[Abandonded]Humanitarian Aid Expansion

[Yodle]

Category: Health
Area of Effect: International Aid
Proposed By: Yodle
Description:

Acknowledging the concerns brought up by GAR #381 “Repeal Humanitarian Aid Expansion Act;”

Confident that this resolution will effectively address any issues found in the previously repealed resolution, GAR #380 “Humanitarian Aid Expansion Act;”

Concerned by the disturbing rise and phenomenon of natural disasters in many areas and the lives lost as a result; yet,

Aware that natural disasters will always occur, with or without government intervention; however,

Hopeful that at the very least, more lives can be saved with increased humanitarian aid to the rising number of afflicted areas near or around natural disasters;

The World Assembly hereby:

Defines “natural disaster” as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society, caused by naturally occurring phenomenon and involving widespread population, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

Further Defines "security check" as any measure(s) a host nation chooses to take to verify the identity, authenticity, and/or lack of a security threat of personnel and aid that are requested to enter the borders of the host nation in order to fulfill their duties as mandated by the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee.

Highly recommends that the host nation attempt to provide efficient distribution of and easy access to any available domestic or foreign humanitarian aid with assistance from nearby member nations if the host nation is unable to support itself. All humanitarian aid originating from outside the borders of the host nation are subject to any security checks imposed by the host nation in order for it to be cleared to be sent to the afflicted areas.

Mandates that host nations allow any personnel working with humanitarian organizations that are involved with the relief effort to enter afflicted areas, with all personnel being subject to any security checks imposed by the host nation.

Allows for exceptions to be made regarding access to afflicted areas in cases where the host nation’s quarantine regulations conflict with aid workers seeking access.

Requires the maintaining or rebuilding, if necessary, of essential infrastructure in threatened areas, such as hospitals and distribution centers, which is necessary to provide effective disaster relief in times of crisis. However, if a host nation chooses to instead evacuate their citizens from soon-to-be afflicted areas due to costs, then they are not required to maintain or rebuild essential infrastructure in the threatened areas.

The International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee shall be expanded to:

• Be granted authority to send out unbiased inspectors, who are appointed by the powers within the WA, to conduct inspections of the essential infrastructure and supplies stockpiles, without interference from the host nation, within threatened areas inside host nations, especially during times when a natural disaster is believed to be imminent. Inspectors may be called off if a host nation chooses to evacuate their citizens in times of imminent disaster.
• Grant funds to international humanitarian organizations based in member nations which are involved in active disaster relief operations in order to ensure that the necessary resources are present. These humanitarian organizations and the appropriation of their available resources to the afflicted will be fully supervised by the IHACC itself, as is explicitly allowed in GAR #51 “Humanitarian Aid Cooperation.”

I have addressed all the problems stated in the repeal. Any grammatical or content based constructive criticism is welcome

Anyone questioning the legality of this act or whether or not it interferes with any other passed legislation, let me point you to the already existing ruling so you can get right down to the nitty gritty on your analysis of this resolution: Legality Ruling

Here is the original resolution for reference:

Category: Health
Area of Effect: International Aid
Proposed By: Yodle
Description:

Concerned by the disturbing rise and phenomenon of natural disasters in many areas and the lives lost as a result; yet,

Aware that natural disasters will always occur, with or without government intervention; however,

Hopeful that at the very least, more lives can be saved with increased humanitarian aid to the rising number of afflicted areas near or around natural disasters;

The World Assembly hereby:

Defines “natural disaster” as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society, caused by naturally occurring phenomenon and involving widespread population, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

Further Defines "security check" as any measure(s) a host nation chooses to take to verify the identity, authenticity, and/or lack of a security threat of personnel and aid that are requested to enter the borders of the host nation in order to fulfill their duties as mandated by the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee.

Highly recommends that the host nation attempt to provide efficient distribution of and easy access to any available domestic or foreign humanitarian aid with assistance from nearby member nations if the host nation is unable to support itself. All humanitarian aid originating from outside the borders of the host nation are subject to any extensive security checks imposed by the host nation in order for it to be sent to the afflicted areas.

