[Res.] Situation in Humania

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Dear colleagues,
the situation in Humania is concerning. I share the fear my fellow countries in Frastinia and north Cordilia have. We are worried that the recent development with the MCU-Venom tank might be against the Grovne Conventions. The international community shall not and will not look away from these possible breaches of the Grovne Conventions. It is our task to protect the brave soldiers that suffer from these recent developments. It is our duty to protect the regulations we have agreed on so that gruesome death on the front lines was to become history.
In joint work, the ambassador from Thalapadis and I have written a resolution to establish an expert observer committee which will investigate on behalf of the World Forum whether the development, the production, the implementation as well as the MCU-Venom tank itself are in accordance with the Grovne Conventions.

We present this resolution with the hope that our concerns will be taken seriously by the Assembly.

Thank you!

Jan Saat,
Ambassador of the Republic of Eflad to the World Forum

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RES 18 (2022)

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Installment of an investigation observer committee for human rights and Grovne Conventions in Humania

Section A — Standard Measure(s) Adopted

  1. A complaint by the Assembly WFR 1d Sec. F Subsec. 2 Ltr. a

  2. An installment of human rights observers according to WFR 1d Sec. F Subsec. 2 Ltr. c

Section B — Explanation of Necessity and Proportionality

  1. The development of the MCU-Venom tank has made multiple nations which are in close range to Humania uncomfortable. Multiple nations have already imposed sanctions against Humania, due to the fear that the MCU-Venom tank is against the Grovne Conventions which regulate the rules of war. To decide whether the MCU-Venom tank is in contradiction to the Grovne Conventions, an international expert committee, neutral of all countries, is necessary to determine the legality of the MCU-Venom tank.

  2. The complaint by the Assembly to the Head of State of Humania will allow Humania to explain their stance on the MCU-Venom tank. Furthermore, the complaint allows the Assembly to insert certain requirements the Humanian reply would have to answer. The complaint will help the goal of the World Forum of determine whether the MCU-Venom tank is compliant with the Grovne Conventions. It will also show that the World Forum is not an aggressive player on the world stage, but peaceful and mediating.

  3. Due to the weight the complaint by the Assembly holds and the opportunity it gives, the formal complaint letter by the Speaker of the Assembly is skipped according to WFR 1d Sec. F Subsec. 1 S. 3. The complaint by the Speaker of the Assembly would only hinder the task which the complaint by the Assembly is hoping ot reach: mediation between the international community and the state of Humania. It could be perceived as a show of discord inside the World Forum, when unity is what we need.

Section C — Implementation

  1. The World Forum hereby decides to write a complaint letter in the name of member nations of the World Forum. The complaint is to be jointly written by members of the World Forum, which are to be determined separately, either by a vote or appointed by the Speaker. The complaint shall be sent to the Head of State of Humania.

  2. An international expert observer committee on human rights and Grovne Convention is to be created. It shall consist of 14 members and shall be independent of any nation. Its task is to verify whether the MCU-Venom tank, as well as it’s development, construction and implementation is legal under international law and the Grovne Conventions. It shall present a report on its findings and an action recommendation to the Assembly.

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Forgive me if I misunderstood, but what’s to stop Humania from just refusing to allow the expert committee into the country? What happens after the investigation? Yttria may be new to world politics, but this proposal seems to leave several pressing issues unanswered.

Representative Edenbridge of Yttria

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As a matter of decorum, the Central Bailtemmic Republic must object to the statement from Humania. Debate within the Assembly of the World Forum is limited under Resolution 1d to member and observer states only.

The Central Bailtemmic Republic requests that the statement from Humania be expunged from the record and the representatives of Humania be removed from the floor.

Li Huang
Representative of the Central Bailtemmic Republic

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Honourable Speaker,
we agree with ambassador Huang. The interjection by the Humanian has no place in the World Forum, as they are not part of it. We request that it be removed from the record and that the Humanian from the Assembly. They have no right to be here!

Ambassador Edenbridge,
your questions are fair and necessary. My colleague and I have determined that, in our mind, the best course of action would be for us to write a clause in the complaint by the Assembly that the Humanian government must provide information and access to its facilities to the Assembly and the observers. If they do not oblige, the Assembly should impose sanctions and go before the international court.
We mustn’t forget that, according to WFR 1d, Sec. E, Subsec. 3, the World Forum may impose standard measures even against nations which aren’t members or observers in the World Forum. After the investigation, the experts would present a report to the WF, eh to the Assembly. They would also present a recommendation on what to do next. Ultimately, the Assembly would decide their course. The destruction of the MCU-Venom under WF Supervision is feasible.

