Alliance Of Stability and Harmony

Treaty of The Alliance of Stability and Harmony

Related Quote Attached to Treaty

"From the ashes of brutality arises a new thing: a light amongst the darkness to those who dare open their eyes, a path through the wilderness for those who dare tread its stony ground." ~ Emperor Elem Finwe/Durot ux-Rihad, -212 c.e./2114 f.e., speaking of the difficult journey of the Outcast People unto their new land, Nenya, and the promise of the future

Article 1: Opening Declarations

Section 1: The Statement Of The Broad Goals of the Alliance

We, with the power and trust invested in us by our peoples, do solemnly declare the intent to uphold and adhere to the letter and spirit of this document for all eternity. We, with the power and trust invested in us by our peoples, do declare that we shall neither seek war or mistrust; nor seek to bring despair to others; nor strive to bring division where there is unity; nor strive to promote violence where there can be peace. We, with the power and trust invested in us by our peoples, do solemnly swear to create sow harmony where there is dischord; to bring stability where there is chaos; to create peace where there is war; to bring comfort to the wounded, to bring healing to the sick; to stand firm before all opposition and speak with one voice upon the matters this Alliance is created to deal with.

Section 2: The Declaration of the Acceptance of the Treaty and the Statement of Methodology

We, the Representatives of our collective Peoples, in order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments and their People/Subjects/Citizens, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another, agree to this, the Treaty of the Alliance of Stability and Harmony.

Article 2 - Membership

The original Members of the Alliance of Stability and Harmony shall be those of the Signatories which are named in the Annex to this Treaty and also such of those other States named in the Annex as shall accede without reservation to this Treaty. Such accession shall be effected by a Declaration deposited with the Administration within two months of the coming into force of the Treaty. Notice thereof shall be sent to all other Members of the Alliance. Any fully self-governing State, Dominion or Colony not named in the Annex may become a Member of the Alliance if its admission is agreed to by two-thirds of the Assembly, provided that it shall give effective guarantees of its sincere intention to observe its international obligations, and shall accept such regulations as may be prescribed by the Alliance in regard to its military, naval (space and surface) and air forces and armaments. Any Member of the Alliance may, after two years' notice of its intention so to do, withdraw from the Alliance, provided that all its international obligations and all its obligations under this Treaty shall have been fulfilled at the time of its withdrawal.

Article 3 - Establishment of the General Assembly, Security Council, and permanent Administration

The action of the Alliance under this Treaty shall be effected through the instrumentality of a General Assembly and of a Security Council, with a permanent Administration.

Article 4 - The General Assembly and its powers

The General Assembly shall consist of Representatives of the Members of the Alliance. The General Assembly shall meet every <To be amended by the Security Council at first session) and from time to time as occasion may require at the Seat of the Alliance or at such other place as may be decided upon. The General Assembly may discuss at its meetings any matter within the sphere of action of the Alliance or affecting the peace of the Solar System, however it may only make decisions regarding these discussions if those decisions fit squarely within the bounds of powers of the General Assembly as laid out in Article 6, Section 1, Clause 2 of this document. At meetings of the General Assembly each Member of the Alliance shall have one vote, and may have not more than three Representatives. Any resolutions discussed or decided upon by the General Assembly require a seventy-five percent supermajority in order to pass.

Article 5 - The Security Council and its powers

The Security Council shall consist of <Number to be decided by the Signatories> Representatives of Members as elected by the General Assembly. There shall be no Permament Members of the Security Council. Elections for the Security Council shall take place every two years. The Security Council shall meet from time to time as occasion may require, and at least <To be amended by the First Session of the Security Council>, at the Seat of the Alliance, or at such other place as may be decided upon. The Security Council may discuss at its meetings any matter within the sphere of action of the Alliance or affecting the peace and stability of the Solar System. Any Member of the Alliance not represented on the Security Council shall be invited to send a Representative to sit as a member at any meeting of the Security Council during the consideration of matters specially affecting the interests of that Member of the Alliance. At meetings of the Security Council, each Member of the Alliance represented on the Security Council shall have one vote, and may have not more than one Representative. Any resolutions discussed or decided upon by the Security Council require a seventy-five percent supermajority in order to pass.

Article 6 - The Administration

The permanent Administration shall be established at the Seat of the Alliance. The Administration shall comprise a Secretary General and such secretaries and staff as may be required. The first Secretary General shall be the person named in the Annex; thereafter the Secretary General shall be appointed by the Security Council with the approval of the majority of the General Assembly. The secretaries and staff of the Administration shall be appointed by the Secretary General with the approval of the Security Council. The Secretary General shall act in that capacity at all meetings of the General Assembly and of the Security Council. The expenses of the Alliance shall be borne by the Members of the Alliance in the proportion decided by the General Assembly.

