[Draft] International Outbreak Aid

[Imperium Anglorum]

International Outbreak Aid
Category: Health | Strength: International Aid | Proposer: Imperium Anglorum

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Acknowledging the lack of proper medical facilities, expertise, and equipment in other countries and concerned about the ability of diseases to create reservoirs in populations without proper healthcare,

Considering that concerted action by member nations will be more able to reduce the chances of pandemic diseases by better reducing disease transmission, and

Believing that endemic diseases are more likely to become pandemics and kill large segments of national populations without concerted international action and that it is an indispensable public health responsibility of member nations to their citizens that such risks be reduced,

This august World Assembly, in the interests of public health for all citizens of the world, hereby:

1. Establishes an international association of doctors and nurses to operate pro bono in member nations, named Doctors Crossing Borders (DCB), with the purpose of helping to contain outbreaks of disease, provide and support basic medical services in areas afflicted with natural and artificial disaster, and do so without repayment from the affected populations;
   
   
2. Mandates that DCB not discriminate in the provision of these aforementioned services; requires that DCB submit to periodic audits to ensure that the provisions set by this resolution are followed;
   
   
3. Declares it a war crime for states or non-state actors to criminally assault DCB personnel whilst in the course of their duties; maintains the right of member states to expel DCB personnel should they become unwelcome for activities conducted outside of the scope of healthcare after securing the approval of the Independent Adjudicative Office;
   
   
4. Recommends that DCB not set up missions inside member nations which opt-out of their assistance; authorises DCB to take reasonable precautions for its security absent a competent or willing government to do so on their behalf;
   
   
5. Requires the World Health Authority to assist in the funding and support DCB's programmes abroad through provision of funds, subsidy of equipment, negotiation with member nations, and other administrative tasks which may fall outside of the purview of medical care and direct administration or are more efficient when done inside the structure of the WHA;
   
   
6. Permits the World Health Authority to assess sterile equipment, medicines, food, and other requirements for medical care in the case of epidemics and other natural disasters from those areas where they are being or soon will be wasted, subject to reimbursement at fair market value at the determination of the Impartial Mediation Foundation; authorises and appropriates for DCB to purchase equipment necessary for its operations; and
   
   
7. Encourages individual doctors, nurses, and assorted medical staff in member nations to support international goodwill and humanitarian projects through staffing, maintaining, or donating to the organisation.

I was intending to throw this into the ring after the vote on the antimicrobial resolution I had written but political requirements necessitated its posting here. However, I wanted to open it to more discussion before such rash action. So, here it is and here it has been since 8 June 2015. Resurrected 18 October 2015. Resurrected 19 March 2016. Resurrected 29 April 2020.

[Kaboomlandia]

"Can't you just come up with a normal title?"

[Imperium Anglorum]

"Can't you just come up with a normal title?"

Because Doctors Without Borders is a real-life violation. And I cant use French because the actual name of Doctors Without Borders is Médecins Sans Frontières. Next language on the list is Latin. After that, its Greek, but we haven't come to that yet. *phew* (cause I don't know Greek)

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29 April 2020. Moved from the OP:

Original Post: Posted draft.
Edit 1: Accepted Sciongrad's Latin vocab correction.
Edit 2: Accepted consensus to change name from Latinitas to English. International Medical Aid Coalition.
Edit 3: Whoops, forgot to change the title. Title changed.
Edit 4: Commas not there. Corrected.
Edit 5: [Draft] to [Mod Input Requested].
Edit 6: Settled on Doctors Transversing Borders... due to lack of moderator input. Added clauses on it being a war crime to attack DCB personnel and a clause authorising the group to hire security guards. Rewrote prefatory clauses. Changed 'this august World Assembly' preface. Posted first draft in spoiler due to large number of changes.
Edit 7: Clarified what my edits did in Edit 6.
Edit 8: Changed name to Preventing Pandemics.
Edit 9: Added clause to make DCB accountable.
Edit 10: Changed clause to deal with Committees Rule issue.
Edit 11: Accepted Aru's name change.

