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 # 611
End Collective Punishment
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The World Assembly:
Believing that collective punishment is grossly unfair, as it purposefully targets the innocent, and therefore a serious violation of sapient rights; and
Observing that collective punishment is a favoured tool of authoritarian regimes to suppress opposition;
Hereby, within the confines of past, standing World Assembly law:
Bans member states from purposefully punishing, convicting, or otherwise targetting for punishment, any individual for:
Any act they did not personally commit or knowingly conspire, suppress evidence of, encourage, or facilitate; or
Connection or relationship to an individual, on the basis that that individual has committed a punishable or unlawful act;
Demands that all past convictions contravening this resolution by member states be fully rescinded; and
Clarifies that this resolution does not ban member states from purposefully punishing, convicting, or otherwise retaliating against persons for:
Membership in a proscribed organisation; or
A punishable act unambiguously committed under their authority.
Passed: |
For: | 14,322 | 81.3% |
Against: | 3,293 | 18.7% |
General Assembly Resolution # 612
Repeal: “Access to Scientific Knowledge”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #604 “Access to Scientific Knowledge” (Category: Education and Creativity; Area of Effect: Educational) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Recognizing the value of scientific knowledge and its publication to the international community,
Committed, however, to the principles of ethical research, which take precedence over convenient access to data,
The World Assembly hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #604, Access to Scientific Knowledge, for the following causes:
Section 4 fails to consider the privacy and confidentiality rights of research participants.
It institutes no procedures whatsoever for the anonymization of participant data which the Council for Scientific Dissemination collects: neither member states nor research entities operating under their jurisdiction nor the Council for Scientific Dissemination are directed to perform any anonymization, regardless of its necessity to the protection of personal information.
It requires the communication of personal informationwhich may include their names, associations, place of residence, employment, sexual, or medical history, or demographic characteristicsto the Council for Scientific Dissemination whenever it is included in government-funded research or data.
Section 6 exacerbates these failures by directing the Council for Scientific Dissemination to publish all of this unethically communicated data.
Section 4 further bulldozes research ethics in coercing government-funded researchers to violate informed consent agreements with participants where these agreements specify that some collected information will not be published or communicated to third parties. This harms participants of past scientific research and erodes public trust in the sciences and the will of scientists to examine their hypotheses, for fear of harming participants.
Passed: |
For: | 13,221 | 87.8% |
Against: | 1,830 | 12.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 613
Repeal: “WA Counterterrorism Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #25 “WA Counterterrorism Act” (Category: International Security; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Recognizing the implicit bias of this Assembly against social, political, or religious groups of people not associated with governments of member states, and yet who exist within member states;
Recognizing the implicit bias of this Assembly in favor of the governments of member states, however legitimate or illegitimate, regardless of corruption, disregard for shared morals, or unjust treatment of their populations;
Understanding that governments of member states often utilize tactics which the target resolution prohibits non state actors from utilizing, creating a disadvantage for non-state actors in conflict with their governments, without regard for the justifications of these groups;
Believing that groups of non state actors should be afforded every right under the law as the governments of member nations in the interests of securing liberty from tyrannical governments;
Hereby Repeals General Assembly Resolution #25 WA Counterterrorism Act for the following reasons:
1) The resolution defines terrorism as an act committed by non state actors, reserving the ability to target civilian populations for the governments of member states, yet denying it to any group of non state actors opposing them, regardless of the justifications of either belligerent in a conflict, creating an unfair advantage in in favor of potential tyrannical governments.
2) The resolution defines civilian populations as persons who are not members of their nation's armed forces or police, meaning that the resolution prohibits non state actors from targeting politicians, scientists and engineers, manufacturers of weapons of war, and other non-military assets used in war, however allows governments of member nations to attack these targets, furthering the disadvantage of groups of non state actors, regardless of their justifications;
3) The resolution requires member nations to take action against any group of non state actors which exist inside their own borders who may be unjustly labeled under the resolution as terrorists by the governments of which they are at war, forcing member states to side with the governments of member states in internal conflicts, regardless of the justifications of either belligerent.
4) The Resolution prohibits member states from providing aid to any non state group who may be unjustly labeled under the resolution as terrorists by the governments of which they are at war, while simultaneously allowing aid to these governments, regardless of their justifications.
5) The Resolution requires members states to seize the assets of any non state group unjustly labeled under the resolution as terrorists by the governments of which they are at war , further disadvantaging these non state groups in their conflicts, regardless of their justifications.
6) The Resolution would punish any member state which supports a non state group which has been labeled under the resolution as terrorists by the governments of which they are at war , regardless of their justifications.
