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[center][i][b]"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."[/b][/i]
-John F. Kennedy

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[b]Charter of the Global United Nations[/b]
[spoiler][color="#FF0000"][b]Preamble[/b][/color]

[b]WE THE PEOPLES OF THE GLOBAL UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED[/b]
• to regain faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
• to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
• to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

[b]AND FOR THESE ENDS[/b]

• to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and
• to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and
• to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,

[b]HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS[/b]

Accordingly, have agreed to the present Charter of the Global United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the Global United Nations.

[size="4"][color="#F5DEB3"][b]CHAPTER I: PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES[/b][/color][/size]

[b]Article 1[/b]

The Purposes of the Global United Nations are:

1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;

2. To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and

3. To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

[b]Article 2[/b]

The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles.

1. The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.

2. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter.

3. All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the Global United Nations.

4. All Members shall give the Global United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the Global United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.


[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER II: MEMBERSHIP[/b][/size][/color]

[b]Article 3[/b]

The original Members of the Global United Nations shall be the nations which sign the present Charter and ratify it in accordance with Article 44.

[b]Article 4[/b]

1. Membership in the Global United Nations is open to all other nations which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.

2. The admission of any such state to membership in the Global United Nations will be effected by a decision of the Security Council.

[b]Article 5[/b]

A Member of the Global United Nations 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 Secretary-General upon the recommendation of the Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Security Council.

[b]Article 6[/b]

A Member of the Global United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the Secretary-General upon the recommendation of the Security Council.


[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER III: ORGANS[/b][/size][/color]

[b]Article 7[/b]

1. There are established as principal organs of the Global United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economics and Social Council, an International Court of Justice and a Secretariat.

2. Such subsidiary organs as may be found necessary may be established in accordance with the present Charter.

[b]Article 8[/b]

The Global United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs.


[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER IV: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY[/b][/size][/color]

[u]COMPOSITION[/u]

[b]Article 9[/b]

The General Assembly shall consist of all Members of the Global United Nations.

[u]FUNCTIONS and POWERS[/u]

[b]Article 10[/b]

The General Assembly may discuss any questions or any matters within the scope of the present Charter or relating to the powers and functions of any organs provided for in the present Charter, and, except as provided in Article 12, may make recommendations to the Members of the Global United Nations or to the Security Council or to both on any such questions or matters.

[b]Article 11[/b]

1. The General Assembly may discuss any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by any Member of the Global United Nations, or by the Security Council, or by a state which is not a Member of the United Nations in accordance with Article 13 and, except as provided in Article 12, may make recommendations with regard to any such questions to the state or states concerned or to the Security Council or to both. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the Security Council by the General Assembly either before or after discussion.

2. The General Assembly may call the attention of the Security Council to situations which are likely to endanger international peace and security.

3. The powers of the General Assembly set forth in this Article shall not limit the general scope of Article 10.

[b]Article 12[/b]

1. While the Security Council is exercising in respect of any dispute or situation the functions assigned to it in the present Charter, the General Assembly shall not make any recommendation with regard to that dispute or situation unless the Security Council so requests.

2. The Secretary-General, with the consent of the Security Council, shall notify the General Assembly of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Security Council and immediately when the Security Council ceases to deal with such matters.

[b]Article 13[/b]

Subject to the provisions of Article 12, the General Assembly may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation, regardless of origin, which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of the present Charter setting forth the Purposes and Principles of the Global United Nations.

[u]VOTING[/u]

[b]Article 14[/b]

1. Each member of the General Assembly shall have one vote.

2. Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.

[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]
CHAPTER V: THE SECURITY COUNCIL[/b][/size][/color]

[u]COMPOSITION[/u]

[b]Article 15[/b]

The Security Council shall consist of three Members of the Global United Nations, to include two Senators and the Minister of Defense.

[u]FUNCTIONS and POWERS[/u]

[b]Article 16[/b]

1. In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the Global United Nations, its Members confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf.

2. In discharging these duties the Security Council shall act in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the Global United Nations. The specific powers granted to the Security Council for the discharge of these duties are laid down in Chapter VI.

[b]Article 17[/b]

The Members of the Global United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with the present Charter.

[u]VOTING[/u]

[b]Article 18[/b]

1. Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote.

2. Decisions of the Security Council on all matters shall be made by a two-thirds majority vote.

3. In the event that a member of the Security Council is not present to vote for a period of 24 hours, the Secretary-General will hold the final authority for the vote at hand.

[u]PROCEDURE[/u]

[b]Article 19[/b]

1. The Security Council shall be so organized as to be able to function continuously. Each member of the Security Council shall for this purpose be represented at all times at the seat of the Organization.

2. The Security Council will be elected by a two-thirds majority of the voting Members of the Global United Nations, and serve a 3 month term congruent with the Secretary-General.

[b]Article 20[/b]

The Security Council may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.

[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER VI: ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO THE PEACE, BREACHES OF THE PEACE, AND ACTS OF AGGRESSION[/b][/size][/color]

[b]Article 21[/b]

The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 22-24, to maintain or restore international peace and security.

[b]Article 22[/b]

In order to prevent an aggravation of the situation, the Security Council may, before making the recommendations or deciding upon the measures provided for in Article 23, call upon the parties concerned to comply with such provisional measures as it deems necessary or desirable. Such provisional measures shall be without prejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the parties concerned. The Security Council shall duly take account of failure to comply with such provisional measures.

[b]Article 23[/b]

The Security Council may decide what measures not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decisions, and it may call upon the Members of the Global United Nations to apply such measures. These may include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of other means of communication, and the severance of diplomatic relations.

[b]Article 24[/b]

Should the Security Council consider that measures provided for in Article 23 would be inadequate or have proved to be inadequate, it may take such action by air, sea, or land forces as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security.

