Editing Christian Ferguson (section)

===Successful Resolutions===
====Repeal "Missing Minors Act"====
Shortly into his term, Ambassador Ferguson wrote, and successfully passed in the [[General Assembly (World Assembly)|General Assembly]], Resolution #133, which repealed a previous resolution which the [[Government of Sanctaria|Sanctarian Government]] deemed badly written and unneeded. The resolution in question, Missing Minors Act, was believed to have contained various loopholes rendering it ineffective and, according to Ambassador Ferguson, hazardous to the missing children. The Ambassador took the viewpoint that since the resolution failed to restrict access to the database created, those such as child abusers or sex traffickers could potentially access it, leaving the missing children even more vulnerable.

After a short period of drafting, and after a period of time spent in the queue, the proposal was voted upon and passed on 09 February 2011 and designated GA #133. It received 77% of the vote.

====Disability Welfare Act====
The Social Assistance Accord was repealed on the 05 December 2011 with part of the argument being that it tried, and failed, to cover all aspects of social welfare and assistance adequately. While the repeal was at vote, and looking likely to pass, Ferguson joined a group of like-minded Ambassadors whose aim was to replace the resolution with a variety of resolutions each solely dedicated to a piece of social welfare; this was primarily a response to the accusation that one resolution could cover all of these benefits.

The first draft of the then titled Enabling the Disabled was published on 04 December 2011, a day before the repeal was passed. It opened to broad support, however concern at the title was expressed. Some Ambassadors lauded the idea but felt they couldn't vote for such a poorly named Act which was accused of playing to people's emotions rather than focusing on the resolution itself. The title was changed to Disability Welfare Act in the third and final draft.

The proposal received broad support early into its vote which began on 23 December 2011. This trend continued and the resolution, Disability Welfare Act, was passed with 73% of the vote on 27 December 2011. It is referred to as GA #176.

====Habeas Corpus====
On 28 February 2012, the original Habeas Corpus resolution was repealed. This was principally due to the aim of having two separate and comprehensive resolutions on the subjects of habeas corpus and double jeopardy; the intended habeas corpus replacement, however, was divisive and failed at vote on 24 March 2012. Subsequent redrafts of the failed resolution also proved to be contentious with many Ambassadors commenting that they did not address the shortcomings which had caused its original defeat.

Ferguson's first draft of Habeas Corpus was introduced on 21 March 2012 when it was evident that the proposed replacement was not going to be successful. While many Ambassadors preferred this effort to the proposal then at vote, the consensus was that specifically defined time limits, which Ferguson had loosely included in his draft, were not practical. A second draft was put on hold around 24 March 2012 when the author of the failed replacement indicated she would be authoring a redraft; Dr. Ferguson deferred the matter to her.

Drafting soon resumed, however, when it was clear the author did not intend on making substantial changes to her proposal. Ferguson decided to take a more concentrated approach and abandoned trying to dictate specific time limits in certain circumstances. His subsequent redrafts proved popular with most Ambassadors. The proposal was again halted following the passage of the Habeas Corpus Act on 10 April 2012. Again this was divisive and, despite it being passed, was deeply unpopular. It was repealed on 04 May 2012 and Ferguson's drafting resumed.

Although another attempt was made by the original author at passing her version of habeas corpus, it ultimately failed and Ferguson's Habeas Corpus came to vote on 05 June 2012. It passed with 81% of the vote on 09 June 2012 and was designated GA #201.

====Prevention of Child Abuse====
Drafting of Prevention of Child Abuse originally began in June 2012 when Dr. Ferguson was asked by the [[Mousebumples]] delegation to write a replacement for the Child Protection Act which they were intending to repeal. Ferguson obliged and published a replacement just minutes after Nikolas Eberhart of the Mousebumplonian delegation posted the wording of their repeal. After a brief debate on both drafts, however, it was evident that Eberhart didn't intend to propose the repeal for a number of weeks; Ferguson then shelved his draft replacement.

Ferguson resumed his drafting in September 2012 when Eberhart notified him of the upcoming submission of the repeal. Wanting to ensure that the World Assembly was not without legislation against child abuse for an unnecessary amount of days, Ferguson produced a number of drafts in rapid procession. It soon became clear that the definition of child would be problematic as there were some nations in the World Assembly who either didn't have children, or didn't recognise age as a factor in determining when one entered adulthood. Ferguson sought the help of his colleagues in determining a solution for this problem (which is longstanding in the annals of the World Assembly) and concluded that "threshold of majority" would be the most agreeable terminology to use. Although there continued to be some resistance to this, the majority of Ambassadors debating the draft agreed to this revision.

Determining what constituted abuse also caused considerable discussion, especially concerning the issue of spanking. Ferguson found himself in a problematic situation; although he abhorred the practice of spanking, the Sanctarian Government did not have an official position on it. It was also evident that a great number of nations present in the debate held the same attitude as his Government. Having preached against the forcing of personal morals on the entire World Assembly in the past, Ferguson reluctantly decided to allow each nation to determine whether or not spanking was a valid form of child abuse; to ensure children remained protected, however, Ferguson settled on criminalising "excessive" physical violence against children.

Although the majority of the final draft was all his own effort, Dr. Ferguson felt compelled to offer a co-authorship to the Mission from Douria due to the helpful recommendations it made during drafting as well as its presence during debate on the draft, both before and during the at-vote stage.

The resolution was passed on 09 October 2012 with 90% of the vote, the largest percentage of any Sanctarian resolution to date. It was given the designation of GA #222.