[Draft] On Warning Labels

[Stoskavanya]

Rather than repeal and replace, why not legislate?

NOTE: Cosmo has taken over drafting of this resolution, please refer to the third post in this thread for the latest draft.

Category: Regulation AOE: Consumer Protection

Assuming that member-nations may use technicalities in law and language to avoid compliance with resolutions that mandate the use of warning labels;

Believing that interpreting a resolution for the intention of avoiding said resolution is in poor taste;

This World Assembly Hereby:

• Mandates that member nations, when obligated to do so by international law, must print warning labels in a language local to the intended marketplace or domain of use, and in multilingual settings, must print these warning labels in both the primary language of the area and in any language spoken by more than 5% of the local population;
  
• Mandates that member nations must not purposely obstruct, conceal, or position warning labels in such a way as to make the labels unintelligible or imperceptible to intended users;
  
• Urges member nations to utilize methods which are proven to increase the efficacy of warning labels.

[Aclion]

First thing I notice is that these mandates only apply to member nations.

[Cosmosplosion]

This resolution is in direct response to the repeal currently in quorum and solves not just the issue in GAR #459, but in past and future resolutions as well. Stoskavanya has given me permission to take over drafting of this as well.

DRAFT

Category: Regulation AOE: Consumer Protection


Assuming that member nations may use technicalities in law and language to avoid compliance with resolutions that mandate the use of warning labels;

Believing that interpreting a resolution for the intention of avoiding said resolution is in poor taste;

This World Assembly Hereby:

• Mandates that member nations, when obligated to do so by international law, must print warning labels in a language local to the intended marketplace or domain of use, and in multilingual settings, must print these warning labels in both the primary language of the area and in any language spoken by more than 5% of the local population;
  
• Mandates that member nations must not purposely obstruct, conceal, or position warning labels in such a way as to make the labels unintelligible or imperceptible to intended users;
  
• Urges member nations to utilize methods which are proven to increase the efficacy of warning labels.

[Cosmosplosion]

First thing I notice is that these mandates only apply to member nations.

Yes, WA resolutions only apply to members of the WA.

[Kenmoria]

“Any language spoken by up to 5% seems a bit much, particularly when it could be that a high percentage of the populace are bilingual. In Kenmoria, for instance, pretty much everyone speaks both English and French, so having both labels would be excessive.”

(OOC: Also, in real life, Papua New Guinea has over 850 languages, many of which could be spoken in a small area. Given lots of people are bilingual or trilingual, there could easily be 18 languages in any given are with over 5% concentration, which would be a nightmare to fit on packaging.)

[Bananaistan]

OOC: I'm inclined to agree with Kenmoria. Just go with RNT and assume that nations will implement their obligations in good faith.

[Bears Armed]

OOC
This cannot apply retrospectively to earlier resolutions that involve labelling, because it would count as trying to amend those earlier resolutions. [one-sixth of GenSec]

[Cosmosplosion]

OOC
This cannot apply retrospectively to earlier resolutions that involve labelling, because it would count as trying to amend those earlier resolutions. [one-sixth of GenSec]

But it can apply to future resolutions, right?

[Lord Dominator]

OOC
This cannot apply retrospectively to earlier resolutions that involve labelling, because it would count as trying to amend those earlier resolutions. [one-sixth of GenSec]

But it can apply to future resolutions, right?

Yes