Edits: I have more time than I thought
"This resolution has our tenative support. I'll be running the showy here until the damn Ambassador gets back from hisprostitutetreasure hunting expedition in Lillputiamia. Since the Lemonade Stand is closed today, would anyone care for a glass? We're trying to get the OBM to allow us to sell it in the Strangers Bar but we get circle-jerked by their forms. Also, if anyone sees a form named B-6/2.4 could they pretty please send it up to the Lexicorian WA Office."
*Remy Junket clicked his blue pen, licked his lips and got down to work, pushing away the drafts of International Aviation and Archaeological Digs away for the moment*
The General Assembly,Reaffirming its position of international peace and goodwill,
We are talking about the same General Assembly are we? Because this GA has a long history of shredding positions of international peace and goodwill.Recognizing the extreme hazard to national populations posed by the unregulated trade of weapons and armaments,
Governments tend to be the ones that need regulating. Not Billy Joe's Gun Shoppe.Hoping to limit the involvement of member nations and their citizens in violence made possible by the aforementioned unregulated trade of weapons and armaments,
And allow are foreign policy and core interests to be tarnished by non-WA states capable of inciting genocide? This runs into the same issue attempts to ban nuclear weapons and the like in past sessions of the Assembly. The geopolitical environment is different. We as states must not have our options to defend ourselves and our national interests subverted. This raises a big red flag for us lemon lovers of Lexicor.
OOC: NS =/= RL. In Nukes and War at least. If you regulate the proxy sale of munitions to destabilize governments states don't like in the World Assembly, you put a significant amount of member states here in great jeoprady of losing conflicts. Tread with caution..
And to this end resolves;1. The term "armament" shall be defined as any equipment, including but not necessarily limited to firearms, munitions, and other device(s) that may possess a practical application in armed military conflict, including the parts necessary in their construction or production;
Changes noted in italics.2. The term "transfer" shall be defined as the movement of an armament from one member nation, political subdivisions thereof, or extraterritorial entities associated with a member nation to any other such entity, including non-member nations and non-state entities not associated with any nation;
Extraterritorial is a word that means the same thing and encompasses airports, embassies, international waters, WA Buildings. :33. The term "end-user certificate" shall be defined as an affidavit completed by the buyer of armaments subject to the provisions of this resolution which verifies that said buyer is the final recipient of the product;
No issues here.4. All manufacturers, exporters, and brokers of armaments within member nations shall be required to register with the relevant government(s) of the nation(s) in which they operate, and the terms of such a registration shall, at minimum, encompass the provisions of this resolution;
OOC: Reasonable Nation Theory applies here me'thinks in some ways. | IC: Vive le marche libre. Get government out of firearms!5. The export of armaments by any manufacturer, exporter, or broker operating within a member nation shall make the sale of their armaments conditional on the completion of an end-user certificate by the buyer; member nations are strongly urged to implement systems of end-use monitoring to ensure that the end-user certificate is authentic, when possible;
What sane company wouldn't have this process in place!? All [legal] companies operating (legally) have to make a contract with their end user. This amounts to petty paperwork that doesn't actually do much to stop arms trafficking. The big problem here is not companies but imperialist and autocratic states. Which also happen to make up a large part of this body... so...6. The sale or transfer of armaments shall be prohibited if:There is reason to suspect that they will be used in contravention of extant World Assembly legislation on human rights,
OOC: What happened to mandatory compliance!? | IC: We can support this.There is reason to suspect that they will be diverted from their originally intended recipient, or
We recommend this clause be stricken out. It is way too broad and doesn't really add strength to the intended goal you are trying to achieve. Who cares if two guns, one for Roger and one for Shawn get mixed up and used for different purposes. Under current langauge, they're criminals now! | OOC: I know this is a nitpick but...There is reason to suspect they will be used to initiate, or aid the aggressor in, a war of conquest or expropriation;
We understand the sentiment behind this, but the World Assembly has not to Lexicors knowledge has not created any formal process of Rules of Engagement, or a general framework in what constitutes an aggressor. We fear that this word opens up the possibility to loopholes..7. The sale or transfer of armaments to non-member nations with the intent of then transferring them to nations where the aforementioned circumstances apply shall be prohibited
We can support this.