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 # 556
Repeal: “Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #553 “Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Recognising the noble intentions of GAR #553 "Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands" to protect and preserve these unique ecosystems, yet finding itself in disagreement with the manner in which it seeks to achieve its goals and intents, the General Assembly hereby finds the following:
GAR #553 shows its complete disregard for the diversity among the members of this international assembly, and incompetence at adequately implementing reasonable and workable protection plans for a species that it claims is endangered, by effectively halting any and all development in nations where prairie tall grasses are a prevalent, if not dominant biosphere. Not only will this cause great economic disaster because of a lack of progress and development - especially in still developing member nations with widespread and prevalent prairies - but it will eventually bring about severe housing and food shortages, and dangerous overpopulation in those member states as a result.
Furthermore, the target resolution makes the grave error of presuming that prairie tall grasses are prevalent across all member nations. This is not only a show of ignorance regarding the diverse nature of the members of this international body, but also harbours an incredible danger to unique and delicate ecosystems, to which this particular species of tall grasses would be a destructive invasive species. GAR #553 therefore prevents member nations from destroying these prairie tall grasses as an invasive species in order to protect and preserve their own threatened ecosystems.
In addition, GAR #553 unnecessarily places onerous restrictions on member nations, when General Assembly Resolution #465 "Preventing Species Extinction" already charges member nations in Clause 2 "to develop and faithfully implement WAESC-approved conservation plans to protect all at-risk species within their own jurisdiction". Furthermore, GAR #465 approaches the subject of at-risk species protection in a detailed and reasonable manner, creating provisions that compensate those negatively impacted by the protection plans, while GAR #553 is a superfluous piece of inflexible bureaucracy in comparison, with destructive consequences to developing member nations in tow.
Lastly, GAR #553 inexplicably singles out ecosystems with prairie tall grasses, while completely ignoring other equally unique and valuable biospheres. It sets the undesirable precedent for an individual resolution for every single rare ecosystem in existence, instead of either relying upon the protections that GAR #465 already provides for truly endangered species, or establishing one resolution that legislates on the subject of unique ecosystems efficiently.
And therefore, the General Assembly repeals GAR #553 "Protecting Native Prairies and Grasslands".
Passed: |
For: | 12,233 | 89.0% |
Against: | 1,505 | 11.0% |
General Assembly Resolution # 557
Prohibition Of Unwarranted Digital Surveillance
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The General Assembly,
Acknowledging that the specific targeting of private digital communications pertaining to certain individuals may be justified in the interest of protecting the general public from criminal acts,
Noting, however, that the practice of carrying out digital surveillance without the use of warrants, especially in cases of mass digital surveillance, has not been demonstrated to prevent acts of terrorism or other unlawful activities to any meaningful degree,
Aware that data collected from unwarranted digital surveillance is at risk of being accessed or stolen by unauthorized entities, with such data collection thus posing a risk to the integrity of private communications and data,
Seeking to preserve the guarantee to personal privacy and prevent violations of civil liberties,
Hereby:
Defines for the purposes of this resolution:
"digital surveillance" as the collection or monitoring of digital communications through mediums that are ostensibly private,
"warrant" as an authorization issued by a court of law for the purposes of carrying out digital surveillance, and
"unwarranted digital surveillance" as any digital surveillance that lacks authorization via a warrant, where the warrantless carrying out of digital surveillance is not necessary to prevent imminent serious injury or death to one or more persons.
Prohibits member states from:
carrying out unwarranted digital surveillance,
using the services of private entities or foreign governments to carry out unwarranted digital surveillance in their jurisdiction, or
using data gathered for non-prosecutorial or non-spying purposes for prosecutorial or spying purposes without a warrant.
Clarifies that:
the particular suspicion of unlawful activities needed to perform digital surveillance shall not be primarily based on an individual's religion, sexuality, race, nationality, gender identity, or any other arbitrary, reductive categorization and that
the following does not constitute "unwarranted digital surveillance":
the use of closed-circuit television cameras for surveillance purposes,
the voluntary acquisition of data by a police informant without authorization from a warrant,
the acquisition of data accessible in the public sphere, or
the digital surveillance of foreign government entities and/or foreign entities that pose an active threat to national security.
Affirms that the General Assembly may collectively act to further restrict surveillance operations in future legislation.
