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[First Draft Under Spoiler] --------- [[REVISED] Proposal Draft [General Assembly]]: --------- Nations and Delegates of the World Assembly: Wishing to expand on the benefits provided by the establishment of a centralized database texts and literary works into the field of medicine; Therefore, Hereby: Establishes & constructs a World Assembly Consolidated Medicinal Database(WACMD), with the purpose of: -Collecting medicinal knowledge possessed by the nations and appropriately educated of the World Assembly, -Archiving historical and present medicinal discoveries and knowledge in a centralized digital database, accessible by all (for the most part), -Serving as a centralized nexus for submission of medical research and development of new knowledge, -Providing access of such information to the nations of the World Assembly, and ensuring the preservation of aforementioned medical knowledge, -Providing administrative functions to regional research and healthcare centers in the form of funding and eduction, -Establishing an online database for all collected and archived medical knowledge, -Providing access to archived knowledge for educational purposes; Encourages that the nations of the World Assembly contribute all [non-extremely-sensitive] existing medical knowledge to the WACMD database; Encourages all nations of the World Assembly to pass legislation with the purpose of preserving existing and developing new medical knowledge and methods of treatment, and expanding national healthcare and research spheres; Provides funding and education to government and private entities of the World Assembly for above purposes; Encourages that all nations of the World assembly unable to provide affordable healthcare for their citizens accept the assistance of the World Assembly in developing a capable form of such service, if in applicable governmental status and with appropriate confirmation of services; Mandates for the fulfillment of these purposes, for the WACMDRC to undertake the: - Archiving and iteration upon contributed medical knowledge, - Integrating new received knowledge into international standards of medical care and treatment, - Providing relevant collected knowledge to the pharmaceutical industry, in whatever form it may take, - Ensuring the cooperation of the pharmaceutical industry [where applicable] in the careful study and analysis of new treatments and procedures, - Dedicating effort, time, and manpower to particular areas of medicinal research, with sufficient funding, at reasonable request of donators, - Establishment of a reasonable and fair program for investment and funding for the maintenance of such a database, - Establishment of a WA committee for the oversight of funding and education for the purpose of developing healthcare and research spheres in applicable countries; Mandates that WACMD establish aforementioned program and division to oversee: - Ongoing funding of medical research and study, - The possible restrictions imposed by the WACMD on certain types of knowledge (ex. sensitive information pertaining to biological warfare), - The secure storage and/or isolation of above sensitive information, - The creation and implementation of new standards of medical procedure, protocol, and operating guidelines, where applicable, - Communication of relevant new information and research to WA member nations upon reasonable request with background checks, - Establishment of restrictions and oversight as to those eligible to receive sensitive information upon request; Tasks the Office of Building Management (OBM) to determine the optimal location of WACMD servers with the potential for: - Defense against potential threats both natural and of a man-made/terrorist nature, - Easy access and communication between WACMD servers and other WA and WA-affiliated structures for maintenance and communication; Encourages all WA Nations to promote healthcare, medicinal and pharmaceutical research, and preservation of medical knowledge; Clarifies that all World Assembly member nations possess access and clearance to all non-sensitive documents and information contained within the WACMD data-banks; Ensures the understanding of the WACMDRC as an entity independent from, albeit still obligated to, its donors, overseers, and World Assembly supervisors; Affirms the right for private and corporate entities to participate in their own research and production of medicinal and pharmaceutical goods and information, albeit under WA and WACMD regulation, if applicable and approved by the World Assembly; Ensures the establishment of a committee for the funding and expansion of WA and WA member nation healthcare sectors, pharmaceutical sectors, and medical research sectors. --------- Please comment on this [revised] draft with suggestions for improvement and criticisms. To be potentially submitted as a proposal under the General Assembly. [Edit]: Healthcare has received extensive previous coverage that I was not aware of. Proposal may be scrapped.

Skymoot and Alista you are both welcomed to the Hall of Nations and citizenship in TWP!

Wow I'm late to the party huh? This is unacceptable! Nation in The West Pacific: Skymoot World Assembly (WA) Nation: Skymoot Please list any other names or aliases you use in NationStates: (None) Please list regions or organizations with which you are currently affiliated as a resident, citizen, or member: TWP Please list regions or organizations with which you have in the past been affiliated as a resident, citizen, or member: TWP Would you like to join (check all that you wish to join)... [ ] The West Pacific Armed Forces [X] Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Corp [ ] The West Pacifican Newspaper Staff [ ] Ministry of Recruitment and Citizenry Staff [ ] Ministry of Internal Affairs Staff (Special Note: I am already a part of the Foreign Affairs, in charge of keeping an eye on the region of Iwaku.) Please swear the following oath of citizenship: I, Skymoot, swear that I have, to the best of my knowledge, been completely truthful in applying for citizenship in The West Pacific and that I have no other NationStates identity that has not been made known in this application. I swear my allegiance to The West Pacific and its citizens, and I swear not to engage in hostilities against The West Pacific or to violate The Manners of Governance, the constitution of The West Pacific, or any laws made pursuant to that constitution.

Hello and welcome aboard! You can find the Hall of Nations in this subboard: http://www.westpacific.org/forums/index.php?/forum/79-hall-of-nations/ There you'll also find all necessary information on joining and current proceedings.

*awards Skymoot a TWP badge of commendation!* We are enjoying your presence here in TWP so, please stay

Yeee, the other southern Pennsylvanian. Now I have someone who can truly understand my angst.