TWTUD: United Nations (Singapore)

United Nations Constitution

Preamble

Article 1. The United Nations is designed to serve as a location from which the nations of the world can bring up issues of concern, and mediate disputes and/or conflicts across the world.

Article 2. The structure of the United Nations is divided into four sections: the General Assembly, the Leadership Council, the International Police Force, and the UN Domestic Services Group.

Section One: United Nations General Assembly

Article 1. The main purpose of the General Assembly is as a place for the nations of the world to openly discuss and negotiate their disputes before resorting to violent conflict, and to vote on the various resolutions which affect the security and safety of the world.

Article 2. The United Nations General Assembly simply consists of the Representatives from all legitimate governments that express a desire to be part of the United Nations.

Article 3. For the purposes of the United Nations, a legitimate government is any nation that has its sovereignty recognized by 2/3 of the General Assembly and has maintained a stable territorial claim for a minimal period of three years.

Article 4. Resolutions can be proposed by any member nation of the General Assembly, and these can vary in size and content.

Article 5. If a resolution receives a simple majority of “ayes” within the General Assembly, the resolution would then pass onto the Leadership Council for a final vote.

Article 6. The General Assembly has the power to vote in four of the nine seats on the Leadership Council. This vote will be held one every ten years.

Section Two: United Nations Leadership Council

Article 1. The United Nations Leadership Council consists of 9 nations.

Article 2. There are five permanent seats and four rotating seats on the Leadership Council.

Article 3. The five permanent seats are held by the five most powerful nations in the world. This assessment will be made by an independent and neutral committee, and will be conducted every 10 years.

Article 4. The four rotating seats are elected by the General Assembly for a term of ten years, with renewed elections every ten years.

Article 5. If the committees cannot reach a consensus on any permanent seat, it will be put to vote between the three most eligible nations.

Article 6. Should any seat become empty, due to a nation leaving the United Nations or ceasing to exist, the appropriate measures will be taken to put a nation in the seat to serve the remainder of the term.

Article 7. Members of the Leadership Council cannot vote in the election of another nation to the Council.

Article 8. All members of the Leadership Council possess a half-veto. It takes two members of the Council to end a Resolution.

Article 9. Resolutions which arrive from the General Assembly must be passed by the Leadership Council before they can be enacted. A full veto can stop a resolution in its path.

Article 10. If a decision by the International Court is appealed, the Leadership Council acts as a supreme judicial body.

Article 11. Should a member of the Leadership Council be demonstrating that it is not assisting the United Nations, a member of the Council can call for a vote of no confidence in that nation. This vote must be approved unanimously by the Council for a new election to determine a replacement. The nation which is being called out cannot participate in this vote.

Section Three: United Nations Judicial System

Article 1. The United Nations Judicial System is divided into three divisions: the International Police, the International Court, and the Investigations Department.

Article 2. The International Police are the military forces of the United Nations. These forces are trained to protect United Nations personnel in their duties among the world at large. While there are some air forces and armored vehicles, these elements are small to insignificant.

Article 3. The maximum size limit of the International Police are two full divisions.

Article 4. The International Police can never be sent to invade a nation, though elements of the IPF can be used to assist a multi-national task force, if a resolution is passed by the Leadership Council. These circumstances would be handled on a case by case basis.

Article 5. International Court will be established to try individuals on crimes against humanity. These cases will be selected by the United Nations General Assembly, and if the Court is unable to pass a verdict, the case will pass on to the Leadership Council to be treated as a normal resolution. (Case will be handled completely NPC unless it is highly controversial)

Article 6. The United Nations Investigation Division is what is used when the UN needs more information on a certain subject or incident. They must request permission to instigate investigations. All investigation teams must be international and members will be cleared for bias on behalf of corruption or national allegiance.

Section 4: United Nations Domestic Services Group

Article 1. The United Nations domestic services are the various translators, embassy staff, janitors, cooks, and pretty much every not covered by the other three sections.

Article 2. All members will be paid fairly by wages which compete fairly with other jobs within the Republic of Singapore.

