Whereas General Assembly Resolution #550 "Freedom of Association" was passed by this chamber, with 10,882 votes being cast for, and 4,209 votes being cast against,
And whereas the resolution in question seeks to allow individuals residing within World Assembly to associate freely with organizations, entities, or any other legally-operating and hate-free institutions,
And whereas the resolution contains a necessary clause exempting certain kinds of organizations from these freedoms, but the relevant clause has several issues, including:
- Limiting organizations that pose a security or criminal threat to be on the national scale, which prevents protections on a local, provincial, or international scale,
- Having no exception to the protections in the target for politicians and organizations that association would lead to conflicts of interest, which is a restriction that should wholly remain available by World Assembly members to minimize government corruption,
- Not including a definition of "hate", which may very well lead malicious nations to apply this exception to groups exhibiting a strong message against benign social or political movements, or reasonably being applied against particularly vocal protest groups,
And whereas these exceptions only allow for criminal penalties, when in some cases, civil penalties may also be appropriate,
And whereas General Assembly Resolution #436 "Protecting Free Expression" and General Assembly Resolution #527 "Right to Assemble" cover much of the grounds of the targeted resolution, making it so that any potential damage caused in the time between repeal and replacement shall be minimal, and worthwhile to fix these crucial flaws,
And whereas harmful redundancy should be minimized when possible,
Therefore, be it resolved by the World Assembly that General Assembly Resolution #550, "Freedom of Association" is repealed and thus no longer enforcable.
The Serendipitous, an autonomous eusocial empire, has provided the following draft to the nations of the World Assembly.
"We may not be a member of this Assembly - it does not suit us - but we are still interested in spreading our influence. We are interested in making the word of The Serene a universal knowledge. We are interested in bettering the universe as we know it. Previously we have been called a "Parasite", or "The Plague" - we have wrought havoc, we have brought misery upon nation upon nation as we infest, control, and become one. The walls of this Assembly are thick, and we are far from The Serene, so she cannot directly control us for right now, but we have our directives. Spread the influence. Perhaps being so distant from our mind-mother for so long has led to us developing our own ideas, but we believe that we can only spread ourselves so far while conquering, taking, and infesting. Consider this a more diplomatic approach."
The words spoken are ominous, but not nearly as ominous as who is presenting them. Three individuals said the words simultaneously - obviously, despite claiming some sort of independence from "The Serene", whatever or whoever that could be, they still are not independent from each other.
The individuals are not of the same species, either. One looks familiar - a human, almost assuredly. There is a mammalian, looking like a mix between a bear and a large dog, standing on its hind legs, but once again with a humanoid face. The last of the creatures is the outlier - it appears to be a gelatin sphere with an internal mouth and gills looking vaguely like a fish. There is no clear way that it could be seeing, or hearing anything.