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General Assembly Resolution #442 “Circulation of World Assembly Law" (Category: Education and Creativity, Area of Effect: Educational) shall be struck out and rendered null and void. The World Assembly, Aware of the importance of understanding national and international law, Applauding the efforts of the resolution to encourage inhabitants of member nations to seek knowledge of World Assembly laws and how they affect daily lives, Appalled by the fact that GAR #442 leaves loopholes that can be used to circumvent the law, Observing that governments can make laws available in foreign and/or unused languages, which bars the knowledge from being distributed to citizens, Worried that the resolution doesn't specify which laws would be important enough to be included in educational curriculum, Noting that due to this lack of explanation, member nations can have completely different views of important resolutions, based on their political systems, Horrified that the resolution doesn't mention a way to check if these educational efforts are indeed being accomplished by all member nations, making possible that nations don't actually teach the intended knowledge of WA law, Hoping that the repeal of GAR #442 will lead to a new resolution, solving the addressed problems, to take its place, Hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #442. (Authored by Aluminum Oxynitride, Arnic and Giovanniland.)

Recognizing The Holy Principality of Saint Mark as a leader in many aspects of NationStates. Realizing Saint Mark has influenced many Nations by serving as a leader in the feeder region, [region]the West Pacific[/region]: -Serving as Delegate of the West Pacific -Serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. -Serving as a Guardian of the West. -Green-lighting the the The West Pacific Armed Forces, helping bring peace to game created regions and their allies Also remembering Saint Mark’s Service as a Regional Officer in [region]Osiris[/region], [region]Albion[/region], and [region]The Sasquatch Republic[/region]. Observing Saint Mark’s recognition by NSToday as one of the 20 most influential nations. Appreciating the establishment of the Protect our Players Accord by the Holy Principality of Saint Mark, which created a fun and safe environment for all. Seeking to commemorate the Influence and goodwill of the Holy Principality of Saint Mark. Hereby commends the Holy Principality of Saint Mark. authored and researched by @Teralyon, @TUMS, @Kurabis

I have kind of been discussing this under another thread on the GA board, but thought I would start a proper draft here before launching into the real world (so to speak). Basically the idea is for an international version of the criminal records background check. When Calladanian citizens apply for certain jobs (working with children, especially where they will be potentially left alone with those children, working in classified or high security jobs and so forth) they are required to undergo additional background checks - checks that require information from the ORC (Office of Records - Criminal). This is to ensure that - for example - a child molester can't simply move from District 1 to District 21 and get a new address in order to escape their past. The records provided are very, very strictly controlled - they only include criminal convictions for certain crimes (crimes that would be relevant and make them a danger to either children, or untrustworthy to work in security related jobs) and do not include convictions that are spent or convictions for crimes committed as minors (except under very special circumstances). I won't bore you with a full list, but examples include murder, child abuse, rape, computer hacking (viruses, malware), terrorism with bloodshed and sexual assault. (The sexual related crimes are only included when the job relates to working with children, but they are reported for both men and women). However, given that the world is getting smaller, it is not beyond reason that said child molester could move from one country to another. And while ORC has the records of every citizen in Calladan, it doesn't have any records outside of Calladan because it is a Calladan government department and other government object to us hacking into their record systems So what I am proposing is a mutual exchange of these records. That every country is required so set up a version of ORC (if they don't already have one) and that when requests come in from other WA member nations, they respond to the request and send the required information back on the subject of the request or they provide a compelling reason as to why they can not send the required information (eg - the subject of the request is not a citizen). The cost of the request will be paid by the nation that is making it - the nation that is fulfilling it will bill the requesting nation (at an agreed rate) once the request is fulfilled or rejected. (There will be an initial outlay for the cost of ORC - but most nations might have one of these already?) I realise there will be some objections under National Sovereignty - "Can you explain to me what right does the Calladan government have to demand information about one of my former citizens?" - or possibly objections because they are former citizens - "Why should we care what a former citizen of ours is doing once they have emigrated from our country? They're in your country now, they're your problem" but the one thing I think I CAN argue is that this IS an international topic, rather than a national one, because it does cover the interaction between two countries and an information exchange between the two. Anyway.... --xx--xx-- Title : International Background Check Protocols Category/Strength : (Not sure yet - this is the part I usually have the most trouble with) Noting that candidates for certain jobs require extra checks into their backgrounds, to ensure they are suitable for the positions, Noting that these checks into any criminal convictions that the candidate might have, Aware that the world is smaller than it once was, and that people can travel from one country to another relatively easily, Noting that this potentially makes complete background checks harder, as a candidate might move from country to country, Hoping that all nations would like their checks to be as complete as possible, The WA hereby :- 1. Creates The MACE Protocols (defined below) for the exchange of information between member nations; 2. Requires that member nations respond in a timely fashion to MACE requests from other member nations; a - the response must either be to provide the information, or an acceptable reason as to why the information was not provided. 3. Requires that the costs of a MACE request are paid by the requesting nation, not the nation carrying out the request; 4. Suggests the office dealing with the requests be given the most amusing name possible (eg Office of Records - Criminal, Department of Interior Criminal Kith, Files Uniting National Naughty Yokels) The MACE (Mutual Assistance on Checks for Employment) Protocols 1. Information can only pertain to a single citizen. 2. Information can only pertain to criminal convictions :- a - these convictions must be non-spent convictions; b - these convictions must be from when the citizen is an adult (if there is a conflict of ages of consent between nations, the youngest applies); c - if the requesting nation defines something as a crime that is not a crime in the nation fulfilling the request, it is ignored; d - if the nation fulfilling the request has more convictions under their MACE protocols, they can optionally provide them in the request fulfilment. 3. A MACE request can only be made by the government. It can not come directly from the employer. 4. Allow for limited bio-metric information to be included in the request (finger prints, hair colour, eye colour, height, weight, picture of face, full body picture) to take account of the face the citizen might have changed their name. --xx--xx-- That's about all I can think of at the minute. I am pretty sure I have probably missed something, but - since I have missed it, I don't know what it is I REALLY want to include the ability to set an exchange program with non-member nations (optional and not controlled) but I realise that will get me spanked six ways through Sunday, so I will leave it for now

Condemn General Halcones Category: Condemnation | Nominee: General Halcones | Proposed by: Charax The Security Council; Recognises The Black Rider Overlord General Halcones as the successor state to the nation of Halcones, and that General Halcones is often referred to simply by the name 'Halcones' Discloses that Halcones is one of the oldest and most senior nations in the world who invade other regions on a regular basis, Reveals that Halcones is the founder of several organisations dedicated to the invasion of Sovereign Regions, including The Black Hawks and The Black Riders, who at the time of writing this assembly has seen fit to Condemn on a combined total of three differing occasions, Notes that Halcones has lead efforts to advance the technological capability of Invader organisations throughout the world, including the production of tools to allow Invaders to calculate the optimum time to invade a region, Further notes that Halcones has produced tools which allow Invaders to distinguish between regions where the World Assembly Delegate has the ability to eject nations, and those where they do not, which has allowed Invaders to target an even larger range of regions than has been the case previously. Denounces Halcones for being one of the most prolific Invader nations in recorded history, having taken part in the raids of over one thousand regions over the course of their raiding career, Believes that Halcones is a threat to worldwide security, sovereignty and decency, Hereby Condemns General Halcones. ----------------------------------- What do you guys think? Thought I'd post it here before taking it to the SC forums, for some pre-scrutiny scrutiny.