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[box]Repeal: “Freedom To Seek Medical Care II”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal

Resolution: GA#456

Proposed by: Honeydewistania

General Assembly Resolution #456 “Freedom to Seek Medical Care II” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The World Assembly,

Acknowledging General Assembly Resolution 456, “Freedom to Seek Medical Care II”, as a resolution that permits people to seek medical care in foreign nations;

Troubled by the poor wording of Clause 4, which prohibits a member nation from taking legal action against its medical tourists except for those violating World Assembly law, which could allow such tourists to evade domestic justice;

Believing that creating a class of individuals who are exempt from vast swathes of law means that people they harm are unable to secure justice;

Convinced that a resolution with such a blatant disregard for the national laws of member nations should not be enacted by this assembly;

Hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution 456, "Freedom to Seek Medical Care II".[/box]

[box]Wartime Journalism Protection Act
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.

Category: Education and Creativity

Area of Effect: Free Press

Proposed by: Foril

The World Assembly,

CONCERNED that there is currently no World Assembly legislation that protects wartime journalists,

HORRIFIED that wartime journalists may get wounded, kidnapped, or even killed on the frontline simply for doing their job, and

SEEKING to introduce better protections for wartime journalists to facilitate better transmission of information and better protection of lives,

HEREBY ENACTS the following:

For the purposes of this resolution:

a "war zone" is an area in which acts of war are ongoing,

"journalistic activities" are actions conducted with the express purpose of publishing information in the media, such as collecting information about the events of a war, interviewing local people and military personnel in the war zone, or taking photographs or videos of the war, and

a "wartime journalist" is a civilian wearing clearly visible identification that identifies them as a member of the press, and who is undertaking journalistic activities in a war zone.

Wartime journalists must be allowed freedom of movement in war zones and will not be denied access to an area to report on events there, unless such restriction is absolutely necessary to prevent harm to individuals or they are trespassing on private property.

Wartime journalists may report on any activity that occurs within a war zone, unless reporting on such activities could lead to loss of life or property, harm to individuals or property, or the jeopardisation of military efforts.

The protections enumerated in Articles 2 and 3 are subject to prior and standing international law. They shall not be granted to any wartime journalist who:

commits espionage,

is carrying weapons,

interrupts active combat situations,

enters or passes through any location, if doing so is likely to lead to imminent loss of life or harm to individuals, or to the jeopardisation of military efforts, or

otherwise violates the provisions of this resolution.[/box]

Several weeks ago, following a discussion about the political landscape of Catica in the 1960s, the idea of an IDUvian Great World War, which would be similar in scope to the real-world second world war, was proposed by either Laeral, Legionas, Xiomera, or Eiria (I frankly can't remember which user). We discussed it at length in the region's Discord server and even outlined its general structure. Unfortunately, that conversation has long been buried under a pile of other equally significant discussions. I figured that it would be a good idea to make a thread devoted exclusively to the development of this so called "Great [World] War". Hopefully we can work out a lot more of the conflict's specific details using the forums (this thread) and wiki.

What we've got so far

• Before the war, a non-player controlled nation located in northern Catica began growing in size and threatened the safety of several bordering nations.
  
• This aggression lead to the forming of a Northern Catican coalition, which included most democratic and anti-expansionist nations on the continent.
  
• War broke out in 1961, with the aggressing nation calling in the support of several other large world powers.
  
• The war spilled over into the rest of Catica, Hespia, and even Liberalia in the following years, leading to a state of near universal militarization.
  
• The expansionist faction was beaten back over the next six or so years.
  
• Despite their initial aggression, the non-player controlled nation was ultimately dissolved in 1967, leading to an armistice.

Please feel free to voice your thoughts below.

Nations interested in registering as members must comply with the following terms:

1. - Applicant nation must have tiered association football leagues working on a system of promotion and relegation.
2. - Applicant nation must have a working Football Authority.
3. - Applicant nation must comply with AFFIDU rules and regulations for pitch dimensions, basic rules, use of VAR, and other regulations the organisation deems necessary for the standardisation of the sport.
4. - Applicant nation must register to AFFIDU affiliates on their respective continents (Catican Union of Football Associations, Union of Hespian Football Associations, Liberalian Football Association, Confederation of Nerian Football Associations).

Member nations reserve the rights to:

1. - Participation, by their national teams, in continental and intercontinental competitions.
2. - Participation, by their highest ranked football teams*, in continental competitions and the AFFIDU Champions Cup.
3. - Elect representatives of their football governing bodies to the councils of their continental associations and the AFFIDU council.
4. - Run and vote for the position of AFFIDU President.

