General Assembly
Resolutions
Since the rise of the World Assembly from the ashes of its predecessor, the Bureaucracy That Cannot Be Named, WA member nations have worked tirelessly to improve the standard of the world. That, or tried to force other nations to be more like them. But that's just semantics.
Below is every World Assembly resolution ever passed.
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General Assembly Resolution # 736
Repeal: “Forced Blood Sport Eradication Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #693 “Forced Blood Sport Eradication Act” (Category: Moral Decency; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly (WA),
Appreciative of the aim of GA#693 to eradicate forced blood sports, which many delegations consider to be a blight redolent of brutal gladiatorial combat and similarly repulsive, brutal spectacle;
Frustrated with the definition of “forced blood sport”, which is restricted only to activities “intended to entertain”, forcing WA delegations to discern the intent of participants without any meaningful impact on the activities associated with blood sports or the scope for injuries and death on the part of participants, sapient or otherwise;
Distressed that, for sapient individuals, both the protection against forced participation in such activities and the prohibition against the trafficking of individuals for such purposes are already largely covered by GA#23;
At the same time, acknowledging the inherent difficulty of regulating this issue in the presence of GA#267, which gives certain exemptions to certain circumstances such as threats to ecosystems from invasive non-sapient species, as well as catering to some WA members that may rely on hunting animals for food as their primary source of food;
Frustrated that the result is that the target resolution provides a blanket exemption for “hunting for sapient consumption shall not be considered a forced blood sport for the purpose of this resolution”, thus allowing some member states to bring themselves into compliance by holding a barbecue at the end of every hunting event, assuming the hunted species is edible, regardless of whether entertainment or competitive aspects are in place, and defeating much of the purpose of the target resolution in the first place;
Hereby Repeals GA#693 “Forced Blood Sport Eradication Act”.
Co-authors: 
A Bloodred Moon, 
Simone Republic
Passed: |
For: | 7,373 | 58.8% |
Against: | 5,164 | 41.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 737
Basic Self-Defense Rights
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The World Assembly,
Believing self defense to be an essential human (or otherwise) right to ensure safety and peace of mind,
Hereby enacts the following in all member nations:
Every person shall have the inalienable right to protect themselves, other people, and property from violence, destruction, and theft given that the force used for defense is not excessive.
For the purposes of this resolution;
"violence" shall refer only to physical harm done from one person to another, and
"attack" shall mean a person initiating (or attempting to initiate) violence with another without having been provoked by violence or the actual threat of such violence by the individual(s) they have harmed.
If a person, other people, or someone's property are put at an imminent threat of harm or theft due to another person's active attack or attempt of theft, force no less than what is necessary to stop the incoming attack or theft must be permitted in response, provided that such response is proportional to the actual threat.
Nothing in section 3 shall apply to any action taken against a law enforcement official lawfully conducting their duties.
No person shall face any civil or criminal penalty as a result of any of the actions protected by section 3, provided that no physical damage is inflicted on any party other than the one guilty of the original attack. Any such physical damage to bystanders may still be punished by law where such damage could have been avoided while still acting in self-defense.
If a person commits an action in which they mistakenly believe they would be protected by section 3, the reasons for their mistake including real-time context, the person's mental capacity, any prior history between the relevant parties, and any other factors deemed relevant in a court of law shall be considered. If a person can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that;
the actual danger in question was obscured as a direct result of actions taken by the original aggressor,
the person acting in defense of themselves or others could not have known or reasonably have been expected to know that the perceived threat was not as serious as it had been perceived to be, and
the response to the perceived level of threat would have been protected by section 3 had the perception of danger been accurate,
the person shall face no civil or criminal penalty as a result of the actions they took in response to the perceived danger.
be it clarified that nothing in this resolution shall prevent any member state from expanding and strengthening the availability of self-defense.
Passed: |
For: | 7,651 | 67.9% |
Against: | 3,616 | 32.1% |
General Assembly Resolution # 738
Aircraft Terrorism Prohibition
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
The World Assembly (WA),
Condemning in the strongest possible terms the use of civilian airplanes as weapons of destruction, or other grotesque acts such as hijackings and deliberate destruction of aircraft;
Desiring a common protocol among WA states to criminalize such acts, especially when such acts involve multiple states;
The WA hereby enacts as follows:
Definitions.
"Aircraft" means anything defined by WA organs as being able to travel in airspace relying on its own power, excluding any living flying creatures.
"Aircraft" excludes flying object used for a non-civilian purpose as defined by national laws or extant WA resolutions. "Non-civilian" includes the use of aircraft designed for civilian use for non-civilian purposes.
