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DEBATE- Protocols and Procedures
Topic Started: 17th June 2015 - 02:16 PM (226 Views)
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Formal Name of Submitting Nation(s): The Holy Empire of Achkaerin
Nations involved: All
Title of Submission: To Establish Protocols and Procedure for Security Council Resolutions relating to peace keeping missions.
Draft Resolution: After witnessing and participating in the debate over the CTOMM resolution as proposed by the First Empire of Rokkenjima, the Holy Empire of Achkaerin seeks to put into place measures to formally establish protocols and critically a procedure for future resolutions along the same lines as Resolution #0002

As a starting point for debate we propose the following:

Protocols

  • Any clause in an initial draft of a resolution that would require the name of a commanding nation (as seen in clause 4 of the original draft of resolution #0002) to state NATION NAME in place of a nominated country, this would leave the remit for choosing the commanding officer completely within the power of the Security Council which is as it should be.
  • A list of irrelevant factors to be drawn up, to further emphasize that it is an individual being chosen to lead not a nation.
  • A discussion as to what happens if a nation that has not taken up a nomination by omission obtains the most votes.


Procedure

  • Nomination period shall be determined by the Secretary General, during that period any nation on the Security Council may nominate themselves or another nation, any nominated nation may confirm within that period whether they wish to take up the nomination.
  • During the nomination period, nations nominated are advised to present the Security Council with a profile of the officer they would propose commands the mission.
  • There may be discussion during the nomination period as to the pros and cons of the various officers
  • Following the end of the nomination period the Secretary General shall open at their discretion the voting period for a time period of their choosing.
  • Any nation with a candidate or a nation that is a member of the Security Council may request an extension of the voting period for exceptional circumstances[1]


Any other details: The Holy Empire of Achkaerin in submitting this does so in the hope that the discussion of the related issues to this in the debate of Resolution #0002 and the tone of that debate shall never be repeated. We do realize the possibility that this may result in amendment of the Commonwealth Treaty however we wish to first gauge the feeling of the General Assembly.
[1] I would expect this to be when an SC member is LOA and their vote is critical.
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OK to start the ball rolling, the bold bits are the statements made by Achkaerin, the bits underneath my views

Any clause in an initial draft of a resolution that would require the name of a commanding nation (as seen in clause 4 of the original draft of resolution #0002) to state NATION NAME in place of a nominated country, this would leave the remit for choosing the commanding officer completely within the power of the Security Council which is as it should be.

Not necessarily needed on every resolution. Some resolutions involving the military will be about joining ongoing military action, therefore it makes sense to add a task force to what already exists rather than go through a process of involving a new commander. (Hyperthetical situation, Cohdinia invade East Moreland, the Security Council get a resolution requesting help because Cohdinia are blatantly in the wrong. EM forces would already be in action, what would be the point of the Security Council resolution sending a task force discussing leadership which would then have to pick up from an existing situation.) If we're creating a Protocols and Procedures we'd be standardising responses and that's not always possible.

A list of irrelevant factors to be drawn up, to further emphasize that it is an individual being chosen to lead not a nation.


In theory sounds like a good idea, however this adds another layer to the debate which then means should a speedy resolution be needed time is consumed. Beside nations are free to make their decision based on what criteria they see fit, I percieve this clause as essentially attempting to tell a nation how they should reach their decision which in my view goes against democratic principles. I see nothing wrong with advising but rather than this being a standardised process it should be if time permits. Again I think this halts the Sec Councils ability to act speedily should a need arise.

A discussion as to what happens if a nation that has not taken up a nomination by omission obtains the most votes.

I think this is one thing we can standardise. I believe the situation should be once nominations are put forward that nation either accepts or declines the nomination prior to voting opening (Such as how the UNP did in 0002.) This avoids this situation happening.


Nomination period shall be determined by the Secretary General, during that period any nation on the Security Council may nominate themselves or another nation, any nominated nation may confirm within that period whether they wish to take up the nomination. Agreed should a nomination period be necessary.


