General Assembly Proposals

The World Assembly,

Aware of the importance of canals acting as shortcuts on important trade routes,

Seeking to prevent congestion of traffic through such canals while also making transit through these canals safe,

Wishing to encourage nations in charge of such canals to continue allowing their use for international trade and to consider improvements on their infrastructure if necessary,

Hereby,

1. For the purposes of this resolution, defines:

1. a "canal" as an artificial waterway built along important shipping routes to allow for the transit of commercial vessels, and creating a shortcut between two large bodies of water, or a large body of water and an international port,

2. "canal authorities" as personnel authorized to allow or deny the transit of ships through the canal, whether on-site or remotely,

3. a "ship" as a commercial civilian vessel transporting trade goods or passengers;

2. Requires that all canals:

1. be monitored by the canal authorities assigned to them at all times,

2. have on-call pilots and tugboats to assist ships to pass through the canal safely,

3. have their infrastructure inspected regularly and upgraded when necessary,

4. have the necessary emergency services available in case of an accident, and

5. be equipped with weather monitoring with communication capability to warn ships of adverse weather conditions;

3. Also requires that canal authorities:

1. do not deny the transit of a ship through the canal based on any reason not to do with canal operation requirements, safety, national security, or unless otherwise required by another General Assembly resolution,

2. remain aware of how many vessels and of which size are within the boundaries of the canal at any one time,

3. do not allow more ships to begin the transit through the canal than is safe,

4. keep in contact with all ships within their area of control, and

5. react to changing conditions and emerging hazards by quickly alerting the ships in transit and those waiting to enter the canal;

4. Mandates that the crews of all ships wishing to pass through the canal:

1. are able to abide by maritime laws and local regulations,

2. are able to understand and follow the instructions of canal authorities,

3. have made sure that their ship is capable of traveling through the canal in its current condition and the current weather conditions,

4. facilitate any possible border control and customs inspections to take place on their ship prior to entering a canal,

5. have competent personnel in control of the ship, at all times when within the canal,

6. request help from canal authorities to enable safe transit, when necessary,

7. take necessary measures to minimize the spread of invasive species,

8. stay aware of traffic around them and inform canal authorities of any accidents they witness or of any hazards they encounter that they were not already made aware of, and

9. have personal safety equipment for all members of the crew and in the case of passenger ships for all passengers as well;

5. Requires shipping companies to provide appropriate compensation to canal authorities if their ships:

1. due to error or deliberate action of their crews,

   1. damage the canal's infrastructure,

   2. endanger or damage other ships within the canal,

   3. hold up traffic unnecessarily,

2. or their crews fail any of the duties in clause 4;

6. Additionally clarifies that though this resolution does not further legislate on them,

1. any possible fees for the use of canals count as canal operation requirements, and

2. unless restricted from doing so by another General Assembly resolution, nations are free to conduct border control checks of cargo, crew and passengers prior to letting a ship enter a canal.

Co-authored by Araraukar

Recognizing the importance that air travel has for international tourism, transportation, or trade, and the efforts made to keep the sanctity of travel.

Realizing, however, that besides many resolutions protecting the right for citizens to travel, none protect the rights of all passengers of an aircraft in case of international conflicts, tariffs, or embargo between specific countries.

Seeking to ensure the safety of aircraft and their passengers, regardless of international diplomacy or emergency landing on sovereign territory.

The WA Hereby:

1. Defines, for the purpose of this resolution;

a. An aircraft as any craft or vehicle capable of powered flight, and carrying 1 or more human beings to a destination

b. An airport as any place that has a runway and means of housing, refueling, boarding and repairing aircraft

c. Distress of an Aircraft as any situation where the aircraft is imminently going to be unable to sustain flight, such as critical shortage of fuel, engine failure, fuselage damage, or any situation which endangers the lives of the passengers

d. A civilian aircraft as any aircraft not featuring any weapons, or providing passage to any active members of military (i.e active and armed soldiers)

