2003,

RECOGNIZING ?Required Basic Healthcare? as a valuable reference document, though outdated in its methods of delivery, as conceded by ?RBH Replacement?,

RECOGNIZING FURTHER the UN?s decision that ?Required Basic Healthcare? not be enforced, as per clause 1 of ??RBH? Replacement? which states, ?[t]he resolution ?Required Basic Healthcare? is to be no longer enforced by the UN?,

NOTING the possible confusion to member nations over which resolution to enforce given the lack of the ?repeal mechanic? at the time of passage for ?Required Basic Healthcare? and ?RBH Replacement?,

NOTING FURTHER other older, poorly-worded resolutions or sets of resolutions which came about prior to the ability to repeal and CALLING for repeals to all such resolutions in order to clarify the international law imposed on member nations by the UN,

AIMING to make easily understandable the UN?s enforcement regarding healthcare,

DETERMINING it a clerical and technical necessity to repeal ?Required Basic Healthcare?, as well as a required measure to elevate the nature of legislation in the UN:

REPEALS ?Required Basic Healthcare?.

Voting Ends: Fri May 13 2005