01-17-2006, 09:48 AM
Based upon the precedent set by the initial failure of the repeal of the Save The Dolphins resolution, I'd much rather prefer to set the specific topics preserved in new, adopted resolutions first, and then seek repeal on the basis of redundacy.
I personally am uncertain whether in the current environment of UN membership whether much is actually going to be enacted to replace many of these resolutions that are being repealed. If one looks at the proposal queue, a lot of it are proposals for repeals, and very few if any well written replacement proposals, and I'm not sure that I want to see the repeal of the nationstates equivalent of a basic statement of international law.
I also have concern over the claims of the sponsor that the SNUN cannot adopt an international law that applies to non-UN members. In real life, many international treaties are founded on actions adopted by the UN, and other international agreements and treaties created mechanisms that have been incorporated into the UN (thus making the original treaty part of UN-based law.) It is one aspect of some of the recent repeals that I find troubling, and perhaps inconsistent with the stated values of the IDU.
I'm not casting a vote yet, but I do want to stimulate some conversation amongst us about this resolution. I'm troubled by the efforts to repeal it for the reasons I've just stated, and I had expected to see more discussion here than what has been posted so far.
I personally am uncertain whether in the current environment of UN membership whether much is actually going to be enacted to replace many of these resolutions that are being repealed. If one looks at the proposal queue, a lot of it are proposals for repeals, and very few if any well written replacement proposals, and I'm not sure that I want to see the repeal of the nationstates equivalent of a basic statement of international law.
I also have concern over the claims of the sponsor that the SNUN cannot adopt an international law that applies to non-UN members. In real life, many international treaties are founded on actions adopted by the UN, and other international agreements and treaties created mechanisms that have been incorporated into the UN (thus making the original treaty part of UN-based law.) It is one aspect of some of the recent repeals that I find troubling, and perhaps inconsistent with the stated values of the IDU.
I'm not casting a vote yet, but I do want to stimulate some conversation amongst us about this resolution. I'm troubled by the efforts to repeal it for the reasons I've just stated, and I had expected to see more discussion here than what has been posted so far.