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The Mars Treaty Organisation, or MTO, is a intergovernmental and supranational alliance of 13 nations from both the Mars Region and The Planet Mars. The organisation was established in 2075, several years after the original MTO ended operation.

The Mars Treaty Organisation covers a wide variety of affairs including Diplomatic Relations and Martian Defense as well as introducing new Martian laws. The MTO has rejected a common single market and so has little to do with the economies of nations however one of the key aims of the MTO is to promote trade.

Also, it has been decided that for the time being, there will be no further divisions of the MTO into a judiciary etc. seeing as it is believed that the organisation is currently too small to need such institutions.

Status

One of the key ideals of the MTO is that each nation keeps its soverignty and that no nation can be controled by the organisation. Member nations have control of the organisation and power cannot be transferred from any nation to the organisation without the agreement of that state. This structure means that nations can benefit from the MTO without having to give up any national sovereignty.

There has currently not been an agreed constitution for the MTO but, during the recent Election Campaign, Secretary General Alutia said that he would explore the possibilty of creating one.

Current Issues

A major issue at the moment is Off-Worlders making colonies on Mars. One side argue that Off-Worlders (nations not in the Mars region) should not be subject to the rules set forth for Martian nations to claim space and that they should only be allowed small spaces of land. Another side to the argument is that the MTO should have no bussiness in the placing of land in Mars.

No decision has currently been reached on this issue but it is believed that a vote will be taken on the issue.

September Elections

The MTO Secretary General, Alutia, called an election in September 2005. The incumbent Secretary General put himself up for re-election and seven days without another candidate, it seemed that Alutia would win by default. At the last minute, Gusev_Crater applied and they were both up for election.

Alutia won the election with 4 votes to 1 and gained another 3 month term as MTO Secretary General.

MTO Resolutions

MTO Members are free to make proposals which are voted on by MTO members and either passed or rejected. Below is a list of passed Resolutions: LAST UPDATED 22/08/05

• The Election Act
• The Passport Act
• The Borders Act
• The Election Act Ammendment

The Election Act

Note: This resolution was ammended by The Election Act Ammendment

In the past month we have come a long way, in the forming of the new MTO amongst other things. The question is, do we go to the next level?

The next level is voting for two key positions:

MTO Secretary General UN Regional Delegate

The role of MTO Secretary General is basically an administrator. They would we given Moderator power over the MTO board (like the UN Delegate is Moderator of the Senate board). Their job will be to update MTO information, to update the Proposal Queue etc. They would basically do the jobs which I (United States of Mars) have been doing in the past few weeks. Voting for this role would have a one week election campaign, starting whenever the MTO Secretary General wants but within 3 months, and at the end of the campaign, people would vote in a poll.

We all know what the UN Regional Delegate does but I'd like to go into the voting. The UN Regional Delegate would choose when he would like an election at anytime during their three month term. At the start of the campaign, everyone would get rid of their endorsments and at the end of the campaign, UN Members would endorse whoever they like (as many people as they want) and then the person with the most votes after, say, three days would become UN Delegate.

I think that by doing this, we would not only bring some excitment to Mars but this also bring some variety.

The Passport Act

Since the MTO is an alliance of nations who trust each other, it would only make sense for all MTO citizens to not have to go through as much paperwork and hassle when going into other MTO nations. Just showing a passport, proving MTO citizenship, would be enough for a citizen to get through. Any nation would still have the right to reject anyone from entering their country.

SO, the question: Should MTO Citizens only need to show a passport to enter other MTO countries?

The Borders Act

With the creation of a new map of Mars I got to thinking that my population which is over 1.5 billion would be very crowded in a 9 square area and also noting that there is more than half of Mars un claimed.

I am proposing that since much of the land of Mars is unclaimed that all Mars Residents should be allowed to acquire more land, whether it be on land or sea.

(1) A system of giving out land will work like this. Every nation under 500 million in population will be given a standered 5 squares of land.

(2) For every 100 million in population increase one square will be given.

(3) After a nation reaches 2 billion they will only be given one square of land for every 500 million in population

(4) Regardless of whether or not you are in the MTO does not effect how you recieve land.

The Election Act Ammendment

Note: This is an ammendment of "The Election Act"

In the past month we have come a long way, in the forming of the new MTO amongst other things. The question is, do we go to the next level?

The next level is voting for a key position:

MTO Secretary General

The role of MTO Secretary General is basically an administrator. They would we given Moderator power over the MTO board (like the UN Delegate is Moderator of the Senate board). Their job will be to update MTO information, to update the Proposal Queue etc. They would basically do the jobs which I (United States of Mars) have been doing in the past few weeks. Voting for this role would have a one week election campaign, starting whenever the MTO Secretary General wants but within 3 months, and at the end of the campaign, people would vote in a poll.

I think that by doing this, we would not only bring some excitment to Mars but this also bring some variety.

MTO Members

LAST UPDATED 22/08/05

• The Dominion of Fascist Squirrels
• The Extraterrstrial Democracy of the United States of Mars
• The Republic of Cebrenia
• The Tech Corp of UNSpcCmd
• The Empire of Kyrellia
• The Colony of Gusev Crater
• The Corporate Empire of Alutia
• The Republic of Cold Station 12
• The Dull and Rusty Spoon of Rogue Angelica
• The E-Democracy of Tirk
• The Confederacy of Tarsonis Orbital