Legalize Prostitution

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The Legalize Prostitution resolution was adopted by the United Nations by a slight majority vote. The debates surrounding this resolution were very controversial, as it pitted nations that felt prostitution was amoral and should be illegal against nations that felt that the right to sell one's body was a fundamental human right. National sovereigntists tended to side with the moralist nations, expressing that regardless of their government's position on the issue, that ultimately this was a matter best left to individual governments to decide.

When repeals were added to the United Nations submission process, this resolution was one of the first resolution targeted by the new UN proposal type. Eventually a version of the Repeal "Legalize Prostitution" established quorum and reached the UN floor where it too was adopted by a slim margin of votes. Though this was one of the earliest resolutions repealed, it was also quickly replaced by Groot Gouda's Sex Industry Worker Act, which gave governments the right to regulate prostitution, but also re-established that the act itself was legal.

Resolution Text

UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #46
Legalize Prostitution
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.

Category: Human Rights Strength: Strong Proposed By: Kepone

Description:
As you are aware, there are citizens who get by in desperate times by selling their bodies in order to pay their bills and feed their children. Both men and women partake in this profession. If we legalized prostitution, people would be able to sell themselves to get by. In return, the government could use the money collected from taxes on prostitution income to support programs that help the poor. Prostitution is the oldest profession. Why must we make it a priority for law enforcement to monitor and arrest prostitutes when there are greater crimes out there?

Votes For: 10,899
Votes Against: 9,310
Implemented: Mon Feb 2 2004
Repealed: Wed Jan 12 2005

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