Lands End

The Security Council,

Acknowledging that “Liberate Utopia” served an essential purpose in helping Utopia’s residents reclaim their region from rogues, at a time when the region lacked the means to do so itself, restoring Utopia’s idyllic and positive environment,

Noting that the specific security concerns and administrative disruptions that prompted SC#13 to be written have been fully resolved by the region’s current residents and global circumstances,

Observing that no native population of Utopia remains, its founding nations and long-standing residents before its refounding having long since ceased to exist, leaving only recently arrived nations with no historical claim to the region predating this Council’s original intervention,

Recognizing that the Security Council’s resolutions are meant to uphold durable principles rather than preserve dated concerns and grievances,

Reflecting that the vulnerability following the loss of Utopia’s founder, Utopian thoughts, left the region genuinely exposed, and SC#13’s intervention played a real part in seeing it through that period,

Further reflecting that the circumstances behind the one-time occurrence belong to a specific chapter in Utopia’s history that has since closed,

Noting further that the residents of Utopia took matters into their own hands, refounding the region and entrusting it in their own community,

Aware that Utopia, like any other founderless region, can rely on established defender coalitions to defend itself, coordinated through networks such as Libcord, which monitor and respond to raids regardless of formal treaty ties or Security Council resolutions,

Understanding that this Council repeals liberation resolutions once a region has shown long-term stability and no longer requires active World Assembly intervention, as with the recent repeal of “Liberate Portugal de Esquerda,” where the resolution was recognized as unable to serve its intended function without a governor to enforce it, leaving the text ineffective without any active protective effort, and as with the repeal of “Liberate Syria,” where invading forces were found to no longer pose a threat to the region, as they were long gone,

Exhausted that “Liberate Utopia” has stood 17 years past the events that needed it, far longer than its original purpose,

Hereby repeals “Liberate Utopia”.

Co-author: Varanius

Understanding the certain risks and dangers relating to nuclear energy generation,

Recognizing the effort and expertise required to maintain nuclear energy infrastructure, and the investments required to fuse and split the atom,

Concerned about the potential mismanagement, misunderstanding, and misuse of nuclear power,

Aiming to establish a concrete, just, and fair governing body to oversee and regulate safe nuclear generation efforts in member nations, establishes the following:

1. For clarity, defines:

   1. “Nuclear Energy”, for this resolution only, as any type of commercial or national power infrastructure, consisting of more than one structure, which uses energy from the interactions of an atomic nucleus with another subatomic particle or nuclei, and propagating any form of radiation or danger of nuclear contamination;

   2. “Criticality”, as any nuclear chain reaction that is self-sustaining, where each splitting atom releases enough neutrons to maintain a chain reaction under the control of Reactor Operators, in terms of Nuclear Fission;

   3. “SCRAM”, as any emergency shutdown or automatic safety system in any nuclear energy, that forces the nuclear reaction to slow to a significant degree, or stop;

2. The International Nuclear Compliance Commission (INCC) is established and funded as the World Assembly organization with the chief end of regulating and ensuring the safe use of Nuclear Energy. INCC shall then be responsible for the following duties:

   1. INCC shall publish and maintain an extensive list of safeguards, rules, regulations, and precautions that World Assembly members will subscribe to, defining the safe use and operations of Nuclear Energy, with revisions as needed;

   2. For member nations with no Nuclear infrastructure, the INCC will oversee any attempts to achieve criticality, and provide reasonable assistance when needed or requested by any member;

   3. Audit and ensure the compliance of member nations’ nuclear energy infrastructure, verifying that all operations are up to INCC standards; however, any facility inspections shall require the full voluntary consent of host nations;

   4. Maintain a safe clause of security around nuclear power, and educate and inform those nations wanting to learn more about the atom, its uses, and the boons of nuclear energy;

3. INCC shall, under good rapport and audit, establish, affirm, and administer the following non-autonomous organizations:

   1. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety (ACRS), to advise the Commission, concerning national law, the hazards of proposed or existing reactor facilities in member nations, and to establish a safe working environment and sound SCRAM systems;

   2. The Emergency Nuclear Response Organization (ENRO), to coordinate response time, emergency efforts, and flow of information in the time of a nuclear disaster, with report to the INCC, and to assist with humanitarian organizations and national emergency response to convey prudent information on the disaster;

Declares the atom a safe, now regulated, source of energy.

The Security Council,

Recalling the passage of Commend Vilita and turori in May 2020, which sought to commend the nation for its awe-inspiring successes and extraordinary contributions to the international sports community,

Questioning the merits of that resolution in light of an investigation conducted three years thereafter that exposed Vilita for a litany of grave and reprehensible transgressions committed against that community,

Observing that Vilita’s efforts to foster “a welcoming environment” are enervated by the revelation that they themselves engaged in a behaviour that was both unbecoming of a nation considered a pillar of the international sports community and one commended by this august body:

• Vilita sent the puppet nations of United, Racing, and Esportiva to terrorize Esportiva's regional message board. Vilita and any other nations under its control would wind up being proscribed from ever setting foot on Esportiva.

• Esportiva’s plight was not an isolated incident, as Vilita employed the same tactics under the nation of Pirahna to target The Western Isles.