*the allocation of spots will be determined by the AFFIDU Council and the AFFIDU President, provided all participant nations get equal participation.

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Application form:

Country's full name: (e.g United Ruthenian Kingdom of Trive and Yalen)
Country's short name: (e.g Trive)
Country's football authority: (e.g Trivian Football Authority - TFA)
Country's applying football leagues: (e.g Trivian Major Football League Division 1-2, Trivian Minor Football League Division 1-2)
Contintental affiliate: (e.g Liberalian Football Association)
Nation's Official Stadium: (e.g Martin T. Bradshaw Arena, Aunistria - Capacity: 83,000)
Nation's representative to the AFFIDU Council: (e.g Vasiliy Chernov)

This thread is for the purpose of electing a Speaker of the IDUSA. All members of the IDUSA who have not ceased to exist are eligible to vote.

Voting will open at 12:00 AM EDT on July 20th and will close at 12:00 AM EDT on July 27th, 2020.

Please post in response to this thread with "[main nation name] votes for...[the name of either of the candidates or the word 'abstain']".

The candidates running are Laeral and Trive [38].

Presidential Election Standing Opens in Europeia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Information (Discord): Deepest House#4275

(Europeia, July 16, 2020) - Europeian Vice Chancellor Deepest House opened standing for the July 24 presidential election on Wednesday, July 15. This election marks Europeia's return to a unified executive branch under a president and vice president after a period during which the executive branch consisted of independent chief of state and first minister offices.

"We are taking the first step towards a new era in the region, which will be initiated with the election of our president and vice president," Vice Chancellor Deepest House said in opening the election. "This new journey we are embarking on is reminiscent of the past, as we are returning to the unified executive structure we had before the executive split reform movement. But this is a day to look forward, not to history."

Over the past several weeks, public anticipation for this election steadily grew, with the expectation that multiple tickets headlined by political heavyweights would stand for election.

At time of press, four tickets had declared themselves for the election. Lloenflys declared his candidacy for president first, selecting Pichtonia to serve as his running mate. Mr. Verteger was next to declare, while selecting Ervald as his running mate. First Minister McEntire followed up, declaring his candidacy for president alongside his running mate, current Chief of State Malashaan. Finally, Sopo stood for election and chose Monkey as his running mate.

The presidential campaign has begun in earnest in Europeia, with campaign platforms posted and citizens engaging the candidates. Veteran Europeian political operator Aexnidaral captured the region's spirit as he attended the opening of the election at the Office of the Supreme Chancellor's Palatium Manor.

"A very exciting time, love that we have so many tickets running already," Aexnidaral said. "Here's to hoping the next President and their team are active and engaged!"

Under the previous form of government, the first minister managed domestic affairs, while the chief of state handled foreign affairs. Under the new executive branch, the president will have oversight over the entire executive branch.


More news from the Europeian Broadcasting Corporation available here: http://europeians.com/forum/index.php?forums/4010143/

[box]General Assembly Resolution At Vote

Peaceful First Contact
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.

Category: Global Disarmament

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Umeria

The World Assembly,

Acknowledging the right of member nations to defend their borders;

Noting that in a first contact, both parties have little to no knowledge of the other;

Realizing that without such knowledge, it is impossible to determine whether starting a war would be beneficial;

Further noting that the consequences of a non-beneficial war are often disastrous;

Concluding, therefore, that member nations should refrain from initiating unprovoked attacks on nations they just met until they know what they have to gain;

Proclaiming that first impressions matter;

Hereby prohibits all citizens of member nations from attacking persons or vehicles of unknown origin, unless it is in response to either an attack or a territorial incursion by said persons or vehicles.[/box]


This one is currently up for vote. Voting ends in 2 days 22 hours. I have to say, for the record, that both as Delegate and as Xiomera, I could not be more opposed to this resolution. It sets a totally unreasonable burden on member nations to decide how to respond to potential threats, in my estimation.

Hi there everyone. Xiomera and I discussed trying to get out a regional update this year and so I've started this thread to work on it. This will be a newspaper-style update that will be distributed to other regions.

Unfortunately, last year's attempt didn't end up happening, but I'm very grateful to [nation]Laeral[/nation] for the effort and to everyone who contributed articles to that, particularly [nation]United New England[/nation] who I know did a lot of work on it.

I'm inclined to stick to Laeral's suggestion of quarterly updates, but in order to make things more manageable, perhaps less articles overall than were proposed in the previous iteration of this thread.

Proposed Schedule
January: Winter
April: Spring
July: Summer
October: Autumn

I am of the opinion that we should have as many articles as people are willing to write, and as such I'd like to invite people to post topics they'd like to write about and we will see if we can include it in this update.

