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Bill: Foreign Affairs Manifesto
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2369
Description[?]:
| An immigration and citizenship policy with Imperial interests at heart. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Current: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:29:59, March 03, 2007 CET | From | Imperium et Libertas Party | To | Debating the Foreign Affairs Manifesto |
| Message | We're in favours of articles I and III. I'm afraid we can't accept article II. Not because we have any ideological disagreements with the current international treaties on this subject, but because we think that subordinating the principle of national law to international opinion sets a dangerous precedent. |
| Date | 14:53:37, March 03, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Foreign Affairs Manifesto |
| Message | The international convention on the treatment of prisoners of war is the First Laloquon Convention. That's Laloquon, Yodukan, Holy Luthori Empire - a former capital of our great Holy Empire. It was also drafted by a Luthori party. OOC: Us not signing the Laloquon Conventions would be like Switzerland refusing to sign the Geneva Conventions. |
| Date | 18:30:32, March 03, 2007 CET | From | Redneck Party | To | Debating the Foreign Affairs Manifesto |
| Message | That convention was drafted, and supported by parties that did not have the best interests of the Holy Empire in mind, and have long since faded into nothing. To support it, is treason. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 41 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 90 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 24 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when torn from their soil in field and forest. With human nature caged in a narrow space, whipped daily into submission, how can we speak of its potentialities?" - Emma Goldman |