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.
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Security Council Resolution # 334
Commend The Templar High Council
A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
The Security Council,
Realizing that throughout the universe there are nations which specifically focus on contributing significantly to building the international literary collective,
Believing that epistolaries contribute significantly to the enjoyment of an innumerable number of beings, creates more activity in the multiverse, and that significant, consistent contributions of an appropriately high quality to this area should be recognized by the Security Council,
Acknowledging that The Templar High Council is a nation which has focused on developing the international literary collective, particularly in the genre of fantasy,
Appreciating The Templar High Councils efforts in protecting The Council of the Multiverse by quickly organizing a refounding of the region when the previous founder was unwilling to protect the group, then subsequently as its founder, ultimately ensuring that the collaborative literary group can further the international art of storytelling,
Lauding that this Council of the Multiverse has, under the direction of The Templar High Council:
Helped international authors improve in their authorship of fictional realms that they wish to build by providing pre-publication feedback,
Helped in the publicization of collaborative fictional universes that authors have an opportunity to contribute to,
Compiled vast resources for authors from all nations that may be used to develop their settings,
Approving of The Templar High Councils authors who have started the groundwork for expansive and widely-known anthologies, including:
A world of Martial Magic, focusing on the dojo of Ray Williams as he attempts to train children in the art of chi,
The story of Thalia Wests studies at the Mana Academy,
The aftermath of the fall of a region full of pocket-sized monsters and how a valiant rebellion rises to oppose them,
Admiring The Templar High Councils authors, who took a leading role in supporting the authors who established the beginning of universal collaborative stories such as:
The resulting effects of when victims of a massive explosion unexpectedly survived and received superpowers,
The progress on a journey of thousands of players of a game who got sucked into and trapped in the online game world,
The heroic exploits of teams of hunters and huntresses who fought to protect humanity from a grim demise at the hands of monsters,
A world where demons are fighting in a war of the gods to determine the future of humanity,
The adventures of a group of heroes who fought against the darkspawn which threatened to inflict blight across the world and members of a mercenary band seeking fame and fortune,
A mercenary school dedicated to the art of warfare in all aspects and in training up the next generation of soldiers and generals,
Appreciating the stories which have been written in The Templar High Council in collaboration with authors from other nations including but most certainly not limited to:
Arcturus Reticios adventures as a loyal soldier while hiding a secret affinity for magic,
Maiso Shitais studies in becoming a grim reaper and ferrying dead souls to the afterlife,
Zoe Foster, a vector and inertia manipulator who is in training to become a professional hero,
The heroics of various super-powered members of the Justice Queens in their fight against evil,
Concluding that The Templar High Councils authors are incredibly skilled and have significantly contributed to the fictional writing sphere through their immense literary prowess,
Hereby commends The Templar High Council.
Passed: |
For: | 12,217 | 88.8% |
Against: | 1,536 | 11.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 528
Repeal: “Protecting Sites of Religious Significance”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #522 “Protecting Sites of Religious Significance” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Affirming the importance of identifying and protecting sites of cultural significance;
Acknowledging that religious sites frequently fall into this category and are deserving of protection;
Gratified by the long-standing success of General Assembly Resolution #287 "Cultural Site Preservation", which codifies identification and protection for sites with all manner of cultural significance;
Abhorring the needless and overreaching bureaucracy present in General Assembly Resolution #522 "Protecting Sites of Religious Significance", which both duplicates effort and exceeds reasonable boundaries;
Notes that the target resolution creates extensive and overlapping efforts in this regard through the creation of a second committee tasked with an overlapping mandate, and the separate designations of significance for religious sites now being required under multiple competing resolutions;
Annoyed that the creation of this unnecessary second committee will massively waste World Assembly funds that would be of better use elsewhere;
Further notes that the target resolution uses incredibly broad and problematic definitions, such as:
defining any place of religious community as a site of religious significance to be protected in perpetuity, which will include culturally insignificant houses with shrines where community worship may take place, preventing owners of the house from altering the religious nature of the house in the future even if their own religious views have changed;
defining any grave of people associated with [ ] a religion as a site of religious significance to be protected in perpetuity, which would render the grave of any deceased practitioner of an active religion forever untouchable, even for law enforcement purposes such as recovering evidence in a murder;
Dismayed that member nations are required to protect "foundational place, or places, of a religion" in perpetuity, which could lead to people declaring the establishment of a religion to immediately gain international protections for their person and property against even the most reasonable of societal demands;
Troubled that sites of religious significance established through invasion may be completely desecrated by member nations regardless of their current importance to the adherents of the religion at present;
Further troubled that the resolution does not fully prevent member nations from applying blanket access restrictions to sites of religious significance, defeating the purpose of protecting these sites in the first place;
Confused by unclear wording in the resolution, such as [a]busing [sic] one's private property rights in the pursuit of gaining the legal right to protect or maintain a site of religious significance, which could lead to vastly different interpretations by member nations and not result in the intended effect that the clause wanted;
Concluding that the member nations of the World Assembly should repeal a flawed resolution; hereby:
Repeals General Assembly Resolution #522, Protecting Sites of Religious Significance.
