Repeal "MANDATORY RECYCLING"

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Overview

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Legality Issue

This particular repeal is commonly recalled in debates involving the branding rule of United Nations proposals. The final line of the repeal consists of "Co-authored by Gruenberg, Jey". Though, the branding rule rule of UN Proposals clearly states:

"Limited branding is allowed. "Limited" means that you may list one co-author by nation name only." [1]

Thus, clearly, both Gruenberg and Jey could not legally be named as the Co-Author. It was determined that this resolution slipped through the cracks, or was considered only slightly illegal, and not worthy of outright deletion. However, since then, the branding rule has been more heavily enforced, and such proposals like this, which list two co-authors, would not likely meet the same fate.

Resolution Text

UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #139
Repeal "MANDATORY RECYCLING"
A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal Resolution: #13 Proposed By: Herconia

Description: UN Resolution #13: MANDATORY RECYCLING (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.


Argument: OBSERVING the need for practical recycling legislation,


APPALLED by the failures of "Mandatory Recycling" to deliver suitable solutions, and its restriction on the ability of the UN to adopt more workable recycling policies,


REGRETTING the lack of clear guidelines, measurable goals and regulations in aforementioned resolution,


AWARE that not all member states have the industrial capacity for the scale of recycling mandated by this resolution, for which no allowance is made,


CONCERNED by the irresponsibility of forcing member states without the requisite facilities to engage in this level of recycling,


NOTING the distinct possibility of environmental damage caused by inappropriate recycling of materials by member states without developed, safe industrial facilities,


CONSIDERING that recycling "all paper, glass, aluminum, and batteries", regardless of needs, value, other uses of these items, etc, as this resolution mandates, is not a safe, intelligent, or effective way to issue a resolution encouraging recycling,


REMAINING OPEN to a replacement which adopts a more effective set of recycling regimes


REPEALS "Mandatory Recycling"


Co-authored by Gruenberg, Jey


Votes For: 9,498
Votes Against: 3,457
Implemented: Tue Jan 10 2006

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