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[Abandoned] Flood Safety & Prevention Act

Postby District XIV » Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:25 am

Flood Safety & Prevention Act
Category: International Security || Strength: Significant || Proposed By: D14


The General Assembly:

Recognizes the dangers of a flood, which may cause devastating loss of life and severe structural damage to an area affected by such flood,

Realizes that action must be taken to prepare for future flooding events in an attempt to prevent these tragedies from occurring,

Defines a 'flood' or 'flooding event' or 'flooding' as: 'an overflow of water from beyond its regular boundaries onto dry land', [note: I know this definition seems a little too broad...]

Establishes the 'Flood Likeliness, secUrity and Trust' Commission ('FLUT') to engage in the following activities:

    1. Provide funds and humanitarian relief to a government of a nation in which had a flooding event recently occur, and that is evidently in need of support.

    2. Track, record, and estimate flooding events, and then provide this data - when essential - to WA member states as so they may prepare themselves for a flooding event within their borders.

Mandates all WA member states obey the following clauses:

    1. Member states are to devise an evacuation route for all individuals located within areas that are susceptible to flooding, as so these individuals may depart from said area in the case that said flooding event were to occur.

    2. Members states are to [something about educating citizens on the danger of flooding, what to do in one, etc; not sure if necessary =/]
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This bloke come up to me, right, and he says ... you flut

Postby The Dark Star Republic » Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:33 am

"Ugh, you are such a flut!"

"What did you call me!?"

"A flut! A flutting, flutty little flut!"

"You motherflutter! Come say that to my face!"

"I would, but I'm worried your ginormous flut would get in the way!"

"Flut!"

~ Overheard argument between two Dark Star attaches to the World Assembly Disaster Bureau

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Postby Normlpeople » Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:47 am

"Does domestic disaster preparation really require international regulation? It would seem to be something definitely best suited to individual nations to come up with..."
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Postby District XIV » Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:58 am

The Dark Star Republic wrote:"Ugh, you are such a flut!"

"What did you call me!?"

"A flut! A flutting, flutty little flut!"

"You motherflutter! Come say that to my face!"

"I would, but I'm worried your ginormous flut would get in the way!"

"Flut!"

~ Overheard argument between two Dark Star attaches to the World Assembly Disaster Bureau

Ambassador John Vilay sips his coffee with a grin, "Well... I was going to call it the 'Flood Alert, Protection, and Safety' Commission, but, erm, you know..."

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Postby Louisistan » Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:24 am

Deputy Ambassador Roland Schulz: "Ambassador Vilay, your proposal does not demonstrate how this is an international issue."
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Postby Separatist Peoples » Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:27 am

Bell giggles quietly at the distant echoes of
The DSR attachés before clearing his throat, "How, exactly, is this international in scope? If a District XIV city is destroyed in a flood, and proper pollution control is maintained on trans boundary waters as per the Transboundary Water Use Act, and the WA issues you funds as per the Preparing For Disaster act, how does this effect the C.D.S.P.? Or vice versa? I'm starting to wonder if
you know what the definition of international is, ambassador."
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Postby Wrapper » Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:40 am

District XIV wrote:Ambassador John Vilay sips his coffee with a grin, "Well... I was going to call it the 'Flood Alert, Protection, and Safety' Commission, but, erm, you know..."

Oh... the FlAPS? ;)

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Postby Grays Harbor » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:13 am

Wrapper wrote:
District XIV wrote:Ambassador John Vilay sips his coffee with a grin, "Well... I was going to call it the 'Flood Alert, Protection, and Safety' Commission, but, erm, you know..."

Oh... the FlAPS? ;)

meh. Call it the "Flood Alert & Response Team".
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Postby Point Breeze » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:08 am

Flooding Unitary Grievance Grant?
Flooding Relief Aid and Cooperation Committee?
Flood Lenience and International Cooperation Committee?

Anyway, maybe if we restrict the focus to disaster-level flood relief, there might be more of a basis for WA law.

...Disaster Aid and Relief from Flooding ?
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Postby Separatist Peoples » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:11 am

Point Breeze wrote:Flooding Unitary Grievance Grant?
Flooding Relief Aid and Cooperation Committee?
Flood Lenience and International Cooperation Committee?

Anyway, maybe if we restrict the focus to disaster-level flood relief, there might be more of a basis for WA law.

...Disaster Aid and Relief from Flooding ?

