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Bill: Unethical Weaponry Ban of June 4328
Details
Submitted by[?]: Scientian Enclave
Status[?]: passed
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: June 4329
Description[?]:
This bill will ban weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear, biological and chemical weapons from Hutori. Our party has deemed weapons of mass destruction to be weapons of terror, not defence. Killing of civilians and mass destruction to the environment is never justified. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if victory is not feasibile by other means.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 01:31:21, January 05, 2018 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Unethical Weaponry Ban of June 4328 |
Message | Madam Speaker, Nuclear weapons are very much necessary to keep Hutori safe. As long as other nations habe them, we must keep them to ensure wwe are not attacked. Has the member opposite ever heard of Mutually Assured Destruction? It is what keeps countries from obliterating each other. Stan Harper Leader of the Republican Party of Hutori MP for West Carter |
Date | 01:50:02, January 05, 2018 CET | From | Scientian Enclave | To | Debating the Unethical Weaponry Ban of June 4328 |
Message | Mdm. Speaker, And if an irrational actor decides to use nuclear weapons anyway, how will weapons of mass destruction ensure anything other than increased civilian causalities? We must stand in defiance against the policy that mass destruction is acceptable. If we are ever to bring peace to this world, we must start by disarmament. - Lyn Kopp Chancellor of the Kingdom of Hutori Ambassador of the Ataraxian Confederation |
Date | 02:21:07, January 05, 2018 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Unethical Weaponry Ban of June 4328 |
Message | Madam Speaker, If the outgoing chancellor can convince every other nation in the world to get rid of their nukes, we would support this. But as long as other nations have nukes, it would be a threat to our safety to get rid of ours. Stan Harper Leader of the Republican Party of Hutori MP for West Carter |
Date | 20:49:38, January 05, 2018 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Unethical Weaponry Ban of June 4328 |
Message | Madam Speaker While we agree with the Chancellor that such weapons are exceedingly destructive and we would gladly support the total banning of chemical and biological weapons, to outlaw the technology even from research to allow us research possible defence is foolhardy and short sighted. We can not support such a proposal. Eric Forrest Minister of Defence |
Date | 19:25:29, January 06, 2018 CET | From | Scientian Enclave | To | Debating the Unethical Weaponry Ban of June 4328 |
Message | Mdm. Speaker, While we do not necessarily disagree with researching means of defending ourselves against nuclear weapons, we have found that research was used as a loophole to maintain a large nuclear stockpile, something our party is very much against. In the future we would not be against research if it was guaranteed that no WMD would be kept. - Lyn Kopp Chancellor of the Kingdom of Hutori Ambassador of the Ataraxian Confederation |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes |
Total Seats: 420 | ||
no |
Total Seats: 185 | ||
abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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