[GA - FAILED] International Transportation Preclearance Act

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International Transportation Preclearance Act
Category: Free Trade | Strength: Mild
Proposed by: South St Maarten | Onsite Topic​
The World Assembly,

Understanding that many nations share international land, sea, and air routes, however, passengers of cross-border vehicles of transport often have to deal with wasting time at long queues at border control stations before arriving at their destination,

Believing that in some instances, international tourism and business could significantly increase between nations if the time crossing international borders was decreased,

Acknowledging that - by going through border clearance in the nation of departure, rather than the nation of arrival - passengers in such vehicles can be treated as domestic passengers upon entering the nation of arrival; saving time not only for those passengers by allowing them to bypass border control upon arrival in such nation, but also for passengers of other vehicles who can now utilize less congested border control facilities that are not being utilized by passengers who use preclearance stations, and

Realizing that preclearance stations could be useful to many member nations and believing that legislation regarding preclearance stations could be beneficial to such nations, hereby:
  1. Defines a preclearance station as a zone in an airport, airfield, train station, port, or harbor where passengers traveling to another nation can be processed and admitted into that nation before physically arriving there;
  2. Clarifies the distinction between:
    1. a preclearance station (which is wholly located inside the nation of departure), and
    2. a border control station (which is either located on the border of two independent nations or in the nation of arrival in the case of airports)
  3. Rules that preclearance stations must only be used on routes that travel directly between two independent nations;
  4. Clarifies the following:
    1. preclearance stations are not required between all member nations that share an international land, sea, or air route;
    2. if two member nations that do share an international land, sea, or air route agree to open preclearance stations on that route, they are under no obligation to open preclearance stations on all such routes that they share;
    3. the decision of a member nation to open a preclearance station in another member nation is an agreement between those two members;
    4. both nations are required to collaborate and adhere to each other's border control policies;
  5. Requires that once a specific passenger has passed through the preclearance station for a foreign nation, that passenger is no longer required to go through border control upon arriving at that specific foreign nation;
  6. Declares that, on an international route with a preclearance station where all passengers have been cleared, the vehicle of transport shall be empowered to stop at any international or domestic port located in the nation for which that preclearance station has been designated, and its passengers must be treated as if they were domestic passengers;
  7. Acknowledges that many direct international routes between two nations have multiple stops in each of those nations, and thereby rules that:
    1. The preclearance station must be located at the endmost stop in a nation before entering the nation that the preclearance station is for;
    2. The vehicle of transport, once departed from the airport, airfield, train station, port, or harbor that the preclearance station is located at, must travel directly to the nation that the preclearance station has been designated for without stopping, pardoning an emergency;
  8. Asserts that if either the host nation of a preclearance station or the nation of which that station is designated for sincerely desires the closure of that station, it shall be done as soon as possible;
  9. Encourages member nations to open preclearance stations with other nations that they are eligible to open such stations with, in the interest of improving convenience for the patrons of international routes and in an effort to further diplomatic ties between member nations
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An incredibly niche proposal at heart, "International Transportation Preclearance Act," while fairly well-written, is ultimately both entirely optional and utterly ineffective at what it sets out to do. The singular objective of this proposal is to expedite travel between member nations, thereby allegedly benefiting tourism and commerce. However, the proposal makes it very clear that 'preclearance stations' are entirely optional agreements between two member nations. The legislation then devotes large amounts of text to describing, in detail, how these entirely optional agreements are to be constructed.

We find it strange that a proposed World Assembly resolution would task itself with micromanaging a highly specific agreement that member nations may or may not sign. We find it especially puzzling that the proposal in question would include obvious filler such as mandating that preclearance stations be closed if a member nation desires it, and requiring that member nations "collaborate and adhere to each other's border control policies."

Additionally, the proposal's stated objective of expediting international border crossings can be easily achieved in a simple way that doesn't necessitate bloated micromanagement: increasing the number and efficiency of border control and processing personnel. Indeed, the proposal in its current form may actually increase waiting time, by encouraging member nations to reassign existing personnel to preclearance stations.

While these issues are alone enough to justify opposing this proposal, clause 5 is written in such a way that member nations would be prohibited from ever screening international travelers if they pass through a preclearance station even once.

For these reasons, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends voting Against the at-vote General Assembly proposal, "International Transportation Preclearance Act."
 
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Non WA, but abstain. A few minor issues, but otherwise good (i dont care for the topic tho)
 
Against. I don't feel particularly strongly about this proposal, but it seems very wordy, and perhaps a bit too niche for my tastes.
 
Against

Not worth the time of the GA, although I'm fine with it passing. The resolution is fine, but it doesn't really do anything important. In addition, I feel it is unnecessary to have a resolution allowing member nations to have "preclearance stations" when member nations could agree to establish these regardless.
 
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