An aircraft is deemed “in service” from the start of the preflight preparation of the aircraft for flight until all of the passengers, crew and cargo have disembarked from the aircraft, including the time spent in flight.
"Airport", for convenience, includes not just aerodromes but also heliports, spaceports, seaports serving flying boats, and similar facilities. "Airport" excludes any facilities used for purely non-civilian purposes but includes dual-use facilities.
"WA organs" means any of the committees of the WA.
"WAJC" means the WA Judiciary Committee.
Destruction. An individual who deliberately performs any of the following acts commits an offence:
Destroying an aircraft in service; or
Using an aircraft in service to cause death, bodily injury, or causing any significant damage to physical property or the environment;
An act of force to attempt to or seize or otherwise take control of an aircraft in service; or
Mutiny by any crew members in an aircraft in service.
Threats to safety. An individual who deliberately performs any of the following acts commits an offence, if that act is deemed likely to compromise the safety of that aircraft in service:
An act of violence against anyone onboard an aircraft;
An act of causing damage to an aircraft, or any of the equipment inside an aircraft;
An act of communicating critical information that the individual knows to be materially false to anyone who has a duty to ensure the safety of any aircraft, such as to airport staff, pilots, and air traffic controllers;
An act of causing damage to any equipment serving international aircraft traffic, such as navigation systems on the ground or any airport facilities; or
An act of causing significant disruptions to the operations of an airport.
Aiding and abetting.
An individual who deliberately aids, abets, induces, or counsels any other individual to commit any of the acts stated in clauses (2) and (3) commits an offence.
An individual who deliberately threatens to commit any of the acts stated in clauses (2) and (3) in a manner that can be interpreted by a reasonable person as making a credible threat commits an offence.
Mitigating factors.
Self-defense is a valid defense for anyone charged with an offence under clauses (2), (3) and (4).
An individual misled into committing such acts is a mitigating factor for an offence under clauses (3) and (4).
Inebriation, drug-induced effects, or a lack of mental capacity are mitigating factors for an offence under clauses (3) and (4).
The lack of capability to carry out the said threats is not a mitigating factor for an offence under sub-clause (4)(b).
Scope of jurisdiction. A WA state may assert jurisdiction on any of the acts committed under clauses (2) to (4) if:
A WA state is the flag state of the aircraft; or
The act occurred within the airspace of the said WA state; or
The act damaged the property or the environment of a WA state; or
The act killed, injured, or harmed an individual who is subject to the jurisdiction of the WA, WA organs or that WA state.
Jurisdiction.
All WA states are required to criminalize all of the offences stated in this resolution.
The principle of aut dedere aut judicare applies to anyone who commits an offence under clauses (2) to (4).
This resolution does not govern (i) any conduct during wartime, whether such war is declared or otherwise; or (ii) any criminal charges derived from national laws.
WAJC roles. The WAJC shall have jurisdiction on:
any disputes over jurisdiction between WA states (or between WA states vs the WA); or
any acts committed against aircraft under the flag of the WA; or
any acts for which a non-WA state has voluntarily abandoned assertion of jurisdiction.
Passed: |
For: | 8,108 | 72.8% |
Against: | 3,023 | 27.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 739
Preventing Abuses in Conservatorship
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
The World Assembly (WA),
Affirming the WA’s efforts to protect those needing temporary mental and health support,
Noting that a temporary guardian may be occasionally imposed on an individual with severe temporary mental illness (against the will of the said individual);
Believing that imposing a conservator is highly intrusive and should only be done if strictly necessary;
The WA hereby enacts as follows:
Definitions.
"Authority" means a competent authority in charge of interpreting and enforcing this resolution in a WA state.
"Conservatorship" means a mandate imposed on an individual suffering from severe temporary mental illness (“conservatee”) by the authority, in order to allow another individual (“conservator”) to manage the affairs of the conservatee on a temporary basis.
"MHS" means a mental health specialist qualified according to the laws of that WA state.
Scope. This resolution governs only conservatorships imposed on a conservatee due to the individual being deemed by at least three MHSs to be:
temporarily mentally incompetent due to mental illness or mental disorder, and
imposed under the direction of the authority, and
only when it is expressly against the will of the conservatee.
Exclusions. This resolution does not govern any guardianship imposed where the individual:
has explicitly affirmatively consented to the guardianship;
has not yet reached the age of majority in that WA state;
has been conclusively demonstrated to suffer from irreversible cases of dementia, major cognitive impairment, intellectual disability at birth, or acquired brain damage due to accident or illness.
Duty of care.
A conservator has a fiduciary duty and a non-delegable duty of care to a conservatee.
A conservator commits a criminal offence if they are found to have been derelict in their duties.
A conservator can be a family member of the conservatee, or a professional guardian.
