World 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.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 61
WA Copyright Charter
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Artistic
Proposed by: Glen-Rhodes
Description: Desiring to strengthen and protect the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works, as well as in the intellectual means of the production of such works,
Recognizing the legitimacy of national copyright laws, but understanding that international rules must be established to protect the rights of authors abroad,
The World Assembly therefore
DEFINES, for the purpose of this resolution, copyright law as any law that grants the author of an original work of creative artistic or literary value exclusive right for a certain period of time in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution, and adaptation, after which time the work enters the public domain; public domain as the collection of works neither protected under copyright law nor under state ownership, available for free use by the public; intellectual property as intangible property that is the result of original artistic and commercial creativity, and that owners have been granted exclusive right over; fair use as the use of any copyrighted work or intellectual property for educational, personal, private, critical, or satirical purposes, provided that such use does not excessively infringe on the exclusive right or profits of the owner;
REAFFIRMS that national copyright laws apply to works created, distributed, and used in that nation, regardless of the origin of such works or the nationality or citizenship of the owner,
NOTES that such affirmation does not grant immunity to persons or institutions being held liable by foreign governments or copyright holders for the infringement of any copyrighted work or intellectual property, given that sufficient proof can establish a direct intent to infringe upon the rights of the owner of the copyrighted work or intellectual property;
DECLARES that national copyright laws must grant the following rights and protections to the owners of any copyrighted work or intellectual property: the owners exclusive right over the work or intellectual property, including its publication, distribution, and adaptation; the right of immediate copyright protection abroad of a work following placement in tangible form, with no legal or statutory formalities required for protection; the protection of the work or intellectual property from the publication, distribution, adaptation, display, demonstration, reproduction, and storage in electronic form by any person or government entity without the consent of the owner, for a period of time extending at least twenty-five years after the death of the creator, or the shorter of thirty years from publication or forty years from creation, if the work is of corporate authorship;
FURTHER DECLARES that national copyright laws must not discriminate in favor of domestic works, however affirming that nations may subject domestic works to additional requirements for copyright protection;
ALSO AFFIRMS that copyrighted works may be used freely and legally, if such use can be proven to be legitimate fair use;
PROTECTS the right of a copyright holder or intellectual property owner to sell, trade, or otherwise transfer their exclusive right to another party; to release the copyrighted work or intellectual property in to the public domain; and to license the use of copyrighted work or intellectual property to any person or institution, under any reasonable terms they so wish.
Votes For: 3,894 (74%)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 62
For the Detained and Convicted
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Category: Human Rights
Proposed by: R539
Description: The World Assembly,
Recognizing that detainees and convicts can be subject to mistreatment;
Acknowledging that individuals rescinded their civil rights when detained and convicted;
Understanding that though the individual is convicted, they are entitled to some rights;
Appalled that while some rights are covered by other resolutions, none have been made specifically concerning prisoners;
1. That the detained:
2. That the convicted:
Votes For: 3,115 (56%)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 63
Protection of Outer Space Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Stash kroh
Description: The World Assembly abroad,
ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of maintaining Outer Space as an environment for all nations to explore in the safest manner possible,
UNDERSTANDING that the hazardous accumulation of space debris in recent years is contributed by space-voyaging nations,
CONCERNED that nations may pollute this internationally encompassing environment, as space debris that is uncontrolled will not remain in one area forever and may even gravitate towards celestial bodies or pose a hazard to satellites and astronauts,
DEFINING Outer Space as the void which occupies the largely empty areas of the universe outside the atmosphere of any planet, star or other celestial body, where the edge of any celestial bodys atmosphere is understood to be the specific position where a craft would have to travel faster than orbital velocity in order to receive sufficient aerodynamic lift from the atmosphere to support itself.
2) Further Prohibits any unnatural addition of hazardous debris to a frequented travel route or within dangerous proximity to a celestial body where nations reside.
3) Forbids the intentional atmospheric reentry of any vessel, satellite, or object of non-weaponry purpose, if its reentry presents a substantial and unjustifiable risk to the health of any resident of a nation.
