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United Nations (UN)

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Last Updated RP: 4/8/2021
Last Updated IRL: 3/26/2021

United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
Ladinacem Andia - Permanent Member
Ktchenia - Permanent Member
Greater taggart - Permanent Member
Alaska hawaii and the aleutes - Member
The philippine enclaves - Member
Romoan - Member
Oceiania - Member

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
Alterriana - Member
Larger pennsylvania - Member
The United States of Azania - Member

United Nations Economic Council (UNEC)
Alaska hawaii and the aleutes - Member
Romoan - Member
Ladinacem Andia - Member
The United States of Azania - Member

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President:
Greater taggart
Shui Huang

Headquarters:
Seoul

Regional Offices:
Asia: Bangkok
Africa: Pretoria
Europe: Milan
North America: Chicago
South America: Buenos Aires
Pacific Islands: Noumea (Interim)

Number of Nations:
29

History

The United Nations started as a way to promote peace and unity amongst nations and provide diplomatic solutions to global and regional conflicts. Initially proposed by The Republic of Ladinacem Andia and Ktchenia in July of 2020, other world nations would jump to join. Voting quickly occurred which established the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Greater taggart soon volunteered to draft the Charter as they have had experience drafting other international Treaties.

Greater taggart began drafting the Charter in early August of the same year. In late August, the United Nations Charter was officially finalized for nations to sign and agree to its articles. In the first day of signings, 5 nations joined, with many more expected to join in the coming days and weeks.

In the month of September, the first official vote for the United Nations was conducted, the vote for president. Four candidates were nominated: Greater taggart, Antunio, The Republic of Ladinacem Andia, and The Semi-Federal Republic of The United States of Azania. After the election, Greater Taggart won with 60% of the votes, making them the first official president.

Following the election on president, the first headquarters in Seoul was announced with regional offices on every continent except Antarctica.

Articles

The formal articles are listed below and will apply to all signatories unless states otherwise. All members are required to read and agree to all of the below Articles and Sections mention herein. Any deviation from the Articles and the Sections within can lead to resolutions including, but not limited to, trade and economic sanctions, PEACE Enforcement, restrictions on voting, removal from any council, or expulsion from the United Nations General Assembly.

Article I: Organization

Section i: General Assembly (UNGA)
The General Assembly will be made up of all approved and legal nations who have signed the Charter and decide to abide by it's rules and regulations. As soon as any nation is approved, they are allowed to vote on any current or future resolutions, engage in debates, make proposals, and request aid from PEACE Enforcement or the UNHRC. The privileges previously listed can be repealed or suspended at the behest of a UNSC Super Majority vote or a simple majority of the UNGA. Furthermore, any nation can be ejected from the United Nations General Assembly following a Security Council unanimous vote and a super majority vote in the General Assembly. If any nation is ejected, an immediate proposition of condemnation is passed for a simple majority in the General Assembly.

Section ii: United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the legislative body charged with maintaining international peace and security, accepting or approving prospective member nations, and deciding any disciplinary actions to be passed to the General Assembly. Any nation attempting to introduce articles of condemnation to the General Assembly must first receive approval from the UNSC. More details will be discussed in Article II Section i and Article VI.

The UNSC will have the authority to deploy The Peace Enforcement and Compliance Entity (PEACE) Enforcers in any nation for any reason they see fit. PEACE is the enforcement arm of the United Nations Security Council and will be made up of personnel from any nation who would like to train them. The PEACE Enforcers (PE) will be used for peacekeeping, observation, and other purposes if the Security Council wishes. The PE will be made up of non-combatants and combatants alike. It is strictly prohibited by any nation to bar or refuse PE from entering their territory while receiving orders from the Security Council. Additionally, any land that the PE use will be voted on by the General Assembly. The United Nations is required to compensate and pay for any damages caused by PE. Any attack on the PE shall be met with fierce opposition and will warrant an automatic condemnation, strict sanctions on the attacking nation, and will be considered an Act of War on the nation of origin of the PE deployed at the time.

Section iii: United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
The United Nations Human Rights Council is the investigatory and regulatory branch of the United Nations. Members on this council are charged with setting the standards of Human Rights and the regulations and rules all nations must follow. Any deviation from these rules will be subject to appear before the Security Council and General Assembly for disciplinary action.

The Human Rights Council can also utilize the Human Rights Investigation Division (HRID). This is the group the HRC will use for any investigations on the conduct of Human Rights, both in war and peacetime. The HRID can also be members of The PEACE and can supplement investigatory activities. Additionally, the UNHRC can call for PEACE deployment, with a simple majority approval from the Security Council.

Section iv: United Nations Economic Council (UNEC)
This section will be added as per the First Amendment to the UN Charter, which grants the UNEC the power to manage United Nations funds, as well as control UN enforced tariffs, sanctions, blockades, trade restrictions, and all other economic policy decisions of the UN as a whole. Additionally grants the UNEC the power to send UN-sanctioned humanitarian and monetary aid to any country affected by an unsanctioned blockade or other unjustified military action. Additionally grants the UNEC to power to pass legislation making its own policy applying to any monetary issue they may encounter.

