[PASSED] Protection of Airspace

[Midnight Sparkle]

]Category: Regulation | Area of Effect: Transportation | Author: East Meranopirus

The World Assembly,

Recognising every nation's right to protect the sovereignty of its territory and convinced airspace is an integral part of this territory;

Aware of the importance of international air transport for trade and desiring to protect the neutrality and security of international airspace;

Noting the lack of legislation regarding sovereignty of airspace;

Fearing that

• A lack of clearly defined sovereign air space can create dangerous diplomatic situations and cause preventable war;
• A lack of clearly defined international airspace will destabilise commerce and security by allowing nations to exert undue influence in neutral territory;
• A lack of clearly defined boundaries between space and atmosphere will create dangerous tensions between space powers;

Hereby,

1. Defines for the purpose of this resolution:
   1. An "aircraft" as an object capable of flight, controlled entirely by sapient beings;
   2. "Airspace" as the portion of the atmosphere above the land or water surface and below the height where airfoil-based powered flight becomes impossible;
   3. "Territorial airspace" of a nation as airspace above the recognised land and water territories of a member nation;
   4. "International airspace" as airspace not above any nation's land or water territory;
2. Mandates that:
   1. Member nations shall have sole sovereignty over their territorial airspace with regards to the movement of aircraft, except in the case of any World Assembly regulations regarding civilian aircraft protections;
   2. All aircraft registered under International Transport Safety Committee (ITSC) regulations shall have the right to fly in international airspace;
3. Prohibits any member nation from exercising territorial control over international airspace, unless required by an existing World Assembly resolution.

[Lukatonia]

Against

[Rocky]

Abstain.