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A regular complaint about some resolutions is that they impose laws on nations that infringe on their sovereignty. According to the following resolution, this would appear to be illegal (pay attention to the parts of section 1 in bold):
| QUOTE | UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #49
Rights and Duties of UN States
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.
Category: Political Stability
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Frisbeeteria
Description: :
UN membership in NationStates is a choice, not a requirement. Those of us who chose to participate have certain responsibilities to ourselves, each other, and the entire NationStates community. At the same time, we as NationStates have certain rights and responsibilities that we do not willingly give up when we chose to join the UN. It is therefore vital to clearly delineate what constitutes sovereign law versus UN sanctioned international law. This document will attempt to enumerate those most basic of rights, as they exist within and as defined by the United Nations of NationStates.
A Declaration on Rights and Duties of UN States:
Section I: The Principle of National Sovereignty:
Article 1
§ Every UN Member State has the right to independence and hence to exercise freely, without dictation by any other NationState, all its legal powers, including the choice of its own form of government.
Article 2
§ Every UN Member State has the right to exercise jurisdiction over its territory and over all persons and things therein, subject to the immunities recognized by international law.
Article 3
§ Every UN Member State has the duty to refrain from unrequested intervention in the internal or external economic, political, religious, and social affairs of any other NationState, subject to the immunities recognized by international law.
Section II: The Art of War:
Article 4
§ Every UN Member State has the right of individual or collective self-defense against armed attack.
Article 5
§ War in the World of NationStates is defined as a consensual act between two or more NationStates. Any and all NationStates may, at their discretion, respond to declarations of war on NationStates who wish to avoid war. The recommended method is a barrage of I.G.N.O.R.E. Cannons.
Article 6
§ Every UN Member State has the duty to refrain from fomenting civil strife in the territory of another NationState, and to prevent the organization within its territory of activities calculated to foment such civil strife.
Article 7
§ Every UN Member State has the duty to refrain from giving assistance to any NationState which is acting in violation of Article 5, or against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.
Article 8
§ Every UN Member State has the duty to refrain from recognizing any territorial acquisition by another NationState acting in violation of Article 5.
Section III: The Role of the United Nations:
Article 9
§ Every UN Member State has the right to equality in law with every other UN Member State.
Article 10
§ Every UN Member State has the duty to carry out in good faith its obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law, and it may not invoke provisions in its constitution or its laws as an excuse for failure to perform this duty.
Article 11
§ Every UN Member State has the duty to conduct its relations with other NationStates in accordance with international law and with the principle that the sovereignty of each UN Member State is subject to the supremacy of international law. |
So, are there any resolutions that could be repealed based on this?
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We don't do defence |
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As every resolution is therefore technically optional, the game mechanics should allow each UN nation to accept or dismiss the game-term effects of each resolution. But, as we dont have that situation, every resolution's effects are automatically applied to everyone in the UN, whether they want them or not. |
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One of the reasons I haven't joined the UN is because I don't like the idea of my economy or anything else going in the toilet because somebody decided to write a resolution. Maybe I'm just overreacting, but that's my OOC reason for not joining. ICly, Khazaronians are more than a little distrustful of such a big organization of foreigners that seek to impose rules and regulations as if they had the power or ordainment to govern the world. |
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