[PROPOSAL] Repeal: “Condemn Vandoosa”

Security Council Resolution #188 “Condemn Vandoosa” shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The Security Council,

Recognizing that while the acts described in Security Council Resolution #188, “Condemn Vandoosa” are true, the case for condemnation does not qualify by the Security Council’s current or even former standards,

Disputing the argument made by the target resolution’s first four clauses that being a region’s founder should be mutually exclusive from participating in activities outside of that region,

Skeptical of the claim that the invasion of Alternate History World led to the “severing of any ties with Iwaku, by many disapproving regions”, as there was no demonstrable contribution to the diplomatic isolation of the region, and in fact it maintained healthy growth and numbers for years afterward,

Recalling that regional governors are the ultimate sovereigns of their regions and therefore cannot be fairly condemned by this body for failing to comport themselves according to any set of criteria a condemnation may assert, a principle SC #188 repeatedly ignores in attempting to condemn Vandoosa for committing allegedly harmful acts against their region, especially egregious as it carries no supporting evidence for these claims,

Disturbed that SC #188 appears to attempt to condemn Vandoosa for “lack of attention to [Iwaku] and its issues”, a common enough critique of so many regional leaders that hardly warrants recognition and could be due to a variety of factors including benign neglect or simple inadequacy, and that at the time did not appear to prevent the region from maintaining a respectable nation count when the condemnation was first passed,

Baffled by the emphasis on Vandoosa’s ridicule of native residents within invaded regions as a reason for condemnation, which is inconsistent with this body’s other condemnations and is unworthy of such recognition,

Noting that while working with a region such as The Greater German Reich is certainly deplorable, a one-off circumstance, and one in which The Glorious Nations of Iwaku was only a supporting actor rather than the “key part” as claimed, does not merit recognition,

Calling attention to the paradox created by the claim that The Glorious Nations of Iwaku’s residents are unaware of what their founder has done when that region’s military openly participated in the invasion of Territory of Finland, something Iwaku’s residents surely would have noticed,

Frustrated by the consistent use of incendiary language within the resolution, such as “invasion and slaughter” and “brutal slaughter,” which can only be perceived as a fear tactic attempting to scare World Assembly nations into voting for the resolution,

Cognizant that the five-hundred operations performed by Vandoosa cited within SC #188 are classified as “Tag Raid” operations, which leave no lasting damage on the target region, and in most cases involve invading regions that lack a World Assembly Delegate, which debunks the claim that Vandoosa “wrenched the delegacy from the rightful owners” in each of these five-hundred operations,

Highlighting the fact that the aforementioned raid operations were completed through the use of Predator, a weapon found to be in gross violation of international law, with its usage resulting in Vandoosa ceasing to exist and its leader being temporarily barred from World Assembly participation,

Acknowledging that for the same reason, Vandoosa’s exploits as a member of The Black Riders and DEN must be stricken from this body’s collective record, as has been done for those disgraced organizations’ other records,

Concluding that the condemnation fails to make a strong or consistent case for anything remotely worthy of particular notice without relying on forbidden exploits that do not align with modern sensibilities, and therefore Vandoosa does not merit such attention,

Hereby repeals “Condemn Vandoosa”.

More info here: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=363563

This resolution is now up for vote.

Bai Lung will vote FOR.