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DEBATE - Observer Status
Topic Started: 5th April 2017 - 07:38 PM (155 Views)
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Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
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Resolution [XXXX]

Adopted by the General Assembly on [Date]


[The General Assembly],

Recognising the past short comings of the CTO

Determined to make the organisation accessible to all sovereign nations

Willing to adapt to meet the needs of Mundus

1. Permit sovereign nations to join in an observer capacity in so far as they agree to abide by the charter of the organisation.

2. Allow observer nations to partake in debate in the General Assembly but not vote.

3.Permit observer nations to join in full any sub-organisations that fall under CTO control

4.RecogniseThe Principality of Heyra as the first observer nation of the CTO.


The document having been circulated to all the members it was up to Tim to begin things. "As you all are no doubt aware I have recently visited Heyra. My hope is to bring more nations into the CTO fold. My talks brought up the fact that they as a nation are interested in our organisation but in a limited field. Also there is a belief that our organisation does not perhaps respect smaller nations such as Heyra. My opinion is that if this is the view of us around Mundus we must change that, therefore I would like to propose that we offer an Observer status, and that Heyra be admitted as the first member of that kind. I now open the floor to comments, suggestions etc etc......you get the picture." Tim waved a hand casually and sat down.
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"This is one of the first steps towards the complete transparency of the CTO and the beginnings of involving nations that are willing to cooperate in a limited manner, and as such Benelux-Helvetica fully supports the acceptance of Heyra as the first Observer nation. This also means that the CTO needs to be more active and engage citizens in general, supporting the idea of active participation; merely granting observer status to a certain nation wouldn't immediately guarantee the support from the common man, which is why from BH side that CTO on special occasions various activities while informing the general public about the CTO etc. Perhaps then in the future we will see nations with observer statuses transform into full members by their own free will..."
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Cheryl read the draft resolution and then glanced sideways at her colleagues from Achkaerin before consulting her electronic tablet version of the Commonwealth Treaty it was as she'd suspected, she rose to her feet.

"While Achkaerin does not object to Heyra's admission as an observer member I do draw the General Assembly's attention to the need to do this correctly. We are being asked to grant observer status to Heyra yet no such status exists under the Commonwealth Treaty, surely before deciding on Heyra's status as an observer we should first agree upon what an observer nation actually is. We sit here as full members with certain rights and certain obligations, there must be appropriate limitations on observer status and these should be defined not in a General Assembly Resolution but in the Commonwealth Treaty I therefore propose that we split the present resolution into two parts with the first part being:

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Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
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Resolution [XXXX]

Adopted by the [Security Council/General Assembly] on [Date]


The General Assembly,

Recognizing the past shortcomings of the CTO,

Determined to make the organisation accessible to all sovereign nations,

Willing to adapt to meet the needs of Mundus,

1. Establishes the membership classification of Observer nations

2. Amends the Commonwealth Treaty as follows to fulfill article one.

Current text:

Article 5

A Member of the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Security Council.

Article 6

A Member of the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organisation by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Proposed text:

Article 5

1. A nation may request admission to the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation as an observer member. The applicant nation must be a sovereign nation, determined by meeting the test outlined in article one of General Assembly Resolution #0004 that three members support the sovereign rights of the applicant nation. Admission of observer members shall be handled by a vote of the General Assembly.

2. Observer nations shall have the following rights and responsibilities
a) an observer nation must abide by the Commonwealth Treaty.
b) an observer nation may participate in debating sessions of the General Assembly but may not vote.
c) an observer nation may not participate in an article 22.5 session of the General Assembly[1] unless they are party to the dispute.
d) an observer nation may join in full any CTO subsidiary organisation.
e) an observer nation may appoint a judge to the International Court of Justice
f) a native citizen of an observer nation may not be Secretary General of the CTO.[2]

Article 6

1. A Member of the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Security Council.

2. A Member of the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organisation by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.


"As I've said I believe it important that we define in the treaty what an observer nation is and what rights and responsibilities they have. This gets us away from having to be very repetitive each time a nation requests observer status, it allows us to maintain a solid uniform standard for observer nations and as I've just said prevents repetition. We're then able to very simply bring the following should three nations in this room, and I can't believe we'd struggle, recognize Heyra's sovereignty"

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Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
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Resolution [XXXX]

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The General Assembly,

Recognizing the status of the Principality of Heyra as a sovereign nation,

Acknowledging the application of the Principality of Heyra for observer status:

1. Admits the Principality of Heyra to the CTO as an observer member.



"Now before anyone says bureaucracy can we please understand that the resolution as presented by the Secretary General asks us two questions, firstly it asks us to define observer nation status and then it asks us whether we wish Heyra to be admitted as an observer member. The point is that these are two very separate matters a nation may wish to say 'yes' to observer nation creation but 'no' or 'abstain' to Heyra's admission as such a member. Which is why this should be two separate resolutions, two separate votes."

[1] What would be a Security Council matter if we had one.
[2] i.e. a Heyran could not be Sec Gen.
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Tim looked down at the new proposal. "Legal wrangling has never been my strong suit" he began, "I 'm confident that the proposal from Achkaerin is a good move and therefore should no one else have any issues I would like to have members consider moving this towards a vote"

OOC- As it's been more than 72 hour should two people second this we're off to a vote.
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"Benelux-Helvetica seconds this resolution and wishes to push this forward for a vote..." Archduke Leopold von Waldensteyck-Grimaldi said.
Edited by Frank Underwood, 9th April 2017 - 07:45 PM.
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In terms of the vote on Heyra, if no one places an objection we will assume they have been admitted on 11/4/2017
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