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| Repeal: “Protection of Biomedical Research”; Voting ends 27th February | |||||
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| Topic Started: Feb 22 2018, 05:44:10 PM (213 Views) | |||||
| Bai Lung | Feb 22 2018, 05:44:10 PM Post #1 | ||||
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General Assembly Resolution #420 “Protection of Biomedical Research” (Category: Health; Area of Effect: Research) shall be struck out and rendered null and void. Affirming in principle the importance of biomedical research in improving quality of life in all World Assembly member states, Simultaneously insisting on the necessity of appropriate bioethical regulation in order to protect the fundamental rights of individuals and other legitimate public interests, Condemning the target resolution GAR #420, "Protection of Biomedical Research", a resolution that primarily serves to frustrate the responsible regulation of biomedical research by member states, Noting that the target resolution bars member states from engaging in any regulation of biomedical research except for "scientific standards" and "ethics standards and regulations [that] serve specifically to minimize or eliminate harm to life provably sentient or sapient at the time of research", Emphasizing the critical importance of numerous ethical regulations that are relevant in the context of biomedical research and in service of legitimate public interests, even though they cannot be established as preventing direct harm to particular sapient or sentient life, Appalled that this absurdly broad restriction prohibits (or at least would prohibit, should prior legislation be repealed) member states from, among other things: a. securing legal protection from harmful medical experimentation to the historically vulnerable class of persons who, while not "provably sentient or sapient at the time of research" may indeed regain such capacity, such as individuals in comas or persistent vegetative states, b. granting precautionary legal protection from potentially harmful medical experimentation to potentially sentient or sapient life that has not yet been definitively "proven" to be such, perhaps due to difficulties in communication, c. requiring appropriate reverence for the remains of deceased sapient life in the course of biomedical research, d. mandating that biomedical researchers abide by reasonable financial disclosure and conflict of interest rules, and e. providing adequate legal protection for the environment in the context of biomedical research, at least with respect to non-sapient animal, plant, bacterial, and fungal life such as coral reefs and old-growth forests, Understanding that significant portions of the remainder of the target resolution are largely redundant in light of GAR #111, "Medical Research Ethics Act" and GAR #219, "Biomedical Innovation Org", for the following reasons: a. the target resolution requires the Biomedical Innovation Organization (BIO) to coordinate "international efforts at biomedical research", despite the fact that GAR #219 already requires the BIO to coordinate "research on treatments involving biomedical tissues conducted within WA member nations", b. the target resolution mandates the BIO with developing minimum scientific and ethical standards for biomedical research and serving as an advisory body for biomedical ethics organizations and regulatory bodies, even though GAR #111 already establishes and regulates bodies required for upholding medical research ethics in member states, and c. the target resolution establishes an "internationally-accessible database of ongoing biomedical research within Member-States", even though GAR #219 already requires the BIO to include "research data for biomedical innovations as a part of the Database Of Clinical Treatments Under Study", Seeking to remove harmful and redundant legislation from the pages of international law, The General Assembly, Repeals GAR #420, "Protection of Biomedical Research". Edited by Bai Lung, Feb 23 2018, 01:34:07 AM.
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| Bai Lung | Feb 23 2018, 01:35:21 AM Post #2 | ||||
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More info here: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=433429&sid=660690a61b2f7dfaca0ffb8d90f1538c This resolution is now up for vote. Bai Lung will vote FOR. |
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| Drachen | Feb 23 2018, 02:16:07 AM Post #3 | ||||
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The Ministry of World Assembly Affairs will put their full effort behind a vote FOR this resolution. It was quite unfortunate that GAR #420 passed by such a large margin, and we hope to see national sovereignty restored a bit further through its repeal with the current resolution. Official Opinion (as shown in the IFV Dispatch): "While The East Pacific as a region not only respects but promotes the idea of biomedical research, we do not feel it should be the authority of World Assembly to prevent each individual member-state from restricting a field which could bear moral dilemmas of various degrees depending upon the given nation. It should be the right of each individual member-state to choose how they go about biomedical research and within the confines of their moral security. Assuming this repeal passes, The East Pacific would be favorable towards a replacement "Protection of Biomedical Research" that actively seeks to do as the title suggests without violating the national sovereignty of WA member-states. "Repeal: Protection of Biomedical Research" is not a perfect resolution by any definition. However, it serves quite well as a functional resolution that seeks to strike one of the more embarrassing resolutions that have passed within the esteemed General Assembly. Those who are seeking to argue semantics and inconsistencies within the resolution are merely grasping for straws as an attempt to prevent its passage. For additional supplement to The East Pacific's opinion on the matter, you may view the region's opinion on the original resolution this resolution is seeking to repeal, GAR #420 "Protection of Biomedical Research", at the following dispatch. As it stands, the region holds enough of the original sentiments expressed to condemn GAR #420 and seek its repeal. We respectfully request that every TEP WA member-state vote for this resolution as it appears to be one of the closer votes in recent history."[edit_reason]Edited to show the official opinion[/edit_reason] Edited by Drachen, Feb 23 2018, 12:34:58 PM.
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| AsmodeanUnderscore | Feb 23 2018, 03:02:34 AM Post #4 | ||||
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As always, Kyrloth stands against imposing extra legislation on scientific research. There is no way of knowing what medical breakthroughs might be prevented, for example if the cure for cancer could only be found by experimenting on "possibly sentient" animals. How much further away would the reinstatement of these regulations push new discoveries? Where there is more regulation, things are harder to do. Where things are harder to do, they happen with more delays. And in those delays, lives will be lost. Kyrloth will be voting AGAINST. |
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| Strat | Feb 23 2018, 11:16:27 AM Post #5 | ||||
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Stratarin, in the interest of protecting national sovereignty and protecting against overreach by the WA, votes FOR. | ||||
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| Bai Lung | Feb 27 2018, 04:42:05 PM Post #6 | ||||
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Repeal "Protection of Biomedical Research" was passed 10,293 votes to 9,288. | ||||
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