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Repeal "Humanitarian Transport"; Proposed by Knootoss
Topic Started: Jun 7 2015, 09:04 PM (169 Views)
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Repeal "Humanitarian Transport"
Proposed by Knootoss
The World Assembly,

ACKNOWLEDGING that transports and vessels moving humanitarian supplies or Prisoners of War (PoW) are deserving of special protection;

DEEPLY DISTURBED by the possibility that parties in a conflict could use PoW or humanitarian supplies as shields for military activities;

BELIEVING THEREFORE that international law governing the transport of PoW or humanitarian supplies should not encourage the abuse of 'humanitarian' status for military purposes;

REGRETTING that General Assembly Resolution # 6 permits "humanitarian transports" to field weapons;

FURTHER REGRETTING that General Assembly Resolution # 6 merely 'discourages' the practice of transporting humanitarian cargoes or PoW in the same vessel(s) or convoy as materials directly supporting combat operations;

BELIEVING that it may be too risky and/or impractical to attempt to hail, board, inspect and seize the cargo of a transport carrying heavy defensive armaments, a transport whose cargoes are predominantly military, a transport flying high over the battle zone or in space, or a transport whose presence might serve to flush out the position of ones' own forces;

FURTHER BELIEVING that this may lead to humanitarian cargoes and PoW being used as 'human shields' for military activities, as General Assembly Resolution # 6 prohibits nations from immediately engaging what would otherwise be valid military targets;

CONCLUDING that it may have been better if General Assembly Resolution # 6 had outlawed the placement of weapons on 'humanitarian transports' and the practice of transporting humanitarian cargoes or PoW in the same vessel(s) or convoy as materials directly supporting combat operations;

Hereby,

REPEALS General Assembly Resolution # 6.

Click here to read the original resolution
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The only argument in this repeal proposal that I find convincing is its identification of the difficulty of boarding and inspecting a cargo plane. Resolution 6, by its own terms, applies to any craft that travels by "land, air, sea, or space." In my view, it would make more sense to address these different types of transports in separate resolutions.

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Against. I'm using my vote as a tiebreaker. I agree with Gruen.
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Agree with Gruen. R&Rs can be a very healthy thing, but when making an R&R argument without the R it looks like you're just after the badge.
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Edited by Dvorak The Great, Jun 10 2015, 12:14 AM.
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Jun 9 2015, 11:38 AM
Agree with Gruen. R&Rs can be a very healthy thing, but when making an R&R argument without the R it looks like you're just after the badge.
Knoot's been playing twelve years and has gotten several resolutions passed already; I think the novelty of the badge would have worn off by now.

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Jun 10 2015, 12:26 AM
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Jun 9 2015, 11:38 AM
Agree with Gruen. R&Rs can be a very healthy thing, but when making an R&R argument without the R it looks like you're just after the badge.
Knoot's been playing twelve years and has gotten several resolutions passed already; I think the novelty of the badge would have worn off by now.

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Right, sorry, didn't look at the author. Change that to 'agree in principle', if you will. :P
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