Ideas for General Assembly Proposals

[Insolola]

My personal inclination would be a stickied READ THIS FIRST thread incorporating not only the GA TO DO list but also some kind of introductory information of the kind I put in my previous post in this thread. That might well replace the existing Q&A thread, honestly - cf. the Got Issues? forum's Writer's Block thread...

I agree with you sierra, it is a good idea.

[Sancta Romana Ecclesia]

How well (or poorly) would the idea of an international claims court sit with people? I don't mean a court for an ordinary Schmoe, but one set up for the settling of disputes among the nations. A potential draft of mine would also include option for the nations to select a third party to be an arbiter (instead of going with the issue to that international court - name to be determined).

What would be the category and strenght for that? My gut is telling me Political Stability - as it takes away the option to settle a dispute in a more violent manner.

Oh and does something like this exist already?

[Kenmoria]

How well (or poorly) would the idea of an international claims court sit with people? I don't mean a court for an ordinary Schmoe, but one set up for the settling of disputes among the nations. A potential draft of mine would also include option for the nations to select a third party to be an arbiter (instead of going with the issue to that international court - name to be determined).

What would be the category and strenght for that? My gut is telling me Political Stability - as it takes away the option to settle a dispute in a more violent manner.

Oh and does something like this exist already?

There was an International Criminal Court at one point, but that was repealed. This seems like an idea that would be possible, but it might be viewed as being excessively micromanaging or infringing too much on the private affairs of WA nations by some people.

[Sancta Romana Ecclesia]

Thank you, I will read that resolution and repeal arguments before going further with this.

[Saadaanasia]

I present this resolution to the dearest and most honorable Security Council and the General Assembly.

This resolution has the following immediate or non-immediate effects after it's expected to pass through the NationStates legislative bodies:

1. Promote all libertarian and conservative organizations, who are standing in solidarity with us and condemn all kinds of anti-social socialist, oligarchic and dictatorial or any other authoritarian institution, and ones who fail to report contact with some of the unconvincing sloths in human suits, including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Supreme Leader, Mr. Kim Jong
'Tyranny' Un, and the President of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Xi 'Feared' Jinping.

2. And all other things that fall into support of this.

Hereby condemns the dictatorships and puts regulatory enforcements on such people and related others.

Yours,
Saad Aman from the Federation of Saadaanasia

[Kenmoria]

I present this resolution to the dearest and most honorable Security Council and the General Assembly.

This resolution has the following immediate or non-immediate effects after it's expected to pass through the NationStates legislative bodies:

1. Promote all libertarian and conservative organizations, who are standing in solidarity with us and condemn all kinds of anti-social socialist, oligarchic and dictatorial or any other authoritarian institution, and ones who fail to report contact with some of the unconvincing sloths in human suits, including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Supreme Leader, Mr. Kim Jong
'Tyranny' Un, and the President of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Xi 'Feared' Jinping.

2. And all other things that fall into support of this.

Hereby condemns the dictatorships and puts regulatory enforcements on such people and related others.

Yours,
Saad Aman from the Federation of Saadaanasia

Welcome to the General Assembly. Unfortunately, your proposal is illegal for breaking a few of the rules, and I don’t think it can be fixed. GA proposals are all written in-character, which means that you can’t mention anything in real life, the game itself, or the Security Council.

[Daves Computer]

How would people feel on a repeal of GAR#146, "Recognizing Achievements Act." Though I understand and agree with the sentiments of the resolution, it feels like micromanaging. And although I understand that what makes this bill stand out is making sure institutes of accreditation do not show bias towards members of other nations, I don't believe, universally, institutions should recognize all titles outside their nation. For example, a nation may rightly not acknowledge an individual as a qualified doctor in their jurisdiction if they earned their title in an institution outside the nation that may have vastly different academic standards, prerequisites, or distinctions that is expected of such a title within their state. This resolution makes no distinction between a nation and its educational standards and thusly may present itself as an issue in these cases. In addition, I don't see how this resolution justifies itself as free trade legislation, though I understand that topic would be more of a legality challenge.

[Imperium Anglorum]

You cannot repeal a proposal for being illegal.

[Bananaistan]

How would people feel on a repeal of GAR#146, "Recognizing Achievements Act." Though I understand and agree with the sentiments of the resolution, it feels like micromanaging. And although I understand that what makes this bill stand out is making sure institutes of accreditation do not show bias towards members of other nations, I don't believe, universally, institutions should recognize all titles outside their nation. For example, a nation may rightly not acknowledge an individual as a qualified doctor in their jurisdiction if they earned their title in an institution outside the nation that may have vastly different academic standards, prerequisites, or distinctions that is expected of such a title within their state. This resolution makes no distinction between a nation and its educational standards and thusly may present itself as an issue in these cases. In addition, I don't see how this resolution justifies itself as free trade legislation, though I understand that topic would be more of a legality challenge.

This misinterprets the target. It does not require recognition of non-equivalent qualifications. See consensus here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=342775

[Daves Computer]

How would people feel on a repeal of GAR#146, "Recognizing Achievements Act." Though I understand and agree with the sentiments of the resolution, it feels like micromanaging. And although I understand that what makes this bill stand out is making sure institutes of accreditation do not show bias towards members of other nations, I don't believe, universally, institutions should recognize all titles outside their nation. For example, a nation may rightly not acknowledge an individual as a qualified doctor in their jurisdiction if they earned their title in an institution outside the nation that may have vastly different academic standards, prerequisites, or distinctions that is expected of such a title within their state. This resolution makes no distinction between a nation and its educational standards and thusly may present itself as an issue in these cases. In addition, I don't see how this resolution justifies itself as free trade legislation, though I understand that topic would be more of a legality challenge.