The World Forum sees this investigation as a help for Humania. We are helping them to come true to the world and show us whether what they are doing is legal. If it is, there would be no reasonable grounds for currently implemented sanctions by fellow nations.
We hereby appeal to the Humanian government: Work with us so that we can work with you! Thank you!

Jan Saat,
Ambassador of the Republic of Eflad to the World Forum

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Honorable speaker

Thalapadis agrees with ambassadors Huang and Saat. Humania has no place in a world forum discussion as they’re neither a member nor a observer.

If Humania refuses to provide information and let the investigation happen it’s them admitting guilt. As ambasador Saat has said, the best choice of action then is imposing sanctions and go in front of a international court.

The world forum should not let blatant violations of international law slide, but neither should it convict without evidence. By refusing investigations and threatening the world forum Humania is only making the situation more difficult for themselves and showing themselves in a bad light, as a bellicose nation actively preparing for war and not willing to comply with international law. I hope that I’m wrong im this assumption and that Humania will colaborate with the world forum on this issue
I will repeat Saat’s apeal: work with us so that we can work with you! For the peace and good of all!

Eva Anastoti,
Ambasador of the Thalaladian Congressional Republic to the world forum

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Honourable Speaker,

In the name of the Besernian people and our neighbours in the northern Cordilia region, this delegate seconds the statements of Eflad, the Central Balitemmic Republic and the Thalapadis Congressional Republic. This delegate hereby would like to motion the Speaker to remove the representatives of Humania from the chamber.

We have nothing more to add for now. A decent chunk of points to introduce on our agenda have been satisfied by the delegates of Eflad and the Thalaladian Congressional Republic. However, this delegate would like to raise a debate on how should the World Forum act should Humania resist to this investigation and most especially threaten war against the international community for it.

The effects of this resolution will almost certainly guarantee the aforementioned happening, as Humania has been severely resistant to foreign government calls for the country to end their illegal and internationally-unacceptable MCU Venom-Tank program. We cannot guarantee that Humania will yield to a tap by the shoulder of the World Forum; an esteemed institution binding nations to international law, and so, we must start preparing for when we are forced to use both hands. Sure, the Humanian economy is most certainly in shambles, since they realistically cannot resist the sanctions that a number of nations have placed on them for they have no outside link evading them. However, in addition to enacting total international sanctioning on Humanian trade and the freezing of Humanian assets which we propose, we must also prepare to defend humanity should Humania inevitably go truly rogue.

This delegate hereby yields her time back to the chair.

Celetol Ethelineda
Delegate to the World Forum
Federal Republic of Besern

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Honourable ambassadors,

the Federal Republic of Gianatla is in favour of the resolution proposal. As you might have expected, we have some little nitpicks on the resolution’s text, that we feel should be edited before passing it:

  1. We should not call the observer group an “observer committee” as to avoid confusion whether you would like to install a new Committee in the sense of WFR 1a.
  2. While the composition of the expert group is looking alright, even though we are not entirely sure how you would make sure the expert group is fully neutral under the current political climate in terms of Humania, I’d like to make aware, that technically this expert group would probably work under the Committee of International Law, which then would provide us the results and their and the expert group’s propositions of further courses of action.

As for the Besernian delegate’s concerns, we agree that - if it’s not implemented in this resolution yet - we should at least make Humania and this Assembly aware, that we can use this resolution and possibly the results of the expert group as a foundation for a decision on fining the Humanian government and putting at least general, light economic and diplomatic sanctions by all WF participants onto Humania (see the standard measures following after those you proposed). Otherwise we’d need to restart this same discussion on another mostly unconctested standard resolution, which costs us time. I propose to add a paragraph in each section, that keeps the aforementioned door open in case the Assembly’s complaint finds deaf ears in the Humanian emperor and the expert group is not let into the country by the Humanian administration or is silenced in terms of presenting their results.