International Medical Aid Coalition
Category: Health | Strength: International Aid | Proposer: Imperium Anglorum

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Acknowledging the lack of proper medical facilities, expertise, and equipment in other countries,

Recognising that action is necessary to save lives, contain world-threatening epidemics, and preserve the future of millions around the world,

Believing that concerted international action is necessary on this front, as it is unlikely that unsupported private institutions step up to these great and near-insurmountable challenges, and

Concerned about the consequences of inaction on this front and resulting effects on later generations,

This august World Assembly hereby:

1. Establishes an international association of doctors and nurses to operate pro bono in member nations in which they are called upon, hence named the International Medical Aid Coalition (IMAC), with the purpose of helping to contain epidemics, provide and support basic medical services in areas afflicted with natural and artificial disaster, and do so without repayment from the affected populations;
   
   
2. Mandates IMAC not to discriminate in the provision of aforementioned services due to sex, race, ethnicity, nationalist, culture, disability, religion, or other such descriptions protected in relevant World Assembly legislation;
   
   
3. Recommends IMAC not to set up missions inside member nations which do not want their assistance or do not have the ability to remove their presence;
   
   
4. Requires the World Health Authority to assist in the funding and support of IMAC's programmes abroad through provision of funds, subsidy of equipment, negotiation with member nations, and other administrative tasks which may fall outside of the purview of medical care;
   
   
5. Urges member nations to assist in this programme by providing doctors, nursing staff, sterile equipment, medicines, food, and other requirements of medical care;
   
   
6. Encourages individual doctors, nurses, and assorted medical staff in member nations to come and support international goodwill and humanitarian projects through staffing, maintaining, or donating to the cause.

[Mousebumples]

And you can't make up an English title that isn't a RW violation? Like "Doctors Across the Multiverse" or something?

[Sciongrad]

OOC: First of all, I don't think translating a real world organization into Latin makes it any less of a real world reference. Secondarily, "limen" can translate to border, but it's not the most common translation. When I think of limen, I think of the threshold to a door or something. "Finis," or in this case, "finibus" is more idiomatic in my opinion. And thirdly, the real world DWB is an NGO, not an organ of the UN, so using its name is probably not necessary in the first place.

[Three Weasels]

"Transnational Medical Organization" or something like that.

[Celebrimbor]

OOC: I don't have an opinion on the content of the resolution, but I agree with Sciongrad that "finibus" would be a better translation for borders. In the Aeneid, the Romans are promised "imperium sine fine," "empire without end" . . . so "sine finibus" has that nicely epic ring to it.

[Imperium Anglorum]

OOC: First of all, I don't think translating a real world organization into Latin makes it any less of a real world reference. Secondarily, "limen" can translate to border, but it's not the most common translation. When I think of limen, I think of the threshold to a door or something. "Finis," or in this case, "finibus" is more idiomatic in my opinion. And thirdly, the real world DWB is an NGO, not an organ of the UN, so using its name is probably not necessary in the first place.

Thanks. Finis never came up in my dictionary when I queried 'border' :/. Time to get a new dictionary. Though, limes would mean that we don't have the exact same letters as M, S, and F used in the resolution. If I substitute 'beyond' in the place of 'without' — that would be supra, or, perhaps, I could use ultra. Thoughts?

[Separatist Peoples]

OOC: First of all, I don't think translating a real world organization into Latin makes it any less of a real world reference. Secondarily, "limen" can translate to border, but it's not the most common translation. When I think of limen, I think of the threshold to a door or something. "Finis," or in this case, "finibus" is more idiomatic in my opinion. And thirdly, the real world DWB is an NGO, not an organ of the UN, so using its name is probably not necessary in the first place.

Thanks. Finis never came up in my dictionary when I queried 'border' :/. Time to get a new dictionary. Though, limes would mean that we don't have the exact same letters as M, S, and F used in the resolution. If I substitute 'beyond' in the place of 'without' — that would be supra, or, perhaps, I could use ultra. Thoughts?

OOC: finally, a use for my 6+ years of Latin!

Ultra has a heirarchial connotation, much like it's cognate, while uls has a very ethereal connotation, often referring to the abstract, which lends itself well to the ablative case. Supra could work, as could praeter, though that's rather formal. However, it seems silly to use Latin at all for this. Latin seems to lend itself best to legal terms with no efficient IC translation. Using it to make a title seem flashier is more tedious than spelling it out in this case.

[Ikania]

How exactly does Doctors Without Borders a real-life violation? The rules already state that there is no Coke or Smith and Wesson. Therefore, establishing an organization called Doctors Without Borders is totally fine, since it's a name that applies well to the situation and doesn't have anything to do with the actual RL organization.

