General Assembly Q&A

[Untecna]

Hello. I'm getting a lot of these recruitment telegrams, but if I'm interested in participating in the General Assembly and maybe writing resolutions one day, what regions are best for me? What regions have a strong GA department?

If you want plenty of endorsements fast, the GHRs (the Pacifics) are the best, but any active community with enough WA nations is worth it.

[Fachumonn]

Hello. I'm getting a lot of these recruitment telegrams, but if I'm interested in participating in the General Assembly and maybe writing resolutions one day, what regions are best for me? What regions have a strong GA department?

If you want plenty of endorsements fast, the GHRs (the Pacifics) are the best, but any active community with enough WA nations is worth it.

If you want the best GA activity, and extra forums, as well as endorsements, go to the Pacifics, either on you're main nation or (most likely) a puppet.
[Replying to Wrangle]

[Macadia]

What’s the absolute worst the WA could do if I began non-compliance with some GA resolutions?

[Wallenburg]

What’s the absolute worst the WA could do if I began non-compliance with some GA resolutions?

You'll become a pariah in the community and your input will be ignored.

[Macadia]

What’s the absolute worst the WA could do if I began non-compliance with some GA resolutions?

You'll become a pariah in the community and your input will be ignored.

I can handle that.

[Separatist Peoples]

You'll become a pariah in the community and your input will be ignored.

I can handle that.

There's not a lot of reason to bother posting here if you aren't interested in good faith interaction with the community.

[Otvorata]

Is there a generally accepted introduction to resolutions? The most common seems to be "The World Assembly," but I've also seen "The General Assembly/Security Council," "This august World Assembly," "This World Assembly," &c.

[Imperium Anglorum]

All of those are fine. If you want an empirical result, pick 20 at random and count for an estimate.

[Otvorata]

All of those are fine. If you want an empirical result, pick 20 at random and count for an estimate.

Ah, okay. Are there any introductions that aren't acceptable? For example, I'm thinking about dipping my grubby little hands into writing another resolution (I wrote one a while ago on a puppet, but it was pretty bad), and starting it with "Our august General Assembly..." instead of any of the "traditional" opening lines.

[The Orwell Society]

All of those are fine. If you want an empirical result, pick 20 at random and count for an estimate.

Ah, okay. Are there any introductions that aren't acceptable? For example, I'm thinking about dipping my grubby little hands into writing another resolution (I wrote one a while ago on a puppet, but it was pretty bad), and starting it with "Our august General Assembly..." instead of any of the "traditional" opening lines.

Wait until august, please

[Otvorata]

Ah, okay. Are there any introductions that aren't acceptable? For example, I'm thinking about dipping my grubby little hands into writing another resolution (I wrote one a while ago on a puppet, but it was pretty bad), and starting it with "Our august General Assembly..." instead of any of the "traditional" opening lines.

Wait until august, please

Honestly, I probably have to considering I'm too new to post images and I've made a custom logo for Otvorata's WA mission.

[Tinhampton]

It is well known that nations younger than three days old cannot post images - a largely (although not entirely) successful effort to deter pornspammers.

[Otvorata]

It is well known that nations younger than three days old cannot post images - a largely (although not entirely) successful effort to deter pornspammers.

Yes, I'm aware. I've been on this site for about... oh, Jesus, 6 years now. I feel old.

Anyways, to reiterate my previous question before we threadjack:

All of those are fine. If you want an empirical result, pick 20 at random and count for an estimate.

Ah, okay. Are there any introductions that aren't acceptable? For example, I'm thinking about dipping my grubby little hands into writing another resolution (I wrote one a while ago on a puppet, but it was pretty bad), and starting it with "Our august General Assembly..." instead of any of the "traditional" opening lines.

[Comfed]

Ah, okay. Are there any introductions that aren't acceptable?

Yes - "the Security Council".

[Imperium Anglorum]

All of those are fine. If you want an empirical result, pick 20 at random and count for an estimate.

Ah, okay. Are there any introductions that aren't acceptable? For example, I'm thinking about dipping my grubby little hands into writing another resolution (I wrote one a while ago on a puppet, but it was pretty bad), and starting it with "Our august General Assembly..." instead of any of the "traditional" opening lines.

Joking aside, there are no specific provisions which enumerate which starting lines are or are not acceptable. There are conventions which have converged on a few phrases. It isn't that big of a matter as long as you stick vaguely closely to those phrases.

[Otvorata]

Ah, okay. Are there any introductions that aren't acceptable? For example, I'm thinking about dipping my grubby little hands into writing another resolution (I wrote one a while ago on a puppet, but it was pretty bad), and starting it with "Our august General Assembly..." instead of any of the "traditional" opening lines.