This misinterprets the target. It does not require recognition of non-equivalent qualifications. See consensus here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=342775

Ok. Thank you.

[The Fair Republic]

How would people feel about a GA proposal regulating the use of artificial intelligence in combat?

[Ravenholzen]

I'm thinking of writing a draft proposal for the protection of natural, historic and cultural artifacts and areas during war, natural disasters or other major catastrophic event would this work?

[Araraukar]

How would people feel about a GA proposal regulating the use of artificial intelligence in combat?

Sapient AIs have same rights as sapient organic people (like humans), as for non-sapients, there's some legislation touching on their use already (prevention of a grey goo situation at least), and I know there was a drafted proposal on your topic, but I don't think it passed. Make searches for this forum (not this topic) with relevant words to see if you can find the thread. Of course don't copy anything from it, but you'll see what kinds of issues were pointed out by others.

I'm thinking of writing a draft proposal for the protection of natural, historic and cultural artifacts and areas during war, natural disasters or other major catastrophic event would this work?

Already partially done by existing resolutions, search the passed resolutions list with relevant keywords to find the resolutions and see if they already do what you want done.

[Ahsahka]

How would people feel about a GA proposal regulating the use of artificial intelligence in combat?

Nice try, Skynet.

[Araraukar]

How would people feel about a GA proposal regulating the use of artificial intelligence in combat?

Nice try, Skynet.

Skynet is self-aware, it's already covered by existing resolutions.

[Australian rePublic]

Would a resolution for granting landlocked countries sea access be a good idea for a resolution? Even if it would be exclusive PMT or lesser tech nations

[Honeydewistania]

Would desalination be a good proposal idea?

[Australian rePublic]

Would desalination be a good proposal idea?

What about desalination?

[Honeydewistania]

Would desalination be a good proposal idea?

What about desalination?

Promoting its use, maybe funding it etc OR rules and regulations. Or both.

[Kenmoria]

What about desalination?

Promoting its use, maybe funding it etc OR rules and regulations. Or both.

There isn’t any legislation currently regulating or promoting desalination, so that could be a good idea. I can’t see any resolution you would need to be careful of.

[Australian rePublic]

What about desalination?

Promoting its use, maybe funding it etc OR rules and regulations. Or both.

Why would anybody care what kind of civilian infrastructure a nation builds within their own borders, (unless it significantly effects the environment or civilian shipping routes?)

[Sierra Lyricalia]

Promoting its use, maybe funding it etc OR rules and regulations. Or both.

Why would anybody care what kind of civilian infrastructure a nation builds within their own borders, (unless it significantly effects the environment or civilian shipping routes?)

Getting water from land-based sources can often have significant negative impacts on aquifers, wetlands, rivers, and other sources of fresh water (see: Venice; the entire western US). A WA resolution promoting the switch of some of these sources to desalinated ocean water could be highly beneficial, and justified as an international issue because the water table does not recognize national boundaries.

Might even work as Advancement of Industry if you couch it as an alternative to high-priced water importation where water scarcity is high, i.e. where the market could use another source of supply to lower costs.

[Potted Plants United]

Why would anybody care what kind of civilian infrastructure a nation builds within their own borders, (unless it significantly effects the environment or civilian shipping routes?)

Getting water from land-based sources can often have significant negative impacts on aquifers, wetlands, rivers, and other sources of fresh water (see: Venice; the entire western US). A WA resolution promoting the switch of some of these sources to desalinated ocean water could be highly beneficial, and justified as an international issue because the water table does not recognize national boundaries.

MANDATING its use would still be a bad idea, given not all places even in RL have any trouble getting enough water from the sky (see most of the tropics). But more on that can be said later, once a drafting thread is posted on the forum.

[Honeydewistania]

Why would anybody care what kind of civilian infrastructure a nation builds within their own borders, (unless it significantly effects the environment or civilian shipping routes?)

Getting water from land-based sources can often have significant negative impacts on aquifers, wetlands, rivers, and other sources of fresh water (see: Venice; the entire western US). A WA resolution promoting the switch of some of these sources to desalinated ocean water could be highly beneficial, and justified as an international issue because the water table does not recognize national boundaries.

Might even work as Advancement of Industry if you couch it as an alternative to high-priced water importation where water scarcity is high, i.e. where the market could use another source of supply to lower costs.

Ok but desalination also provides some environmental damage (toxic brine, high energy use). Should there be regulations as a seperate resolution or combined into one

[Sierra Lyricalia]

Getting water from land-based sources can often have significant negative impacts on aquifers, wetlands, rivers, and other sources of fresh water (see: Venice; the entire western US). A WA resolution promoting the switch of some of these sources to desalinated ocean water could be highly beneficial, and justified as an international issue because the water table does not recognize national boundaries.

Might even work as Advancement of Industry if you couch it as an alternative to high-priced water importation where water scarcity is high, i.e. where the market could use another source of supply to lower costs.

Ok but desalination also provides some environmental damage (toxic brine, high energy use). Should there be regulations as a seperate resolution or combined into one

The answer to that is most often "how many words does it take to accomplish your main goal?" This seems at first glance like a small enough topic to warrant a single resolution, but if you find yourself expanding your word count in order to increase the quality of the provisions dealing with desalination itself, you might need to split the environmental provisions off into a separate resolution. (out of curiosity, can they not just evaporate the rest of the water - or precipitate the salt - and sell the crystals to consumers as sea salt?)

TL;dr write a draft and we'll see