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Resolution on the Economic Situation in Russia THE GLOBAL ASSEMBLY |
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DATE OF SUBMISSION | 11/1997
REPRESENTATIVES NAME AND TITLE | Oh Joon, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
DRAFT RESOLUTION |
The Assembly,
ALARMED, by the exponential rise in Russian sovereign and government debt over the past two fiscal quarters;
FURTHER ALARMED, by the continuous decline in Russian government capacity to handle the looming economic crisis;
DRAWING ATTENTION, to rise in crime, unemployment, and low health standards posing an catastrophic risk to regional stability, internal stability, and increasing the risks of radicalization, civil unrest, and civil conflict over dilapidated government services;
CALLING FOR, global consensus to take steps to alleviate the current economic crisis gripping Russia;
RECOGNISING, the failures of the Russian Government to properly manage their internal financial resources in allocation and distribution of government services, resources, and taxes;
RECOGNISING, the current economic crisis rests solely in the hands of the Russian government in their failing to undertake necessary responsibility for fiscal & monetary policy;
DISAPPOINTED, in the current economic management of the Russian Federation, its Governments handling the crisis, and its lack of sharing of information over the extent the crisis poses to the Russian state, and the greater global community;
REQUESTING, the Secretary General to continue to monitor the financial situation of the Russian Federation, and the Secretariat to continue to update the Assembly on the situation,
Have agreed as follows:
CHAPTER I. IMPLEMENTATION
Requests, the Russian Federation and the Secretariat to within 14 days of ratification of this agreement, ensure the allocation of necessary financial resources, full implementation of the provisions of the resolution, ensuring accountability to be maintained by all parties involved in the transaction,
Requests, the Russian Federation and the Secretariat within 3 days of ratification of this agreement, nominate a member of the Assembly’s financially contributing nations, to act in an oversight capacity, on behest of all shareholders,
Requests, within 24 hours of ratification of this resolution, the Russian Federation send a delegation to the Assembly to set up an emergency finance task force consisting of the responsible Russian ministers, directors, and officials, a group of finance ministers from the contributing member states, and the Assembly’s financial agency,
Requests, that the Secretariat ensure the full implementation of all aspects of the regulations and rules, government spending, grant allocation, monitoring and oversight articles, and methods of evaluation provisions of this agreement, and reporting to the Assembly breaches of this document,
CHAPTER II. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
Recalling the purpose and responsibilities of the Global Assembly under Articles 1 & 2 under Charter I, Article 9 of Chapter III, Article 13, sub-clauses 2, 3, & 4, under Chapter V, and Article 22, 23, 24 of Chapter IX;
Recognizing the grave economic peril the Russian financial crisis will become, and the negative impact on global security, prosperity, and development;
1) Concerned with the implications of a global recession caused by a currency crisis as a result of the depreciation of the ruble,
a) recognizing its effect on regional economic communities in Eastern Europe with a sizable trade relation with Russia, on the implications of a depreciated ruble and dollar on remittance of overseas Russians, ethnic Russians, and regional trade entities,
b) recognizing Russia’s default on its sovereign debt with outstanding investments made by Western European firms putting the whole of Europe’s economic stability in jeopardy due to the inability of the Russian government to pay back investors and guarantee its own firms ability to maintain a healthy spending budget,
c) recognizing Russia’s deficit spending will negatively implicate the global economy through the interactions of multiple global firms and entities in purchasing of toxic assets from the Russian Government, and calling for steps,
ii) that will ensure fiscal appropriate to guarantee Russian imports/exports, returns on government bonds and state assets, and private firms within Russia
2) The member states are under no obligation from the Global Assembly, but are urged under the moral imperative to address this economic disaster, are asked to contribute to an Economic Disaster Relief Fund for the Secretariat to best appropriate to assist in debt relief for the Russian Federation, conditional on implementation of the terms outlined by this resolution,
a) Urging member states to reaffirm their commitment to global stability and prosperity in addressing the financial situation, the economic crisis in Russia
b) Recognizing the political independence of the Global Bank and requesting on the basis of its mission statement, provide a special allocation of $3,000,000,000.00 and if willing, additionally, providing a higher sum as deemed appropriate by the Governing Board of the Bank, in grants, to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund
CHAPTER III. ACTION
ARTICLE 1.
