World Assembly Delegate

Seal of the World Assembly

Incumbent | Karteria | Since September 10, 2018

The **World Assembly Delegate** (WAD) of the New West Indies is its official representative in the World Assembly legislative body. The Delegate votes on either General Assembly (GA) or Security Council (SC) resolutions. When voting on GA resolutions, the Delegate must vote according to how the region's WA members vote. On SC resolutions, the Delegate may vote at their discretion.

The New West Indies has had three Delegates to the World Assembly, beginning with Unia Saul on May 5, 2018. The current and long-time Delegate is Karteria, having served since September 10, 2018. The Delegate traditionally ran polls to gauge citizens' opinions on WA resolutions, as was required by law at the time. This changed, however, following the passage of GAR31 on February 24, 2020, leading to the current system.

The Delegate is afforded no executive authority and maintains no other obligations. Nevertheless, during Karteria's tenure, the Delegate occasionally opined on resolutions in the WA forum and oversaw the Indies Endorsement Program for a brief time.

## History

The first WA Delegate for the New West Indies, Unia Saul, received enough endorsements to become Delegate on May 5, 2018. At this time, the only process for selecting the Delegate stemmed from endorsing the chosen candidate. Unia Saul served for about two months, with their reign ending on July 6, 2018. They gave way to Canilu, the newly-elected Secretary-General. During this period, the founder, Achipel, administered the large majority of WA opinion polls to determine the Delegate's decisions on both GA and SC resolutions.

Following the passage of the first constitutional amendment, the Delegate was now to be elected by the citizens of the region. After two months of Canilu serving as Delegate, a new election was called for September 8-9, 2018. The two declared candidates were Karteria and Kronshtadt, both prominent roleplayers who would later rise to be power players in the executive government. Despite competitive turnouts for both candidates, Karteria won decisively with 65.5% of the vote. This was their first major leadership position outside of the roleplay.

In December 2018, GAR002 was repealed, and the first Delegate election would also be the last. Karteria has correspondingly since served for almost three years as Delegate (notwithstanding a slight discrepancy in the consecutive duration). During this time, they oversaw myriad WA votes, created the now-obsolete Indies Endorsement Program, and oversaw the enactment of influence awards.

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## Function

The World Assembly Delegate is the official representative for the New West Indies in the NationStates World Assembly. As that representative, they must vote on General Assembly resolutions in the body according to how the region's WA members vote. They are able to vote on Security Council resolutions at their discretion. The Delegate is not legally afforded any other administrative or executive authority, though they have historically been bestowed the "polls" power in order to conduct opinion polls.

In recent months, the Delegate has expanded the office's reach, creating the short-lived Indies Endorsement Program. This initiative encouraged WA members to endorse each other in order to increase regional power and win trading card prizes. Otherwise, the Delegate routinely hands out influence awards as a reward for endorsing the Delegate themself or a certain number of other WA members, accordingly.

### Declaration voting record

On July 8, 2021, the Security Council introduced "Declarations," which state the council's opinion on various matters. The NWI Delegate's voting record for declarations is shown below.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 NWI History Page.
2. ↑ Resolutions of the General Assembly.
3. ↑ Regional Election Archive.
4. ↑ GAR24: "Commending Honourable Acts".
5. ↑ See GAR24 for the exact qualifications.
6. ↑ Declarations announcement.
7. ↑ Based on data from the Europe WA Office.