Section v: President of The United Nations (PUN)
The president will be voted in by a Simple Majority of the General Assembly. The role of the president is only to lead any discussion and close discussion on the floor of the General Assembly in order to push the vote forwards. They will serve a 1 year term.

Any and all nations can pass a vote of no confidence in order to remove the president. Any such vote much receive a Super Majority in the General Assembly.

Article II: Conduct of Nations
This article will detail the general conduct of nations and will distinguish an act of war versus an act of aggression, detail condemnations and commendations, but will not discuss conduct of nations during wartime, as that will be later discussed in Article III. This article is primarily to describe, explain, and regulate peacetime actions by any and all member states, and certain classifications of actions taken by any and all nations during peacetime.

Note that all of these rules will also apply to AI or NPC Nations.

Section i: Articles of Condemnation (AoC)
As per the UN and its charter, the definition of Condemnation is the action of expressing extreme disapproval, with the possibility to sentence someone to punishment or high criticism.

Any and all nations can be condemned for any reason seen fit by the Security Council and the General Assembly. The process is as followes:

1. Any nation can petition to the United Nations Security Council on the Articles of Condemnation. Nations petitioning to the UNSC are expected to have reasoning for the condemnation, typically in the form of Acts of Aggression from the nation in question. (Note: Acts of Aggression are not required, but highly recommended.)

2. After approval on the Article from the UNSC in the form of a simple majority, the nation in question has officially been condemned by the UNSC. However, this does not establish any sort of punishment, just the recognition of condemnation.

3. Following the passing of any Articles of Condemnation by the UNSC, the Article will automatically and immediately move for discussion in the General Assembly. Here, with a simple majority, the GA will pass any punishment for the UNSC to enact. In the event of a potential expulsion from the UN, the UNSC must unanimously agree, and the GA must approve in a super majority.
   

Any sort of punishment can come in the form of unenforced sanctions, enforced sanctions, approval of Acts of War, approval of Declaration of War, approval of blockades, removal of voting rights of the nation in question, removal of the right to discuss or propose resolutions, expulsion from the UN, or any action that the GA deems appropriate.

The nation in question will be prohibited from voting on the issue of condemnation.

Section ii: Recognition of Good Actions (RGA)
As defined by this charter, a Recognition of Good Actions (RGA) is simply an official approval by the GA in a simple majority of the nation in question. This will not affect anything in the GA, but simply recognize the good actions or deeds done by the nation in question. Anyone in the GA can propose RGA for a nation other than themselves.

Section iii: Acts of Aggression
Acts of Aggression are any action taken by any nation that another may define as an Act of Aggression. This could be any non-military actions like tariffs, embargoes, cancelled trade deals, or anything else. Acts of Aggression are only to be used as justification to the United Nations Security Council for Articles of Condemnation. Acts of Aggression are not valid justification for a declaration of war.

Section iv: Acts of War
Acts of War will be defined as any military or armed action taken by a nation that affects another nation's sovereignty, safety, economy, or influence. With an Act of War, the nation on the receiving end of the action has a justified reason for the Declaration of War. Acts of War are strictly prohibited unless approved by the Security Council or General Assembly. This exception could come in the form of Article of Condemnation Resolution, or any general approval from the UNSC or GA.

If a nation commits an unjust or unapproved Act of War, an immediate and automatic vote of Condemnation will enter both the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly.

Article III: Conduct of Nations During Times of War
The following is a list of rules and regulations regarding the Conduct of Nations During Wartime. This is not a comprehensive list, as all participants must oblige to United Nations Security Council and United Nations Human Rights Council directives. This list will be updated whenever possible.

• No nation will be permitted to use chemical, biological, or radiological weapons against any other nation

• No nation will be permitted to commit acts of violence, both physical or mental against any non-combatants, including but not limited to; first aid workers, civilians, prisoners of war, observers and journalists, PEACE Enforcement, or any other non-militant combatant, or militant individuals who have laid down arms and have no way to reasonably defend themselves

• No nation will be permitted to purposely or intentionally harm, damage, deface, or vandalize any historically, ethnically, or culturally significant landmarks. This will be regulated and investigated by the UNHRC

• No nation will be permitted to purposely or intentionally harm, damage, deface, or vandalize any civilian landmarks, those that do not hold any military significance. This will be regulated and investigated by the UNSC

• All nations are required to treat Prisoners of War (POW's) as they would treat prisoners in their own nations, and are required to follow UNHRC rules on the treatment of humans

Article IV: Maritime Law

This article will be a brief description on the usage of Maritime Law for the United Nations.