1. Having considered the reporting of the Republic of Korea on the current situation in the Russian Federation, the General Assembly calls upon the Russian Federation to undertake the following provisions of the resolution to alleviate, cushion, and mitigate the effect of the current government economic crisis.
ARTICLE 2.
1. The Russian Federation, on the conditions stipulated by this resolution, shall be entitled to the funding of the ‘Economic Disaster Relief Fund’, to implement the provisions of this resolution, and where not in contradiction, and approved by the Secretary General, actions suggested by the Russian government.
ARTICLE 3.
1. Ensuring the repayment by the Global Assembly, of all financially contributing nations to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund, through the Russian Federation repayment scheme, to include the amount provided without interest, and holding Russia accountable by allowing financially contributing member states to seize, reallocate, and distribute seized assets, to recoup their contributions to the relief fund.
ARTICLE 4.
1. Maintaining conditionality of a continued supply of finances to the Russian Government on the implementation of the provisions of the resolution, and shall be required to all its provisions if it ratifies the resolution.
ARTICLE 5.
1. The Russian Federation shall allocate funding towards immediately repaying aspects of its sovereign debt held by foreign governments first, to its foreign shareholders second, to domestic debt holders third, and to domestic shareholders last.
ARTICLE 6.
1. Calling for global support to take steps to assist the Russian Federation during these pressing times, and to set aside differences for the greater good of the global society, and the suffering of the Russian people.
CHAPTER IV. HUMANITARIAN CONCERN
ARTICLE 7.
1. Having considered the publicly available information on the status of crime, unemployment, and healthcare in the Russian Federation, the main submitter of this resolution asks the case and timeline for approving the resolution be expedited to account for the implications of delay in processing and implementation of this resolution.
ARTICLE 8.
1. Calling for all member states to donate medical equipment, pool medical expertise, and if required, provide medical support to the Russian Federation to alleviate the pressure on Russia's medical infrastructure and systems, while calling for Russia to take proactive steps to address its crime problems and provide a safe environment for citizens to prosper and thrive.
CHAPTER V. PREVENTION
ARTICLE 9.
1. Calling for the creation of a global financial body to monitor the global economic situation and release reports and recommendations to member states on their economic activities, and providing a mechanism for global oversight on the economic situation, allowing for warnings and preventative measures to be taken.
ARTICLE 10.
1. Calling for the creation of the Global Economic Council made up of all equivalent finance ministers of all member states, to participate when deemed appropriate by the Global Assembly, Secretary General, and relevant global bodies, to address future economic crisis, issues, and designated questions.
REPRESENTATIVES NAME AND TITLE | Oh Joon, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
DRAFT RESOLUTION |
The Assembly,
ALARMED, by the exponential rise in Russian sovereign and government debt over the past two fiscal quarters;
FURTHER ALARMED, by the continuous decline in Russian government capacity to handle the looming economic crisis;
DRAWING ATTENTION, to rise in crime, unemployment, and low health standards posing an catastrophic risk to regional stability, internal stability, and increasing the risks of radicalization, civil unrest, and civil conflict over dilapidated government services;
CALLING FOR, global consensus to take steps to alleviate the current economic crisis gripping Russia;
RECOGNISING, the failures of the Russian Government to properly manage their internal financial resources in allocation and distribution of government services, resources, and taxes;
RECOGNISING, the current economic crisis rests solely in the hands of the Russian government in their failing to undertake necessary responsibility for fiscal & monetary policy;
DISAPPOINTED, in the current economic management of the Russian Federation, its Governments handling the crisis, and its lack of sharing of information over the extent the crisis poses to the Russian state, and the greater global community;
REQUESTING, the Secretary General to continue to monitor the financial situation of the Russian Federation, and the Secretariat to continue to update the Assembly on the situation,
Have agreed as follows:
CHAPTER I. IMPLEMENTATION
Requests, the Russian Federation and the Secretariat to within 14 days of ratification of this agreement, ensure the allocation of necessary financial resources, full implementation of the provisions of the resolution, ensuring accountability to be maintained by all parties involved in the transaction,