2. Protects the rights of all passengers of aircraft upon emergency landing in a sovereign nation's territory or an landing in an airport by;

a. Prohibiting any WA member state airport for refusing landing to any civilian aircraft in distress, provided the airport currently has the means to safely land the aircraft, and the resources to either repair or refuel it

b. Prohibiting any WA member state prosecuting/detaining passengers or pilots for any unauthorized/unscheduled landing on sovereign territory or at an airport, if the landing's purpose was preserving the life of passengers of an Aircraft in Distress

c. Prohibiting any WA member state airport from discriminating by refusing landing/aid to any aircraft based on nationality, current trade embargos or conflicts, including even aircraft belonging to nationalities outside of the WA

3. Protects the rights of WA member states to prosecute in case of unscheduled landing in airports or on sovereign territory if;

a. It is revealed upon landing at an airport that a civilian aircraft faced no fuel shortage, engine failure, fuselage damage, or any sort of emergency during the time of requesting emergency landing

b. It is revealed upon landing on sovereign territory that a civilian aircraft similarly faced no fuel shortage, engine failure, fuselage damage, or any sort of emergency at the time of emergency landing

c. The civilian aircraft in question hosts weaponry of any kind for purpose of military engagement, excluding small arms of passengers, or holds active military personnel, in which case it shall be declassified as a civilian aircraft and is no longer subject to protection, even if in distress

Believing that LGBTQ+ people should not be persecuted simply for being LGBTQ+, the General Assembly hereby:

1. defines "conversion therapy" as those interventions meant to alter or reverse any person's sexual orientation or gender identity,

2. requires member states to prohibit the practice and advertisement of conversion therapy in all circumstances,

3. clarifies that this resolution does not affect the right of willing individuals to seek and receive gender-adequation or -affirmation procedures, and

4. strongly recommends that members provide all necessary and relevant support to those who have already undergone, or are likely to undergo, conversion therapy.

General Assembly Resolution #17 “WA General Fund” (Category: Furtherment of Democracy; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

ADMIRING GA Resolution #17's attempt to create a better source of funding,

BELIEVING that at the very least better wording is needed, so that some aspects of the resolution are more clear,

SHOCKED that it would so purposefully derive itself of funds by giving away extra money receieved, rather than spending it on other beneficial projects, or at the least saving it,

ADMONISHING it for using lack of force in some of its decrees, such as "strongly encourages member states" in section 9,

AlSO BELIEVING that not allowing taxes or any kind of interference in member states' tax systems is a detriment, as it makes the WA's sources of revenue less secure and more fungible, as well as allowing member states to get away with tax policies that are unfair to the citizens,

The World Assembly hereby repeals GA Resolution #17.

Co-authored by THE nation of the Holy pastor

General Assembly Resolution #10 “Nuclear Arms Possession Act” (Category: International Security; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

General Assembly Resolution #10 ''Nuclear Arms Possession Act" (Category: International Security Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The World Assembly,

Noting the good intent of the "Nuclear Arms Possession Act" is to allow WA members to possess nuclear weapons to defend themselves from hostile nations,

Understanding that Nuclear arms detonation in or near a populated area would result in blast waves, intense heat, radiation, and radioactive fallout. Which can cause massive death and destruction, trigger large-scale displacement, long-term harm to human health and well-being, as well as long-term damage to the environment, infrastructure, socioeconomic development and social order,

Realizing that the resolution means that if nuclear arms were to ever be used they would probably lead to even more and more destruction rather than bringing nations closer to an armistice,

Recognizing that the resolution does not actually put forward any precaution examples which could be used to ensure that their atomic weapons do not fall into the wrong hands. And without putting forward any specific precautions risks of a nuclear weapon denotation, whether by accident, miscalculation, or design would stem notably from;

a) vulnerability of nuclear weapon command-and-control networks to human error and cyberattacks,

b) maintaining of nuclear arsenals on high levels of alert, with thousands of weapons ready to be launched within minutes

Also realizing that the resolution does not put forward any form of rules prohibiting WA nations from using Nuclear Weapons however they want which makes way for loopholes in the form of implying that the resolution may allow any WA nation the ability to use nuclear weapons however they want even if it is not to fight off attackers. which could be very detrimental,

Noting that the use of nuclear weapons being used is unacceptable, even if the probability of such an event were considered low,

Hereby Repeals GA #10 the ''Nuclear Arms Possession Act."