Passed: |
For: | 14,003 | 89.6% |
Against: | 1,621 | 10.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 614
Repeal: “Preventing Identity Theft”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #576 “Preventing Identity Theft” (Category: International Security; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Puzzled at Clause 5 of GA#576 "Preventing Identity Theft", which mandates that "[i]n cases where victims were affected financially by the relevant identity theft, the total sum of losses shall be repaid to the victim",
Dismayed that if member states are unable to recover all of the money stolen by the perpetrators of identity theft, they may have to pay the victims themselves in order to avoid facing fines and sanctions for noncompliance,
Shocked that member states will have to resort to paying exorbitant amounts of money to victims of identity theft due to the multitude of phishing and credit card scams that occur on a daily basis, resulting in less money being available for disaster relief or pillow advertisement campaigns,
Distressed that this clause may even prompt unscrupulous residents of WA states to fraudulently claim to be victims of identity theft in order to obtain "monetary compensation", further draining member states of funds, and
Believing that this critical flaw with GA#576 is sufficient to warrant its repeal so as to prevent more member states from forking out precious taxpayer money to compensate those negligent enough to fall for these identity theft scams,
Hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #576, "Preventing Identity Theft".
Passed: |
For: | 13,157 | 82.7% |
Against: | 2,753 | 17.3% |
General Assembly Resolution # 615
International Scientific Cooperation
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
The World Assembly:
Convinced that international scientific cooperation is an important pursuit, despite past difficulties in developing a comfortable model on the subject.
Recognizing that each member nation has its own interest in the scientific progress made by its people, and that other nations have no right to demand the fruits of that labor or dictate how it will be handled.
Deciding to avoid prior pitfalls by building a basic framework for scientific cooperation, without imposing demands that frustrate scientific progress, politicize scientific work, and cause quality and ethics problems.
Therefore, the General Assembly resolves as follows:
Article I: Definitions
When used in this resolution:
"Science" or "scientific" refers to the systematic exploration and study of the world (such as through experiment and observation), which is intended to produce or contribute to knowledge, and which is capable of being critically analyzed by others.
References to "member nations" include member nations' governments, public and private organizations, and citizens.
"Peer review" means having at least one expert in a particular field review a piece of scientific work and provide written feedback commenting on the validity of the work's methods, findings, and conclusions.
Article II: Cooperation Agency
(1) The International Scientific Cooperation Agency (ISCA) is established. ISCA's primary budget shall be allocated from World Assembly general funds. ISCA may also receive charitable donations, but may not accept any funds that are contingent on pursuing a particular policy or viewpoint. ISCA is tasked with the following primary duties:
To establish an international forum or medium for the free exchange of scientific ideas.
To receive submissions of scientific experiments, studies, articles, comments, notes, and other papers, and to establish a publicly-accessible database for them.
(2) Member nations are strongly encouraged to make all of their scientific literature available to the international community through the ISCA.
(3) Member nations are strongly encouraged to collaborate with other nations on scientific endeavors whenever international collaboration would make the endeavor more effective or efficient. For instance, when studying biodiversity, climate, oceanography, outer space, and other topics of international scope and importance.
Article III: Grants and Symposiums
ISCA shall periodically host symposiums on science topics of international importance. All member nations shall have reasonable and convenient access to ISCA symposiums.
ISCA shall provide monetary support (grants) to member nations for their science projects. ISCA shall award grants in reasonable amounts based on the overall cost of the project, the potential benefit to the international community, and the competing obligation to fund other worthy projects. ISCA grants are conditional on an agreement that the project will adhere to all applicable ethics and quality standards, and that the finished work will be submitted to ISCA for international publication.
Article IV: Rights of Member Nations
Member nations shall have the following rights with respect to the ISCA:
The right to determine whether their scientific work may be received by ISCA, according to national laws on subjects such as copyright, privacy, ethics, and security.
The right to equal and convenient access to the content of ISCA's database, subject to the condition that they have contributed science of their own to the database or are making good faith efforts to do so.
Article V: Responsible Research
Recognizing that standards for responsible science continue to develop, the following apply to ISCA submissions and publications:
Member nations must ensure their ISCA submissions comply with their national ethical standards and set international ethical standards;
Member nations must ensure their ISCA submissions have been peer reviewed and provide the peer review commentary along with the submission.
ISCA will evaluate each submission for compliance with quality and ethics requirements. If a submission does not meet relevant standards, ISCA will explain the deficiency and decline publication pending resubmission.
To promote transparency in science, ISCA will annotate each of its publications to indicate (1) if it was modified for international publication for any reason, and (2) if it received substantial negative treatment from peer review.
Article VI: Oversight
Recognizing the potential for a science agency to be unduly politicized without sufficient oversight, the ISCA Oversight Board is established with the following duties:
To hear any complaints from member nations alleging that they were improperly denied ISCA database access, publication, or grant money, or were otherwise aggrieved by an act or omission within ISCA's jurisdiction.
After hearing a complaint, to either affirm ISCA's action or redirect ISCA's action, with a public explanation for the result.
Passed: |
For: | 12,977 | 81.5% |
Against: | 2,940 | 18.5% |