WA Resolution: World Health Authority

[Sheynat]

World Health Authority

A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Belarum

Description: The World Assembly,

Believing that the nations of not only the World Assembly, but those outside WA jurisdiction should be committed to the health and well-being of their people,

Further believing that good health is a key component in socioeconomic growth, development, and progress,

Deeply concerned by the potential lack of prevention and control of disease or other threats to good health in the respective member states of the World Assembly, as well as the potential lack of coordination between agencies of nations in bringing medical advances and preventative measures to nations of the WA in fighting disease, as well as addressing overall health concerns,

Emphasizing the importance of disseminating crucial information concerning current and emerging threats to global health throughout the international community, to include nations which may not hold membership in the World Assembly,

Resolving to bring decent health standards as well as coordination and preparedness to combat threats to health to as many nations as possible, hereby:

I) Strongly encourages nations to make spending commitments to achieving decent health standards for their people;

II) Further encourages coordination between the existing health agencies of nations in order to promote decent health standards in the international community;

III) Establishes the World Health Authority (WHA), with the mission to:
-identify, assess, and communicate current and emerging threats to global health,
-actively research treatment, cures, and preventative measures concerning threats to global health,
-coordinate efforts between WA member states in preventing and controlling serious health concerns;

IV) Mandates the establishment of WHA offices in the member states of the World Assembly, as necessary in order to:
-monitor the global health situation in order to prevent and control emerging threats,
-articulate and advise governments on health matters with information that is both ethical and evidence-based,
-disseminate crucial information and research concerning health internationally in a quick and orderly fashion,
-coordinate and/or support relief efforts in WA member states in partnership with the appropriate agencies or take responsibility itself should those agencies be unable to respond;

V) Strongly encourages individual nations to:
-create agencies concerned with the health of their people,
-research ways to prevent and remedy threats to decent health,
-disseminate such information in the international community in order to impede threats to decent health.

Votes For: 131

Votes Against: 43

[Delegate Votes]

Voting Ends: Tue Jan 6 2009

[Greek People Nation (GPN)]

sounds good to me.

[Harmonious Treefolk]

I also find no problems with this resolution and welcome the WHA!

[Jmarjhah]

Yes, great, let's have a giant world assembly agency interfering with our own countries' affairs....

Honestly, I wouldn't even be in this World Assembly if it weren't for the fact that it is necessary for TITO. The point of all of these bills is the following: for the majority of nations to be able to dictate how the minority should run their countries. Complete and utter violation of their rights. It is tyranny of the majority.

Let's look at the 1000 islands constitution:
5.1. Self-determination. The general government of the 10000 Islands shall make no law or regulation governing the internal operation of any nation state within the region. Each nation state will maintain the right to govern itself in accordance with its own customs and desires.

The delegate is part of the general government. By voting for the resolution that tells others how to govern their nations, he is helping to make that resolution the law. Making laws that tell other nations how to operate is a violation of the constitution, and thus voting for this resolution is a violation of the Bill of Rights of the 10000 islands constitution.

[Harmonious Treefolk]

Jan 3, 2009 13:22:12 GMT -5 Jmarjhah said:

Yes, great, let's have a giant world assembly agency interfering with our own countries' affairs....

Honestly, I wouldn't even be in this World Assembly if it weren't for the fact that it is necessary for TITO. The point of all of these bills is the following: for the majority of nations to be able to dictate how the minority should run their countries. Complete and utter violation of their rights. It is tyranny of the majority.

Let's look at the 1000 islands constitution:
5.1. Self-determination. The general government of the 10000 Islands shall make no law or regulation governing the internal operation of any nation state within the region. Each nation state will maintain the right to govern itself in accordance with its own customs and desires.

The delegate is part of the general government. By voting for the resolution that tells others how to govern their nations, he is helping to make that resolution the law. Making laws that tell other nations how to operate is a violation of the constitution, and thus voting for this resolution is a violation of the Bill of Rights of the 10000 islands constitution.

Membership in the World Assembly is completely voluntary by all nations. Members can resign at any time, in an instant. By joining the World Assembly you agree to follow the resolutions of that body, but you get to vote on those resolutions. What part of that is tyranny? Vote on resolutions, resign if you do not like them.

And this proposal only states that a WHA needs to be formed that will keep nations educated on health threats. It does not replace existing national health organizations.

And again, the WA is voluntary!