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International Broadcasting ConsortiumCategory: Education and Creativity | Area of Effect: Free Press
The General Assembly,
Recognizing the need for international jurisdiction in order to regulate, and keep pace with the dramatic changes occurring in the telecommunications sphere,
Noticing that while such a body exists for transmissions on the radio spectrum, telecommunications are not yet in the World Assembly’s remit,
Hereby enacts the following:
- In this resolution, the subsequent terms are defined as follows:
- “Broadcaster” refers to any company, independent organization, or group, who sends out an audiovisual signal for consumption in member states.
- “Broadcasting regulatory authority” refers to a state-sanctioned or private body which has legal authority to enforce standards relating to telecommunications.
- “Standards” refers to legal norms or rules which govern an area or which limit the prerogative of an actor to act independently to determine their own legal norms or rules in an area.
- "Modality" refers to the form of a telecommunications signal.
- Member states with the requisite technology are required to create a broadcasting regulatory authority with powers over: spectrum or frequency allocations, content regulation such as the establishment of safe harbor periods, television advertising and sponsorship regulation, the creation of emergency broadcast systems or other similar means of notifying the public of dangerous situations, minority language programming, the creation and regulation of the modality of broadcast signals, and appropriate broadcasted content standards.
- The International Broadcasting Consortium, hereafter referred to as the IBC, is hereby created and shall have powers over the following broader policy areas relating to telecommunications.
- The mitigation, or resolution, of disputes between broadcasters, or prospective broadcasters, in member states.
- The guaranteeing of political impartiality in the frequency allocation, broadcasting license, and content moderation processes by member states.
- The formulation, and promulgation to member states, of emergency broadcasting standards.
- The IBC shall also have the power to craft and disseminate suggest standards over the following subjects in the telecommunications policy remit:
- The creation of international standards regarding broadcasts in minority languages, such as duration, content, and if applicable, settlement of disputes over the quantity, quality, or frequency of minority language broadcasts.
- The regulation of the modality of broadcast signals.
- Content standards, including the creation of safe harbor times.
- Nothing in this resolution requires a member state to begin, or halt, the transmission of a telecommunications signal.