List of Member Nations



48 Member States
25 "Aye" Votes to pass a Resolution through the General Assembly

Leadership Council (1955-1960)

United States of America
Dar-al-Islam
Nippon
Italy
Germany
Poland
Guangxi
Consolidated States of Afrika
Union of Commonwealth States

Resolutions Before the General Assembly

Resolution 1-60

Aye: 9
Nay: 11
Abstain: 12

Resolutions Before the Leadership Council

Resolutions In Effect

Resolution 1-52


Resolution 6-56

Confirmed changes to the Draft:
Section One, Article three: to be removed, and replaced by the membership requirements of the Old Council of nations, as detailed in this post. Reason: better written, and more clearly put forward then the current terms.

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ACTIVE RESOLUTIONS:


5-45:

6-45:

7-45:


3-45:


Resolution 9-45:

Failed resolutions: failed resolutions will be kept on active record for a period of five years for reference.
1-45:

2-45:

4-45:

8-45:

1-46:

Ya'll may now post.

TerrisH said:

Reasoning behind the LC setup is similar to the reasoning behind the Real life UN’s Security councils permanent membership. While an elected LC would be simpler and reflect the popularity in the world, it can, and will lead to a discrepancy in the LC from the Real life Power balance. Without a guarantee that the most powerful nations being granted a seat permanently on the LC(or at least permanent as long as they remain powerful) insures that they have a say in matters and benefiting their status. Otherwise, a powerful, but disliked nation could not be on the LC, a situation which could lead to world war, and/or the dissolution of the UN.

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The general consensus in the old thread, at least to my understanding, was that it would be the 7 most powerful nations would be elected to the Leadership Council every 10 year and that each would receive 1/2 a veto, so that it would take 2 nations to veto an action/resolution. The whole Primary/Secondary seat thing is confusing, as is the vetoes system in the charter

EDIT: I'm going to add my complaints/ requests here as I read the revised charter

1. We need to vote on the membership issue. I think Nippon's proposition to use the old CoN standards is best.

West African Union hereby announces its wish to be on the leadership council, secondary seats.

Wait for the moment luckymoose, that whole issue is in debate I believe.

If we have the 7 most powerful nations being the leadership council we have the same flaw as the real UN.

It would be revised every 10 years

TheLastJacobite said:

It would be revised every 10 years

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In ten years they might have already reshaped the world for the worse.

To support TLJ, there are more small powers than large powers, and it would be possible to halt resolutions in the General Assembly before the larger powers could enact it.

Eire signing in.

It's called the Leadership Council for a reason. It should be populated by the world's leaders, not every little nation on Earth; that's what the General Assembly is for. If a resolution is passed by the General Assembly and it is not inflammatory, ridiculous, etc, then the Leadership Council has no reason to not pass it and will then make sure that it is enforced.

Just to clarify things, when we have a full consensus on a draft, we'll start this thing running. The next update will be Thursday, so let's try to get it up by then.

One other thing not addressed in the constitution. I'd reccommend a "civil war clause" disqualifying nation with extreme instability from sending more than one representative to the UN.

EQandcivfanatic said:

Just to clarify things, when we have a full consensus on a draft, we'll start this thing running. The next update will be Thursday, so let's try to get it up by then.

One other thing not addressed in the constitution. I'd reccommend a "civil war clause" disqualifying nation with extreme instability from sending more than one representative to the UN.

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That's covered in the old CoN qualifications, which is why we think it should be implemented.

Germany considers the current application worthy and grants it Germany's full approval.

Crezth said:

Germany considers the current application worthy and grants it Germany's full approval.

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You realize that under the current application process, Nazi Germany could ask to join the UN? Under the old CoN plan it could not.

I support the consensus Leadership Council over the one in the draft. Any nation can run for the position, but 7 will be elected. If you think you can make it, lucky, the WAU could run.

As for the International Court, I think the Leadership Council should serve as it, with a simple majority required to convict(much like America's Supreme Court). In order for a case to be brought before the Council, the members must look at it and decide whether it is worth reviewing.

I also support the Nippon membership proposals.

I also think that there should be an article about Peacemakers/Peacekeeping. Perhaps the things we had previously agreed on? And the fact that the UN governs the island of Singapore should be made more clear

hmm. hmm I can see where your going TLJ.

the Nations to be elected would be the 7 most powerful, perhaps chosen from the 10 most powerful and influential nations. though if this dose go into effect, I would suggest a Quicker Cycle of elections, every 5-6 years instead of 10, so quick shifts could be accounted for.