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Passport Standardisation Act
A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.
Category: Political Stability
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Cobdenia
Description: The United Nations,
NOTING the potential security risks arising from being unable to accurately assess those entering and leaving a nation,
FURTHER NOTING that such a potential security risk may be exacerbated by the inability of relevant officials to guarantee the authenticity of a foreign passport,
1. DEFINES a "Passport" as a travel document by the nation of which the person is a citizen, identifying the bearer as a national of that country,
2. MANDATES that all citizens carry a Passport issued by a relevant nation in which they hold citizenship or other citizen status, when travelling abroad, except where deemed unnecessary through the existence of bilateral and multilateral border control agreement,
3. PERMITS issuing nations to allow children under the age of majority, or a specific age that is lower than that of the age of majority, in the issuing country to travel on the passport of one or both of their parents, as necessary under national law
4. FOUNDS the United Nations Commision for Passport Design and Control (UNCPDC)
5. CHARGES the UNCPDC to establish minimum requirements of details to be included into passports, including but not limited to passport numbers, facial representations of the owner, name, date of birth, validity, and anti-forgery features
6. MANDATES that United Nation's Member States abide by the requirements laid down by the UNCPDC
7. AFFIRMS that the passport entitles the holder to any of the Consular services available from their nation's Embassies, Consulates, Consulates-General, High Commissions, Deputy High Commissions, Legations and other diplomatic missions as they may require,
8. ENSHRINES the right of foreign nationals carrying an appropriate passport to be visited by a consul of their nation when detained for legal reasons.
a) allows consuls to give the detainee legal advice, lists of approved barristers and/or solicitors, and guidance on the legal process of the nation in which they are detained.
b) in cases where there is no diplomatic or consular presence of the detainee's nation a consul of another nation may be substituted for a consul of the detainee's nation, where bilateral or multilateral agreements are in place for such a substitution.
9. AFFIRMS that any national of a United Nations member state, carrying a valid passport and visa cannot be denied entry to a nation, except where either the security of that nation is at stake or for reasons of medical quarantine,
10. CALLS UPON all nations to recognise the passports of nationals of United Nations member states,
11. MANDATES the publication of all Passport designs (including information about counterfeit protections), to be made available to all relevant officials, including but not limited to: immigration officials, customs and excise officers, security personnel, and constables of the law.
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Is it me, or did somebody not bother with their spell checker before submitting this one?
This will probably be my last UN vote as delegate, so thank you all for debating the issues presented so well. I have ALWAYS voted with the decision of people posting here, even when I have disagreed.
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Arbitrarily, I'm feeling in an AGAINST mood.
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how does a standardization of a passport restricts political freedoms? They can't have orange passports because they are all blue?
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i am going AGAINST here. and Flem you've been great, seriously great.
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For.
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My vote so far is against (even though personally I am FOR this one). I would like to have more opinions voiced, though.
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I'm against for the following reasons: the real one and the good one(s).
The real reason is self-interest. I don't really want my political freedoms to be abridged.
The good reasons include:
It unnecessarily codifies existing international custom that when traveling from one country to another, a traveller needs a passport.
It doesn't define "the age of majority," seemingly leaving that up to individual nations. However, this is against the principle of passport standardization, and is therefore a self-contradiction.
It sets up a new bureaucracy.
It obsoletes the function of Consuls and gives them a whole set of new tasks which they might not be properly trained for. It does not appropriate funds for such training.
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For, but it needs new legislation to follow on to tidy it up.
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For.
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It was passed 5,997 votes to 3,253
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son of a bitch.... and down go my civil rights again.