Passed in some form - World Assembly Tourist Traps

[Simone]

The World Assembly,

Noting its efforts to protect sites with cultural significance within member nations through GAR#287, "Cultural Site Preservation" and the establishment of the World Assembly Trust for Cultural Heritage (WATCH);

Disappointed that WATCH does not have an explicit mandate to exploit sites with cultural significance for commercial profit, especially from gullible tourists;

Hereby requires:

1. WATCH to officially license manufacturers within member states to produce tacky and tasteless merchandise (including T-shirts, plush dolls of various sapient species across the multiverse, and other collectibles) carrying the logos and mascots of the World Assembly, the World Assembly Trust for Cultural Heritage, and other intellectual property that the World Assembly owns;
   
2. WATCH to establish shops at sites with cultural significance within member states, with profits to be split 50:50 between the member states and the World Assembly, and the World Assembly's share of the profits to be used:
   
   • Firstly, to fund the welfare of the ambassadors of the World Assembly;
   • Secondly, in the unlikely event of any funds remaining, to be assigned to the World Assembly General Fund
     
     Hereby further requires that member states may not actively discourage its citizens from purchasing licensed World Assembly Trust for Cultural Heritage merchandise, nor to impose restrictions for imports and exports of such merchandise unless in contravention of other resolutions of the World Assembly.

 

[Simone]

Passed as World Assembly Official Merchandise after a merger of two drafts. Thread locked.