Section i: Territorial Waters (TW)
The UN recognizes territorial waters of a nations coast to extend 30 km out from the coast. In the event of any overlapping, the average will be taken. Nations are prohibited from baring or blockading any non-militant ship from traveling through territorial waters during peacetime, unless allowed by the GA or UNSC. However, in accordance with the coastal nation, ships can be seized and searched. Any ship breaking the legal laws of the coastal nation can be sent back with their possessions to their nation of origin. The same does not apply for military ships. Any and all military ships can be barred or stopped from entering territorial waters by the coast nation. Any nation that defies the orders of the coastal nations to retreat its military naval vessels in an orderly fashion will be seen as either an Act of Aggression or an Act of War, to the coastal nations discretion.

In the event of a coastal nation's refusal to allow military, escort ships, the security of any and all civilian vessels is the sole responsibility of the coastal nation.

Section ii: International Waters (IW)
International Waters will consist of all other ocean or waters not categorized as Territorial Waters (TW). It is prohibited, unless otherwise stated by the UNSC or GA, for any nation to bar, seize and searched, otherwise inhibit free travel through international waters from another nation. Nations are only allowed to seize and search ships from that nation of origin in International Waters.

Article V: Aviation Law

This section will regard Aviation Laws that will dictate movement of aircraft.

Section i: Territorial Airspace(TA)
The UN will define Territorial Airspace as anything directly above a nation. This TA will extend to 5km past any borders and 50 km in elevation. In the event of overlapping Airspace, the average will be taken.

Nations may require approval for any military aircraft, armed or unarmed in order to fly within its Territorial Airspace. However, military action is only allowed once there is a significant threat of attack, or the pilot repeatedly refuses to leave the TA in a timely manner. In the event of such a refusal, the home nation can either view this as an Act of Aggression, or an Act of War. It is forbidden for any nation to restrict or harm any unarmed, civilian, or commercial flights passing over a nations TA. Nations can regulate or prohibit any non-emergency landings of any aircraft.

Section ii: International Airspace(IA)
No nation will be allowed to regulate International Airspace, unless otherwise stated by the UNSC or UNGA. During times of peace, no military aircraft will be allowed to legally be attacked or otherwise harmed, unless otherwise stated by the UNSC or UNGA.

Article VI: Voting

In this section, this document will discuss various voting rules within the United Nations.

First, a few definitions:

• Unanimous Vote: A Unanimous Vote is when all nations agree to any measure. An abstained vote does not count as a formal disapproval.

• Super Majority: A Super Majority is when two-thirds, (2/3 or 66%) of either the UNSC or UNGA approve of any measure. An abstained vote does not count as a formal disapproval.

• Simple Majority: A Simple Majority is when one-half (1/2 or 50%) of either the UNSC of UNGA approve of any measure. An abstained vote does not count as a formal disapproval.

• Abstained Vote: An Abstained Vote is either when a nation wishes to not form an opinion, wishes to not vote, or is absent from the vote. This vote will be considered null and will not count towards either an approval of disapproval.
  

Section i: General Assembly Voting
In the GA, when a vote is opened up, every nation will be able to cast one (1) vote. This can either be in the form of an approval, a disapproval, or an abstained vote. All nations are expected to vote within 2 IRL day or 8 RP days, otherwise their vote will be considered abstained. A nation is allowed to vote ahead of the official vote count if they are expected to be absent during the vote. Their vote will only be valid as long as there are no changes to the Resolution in question.

The following is a list of what kind of vote is required:

• Any Resolution: Simple Majority

• Recognition of Good Actions (RGA): Simple Majority

• Presidential Vote: Simple Majority

• Vote of No Confidence (President or Council Member): Super Majority

• Amendments: Super Majority

• Permission of Preemptive War Without Acts of War Being Committed: Super Majority from the UNGA or UNSC

• Articles of Condemnation: Super Majority and Simple Majority approval from the UNSC

• Any Punishments: Simple Majority and Simple Majority approval from the UNSC

• Expulsion from the General Assembly: Super Majority and Unanimous approval from the UNSC

Section ii: Council Voting
Any and all Members of a Council, during a vote, will receive one (1) vote. This can either be in the form of an approval, a disapproval, or an abstained vote. All nations are expected to vote within 1 IRL day or 4 RP days, otherwise their vote will be considered abstained. A nation is allowed to vote ahead of the official vote count if they are expected to be absent during the vote. Their vote will only be valid as long as there are no changes to the Resolution in question.

The following is a list of what kind of vote is required:

• PEACE Enforcement Deployment: Simple Majority from UNSC

• Human Rights Investigation Division (HRID): Simple Majority from UNHRC

• Articles of Condemnation: Simple Majority from the UNSC and Simple Majority approval from the UNGA

• Any Punishments Regarding Disciplinary Action in the General Assembly: Super Majority from the UNSC and Simple Majority approval from the UNGA

• Permission of Preemptive War Without Acts of War Being Committed: Super Majority from the UNGA or UNSC

• Expulsion from the General Assembly: Unanimous Approval from the UNSC and Super Majority approval from the UNGA
  

Amendments

Resolutions

Past and Current AC/RGA

Signatories

Notes

Neutral swiss confederacy is an observer state. They will get no vote but can pass resolutions during open sessions.

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