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Observing that religion and its many systems have been an important part of many societies for millennia,

Mindful that different people hold different beliefs, and that no person should be treated less favorably under the law because of their religion or lack of religious belief,

Disturbed that some governments have punished people for their faith, pressured them to abandon it, or forced beliefs upon them,

Maintaining that freedom of conscience and belief helps create more peaceful societies while allowing people to live according to their own values,

Hereby:

• Defines the following for the purposes of this resolution,

  1. Defines "religion" as a system of beliefs concerning the nature or purpose of existence,

  2. Defines "belief" as adherence to or rejection of any religious, spiritual, or ideological system of thought,

• Affirms that every person has the right to practice, change, conceal, or abandon a religion, to adhere to atheism, or to have no religion at all,

• Prohibits governments from coercing any person into adopting, renouncing, or professing a particular religion, atheism, or religious belief,

• Prevents governments from denying employment or education solely because of a person's religion, atheism, or lack of religious belief,

• Protects the practice of religion, provided that such practices do not infringe upon the fundamental human rights or physical autonomy of others, nor involve non-consensual psychological coercion,

• States that nothing in this resolution shall be construed as granting any person immunity from prosecution for criminal acts, violations of civil liberties, or incitement of violence or threats against public safety and order, even if such acts are committed in the name of that person’s beliefs,

Declares that nothing in this resolution shall be interpreted as favoring or endorsing any religion, atheism, or lack of religion.

1. For the purposes of this resolution, “torture” is defined as any act which seeks to inflict severe psychological or physical pain or trauma against an individual for an interest in:

   1. coercing persons into providing information or consent, or complying with demands that are not strictly necessary to the conduction of law enforcement or military action; or

   2. punishing persons or using their pain or trauma to coerce or influence others.

2. Subjecting a person to torture is to be treated as a serious criminal offence in individual member-states’ jurisdictions and, when done in large scale against a civilian population, a crime against humanity as covered by international law. Aiding the execution of these crimes and complicity in torture must also be criminalised, with sanctions to be set proportionately to involvement.

3. The prior clause shall be interpreted as mandating the criminalization of significant involvement in the planning, ordering, or execution of torture; and as mandating the criminalization of compliance with an order to torture, except where:

   1. compliance was necessary to avoid grave punishment upon the complying person or another person known to the complying person, and

   2. that punishment is not merely financial or on the basis of reputation.

4. Member-states must provide educational materials for persons directly or indirectly serving them in roles that involve interrogation, criminal investigation, or the handling of prisoners or detainees, including instruction on the international prohibition of torture and the rights of persons regarding it.

5. It is the duty of every member-state to combat the practice of torture in its institutions and among its inhabitants. Member-states' governments are required to thoroughly investigate any credible report or accusation of torture within their jurisdiction, and prosecute it.

6. Confessions, testimonies, statements, and any other piece of evidence acquired by means of torture shall be considered inadmissible in every court proceeding, national or otherwise. Evidence an accused produced against themselves by torturing another person is admissible exclusively for the purpose of facilitating proceedings against them. The victims of torture may also use evidence produced by their torturing to prove the innocence of themselves or others on related accusations.

7. Member states may not retaliate against persons via direct or indirect means for reporting or attempting to report a violation of this resolution's mandates that is credible to the best of the reporter's knowledge, and must take effective action to curtail any retaliation which occurs in the jurisdiction of their state.

Co-author: Cessarea

Recognizing the need for international cooperation in outer space, as the shared fabric of the universe that binds all known life, a medium which is becoming increasingly reachable for developing life,

Motivated by a desire to cooperate on preserving access to, and promoting research of, this medium, through international partnership,

Pursuing collaboration on space research and exploration under the framework of national sovereignty, respecting the internal affairs of member nations while promoting cooperation that will prove beneficial to the World Assembly at large,

Hereby defines as follows:

1. Outer Space: The all-encompassing expanse of vacuum in between celestial objects, including but not limited to stars, planetary bodies, and nebulae.

