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 # 446
Repeal: “Convention on International Oil Spills”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #444 “Convention on International Oil Spills” (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: Mining) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Applauding the resolution at hand for its work at improving the environment,
But Concerned that clause 3 of the resolutions micro-manages member nations to a degree that may be harmful to the resolution's mission by:
Mandating technologies that may be or are obsolete in some member nations,
Using vague language regarding maintenance and inspections such as "every couple of years" and "regularly,"
Saddened that clause 4 also lists a number of technologies that may become or already are obsolete in member nations,
Believing that the micromanagement and excruciating specificity inherent in this resolution:
Will leave nations unable to adapt to better technologies,
Potentially wastes resources following mandates that aren't necessary in all nations,
Includes strong suggestions that overstep reasonable bounds of the WA with instructions for spill clean-up that are better left to individual nations to determine properly,
Incensed at the needless re-treading of ground already covered in part by Responsible Offshore Drilling and Reducing Spills and Leaks and yet leaving regulation of reduction and clean-up of wildlife impact uselessly vague,
Bemoaning the listed flaws and occasional poor grammar usage,
Repeals GA 444 "Convention on International Oil Spills."
Passed: |
For: | 13,189 | 80.7% |
Against: | 3,151 | 19.3% |
General Assembly Resolution # 447
Respondeat Superior
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
Noting an ominous silence surrounding the topic of tort law;
Believing that tort law serves as an effective alternative to industry regulation by providing an opportunity for injured individuals to hold liable their institutional tortfeasors;
Holding that expanding the duty of business entities to the actions of their employees protects employees, allows adequate compensation to victims, promotes higher standards for safe conduct, and spreads the cost of risk equitably;
Disdainful of industry practices that allow business to use employees as shields against incentivized or overt negligence; and
Determined to prevent it;
The World Assembly hereby enacts the following:
A plaintiff in a noncriminal case against a single defendant may enjoin and hold liable the defendant's employer where the defendant:
had an employer-employee relationship with the enjoined business;
Was acting in the scope of employment at that time; and
Was the proximate cause of the damage to the plaintiff.
A plaintiff who wins a judgment in such a case may enforce judgment against both the employer and employee, jointly and severally.
An employer may seek indemnity from an employee for costs incurred only when the employees actions were reckless or intentional. In situations where a cross-claim is procedurally inappropriate, member states may not hold such claims precluded until that claim is tried on its merits.
Member states may award non-compensatory damages in such a case only when failing to do so would be a manifest injustice.
Passed: |
For: | 8,727 | 55.2% |
Against: | 7,070 | 44.8% |
General Assembly Resolution # 448
Right to Self-defense
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Ashamed that this Assembly does not already guarantee or recognize the right of an individual to defend themselves and family from an imminent threat,
Cognizant that some governments deliberately oppose affording the right of self-protection in order to suppress the freedoms and liberties of the individuals and maintain a controlling presence on the populace,
Acknowledging that government services put in place to protect the lives of public and safety from harm - such as a police force - are not always readily available in a dire situation that may endanger the life of an individual and/or the lives of their family,
Hereby,
1. Defines family as someone related to an individual by blood, in marriage, in law, or of some substantial and tangible relationship,
2. Further defines arms as any weapons, munitions, or equipment designed to inflict bodily harm or physical damage, including, but not limited to, firearms, knives, explosives, etc.
3. Affirms the right to self-defense, of oneself and/or his or her family, and declares that nations are to permit and accept the exercise of this right as an affirmative defense in cases, so long as:
a) The threat poses a clear and immediate danger to the life of the individual or his or her family,
b) The force used in response is not excessive with regards to the threat of the situation presented,
4. Assures member states the right to attest the legality of the claim that a use of force was in self-defense, as according to the conditions established in Clause 3, in the court of law of the respective nation,
5. Clarifies that nothing in this resolution should be read to void, infringe, or adversely impact any other right to or regulation of arms affirmed by this Assembly, but prohibits any extant criminalization of an exercise of defensive force, either with any common object or unarmed, in self-protection,
Co-authored with DiRito-Opolis.
Passed: | |
For: | 9,737 | 55.9% |
Against: | 7,685 | 44.1% |
General Assembly Resolution # 449
Repeal: “Right to Self-defense”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #448 “Right to Self-defense” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Observing that the GA 448 "Right to Self-defence" is overly broad,
Believing that persons suspected of breaking the law should not be permitted to employ self-defence measures against law enforcement officers acting within the realm of their duties, and
Concerned with such permission causing a rise in violence and a fall in the ability for law enforcement to apprehend criminals, hereby:
Repeals GA 448.
Passed: |
For: | 13,666 | 77.8% |
Against: | 3,895 | 22.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 450
Don't Kill the Poor Act
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Celebrating a history of protecting essential sapient rights,
Recognizing historical efforts to prohibit genocide and guarantee equal rights for the citizens of member states,
Concerned that ill-intentioned governments might engage in violence against the weakest of those under its jurisdiction,
The World Assembly hereby:
Recognizes systematic or otherwise intentional and statistically disproportionate violence perpetrated against a group, forceful isolation of a group in designated areas, removal of a group from designated areas, or the forceful institution of population controls on a group as acts of genocide,
Highlights that case-by-case imprisonment of, displacement of, or use of force against individuals does not target a general group, and so does not constitute genocide,
Renders crimes against humanity any acts of genocide against any group on the basis of economic status or employment,
Requires member states to render aid to individuals escaping genocide on the basis of their economic status or employment, and to consider such persons refugees.
Passed: |
For: | 14,051 | 80.8% |
Against: | 3,344 | 19.2% |