A conservator can only be appointed by the authority.
Fees for the conservator shall be paid for by the authority and not by the conservatee.
Qualifications. Anyone who acts as a conservator shall:
Be at or above the age of majority in that WA state;
Be capable of taking care of the conservatee;
Be capable of actively promoting and protecting the interests of the welfare of the conservatee, in areas such as housing, food supply, medical care as well as in education, employment or in general care;
Be free of any undue conflicts of interests with the conservatee, especially of a financial nature;
Be willing and able to promote the conservatee’s interests ahead of the conservator’s own interests.
Finances.
The authority shall determine if a conservator shall manage the finances of a conservatee as a trustee directly, or if a separate trustee is required, depending on the wealth of the conservatee.
Any trustee managing a conservatee’s finances shall aim for full preservation of capital, subject to supervision by the authority.
Conservator. A conservator can only be imposed by an authority on an individual as conservatee, subject to due process, if it deems that the individual:
has a fully diagnosed temporary mental illness (as testified by at least two MHSs) of sufficient degree to warrant imposing conservatorship;
is incapable of making reasonable decisions on their own circumstances, and
the affairs of the individual can only be managed by a conservator and that no other less restrictive means are available.
Regular review.
Each authority must regularly review the need for conservatorship, based on the latest evaluation of the conditions of the conservatee as determined by at least two MHS.
Each authority must also consider any review requests or appeals from a conservatee. No conservator may impede the ability of a conservatee to request for a review.
The MHS appointed by an authority for each review shall be different from the MHS appointed at the time conservatorship is imposed, and different MHS shall be used for each subsequent review.
Recognition and appeals.
No one who is (or was) employed by the WA or any of the committees or as a representative of a WA state to the WA may be placed under conservatorship.
No WA state may grant recognition of a conservatorship granted by another WA state without a separate independent process.
If a conservatee exhausts the appeals processes of that WA state, they may directly appeal to the Judiciary Committee on a de novo basis.
Passed: | |
For: | 8,669 | 85.5% |
Against: | 1,468 | 14.5% |
General Assembly Resolution # 740
Timber Production and Sale Oversight
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The World Assembly,
Believing in previous strides to maintain sustainability in our forests, and
Believing that the most effective way to create long-term sustainability actions within the forests of the World Assembly is to regulate the products which forests are generally deforested to produce, and
Hoping to institute additional actions to ensure that timber and lumber products are sustainably-sourced within all members of this Assembly, therefore enacts as follows:
Every member must establish or otherwise maintain an agency responsible for ensuring any source of timber or timber products produced or sold in that member is sustainably-sourced. In the event of a multinational entity that accomplishes this goal exists, a member may defer or collaborate with that entity as opposed to creating their own agency (including, say, a comparable agency from another member). Each agency may determine specifics of what constitutes something being "sustainably sourced", but shall include at minimum the following:
The timber is not sourced from an "old growth" forest, which has occurred naturally and developed over a sustained period of time, with minimal disturbance.
Any logging operation did not cause habitat fragmentation, insofar as it introduces or exacerbates discontinuities in the natural habitat of any flora or fauna.
Timber sourced near water have appropriate measures taken to minimize soil erosion, protect water quality, and not disturb water-based ecosystems.
All areas where timber is sourced from must be subject to post-logging site rehabilitation, which may include activities such as soil restoration, removing any logging residue, and restoring (to the best of the nation's ability) the area to its previous ecological significance, and any other activities deemed necessary.
No agency, as established in clause one of this resolution, shall approve any timber or timber product for sale which is not sourced sustainably, or in which they cannot track with confidence if it was sourced sustainably.
No member, or entity therein, shall allow the sale of any timber or timber products within its borders which is not ensured for sale pursuant to clause one of this resolution by a relevant certification agency. Additionally, no member, or entity therein, shall allow the export or import of any timber or timber products from its borders of any timber which is not approved for sale pursuant to clause one of this resolution by a relevant certification agency.
Agencies, as established in clause one of this resolution, must submit annual reports to the World Assembly Forest Commission (WAFC), detailing all timber approved and denied, in order to track general trends surrounding the timber and lumber industries. The WAFC may request additional information about the approval processes from agencies carrying out the provisions of this resolution and, if those approval processes constitute something which does not effectively and in good-faith ensure sustainability from timber and timber-based products, mandate that the agency change its criteria to increase efficacy.
Timber or timber products produced before the passage of this resolution by the World Assembly, or prior to a member's initial entry into the World Assembly, shall not be subject to the provisions of this resolution.
Passed: | |
For: | 6,410 | 51.3% |
Against: | 6,081 | 48.7% |