Article suggestions (other ideas welcome, not all of these need to be written) - credit to Laeral for many of these suggestions
- Article on Artists of Progress RP
- Article on news threads
- Article about an IDU wiki page
- Article on delegate elections
- Interview with a regional officer
- Interview with a roleplayer

If you're interested in writing an article for this update, please reply in this thread with the topic you'd like to write on. Ideally, we will have all articles written by the 30th July so the update can go out on the last day of this month.

Happy writing!

I am going to revive the practice of posting GA resolutions at vote, as time permits for me, for regional discussion before I vote on them.

[box]General Assembly Resolution At Vote

Access To Abortion
A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare.

Category: Health

Area of Effect: Healthcare

Proposed by: Imperium Anglorum

Whereas some rabidly anti-choice nations lack medical professionals willing to perform abortions, meaning the ability to access them is non-existent without funds needed for foreign travel, denying constructively abortion rights because of income and birth location:

And whereas discrimination in state policy or administration of tax on abortion recipients and providers is unfair and grossly unjust:

And whereas people have natural rights to property in their own person:

Be it enacted by this august World Assembly as follows:

Definitions. In this resolution,

abortion means a medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy deliberately,

discrimination in tax, in relation to medical procedures, includes placing a burden in excess of that placed on other procedures of similar risk,

IAO means Independent Adjudicative Office,

recipient bona fide means a natural person demonstrating a bona fide desire for a commodity or service,

resolution means General Assembly resolution,

member means member nation, and

tax includes solidarity contributions and other compulsory payments made to the state.

Funding. Members must pay for or provide directly abortions, abortifacients, and contraceptives to any recipient bona fide within their jurisdiction upon request. Members must also provide a means to access such services and commodities speedily and free at the point of service or provision.

Non-discrimination. No members may:

conduct discrimination in tax against a recipient or provider of abortion services or contraceptives in tax collection, assessment, or administration,

discriminate against abortion clinics workers on account of occupation or place of employment,

prosecute any person for receiving or providing section 7 compliant abortions, contraceptives, truthful medical advice, or education thereon,

prohibit or levy discriminatory tariffs or tax against section 7 compliant contraceptives or abortifacients,

fail to provide equal protection before the law to recipients or providers of abortion services, or

implement policies intended to restrict access to section 7 regulated goods or services.

Clinics. WA Choice Plus is established and may construct, per section 5, clinics with funds assessed by the General Accounting Office from members in which there does not exist, in the view of the WACC, adequate access to abortion. Such clinics shall offer free and safe abortions to any recipient bona fide. All members must, however, contribute separately to WA Choice Plus in proportion to expenses incurred within their jurisdiction at such clinics for their upkeep and maintenance.

Members must arrange fully subsidised travel for any recipient bona fide, and one person of their choice, to receive care offered by such a clinic if abortion services are not speedily accessible. No limitation, except to prohibit travel to nations in which there is an on-going armed conflict, may be enforced by a member on a person's ability to exit a member for purposes of travelling to a clinic unless permitted by resolution.

Clinics shall provide free healthcare and counselling for expectant parents as well as free contraceptives and abortifacients to any address serviceable by post within a member.

Clinic lease terms. Any member may request the construction of section 4 clinics if they can show to the WACC that construction would expand access to abortion in an area where it is inadequate. The clinics will be built on land donated by members where the member doing so grants to the clinic a ten-year renewable lease in which no (a) direct tax or (b) indirect tax in excess of one per cent may be collected, along with the condition, reinforced by private contract, that upon disestablishment of the clinic, the assignee or seizer must remit to WA Choice Plus the fair market value of the improvements to that land.

Exceptions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution and unless otherwise indicated by previous resolution, a member may restrict access to or section 2 funding for an abortion if that member can show that a sex-selective basis clearly impels its request.

Health and safety. The World Health Authority (WHA) must issue regulations to ensure abortions, abortifacients, and contraceptives available to the general public are safe and effective for end-users and those with which they may be in close contact. Such regulations overrule those made by members unless it can be shown to the IAO that those WHA regulations are insufficient in fulfilling the mandates of this section.

Interpretation. Members shall ascribe personhood to begin at birth. In this resolution, older resolutions overrule conflicting provisions of this resolution, singular words include the plural unless otherwise indicated, and section and list headings have no effect.[/box]

If you wish to be considered for IDU Speaker in this upcoming election please state your intention in this thread. The opportunity to self-nominate will be open to all IDUSA members from July 8th, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT to July 15th, 2020 at 12:00 AM EDT. Please do not post in this thread before nominations open. Thank you.