Requests, the Russian Federation and the Secretariat within 3 days of ratification of this agreement, nominate a member of the Assembly’s financially contributing nations, to act in an oversight capacity, on behest of all shareholders,
Requests, within 24 hours of ratification of this resolution, the Russian Federation send a delegation to the Assembly to set up an emergency finance task force consisting of the responsible Russian ministers, directors, and officials, a group of finance ministers from the contributing member states, and the Assembly’s financial agency,
Requests, that the Secretariat ensure the full implementation of all aspects of the regulations and rules, government spending, grant allocation, monitoring and oversight articles, and methods of evaluation provisions of this agreement, and reporting to the Assembly breaches of this document,
CHAPTER II. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
Recalling the purpose and responsibilities of the Global Assembly under Articles 1 & 2 under Charter I, Article 9 of Chapter III, Article 13, sub-clauses 2, 3, & 4, under Chapter V, and Article 22, 23, 24 of Chapter IX;
Recognizing the grave economic peril the Russian financial crisis will become, and the negative impact on global security, prosperity, and development;
1) Concerned with the implications of a global recession caused by a currency crisis as a result of the depreciation of the ruble,
a) recognizing its effect on regional economic communities in Eastern Europe with a sizable trade relation with Russia, on the implications of a depreciated ruble and dollar on remittance of overseas Russians, ethnic Russians, and regional trade entities,
b) recognizing Russia’s default on its sovereign debt with outstanding investments made by Western European firms putting the whole of Europe’s economic stability in jeopardy due to the inability of the Russian government to pay back investors and guarantee its own firms ability to maintain a healthy spending budget,
c) recognizing Russia’s deficit spending will negatively implicate the global economy through the interactions of multiple global firms and entities in purchasing of toxic assets from the Russian Government, and calling for steps,
ii) that will ensure fiscal appropriate to guarantee Russian imports/exports, returns on government bonds and state assets, and private firms within Russia
2) The member states are under no obligation from the Global Assembly, but are urged under the moral imperative to address this economic disaster, are asked to contribute to an Economic Disaster Relief Fund for the Secretariat to best appropriate to assist in debt relief for the Russian Federation, conditional on implementation of the terms outlined by this resolution,
a) Urging member states to reaffirm their commitment to global stability and prosperity in addressing the financial situation, the economic crisis in Russia
b) Recognizing the political independence of the Global Bank and requesting on the basis of its mission statement, provide a special allocation of $3,000,000,000.00 and if willing, additionally, providing a higher sum as deemed appropriate by the Governing Board of the Bank, in grants, to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund
CHAPTER III. ACTION
ARTICLE 1.
1. Having considered the reporting of the Republic of Korea on the current situation in the Russian Federation, the General Assembly calls upon the Russian Federation to undertake the following provisions of the resolution to alleviate, cushion, and mitigate the effect of the current government economic crisis.
ARTICLE 2.
1. The Russian Federation, on the conditions stipulated by this resolution, shall be entitled to the funding of the ‘Economic Disaster Relief Fund’, to implement the provisions of this resolution, and where not in contradiction, and approved by the Secretary General, actions suggested by the Russian government.
a. The Russian Federation between the fiscal years 1998-1999 shall provide a full reporting of its government spending to the Secretariat.
i. The Russian Federation shall freeze all current infrastructure projects and suspend discussions on future project proposals until the crisis is over.
ii. The Russian Federation shall balance its budget by a margin of 5% +/- its current yearly tax rate, and shall prioritize debt repayment in its budget.
a. The Russian Federation shall report its budget prior to domestic approval, to the Secretariat for approval on the spending allocations.
iii. The Russian Federation is strongly urged, to reduce its defensive spending allocation to reallocate finances towards government services and debt-repayment, but reaffirming this resolution shall not place any restrictions or imply, the hindrance, limitation, or restriction on matters of the national defence.
