General Assembly Resolution #655 “Combating International Piracy” (Category: International Security; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Ahoy! The World Assembly;
Sees that this council has maintained a code against piracy for most all its history, now governed by GA#655;
Wary of the ambiguity in the term “malicious intent” in clause 1 and failure to exclude pirate vessels from the definition of a “ship”;
Poses an example where a matey plunders a ship carrying booty intended for use in immoral acts, including genocide or slavery; then it not be clear whether this act is an example of “malicious intent” when it may be a form of resistance against those dastardly acts;
Interprets the lack of exception for self-defence in clause 1(b), which outlaws damage to a ship or her crew, as a ban on self-defence against pirate ships which includes inflicting those types of harm;
Reads 1(a) as stoppin’ the seizin’ of pirate ships for similar reasons, including for collecting bounties of the many great seadogs and buccaneers;
Concerned that clause 1(d) may also have those equipping civilian ships with arms for self-defence sent to walk the plank;
Aghast that clause 1 makes some types of piracy and privateering an offence in all the seven seas, even outside the World Assembly’s waters;
Invoking parley to discuss how mad it be that member states can prosecute a matey for crimes committed with no relation to them or to the World Assembly under clause 3(b);
Commited to flying the jolly roger across the whole seven seas, savvy?
Yarr! Repeals GA#655