[Draft] GM Food Grading Agency

[Halda-Vatn]

Disclaimer: This proposal is being posted on behalf of Odd Republic, who has no access to the forums, and who has thus requested that another nation in the Social Liberal Union use a puppet to allow for more thorough drafting. Any views expressed in this thread by this nation are thus not necessarily the views of Halda-Vatn, or it's controlling nation Kanoria, neither of which penned this draft revolution. Further they may or may not represent the viewpoints of the SLU. Any comments made in reply by this nation on this thread and this thread only shall be an attempt to convey the views of the resolutions author, and not my own personal views.

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GM Food Grading Agency

CONCERNED that many foods contain Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, which may compromise quality in the name of quantity, reducing nutritional benefits, along with potentially contaminating the environment.

FURTHER CONCERNED that the privatization of GMOs by patent can harm small business, however

AWARE that GMOs can improve nutritional benefits and also improve defensive mechanisms, so

CREATING an international GMO food testing body to be known as the Genetically Modified Food Grading Agency (GM Food Grading Agency) which must:

I: Assess the health of each new genetically modified food to assure that it is as least as nutritious as the plant(s) it is based off of

II: Ensure that the organism will not have dire long-term effects, such as uprooting the ecosystem as a weed would, and spreading its traits elsewhere

III: Ban GMO foods not in compliance from use as food staples

IV: Label all passed GMO foods

V: Remove patents on these foods after 1 (one) year

REITERATING that this program is intended to increase international wellbeing of people and the environment, and that it applies to genetically modified foods only.

GMO FOOD shall be defined as any organism with an unnaturally modified genome intended for mass consumption by a human or otherwise.

THIS PROGRAM SHALL be funded by the WA General Fund, created in GA#17, and entities utilizing GMO foods. While they do not utilize such, no tax will be enforced upon those entities. Separate donations will be accepted as well.

[Araraukar]

Illegal: committee only.

[The Forsworn Knights]

Opposed.

[Wrapper]

Entirely opposed, since food safety is already guaranteed via GAR#64, and since foods have been genetically modified via natural selection for millennia; also, your proposal is illegal, as it violates the "just a committee" rule (it doesn't force or even urge nations to take any action) and the "House of Cards" rule (if GAR#17 is repealed, the last line is invalid).

[Bears Armed]

Any views expressed in this thread by this nation are thus not necessarily the views of Halda-Vatn, or it's controlling nation Kanoria, neither of which penned this draft revolution.

"Hr'rmm?"

[Grays Harbor]

Opposed, as our nation and scientists do not hold genetics in the same pathological fear yours apparently do.

[Povinksi]

Opposed, as our nation and scientists do not hold genetics in the same pathological fear yours apparently do.

I don't necessarily think it's a fear of science, but rather of the all powerful MONSANTO

[Imperium Anglorum]

Opposed, as our nation and scientists do not hold genetics in the same pathological fear yours apparently do.

I don't necessarily think it's a fear of science, but rather of the all powerful MONSANTO

Parsons: What's Monsanto? In the Democratic Empire, it's an adorable breed of housecat. In fact, this is my Monsanto.

[British Empire Strikes Back]

Official Message from The British Imperial Delegatation to The World Assembly

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The British Empire is staunchly in favour of this bill and as current Delegate of Palm Beach, we will sponsor this bill when it is submitted. The world of NationStates must come in line with most of the IRL world and label food and beverage products containing GMOs. Consumers have a right to know if genetically modified organisms are in their food, just as they have a right to know the ingredients, calories/kcal/kilojoules/kj and allergens in their food.

Sincerely,

Alastair Lancaster, British Imperial WA Representative in The World Assembly

[Separatist Peoples]

Official Message from The British Imperial Delegatation to The World Assembly

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The British Empire is staunchly in favour of this bill and as current Delegate of Palm Beach, we will sponsor this bill when it is submitted. The world of NationStates must come in line with most of the IRL world and label food and beverage products containing GMOs. Consumers have a right to know if genetically modified organisms are in their food, just as they have a right to know the ingredients, calories/kcal/kilojoules/kj and allergens in their food.

Sincerely,

Alastair Lancaster, British Imperial WA Representative in The World Assembly

"We'd oppose it based on this sort of thinking right out of the gates. Aligning the World assembly to the ideals to some silly game for the sake of continuity is ridiculous. The Wads have the right of it. Opposed."

[Imperium Anglorum]

Official Message from The British Imperial Delegatation to The World Assembly

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The British Empire is staunchly in favour of this bill and as current Delegate of Palm Beach, we will sponsor this bill when it is submitted. The world of NationStates must come in line with most of the IRL world and label food and beverage products containing GMOs. Consumers have a right to know if genetically modified organisms are in their food, just as they have a right to know the ingredients, calories/kcal/kilojoules/kj and allergens in their food.

Sincerely,

Alastair Lancaster, British Imperial WA Representative in The World Assembly

Democratic Empire of Imperium Anglorum
Delegate of Europe and Representative of the Empire of the English to the World Assembly

His Grace, Cyril Parsons, the Most Excellent Permanent Representative to the World Assembly for Imperium Anglorum, is staunchly against this proposal. As the current Delegate of the region of Europe, we will not sponsor this bill when it is submitted. The worlds of NationStates have no need for such a provincial and fundamentally unsophisticated parochial small-minded piece of legislation such as this.