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Postby Point Breeze » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:17 am

Separatist Peoples wrote:
Point Breeze wrote:Flooding Unitary Grievance Grant?
Flooding Relief Aid and Cooperation Committee?
Flood Lenience and International Cooperation Committee?

Anyway, maybe if we restrict the focus to disaster-level flood relief, there might be more of a basis for WA law.

...Disaster Aid and Relief from Flooding ?

"There's a 30 character limit to titles. Spaces included."


...but not on committee names :p
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Postby Separatist Peoples » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:31 am

Point Breeze wrote:
Separatist Peoples wrote:"There's a 30 character limit to titles. Spaces included."


...but not on committee names :p

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Postby District XIV » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:29 pm

Wrapper wrote:
District XIV wrote:Ambassador John Vilay sips his coffee with a grin, "Well... I was going to call it the 'Flood Alert, Protection, and Safety' Commission, but, erm, you know..."

Oh... the FlAPS? ;)

"Well, er, no..." he takes another sip, "the 'FAPS'..."

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Postby The Flood » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:18 am

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Postby Wrapper » Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:04 am

The Flood wrote:"I knew it was only a matter of time before someone tried to prevent us! Well you will not succeed!"

Was wondering how long it would take for you to notice this. :)

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Postby District XIV » Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:26 am

Wrapper wrote:
The Flood wrote:"I knew it was only a matter of time before someone tried to prevent us! Well you will not succeed!"

Was wondering how long it would take for you to notice this. :)

This^

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Postby Separatist Peoples » Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:31 am

"Are we ever going to get an explanation for how this is international and not adequately covered by other resolutions, or are you pretending that those arguments don't exist, ambassador?"

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Postby Point Breeze » Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:57 am

Separatist Peoples wrote:"Are we ever going to get an explanation for how this is international and not adequately covered by other resolutions, or are you pretending that those arguments don't exist, ambassador?"


Point Breeze wrote:Anyway, maybe if we restrict the focus to disaster-level flood relief, there might be more of a basis for WA law.


Its not like we aren't trying.
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Postby Separatist Peoples » Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:22 pm

Point Breeze wrote:
Separatist Peoples wrote:"Are we ever going to get an explanation for how this is international and not adequately covered by other resolutions, or are you pretending that those arguments don't exist, ambassador?"


Point Breeze wrote:Anyway, maybe if we restrict the focus to disaster-level flood relief, there might be more of a basis for WA law.


Its not like we aren't trying.

"Preparation for Disasters isn't sufficient, then? Seems to me it already offers cash to nations to assist in disaster response, which includes the facet of relief."

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Postby Aligned Planets » Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:10 pm

As discussed by my honourable colleagues already, we are unsure how this relates to an international issue. Nor are we sure, again as pointed out already, why an overlap with GAR #105 is required.

Additionally, if anything, this would not be worthy of a significant categorisation. Mild, perhaps, if the above points were not of a primary concern.
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Postby Wrapper » Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:18 pm

Another point: The title is Flood Safety & Prevention Act. What in this proposal would actually prevent floods from occuring?

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Postby Louisistan » Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:51 pm

Separatist Peoples wrote:"Are we ever going to get an explanation for how this is international and not adequately covered by other resolutions, or are you pretending that those arguments don't exist, ambassador?"

"It seems the proposing delegation is more concerned with childish acronyms."
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Postby District XIV » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:15 pm

IC: "After hearing the calls for why this should be regarded as an international issue," said the Fourtese Delegation, John Vilay, "I've decided to postpone this draft, permanently."
Louisistan wrote:
Separatist Peoples wrote:"Are we ever going to get an explanation for how this is international and not adequately covered by other resolutions, or are you pretending that those arguments don't exist, ambassador?"

"It seems the proposing delegation is more concerned with childish acronyms."

OOC: Are you damn serious? "Flut" is German for "flood" -.-

If you are referring to the "FAPS" thing, may I say that that was accidental. I was typing the name for the commission in at midnight, so I was drowsy and didn't immediately realize what the acronym for it would be. Give me a break.
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Postby Louisistan » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:19 pm

District XIV wrote:OOC: Are you damn serious? "Flut" is German for "flood" -.-

OOC: Thanks, being German by birth and having lived in Germany for 24 years I was quite confused. It's just that the character (Deputy Ambassador Schulz) is a very humorless man... And he's pissed as always. ;)
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