WA Resolution: Disaster Preparedness Act

[Hockeynutville]

Disaster Preparedness Act
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.

Category: International Security
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Topid


Description:
The General Assembly,

Defining ‘disaster’ as an event that causes massive loss of life or property damage,

Noting the vast amounts of wealth spent annually by member states, NGOs, and the World Assembly itself in providing humanitarian aid after disasters,

Recognizing that some of the loss of life and damage to property could be avoided if a nation had some warning a disaster was pending,

Seeking to prevent the loss of as many lives or the damage of as much property as possible when disasters occur,

Hereby:

I. Establishes the Global Organization for Public Safety (GOPS) which shall be tasked with monitoring public hazards,
(a) Defines ‘public hazard’ as a condition, event, or situation that could become a disaster or makes a disaster possible or likely to occur,
(b) The GOPS shall operate:
(1) Meteorological centers to monitor the weather,
(2) Seismological centers to monitor risks such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity,

II. Authorizes the GOPS to inspect structures such as dams, levees, and high-rise buildings in urban areas, which could cause disasters if the structure was to fail,
(a) All the nations to be effected shall be alerted if there is a likely failure of the structure,

III. Mandates GOPS shall issue warnings to national governments when they suspect a disaster is pending, and shall also notify the various NGOs, WA Organizations, and National Governments which frequently send humanitarian aid, in the hopes the aid will arrive sooner if advanced notice is given;

IV. Declares member states maintain the right to operate their own disaster alert system,
(a) Such an organization must share all information about possible disasters with the GOPS,

V. Mandates member states to respond to alerts in a manner that will protect the lives of as many civilians as possible,
(a) If the GOPS finds a member state to have ignored an alert, or responded insubstantially to an alert, the member state shall be mandated to pay the victims of the disaster an amount determined by the GOPS.

[The Candy Lane]

i voted no even though it is a well meaning resolution.
it should be noted that there is NO way to predict an earth quake. thus the seismological branch is useless and will only stir fear. how long havent they been talking about 'the big one' hitting the west coast? the money would be better spent on ensuring nations sitting on fault lines have good building codes.

they also have a poor definition of disaster. massive property damage- like my house burning down?

Edit: the seismological branch isnt useless, htey can still monitor volcanic activity and send alerts about tsunamis

[Wordy]

I vote no.
II. Authorizes the GOPS to inspect structures such as dams, levees, and high-rise buildings in urban areas, which could cause disasters if the structure was to fail,

This could be abused.

(a) Defines ‘public hazard’ as a condition, event, or situation that could become a disaster or makes a disaster possible or likely to occur,

Its too broad and not well defined.

[Markanite]

I vote No , its up to each nation to individually cater their disaster preparedness to their own country. Its not a matter for the WA.

[Twobagger]

Voted no for the same reasons as Markanite and Wordy.

[Echolilia]

I really favor WA resolutions that promote and foster voluntary cooperation between nations; this is yet another heavy handed imposition of authority over nations.

[Unibot]

Mar 7, 2010 14:16:28 GMT -5 Echolilia said:

I really favor WA resolutions that promote and foster voluntary cooperation between nations; this is yet another heavy handed imposition of authority over nations.

Just want to point out, coming from a regular GA/SC author that the mods ban optionality in resolutions .. so if they catch it in the language of the text they'll delete the resolution.

Its banned because when a resolution is passed, every member nation has their stats changed no matter what. So theres no way for the system to determine who will fulfill the optional language and who will not... and the stats would be changed regardless as if they all had fulfilled the optional language.

Optional resolutions do slip by the mods on occasion, however.

[Echolilia]

"Disaster Preparedness Act" was passed 4,056 votes to 1,988