This resolution will be up for vote until Wednesday, October 13th. As usual I will cast my votes based on the outcome of this poll.

Remember, only nations that reside in Canada may vote, and may only vote once, regardless of how many nations they have in the region or how many offsite accounts they have.


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Description: Contagious Diseases Epidemic Prevention Protocol

Description:
Globalization, international trade and advanced transportation systems accelerate the spreading pace of contagious diseases and make every nation vulnerable. We need a solution to this problem :
Contagious Disease Epidemic Prevention Protocol

1. Every Nation is obliged to inform international community of every epidemic outbreak and to use all prudent medical means to isolate it.

2. International Red Cross Organization (IRCO) would be utilized to offer assistance to any Nation hit by contagious disease outbreak (recipient). The IRCO will manage donation and its distribution to recipient upon request of the recipient. IRCO will cooperates closely with Health Ministries of its members.

3. a)Every Nation has the right to quarantine any inbound passenger and potential-pathogen-carrier-cargo from Nation which is hit by the outbreak.
b*) Every Nation has the right to ban import of food- and medical-product which is suspected to be a potential-pathogen-carrier from Nation which is hit by the outbreak.

Acknowledging that both actions are notably well within the Nation sovereignity.
Every Nation which is hit by epidemic outbreak and therefore affected by above mentioned actions is urged not to retaliate those actions.

4. Any person who, on behalf of the IRCO, renders medical care or assistance without the expectation of receiving compensation for such service, shall not be liable in civil damages for any act or omission, not constituting gross negligence, in the course of such care or assistance.

Explanation :
1.Definition of Epidemic :
affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time
2. Statement of Sovereignity Assurance:
This Protocol is humanitarian in nature. Sovereignity of each UN Member is guaranteed.
3. Animal to Human Contagious Disease:
If contagious disease suffered by animal can be spread to human and there is proven case that human have been infected, the nation should refer to point 1 of the protocol.
4. Recommended method for (humanitarian) donation :
First step : consult the recipient nation whether it would accept the offer
Second step : consult the recipient regarding the type of the aid
Third step : consult the recipient regarding the method to deliver the aid
Fourth step : If agreement reached of all of the previous steps , conduct the aid

Type of donations:
a) Financial aid
b*) Medicament and Food should be sent by civil transportation means. In the case that there is an option to use military transportation means, the recipient should be consulted. If it is agreed upon, the donor can send them.
c) Medical Training ( in case of military medical personals read point b*)
d) Medical Personals (in case of military medical personals read point b*)
e) Scientific cooperation; Technology transfer


(NOTE: *'s put in to stop changing into emoticons)

I support this, it may help us keep something like a plague down.

I voted "against". THe term "Gross Negligence" means different things in different nations. For instance, in Canada, "Gross Negligence" no longer exists as a legal term (Gross Negligence is now presumed to be plain old negligence - the term has no real meaning).

The terminology is too Ameri-centric, and therefore should be rejected and replaced by something with better, more appropriate wording.

I'm concerned that this item will be used to justify trade embargos. i.e., if I want to stop all imported lemonade from MrPopo because I'm concerned about the trade imbalance, all I would have to do is to declare that we suspect his country of having an epidemic and then I can shut down his imports while still keeping his markets open for my pizza monopoly.

Psh! My piemonade is gonna destroy your pizza monopoly worldwide! 3 billion strong! Who's gonna be the broke-ass nation now! jk :lol:

I voted for this resolution. Mostly because this was added:

Besides, deadly contageous infections need a worldwide standard on how they are dealt with. This provides the basework. At least until effective inoculation can be developed.

While in the end I think the wording of this resolution makes it utterly useless in practice, it provides a basework that could be added to at a later date when more thoroughly thought out and debated byt he world community.

VOTE YES :P

The UN resolution, Epidemic Prevention Protocol, was passed 12,093 votes to 2,458.

I cast my votes FOR this resolution, based on this poll.

Thanks for voting.