a. Requesting the Russian Federation, provided secrecy and protected from espionage by any member state, report its national security allocations to the Secretary General, to provide an accountable and effective oversight mechanism for its expenditure.
iv. The Russian Federation will increase its current reserve ratio through its Central Bank to #######
v. Improving transparency in management, improving governance structure, including the introduction of outside directors and audit committees, strengthening accounting and disclosure systems, strengthening independent anonymous reporting mechanism of malpractice.
vi. Implementation of principles such as improving management governance in the secondary financial sector, blocking cross-shareholdings and unfair internal transactions within Russia, and prohibiting irregular inheritance and gifts of wealth by Russian national(s).
vii. Expanding the social stability network and supporting small and medium enterprises and venture businesses, Preparation of 'comprehensive unemployment measures including benefits and services, establishing a social safety net, including the implementation of a national basic living system'.
viii. Focusing efforts on fostering small and medium enterprises and expanding support by the government in the areas of promising return through support for revitalizing venture businesses to create jobs and revitalize the economy.
ix. Capital liberalization through opening of the short-term financial market, including opening to foreigners, not limited too corporate/commercial/trade notes, bank transferable deposit certificates and short-term government bonds.
a. allow foreigners to invest in domestic financial companies, foreign banks and securities firms to set up subsidiaries, abolish the total limit on a foreign stock investment, and allow foreigners to acquire domestic stocks freely, increases the proportion of foreign investment by domestic companies.
x. Promoting foreign exchange liberalization, while taking steps to harden the Ruble through increasing government foreign reserves, selling of government gold and hard currency to ease the pressure on the Russian Ruble, allowing the Ruble to float against the Dollar, while measures to protect the Ruble being eased over stages.
ARTICLE 3.
1. Ensuring the repayment by the Global Assembly, of all financially contributing nations to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund, through the Russian Federation repayment scheme, to include the amount provided without interest, and holding Russia accountable by allowing financially contributing member states to seize, reallocate, and distribute seized assets, to recoup their contributions to the relief fund.
ARTICLE 4.
1. Maintaining conditionality of a continued supply of finances to the Russian Government on the implementation of the provisions of the resolution, and shall be required to all its provisions if it ratifies the resolution.
ARTICLE 5.
1. The Russian Federation shall allocate funding towards immediately repaying aspects of its sovereign debt held by foreign governments first, to its foreign shareholders second, to domestic debt holders third, and to domestic shareholders last.
a. The Russian Government shall ensure its full transparency in the process of allocating the relief funds appropriated resources.
b. The Russian Government shall in good faith, take steps to domestically address its governance and political institutions to ensure a repeat of the current economic crisis is avoided.ARTICLE 6.
1. Calling for global support to take steps to assist the Russian Federation during these pressing times, and to set aside differences for the greater good of the global society, and the suffering of the Russian people.
CHAPTER IV. HUMANITARIAN CONCERN
ARTICLE 7.
1. Having considered the publicly available information on the status of crime, unemployment, and healthcare in the Russian Federation, the main submitter of this resolution asks the case and timeline for approving the resolution be expedited to account for the implications of delay in processing and implementation of this resolution.
ARTICLE 8.
1. Calling for all member states to donate medical equipment, pool medical expertise, and if required, provide medical support to the Russian Federation to alleviate the pressure on Russia's medical infrastructure and systems, while calling for Russia to take proactive steps to address its crime problems and provide a safe environment for citizens to prosper and thrive.
a. Recognizing as long as the economic crisis continues to persist, the rise in crime and health issues will continue to expand.
CHAPTER V. PREVENTION
ARTICLE 9.
1. Calling for the creation of a global financial body to monitor the global economic situation and release reports and recommendations to member states on their economic activities, and providing a mechanism for global oversight on the economic situation, allowing for warnings and preventative measures to be taken.
ARTICLE 10.
1. Calling for the creation of the Global Economic Council made up of all equivalent finance ministers of all member states, to participate when deemed appropriate by the Global Assembly, Secretary General, and relevant global bodies, to address future economic crisis, issues, and designated questions.