Co-authored by Verdant Haven.
Passed: |
For: | 10,299 | 68.6% |
Against: | 4,715 | 31.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 529
Repeal: “Rights of the employed”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #491 “Rights of the employed” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Commending the efforts of GA 491 "Rights of the employed" in enumerating several rights of workers,
Concerned, however, that sloppy writing and easily foreseeable consequences have transformed this well-intentioned resolution into a heavily flawed piece of legislation that imposes substantial unintended costs and directly undermines its own agenda,
Troubled that the resolution requires that workers prove to their employers the necessity of their breastfeeding in the workplace, a condition which is both obviously problematic and flies in the face of the legislation's stated purpose,
Disturbed that the resolution mandates a private area in the workplace "reserved for the sole purpose of breastfeeding" for workplaces subject to the mandates of clause E(3), a costly and unrealistic burden on small businesses and workplaces that cannot practically accommodate such a requirement,
Elaborating that the above mandate also establishes a substantial incentive for firms to avoid hiring female labor in direct contravention of the intentions of this resolution and WA labor law, especially given the absence of any non-discrimination hiring protections applying to breastfeeding in this resolution,
Confounded that the resolution requires at least eight weeks of leave for adoption, despite older children generally needing no special caregiver attention,
Adding that this mandate incentivizes business-minded governments to unduly burden adoption of older children to the detriment of adoptees, adopting families, and foster care systems,
Recognizing that extant WA law covers the two main policy objectives of this resolution, parental leave and retaliation, to a far greater degree, with:
GA 503 "Protecting Legal Rights of Workers" ensuring that workers are not retaliated against for seeking legal enforcement of their rights; and
GA 527 "Protected Working Leave" providing for far broader parental and other leave;
Reminding that several extant resolutions, including GA 35 "The Charter of Civil Rights", GA 91 "A Convention on Gender", and GA 457 "Defending the Rights of Sexual and Gender Minorities" more than adequately cover discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression, or sexual identity, and
Convinced that a heavily flawed, overreaching, and largely redundant piece of legislation has every reason to be repealed,
Hereby repeals GA 491 "Rights of the employed".
Passed: |
For: | 11,901 | 80.1% |
Against: | 2,963 | 19.9% |
Security Council Resolution # 335
Commend Praeceps
A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
The Security Council,
Observing that Praeceps was one of the nations that pioneered the formation of The North Pacific Cards Guild, and was subsequently appointed as its first Guildmaster,
Noting The North Pacific Cards Guilds role as the first and largest alliance of art collecting nations and further noting the high concentration of influential collecting nations involved within its programs,
Realising that the efforts of Praeceps as Guildmaster are largely responsible for such successes, including:
Investing large amounts of time processing artwork requests, accepting new guild members, tallying votes for various events, and outwardly representing the guild on the international stage,
Creating the 31 Days of Legendaries Event, resulting in higher guild publicity and membership growth due to the massive distribution of highly valued artwork,
Overseeing the production and execution of the The Comprehensive Guide to NationStates Cards, one of the most frequently cited references among collectors; The Monthly Snapshot, a semi-frequent and comprehensive artwork news source; and The Monthly Card Collection Competition, where nations compete to create collections matching a predetermined theme and have the chance to win highly coveted art pieces,
Recruitment of nations within the guild to serve in the leadership, many of which who have been previously recognised by the Security Council for their own outstanding achievements to the guild and beyond,
Peacekeeping through the humane punishment of nefarious nations who violate the rules of the North Pacific Cards Guild, such as the condemned Noahs Second Country, who was caught in the egregious act of stealing bank funds from a fellow guild member,
Recognising that Praeceps efforts in modeling The North Pacific Cards Guild into a professional organisation led to the eventual establishment of the Ministry of Cards within The North Pacific, permanently establishing their legacy within the largest region in the world,
Appreciating the open, community-driven nature of Praeceps, as indicated by their narratives in publications such as The Monthly Snapshot and in interregional festivals, where they encourage other regions to develop similar programs and offer their assistance in doing so, inspiring artwork programs in regions such as 10000 Islands,
Lauding Praeceps for their other contributions to The North Pacific, such as by serving two terms as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, where they resurrected the previously inactive diplomatic corps and remodeled it into an efficient organisation, as well as introducing the practice of releasing regular updates during the term which has since been adopted by other ministries,
Applauding Praeceps for their contributions to The North Pacific's Ministry of Culture through their role as Deputy Minister, where they organise 'Social Deduction Games' - fun games that help to foster regional activity and create bonds between nations,
Acclaiming Praeceps for their legislative contributions in The North Pacific, which include proposing constitutional amendments that clarified procedures regarding security checks and prohibiting members of the Security Council from being members while having a lapsed citizenship, boosting regional security,
Praising Praeceps for their positive international impact via the World Assembly as the author and co-author of several World Assembly proposals and resolutions, such as:
The Security Council proposal to remove password protection from The Union of the Axis Powers, a fascist and Nazi-aligned region, which, despite not passing, spurred the regional leadership to destroy and attempt to reestablish the region, getting captured by anti-fascist forces in the process,
Security Council Resolution #303 Commend Destructive Government Economic System, the first resolution to commend a nation for their participation in the international artwork trade due to their community contributions and artwork preservation efforts,
Security Council Resolution #334 Commend The Templar High Council, a unique resolution that commended a nation renowned for their in-depth and purposeful storytelling, which is revered around the multiverse,
Determining Praeceps to be an exemplary nation dedicated to assisting both their regional and the international community via their outlined actions,
Co-authored by Pineappleistania.
