Repeal "Social Assistance Accord"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation
Category: Repeal
Resolution: GA#169
Proposed by: Knootoss
Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #169: Social Assistance Accord (Category: Social Justice; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Argument: The World Assembly,
ACKNOWLEDGES that individuals in need may be deserving of assistance;
HOWEVER, REGRETS that the 'Social Assistance Accord' overreaches on the number of policies it tries to regulate, and that the lack of detail may lead to situations that are clearly unfair:
1. The 'Social Assistance Accord' does not permit Member States to make temporary welfare benefits conditional on reasonable obligations, such as having to actively look for a job. This is unfair to welfare recipients who have been actively seeking opportunities to work, and undermines the general intent behind welfare limitations: to reject 'free-riders';
2. The 'Social Assistance Accord' mandates that individuals be granted 10 weeks paid paternal leave whenever they adopt a child, regardless of parenthood or the child's age;
3. The 'Social Assistance Accord' does not specify whether parental leave must be granted to the father, the mother or both, nor does it grant the power to decide on that issue to Member States;
REALISES that World Assembly resolutions are legally binding and not merely aspirational, and that some of the mandates of the 'Social Assistance Accord' may not be affordable:
1. Poor and developing nations, regardless of their good intentions, may be unable to provide benefits that cover water, nourishment, housing, and utilities to all idle individuals within their borders and their dependants;
2. A right to "immediate access" to all information regarding benefits is equally impractical in remote or isolated areas;
REPEALS the 'Social Assistance Accord'.
Co-author: Unibot II