2. Spacecraft: A flight-capable vehicle operated within outer space by a civilization.

3. Civilian Spacecraft: A spacecraft that is owned or operated for non-military use.

Hereby enacts as follows:

1. The Space Transport and Astronomical Research (STAR) Administration is hereby established with the following directives:

   1. Promoting international research and understanding of outer space, in the interest of uninvasive international cooperation and for the benefit of member nations.

   2. Publishing credible research findings regarding aeronautical travel and outer space phenomena, in cases where such research benefits the international community.

   3. Promoting technology sharing, with consent of any involved parties, to expedite safe, sustainable space travel in developing member nations.

   4. Collaborating with member nations and any further programs established by the General Assembly as needed to minimize internationally relevant risks deriving from spacefaring operations.

2. Member nations are encouraged to follow any applicable guidelines established by the STAR Administration on the topic of inspecting civilian spacecraft, for the purposes of verifying operational, mechanical, and structural soundness, for the purposes of reducing casualties.

   1. Member nations are encouraged to ensure that their spacecraft can last for the whole mission that they will be used for.

   2. Member nations are encouraged to ensure that their spacecraft undergo extensive structural tests and extensive mechanical tests for the purposes of preventing fuel and chemical leakages, as well as averting other dangerous issues that may arise.

3. Member nations, when operating in shared terrestrial orbits, are highly encouraged to coordinate with the STAR Administration to the extent needed to avoid, or reduce to the fullest, the risk of unintended collision between spacecraft, satellites, and other structures.

   1. For the purpose of resolving emergency situations, member nations are encouraged to share communication channels and contact procedures for civilian spacecraft operating in the same terrestrial orbits.

4. The STAR Administration shall respect the sovereignty of all member states regarding exploration, studying, and missions into outer space.

   1. The STAR Administration shall have zero authority to pass discipline onto nations.

Co-authors: Centennium, New Ryansville

Understanding the certain risks and dangers relating to nuclear energy generation,

Recognizing the effort and expertise required to maintain nuclear energy infrastructure, and the investments required to fuse and split the atom,

Concerned about the potential mismanagement, misunderstanding, and misuse of nuclear power,

Aiming to establish a concrete, just, and fair governing body to oversee and regulate safe nuclear generation efforts in member nations, establishes the following:

1. For clarity, defines:

   1. “Nuclear Energy”, for this resolution only, as any type of commercial or national power infrastructure, consisting of more than one structure, which uses energy from the interactions of an atomic nucleus with another subatomic particle or nuclei, and propagating any form of radiation or danger of nuclear contamination;

   2. “Criticality”, as any nuclear chain reaction that is self-sustaining, where each splitting atom releases enough neutrons to maintain a chain reaction under the control of Reactor Operators, in terms of Nuclear Fission;

   3. “SCRAM”, as any emergency shutdown or automatic safety system in any nuclear energy, that forces the nuclear reaction to slow to a significant degree, or stop;

2. The International Nuclear Compliance Commission (INCC) is established and funded as the World Assembly organization with the chief end of regulating and ensuring the safe use of Nuclear Energy. INCC shall then be responsible for the following duties:

   1. INCC shall publish and maintain an extensive list of safeguards, rules, regulations, and precautions that World Assembly members will subscribe to, defining the safe use and operations of Nuclear Energy, with revisions as needed;

   2. For member nations with no Nuclear infrastructure, the INCC will oversee any attempts to achieve criticality, and provide reasonable assistance when needed or requested by any member;

   3. Audit and ensure the compliance of member nations’ nuclear energy infrastructure, verifying that all operations are up to INCC standards; however, any facility inspections shall require the full voluntary consent of host nations;

   4. Maintain a safe clause of security around nuclear power, and educate and inform those nations wanting to learn more about the atom, its uses, and the boons of nuclear energy;