Article 7 - The Seat of the Alliance and related matters

The Seat of the Alliance is established at Nenya, Ma-Nenya, Iluvauromen. The Security Council, with the approval of the majority of the General Assembly, may at any time decide that the Seat of the Alliance shall be established elsewhere. All positions under or in connection with the Alliance, including the Administration, shall be open equally to men and women of any Sentient species and/or race/creed of those Sentient species. Representatives of the Members of the Alliance and officials of the Alliance when engaged on the business of the Alliance shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities. The buildings and other property occupied by the Alliance or its officials or by Representatives attending its meetings shall be inviolable and considered the neutral territory of the Alliance either permanently or temporarily depending on circumstances and/or the current need/requirements of the situation at hand.

Article 8 - The Alliance and the Arrangement of the Decision-Making Structure

Section 1: General Structure

8.1.1 All Members of the Alliance shall be equal, and equal shall all Members of the Alliance be. No favour shall be sought and none shall be granted to any single Member of the Alliance by the General Assembly or the Security Council or the Administration under any circumstances. 8.1.2 The General Assembly will be responsible for;

 8.1.2.1 the election of members of the Security Council;
 8.1.2.2 the determination of which issues are to be placed before the Security Council;
 8.1.2.3 decisions regarding Internal Alliance Policy, within the bounds of this Treaty;
 8.1.2.4 the creation of investigative bodies to aid the process of decision-making wherein the decision-making process on any given critical subject lasts longer than three months, or less if the situation merits it;
 8.1.2.5 the creation of any Commission or Organisation required to ensure the success of the Treaty and the Alliance;
 8.1.2.6 the analysis of the performance of the Security Council via the application of the democratic process of election and/or the request for the removal from the Security Council of disruptive influences amongst the Members whom have Representatives sitting on the Security Council, to be put to the Security Council for a final decision;
 8.1.2.7 contemplation and approval/disapproval of decisions made by the Security Council regarding the creation and/or dissolution of organisations under the umbrella guidance of the Alliance;
 8.1.2.8 emergency powers relating to the application of economic sanctions and/or military activity in order to uphold the goals and/or beliefs and/or ethical/moral spirit of this document when/if the Security Council is not in a position to make such a decision and/or if the Security Council is deadlocked in a vote.

8.1.3 The powers of the Security Council shall be;

 8.1.3.1 decisions regarding Alliance Foreign Policy (external Alliance policy);
 8.1.3.2 decisions regarding proposed amendments to the Treaty;
 8.1.3.3 decisions regarding the creation and/or dissolution of organisations under the umbrella guidance of the Alliance;
 8.1.3.4 the power to order economic sanctions and/or military activity against Member States who contravene the letter OR the spirit of this document.
 8.1.3.5 the power to apply economic sanctions and/or military military activity in order to uphold the goals and/or beliefs and/or ethical/moral spirit of this document.

Article 9 - External Petitions to the Security Council for Alliance Actions

Non-Member States or Dominions or Colonies may petition to the Security Council in order that the Security Council petition the General Assembly for the General Assembly to decide whether the Security Council ought to decide whether the Alliance ought to act regarding the matter of petition first brought to the Security Council by the Non-Member State(s) or Dominion(s) or Colony(ies) in question.

Article 10: The Law and Regulations of the Alliance

Section 1: Stellar Law

10.2.1 The Members of the Alliance agree that any and all Stellar Law upheld by the United Nations and/or more than fifty sovereign States, Dominions, or Colonies shall be considered inviolable Stellar Law by the letter of this Treaty unless such Law directly violates the word and spirit of this Treaty;

 10.2.1.1 for the consideration of any such dispute regarding as to whether any segment of accepted International Law abrogates the word and/or spirit of this Treaty, the court to which the case is referred shall be the Solar Commission of Justice and Negotiation, or any tribunal agreed on by the parties to the dispute or stipulated in any convention existing between them.

10.1.2 The Members of the Alliance agree that there shall be no Claim to any planetary, sub-planetary, or other stellar object and/or zone of space unless that planetary, sub-planetary, or other stellar object and/or zone of space is either being fully utilized by the Claimant or there are at least 1,000 civilian and/or military inhabitants of said planetary, sub-planetary, or other stellar object and/or zone of space. However, any constructed, enclosed building/construct built in stellar space will be considered the sovereign and inviolable territory of the entity responsible for construction and/or administration. 10.1.3 The Members of the Alliance agree that any stellar/interstellar craft enacting hostilities against a civilian stellar/interstellar craft shall be considered to be engaging piracy, and will therefore be considered an Enemy of the Peace.

Section 2: International Law

10.2.1 The Members of the Alliance agree that any and all Law upheld by the United Nations and/or more than fifty sovereign States, Dominions, or Colonies shall be considered inviolable International Law by the letter of this Treaty unless such Law directly violates the word and spirit of this Treaty;

 10.2.1.1 for the consideration of any such dispute regarding as to whether any segment of accepted International Law abrogates the word and/or spirit of this Treaty, the court to which the case is referred shall be the Solar Commission of Justice and Negotiation, or any tribunal agreed on by the parties to the dispute or stipulated in any convention existing between them.

