[Groot Gouda]

Freedom of Science
Human rights, strong

The NationStates United Nations,

RECALLING the passing of Resolution #2: Scientific Freedom,

NOTING WITH REGRET the lack of concrete protection this resolutions provides for scientists,

ALSO NOTING that this resolution poorly defines science and scientists worthy of protection,

CONSIDERING the advantages of greater scientific freedom, such as economic prosperity, but also greater insight in how the world works, as well as possible advances in medical science,

ACKNOWLEDGING the value of religion, which however should be clearly seperate from science,

1. AFFIRMS the Freedom of Science as a fundamental right accross UN member nations,

2. DEFINES science as the system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific methods, i.e. methodically trying to falsify hypotheses based on objective experimenting which can be reproduced,

3. MANDATES that no scientist may be persecuted for conducting scientific research, publishing scientific research or reading scientific publications,

4. EXEMPTS from general UN protection from clause 3 scientific research that:
a. is acquired through methods that violate human or animal rights according to UN or national legislation;
b. is aimed at warfare or otherwise damaging persons or animals;
c. depends on "divine beings" as explanations for phenomena;

but leaves it up to individual member nations to deal with these sciences.

5. EXPRESSES ITS HOPE that through science, the lives of UN citizens will improve in the centuries to come.