International Cultural Expositions
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Cultural Heritage
Proposed by: Astrolinium
Description: THE WORLD ASSEMBLY,
NOTING the vast cultural heritage, staggering advancements, and rich, diverse traditions of its member states,
REMEMBERING its goal of "improving the world one resolution at a time",
BELIEVING that the recognition, preservation, and promotion of its member states' cultures and advancements is of the utmost importance in an increasingly global world,
HEREBY DECLARES that an International Cultural Exposition be held every year for the purpose of fostering international goodwill, recognizing the cultures of member states, and promoting peace and understanding between members,
ESTABLISHES the International Expositions Authority (IEA) to regulate these expositions and to select by means of fair and just criteria a city within the jurisdiction of a WA member state each year for the purposes of hosting this exposition,
STIPULATES that chosen cities have the right to refuse their nomination and shall be selected far enough in advance for all necessary preparations to be made,
DECLARES that these expositions be carried out in the manner of a worldwide fair,
DEFINES worldwide fair as "a gathering for the exhibition and celebration of achievements cultural, scientific, and otherwise by the diverse member states of the World Assembly for the entertainment and education of the public about said achievements and the peoples which achieved them",
INVITES any and all member states to set up pavilions, booths, or other forms of exhibitions at these expositions where they may showcase their achievements and unique culture to citizens of the world,
OFFERS that a grant of sufficient size be provided from the WA General Fund to assist member states in paying for these expositions,
ALLOWS member states to charge reasonable fees for entry and use of services/facilities in order to otherwise help ameliorate the burden of the costs, and to seek assistance from private entities for the same purpose,
EMPHASIZES that the host nation retains the following rights:
- to bar entry to representatives from certain member states with which they are in open military conflict should their presence present a clear and present danger to national security
- to expel foreign individuals from the exposition should they break the laws of the host nation
- to impose individual standards which respect the purposes and means of this resolution;
FURTHER NOTES that the host nation may not expel or prevent the participation of member states or individuals due solely to their ideologies, cultural practices, or other beliefs unless the aforementioned ideologies, cultural practices, or other beliefs present a clear and present danger to the national security of the hosting state or to the safety of those in attendance at these expositions,
EMPOWERS the IEA to send representatives to these expositions for purposes of security and of determining what constitutes a "clear and present danger".
