Repeal "Free education" (ENDS Sun Feb 18 2007)

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Repeal "Free education"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution
 

Category: Repeal
   

Resolution: #28
   

Proposed by: Jey

Description: UN Resolution #28: Free education (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The General Assembly of the United Nations,

COMMENDING Resolution #28 for its efforts to bring about widespread education availability throughout member nations;

HOWEVER CONSIDERING that Resolution #28 fails to bring about its intended purpose by providing absolutely no mandate to do so, and simply providing the clause "To give every person under the age of 18 the right to a free education";

FURTHER CONSIDERING Resolution #28's complete lack of: any form of educational standards, references to the type(s) of education to be provided, or financial considerations regarding nations' abilities to provide said education;

BELIEVING that the age of 18 is an inappropriate threshold for international legislation, given the existence of a wide range of sapient species that exist in certain member nations' populations;

UNDERSTANDING that Resolution #171: UN Educational Aid Act fully addresses many concerns of educational standards throughout member nations, including, but not limited to, declarations to help: ensure educational opportunities, support projects for educational services, strike out unfair education practices, and provide financial assistance for various education initiatives through the UN Educational Advancement Fund;

ALSO UNDERSTANDING UN Educational Aid Act's entrustment of nation's rights to "decide on the structure of their public education systems and the role of private [education] institutions";

DEEMING Resolution #28 as an ineffectual resolution with no actionable language for UN members, whose concerns over education within the United Nations are widely addressed within other legislation;

REPEALS Resolution #28: Free education.

Free education

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
 

Category: Human Rights
   

Strength: Significant
   

Proposed by: Nastic 2

Description: To give every person under the age of 18 the right to a free education

Votes For: 11,276
Votes Against: 3,264

Implemented: Tue Aug 19 2003

[Cartwrightia]

Ahh, the simplicity of the early resolutions!  Why has the NSUN moved towards such bureaucratic language?  An attempt to emulate the real UN maybe.

Whatever it is, the original resolution was an admirable one.  Citizens deserve free education.  What are you going to have without it?  No education or pay-per-view education that only the richest members of society can afford.

lack of any form of educational standards, references to the type(s) of education to be provided, or financial considerations regarding nations' abilities to provide said education

The simplicity of the original is its strength.  All children are given primary education that the government can afford - it isn't forcing anything more than every country can afford, since they can shoose what primary education means. 

This resolution must not be repealed.

[Bustos]

FOR, as it should be up to the nation to choose to provide free education or not.

[Ryazania]

FOR

Noone has the right to force anything on anyone without permission.

[Myroria]

FOR.

Ditto.

[Durnia]

For, although I normally oppose these repeals, the original one is too vague, even for the bureaucratic hating Durnians.

[Talmann]

Against. Conservative I am. Free education I need. For dumbasses my country will not have.

Also, people who don't pay for education can buy other things, increasing the economy.