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Protection of Humanitarian Vessels and Personnel Act
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| Senator_Cambrist | Date: Wednesday, 04 Apr 2012, 10:40 PM | Message # 16 |
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| I think it'd be more sensible to have humanitarian vessels registered to a planetary government ahead of time, so that there's no need to bother with inspections to verify that they're humanitarian or aren't. If Brentaal certifies a vessel is a humanitarian one, it is. And it should be able to travel freely to other planets. Or the Empire could certify humanitarian vessels, if planet-based certification would cause fears of partiality, or even trickery. Either case would be preferable to having to inspect all of these ships upon their arrival—inspections that'd be prone to the sort of inter-cultural misunderstandings that are common in boarding actions (the Commerce Committee has dealt quite a lot with this issue).
Not every planet has the capability to interdict and inspect vessels anyway, while the capability to simply shoot a vessel down is far more common. All the more reason to have inspections and certifications done in advance, on a world that's capable of doing so and, incidentally, one that's not in a condition of conflict.
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| Janar_Cerra | Date: Friday, 06 Apr 2012, 6:14 PM | Message # 17 |
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| Garos IV finds itself agreeing with the Representative from Naboo and votes against this motion.
Ja'nar Cerra
Queen of Garos IV
Acting Senator to the Republic, Garos IV
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| Sate_Pestage | Date: Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012, 12:09 PM | Message # 18 |
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| With the close of this session of the Senate looming, perhaps Senator Aurelius would prefer to withdraw the bill to amend it as needed during the break and propose it at the start of the next session?
Sate Pestage
Grand Vizier of the Empire
Assistant to Emperor Palpatine
Chair of the Imperial Senate
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| Augusta_Aurelius | Date: Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012, 10:16 PM | Message # 19 |
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| If the Chair will allow this to be considered in the current session, I would like to continue on. Representative Vanden and Senator Cerra are the only votes against this proposal, and were the votes closed today, it would pass. I do, however, want to draw the opposition's attention to a major change the bill has undergone, in adopting the term "eleemosynary" instead of "humanitarian", and I ask them for quick reconsiderations on their votes. I bring attention to this as well, to the supporters of the bill, as this change also widens the authority of the bill, to include things such as charitable vessels, to ensure that the actions this bill seeks to stop are not merely used through another avenue of philanthropic action.
Augusta Aurelius
Queen Conosrt of Deralia
Chair of the Human Rights Monitoring and Crisis Resolution Sub-Committee of the Planetary Defense Committee
Senator of Deralia and the Tammuz Sector (30 BBY - 18 BBY, 10 BBY - Present)
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| Senator_Cambrist | Date: Thursday, 12 Apr 2012, 10:10 AM | Message # 20 |
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| I wouldn't call this a "major change." The problem with this bill remains the same; it "calls for a standard" to identify humanitarian ships, but under this standard I can paint an "E" on this Senate pod and call it humanitarian. The paint scheme isn't as important as the transponder. I believe, as I said, that humanitarian transponders—similar to diplomatic transponders, military transponders, etc.—should be issued by a planet's government to a humanitarian ship in exchange for registering itself and its cargo with that planet. These ships can still be subject to searches, but it wouldn't be necessary.
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| Augusta_Aurelius | Date: Thursday, 12 Apr 2012, 10:26 PM | Message # 21 |
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| I apologize terribly, Senator Cambrist. Such an amendment has now been included within the legislation.
Augusta Aurelius
Queen Conosrt of Deralia
Chair of the Human Rights Monitoring and Crisis Resolution Sub-Committee of the Planetary Defense Committee
Senator of Deralia and the Tammuz Sector (30 BBY - 18 BBY, 10 BBY - Present)
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| Senator_Ordan | Date: Friday, 13 Apr 2012, 6:11 AM | Message # 22 |
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| I am resolved against this act until regulation of such vessels is devolved to the Empire.
Senator Hubert Ordan
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| Augusta_Aurelius | Date: Saturday, 14 Apr 2012, 12:16 PM | Message # 23 |
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| Senator Ordan, last time I checked, BoSS is part of the Imperial government, and by the Cambrist Amendment, the ultimate regulatory body on the issue.
Augusta Aurelius
Queen Conosrt of Deralia
Chair of the Human Rights Monitoring and Crisis Resolution Sub-Committee of the Planetary Defense Committee
Senator of Deralia and the Tammuz Sector (30 BBY - 18 BBY, 10 BBY - Present)
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| Sate_Pestage | Date: Saturday, 21 Apr 2012, 9:45 AM | Message # 24 |
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| There appears to be no further debate on this measure. It passes with 67% in favor and 33% opposed.
Sate Pestage
Grand Vizier of the Empire
Assistant to Emperor Palpatine
Chair of the Imperial Senate
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