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Repeal "Marine Debris Accord"; Proposed by Mundiferrum
Topic Started: Jan 24 2015, 04:02 AM (225 Views)
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This proposal will be at vote in about an hour.

In-game debate thread: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=326903

Repeal "Marine Debris Accord"
Proposed by Mundiferrum
Repeal "Marine Debris Accord"
Category: Repeal
Resolution: GA#309
Proposed by: Mundiferrum


The World Assembly,

Recognizing that marine pollution is greatly destabilizing the marine environment and endangering the economies of various sea-dependent nations,

Arguing that the resolution "Marine Debris Accord" doesn't help cleanly enough with the aforementioned problem, in that:

Firstly, marine debris is badly defined, so that standard procedures such as burial at sea, naval warfare, and even environmentally conscious actions like the sinking of non-biodegradable materials for the creation of new coral reefs, and the releasing of environment monitoring probes and buoys, are practically barred by the resolution;

Secondly, the treatment of waste is also badly defined, so that, for example, even waste that is simply made to look shiny can be considered as treated waste, and discharged into the environment without other, more important considerations in mind, like biodegradability or lack of hazardous materials;

Thirdly, the terms on the loss of fishing nets would be a major impediment on the meager economies of many nations in this assembly, as it focuses more on the loss of the nets, rather than the longevity of the nets' materials;

and Finally, the restrictions imposed upon ships close off situations in which the ships must jettison cargo for their own integrity, thus preventing worse environmental situations, such as the ships sinking themselves;

Thus concluding that the resolution, though fair in its ideals, requires more work before finally being accepted by this assembly,

Hereby Repeals General Assembly Resolution #309, Marine Debris Accord.

Click here to read the original resolution
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When the original resolution was at vote, I was made aware of its "defects" but voted in favor nonetheless. I think this repeal proposal overstates the problems with the Marine Debris Accord. For one thing, the resolution defines "marine debris" as non-biodegradable materials "disposed of or discarded in any marine environment." Now, in my view, burials at sea and the creation of artificial coral reefs do not count as disposals or discards of material. "Dispose" and "discard" imply throwing something away as if it were trash. In other words, I think this repeal proposal makes extreme and unreasonable interpretations of the original resolution.

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(Not voting.)

I voted for the resolution because I was annoyed at the treatment its author received from WA forum players, and I'd like to see the repeal pass now to complete the circle and demonstrate how totally they will not help the author redraft the proposal.

IMO the repeal makes some legitimate arguments and some overblown ones.
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According to the discussion on the NationStates forum, the author plans to draw up (or persuade #309's author to draw up) a better replacement. I'll wait to vote on this repeal until I see the replacement, I think. The repeal is correct that there are fundamental flaws in the original legislation (the repeal's point regarding waste treatment most especially, in my opinion), but half-baked environmental legislation is better than none at all, and I'd prefer to keep this on the books until something better comes along to replace it.
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I've voted against. Thanks for the input here - that helped clarify things.
Edited by unibot, Jan 26 2015, 03:17 AM.
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