Passed: |
For: | 11,851 | 89.0% |
Against: | 1,459 | 11.0% |
Security Council Resolution # 336
Commend The Western Isles
A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.
The Security Council,
Noting that The Western Isles (TWI) has for over five years fostered a vibrant, thriving community of nations with immense participation in the realms of diplomacy, trade relations, collaborative unions, and the proliferation of mass media;
Applauding the welcoming attitude that new nations are introduced to upon entering TWI, as demonstrated by:
The numerous well-written guides for nations to build and maintain (for example) thriving economies, militaries, and foreign relations networks,
An active, well-equipped system of regional mentors to assist nations in their rise to prosperity, and
The existence of the International District, a neutral and open forum for nations and regional representatives to discuss international relations, seek and give advice on nationbuilding, and introduce new nations to TWI's diplomatic scene;
Hailing TWI's diplomatic spirit as demonstrated by the formation of these notable regional socioeconomic unions and alliances:
The League, a complementary intraregional organ to the World Assembly that aims to maintain regional peace and stability, and to facilitate international relations, alliances, as well as policy-guiding treaties and initiatives,
The Cooperative Union (CU), a political and economic union intended to promote socioeconomic stability which is also TWI's largest economic bloc,
The Regional Trade and Economic Agreement (RTEA), which aims to provide a credible forum for member nations to negotiate matters pertaining to all aspects of their respective economies and trade affairs, as well as to collectively strengthen their economies, and
The Eterna-Argean Friendship Accords (EAFA), a cooperative agreement between the nations within and bordering the Eterna and Argean Seas that seeks to foster a sense of camaraderie and mutual trust, as well as to establish protocols for shared jurisdiction over their respective Seas;
Saluting the formation of these notable defense organizations and forces as a means to guarantee regional security:
The Mesder Sea Treaty Organization (MSTO), an intergovernmental military alliance which has fostered immense technological advancement and wielded much political influence within TWI,
The Coalition of Free Nations (COFN), an intergovernmental military and socioeconomic pact which has fostered peace, stability, and development within TWI,
The Argean Rapid Response Force (ARRF), a rapid engagement military force comprised of specialized units from the nations of Vancouvia, Noronica, and Ostehaar that aims to respond swiftly to threats and hostile maneuvering in the age of modern warfare, and
The Raedlon Organization of States (ROS), a military and socioeconomic alliance of nations within the Raedlon peninsula intended to provide mutual defense and foster economic relations and stability between member states;
Impressed by the exceptionally high prevalence and influence of these intraregional organizations within TWI, a region of just under 170 nations;
Cognizant of TWI's collective resolve in pursuing peace after the intraregional Second Imperial War, an accomplishment made all the more remarkable by the significant ideological divide between the Eastern Union of Socialist Republics (EUSR) and the MSTO, the two warring parties;
Praising TWI for their initiative, vision, and leadership in hosting the Western Isles Climate Response Council, a non-partisan intergovernmental organization which aims to perform research on alternative energy production sources and help nations respond to climate change;
Admiring TWI's dedication to disseminating journalism on a global scale via The Western Isles News, a non-profit media news cooperative that aggregates articles from newspapers across the region and distributes them to a large audience both within and beyond TWI;
Appreciating TWI's commitment to promoting the creative arts with the Citizens of The Isles, a creative writing publisher sponsored and maintained by a decentralized cooperative of TWI residents;
Hopeful that this resolution will encourage other regions to emulate the distinguished, honorable example The Western Isles has forged;
Hereby commends The Western Isles.
Passed: | |
For: | 7,150 | 53.0% |
Against: | 6,336 | 47.0% |