General Assembly Proposals

The World Assembly,

Acknowledging that sports such as bullfighting, cockfighting and dogfighting are popular amongst member nations;

Horrified that participants are often forced to compete in these sports, usually resulting in their death or serious injury;

Believing that, for the safety and protection of all sentient beings, legislation in the form of a General Assembly resolution is needed to prevent such cruel and barbaric practices;

Hereby:

1. Defines the following for the purpose of this resolution:

1. "blood sport" as an activity involving the maiming or killing of at least one of the participants for the entertainment of sapient individuals, excluding hunting or religious sacrifice,

2. "animal" as a non-sapient being with a nervous system or equivalent system by which it is naturally able to experience pain;

2. Prohibits all forms of blood sports involving sapients in which one or more of the participants do not provide consent;

3. Prohibits all forms of blood sports involving animals in which there is a significant possibility of serious injury or death;

4. Requires that formerly captive blood sport participants be treated in a humane and fair manner, according to the following rules:

1. if an animal blood sport participant does not have a significant risk of harming itself of others, it must be given its freedom,

2. if an animal blood sport participant poses a significant risk of harm to itself or others when released, the participant must be relocated to its natural habitat, unless said relocation poses a significant danger to the participant, any animals, or sapients in that habitat as a result of abnormal behaviour in comparison to that participant’s wild counterparts,

3. if an animal blood sport participant cannot be relocated to its natural habitat due to the above, the former participant must either be euthanised humanely, or contained in a secure and safe rehabilitative environment until that participant can be safely released or relocated in accordance with clause 4(b), at which point it must be released or relocated in accordance with said clause, and

4. all non-animal blood sport participants must be given their freedom, excepting lawful incarceration as a penalty for criminal conduct.

General Assembly Resolution #221 “On Multilateral Trade Talks” (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Regarding the importance of multilateral trade negotiations for the betterment of national economies

Realizing how these mandatory negotiations have had little to no impact in reducing protectionist measures as proposed,

Dismayed at the economic impact and exhaustment of resources that the World Assembly Trade Commission has taken as a result of funding nations so as to participate in said negotiations,

Concerned that the mandate in measure four places an undue burden of expectation on nations to be fruitful in negotiations, thus pressuring them to create unwanted, binding negotiation agreements,

Perplexed by the general vagueness of the language used in measures two and four,

Baffled, reasonably, with what may be an overreaching mandate by the General Assembly,

Hoping to improve free trade negotiations and protectionist measures by nixing this stifling legislation,

The General Assembly Hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution # 221