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This document establishes the policies and procedures by which the Office of World Assembly Legislation (OWL) fulfills its responsibilities under the World Assembly Act (2021). Its purpose is to supplement and clarify the provisions of the World Assembly Act, providing further guidance on the operational and regulatory framework of OWL. These regulations serve as a reference for OWL leadership and are intended to inform members of the Coalition regarding the current policies and procedures that govern the Office’s actions and decision making processes.
Issued 02/17/2026.
Authority: World Assembly Act § 1(1).
§ 1.1 Scope and Purpose
(a) This document sets forth the policies and procedures under which the Office of World Assembly Legislation (OWL) exercises its functions in accordance with the World Assembly Act (2021).
(b) The primary purpose of this document is to supplement and clarify the provisions of the World Assembly Act and to ensure the consistent and transparent operations of OWL in executing its duties.
§ 1.2 Relationship to the World Assembly Act
In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this document and the World Assembly Act, the provisions of the World Assembly Act shall take precedence.
Authority: World Assembly Act § 1(2).
§ 2.1 The Director
(a) The Director shall lead the Office of World Assembly Legislation and is responsible for:
§ 2.2 The Deputy Director
(a) The Director may appoint a Deputy Director to advise and assist in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.
(b) The Deputy Director must be a citizen of the Coalition.
(c) The Deputy Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Director and may be removed or replaced at the Director’s discretion.
§ 2.3 Advisors
(a) The Director may appoint one or more advisors to advise and assist in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.
(b) Advisors must be citizens of the Coalition.
(c) Advisors shall serve at the pleasure of the Director and may be removed at the Director’s discretion.
§ 2.4 Ex Officio Advisors
The Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall be considered ex officio advisors to the Director.
§ 2.5 Subdelegation
(a) The Director may subdelegate their powers to the Deputy Director or an Advisor, as appropriate.
(b) The Director shall not subdelegate powers that require consultation with the Foreign Affairs Council, unless the Deputy Director or Advisor is also a member of the Council.
(c) The Director shall not subdelegate responsibilities involving determinations regarding the security or diplomatic implications of a resolution for the region.
(d) If a question arises regarding the security or diplomatic implications of a resolution while the subdelegate is carrying out their duties and the Director is unavailable, the subdelegate shall defer to the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Prime Minister for guidance.
Authority: World Assembly Act § 2(1)(d).
§ 3.1 Opening of Discussion Threads
(a) The Office shall provide a discussion thread on the regional Discord for each World Assembly resolution that has reached or is likely to reach quorum.
(b) The Director shall open the discussion thread upon determining that a resolution has reached or is likely to reach quorum.
§ 3.2 Naming of Discussion Threads
(a) A resolution approaching quorum shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [APP.QUORUM] followed by the name of the resolution.
(b) A resolution that has reached quorum shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [QUORUM] followed by the name of the resolution.
(c) A resolution that has failed quorum shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [FAILED QUORUM] followed by the name of the resolution.
(d) A resolution that has been withdrawn shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [WITHDRAWN] followed by the name of the resolution.
(e) A resolution that has been discarded shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [DISCARDED] followed by the name of the resolution.
(f) A resolution that is at vote shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [AT VOTE - FOR/AGAINST/ABSTAIN] depending on the recommendation issued by the Director, followed by the name of the resolution.
(g) A resolution that has been passed shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [PASSED] followed by the name of the resolution.
(h) A resolution that has been defeated shall have its discussion thread titled as follows: [DEFEATED] followed by the name of the resolution.
§ 3.3 Information in Discussion Threads
(a) The original post in a discussion thread shall include the following information:
§ 3.4 Notification of Members
The Director shall notify members of resolutions that are next in line to be voted on in the General Assembly or the Security Council by pinging the role @WA Update Ping.
§ 3.5 Closing and Locking Discussion Threads
The Director shall close and lock discussion threads after the on-site vote has concluded, or if the resolution has failed quorum, been withdrawn, or been discarded.
§ 3.6 Participation in Discussions
(a) Discussions are open to all members of the Coalition with a World Assembly nation currently resident in the region or who are currently members of the South Pacific Special Forces.
(b) The Director may also permit other members of the Coalition, resolution authors, and foreign dignitaries to participate in the discussions at their discretion.