During the nomination period, nations nominated are advised to present the Security Council with a profile of the officer they would propose commands the mission. Again I would consider this as something to be done should time permit. While the CTO is not the real life UN we are trying to give a flavour of it, the UN can't take a week to make a decision while they gather CV's. Perhaps a better idea would be to create a CTO Officers Corps where nations put forward officers with potential to command, their CV's are "Stored on file" and should the need arise we can dip into the files. This would also stop anyone from creating an officer with a profile that best fits the mission.

There may be discussion during the nomination period as to the pros and cons of the various officers Left to the discretion of the Secretary General, this could also be done informally, as in real life, by using the Palace Corridors, you know moaning about it round the coffee machine.

Following the end of the nomination period the Secretary General shall open at their discretion the voting period for a time period of their choosing. - Agreed.

Any nation with a candidate or a nation that is a member of the Security Council may request an extension of the voting period for exceptional circumstances - Agreed but with the condition that a request is not automatically granted.



In conclusion I feel that there are some very good ideas in what has been suggested, however this amounts in my view to a one size fits all system whenever the Security Council meets to discuss military operations. The world is not like that and every situation requiring military action is different, therefore my opinion is that a one size fits all system should not be used. As things stand I would be voting against this, however I think things such as officer rather than nation could be a good idea.
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1. I will always cast my vote if I'm on the Security Council based on what I believe are the important factors. Just like in a general election if someone told me I must consider the environment in my decision of who to vote for I'd ignore it if I disagreed, that's the beauty of a democracy, you can't tell me what things should determine how I vote.

2. Frankly I find how long the whole process took a little ridiculous as the Materna RP had some pace developing it was all taken away as the Security Council vote had to wait. Deadlines are deadlines, in the end the wait of almost a week had no impact on the vote. In future I think we should take someone missing a reasonable voting deadline as an abstention.

3. I don't think telling people how they should write a resolution is needed, they should be permitted to present whatever they think is fit for purpose, it's then for the Security Council to determine it, should they disagree they can simply wipe the name out.

Overall I think a few ideas here are good such as the library of CV's, however creating a standardised A,B,C system isn't appropriate.
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Firstly irrelevant factors should probably be termed less relevant this is stuff like proximity, contribution size, previous CTO command experience- the latter included purely because it stacks the deck.

The issue of the vote because there was an expectation that Nueva Ardia would tie the vote at 3-3, the various comments in the thread gave that impression not just to me but Beatrice and Dave as well (I'm fairly certain others as well) it was at the point when the day before Gad returned I had motioned the suggestion of inferring the Nueva Ardia vote (on the basis that there was sufficient evidence to indicate where that vote was going) thus sending the matter to Tim. Additionally given that at the same time that the vote was being cast the interviews were being done and I believed that all misconceptions cleared up Rion was every bit Cole's equal with the better strategy. So obviously I didn't want the vote called, had it been called and Gad had then returned with the indication of voting my way then I'd have lost a vote that would have been tied, if the boot's on the other foot do I want it called? No for the same reason.

Now as for the NATION NAME point with an IC head on if a nation submits a resolution asking for this sort of thing to happen and nominates itself in the resolution that can be perceived as arrogant and as a challenge to the authority of the Security Council, so it's common sense to leave filling that in to the Security Council, furthermore if we do pursue this 'officer library' then logically the Security Council will fill it in anyway because they'd look through the library, construct a shortlist and then debate on who is suitable, potentially settling on interviews if required.
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Once agian the issue is that the writing and passing of resolutions involving the military is not a one size fits all issue. The relevent factors thing is up to each idividual to determine not to sit and have a discussion about, guidance is enough rather than drawing up a formal list, when the Sec Gen motions for a vote perhaps thats the time for individuals to say whether they agree for a vote to take place by saying something like "Agreed, I would urge members to ......" This cuts down the number of processes to get a resolution passed.

As for the vote I don't think it fiar that we ever infer someones vote hence why I believe that should someone miss the voting period their vote be classed as an abstention.

As for the nation name issue then yes it is arrogant to SOMETIMES place a nation name in, however other times its clearly practical, the Security Council retains the power, as we did with this one, to take the name presented to us of the resolution. The idea of saying how a resolution should be presented and its wording is again a issue of trying to create a system that must be followed for a scenario that has so many variables in my opinion it is not practical or prudent to have a one size fits all system regarding military resolutions.
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