Mandates that host nations allow any personnel working with humanitarian organizations that are involved with the relief effort to enter afflicted areas, with all personnel being subject to any extensive security checks imposed by the host nation. If the personnel pass the security checks, the host nation must provide transportation so the personnel can reach the afflicted areas, if deemed necessary.

Requires the maintaining or rebuilding, if necessary, of essential infrastructure in threatened areas, such as hospitals and distribution centers, which is necessary to provide effective disaster relief in times of crisis.

The International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee shall be expanded to:

Be granted authority to send out unbiased inspectors, who are appointed by the powers within the WA, to conduct inspections of the essential infrastructure and supplies stockpiles, without interference from the host nation, within threatened areas inside host nations, especially during times when a natural disaster is believed to be imminent.
Grant funds to international humanitarian organizations based in member nations which are involved in active disaster relief operations in order to ensure that the necessary resources are present.

Here is the repeal for further reference:

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #380: Humanitarian Aid Expansion Act (Category: Health; Area of Effect: International Aid) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The General Assembly,

Confident that humanitarian aid has already been expanded by passing such resolutions as 340 GA "Access to Humanitarian Aid" and 51 GA "Humanitarian Aid Coordination";

Concerned about a number of issues with the resolution that cause unintended consequences, most of which were not picked up due to the premature submission and passage of the target resolution;

Conceding that repeal is the only option, as it is impossible to amend legislation and patch these issues;

Worried about the incredible costs associated with:

forcing governments to expand their public sectors and subsidise rebuilding efforts when a nation may simply choose to move people out of harm's way via evacuation and

transportation to and fro for foreigners at the national expense;

Troubled by the possibility of using this resolution to bypass quarantine regulations, since the resolution fails to provide any clauses allowing nations to prevent aid workers from entering quarantine areas; and

Flabbergasted with the requirement in 380 GA § 6(b) of rewarding nations which are unwilling to help their own citizens by wasting World Assembly funds in paying private organisations to provide 'aid' without any necessary oversight to ensure that World Assembly contributions are not wasted, squandered, or used to commit crimes against the people which this resolution would ostensibly help; hereby

Repeals 380 GA "Humanitarian Aid Expansion Act".

EDIT: Put in the wrong repeal.

[Tinfect]

Acknowledging the concerns brought up by GAR #381 “Repeal Humanitarian Aid Expansion Act;”
Confident that this resolution will effectively address any issues found in the previously repealed resolution, GAR #380 “Humanitarian Aid Expansion Act;”

"These clauses would be best removed, should you intend to continue this."

Mandates that host nations allow any personnel working with humanitarian organizations that are involved with the relief effort to enter afflicted areas, with all personnel being subject to any security checks imposed by the host nation.

"Absolutely not. The Imperium has not allowed foreigners to enter our borders for any reason for over 70 years. This policy will not change for the foreseeable future, nor will exceptions be made to allow for personnel both under-trained, and under-equipped to interfere in Imperial operations. We have explained this position during drafting of the repeal of the original legislation, and will not repeat it here for the sake of brevity."

[*]Be granted authority to send out unbiased inspectors, who are appointed by the powers within the WA, to conduct inspections of the essential infrastructure and supplies stockpiles, without interference from the host nation, within threatened areas inside host nations, especially during times when a natural disaster is believed to be imminent. Inspectors may be called off if a host nation chooses to evacuate their citizens in times of imminent disaster.

"The Imperium has maintained its own infrastructure, without any foreign support or interference, for over 300 years. We see no reason for this to change, as the Imperium is more capable now than ever before, of ensuring the safety of Imperial infrastructure.

In short, the objections of the Imperium remain largely unchanged, and entirely unaddressed. We recommend that this draft be abandoned within any available World Assembly incinerator at your earliest convenience."

[Imperium Anglorum]

NORTH: It is good to know that we can submit the same repeal and change maybe five words.

[Yodle]

NORTH: It is good to know that we can submit the same repeal and change maybe five words.

Idk man I covered everything in that repeal lol

I do have another idea for a proposal though, I'll leave this one for another time at some point in the future