GA76 replacement draft

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The World Assembly (WA),

Noting its dedication to promote travel between WA states;

Believing that such travel is better secured by mechanisms to authenticate passports and other identity documents;

Defines:

• IDs to mean any identity documents issued by a WA state, pursuant to domestic laws and/or extant WA resolutions;
  
• Passport to mean a travel document issued by a WA state (or by WAPO) to identify an individual, and that individual's status within that WA state, as a citizen, subject, refugee, or any other status recognized;
  
• WAPO to mean the WA Passport Organization, an agency of the WA established pursuant to this resolution;
  
  
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  • Requires WAPO to set forth standardized formats for passports and IDs, such as (merely as examples) unique numbers, facial images of the individual holding the passport, full legal name, validity, security features, biometric features, and other features that WAPO may determine as necessary from time to time;
  • Requires WAPO to cater to the differing levels of technology advancement adopted by WA states and to set forth standardized formats accordingly;
  • All WA states must comply with the standardized formats as set forth by WAPO, subject to the technological levels of that WA state;
    
  • Reserves to WA states the right to issue passports and IDs not including certain features as required by WAPO
    
    a) This organisation will establish minimum requirements of details to be included into passports, including but not limited to passport numbers, facial representations of the owner, name, date of birth, validity, and anti-forgery features;
    b) Members states are required to abide by these requirements.
    
    Requires WAPO to
    
    
    DEFINES a "Passport" as a travel document issued by the nation of which the person is a citizen, national, or subject, identifying the bearer as being a citizen, etc., of that country, and a "Visa" as a document issued by a receiving nations allowing a foreign citizen entry into that nation, subject to terms and conditions (made clear to those wishing to acquire a visa).
    
    MANDATES that all citizens carry a Passport issued by a relevant nation in which they hold citizenship or other nationality status, when travelling abroad, except where deemed unnecessary through the existence of bilateral and multilateral border control agreement, or when unilaterally declared unnecessary by the receiving nation,
    
    PERMITS issuing nations to allow children under the age of majority, or a specific age that is lower than that of the age of majority, in the issuing country to travel on the passport of one or both of their parents, as necessary under national law,
    
    FOUNDS the Global Emigration, Security, Travel And Passport Organisation.
    
    
    AFFIRMS that the passport entitles the holder to any of the consular services available from their nation's Embassies, Consulates, Consulates-General, High Commissions, Deputy High Commissions, & Legations as they may require,
    
    ENSHRINES the right of consuls to visit nationals carrying an appropriate passport of the nation they represent when detained for legal reasons:
    a ) allows consuls to give the detainee legal advice, lists of approved counsels and/or barristers, and guidance on the legal process of the nation in which they are detained;
    b) in cases where there is no diplomatic or consular presence of the detainee's nation a consul of another nation may be substituted for a consul of the detainee's nation, where bilateral or multilateral agreements are in place for such.
    
    AFFIRMS that any national of a member state, carrying a valid passport and visa cannot be denied entry to a nation, except where either the security of that nation is at stake, for reasons of medical quarantine, where there is reason to believe the terms of the visa are likely to be violated or if there is reason to believe the visa was obtained fraudulently,
    
    URGES all nations to recognise the passports of nationals of member states,
    
    MANDATES the publication of all passport appearances (including information about recognising counterfeits), to be made available to all relevant officials, including but not limited to: immigration officials, customs and excise officers, security personnel, and constables of the law.