Ma'at Kheru: Repeal "Oil Tanker Standards Act"

[Cormac]

Repeal "Oil Tanker Standards Act"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal | Resolution: GA#98 | Proposed by: The Dourian Embassy

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Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #98: Oil Tanker Standards Act (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly,

Accepting that accidents involving oil tankers are an issue of importance to this body,

Regretting, however, that World Assembly Resolution #98, the "Oil Tanker Standards Act," is an incredibly flawed and problematic solution to those problems,

Noting that the World Assembly Oil Transportation Committee (WAOTC) is assigned the task of ensuring oil tankers are "kept up to meet requirements" without outlining exactly what those requirements are or how they even pertain to the resolution,

Further noting that the WAOTC is tasked with acquiring "new technology from member states already possessing it at the member state's consent" without defining what kind of technology it would acquire,

Understanding that requiring "non-proprietary double-hulled technology be made available to shipbuilders", without actually requiring the WAOTC to provide it, makes many of the WAOTC's assignments superfluous,

Further understanding that the requirement to "phase out" the use of single-hulled tankers is both costly and needless, as such tankers could find use hauling materials that are not as damaging to the environment,

Acknowledging that WA#98 places an unreasonable burden on nations with pre-existing fleets of single-hulled tankers while failing to provide any relief to this burden by funding this requirement,

Observing that the resolution imposes a requirement for a “proper” ventilation system without explaining what the purpose of such a system would be, and given that there are many ventilation systems which may have completely opposing purposes, this requirement is both ambiguous and unenforceable,

Astonished that the resolution urges nations to implement "other or better safety features aboard oil tankers other than what is specified here" despite the fact that "other safety features" may be inferior and used by nations to circumvent the requirements imposed on them previously in the resolution,

Believing that WA#98 is insufficient for the purpose of reducing spills, as there are many types of oil tanker designs that would not necessarily benefit from the technologies outlined here, nor would they see any benefit to the added costs these technology's integration would incur,

Recognizing that the sum of the flaws present in WA#98 both in format and in practical application have created a resolution that is nearly ineffective in achieving its stated goals,

Hereby repeals World Assembly Resolution #98, the "Oil Tanker Standards Act."

Co-Authored by Renaissancistic People.

[Cormac]

Given that this is likely to reach quorum quickly, there's nothing currently at vote, and Treize has expressed in the past that he prefers not to post his own resolutions and summaries for them, I've taken the liberty of posting this.

Some key points:

• It's a repeal. Given that Osiris has long leaned strongly National Sovereigntist, that's probably enough.
• It's authored by our very own Scribe of Ma'at, Treize Dreizehn, as well as Elder (and Delegate of The North Pacific) r3n.
• The resolution this seeks to repeal is another shitty environmental resolution that creates another largely superfluous committee, can be unreasonably burdensome for WA member nations, and even manages to undermine its own requirements with a flawed clause that allows "other safety features" that may be less safe than those established by the resolution.

I vote For.

[Venico]

You had me at Repeal

[Koth]

You had me at Repeal

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For.

[War Wombat]

For

[Cormac]

Repeal "Oil Tanker Standards Act" passed, 7,897 votes to 1,548.

The Pharaoh voted For.