Joking aside, there are no specific provisions which enumerate which starting lines are or are not acceptable. There are conventions which have converged on a few phrases. It isn't that big of a matter as long as you stick vaguely closely to those phrases.

Ah, okay. Thank you.

[Undemocacy]

Is there a punishment for violating GA resolutions?

[Separatist Peoples]

Is there a punishment for violating GA resolutions?

ICly, nations are assessed and fined coercively until they comply. Nonpayment results in mandatory WA wide sanctions.

Oocly, nothing but nobody will play with you if you aren't compliant. We just ignore you.

[Juansonia]

Does GenSec keep an internal record of proposals which failed to reach quorum?

edit: thanks

[Imperium Anglorum]

Does GenSec keep an internal record of proposals which failed to reach quorum?

No.

[Makko Oko]

As directed by GenSec, I am posting my legality inquiry (or resolution conflict inquiry, whatever you want to call it) here:

I bring to your attention, GAR#35, known as the "Charter of Civil Rights", because I have an inquiry in relation to it, that will make the decision on rather or not to draft corresponding law. In Article 1A, "All inhabitants of member states are equal in status in law and under its actions, and have the right to equal treatment and protection by the nation they inhabit or in which they are currently present.", is the classification of the "right to equal treatment and protection", falling under the official and declared right to protection, as was struck down in the United States Supreme Court ruling of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, or is it not considered declared, and therefore goes unlegislated per it? Keeping in mind that officially, the Supreme Court never stated "right to protection" and merely it is considered by many to be the aforementioned right ruled on.

The right to protection falls partly under Parens patriae, or the "parent of the country or homeland", in relation to the Supreme Court ruling, and mainly stems off protection of children from abuse, however, it is a good classification and example of the right of protection. I ask of GenSec, to consider this, and see if this is a resolution I could attempt, so as to not violate the WA, I am asking you all first, to assure of no breaches, and to also formally establish Secundum formam statuti.

Finally, I am formally requesting an en banc hearing so as to not get conflicting responses from each Secretariat, so in that one, joint opinion, may be issued.

[Imperium Anglorum]

The holding in Castle Rock v Gonzales, (2005) 545 US 748, deals primarily with whether a restraining order is a property right under the 14th amendment, and therefore comes under the purview of 42 USC s 1983. Cf, on s 1983, Alex Reinert, "Qualified immunity's flawed foundation", California L Rev, forthcoming <https://ssrn.com/abstract=4179628>. The claim you are making here seems extremely unclear and you will have to deobfuscate it for a clear resolution.

As to other matters. An en banc hearing is the only way that formal rulings are given. We do not give informal rulings at all, though statements to that effect could be forward guidance on that matter. If you are interested in the form of a statute, that is irrelevant, because the rules are not a statute and there are no specific forms (or magic words) specified by statute in the WA. Roman and American law conceptions of parens patriae map uncleanly to the WA acquis.

[Makko Oko]

The holding in Castle Rock v Gonzales, (2005) 545 US 748, deals primarily with whether a restraining order is a property right under the 14th amendment, and therefore comes under the purview of 42 USC s 1983. Cf, on s 1983, Alex Reinert, "Qualified immunity's flawed foundation", California L Rev, forthcoming <https://ssrn.com/abstract=4179628>. The claim you are making here seems extremely unclear and you will have to deobfuscate it for a clear resolution.

As to other matters. An en banc hearing is the only way that formal rulings are given. We do not give informal rulings at all, though statements to that effect could be forward guidance on that matter. If you are interested in the form of a statute, that is irrelevant, because the rules are not a statute and there are no specific forms (or magic words) specified by statute in the WA. Roman and American law conceptions of parens patriae map uncleanly to the WA acquis.

My apologies, like I said, it never officially stipulated the right to protection, but I will define it plainly here. The right to protection, is wherein the state and its enforcement bodies (herein labeled LEO and EMS), must protect a citizen of the state from any harm or negligence that may occur. For instance, it is said that if a law enforcement officer sees a citizen drowning, they are not legally obligated to help, but if a right to protection were instated, they would be legally obligated to help, and would be held criminally negligent if they didn't.

As for statute, put simply, that was the forward thinking of my own interpretation of Latin law and in the case of acquis communautaire, do agree that it is sufficient to be declared, in lieu and replacement of, Secundum formam statuti.

[Imperium Anglorum]

The statement about the form of a statute relates only to procedural requirements established by statute. They do not relate to the rules that we have. The rules are not statutes and the form thereof is not well-established. We don’t have procedural requirements like essoins or a thing that requires a certain way of pleading. The form specified by statute has nothing to do with the GA rules.

The requirement of GA 35 is to require equal treatment and protection for others under the laws of that nation. Member nations must extend the same protection to all inhabitants under their jurisdiction. They cannot discriminate in those terms under art 1.

[Southern calcanda]

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