Lastly I would like to propose that we could, at least as individual countries parallel to passing this resolution, work on establishing some sort of diplomatic contact with the Humanian government. The government of the Lile Ulie Islands were successful in closing a safety agreement with them. If at least some of the members of this hall, especially those also members of the CE or LoC, could also strike such a deal, it would at least guarantee some sort of safety to the neighbouring countries of Humania, even if Humanian weapon manufacturing of this sort should be considered illegal according to international law and even if it would still continue even after WF intervention of some sort.

Thank you for considering my concerns and proposed additions.

Helene Meise
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Gianatla

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Ambassador,

As the honorable Helene Meise of Gianatla said, a delegation from the Lile Ulie Islands were successful in ensuring peace with Humania. We signed The Kailua Agreement, which put severe consequences on Humania if their weapons were used in a harmful way.

Therefore, we would abstain on any World Forum matter regarding Humania and we will not offer any further opinion of any sort.

Justin Randall
Ambassador to the World Forum from the Lile Ulie Islands

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The United Provinces of Rhayna, NĂ©a-gy and Alla-gy express support for this resolution, as Rhayna is worried about the national sovereignty of our allies in north Cordilia and northern members of the LoC.

The Humanian dictatorship has not shown cooperation at the moment in resolving the situation, even though it is in their best wellbeing taking in account the quantity of sanctions they have already received.

We have been informed of the non-agression pact that Humania and the Lile Ulie Islands diplomats, and we believe, with due respect, that signing a contract with a bellicose, war crime supporter regime for “us” to not being attacked is disrespectful, and of doubtable believability. They are the ones threatening the international community.

We believe the LoC should only accept an agreement with the “Empire” of Humania if they get rid of their war crime weapons.

We support the Gianatlan ambassador’s proposition, but before seconding we would like to wait for some other opinions on the matter.

Andreus Savvidis,
Rhaynan WF Ambassador.

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Fellow ambassadors,
thank you for your helpful comments.
Mrs. Meise, we agree on the first point you mentioned and would propose to replace ‘committee’ with team and to transfer the reporting and management to the Committee on International Law. We propose to replace Sec. C, Subsec. 2 with

An international expert observer team on human rights and Grovne Convention is to be created. It shall consist of 14 members and shall be independent of any nation. Its task is to verify whether the MCU-Venom tank, as well as it’s development, construction and implementation is legal under international law and the Grovne Conventions. It reports to the Committee on International Law. After the investigations, it will present a report to the same committee which will inform the Assembly on the situation and further action.

We also propose for Sec. C to be expanded by Subsec. 3:

The World Forum reserves the right to enforce further standard measures should Humania refuse, hinder, or otherwise interfere in the investigations and/or if the MCU-Venom tank is found to be illegal under the Grovne Conventions.

As well as Sec. B to be expanded by Subsec. 4:

The World Forum and the observer team rely on the cooperation of Humania for the investigation. Due to the fact that standard measures are applicable to nations not part of the World Forum (WFR 11d, Sec. E, Subsec. 3) the World Forum is within its right to enforce these measures. Should Humania not cooperate the World Forum will need tools to work with to ensure Humanias cooperation to determine whether the MCU-Venom is legal. Further standard measures would be necessary if Humania refuses to cooperate, hinders, or otherwise interfere in the investigations and/or if the MCU-Venom tank is found to be illegal under the Grovne Conventions.

Which mean that Section A would be expanded by Subsec. 3:

Possible further standard measures if Sec. B, Subsec. 4 is fulfilled and implemented by Sec. C, Subsec. 3, with the possibility of skipping.

Mrs. Meise, whilst the Lile Ulie Islands have been successful in working out a safety agreement it doesn’t change the fact that the MCU-Venom might be illegal. Never before has a country produced such a weapon in peace times. The Assembly is setting a precedent on how to deal with countries who are possibly violating the Grovne Conventions. This is brand new. If we sign a safety agreement with Humania, it doesn’t combat the MCU-Venom tank and that is what we are all hoping to achieve with this resolution.

I hope I have answered your questions and have helped you decide on what side of this story you want to stand on. We have to hurry, as paper burns at 451°F and it doesn’t take long to achieve that temperature.

Thank you!

Jan Saat,
Efladian Ambassador to the WF

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Honorable Excellencies,

We wish to approach this resolution by utilizing an approach which depends on dissecting its’ various sections. Those sections which are of “formal legal” nature we will call “the legal questions”, those sections which contents are of “functional legal” nature we will call "the legitimacy questions", finalizing with sections who would, under legal matters, be defined as “general subject matter” we will call "the essential questions".

