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Revision as of 23:29, 29 March 2007
| #205: Repeal "UN Patent Law"
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| Category: | Repeal |
| Proposed By: | Kelssek |
| Free Trade: | #156 |
| Status: | Passed |
| Adopted: | Fri Mar 30 2007 |
| Votes For: | ? |
| Votes Against: | ? |
This repeal was the first time a resolution sponsored by the International Democratic Union was repealed.
Contents
Resolution history
Draft proposal
Telegram campaign
UN floor debate
Resolution text
RECOGNISING the desirability of harmonising international patent regulations; however,
CONVINCED that the harm of a patent should not be greater than the corresponding public benefit; and,
CONCERNED by the failure of the UN Patent Law to provide exceptions for vitally important items, such as lifesaving medicines, which has caused lives to be lost due to the unaffordability of patented medicines and the constraining of UN member nations from independently carrying out the production of such medicines; and,
BELIEVING that the international patent system contains inherent flaws, that it poses impediments to the welfare of the people of the world and to economic efficiency, that other incentive systems besides monopoly profits are possible, and hence that it should not be uncompromisingly enforced upon the world;
NOW THEREFORE, the United Nations, in council assembled,
ABOLISHES the United Nations Patent Registry; and,
REPEALS Resolution 156, "UN Patent Law".
- Votes For: 5,580
- Votes Against: 3,996
- Voting Ends: Fri Mar 30 2007
Gameplay impacts
This repeal had no significant impacts on the way NationStates was played.
