Fellow Legislators,

last month, I presented to you the prospect of a non-aggression pact with Balder. With your feedback, these negotiations are now complete. It's called "Pact of the Centre of the Earth" for a lovely reason: Balder is a nordic-themed region, and the antipode of Scandinavia is in the South Pacific, so logically the shortest path between the two is through the center of the earth.

PACT OF THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

Article I. Mutual Recognition of Government Legitimacy

Section 1. The signatories to this treaty recognize as legitimate governments that government espoused by the authoritative representatives of each region, and will not extend that recognition to any government otherwise represented.

Section 2. Balder shall be authoritatively represented by the Monarch, or the heir apparent in case of an absence, as well as the Statsminister or a substitute duly appointed by the monarch.

Section 3. The South Pacific shall be authoritatively represented by the government of the Coalition of the South Pacific, embodied principally for these purposes jointly by the Prime Minister as head of government and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, unless the Council of Regional Security, as the Coalition’s security institution, lawfully declares a state of emergency, in which case it shall be authoritative for the duration of the state of emergency.

Section 4. Should the government of either signatory change, authoritative representation will be performed by the corresponding functionally equivalent positions or institutions.

Article II. Security.

Section 1. The signatories shall respect the sovereignty of the other, encourage that respect amongst their partners and allies, and acknowledge that with sovereignty comes the right to govern themselves in the way of their choosing.

Section 2. The signatories shall not attack the home region or any territory of the other signatory.

Section 3. The signatories shall not seek to destabilize or overthrow, either directly or through a third party, the governance of the home region or any territory of the other signatory.

Section 4. The signatories shall not conduct clandestine operations, espionage, or other forms of spying against the other signatory.

Section 5. The signatories shall not conspire to violate any of the acts described herein.

Section 6. The signatories shall, in good faith, report any known threat or concern related to the other signatory’s security, to the other signatory.

Article III. Cooperation.

Section 1. The signatories shall share in-game and off-site embassies in order to allow cross-posting. If an illegal delegate of a signatory region closes the in-game embassy with the signatory region's counterpart, embassies shall be restored immediately following the restoration of the legitimate delegate.


Article IV. Deposit and Clarification.

Section 1. This treaty shall be deposited in the community forums of each signatory such that the authoritative representatives can access it.

Section 2. The signatories to this treaty shall undertake to settle any and all disputes between them through peaceful means and to refrain from using the threat of force or sanction against one another while this treaty is in force.

Section 3. At any time, the signatories may meet to clarify the terms of this treaty through memorandums of understanding, which shall be posted alongside the treaty.

Article V. Suspension of Terms and Termination of the Treaty.

Section 1. Either signatory may suspend the terms of the treaty if the other signatory has materially breached its terms, until such a time that both signatories peacefully settle the dispute and adopt a memorandum of understanding that the treaty is again in force.

Section 2. Either signatory may terminate the treaty with a public notice to the other signatory, effective after five days.

Chairman, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, I hereby declare in good faith that the treaty presented above is the result of a treaty negotiation with majority executive approval for the purposes of Article VI Section 6 of the Charter of the South Pacific, and request that the corresponding assembly procedure is initiated.

-- Roavin, your friendly lampshade-wearing MoFA

(This post was last modified: 06-06-2022, 02:01 PM by The Haughtherlands.)

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Support as long as "Centre" is spelt correctly in the title.

Local Councilroar.

Selfie

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Support as long as "Centre" is spelt correctly in the title.

Centre is spelt correctly.

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Support.

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A member of the Balder Storting noted that in IV.2 we apparently accidentally a word, and I've edited that in.

Section 2. The signatories to this treaty shall undertake to settle any and all disputes between them through peaceful means and to refrain from using the threat of force or sanction against one another while this treaty is in force.

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A sensible agreement.

Benevolent Thomas-Today at 11:15 AM
"I'm not sure if Altmoras has ever been wrong about anything."

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A member of the Balder Storting noted that in IV.2 we apparently accidentally a word, and I've edited that in.

The whole treaty is ruined!

In all seriousness, I think it is a good foundation from which to build. Shame I couldn’t get it done in my time there.

-Griffindor/Ebonhand
-Current Roles/Positions
-Legislator 2/24/20-
-High Court Justice 6/7/20-
-South Pacific Coral Guard 11/17/20-
-Minister of Engagement 6/17/22-

-Past Roles/Positions
-Legislator 7/3/16-4/10/18
-Secretary of State 4/3/20-2/24/21
-Chair of the APC 9/24/16-5/31/17
-Vice-Chair of the APC 6/1/17-4/10/18
-Local Council Member 7/1/17-11/17/17
-Citizen 5/2012-12/2014 and  2/26/16-7/3/2016

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I'm not even supposed to be able to see this anymore, but I think that "Pact of the Antipodes" or "Antipodean Pact" would be a far more elegant title.

~ Aumeltopia ~

Raccoons are bandits! First they steal your food . . . and then your heart/identity!

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The minimum debate time is 5 days, which expires in just over 9 hours. I motion to vote for when that time expires.

(This post was last modified: 01-18-2022, 07:41 PM by Roavin.)

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I'll second it

-Griffindor/Ebonhand
-Current Roles/Positions
-Legislator 2/24/20-
-High Court Justice 6/7/20-
-South Pacific Coral Guard 11/17/20-
-Minister of Engagement 6/17/22-

-Past Roles/Positions
-Legislator 7/3/16-4/10/18
-Secretary of State 4/3/20-2/24/21
-Chair of the APC 9/24/16-5/31/17
-Vice-Chair of the APC 6/1/17-4/10/18
-Local Council Member 7/1/17-11/17/17
-Citizen 5/2012-12/2014 and  2/26/16-7/3/2016

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