Martian Defence Initiative
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| Headquarters | Dominion of Mizar, Valinon | |||
| Type | Mutual Defence | |||
| Chancellor | Maître Aorin Naithul (GDT) (2006-Present) | |||
| Members | Eniqcir, Kajal, Martian City-States, Pilon, Roania, Tarasovka, Tiburon, Valinon, Wazzu, Zero-One. | |||
| Observers | Ambassador Helenea Parrela, Federal Republic of Noachia Ambassador Rache Miller, Distributed Kingdom of Weyr | |||
The Mars Defence Initiative, or MDI, was formed to replace the less effective MIDAS-II alliance, which, due to inactivity and several problems in the actual treaty text, had become ineffective at serving its intended purpose of protecting Mars from threats, and improving relations between member nations in the hope of creating a stable, and peaceful Mars.
History
Valinon and Pilon in particular were responsible for organizing the conference hosted in Mizar 3 where the treaty text for the alliance was drawn up.
Other nations that sent representatives included Kajal, Eniqcir, Tiburon, Mangala, Sunset, Pilon, Zero-One, Tarasovka, Weyr, and Wazzu. Though originally called MIDAS-III, the treaty name was quickly changed to MDI. During the conference afterwards, a great deal of discussion ensued, a draft was finally approved and the MDI was formed.
Charter Text
Charter of the Mars Defence Initiative
Being the First Resolution of the Third Summit for Martian Interplanetary Defense And Security (MIDAS)
Article I: Purpose
To further the goals expressed in the preamble of the charter, the Mars Defence Initiative shall exist to secure the national defence of each of its member states; combating terrorism against the citizens and governments of its member states; and to facilitate diplomacy among member states, between member states and other nations and organizations, and between itself and other nations and organizations.
Article II: Structure
Section 1: The main body of the Mars Defence Initiative shall consist of the Assembly of Allied States, with each delegation consisting of two representatives (one military and one civilian) from each member state.
Sub-Section A: Each nation shall get one vote in all matters brought before the Assembly of Allied States, and matters brought before the brought before the Assembly of Allied States shall be decided by a simple majority vote.
Sub-Section B: Any nation may bring any matter pertaining to the issues defined in Article I of this Charter to the Assembly of Allied States at any time.
Section 2: The decision agreed upon by the Assembly of Allied States shall be carried out by each individual member state.
Section 3: The Mars Defence Initiative shall have special charter provisions that do not require a vote by the Assembly of Allied States
Sub-Section A: If any member state is attacked or invaded by an outside nation, the member nation may chose to invoke the common defense provision of Article III, stating that an attack against any member state is considered an armed attack against all member states
Sub-Section B: No member state shall be permitted to attack or invade another member state’s assets. Disobedience of this provision shall result in the immediate expulsion of the offending member state from the alliance. The member states of the Mars Defence Initiative shall also act to remove all threats to its member in accordance with Article V, Section 2.
Article III: Common Defence
Section 1: The member states agree than an armed attack against one or more of them on Mars shall be considered an attack against all member states and consequently agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, the attacked member state or member states shall have the right to invoke the common defense clause.
Section 2: Should the common defence clause be invoked, each member state will assist the member state or member states attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other member states, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed forces, to restore and maintain the security of the Martian area.
Section 3: Should one or more signatories to the present treaty initiate an armed attack against a third party or parties and, thus, provide the attacked member state or member states with a casus belli, the belligerent members of the Mars Defence Initiative shall be stripped of the right to invoke the common defence clause.
Article IV: Membership
Section 1: The parties present at the Mizar Conference for Martian Interplanetary Defense and Security that choose to sign the present Charter shall become the Founding Members upon the ratification of the present Charter by their national governments in accordance with their national laws.
Section 2: A member state may invite any other state with Martian holdings in a position to further the principles of this Alliance and to contribute to the security of the Martian area to accede to the Mars Defence Initiative.
Section 3: New memberships shall be subject to a qualified majority vote of the Assembly of Allied States. The interested parties shall become full members upon the acceptance by the Assembly of Allied States and the ratification of the treaty by their respective national governments.
Article V: Expulsion Clauses
Section 1: The member states or member states of the Mars Defence Initiative that do not fulfill their obligations in front of the alliance or violate the spirit and principles of the present charter shall be subject to expulsion by a vote of the Assembly of Allied States.
