[rpiddy]

Greetings to the International Democratic Union,

I have been directed by your region's UN Delegate, Grosseschnauzer, to come to this forum with my request.

I am in the process of submitting a proposal to repeal the Sex Education Act. It will be posted soon for delegate approval, and for your region to review and deem if it is suitable for support.

I ask for the assistance of the IDU in making this repeal successful, for it would be a great victory for those who would like to see the UN focus on where it works best: on international dialogue, peace, and humanitarianism.

I humbly request the Delegate's consideration on this matter.

Steve Perry
President
Republic of Teruchev

[Groot Gouda]

Don't hesitate to post it here. Preferably before submitting it (so we can help you getting it even better )

[rpiddy]

Thank you, Groot Gouda.

I am ready to post it for review by UN delegates:

Anyone have any suggestions on improving it?

Here's the draft:

Repeal "The Sex Education Act"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal
Resolution: #118

NOTING that sexual education as defined in this resolution is not an issue of international importance, and further noting that there is no sound reason why sexual education should not be left to the relevant education departments of individual member states,

CONCERNED by the wording of the resolution, which makes no reference to the use of prophylactics or any other means to prevent the spread of STIs/STDs,

FURTHER CONSIDERING the vagueness of the sexual education to be provided, including funding for the initiative and the amount of sexual education to be provided,

REGRETTING the resolution advocates sex education programmes in all UN nations irrespective of cultural considerations and whether or not a member state already has in place sex education programmes of a progressive nature,

NOTING that socioeconomic factors have an equally significant role in unplanned pregnancies and other problems of human sexuality, and that legislation cannot act as a panacea in this regard,

HEREBY renders the resolution "The Sex Education Act" null and void.

[Groot Gouda]

Looks fine to me. I'll support it if it comes up for vote.

[rpiddy]

I have received a suggestion on the UN forum to remove the final two clauses from my proposal?

Comments anyone?

[rpiddy]

Grosseschnauzer,

I will submit my proposal to repeal the Sex Ed Act early morning Central Standard Time, on Monday October 3rd. I appreciate all your assistance and hope that the IDU can support my proposal at this time.

Thank you,

Steve Perry
President

[Grosseschnauzer]

I can see why leaving the two clauses out might broaden support for the repeal. As I recall, wasn't this adopted by a very narrow margin? So maximumizing your base of support would always be a good strategy.

[rpiddy]

Grosseschnauzer,

Please accept my sincere gratitude for your assistance in my efforts to repeal the Sex Ed Act. Your help as delegate will not be forgotten.

Unfortunately, it appears as though my proposal to repeal said Act is headed for a resounding defeat. My efforts to turn back some of Love and esterel's personal agenda to turn the UN into her personal plaything has been stymied, for now.

As Groot Gouda can surely attest, debating with LAE is akin to talking to a brick wall. Love and esterel has plenty of niceties, and pretends to agree with you, but in reality is not heeding any of your advice and only pretending to listen.

It is surely indicative of the endemic apathy that rules the UN today that someone like this is controlling the agenda, and has curried favour far and wide in UN circles. Unless I severely misunderstand her, these are the impressions I hold.

Steve Perry
President
Republic of Teruchev

[Groot Gouda]

Considering the discussion while the resolution was at vote, it shouldn't be that difficult to find delegates who want the Sex Ed. Act repealed. How many telegrams did you send out?

[rpiddy]

Hi Groot,

I believe I telegramed in excess of 100 delegates in regards to this proposal, as well as kept an active forum thread running that hundreds more viewed.

Steve Perry
President

[Grosseschnauzer]

rpiddy, the IDU experience has been that it usually takes several submissions of a proposal, and several hundred telegrams to delegates known to endorse (usually from the delegates who have endorsed proposals waiting in the queue to go to the floor for a vote) to obtain enough endos.
If the proposal to repeal DVD Regional Ban (which has been seeking sufficient endorsements ever since I can into the game) can manage to get enough endorsements after all of this time, then any proposal stands a chance, given enough attempts.

[Groot Gouda]

rpiddyOct 6 2005, 04:32 PM I believe I telegramed in excess of 100 delegates in regards to this proposal, as well as kept an active forum thread running that hundreds more viewed. [/quote]
In my experience, a forum thread barely does anything for approving. Telegramming really helps, but even then don't expect more than 1 approval for every 2 to 3 telegrams sent.

Your repeal should make a decent chance, but it'll need more campaigning work.

[rpiddy]

Well, the repeal effort came up a little short, but I think that the tide is starting to turn against LAE and her like-minded ilk.

I know that the IDU has been very supportive of my efforts to repeal this resolution, and I would like everyone's help again as I learn the lessons of my test run and make plans for resubmission.

I believe that, thanks to a vigorous TG campaign, the UN is starting to wake up to the fact that the group led by LAE is attempting to usurp the noble functions of the UN to socially engineer an outcome where national sovereignty plays second fiddle to a world body that constantly intrudes into the realm of domestic jurisdiction. This has to nipped in the bud before it becomes a serious problem.

Without overstating the case, anyone who has seen the recent rash of LAE co-written/sponsored resolutions will be cognizant of an agenda at play. I humbly ask the IDU to use its clout to stymie these efforts, and help the UN refocus its limited resources to the cause of humanitarian and peace initiatives.

Steve Perry
President

[Groot Gouda]

I don't know whether there's an agenda by LAE. Just a lack of knowledge, a lack of ability to separate important issues from non-significant, and an irritating habit of ignoring all counter arguments while reacting enthousiastically to the pro-arguments, pretending that anyone can actually have any input.

It's not malice, just stupidity. That's okay, that's how we all started, including myself for a start. It's just that most of us tend to get over it and learn to see the other person's perspective.