Submitter: The United Kingdoms of Zackalantis
Question of: The Regulation of Colonies and Research Facilities in Space
Recognising the growing interest of member states in establishing colonies and other such establishments on foreign planets and natural sattelites,
Deeply disturbed that certain nations aim to change the natural landscape or prevalent conditions of these foreign planets or satellites through a process called Terra formation,
Emphasizing the need to maintain the sanctity of space,
Realizing that several member states wish to conduct productive scientific research in space,
Recognizing the pressing need for an internationally applicable frame work to regulate the presence of member states in space,
1. Endorses productive scientific research in space;
2. Designates space as the area beyond the Earth's atmosphere and dubs it a ‘Peaceful Playground' and thereby declares that,
a) No nation is permitted to declare any area of space as sovereign territory,
b) No nation is permitted to engage in wars or battles in space,
c) No nation is permitted to develop or stockpile weapons that can be used in space,
d) All territory of space belongs to the international community as a whole;
3. Proclaims Terraformation as a deplorable and an illegal act that disrupts the sanctity of space,
a) Terraformation facilities must be disbanded immediately,
b) In the event of a nation refusing to disband any terraformation facilities they shall face trial in the Esamir Court of Justice;
4. Reccomends the following framework to regulate ‘colonies' of nations in space,
a) Colonies are not permitted to have individuals under the age of 18 and above the age of 50,
b) Colonies are solely to be used as reasearch facilities,
c) Individuals residing in colonies are not permitted to pro-create or reproduce,
d) Women who are pregnant shall not be permitted to reside in colonies,
e) Colonies are to be disbanded when the physical structure has reached expiration,
f) Colonies are not permitted to have more than 20 individuals living at one time,
g) Colonies are not permitted to house animals of other species ,
h) Colonies are not sovereign territory of it's founding nation however
i) All national rules will apply except rules of immigration,
ii) Founding Nations have liberty to chose their own internal framework for their colonies;
5. Calls upon the creation of the Esamir Council for Space Cooperation (ECSC),
a) The ECSC shall consist of all nations who have their citizens or programmes in space as voting members and all other members of the United Nations of Esamir (UNE) as observers,
b) The ECSC shall serve as the common forum for all nations to cooperate to achieve their goals in space,
c) The ECSC shall be an autonomous body of the UNE however it shall keep itself open to any all suggestions and recommendations made it to it by individual nations and the Esamir Security Council (ESC),
d) The ECSC will be responsible for the regulation of space colonies and other space programmes,
e) Every month the ECSC will submit a report to the ESC which will contain updates of happenings in space which mostly will be any violations of international law in space,
f) The ECSC has the power to independently settle disputes failing which they can revert the matter to the ESC,
g) In the event of violation of the laws governing space the ECSC does not have the power to pronounce judgement, the ECSC will file case in the ECJ against the violater.