4) Stipulates that all vessels, and residences in Outer Space recycle and reuse waste material to the best of their ability, and dispose of it in a manner that is least likely to cause unnecessary risk.
5) Establishes the Coordination of Space Consortium (C.O.S.C), in order to:
6) Encourages nations to adopt the C.O.S.Cs technological designs or environmental practices if applicable, or otherwise remain outside of Outer Space until their crafts and crew are compliant with its standards.
Votes For: 3,995 (73%)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 64
Food and Drug Standards
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
Category: Social Justice
Proposed by: Greenlandic people
Description: OBSERVING the poor or irregular quality control in the food and drug industries of many nations
BELIEVING that such poor quality assurance in business endangers the consumers health and living standard
SEEKING to establish a firm system of quality control and standards in these industries and eliminate unsanitary and unethical food production
REQUIRES member-states to regularly inspect their quality control facilities in order to ensure that they are performing to the established international standards
DEMANDS that all food and drug products produced in member states must undergo safety and quality screening before being released to the consumer market
CREATES the World Assembly Food and Drug Regulatory Agency (WAFDRA)
CHARGES the WAFDRA with the responsibility to ensure that the food and drug regulatory agencies of member-states are performing satisfactorily; also to gradually implement reforms to the quality regulation authorities of member-states
MANDATES that such reforms shall include:
(B)The establishment of forfeits for any businesses that attempt to evade safety standards upon their products; the nature and degree of such forfeits being left at the discretion of the WAFDRA and the establishment of appropriate legal consequences should any quality control facilities be found to be failing in their duty to assure the quality of the products they are charged with inspecting
(C)The creation of a team of WAFDRA inspectors who shall visit product inspection facilities on an annual basis or earlier upon the request of the committee in order to determine if they are still performing adequately to the standards of the WAFDRA
(D)The creation of an overall international standard to which all inspection facilities in member-states shall be measured against; also the creation of international standards by which to measure the safety of food and drug products
ASSERTS that in nations where there is no system of quality control the WAFDRA shall work with the national government to eventually establish such agencies
EMPOWERS the WAFDRA order the closure of any food and drug regulatory facilities that are found to repeatedly fail to succeed in ensuring the quality of the products being inspected; the closure shall be carried out by national law-enforcement
ORDERS that food and drug products being sold must bear upon them a label certified by the WAFDRA which clearly displays the quality grade that the product has been given by national quality-inspection facilities
NOTES that producers and vendors of de minimis quantities of food and drugs shall be exempt from the above clauses so long as they post visible notice at their place of sales that they are not operating under international standards
Votes For: 3,178 (63%)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 65
Biological Weapons Conference
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.
Category: Global Disarmament
Proposed by: Bergnovinaia
Description: The WA,
DEFINES biological weapons as:
APPALLED at the devastation biological weapons can wreak on civilian and military populations alike;
REALIZING that the disarmament of biological weapons will aid efforts in international
DECLARES that the risk of use of biological weapons infecting non-involved nations is not worth utilizing the weapons;
NOTING that some nations may not use biological weapons;
1. REQUIRES member states to disarm their biological arsenal, never acquire or possess a biological weapon, or assist any non-member nation in any way to develop, acquire, or deploy such weapons (except for article 5).
2. CALLS FOR these weapons be disarmed in the safest way possible in order to protect the environment and citizens lives.
3. ALLOWS any member nation to attack non-member nations with any force necessary if they are attacked with biological weapons (except with biological weapons of any kind).
4.DEMANDS that precautionary measures to prevent trafficking of these weapons or agents are taken.
5.ALLOWS member nations to use such agents for peaceful purposes, either nationally or internationally, which includes and does not exclude, experimentation and implementations for vaccinations and other preventative treatments, testing for decontamination purposes, or other peaceful purposes. However, appropriate and effective measures are taken with regard to safety and security.
Votes For: 3,490 (62%)