[Antrium]

I received a telegram from The United Republics of Baudrillard requesting that our UN delegate (Grosseschauzer right now right?) consider his proposal, the UN Membership Dues Act, since he voted for my Labeling Standards resolution. You don't have to vote for it, but here it is:

Quote: UNDERSTANDING that the United Nations is an organization of voluntary member states,

AND that while the United Nations is not a government onto itself, it has been charged with the execution of committees and the implementation of acts,

REQUESTS, in order to enforce the resolutions passed by the member states, that the United Nations be authorized to collect dues from each member nation and in doing so,

LEGISLATES the following:

(1) That the United Nations be allowed to collect dues of membership once annually,

(2) That such dues will not exceed one-quarter of one percent (or 0.25%) of the taxes collected by member states annually,

(2a) That such dues will not be pro-rated so that member states with larger economies unnecessarily carry the burden for the majority of membership dues,

And FURTHER requiring,

(3) That the United Nations must remit any fiscal surplus derived from membership dues in proportion to the amount of membership dues payed in by member states, and

(4) Therefore, the United Nations cannot use any surplus to the particular advantage or disadvantage of any member state, and finally

(5) Requires that the United Nations annually display publicly to all nations its accounting process to insure transparency of collection of membership dues and their expenditure.

So that from the collection of membership dues, GUARANTEES that the United Nations is truly capable to carry out the missions assigned to it by the member states.[/quote]

[Groot Gouda]

Looks nice enough, though personally I prefer it if the large economies carry more of the financial burden than the less developed economies.

[Grosseschnauzer]

I'd prefer to use the endorsement for IDU-sponsored, or at least IDU-commented upon proposals.

I think it makes our regional endorsement worth something. Since the basis of the regquest was the region's vote on the earlier resolution, I'd rather have a regional consensus, informally if need be before extending an endo in the proposal queue.

[Antrium]

GrosseschnauzerSep 23 2005, 12:39 PM I'd prefer to use the endorsement for IDU-sponsored, or at least IDU-commented upon proposals.

I think it makes our regional endorsement worth something. Since the basis of the regquest was the region's vote on the earlier resolution, I'd rather have a regional consensus, informally if need be before extending an endo in the proposal queue. [/quote]
I agree.

No need to endorse it, I never said you would.
And I personally don't care.

[Lawtonia]

While I realise that the UN in real life costs money to run - The UN here in NS does not. The UN resolutions that we make here have an effect on the running of our nations - this resolution is about the UN only and I cant see it fitting into any of the resolution categories. Lawtonia believes this proposal to be frivolous - besides, our taxes get spent on our people.