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Responsible Arms Trading; Proposed by Sciongrad
Topic Started: May 2 2015, 09:00 AM (180 Views)
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This proposal is seven hours away from a vote.

In-game debate thread: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=292963

Responsible Arms Trading
Proposed by Sciongrad
Responsible Arms Trading
Category: Global Disarmament
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Sciongrad


The General Assembly,

Reaffirming its commitment to international peace and goodwill,

Recognizing the extreme hazard to national populations posed by the unregulated trade of weapons and armaments,

Hoping to limit the involvement of member nations and their citizens in violence made possible by the aforementioned unregulated trade of weapons and armaments,

1. Defines the term "armament" as military equipment, specifically weapons and ammunition, which possess a practical application in military conflict, including the parts necessary in their construction or production;

2. Defines the term "transfer" as the movement of an armament from one member nation, political subdivisions thereof, or non-state entities associated with a member nation to any other such entity, including non-member nations and non-state entities not associated with any nation;

3. Defines the term "end-user certificate" as an affidavit completed by the buyer of armaments subject to the provisions of this resolution which verifies that said buyer is the final recipient of the product;

4. Assures member nations of the exclusive right to determine purely internal arms trading and firearm policy, excepting those regulations recognized by the terms of this resolution or extant international law, future regulations which seek to prevent firearms from being sold to or used by individuals that pose a danger of performing imminent lawless action, or future resolutions which seek to relax regulations on purchasing firearms for recreational reasons only;

5. Requires all manufacturers, exporters, and brokers of armaments within member nations to register with the relevant governments of the nations in which they operate, and the terms of such a registration shall, at minimum, encompass the provisions of this resolution;

6. Mandates that the export of armaments by any manufacturer, exporter, or broker operating within a member nation shall make the sale of their armaments conditional on the completion of an end-user certificate by the buyer; member nations are strongly urged to implement systems of end-use monitoring to ensure that the end-user certificate is authentic, when possible;

7. Prohibits the sale or transfer of armaments if:
  1. There is reason to suspect that they will be used in contravention of extant World Assembly legislation on human rights,

  2. There is reason to suspect that they will be diverted from their originally intended recipient, or

  3. There is reason to suspect they will be used to initiate, or aid the aggressor in, a war of conquest or expropriation;
8. Further prohibits the sale or transfer of armaments to non-member nations with the intent of then transferring them to nations where the aforementioned circumstances apply.
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Against.

This proposal unduly burdens the domestic arms trade; and, as far as the international trade goes, I'm not convinced that the General Assembly should be involved. Surely, nations, on their own, are capable of regulating the trade of small arms across their borders according to their own views on gun control.
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I'm for. I think it's a solid resolution.

There are some niggles with the resolution, I have, but I didn't get a chance to bring them up (I was actually planning on resurrecting Eduard Heir for the forum discussion).

- Weird wording with 'excepting' in Clause Four.
- What counts as 'World Assembly legislation on human rights' and does 'extant' include future legislation?
- Is there not always a remote possibility that armaments supplied may later be used for less admirable campaigns? Could this act as a wider prohibition than the author intended.
- Clause Five, 'Requires all manufacturers, exporters, and brokers of armaments within member nations to register with the relevant governments of the nations in which they operate' doesn't seem to anticipate freedom fighters; naturally, freedom fighters and liberation armies receive boat loads of armaments from abroad and would not want to register with a government they do not recognize as legitimate and nor would said government want to accept their registration. Perhaps an international registry would be more neutral.
- I'm worried about Clause Four's block with 'imminent lawless action' as the term; which law (domestic or international law) counts as lawless in absence of legal merit? And lots of bad actions can be lawful. Let's say, the WA is trying to protect, I dunno, travelling gypsies, who keep getting shot when they cross over private property, because some WA nations encourage people to carry guns and protect their own properties vigilantly with a trigger finger - gunning down a carnival of gypsies isn't necessary a 'lawless' action in this case, but it's a diplomatic issue nonetheless and I could see the WA having a role to play in domestic gun policy because personal security is gravely at risk.
Edited by unibot, May 2 2015, 01:34 PM.
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