Examination of legal questions in relation to this Resolution, we confirm its’ legality, though instead of calling upon the Grovne Conventions we will do so by calling upon a legal precedent. The precedent for legality could be seen in legalizing the international organization of ‘League of Cordilia’ to conduct what was, in its finality, an intervention within Ryccia using the clause of self-defense. One could argue that, unlike the precedent, Humania has not declared war nor performed an open act of aggression against a sovereign state. While that may be true, the precedent created renders this action as needless. It sets the ontological security of a geographical region towards one of the regions members as supreme. Transfered to this case, if North Cordilia finds itself in the same situation of ontological insecurity caused by Humania, it is granted legality to intervene within Humania.

Pursuing the questions of legitimacy, we reject to address the topic which this resolution sets. In elaboration of such a position, we point to the fact that by addressing one nations’ stated actions as being reliably informative, a paradigm is set in which that nation manipulates any discussion regarding itself. Further explaining, a set axiom is accepted, that set axiom being situated by Humania, by which the topic itself is presented, upon which all subsequent discussion accepts an inferior or impossible position in dialogue.

Regarding its’ essence, we fully support what this Resolution postulates as a principle but not the manner in which it seeks to achieve the realization of said principle. The principle in question is that basic international agreements are to be accepted ‘a priori’ by national governments, enforced by collective intervention when a particular matter arises in which a national government does not comply with basic international agreements whether doing so openly or subliminally. Criticizing the manner, we believe that this core principle guiding the resolution should be a general one, which is to say that the resolution should not focus purely on Humania but rather on all nations.

Being conscious that: a precedent case exists in which nations of Northern Cordilia may already intervene in Humania; the resolution accepts Humania’s topic as supreme by addressing its informative reliability as ultimate; the resolution functions on a principle which we agree on but approached in a manner which we find to be inefficient.
We will vote against adopting this resolution in its current state, while once more defending legality of intervening actions North Cordilian nations wish or feel the need to take against Humania without the adoption of such a resolution.

-d.E., M. Razveti ; Ambassador of Inetez to the World Forum.

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Esteemed delegates,

The Central Bailtemmic Republic must express shock and concern at the position taken by Inetez. It is quite a logical leap to argue that foreign intervention is undeniably legal in the current situation, given the absence of confirmed evidence of any violation of the Grovne Convention and the lack of authorization by the World Forum. National sovereignty is fundamental to any stable framework for international cooperation and there are specific mechanisms that the international community has agreed upon for foreign intervention. The arguments advanced by Inetez show no respect for these mechanisms, and it should come as no surprise that such arguments require complicated and convoluted justifications. The underlying foundation for the argument is anything but solid, and the Central Bailtemmic Republic urges the members of this community to reject such arguments.

This dangerous line of thinking was exactly what the Central Bailtemmic Republic warned against intervention in Ryccia. Nations must seek and receive authorization from the World Forum in order to unilaterally intervene within another country’s borders. Despite the lack of any concrete, stated basis for suspicion, the draft resolution presented by Eflad respects this basic principle. Regrettably, this Assembly has already established a precedent that international authorization is not necessary for intervention. Reckless and destabilizing arguments such as those presented by Inetez show precisely why such a precedent cannot be allowed to continue.

Li Huang
Representative of the Central Bailtemmic Republic

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Dear Ambassadors,

we cannot fully agree with the ambassador from Inetez. The argument that the resolution should focus on all nations rather than just on Humania is nonsense. The principle is applicable to every nation. Humania is the one breaching it right now. Ergo the resolution is focused on Humania.
Now let me focus on the intervention thesis. Yes, the WF malfunctioned during the recent conflict. That’s why my predecessor wanted to include the right to self defence. The main reason we proposed this resolution is so that it doesn’t get to an intervention! The WF has to work proactively, so that it can prevent armed conflicts. Yes maybe North Cordilian nations would be legally allowed to intervene in Humania, but that is not the goal. The goal is to make an intervention unnecessary. The goal is to get into a dialogue with Humania. Because even if we were to intervene, in the end we will have to sit down and talk. It is my opinion that while the ambassador from Inetez has understood the fine details of the resolution and the situation, they have missed the main idea by miles.
We agree with the ambassador from the Central Bailtemmic Republic. This is a very dangerous precedent. Allowing nations to invade without authorisation by the World Forum will lead to a, I dare to say, global war. We have to establish a monopoly on the use of force. This is a topic for another time.
To speed up the process, I have decided to move to vote on the resolution with the amendments we have proposed in its final form:

World Forum

RES 18 (2022)

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Assembly of the World Forum

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Resolution 18 adopted by the Assembly on DD Month YYYY

Installment of an investigation observer team for human rights and Grovne Conventions in Humania

Section A — Standard Measure(s) Adopted

  1. A complaint by the Assembly WFR 1d Sec. F Subsec. 2 Ltr. a

  2. An installment of human rights observers according to WFR 1d Sec. F Subsec. 2 Ltr. c

  3. Possible further standard measures if Sec. B, Subsec. 4 is fulfilled and implemented by Sec. C, Subsec. 3, with the possibility of skipping.

Section B — Explanation of Necessity and Proportionality

  1. The development of the MCU-Venom tank has made multiple nations which are in close range to Humania uncomfortable. Multiple nations have already imposed sanctions against Humania, due to the fear that the MCU-Venom tank is against the Grovne Conventions which regulate the rules of war. To decide whether the MCU-Venom tank is in contradiction to the Grovne Conventions, an international expert committee, neutral of all countries, is necessary to determine the legality of the MCU-Venom tank.

  2. The complaint by the Assembly to the Head of State of Humania will allow Humania to explain their stance on the MCU-Venom tank. Furthermore, the complaint allows the Assembly to insert certain requirements the Humanian reply would have to answer. The complaint will help the goal of the World Forum of determine whether the MCU-Venom tank is compliant with the Grovne Conventions. It will also show that the World Forum is not an aggressive player on the world stage, but peaceful and mediating.

  3. Due to the weight the complaint by the Assembly holds and the opportunity it gives, the formal complaint letter by the Speaker of the Assembly is skipped according to WFR 1d Sec. F Subsec. 1 S. 3. The complaint by the Speaker of the Assembly would only hinder the task which the complaint by the Assembly is hoping ot reach: mediation between the international community and the state of Humania. It could be perceived as a show of discord inside the World Forum, when unity is what we need.

  4. The World Forum and the observer team rely on the cooperation of Humania for the investigation. Due to the fact that standard measures are applicable to nations not part of the World Forum (WFR 11d, Sec. E, Subsec. 3) the World Forum is within its right to enforce these measures. Should Humania not cooperate the World Forum will need tools to work with to ensure Humanias cooperation to determine whether the MCU-Venom is legal. Further standard measures would be necessary if Humania refuses to cooperate, hinders, or otherwise interfere in the investigations and/or if the MCU-Venom tank is found to be illegal under the Grovne Conventions.

Section C — Implementation

  1. The World Forum hereby decides to write a complaint letter in the name of member nations of the World Forum. The complaint is to be jointly written by members of the World Forum, which are to be determined separately, either by a vote or appointed by the Speaker. The complaint shall be sent to the Head of State of Humania.

  2. An international expert observer team on human rights and Grovne Convention is to be created. It shall consist of 14 members and shall be independent of any nation. Its task is to verify whether the MCU-Venom tank, as well as it’s development, construction and implementation is legal under international law and the Grovne Conventions. It reports to the Committee on International Law. After the investigations, it will present a report to the same committee which will inform the Assembly on the situation and further action.

  3. The World Forum reserves the right to enforce further standard measures should Humania refuse, hinder, or otherwise interfere in the investigations and/or if the MCU-Venom tank is found to be illegal under the Grovne Conventions.

Thank you!

Jan Saat,
Ambassador of the Republic of Eflad to the World Forum

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Honourable Speaker,

this delegate seconds the resolution and would like to propose A MOTION TO ENTER DIRECT VOTING PROCEDURE.

Celetol Ethelineda
Delegate to the World Forum
Federal Republic of Besern

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Honourable Speaker,

The Republic of Myria seconds the motion to vote.

Ambassador Rinna Shadir
Ambassador of the Republic of Myria

Honourable Delegates,

The Speaker hears the motion to vote on the proposal of the Efladian delegation concerning the Standard Resolution of the Installment of an investigation observer team for human rights and Grovne Conventions in Humania and accepts the motion. Voting may start by voting Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Tudor Segărceanu
Speaker of the Assembly & Ambassador of the Kingdom of Stoinia

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