Passed: |
For: | 11,071 | 81.8% |
Against: | 2,458 | 18.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 558
Repeal: “Toxic Heavy Metals Act”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #371 “Toxic Heavy Metals Act” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses - Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Noting the good intent of the Toxic Heavy Metals Act which aims to sensibly limit the use of toxic heavy metals,
Understanding that the definition of "Toxic Heavy Metals" is incredibly broad and problematic as the resolution does not require that toxic heavy metals actually be toxic, only "potentially toxic" (which may apply to far more metals than is intended), reasonably dense and noted as such by the World Assembly Scientific Programme,
Realizing that such an incredibly broad definition does the following:
bans member states from discharging these metals into the "natural environment," (which again, applies to more metals than intended),
forces member states to waste valuable resources and funding researching alternatives to the use of all these toxic heavy metals, which as noted above can include harmless metals and,
needlessly regulates the use of harmless metals,
Recognizing that the language used to actually reduce the use of toxic heavy metals is extremely weak, as the only mandate related to use requires member states "phase out the use of toxic heavy metals and their compounds" without any further elaboration which allows for extremely slow and negligible reduction of the use of toxic heavy metals,
Confused by the exemption of military use of toxic heavy metals, as military use is just as damaging to the environment as civilian use, when such use is actually damaging, and such an exemption also makes way for loopholes in the form of otherwise illegal disposal of toxic heavy metals in the name of military use,
Hereby repeals GA#371, the Toxic Heavy Metals Act.
Passed: |
For: | 12,506 | 92.2% |
Against: | 1,060 | 7.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 559
End Conversion Therapy
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Believing that LGBTQ+ people should not be persecuted simply for being LGBTQ+, the General Assembly hereby:
defines "conversion therapy" as those interventions meant to alter or reverse any person's sexual orientation or gender identity,
requires member states to prohibit the practice and advertisement of conversion therapy in all circumstances,
clarifies that this resolution does not affect the right of willing individuals to seek and receive gender-adequation or -affirmation procedures, and
strongly recommends that members provide all necessary and relevant support to those who have already undergone, or are likely to undergo, conversion therapy.
Passed: |
For: | 10,097 | 75.5% |
Against: | 3,270 | 24.5% |
General Assembly Resolution # 560
Convention On Guest Workers
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
The World Assembly,
Noticing that individuals regularly seek work outside of their home nation for one reason or another,
Recognizing that this august body has not yet imposed a comprehensive set of regulations which their employers and member states must follow,
Hereby:
Defines guest worker as an employee who temporarily works in a country other than that of the nation in which that person is a citizen.
Requires that employers in World Assembly member states pay guest workers the same wages as their domestic counterparts for the same responsibilities, performance, and title.
Further mandates that employers in World Assembly member states not discriminate against domestic workers or guest workers in hiring or retention practices due to their status as such.
Requires that employers in member states assist in the provision of a minimum standard of living providing basic necessities for newly arrived guest workers.
Instructs employers and member states to make provision for guest workers to receive social services and healthcare while fulfilling the terms of their contract and that guest workers make the mandatory number of contributions into social services or healthcare services required by the member state they work in for them and, if applicable, their dependents to be able to access aforementioned services.
Orders employers or World Assembly member states to not enforce immigration provisions on guest workers, provided they continue to fulfill the terms of their contract.
Decrees that member nations may not cancel an employees visa and employers may not terminate a guest workers contract, in the event that the guest worker is involved in legal action undertaken in the state in which they work and the legal action to be undertaken is to take place after the expiry of a guest workers work permit.
If the legal action involving the guest worker is of a civil nature, the member nation must either provide for the guest worker to stay in their host nation until the civil action or the guest worker may leave the member nation on the condition that the member state respect to their right to reenter their jurisdiction for the purpose of participating in said aforementioned civil action.
If the legal action involving the guest worker is of a criminal nature, the state may enforce any provisions it sees fit regarding the detaining or remand of criminal defendants.
Directs member states make provision for the ability of guest workers to report violations of their rights similar to provisions extant in World Assembly law and further requires that member states or employers not retaliate, either in withholding wages, documentation such as a work permit, or agreed upon goods or services as a result of a report by a guest worker that their employer has violated their rights.
Declares that nothing in this resolution requires a member state to operate a guest worker program or constitutes a right to migrate for work.
Passed: |
For: | 9,309 | 70.8% |
Against: | 3,842 | 29.2% |