[GA] At Vote: Repeal "Marine Debris Accord" [Complete]

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Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #309: Marine Debris Accord (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: 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.

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This goes to vote in about four hours. It is an insta-repeal, and we had voted for the original.

The consensus so far on the NS GA forum seems to be that, even though the original was a strong draft, it would have benefitted from a longer period of drafting (it was submitted and went to vote within a few days of being posted in the forum).

There is also agreement that the definitions currently used are problematic, or at the very least can be improved.

The author has mentioned that, should the repeal pass, they will encourage the author of the original to modify and resubmit their proposal, as it is "75% good already".

I am inclined to support a repeal-and-replace, but before I cast my vote I'll need to read the debate more carefully. So for now, i am refraining from voting.

(Not voting.)

I do not believe for one second that those pushing this will help wotsisface redraft their resolution. Nonetheless, two of the repeal's three arguments do make sense given the hyperliteral tone of the WA.

Abstain. If the original proposal was so terrible, why did it pass with such a wide margin? I will not take part in any undo's or redo's this quickly.

I was hoping we'd be seeing the replacement proposal ahead of time, even if it's very similar to the current one. Until that happens, I'm voting against this.

Against.

I voted for this in the first place. Against.

Against

I have voted against.

Aye.

I have posted an IFV[url] recommending a vote Against.

For

Against.

Voting on this resolution has ended.

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