Section 3: General Regulations

10.3.1 The Members of the Alliance agree that, if there should arise between them any dispute likely to lead to a rupture they will submit the matter either to arbitration or judicial settlement or to enquiry by the Security Council, and they agree in no case to resort to war until three months after the award by the arbitrators or the judicial decision, or the report by the Security Council. In any case, under this Clause the award of the arbitrators or the judicial decision shall be made within a reasonable time, and the report of the Security Council shall be made within three months after the submission of the dispute. For this purpose the parties to the dispute will communicate to the Secretary General, as promptly as possible, statements of their case with all the relevant facts and papers, and the Council may forthwith direct the publication thereof. 10.3.2 The Members of the Alliance agree that whenever any dispute shall arise between them which they recognise to be suitable for submission to arbitration or judicial settlement and which cannot be satisfactorily settled by diplomacy, they will submit the whole subject-matter to arbitration or judicial settlement.

 10.3.2.1 for the consideration of any such dispute, the court to which the case is referred shall be the Solar Commission of Justice and Negotiation, or any tribunal agreed on by the parties to the dispute or stipulated in any convention existing between them.

10.3.3 The Members of the Alliance agree that disputes as to the interpretation of a treaty, as to any question of International/Stellar Law, as to the existence of any fact which if established would constitute a breach of any international obligation, or as to the extent and nature of the reparation to be made for any such breach, are declared to be among those which are generally suitable for submission to arbitration or judicial settlement;

 10.3.3.1 for the consideration of any such dispute, the court to which the case is referred shall be the Solar Commission of Justice and Negotiation, or any tribunal agreed on by the parties to the dispute or stipulated in any convention existing between them.

10.3.4 The Members of the Alliance agree that breaches of this Treaty will result in the expulsion of the breaching Member from the Security Council, if and where applicable, or in a three year bar on participation in the activities of the Security Council except where such action would be in contravention of Article 5. Further action, if required, that is to be considered legal under this Treaty includes but is not necessarily limited to;

 10.3.4.1 the application of minor economic sanctions (downgrading of trade status by one degree by all Member States ought to be sufficient), wherein those sanctions do not interfere with the quality of life of the population;
 10.3.4.2 the demand for rectification of the action which caused the breach, where applicable;
 10.2.4.3 where major breaches have occurred, the Representatives of the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the highest ranking members of the Administration shall hold a Joint Emergency Session to determine what action is required.

10.3.5 The Members of the Alliance agree to strive to cement workable, peacable, and friendly diplomatic and economic relations with all other Members of the Alliance wherever and whenever possible.

Article 11 - Alliance Foreign Policy

11.1.1 Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the Members of the Alliance or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole Alliance insofar as the Alliance considers such war or threat of war to be a direct threat to the stability of the Solar System, and the Alliance shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations. In case any such emergency should arise the Secretary General shall on the request of any Member of the Alliance forthwith summon a meeting of the Security Council. It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the Alliance to bring to the attention of the General Assembly or of the Security Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends. 11.1.2 In the event of a dispute between a Member of the Alliance and a State which is not a Member of the Alliance, or between States not Members of the Alliance, the State or States not Members of the Alliance shall be invited to either accept the obligations of membership in the Alliance for the purposes of such dispute, or invited to accept the obligations of membership in the Alliance permanently, upon such conditions as the Security Council may deem just. If a temporary invitation is accepted, the provisions of Article 8 shall be applied with such modifications (inside the perceived spirit of the Article) as may be deemed necessary by the Security Council. If a permanent invitation is accepted, the provisions of Article 8 shall be applied to the dispute immediately. 11.1.3 The Members of the Alliance agree without dispute to always seek peace, stability, and harmony before war; however, should the situation merit such extremist action, this Treaty does not abrogate the right of the Member States to apply pressure in the manner best suited to a crisis, so long as all other avenues required by this Treaty have been exhausted.

Article 12 - Procedure for Amendments and Additions to the Treaty

12.1.1 The Members of the Alliance agree that amendments may be made to this Treaty, but only where failure of some portion of the Treaty is considered to have occurred. 'Failure' will be defined by unanimous vote of the General Assembly in favour of a motion seconded by at least two Representatives of the Security Council regarding the perceived failure of the Treaty to stipulate proper procedure/action regarding an unforeseen problem, crisis, or dispute. 12.1.2 Additions to the Treaty may be proposed by any of the Representatives of the Security Council, but must be passed according to the stipulations of Article 5.

Article 13 - Amendments

Article 14 - Additions

Annex

Signatory States

The Iluvauromeni Commonality of Everlasting Light The Affiliated Republics of The Eastern Bloc The Parliament Funkadelic of Lunatic Retard Robots

Notes

It is to be noted that the Treaty of the Alliance of Stability and Harmony (Treaty of ASH) remains inactive until agreement of the signatory states. Currently it is felt that there are not enough signatory states to merit the activation of the Treaty.