§ 3.7 Conduct in Discussions
(a) Discussions shall be respectful, civil, and orderly. Participants shall not use unparliamentary language, spam the thread, or otherwise violate TSP community standards.
(b) If a participant violates these standards, they shall be given a warning.
(c) If the violation continues, the Director may remove the participant from the thread. In such cases, the Director shall notify moderators as appropriate.
(d) Removal from a discussion thread does not affect a member’s eligibility to vote.
Authority: World Assembly Act § 2(1)(a).
§ 4.1 Consultations with the Prime Minister
(a) The Director shall consult with the Prime Minister in a timely manner regarding the security and diplomatic implications of each World Assembly resolution.
(b) Prior to consulting with the Prime Minister, the Director shall review the on-site drafting thread for any potential concerns related to the resolution.
(c) The Director shall consider both the content of the resolution and the author and co-authors during the consultation process. Additionally, in the event of a repeal, the authors and co-authors of the repeal’s target shall also be considered.
(d) Consultations with the Prime Minister shall take place either in the Cabinet Channel or in the Foreign Affairs Council.
§ 4.2 Consultations with the Foreign Affairs Council
(a) The Director shall consult with the Foreign Affairs Council in a timely manner regarding the security and diplomatic implications of each Security Council resolution.
(b) Prior to consulting with the Foreign Affairs Council, the Director shall review the on-site drafting thread for any potential concerns related to the resolution.
(c) The Director shall consider both the content of the resolution and the author and co-authors during the consultation process. Additionally, in the event of a repeal, the authors and co-authors of the repeal’s target shall also be considered.
Authority: World Assembly Act §§ 1(1), 2(1), 2(1)(b), 2(1)(c), 2(1)(d).
§ 5.1 Directed Recommendations
(a) The Prime Minister may, for legitimate security or diplomatic reasons, instruct the Director to adopt a particular voting recommendation.
(b) Upon receiving such an instruction, the Director shall issue the voting recommendation in the discussion thread, along with the reason for the directed recommendation.
(c) When the Prime Minister has instructed the Director to adopt a particular voting recommendation, no voting shall be opened on the resolution.
(d) If voting has already commenced, the Director shall remove any votes cast prior to the instruction.
(e) The Prime Minister’s authority to instruct the Director to adopt a particular voting recommendation pursuant to § 2(1)(b) of the World Assembly Act is not time-limited.
§ 5.2 Voting Recommendations by Poll
(a) If the Prime Minister has not moved for a directed voting recommendation, the Director shall adopt and issue a recommendation based on the results of a vote open to all members of the Coalition with a World Assembly nation currently resident in the South Pacific, or who are members of the South Pacific Special Forces.
(b) Voting shall be conducted in the appropriate Discord thread for the resolution, either by pressing a reaction button or posting in the thread. The reaction buttons shall be as follows:
(c) If a member votes in the thread, they must indicate whether they are voting “For”, “Against”, or “Abstain.” The Director may accept synonyms, provided they can reasonably be construed to mean “For”, “Against”, or “Abstain.”
(d) A member may vote only for one option. If a member selects multiple reactions, neither vote will be counted.
(e) If a member casts a vote in the thread that differs from their reaction vote, only the vote cast in the thread shall be considered valid.
(f) If a member casts multiple votes in the thread, only the latest vote shall be considered valid.
(g) Prior to tallying the votes, the Director shall verify that votes were cast only by eligible members. Eligibility shall be determined by the voter’s status at the time the vote was cast.[1]
(h) If the Director identifies that a vote has been cast by an individual not eligible to vote, the Director shall inform the individual of their ineligibility and publicly state the reason for the vote being invalid in the discussion thread.
(i) The Director shall tally the votes as they stood at the major or minor update, depending on when the resolution is scheduled to be voted on, and adopt a voting recommendation based on the result at that time.
(j) In the event of a tie, the Director shall adopt a recommendation to abstain.
§ 5.3 Revised Voting Recommendations Following Changes in Vote Tally
(a) If a vote tally has changed subsequent to the adoption and issuance of the initial recommendation, and more than twenty-four hours remain until the close of the gameside vote, the Director shall adopt and issue a second and final voting recommendation twenty-four hours prior to the closing of the gameside vote, based on the result at that time.
(b) The Director shall notify the discussion thread that a second recommendation will be issued, and may ping the @WA Update Ping role as appropriate.
