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**HumanSanity** · 09-03-2022, 11:41 PM

FOREIGN UPDATE

August 2022 Foreign Update

3 September 2022

Greetings friends and allies,

I am pleased to provide our August update, containing information about the ongoing Great Council, other Legislative changes, leadership elections, and more.

New Minister of Culture Elected

Following the vacancy left by former Minister rosaferri, Election Commissioner Kringle oversaw a special election. Four candidates participated in this election: Comfed, former Minister of Culture Murelia, former Ministry of Regional Affairs staffer ProfessorHenn, and The Lile Ulie Islands (Maluhia). After eliminating Comfed and Murelia, Lile Ulie Islands was victorious over ProfessorHenn in the fourth round of voting by only 2 votes. Lile Ulie Islands was elected on a platform of working with the reigon's role play community and the Local Council. The winning platform can be found here and the results can be found here.

SPSF Activity Continues

The South Pacific Special Forces continued to operate under Minister of Defense Pronoun's sterling leadership. Monthly updates were issued for both July and August. The SPSF was also an active participant in the liberation attempts on Realm of the Whispering Winds, with 23 total updaters under an SPSF banner. The SPSF also welcomed five new recruits in August.

Carnival of Celebrations Held

The South Pacific hosted Percy Jackson & The Carnival of Celebrations alongside co-hosts 10000 Islands, Balder, The East Pacific, and The Order of the Grey Wardens, all of which are treatied partners of the Coalition. We were delighted to share this fun experience with our allies and look forward to future events. A recap of the event schedule can be found here.

New Treaties Ratified

During the month of August, two new treaties were fully signed, sealed, and ratified.

First, the Coalition signed the Fellowship of Llamas and Eagles with its recent defender partners in The League. The League and the South Pacific share defender values and have an extensive history of working together militarily. The announcement can be found here.

Second, the South Pacific signed the Pact of Orohena with Europeia. Europeia and the South Pacific previously held strong diplomatic relations, but these were soured due to diverging military alignments. Recent shifts in Europeia's military engagements and the formalized Defender alignment of the South Pacific have made stronger bilateral relations feasible once again. The announcement can be found here.

New Delegate Brings New Initiatives; New LC

Delegate Tepertopia (anjo) formally assumed the in-game Delegacy of the South Pacific on July 28. The South Pacific was proud to conduct this Delegate transition in only six days and without the assistance of foreign piler forces. Since assuming office, Delegate Tepertopia brought back the practice of publishing a Delegate's briefing and expanded it to include RMB Awards. The Delegate also conducted a September edition of Endorsement Days. Tepertopia also retains their position as Director of the Office of WA Legislation.

Also on the NationStates site, elections for Local Council concluded on July 25 with the election of Curlyhoward, Trivalve, and The free romanians as Local Councillors. More election information can be found here.

Changes in Culture

With the inauguration of a new Minister comes a flurry of activity. Minister of Culture Mulahia has already announced and begun work on the Mauna Kea Banjection Contest hosted via a NationStates side region and is working with RP Moderator Gianni to change the regional map rules to permit better use of the map for role playing. We look forward to seeing what more the new Minister can accomplish!

Great Council In Progress

The Great Council, an effort to rewrite the laws of the Coalition, remains in progress. A proposal has already been voted on to replace the Local Council with a team of appointed RMB Moderators and events run by the Ministry of Culture and proposals to change the elections process of the Delegate. Further proposals are under discussion regarding the High Court, the office of the Chair of the Assembly, and the process for selecting the Cabinet. The full Great Council forum can be found here.

Miscellaneous Other Items

Following nomination by the Cabinet in consultation with the Legislator Committee, Moon/Emodea was appointed and then confirmed to the Legislator Committee. The debate thread can be found here.
Prime Minister Jay compiled and published the Sunshine releases from the June to October 2021 (Witchcraft & Sorcery) and October 2021 to February 2022 (HumanSanity I) Cabinets. The full release can be found here.
Regular elections for the Chair of the Assembly are currently ongoing. Currently, only the incumbent Chair The Haughterlands/Cryo is running. The campaign forum can be found here.
The planned move to the "Discourse" forum software is still in-progress with a yet to be announced launch date.

Update by HumanSanity, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Minister of Foreign Affairs
General of the South Pacific Special Forces
Ambassador to Balder
Former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense

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