General Assembly Resolution #148 “Against Conflict Minerals” (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Worried that the definition of “conflict mineral” provided by GAR#148 as “any ore or metal, the purchase or taxation of which financially supports non-state militant(s)” doesn’t actually address the means of extraction of the ore, meaning ethically sourced ores that are acquired and sold by non-state militants are labelled “conflict minerals” for the purpose of the resolution,
Concerned that GAR#148 outlaws the ownership of mining/drilling locations to all non-state militant groups not recognized as de facto state militant groups under (8),
Dismayed that GAR#148 forbids the direct act of purchasing ores or metals that may financially support non-state militant groups not recognized as de facto state militant groups under (8),
Frustrated by the limited exceptions described by (8) in which a nation can label a non-state militant group as a de facto state militant group, making no distinction between militant groups engaged in unethical mining and those that are not,
Believing that non-state militant groups that otherwise abide by World Assembly legislation but aren’t recognized as de facto militant groups under (8) should not be restricted from operating or managing mining/drilling locations,
Hereby repeals GAR#148 “Against Conflict Minerals.”