(c) If the vote has changed substantially since the initial recommendation was issued, or if security or diplomatic considerations necessitate, the Director may adopt and issue a second voting recommendation earlier than twenty-four hours before the closing of the gameside vote.
(d) The Director may adopt and issue further voting recommendations if necessary, but should endeavor to minimize such revisions to the greatest extent possible.
§ 5.4 Instructing the Delegate
(a) When the Director has adopted and issued a voting recommendation, they shall notify the Delegate by pinging the @Delegate role in either the appropriate discussion thread or in SWAN-Lake, with an all capitalized, bolded, single-word instruction: “FOR”, “AGAINST”, or “ABSTAIN”, consistent with the issued voting recommendation.
(b) The Delegate shall cast their vote in the gameside poll in accordance with the instruction provided by the Director.
§ 5.5 Publishing Voting Recommendations
(a) The Director shall publish an adopted and issued voting recommendation in the following locations:
Authority: World Assembly Act § 3(1)
§ 6.1 Approvals in General
(a) The Director may instruct the Delegate to approve a proposed World Assembly Resolution.
(b) Prior to instructing the Delegate to approve a resolution, the Director shall:
(c) The Director shall not instruct the Delegate to approve a resolution that:
§ 6.2 Approvals of Resolutions from the Lampshade Foundation
The Director shall instruct the Delegate to approve resolutions that have been drafted in the Lampshade Foundation, provided that such resolutions do not conflict with the provisions set forth in § 6.1.
§ 6.3 Instructing the Delegate to Approve a Resolution
The Director shall instruct the Delegate to approve a resolution by pinging the @Delegate role in SWAN-Lake. The message shall include a link to the on-site proposal text, along with a clear instruction directing the Delegate to approve the resolution.
§ 6.4 Conflict of Interest
(a) The Director shall not instruct the Delegate to approve resolutions authored or co-authored by the Director, nor shall they instruct a subdelegate to direct the Delegate to approve resolutions authored or co-authored by the Director.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Director may request that the Delegate approve the resolution, or that the Prime Minister, in their discretion, instruct the Delegate to approve the resolution.
(c) The Deputy Director or an Advisor to whom the Director has subdelegated authority shall not instruct the Delegate to approve resolutions authored or co-authored by the Deputy Director or Advisor. However, they may request that the Director, in their discretion, instruct the Delegate to approve the resolution.
Authority: World Assembly Act § 1(1)
§ 7.1 The Lampshade Foundation
(a) The Lampshade Foundation is hereby established to fulfill the Office’s statutory obligation to assist members of the Coalition in drafting World Assembly resolutions. Additionally, the Foundation shall:
§ 7.2 The Lampshade Foundation’s Forum Activities
(a) The Lampshade Foundation shall provide two dedicated threads for World Assembly resolutions: one for drafting and one for ideas. Both threads shall be located under the Cabinet category or in another location designated by forum moderation or administration. The threads shall be tagged “owl” and “lampshade-foundation”.
(b) When a member posts a draft or inquires about a World Assembly matter, the Director shall respond in a timely manner.
(c) The Director shall ensure that their responses are always helpful, guiding the member to the appropriate resources, informing them about the General Assembly and Security Council rulesets, and assisting them in ensuring that their draft resolution complies with these rules.
(d) The Director shall advise members of the established requirement to draft the resolution on the on-site forums after it has been drafted in the Lampshade Foundation.
(e) The Director shall provide members with information regarding the resolution submission and approval process, as well as campaigning procedures.
§ 7.3 The Lampshade Foundation’s On-Site Activities
(a) The Director shall ensure the regular dissemination of information to the gameside community concerning the Coalition’s World Assembly activities. Such communication shall include updates on ongoing resolutions, debates, and any other relevant developments within the World Assembly.
(b) The Director shall encourage members of the gameside community to participate in World Assembly affairs. This includes, but is not limited to, promoting engagement in WA debates, votes, and encouraging members to take on the role of resolution authors.
(c) The Director shall assist the gameside community in understanding the World Assembly, its structure, processes, and rules.
§ 7.4 Approvals of Resolutions Drafted in the Lampshade Foundation
The Director shall instruct the Delegate to approve World Assembly resolutions drafted in the Lampshade Foundation, as provided in § 6.2.