[Kryozerkia]

How exactly does Doctors Without Borders a real-life violation? The rules already state that there is no Coke or Smith and Wesson. Therefore, establishing an organization called Doctors Without Borders is totally fine, since it's a name that applies well to the situation and doesn't have anything to do with the actual RL organization.

Here's the thing. This proposal is has the goal of establishing the WA version of Medeicines Sans Frontiers. It is a real life organization, much like Reporters Without Borders. So, using the term "Doctors Without Borders" in this context would be a real life violation.

[Defwa]

I wouldn't bother wrestling with Latin over this, except for recreational academic pedantics.

Why not the World Health Corps, subsideary of the World Health Authority

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

I'm not sure Latin is even allowed, unless it's a loanword (habeas corpus, ex post facto, etc.).

Either Defwa's or Three Weasels' suggested alternatives would be fine.

[Imperium Anglorum]

I'm not sure Latin is even allowed, unless it's a loanword (habeas corpus, ex post facto, etc.).

Either Defwa's or Three Weasels' suggested alternatives would be fine.

Its a title, not the proposal text. I remember quite a while ago, someone put up a thread saying 'aequalitas et remissionibus pro omnis' or something like that — it was locked with people saying: your text must be in English. Anyway, from the format rules, I don't think it has to do with the title of the resolution, just the contents themselves.

[Herby]

Why are you fighting this? It's so simple to use any of a number of English titles -- Cross-Border Medical Treatment, Borderless Medicine, Trans-National Medical Practice, etc., or any of the suggestions above -- without detracting from the idea. By stubbornly sticking with Latin, you have everyone focusing on the title instead of the text of the resolution.

[Flibbleites]

Why are you fighting this? It's so simple to use any of a number of English titles -- Cross-Border Medical Treatment, Borderless Medicine, Trans-National Medical Practice, etc., or any of the suggestions above -- without detracting from the idea. By stubbornly sticking with Latin, you have everyone focusing on the title instead of the text of the resolution.

Not to mention that by going with a title that's in English, you avoid the possibility that some people will look at the title and then vote against without reading it because they have no clue that the title means.

Bob Flibble
WA Representative

[Imperium Anglorum]

Why are you fighting this? It's so simple to use any of a number of English titles -- Cross-Border Medical Treatment, Borderless Medicine, Trans-National Medical Practice, etc., or any of the suggestions above -- without detracting from the idea. By stubbornly sticking with Latin, you have everyone focusing on the title instead of the text of the resolution.

I've been explaining my choices.

Not to mention that by going with a title that's in English, you avoid the possibility that some people will look at the title and then vote against without reading it because they have no clue that the title means.

Quite convincing reason to discard the null.

Perhaps, International Medical Aid Coalition?

[Communist EU]

Why are you fighting this? It's so simple to use any of a number of English titles -- Cross-Border Medical Treatment, Borderless Medicine, Trans-National Medical Practice, etc., or any of the suggestions above -- without detracting from the idea. By stubbornly sticking with Latin, you have everyone focusing on the title instead of the text of the resolution.

I've been explaining my choices.

Not to mention that by going with a title that's in English, you avoid the possibility that some people will look at the title and then vote against without reading it because they have no clue that the title means.

Quite convincing reason to discard the null.

Perhaps, International Medical Aid Coalition?

I'm still opposed, solidarity does not require a GA resolution.

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

Perhaps, International Medical Aid Coalition?

The Daily Issues call it "Doctors Crossing Borders."

[Imperium Anglorum]

Perhaps, International Medical Aid Coalition?

The Daily Issues call it "Doctors Crossing Borders."

Would it not be metagaming if we made that organisation become this proposed one?

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

I doubt it. OBM was basically just a ripoff of someone's puppet nation (WA Building Mgmt); it would be no more metagaming than that.

[Imperium Anglorum]

I'd like a mod ruling on whether the mention of that Doctors Crossing Borders organisation is legal or not (but looking at the total lack of such a ruling on multiple GHRs against RIP v2, it doesn't seem very forthcoming).

[Dibeg]

Maybe put [mod input please] in title? it has worked before.

[Mousebumples]

I'd like a mod ruling on whether the mention of that Doctors Crossing Borders organisation is legal or not (but looking at the total lack of such a ruling on multiple GHRs against RIP v2, it doesn't seem very forthcoming).

Have you filed a GHR ? If you want an official mod ruling, that's usually one of the better ways to get one.

[Imperium Anglorum]