It is not the responsibility of any supranational organisation to demand compliance on matters which are best handled on the national level. There is no need for this legislation and to argue otherwise is folly. There are nations which only serve genetically modified foods due to their increased yield and efficiency in production. To force them to label their food simply wastes their label space and imposes a cost on buying such machines for their factories.

These are obviously imposed costs which lead to greater transaction costs and less beneficial outcomes for world nations whilst violating the national sovereignty of nations to decide for themselves whether their concerns on these matters are justified or not. The government of the Democratic Empire, speaking for Europe, does not believe that all nations in Europe are ready to take such a step. There are nations in Europe which do and do not believe that these actions are necessary.

Thereby, we oppose this resolution in the interests of national sovereignty and issue a diplomatic condemnation to the regional Delegate of Palm Beach, first for its attempt to speak for all Britons in the World Assembly and second for its attempt to impose this regulation on member states, directly in opposition to the mother country's historical stance in favour of free trade and freedom for all nations and men.

Yours sincerely, His Grace, the Right Honourable,

OOC: This is entirely IC. Neither the Democratic Empire or Europe condemns Palm Beach or the nation of British Empire Strikes Back.

[Povinksi]

I don't necessarily think it's a fear of science, but rather of the all powerful MONSANTO

Parsons: What's Monsanto? In the Democratic Empire, it's an adorable breed of housecat. In fact, this is my Monsanto.

Ahem. That was uh, out of character.

[Grays Harbor]

Parsons: What's Monsanto? In the Democratic Empire, it's an adorable breed of housecat. In fact, this is my Monsanto.

Ahem. That was uh, out of character.

Which does not make it any better of an argument.

[Povinksi]

Ahem. That was uh, out of character.

Which does not make it any better of an argument.

Who said we were arguing for this?

[John Turner]

Which does not make it any better of an argument.

Who said we were arguing for this?

OOC: No one did, and that was probably the point. If you are going to flip back and forth out of character either tag it as such, or quit while you are now behind.

[The Palentinate]

"I will support this bill. Protects consumers against big business. Say no more."

[Tinfect]

"I will support this bill. Protects consumers against big business. Say no more."

"Ambassador, that is not at all what it does. It is a piece of alarmist nonsense, and one that will cause more than a small amount of damage to all advanced member states. All food produced in the Imperium is the result of genetic modification, and this would be nothing more than an obstructive regulation to the advancement of technology by those who do not understand it."

[Wrapper]

....and submitted! Alas, we are once again ignored, so, this time, in larger type:

...your proposal is illegal, as it violates the "just a committee" rule (it doesn't force or even urge nations to take any action) and the "House of Cards" rule (if GAR#17 is repealed, the last line is invalid).

[Frisbeeteria]

...your proposal is illegal, as it violates the "just a committee" rule (it doesn't force or even urge nations to take any action) and the "House of Cards" rule (if GAR#17 is repealed, the last line is invalid).

I'm not seeing a committee there. I'm seeing a bureaucratic agency, which is not at all the same thing.

The House Of Cards aspect is more troubling. Gonna have to get additional Secretariat assistance on that one.

[Intellect and the Arts]

This seems to happen a lot more than last time I was around... I'd be tempted to pen a half-joke proposal URGING member nations to actually wait for fobbing feedback before submitting to the bucket if it weren't for the risk of giving people Pride & Prejudice flashbacks...

Also, I am amused to report I am currently using the wi-fi of a certain famous American health store chain to voice my dissent on this matter, as I am aware of the benefits of GMOs.

HINT: This store's foods can be said to not have been divided by any means.

[Normlpeople]

"This has been posted many times over the past several months and has yet to come close to quorum. I see this time as being no different."

[Wrapper]

I'm not seeing a committee there. I'm seeing a bureaucratic agency, which is not at all the same thing.

Ummmm say what now? This definitely needs an explanation, please.

[Elke and Elba]

I'm not seeing a committee there. I'm seeing a bureaucratic agency, which is not at all the same thing.

Ummmm say what now? This definitely needs an explanation, please.

I second this. This is the first time I am hearing fluffy-tosh that somehow a bureaucratic agency isnt a committee.

[Imperium Anglorum]

I'm not seeing a committee there. I'm seeing a bureaucratic agency, which is not at all the same thing.

Ummmm say what now? This definitely needs an explanation, please.

Yes, because if this is a ruling, I can strip my MSF proposal of all of its fluff and have it as a 'bureaucratic agency' instead of a committee. Clarification is necessary.

[Separatist Peoples]

Ummmm say what now? This definitely needs an explanation, please.

Yes, because if this is a ruling, I can strip my MSF proposal of all of its fluff and have it as a 'bureaucratic agency' instead of a committee. Clarification is necessary.

OOC: jeeze, give Fris a chance, will you? Mods are busy, and bolding a demand just stated doesn't make them reprioritize.