Cape of Good Hope

Understanding the importance of the humanities in the study of societies and therefore believes such utility to aid in the proliferation of cultural preservation,

1. Defines:

   1. Humanities as the study of composition of which, for the the categorical purposes of this Resolution, shall consist of the “social humanities”, describing contextualization within society, and the “natural humanities” representing physical phenomenon including but not limited to the arts;

   2. Art as the study of external composition through a designated medium with the “visual arts” to be categorized as sensory and “performance arts” as bodily;

   3. Language as the mode of communication allowing for the transferral of information between individuals, with “home language” to be seen as local dialects within a Member State and “foreign language” as dialects in the opposite of this respect being representative of external polities;

   4. Secondary or primary education as the elementary attainment of knowledge qualification across varying academic disciplines and tertiary education achieving subsequent advanced qualification including research catering from universities, think tanks and other relevant institutions.

2. Establishes the World Assembly Council for the Humanities (WACH) of which shall encompass a praesidium of researchers with the body to be formed in preserving academic standards within the humanities among all Member States and shall be given the authority to:

   1. Categorize emerging, new empirical disciplines within both the social and natural humanities of which shall be recognized among all Member States;

   2. Encourage cross-research between Member States and facilitate for global research guidelines and etiquette;

   3. Send international observers to Member States and assess metrics within the humanities subjects including institutional rankings, formal counsel and any subsequent recommendations with any necessary screening to be conducted by request of Member States;

      1. The relevancy of metrics and statistical methods utilized shall be formulated by the WACH and moderated by any relevant external committees or bodies within the World Assembly;

   4. Facilitate and administrate global academic journals;

   5. Provide research funding with encouraged subsequent cooperation from Member States;

   6. Create scholarship and bursary opportunities for tertiary degrees among Member States;

   7. Host annual academic conferences and conventions on new frontiers of emerging research.

3. Mandates the WACH to establish the Humanities Accords of which shall serve as long-term aims among Member States and shall encompass the following:

   1. Encourages the promotion of bilingual attitudes within schooling and tertiary institutions and the motivation of foreign language perspectives and learning;

   2. Encourages Member States to promote the arts within education through national curricula and tertiary programs spanning both visual and performance disciplines;

      1. Deems the above provisions to be relevant only where funding for such activities are feasible with any subsequent funding necessary to be delegated on the discretion of Member States to the WACH.

   3. Motivates for the preservation of national culture through museum incentivization, government-sponsored programs, tourist attractions and locales and other provisions necessary in depicting historical and present attitudes deemed important at the discretion of Member States;

   4. Advocates for the inclusion of history within generic tertiary humanities courses with relevancy to be attributed to Member States’ respective cultures and customs.

Recognizing the need for international cooperation in outer space, as the shared fabric of the universe that binds all known life, a medium which is becoming increasingly reachable for developing life,

Motivated by a desire to cooperate on preserving access to, and promoting research of, this medium, through international partnership,

Pursuing collaboration on space research and exploration under the framework of national sovereignty, respecting the internal affairs of member nations while promoting cooperation that will prove beneficial to the World Assembly at large,

Hereby defines as follows:

1. Outer Space: The all-encompassing expanse of vacuum in between celestial objects, including but not limited to stars, planetary bodies, and nebulae.

2. Spacecraft: A flight-capable vehicle operated within outer space by a civilization.

3. Civilian Spacecraft: A spacecraft that is owned or operated for non-military use.

Hereby enacts as follows:

1. The Space Transport and Astronomical Research (STAR) Administration is hereby established with the following directives:

   1. Promoting international research and understanding of outer space, in the interest of uninvasive international cooperation and for the benefit of member nations.

   2. Publishing credible research findings regarding aeronautical travel and outer space phenomena, in cases where such research benefits the international community.

   3. Promoting technology sharing, with consent of any involved parties, to expedite safe, sustainable space travel in developing member nations.

   4. Collaborating with member nations and any further programs established by the General Assembly as needed to minimize internationally relevant risks deriving from spacefaring operations.

2. Member nations are encouraged to follow any applicable guidelines established by the STAR Administration on the topic of inspecting civilian spacecraft, for the purposes of verifying operational, mechanical, and structural soundness, for the purposes of reducing casualties.

   1. Member nations are encouraged to ensure that their spacecraft can last for the whole mission that they will be used for.

   2. Member nations are encouraged to ensure that their spacecraft undergo extensive structural tests and extensive mechanical tests for the purposes of preventing fuel and chemical leakages, as well as averting other dangerous issues that may arise.

3. Member nations, when operating in shared terrestrial orbits, are highly encouraged to coordinate with the STAR Administration to the extent needed to avoid, or reduce to the fullest, the risk of unintended collision between spacecraft, satellites, and other structures.

   1. For the purpose of resolving emergency situations, member nations are encouraged to share communication channels and contact procedures for civilian spacecraft operating in the same terrestrial orbits.

4. The STAR Administration shall respect the sovereignty of all member states regarding exploration, studying, and missions into outer space.

   1. The STAR Administration shall have zero authority to pass discipline onto nations.

Co-authors: Centennium, New Ryansville