3. INCC shall, under good rapport and audit, establish, affirm, and administer the following non-autonomous organizations:

   1. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety (ACRS), to advise the Commission, concerning national law, the hazards of proposed or existing reactor facilities in member nations, and to establish a safe working environment and sound SCRAM systems;

   2. The Emergency Nuclear Response Organization (ENRO), to coordinate response time, emergency efforts, and flow of information in the time of a nuclear disaster, with report to the INCC, and to assist with humanitarian organizations and national emergency response to convey prudent information on the disaster;

Declares the atom a safe, now regulated, source of energy.

The Security Council,

Recalling the passage of Commend Vilita and turori in May 2020, which sought to commend the nation for its awe-inspiring successes and extraordinary contributions to the international sports community,

Questioning the merits of that resolution in light of an investigation conducted three years thereafter that exposed Vilita for a litany of grave and reprehensible transgressions committed against that community,

Observing that Vilita’s efforts to foster “a welcoming environment” are enervated by the revelation that they themselves engaged in a behaviour that was both unbecoming of a nation considered a pillar of the international sports community and one commended by this august body:

• Vilita sent the puppet nations of United, Racing, and Esportiva to terrorize Esportiva's regional message board. Vilita and any other nations under its control would wind up being proscribed from ever setting foot on Esportiva.

• Esportiva’s plight was not an isolated incident, as Vilita employed the same tactics under the nation of Pirahna to target The Western Isles.

Repulsed by how Vilita founded two nations which misled the community into believing other prolific nations were engaged in illegal puppetry, causing lasting damage to these nations’ credibility until evidence of their innocence came to light after the investigations:

• East neutralia, signed up for two editions of the Copa Rushmori (Editions XXX and XXXVIII), had a flag bearing resemblance to that of Rushmore resident Oberour Ar Moro.

• New old forest, who had signed up for the Di Bradini Cup 50 immediately after its founding, was widely assumed to be an undeclared puppet of TJUN-ia.

Appalled that Vilita’s criminality does not end there, as Vilita’s worst offenses came in the form of trying to circumvent community regulations by surreptitiously sneaking puppets into multiple competitions undeclared, most notably:

• In World Cup 19 (WC19), Vilita entered 11 undeclared puppets, including Crystilakere, which would go on to win WC19. Throughout the entire tournament, Vilitan sporting officials refereed each of the would-be victor’s matches.

• In World Cup 22 (WC22), Vilita entered 9 undeclared puppets, including Oaker, which finished second. Vilitan sporting officials refereed every one of Oaker’s matches except the final.

• In World Cup 95 (WC95), both of the aforementioned puppets’ appearances were declared null and void: Crystilakere’s title was declared vacated; Oaker’s final appearance met the same fate.

• In World Cups 13 through 27, Vilita would enter 16 other undeclared nations into the competition.

Acknowledging that being granted assent to host a sporting competition anywhere across the multiverse is an honour conferred to those who have earned the trust of the wider sports community,

Saddened that Vilita had, prior to being exposed, been considered a role model to many up-and-coming nations seeking to summit the mountaintop of sporting glory, and that said aspirants sought to model themselves after Vilita,

Noting the subsequent outcry in reaction to Vilita’s shocking misdeeds, culminating in not only its shunning but its expulsion from the Executive World Cup Committee (EWCC) and World Cup Committee (WCC),

Therefore lamenting Vilita’s fall from grace, as the revelations of their duplicity and misconduct were not only antithetical to what was expected of such an applauded and revered nation, but also broke the hearts of an overwrought international sports community awash in a flood of unthinkable grief, incredulity, and indignation,

Laying bare the many repugnant and shameful actions committed by Vilita that are utterly antipodean to the noble virtues embodied by other nations enshrined in the pantheon of those commended by the Security Council,

HEREBY repeals “Commend Vilita and Turori.”

Co-author: Giovanniland