[b]Article 25[/b]

All Members of the Global United Nations, in order to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security, undertake to make available to the Security Council, on its call, armed forces, assistance, and facilities, necessary for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security.

[b]Article 26[/b]

Plans for the application of armed force shall be made by the Security Council with the assistance of the Minister of Defense.

[b]Article 27[/b]

The action required to carry out the decisions of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security shall be taken by all the Members of the Global United Nations or by some of them, as the Security Council may determine.

[b]Article 28[/b]

Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the Global United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security. Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self-defense shall be immediately reported to the Security Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security.

[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER VII: THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL[/b][/size][/color]

[u]COMPOSITION[/u]

[b]Article 29[/b]

1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of three Ministers appointed by the Secretary-General, and confirmed by the Security Council.

2. The Ministers are charged with leading the Divisions of Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, and Economics and Trade.

[u]FUNCTIONS and POWERS[/u]

[b]Article 30[/b]

The Economic and Social Council may furnish information to the Security Council and shall assist the Security Council upon its request.

[u]VOTING[/u]

[b]Article 31[/b]

1. Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote.

[u]PROCEDURE[/u]

[b]Article 32[/b]

1. Each Minister’s term is effective from the date of the confirmation of the Secretary-General’s selections until the end of the current Secretary-General’s term.

2. Ministers may be re-appointed by the Secretary-General in the next term.

[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER VIII: THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE [/b][/size][/color]

[b]Article 33[/b]

The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the Global United Nations. It shall function in accordance with the annexed Statute, which is based upon the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and forms an integral part of the present Charter.

[b]Article 34[/b]

1. All Members of the Global United Nations are [i]ipso facto[/i] parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

2. A state which is not a Member of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on conditions to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

[b]Article 35[/b]

1. Each Member of the Global United Nations undertakes to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party.

2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, the other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may, if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

[b]Article 36[/b]

Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent Members of the Global United Nations from entrusting the solution of their differences to other tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence or which may be concluded in the future.

[b]Article 37[/b]

1. The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question.

2. Other organs of the Global United Nations may also request advisory opinions of the Court on legal questions arising within the scope of their activities.

[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER IX: THE SECRETARIAT[/b][/size][/color]

[b]Article 38[/b]

The Secretariat shall comprise of a Secretary-General. The Secretary-General shall be elected by the General Assembly for a term of 3 months. He shall be the chief administrative officer of the Organization.

[b]Article 39[/b]

The Secretary-General shall act in that capacity in all meetings of the General Assembly, of the Security Council, of the Economic and Social Council, and shall perform such other functions as are entrusted to him by these organs. The Secretary-General shall make a quarterly report to the General Assembly on the work of the Organization.

[b]Article 40[/b]

The Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.

[b]Article 41[/b]

1. In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the Organization. He shall refrain from any action which might reflect on his position as international officials responsible only to the Organization.

2. Each Member of the Global United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and not to seek to influence him in the discharge of their responsibilities.

[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER X: AMENDMENTS [/b][/size][/color]

[b]Article 42[/b]

Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the Global United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the voting members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the Global United Nations.

[b]Article 43[/b]

1. Any alteration of the present Charter shall take effect when ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the voting Members of the Global United Nations.

[color="#F5DEB3"][size="4"][b]CHAPTER XI: RATIFICATION AND SIGNATURE [/b][/size][/color]

[b]Article 44[/b]

1. The present Charter shall be ratified by the signatory states in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.

2. The present Charter shall come into force upon the signatures of each signatory state.

3. The states signatory to the present Charter which ratify it after it has come into force will become original Members of the Global United Nations on the date of their respective ratifications.

IN FAITH WHEREOF the representatives of the Global United Nations have signed the present Charter. DONE the second day of April, two thousand and eleven.

Signed,

Mason
Semperfidelist
titodafarmer
Gamma Emeritus
Shadix
codycool55
overlordmaniac[/spoiler]

GUN offers you an opportunity to be more than just a number. We are currently a small community, having formed on April 2nd, 2011. Protected by our brothers in the World Federation, GUN provides a safe haven to grow your nation in peace, while always preparing for war. We are a semi-military themed alliance and our merit ribbons for achievements are military styled decorations. Our defensive ranks reflect this as well, along with our nod to the Call of Duty series.

[u][b]Government[/b][/u]

The Secretary-General and the Security Council are elected every 3 months. The Ministers are appointed by the Sec-Gen with a confirmation by the SC. For you, this means you decide who you trust to lead you, and it means you can achieve the position of greatest power and responsibility if you so desire it.

[u][b]Academy[/b][/u]

GUN also offers an optional academy. It's not required for membership, but the guides are well written, divided into four classifications; Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert, and Distinguished Expert. Completion of the exam for the first section entitles you to your training merit ribbon, and a star attachment for each additional section completed.

[center][i]Distinguished Expert Ribbon[/i]
[img]http://i60.servimg.com/u/f60/15/80/18/24/traini12.png[/img][/center]

[u][b]Stand Down[/b][/u]

When things are quiet on Planet Bob, our GUNners still need places to relax and chat with each other. The Armory provides a "Meet and Greet" forum for getting to know other GUNners and diplomats. Talk about events outside of CN at the "Water Cooler", pimp your profile with custom graphics from the "Graphics/Art" department, join in console or pc gaming discussions in the "Gaming" forum, and start up or join in an open or closed RP in the "Role Play" forum.


[center][i][b]"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing."[/b][/i]
-Edmund Burke[/center]


The Global United Nations needs YOU! Visit our [url="http://globalunitednations.com/"]forums[/url] and sign up today.

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Thanks go out to everyone who has been supporting GUN. We've seen some old friends recently that we didn't think were around anymore and it was good to catch up! Things are looking great and we're still recruiting!

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