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[DRAFT] Repeal GA 289 'Radiological Terrorism'

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Stevist Guam
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[DRAFT] Repeal GA 289 'Radiological Terrorism'

Postby Stevist Guam » Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:01 pm

"Members of the General Assembly,

Many means can create nations, and the General Assembly does not make them equal -- great, nation-killing weapons do. Nuclear weapons deter active declarations of war from even the largest empires and guerilla warfare lets the willful state defeat the wealthier, demographically more advantaged one. God Rods command the respect of 'established powers' and snipers threaten even the most secure, authoritarian leaders.

Radiological weapons, too, have a place in this esteemed arsenal for equality. They are useful tools for defensive area-denial operations, especially against larger states that seek to invade and dominate smaller ones. Furthermore, even if one's nation might not want to directly manufacture radiological weapons, depleted uranium rounds are commonplace -- and near mandatory for common use.

For this reason, while GA 289 'Radiological Terrorism' seemingly masquerades under noble bent, the NS Whale Hunters of Stevist Guam finds it to be a disingenuous resolution at heart: one that benefits the larger aggressor over the underdog defender, privileges states with domestic uranium deposits and general safety above the threatened nations without, and one that commends those with larger military bureaucracies over ones without. Of course, the resolution hurts the defense forces of everyone, and this is selfishly why the NS Whale Hunters wants to see it repealed -- but it hurts states acting in self-defensive and justified warfare the most.

World leaders -- fundamentally, if you had to enter a war for the survival of your people -- would you not want to melt your enemies down with radiological weapons?

For reasons practical and ideological, the NS Whale Hunters thus submits the resolution to repeal Radiological Terrorism."

-- Diplomat Ahpla Imecsub

The World Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of holding states accountable to ethical conduct in self-defense, security, and justified warfare;

Acknowledging that GA 289 "Radiological Terrorism" prohibits the stockpiling and use of Radiological Weapons for military purposes;

Objecting to the unilateral assertion that “radiological weapons serve no practical or effective military purpose,” given the potential of radiological weapons in a defensive area-denial capacity, especially against more numerous or well armed aggressors and potential occupants;

Noting that the definition of ‘radioactive substance” set forth by Article 1, “any radioactive material with the capacity to be used in the construction of a radiological weapon,” is an overly broad definition that ignores alternative and conventional uses of ‘radiological materials,’ simply banning anything that could be used in the theoretical construction of a radiological weapon;

Further noting that consequently, the overly broad restrictions in clause 3 on exporting ‘radioactive substances’ inhibit the ability for threatened states to manufacture conventional depleted uranium rounds or sustain necessary power grids, and that the use of such depleted rounds do not cause long-term environmental hazards;

Distraught that the implications of Article 5c violate the neutrality of the World Assembly in international conflicts by forcing member states to contribute real and impactful material aid to a belligerent of conflict;

Worried that Article 6 places an undue burden on Member State militaries by forcing their focus away protecting the polity’s borders onto upholding overreaching World Assembly legislation;

Resigned that the World Assembly already actively regulates the ethics of warfare, including the indiscriminate targeting of civilians;

Finding the wide-spanning definition of ‘radioactive material,’ the blanket assertion of a radiological weapon as ‘useless,’ the involvement of the World Assembly in potential conflicts, and the required constant civilian surveillance of a member state’s military planners are all ignorant of the basic demands of national defense, especially for smaller states.

Hereby Repeals GA 289 "Radiological Terrorism."


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Postby Rosettan Overwatch » Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:06 pm

Explicit and complete opposition.

Reasons:

- Failure to address the underlying logical concern of land repurposing post-conflict (source: self-testing and usage in warfare against the Szpasi)
- Failure to address the high potential for civilian deaths even in a controlled environment (source: warfare with Szpasi)
- Failure to address vital concerns regarding the safety and deproliferation of WMDs especially as space-travel becomes more common, including the recent invention of our Planetcracker weapon (source: testing)
- Failure to address vital concerns regarding the sovereignty and bullying of other nations, thus the proliferation of imperial doctrines (sourced from ethical committees and historical wars)
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Postby Tinhampton » Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:55 pm

Lydia Anderson, Tinhamptonian Delegate-Ambassador to the World Assembly: The official position of Tinhampton is, and remains, that the World Assembly should take all the actions within its power - short of non-member coercion, a style of intervention we have also always opposed - to hasten the end of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. We therefore cannot support this repeal as it stands.
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Postby Stevist Guam » Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:38 pm

Rosettan Overwatch wrote:Explicit and complete opposition.

Reasons:

- Failure to address the underlying logical concern of land repurposing post-conflict (source: self-testing and usage in warfare against the Szpasi)
- Failure to address the high potential for civilian deaths even in a controlled environment (source: warfare with Szpasi)
- Failure to address vital concerns regarding the safety and deproliferation of WMDs especially as space-travel becomes more common, including the recent invention of our Planetcracker weapon (source: testing)
- Failure to address vital concerns regarding the sovereignty and bullying of other nations, thus the proliferation of imperial doctrines (sourced from ethical committees and historical wars)


IC:

As a few timid voices are raised against the Stevist Proposal 'Repeal GA 289,' a notoriously rude and disillusioned Stevist diplomat for GA affairs, Lavos, walks in the the GA headquarters. He was probably upset about something, like losing all of his money at the new casino.

"Stevist Guam has a 'explicit and complete' disregard for the Rosettan Overwatch's opinion. The Rosettan Overwatch cites this history and that history from from their nation to explain why this resolution -- which would help nations from getting bullied -- but the truth is that there is absolutely nothing to learn from Rosettan history. The Rosettan economy is pathetic and its Defense Forces are wholly unremarkable -- why should anyone take positive lessons from it? States with such weak defense forces should never cite their military history as anything useful in a serious conversation as this."

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Tinhampton wrote:Lydia Anderson, Tinhamptonian Delegate-Ambassador to the World Assembly: The official position of Tinhampton is, and remains, that the World Assembly should take all the actions within its power - short of non-member coercion, a style of intervention we have also always opposed - to hasten the end of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. We therefore cannot support this repeal as it stands.


IC:

"Now, Stevist Guam would never dismiss a state as Tinhampton, but the official position of Lavos is that all of Tinhampton's efforts to end weapons of mass destruction are bound to fail -- especially when resolutions are written with so many flaws as this one. On the other hand, coercion is preventable: that is, if militaries incapable of creating destruction on their muscles have certain weapons that can do it for them."
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