United Ŋations Laws

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The United Ŋations (UŊ) creates laws for its member states to follow which do not apply to non-member states. Failure to enforce these laws in member-state territories may be subject to punishment from the Interŋational Court of Justice (IŊCJ). A law may be proposed by UŊ member states by creating a legislative motion to https://www.nguh.org/ung which will be voted on in the following meeting. A law may be removed by a legislative motion as well.

List of Laws

To see all motions, which additionally include constitutional, executive, and rejected motions, see: United Ŋations Meetings

Not that for all motions after 11 June 2024, the following bullet points apply to the wording of a motion (established 11 June 2024 with Motion 15.5).

• MUST: This word, or the terms "REQUIRED" or "SHALL", mean that the definition is an absolute requirement of the motion.
• MUST NOT: This phrase, or the phrase "SHALL NOT", mean that the definition is an absolute prohibition of the motion.
• SHOULD: this word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course.
• SHOULD NOT: This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed before implementing any behavior described with this label.
• MAY: This word, the adverb "OPTIONALLY" or the adjective "OPTIONAL", mean that an item is truly optional. One may choose to include the item because a particular requirement or because the individual feels that it enhances the use while another may omit the same item.

Topic	Date	Motion	Text	Notes
Bridges and Tunnels	8 FEB 2024	2.2	Of bridges and tunnels interacting with water bodies and of navigation in said water bodies A bridge or tunnel across a body of water must leave at least 7 blocks free for boat traffic every 100 blocks of span. The previous paragraph only applies to bodies of water at least 7 blocks wide. If the body of water is narrower than 7 blocks and intended as a water way it must leave at least 3 blocks free for boat traffic. To be considered free for boat traffic a passage shall: Be empty for at least 3 blocks above the water level Be composed only of water sources or waterlogged blocks with no collision for at least 2 blocks below the water level. The water level of navigable water bodies is set to the global ocean water level.	The clarity of this motion is hotly debated.
Trees	12 FEB 2024	3.2	Of the act of partially cutting trees One shall not leave a tree partially cut, and floating. Should one be found leaving tree partially cut, they shall go back to the site and clean up the situation, a warning might be issued.
Diplomacy		3.4	Of embassies and other diplomatic missions An embassy is the seat of a diplomatic mission in a foreign ŋation. An embassy's soil is considered to be that of the country it is physically in. Within the borders of an embassy, the laws of the country sending the mission are to be respected. A diplomatic mission is to be granted immunity within the limits of the embassy. United Ŋations laws and treaties supercede the previous paragraph An embassy has to be jointly approved by the ŋation sending the diplomatic mission and the ŋation recieving the mission, a copy of the agreement has to be submitted to the United Ŋations for archiving.
Currency	6 MAR 2024	5.2	Of the backing of currencies for interŋational trade Currencies used for interŋational trade should be backed by a non-renewable resource. A suggested backing resource is diamond
Country Names		5.5	Of the representation of names of ŋations Should be available an official version of the name of written only using characters in the Printable ASCII range (Unicode U+20 to U+7E inclusive) for the use of transcripts and colloquial conversation.
Withers	10 APR 2024	9.2	On withers Wither for the purpose of collecting nether stars should be summoned outside of any claim without accord of the claimant, and not within 200 blocks of any player-made structure, as well as rare or significant minecraft structure. at the exception of purpose built wither fighting places, after acceptance of those by a UŊ executive motion. Withers in cages must be decalred prior to the construction and summoning of the wither and and approved by an executive motion. Should a wither go rogue and destroy property: If the wither was summoned for the purpose of collecting nether stars, it is the responsability of the summoner But if the summoner loses control of the wither due to a third party, that third party shall be responsible instead If the wither escapes from a known and registered wither cage, the responsability is within the party who caused the breach, negligence and misdesign of the cage counts as causing the breach for the purpose of this paragraph. If the wither escapes from an unregistered wither cage the responsability lies soley on the builder of the unregistered cage.	Definitions A rogue wither is a wither that was summonned and subsequently lost control of. A wither cage is a contraption with the goal of containing a wither for long term use.
Public Spaces	20 APR 2024	11.2	Of the safety of roads and public spaces Having observed that many roads and public spaces are improperly lit, resulting in unsafe conditions Having observed multiple deaths resulting from improperly lit up roads It is mandated that Ŋations make sure by way of light or otherwise that no hostile monster may spawn or enter in a public area. Shall a public area not comply any passer-by may render it safe by the way of light sources without complaints from the territory owner
The Nether	27 APR 2024	12.6	Restriction on Territorial Claims in the Nether No ŋation shall claim territory in the Nether, whether below the roof or above; any territorial claims heretofore made are hereby declared null and void.
		12.8	Motion: On Player-Built Structures in the Nether No ŋation shall disturb, damage, loot from, etc., a structure built by another player or ŋation without that player’s or ŋation’s permission. EXAMPLES: Portals, houses, anything that would generally be classified as a ‘building’ are structures. A bridge built with express purpose to be traversed repeatedly is a structure. An abandoned bridge that is left unused is not a structure.	Definitions A structure is defined as any player-made, reasonably contiguous aggregation of blocks built with a select purpose.
Resources	17 MAY 2024	13.2	On The Preservation of Natural Resources that Could be Saved by the Use of Reasonable Renewable Methods The collection of resources that are renewable by reasonable methods shall not be done in mass from the wilderness. Instead one shall use renewable methods to acquire it. The collection of resources not renewable by reasonable methods may happen, but the one collecting shall make sure to not leave the terrain too disformed This motion doesn’t apply to the Nether	Definitions Is deemed renewable by reasonable methods any resource that can be obtained renewably in arbitraraly large amounts given arbitrarily large inputs and arbitrarily large setups. Wilderness is deemed to be any land that is unclaimed by any ŋation or player.