Repulsed by how Vilita founded two nations which misled the community into believing other prolific nations were engaged in illegal puppetry, causing lasting damage to these nations’ credibility until evidence of their innocence came to light after the investigations:

• East neutralia, signed up for two editions of the Copa Rushmori (Editions XXX and XXXVIII), had a flag bearing resemblance to that of Rushmore resident Oberour Ar Moro.

• New old forest, who had signed up for the Di Bradini Cup 50 immediately after its founding, was widely assumed to be an undeclared puppet of TJUN-ia.

Appalled that Vilita’s criminality does not end there, as Vilita’s worst offenses came in the form of trying to circumvent community regulations by surreptitiously sneaking puppets into multiple competitions undeclared, most notably:

• In World Cup 19 (WC19), Vilita entered 11 undeclared puppets, including Crystilakere, which would go on to win WC19. Throughout the entire tournament, Vilitan sporting officials refereed each of the would-be victor’s matches.

• In World Cup 22 (WC22), Vilita entered 9 undeclared puppets, including Oaker, which finished second. Vilitan sporting officials refereed every one of Oaker’s matches except the final.

• In World Cup 95 (WC95), both of the aforementioned puppets’ appearances were declared null and void: Crystilakere’s title was declared vacated; Oaker’s final appearance met the same fate.

• In World Cups 13 through 27, Vilita would enter 16 other undeclared nations into the competition.

Acknowledging that being granted assent to host a sporting competition anywhere across the multiverse is an honour conferred to those who have earned the trust of the wider sports community,

Saddened that Vilita had, prior to being exposed, been considered a role model to many up-and-coming nations seeking to summit the mountaintop of sporting glory, and that said aspirants sought to model themselves after Vilita,

Noting the subsequent outcry in reaction to Vilita’s shocking misdeeds, culminating in not only its shunning but its expulsion from the Executive World Cup Committee (EWCC) and World Cup Committee (WCC),

Therefore lamenting Vilita’s fall from grace, as the revelations of their duplicity and misconduct were not only antithetical to what was expected of such an applauded and revered nation, but also broke the hearts of an overwrought international sports community awash in a flood of unthinkable grief, incredulity, and indignation,

Laying bare the many repugnant and shameful actions committed by Vilita that are utterly antipodean to the noble virtues embodied by other nations enshrined in the pantheon of those commended by the Security Council,

HEREBY repeals “Commend Vilita and Turori.”

Co-author: Giovanniland

Beyond merely striking resolutions from the floor, repeals serve as snapshots of the World Assembly’s outlook. This is because they are themselves expressions of the Assembly's collective will and provide insight into the evolving standards by which the Assembly evaluates resolutions and offer a window into its very culture.

We, the reborn General Assembly, have collectively embraced our role in forging a new culture, one that centers an inclusive vision of sovereignty and progress. We have passed resolutions establishing foundational infrastructure and unifying principles, to act as a catalyst for the Assembly’s future.

We must also embrace the potential of repeals in this new era, not as instruments of destruction, but of progress. We have the responsibility of establishing a new forward-looking repeal custom: one that advances the theoretical foundations underpinning the Assembly and ensures that the practical implementation of those foundations remains strong.

As such, the General Assembly finds the following regarding GA#11’s animating principles:

1. It's vital that this body's resolutions tackle issues of international import, and international agricultural preservation is certainly one such topic. The goal of enjoining members to collaborate in safeguarding the world's food supply is laudable.

2. It is essential that this body’s resolutions respect the sovereignty and interests of members, particularly vulnerable ones. The target makes a good-faith effort to align with that and to protect such states. Its preamble takes care to express concern regarding "vulnerability to disease, pests, and continued changes to the environment."

However, while this animus indicates strong potential, resolutions must take care to execute their provisions well. In that regard, the General Assembly finds the following:

1. Section 2 requires the ISPI (the WA agency established by the target for seed preservation and access) to "[develop] redundant storage systems across multiple geographic regions." It does not set further parameters for their establishment, leaving the uncomfortable possibility of undue encroachment into the jurisdiction of members. It also provides no obvious pathway for collaboration by members interested in hosting or accommodating such sites.

2. Clause 4 "[affirms] that all contributed genetic material remains the sovereign property of the originating nation." It's unclear what "sovereign property" means, what the limits of "genetic material" are, or what protections that entails in practice. This could compromise the agency's operations and members reliant on its assistance in times of great vulnerability.

3. Clause 7 "[authorizes] the ISPI to distribute preserved seeds at no cost to nations experiencing agricultural collapse due to disaster, conflict, or environmental crisis." The ISPI does not actually need a request or even consent from members to distribute seeds to them that they might not need or possess the infrastructure to utilize. The stipulation that distribution "respects regional agricultural practices and ecological compatibility" does not ameliorate this.

Overall, the target's issues are ones of unevenness stemming from a lack of refinement. It attempts to undertake a worthwhile, globally relevant policy objective in ways that benefit members and respect their interests. However, this policymaking must be handled with greater robustness than the target demonstrates. As it stands, the target's important clauses are harmfully underdeveloped.

These findings should provide a roadmap for future efforts, both in revisiting this subject matter and in beginning to build a new culture of repeals. There is no better target to use in fashioning such a tradition than one that, while poorly executed, demonstrates clear potential for addressing a matter undoubtedly suitable for Assembly lawmaking. After all, the shape of the seed informs the shape of the tree.

Co-authors: Cretox State, Merethin, Bjornifjordaland