World Assembly

World Assembly
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Other languages	English
Type	Intergovernmental Organisation
Membership	27,900
Leaders
• Secretary-General	In Commission currently held by the WA Secretariat
Establishment	06 April 2008

The World Assembly (WA) is a voluntary world governing body, and an intergovernmental organisation tasked with creating and enforcing a body of laws that all member states must abide by. It is also responsible for some border disputes, and for praising or admonishing individual nations and/or regions. The World Assembly is the successor to the United Nations, which was dissolved on 06 April 2008. There are currently c.28,000 nations that are member states of the body, with c.1,700 of those nations also acting as regional Delegates. The organisation is financed by assessed donations from its member states. Of all voluntary governing bodies that exist, the WA is one of the largest, international, and powerful.

The World Assembly was created on 01 April 2008 immediately prior to the dissolution of the United Nations; legislation officially creating the body was passed on 06 April. When creating the new organisation it was decided that, though all members of the UN would automatically be considered members of the WA, the body of laws that had been curated since the founding of the UN six years previously would be cleared and that member states would be free to establish, or re-establish, new or previously existing laws. This decision was met with vocal opposition at the time and membership in the body dipped significantly. Though no concessions were given to opponents, membership gradually began to climb again once a period of adjustment to the new body had passed.

The WA is divided into two chambers: the General Assembly, which is responsible for the body of laws created and enacted by the WA, and the Security Council, which regulates the behaviour and actions of individual member states and/or their regions through non-binding resolutions. A number of WA agencies - sometimes referred to as Committees - also operate, and their establishment and functions are regulated by the General Assembly; such examples include the General Accounting Office, the World Assembly Adoption Authority, and the World Health Authority. Another noteworthy WA agency is the Compliance Commission, which ensures all laws passed by the organisation are enforced in member states.

The WA is led by a Secretary-General, a position that is currently held in commission by the World Assembly Secretariat, the civil service that staffs all chambers and agencies; this should not be confused with the the General Assembly Secretariat, however, which only acts as that specific chamber's rules committee - currently six member states serve on that committee.

History

Establishment

At some point during the night of 31 March and 01 April 2008, a major natural disaster occurred at the United Nations Headquarters in sovereign UN territory. While no casualties were reported at that time, significant and irreparable damage to the infrastructure of the building, as well as the surrounding terrain, rendered the area unsafe and uninhabitable. In response to the assessment of the situation by the UN leaders, the nation of Maxtopia proposed that a replacement international governing body be formed and that UN be disestablished.

Initial responses to the Maxtopian delegation's proposal were muted with some cautious support, as many representatives initially understood the proposed measure to be temporary only until the UN Headquarters could be salvaged and re-fit to be suitable for purpose. However as the debate continued - in temporary lodgings procured for the continuation of UN business - it became increasingly clear to the delegations present that the Maxtopian proposal intended for the replacement body, the World Assembly, to not only be permanent in nature, but to also wipe clean the books of international law and, in the words of one sympathetic Ambassador, "start fresh".

Ambassadors that initially treated the proposal with cautious support or indifference began to vocally criticise and oppose the Maxtopian proposal, with some delegations actually resigning their nation from the international organisation in protest. Within a relatively quick timeframe, however, the proposal did make it to the floor as a resolution to be considered. Debate during the vote was later documented to be "vicious" and "passionate", with many opponents expressing condemnation that the hitherto good work of the body in creating and curating international law would all have been for nothing. As voting continued over the next number of days, it became clear that the Maxtopian proposal to abolish the United Nations and its laws was gathering widespread support from smaller and independent-minded nations and delegations.

The United Nations was formally abolished on 6 April 2008 with almost 84% of member states voting in favour of the resolution. The World Assembly was officially established upon the votes end, though it was confirmed that its official 'creation date' was 1 April 2008, and that all member states that were members of the UN were now members of this new body. It was further clarified that the vote undertaken to establish the World Assembly would be considered the first vote in, and resolution of, the WA itself.