As usual, I'll be casting my delegate vote (currently worth 64 votes) in accordance with the majority view expressed in this poll. Feel free to respond with your thoughts in this thread.
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Description: Whereas the nations of the world wish to unify their efforts at space exploration, and
Whereas, no nation can claim title to the Moon,
Let it be resolved, that an agency to be named the United Nations Space Consortium (hereafter referred to as “U.N.S.C.”) is hereby created. The purpose of the U.N.S.C. shall be to establish a permanent Lunar Base capable of furthering the exploration of space for knowledge and resources.
The U.N.S.C. shall be incorporated under the charter of the United Nations and entirely funded through the sale of stock to any desiring nation, regardless of their affiliation to the United Nations. Non-participating nations are free to pursue their own space objectives, but would not reap the rewards of the investors. No taxing authority shall be created by the passage of this resolution.
A Provisional Board of Directors (“Provisional Board”) shall be composed of a representative from each nation participating in the U.N.S.C. immediately following the passage of this resolution. The Provisional Board will then proceed to elect a permanent Board of Directors (“Board”). No sale of stock shall occur before the seating of the Board.
Full operational control, design, development, priorities, and administration will be assigned to the Board whose service will remain subject to the will of the stockholders, as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation.
Let the nations of the world move forward together to a new frontier
I actually quite like this. Unfortunately it's hit one of my soft spots. I do think though that there is quite a bit of room for ammendments however.
"...entirely funded through the sale of stock to any desiring nation,..."
I'm wondering what this 'stock' is - whether it's services or otherwise. If it were to be resolved the respective Boards could be quite large, depending of the number of participants leading to a conflict of interests perhaps.
One more thing there is no timescale proposed, which could pose problems in itself.
I actually quite like it and it is conceivable that some ammendments are submitted to it later.
The resolution "UN Space Consortium" was passed, 13191 votes to 5426, and implemented in all UN member nations. I voted in favour based on the results of this poll.
