I would like to point out that this is my very first attempt at writing a proposal for the World Assembly.
I am looking forward to, and am humbled by the future prospects of receiving inputs from the skilled and experienced community - so I would like to thank all in advance!
Notification Table
1. 08 February 2020: First Draft submitted to the World Assembly Community for Input/Debate.
2. 21 February 2020: Proposal Withdrawn from the chamber.
Overview Information:
Category: Repeal
Resolution: GA#20
Draft 1 of the Proposal: Repeal: "Suppress International Piracy"
The General Assembly,
Acknowledging the dangers piracy poses to international trade and security;
Applauding the resolution in its attempt to curb the negative consequences of international pirating activities;
Concerned however, that Article 1 (one) of the resolution vaguely implies that there is a distinction between 'pirates' and 'privateers', without defining how this distinction can be made in the real world, which can easily lead to law enforcement agencies unlawfully engaging in armed conflict against these law abiding privateers;
Appalled by the fact that Article 5 (five) encourages and authorizes member states to actively engage suspected pirates within international waters, as this powers may easily be abused in the real world, allowing armed forces and law enforcement agencies from any member state to attack a law abiding vessel of any other nation under the guise of these powers;
Concerned with the fact that this same Article 5 (five) can easily be interpreted as authorizing any vessel hailing from any nation to undermine the sovereign ocean territory of any other nation under the guise of hunting international pirates, and can thus easily cause a international incident;
Concerned with the fact that Article 6 (six) authorizes any nation to engage and arrest any person and/or vessel traveling within international waters under the guise of carrying out an arrest on any person whom is suspected of acts of piracy and bring them to trail and imprisonment, even though no laws were broken in the host's territory, which can easily be abused by any nation holding a vendetta against another nation;
Noting that this resolution does not address the procedure of handling a captured vessel and its cargo in the event that the owner/operator of the captured vessel is arrested under suspicion of piracy and found not guilty in a court of law, which can easily lead to abuse by the arresting state by permanently confiscating the legal property of another person/nation;
Concluding that although the intention of the entire regulation is pure and good, it can easily be abused by any state with a vendetta against another state under the guise of this law, which can easily escalate to war;
Hereby repeals GA#20 "Suppress International Piracy".