09-04-2006, 07:18 AM
CeoranaSep 3 2006, 08:03 PM Yeah, I figure I'll probably just work on something else for a while, and if and when the new category comes out I'll bring it back to the front burner. [/quote]
Well, if you are looking for ideas, I've always felt the UN should have a volunteer based elections monitors program. Basically it *would* be yet another UN Committee, but the way it would work is nations volunteer elections monitors (individuals) whom the committee assigns to monitor elections in nations that request the free service, and after the election the UN writes a report on how fair the elections were and what could be done next time to streamline the process.
There may be a RL example that could be used as a model.
The advantage in this is it is a clear no brainer that this would be a Furtherment of Democracy resolution -- something appropriate for the IDU.
Well, if you are looking for ideas, I've always felt the UN should have a volunteer based elections monitors program. Basically it *would* be yet another UN Committee, but the way it would work is nations volunteer elections monitors (individuals) whom the committee assigns to monitor elections in nations that request the free service, and after the election the UN writes a report on how fair the elections were and what could be done next time to streamline the process.
There may be a RL example that could be used as a model.
The advantage in this is it is a clear no brainer that this would be a Furtherment of Democracy resolution -- something appropriate for the IDU.