Taijitu
Forum Meta => Civic Center => Government of Taijitu, 2014 => Archive => World Assembly Affairs => Topic started by: Gulliver on April 19, 2012, 04:43:19 AM
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Category: Furtherment of Democracy
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: [nation]Auralia[/nation]
Description: Emphasizing the importance of openness, transparency and accountability in government,
Believing that every citizen should have access to the official documents and records of their government, within reason,
The General Assembly,
- 1. Mandates that all World Assembly (WA) member nations release any official government documents or records requested by their citizens at minimal or no charge;
- 2. Clarifies that WA member nations may fulfill these obligations either on a per-request basis or through the general availability of one or more publications containing this information, or some combination of the two, so long as the information remains easily and readily accessible;
- 3. Permits WA member nations and the WA itself to place restrictions on the release of official government documents or records based on reasonable, legitimate and non-arbitrary criteria, such as the protection of privacy or national security interests;
- 4. Requests that WA member nations redact information from documents or records restricted under the above clause rather than prevent their distribution to the public;
- 5. Requires WA member nations to implement a fair judicial appeals process where their citizens may challenge these restrictions
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Co-authored by: [nation]Quadrimmina[/nation]
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The proposal has been updated and resubmitted. The text in the opening post has been edited to reflect this. Those who have already voted may want wish to reread and reconsider their vote.
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The proposal has been updated and resubmitted. The text in the opening post has been edited to reflect this. Those who have already voted may want wish to reread and reconsider their vote.
good.
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This is now at a vote, and I have a provisional vote of for.
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I have some questions about this, do we have discipline of vote under world assembly affairs in the nationstates website or is this only for the elected delegates?
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I don't entirely understand what you're asking, though in-game the delegate of the region casts a number of votes equal to their number of endorsements they have plus their own.
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This has passed, 6,396 votes to 5,168. My final vote was for.