Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature currently requires accessing the site using the built-in Safari browser.
The NationStates server was subjected to a data breach. TNP Forums do NOT interact with the NS servers and remain secure. If you use the same password between the two sites, it is recommended you change your password.
I'm rather disappointed by the lack of comment, especially considering the nature of your initial response. I hope the double-post can be excused, considering the intervening timeframe.
Against
I maintain that this is far too specific in many of its clauses, and many of these specifics are not particularly sensible. Some of the definitions are not great (quite a lot of things are "developed for consumption by a sapient species", and a fair few of those are not really...
I'm well familiar with this functionality, but that could hardly be called a "non-medical scenario"—perhaps "from being activated in cases where the device ought not to be used" would be better—and I had assumed that you meant the device had to somehow prevent (criminal) misuse for a non-medical...
I don't believe that this is something that could be (or regardless ought to be) regulated by the GA. In addition to the concerns listed by Simone with regards to diplomatic immunity, there just generally exists a large amount of variation in how this is handled. Consider the hypothetical...
Against
I don't see why the GA shouldn't be able to legislate on topics such as these, but nonetheless feel it is something of a cowardly choice and nonetheless a proposal of rather little value.
Present
There are some minor drafting issues here that cause some issues (improper capitalisation being one, where "public spaces" could be interpreted as not referring to the defined "Public Spaces", etc.), as well as some questionably-implementable ("prevent the device from being activated...
Present
Whilst I do feel this is overreaching slightly, I don't have any major issues, aside from that 5.1 should be, in line with standard practice, "publish" (instead of "set"), and include a more general requirement for public commitment to publishing (as not doing so renders any standards...
Against
Serious flaws have been pointed out above, and I'd remain generally opposed to this kind of intervention by the WA (even with consent—yes, I've read the resolution) as a matter of national policy only.