Section 2: The member state of the Mars Defence Initiative that engaged in an attack against another member state shall be immediately expelled from the Alliance. Furthermore, the members of the Alliance, individually or the Alliance as a whole, shall act to remove the threat to the attacked member state and take all appropriate actions to do so.
Article VI: Amendments and Statutes
Section 1: The Assembly of Allied States shall have the right to amend the present charter by unanimous vote of the member states.
Section 2: Statutes shall be made by the Assembly of Allied States in a majority vote to deal with elements of the Alliance’s activities that are not directly mentioned in the Charter. The Statutes shall be confined to the spirit and principles of the Charter and shall neither go beyond them nor violate them.
Article VII: Amendments to the Charter
Article VIII: Statutes of the Charter
Statute on the Chancellor of the Alliance
Article I: Purpose
The Chancellor of the Alliance shall be responsible with carrying out the procedures related to the day to day functioning and voting of the Alliance, namely to organize voting upon the adhering of the Candidate States, voting upon Statutes, voting upon Charter amendments.
Article II: Term of Office
The Chancellor of the Alliance shall be elected for an indefinite period of time, until the Assembly of Allied States votes upon a new candidacy to replace the outgoing Chancellor.
Article III: Election Procedure
Section 1: Any member state can nominate a candidate any time. If the candidate and the nominator are from different member states, the assent of the candidate shall be required for the candidacy to be validated.
Section 2: In case of multiple candidates, the candidate with the most votes becomes Chancellor. In case of a tie-breaker, a second round shall be held between the tie-breaking candidates.
Section 3: In case of a single candidacy, the candidate shall have to be approved by an absolute majority of member states.
Statute on the Observer States
Article I: Purpose
Section 1: The Assembly of Allied States recognizes that as an international organization with considerable impact on the international community and international affairs of Mars that certain non-member states may wish to pursue the status of non-voting observers to the Assembly.
Section 2: The present statute will specifically detail the responsibilities, rights, and restrictions of those nations with non-voting observer status. It also will detail how a nation will be granted non-voting observer status and how that status may be revoked.
Article II: Admission
Any sovereign state, both with and without holdings on the planet Mars, may apply for observer status within the Martian Defence Initiative. Any candidacy for observer status shall be approved by an absolute majority of Member States.
Article III: Expulsion
A member state of the Initiative may call for the expulsion of an observer state. In such a case, the observer shall be stripped of its status by an absolute majority vote of the Assembly of Allied States.
Article IV: Rights and Limitations
Section 1: Observer states have the right to participate in sessions of the Assembly of Allied States, to express their opinion on the matters discussed. Exceptions are those sessions when matters of great importance are debated.
Section 2: Representatives of observer states will be accorded the right to maintain an office and a staff, of reasonable size, at the MDI Compound. The representatives of member states shall also have access to the conference facilities of the MDI for discussions in a private venue.
Section 3: Observer states may not vote on any matters put to vote before the Assembly of Allied States.
Section 4: Upon the request of one or more member states, the representatives of an observer state shall be required to leave the session at hand.
Section 5: Observer states are not covered by the common defence clauses of the Initiative. However, member states of the initiative have the right to launch a majority vote by the Assembly of Allied States in order to aid an observer state in distress.
Article V: Obligations
As representatives of observer states and their respective staffs will have access to and make use of the facilities of the MDI Compound, observer states will contribute to the funds to maintain the MDI Compound proportional to that states ability to do so.
Signatories
- United Solaris Federation of Tiburon, William Chafee, Ambassador-General to Mars
- United Celdr Empire of Eniqcir, Galan Crzleídzí
- Queendom of Zero-One, Master Control Program
- Federated Imperium of Kajal, Ilosse Seiran
- Grand Duchy of Tarasovka, High Duke Drajko Karadžic of Svarog and Ust-Nad-Nerloi
- Greater People's Hegemony of Pilon
- Dominion of Wazzu, Dr. Jeffery Rander, Representative
- Roan, Damien Charleston Black, Imperial Viceroy His Grace the Archduke of Roan
- Commonwealth of Martian City-States, Chancellor Rheya Savitri, Chancellor of the Commonwealth of Martian City-States
Chancellors of the Alliance
- Maître Aorin Naithul of the Grand Duchy of Tarasovka (2006-Present)
Observers
- Federal Republic of Noachia, Ambassador Helena Parrela representing
- Distributed Kingdom of Weyr, Ambassador Rache Miller representing
