The General Assembly,
i. Recognising the importance of sea vessels in international trade,
ii. Observing the inherent danger of sea vessel transport due to many uncontrollable factors and entities,
iii. Hopeful that Member Nations are willing and able to perform sea rescue tasks,
iv. Acknowledging that the World Assembly is held by its own laws and resolutions to a certain standard of human rights,
1. Hereby defines a "Sea Vessel" as:
a. Any transport device whose main or supplementary mode of transport is open water;
b. Any device that either submerges or floats on the surface of the water that can carry goods, resources or living creatures;
2. Hereby defines a "Sea Distress" signal as:
a. The utilisation of any tool, device, or instrument on a sea vessel meant for signalling aid;
b. The utilisation of a distress signal from any vessel whose main mode of transport is not water;
c. A 'mayday' call via radio or other media;
3. Hereby defines a Successful Rescue (SR) as:
a. The salvaging of ALL or MANY entities, defined in 1(II), by a respondent sea vessel to a Sea Distress Signal
I. If not all of these conditions are met, the rescue must be categorised as "Unsuccessful."
4. Hereby mandates:
a. The aid to a sea vessel, who has signalled distress pursuant to 2(a, b, c), from the nearest sea vessel registered in a World Assembly Member Nation,
b. The establishment of the World Assembly Sea Rescue Index (WASRI) for the purpose of:
I. Recording the shortcomings of unsuccessful vessel journeys to aid in future creation of maritime law;
II. Recording the shortcomings of unsuccessful Sea Rescues to aid in future technological reference for the purpose of making sea rescues safer and more ethical.
III. The rescue vessel to be non-discriminatory against any nationality, ideology, or belief when conducting a rescue.
IV. There shall be no legal punishment for an Unsuccessful Rescue, defined by 3.a.I, and this bill hereby establishes the authority to the International Transport Safety Committee, as created in GA #34 to enforce this and all other mandates established by this law.
V. The sole authority of radio communications, for the purposes of Civilian Sea Rescues, defined as:
a. A Sea Rescue carried out per the guidelines of this law,
to the International Radiocommunications Authority (IRA) created in GA#532 "International Radio Standards Act", to oversee and assist in carrying out a rescue.
Question: Should I keep these citations of previous law?
