[Groot Gouda]

Repeal "Elimination of Bio Weapons"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution


Category: Repeal


Resolution: #16


Proposed by: Reformentia

Description: UN Resolution #16: Elimination of Bio Weapons (Category: Global Disarmament; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: NOTING: UN resolution 16 for the "Elimination of Bio Weapons", although expressing an admirable goal, is completely inadequate to that goal. The text of the resolution contains nothing more than one statement describing the undesirable aspects of biological weapons and one statement saying it?s important to eliminate them. Unfortunately there are no statements:

-- Defining a single criteria for what specific weapons it's talking about
-- Establishing that they actually BE eliminated, rather than just saying it?s important.
-- Specifying how they should be eliminated (such as forbidding their elimination through using them all up on other nations).
-- Accounting for what should be done about the fact that non UN member nations will still have these weapons.
-- Etc?

FURTHER NOTING: That given these shortcomings it is currently possible for any nation to do ALL of the following without EVER being in breach of resolution 16:

--Produce biological weapons.
--Stockpile biological weapons.
--Trade in biological weapons.
--Actually USE biological weapons.

IT IS PROPOSED: This resolution be repealed so that it may be replaced with a new, effective resolution.

[Groot Gouda]

See the "Supported Proposals" thread. The author plans to come up with a better resolution, which I plan to support as well. This resolution is toothless, repealing it doesn't hurt, even if the new resolution doesn't make it (but it probably will, looking at the Ban chemical weapons resolution).

[Mikitivity]

Mikitivity has voted that our delegate should vote in favour of this repeal due to the fact that they endorsed this proposal and have put forth what we view as a reasonable argument in favour. However, we will likely be abstaining in light of our opinion that we don't want a repeal to pass with too high of a margin.

[Keeslandia]

While also for a resolution with better language, the Empire has voted against the repeal. Until there is a replacement resolution, we do not wish to give comfort to the opponents of a ban on biological weaponry. Instead, any new resolution should contain a clause to repeal or replace the existing language.