UN Bio Agent Convention

[Estayland]

The United Nations

COGNIZANT of the extraneous hazards and risks inherent in the use of biological weaponry;

RECOGNIZING the unpredictable and indiscriminate nature of such weaponry and the inherent risks that they pose to combatants and non-combatants alike;

REALIZES that the proliferation of biological weaponry will lead to an increasing threat to international peace and security;

DECIDES that banning the use of biological weaponry will be more effective at protecting national and international peace than allowing them will;

Therefore

1-DEFINES Biological Agent as any infectious microorganism that is capable of producing lethal or debilitating disease and that has reasonable potential for military application;

2-DEFINES Biological Weapon to be a weapon system or component thereof that is specifically designed for the purpose of delivery or dispersal of a biological agent or agents;

3-DECLARES that such weapons and agents are unnecessary for the defense of a nation, and carry too much risk of collateral damage to be effectively utilized in any capacity;

4-MANDATES that member nations shall not develop, acquire, or possess, such weapons and agents; nor shall member nations assist other nations, organizations, or individuals, in the development, acquisition, or deployment of such weapons and agents, except as provided in Article 7 below;

5-OBLIGES member nations to prohibit and take active steps to prevent non-state entities operating within their jurisdictions from development, acquisition, possession, trafficking or deployment of such weapons and agents;

6-REQUIRES that all such agents currently possessed by member nations for weapon use, whether stockpiled or currently in weapons, be diverted to peaceful purposes, or destroyed, through sterilization or other forms of neutralization, with all reasonable haste, and using the safest possible procedures;

7-PERMITS member nations to research, individually or collectively, such biological agents for peaceful purposes, including, but not limited to, the creation of vaccinations and treatments, the production and testing of decontamination measures, the production of medical countermeasure materials, or other strictly peaceful purposes, provided that appropriate and effective measures are taken with regard to safety and security;

8-ENCOURAGES member nations to engage in diplomatic discussion with non-member nations with the aim of reducing any biological weapons stockpiles outside the remit of this ban;

[uzbekilamaniatonz]

Once this has been passed and weapons of mass destruction are banned, what effect will this have on the game itself? what will change?

[Estayland]

Nothing.

[The Candy Lane]

NON UN MEMBERS CAN STILL USE EM!!!! over half the nations are not in the UN. if we cant use em then well be annihalated.

[Cieria]

thecandylane said:

NON UN MEMBERS CAN STILL USE EM!!!! over half the nations are not in the UN. if we cant use em then well be annihalated.

Not necessarily. We can still use other weapons, and article seven does allow for UN nations to create vaccines and cures against biological weapons. What are advantages that biological weapons have that other kinds of weaponry don't have?

[Schattental]

Bioweapons leave infrastructure intact. So a bio-bomb may kill off the population, but the buildings, etc, would still be there.

[uzbekilamaniatonz]

So ur telling me that this resolution does nothing to affect gameplay. Then whats the point of puttin it down? Just for the fun of looking political? If someone has nuclear weapons then they cant launch them at other nations, the only act of war is invading other regions and ousting the delegate and password protecting that region so everyone gets owned. I just dont see the point of writing the resolution down and then it doesnt do a thing to change the overall atmosphere or gameplay of nationstates. People are still goin to get attack. What we need is a method of cause and effect. Your thoughts?

[Uzbekalamainatonia]

i have one question. What wepons do we have exactly? if any?