General Assembly Resolution #34 “International Transport Safety” (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Recognizing the noble intentions of GAR #34 “International Transport Safety” to commit to international standardization of safety features, accident investigation and communications as a means towards greater transport safety, and understanding that the International Transport Safety Committee (ITSC) performs a necessary function, yet finding itself in disagreement with the manner in which it seeks to achieve its goals and intents, the General Assembly hereby finds the following:Acknowledging potential objections due to the Resolution's long standing, the General Assembly also finds:
- Nations in the WA should reserve the right to refuse trade from another WA nation, for the purpose of withholding support to an ideologically opposed nation as a form of protest, or other matters relevant to a nation’s political interests,
- GAR #34 infringes on the aforementioned right, by prohibiting nations from 'barring WA member state commercial transports... from operating in their airspace, territory or territorial waters, or preventing such from docking, landing, or otherwise embarking/disembarking passengers & loading/unloading freight,'
- Clause 7 of GAR #34, which contains the previous quotation, deviates from the Resolution's stated purpose of 'safety and reliability' in transportation, without reasoning or explanation.
- The Resolution has overextended itself by attempting to legislate on air, land, and sea transport simultaneously, while establishing minimal regulations for each one.
- A significant grey area has been left through the vagueness of some clauses, allowing too much subjectivity in how the ITSC enacts regulations of its own.
- What regulations do exist actively conflict with GAR #464, "Protection Of Airspace", which allows a nation full control of its domestic airspace in regards to air travel.
Understanding this, the General Assembly commits itself to:
- The ITSC as it stands performs many vital functions.
- Aside from the seventh clause, GAR #34 is a useful piece of groundwork which can be built upon to ensure
that international transportation systems are consistent in their safety & reliability throughout the nations of the World Assembly.And therefore, the General Assembly repeals GAR #34 "International Transport Safety".
- Repealing GAR #34, with understanding that it's seventh clause unfairly intrudes upon the national sovereignty of those nations who might wish to refuse trade with a given nation due to severe political disagreements, it has created an unnecessary and dangerous subjectivity towards ITSC operations, and it does not contain enough regulation to guarantee safety.
- Reinstating the ITSC through a future set of three resolutions, each focusing on air, land, and sea transportation respectively.