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The Charter of the World Forum of 2017 is the foundational treaty of the World Forum | The '''Charter of the World Forum''' of 2017 is the foundational treaty of the [[World Forum (Pacifica)|World Forum]]. | ||
The Charter was discussed in detail during the Grovne Conference | The Charter was discussed in detail during the [[World Forum (Pacifica)#The Grovne Conference|Grovne Conference]] and opened for signature on 19 March 2017. It was signed at the Tillava Old Factory in [[Grovne (Pacifica)|Grovne]], [[Sedunn (Pacifica)|Sedunn]] by the original 10 founding states. Since then additional 288 countries have ratified the Charter. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
The Charter consists of a preamble and a series of articles. | |||
The preamble consists of two principal parts. The first part contains a general call for the maintenance of peace and international security, environmental protection, respect for human rights and social and mutually beneficial economic development of the world. The second part is a declaration in a contractual style that the governments of the peoples of the World Forum have agreed to the Charter. | |||
*''Article I'' sets forth the purposes and responsibilities of the World Forum, including the important provisions of the maintenance of international peace, order, and stability. | |||
*''Article II'' describes the functions of the World Forum. | |||
*''Article III'' defines the criteria for membership in the World Forum. | |||
*''Article IV'' provides for amendments of the Charter. | |||
*''Article V'' provides for ratification of the Charter. | |||
== Charter Provisions == | == Charter Provisions == | ||
In this chapter of the article, you find the full text of the Charter of the World Forum as of 19 March 2017. | |||
<!--=== Preamble === (please add, when written)--> | |||
=== Article I - The Mandate === | |||
==== Section A - Purpose ==== | |||
# The purpose of the World Forum shall be to maintain peace, order, and stability in the world. The member states of the World Forum shall take collective action to ensure that all threats to the peace, order, or stability among them are suppressed. | |||
# The purpose of the World Forum shall be to facilitate the development of cordial relations amongst the the nations of the world. | |||
# The purpose of the World Forum shall be to create an era of peace and prosperity for all states to be able to foster social, economic, and environmental development. | |||
==== Section B - Responsibilities ==== | |||
# The World Forum shall serve as a framework, facilitating multilateral discussion and agreements aiming for adopting broad consensus-based suggestions for national legislation. | |||
# The World Forum shall serve as a channel for consolidating our separate resources in times of great need. | |||
# The World Forum shall monitor the fulfilment of adopted agreements and suggest new issues to be brought up before the assembled nations. | |||
# The World Forum shall provide an international arbitrary court to settle national and international disputes that are voluntarily submitted, and to help the Forum, should the need for arbitration arise. | |||
=== Article II - The Functions === | |||
==== Section A - The Assembly ==== | |||
# The World Forum shall have an organ—the Assembly—which shall serve as a forum of discussion and adopt policy recommendations for member states of the World Forum. | |||
# Each member state of the World Forum shall hold one seat in the Assembly, giving equal representation to all member states. | |||
# The member states shall respectively decide who shall represent them at the Assembly. | |||
# The Assembly shall be able to appoint officers by a simple majority vote. | |||
# Observers may speak at Assembly meetings, but shall not have a vote. | |||
==== Section B - The Committees ==== | |||
# The World Forum shall have expert committees reporting directly to the Assembly. These committees shall monitor the fulfilment of adopted agreements and suggest issues for discussion in the Assembly. | |||
# By a simple majority vote in the Assembly, committees may be formed, merged, separated, or dissolved. The rules for committee membership shall be determined by the Assembly. | |||
# The officers of each committee shall be decided by a simple majority vote in the respective committees. | |||
# Observers may speak at committee meetings, but shall not have a vote. | |||
==== Section C - The Court ==== | |||
# The World Forum shall have a court—the International Court—which shall settle national and international disputes that are voluntarily submitted and to help the Forum, should the need for arbitration arise. | |||
# If a party fails to comply with a decision of the International Court, the other party or parties may have recourse to the Assembly, where a recommendation may be made. | |||
# The Assembly, through a simple majority vote, shall appoint Justices, the amount of which shall be also be specified by the Assembly. | |||
# The Assembly shall also determine the length of time that a Justice shall serve. | |||
=== Article III - Membership === | |||
==== Section A - Accession ==== | |||
# The founding member states of the World Forum shall be those who participated in the conference in Grovne and had ratified this Charter. | |||
# All future member states of the World Forum shall be those who ratify this Charter and are approved by a two-thirds majority of current member states in the Assembly. | |||
# States and non-state entities shall be able to have observer status by means of a simple majority vote in the Assembly. | |||
==== Section B - Suspension ==== | |||
# Should a member state be in violation of the tenets of this Charter, a member state may make a motion in the Assembly to suspend said state, depriving the state of all of its membership privileges. | |||
# A member state shall only be suspended if a two-thirds majority of member states in the Assembly vote in favour of such. | |||
# There shall be a second vote to determine the length of such suspension, which can only pass with two-thirds majority approval from the member states. The Assembly may specify a length or suspend indefinitely until a two-thirds majority vote to lift the suspension. | |||
# The member state in question shall not be able to participate in the process nor be able to vote on the matter of expulsion unless called upon to do so by two-thirds of the Assembly. The member state in question shall not be able to participate in the process and vote in the second vote. | |||
==== Section C - Expulsion ==== | |||
# A member state may be expelled from the World Forum if it has persistently violated the purposes of this Forum as explained in this Charter. | |||
# A member state shall only be expelled if a two-thirds majority of member states in the Assembly vote in favour of such. | |||
# The member state in question shall not be able to participate in the process nor be able to vote on the matter of expulsion unless called upon to do so by two-thirds of the Assembly. | |||
==== Section D - Termination ==== | |||
When a member state deems it necessary, it shall submit a notice of its intent to terminate its membership in the World Forum. Fourteen days after such notice was submitted, the member state shall be able to terminate its membership in the World Forum. | |||
=== Article IV - Amendments === | |||
Amendments to the Charter of the World Forum shall be made after it is adopted by a two-thirds majority in the Assembly and ratified by two-thirds of the member states. | |||
=== Article V - Ratification === | |||
The Charter shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional procedures of the signatory states. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sjhOHcxsHg565ml19WUv2OITquwwiKOo6Kdt4uuwu5o/edit Charter] of the World Forum | *[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sjhOHcxsHg565ml19WUv2OITquwwiKOo6Kdt4uuwu5o/edit Charter] of the World Forum | ||
Latest revision as of 18:09, 28 November 2021
| File:First page of the WF Charter.png First page of the Charter | |
| Drafted | March 2017 |
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| Signed | 19 March 2017 |
| Location | Grovne, Sedunn |
The Charter of the World Forum of 2017 is the foundational treaty of the World Forum.
The Charter was discussed in detail during the Grovne Conference and opened for signature on 19 March 2017. It was signed at the Tillava Old Factory in Grovne, Sedunn by the original 10 founding states. Since then additional 288 countries have ratified the Charter.
Summary
The Charter consists of a preamble and a series of articles.
The preamble consists of two principal parts. The first part contains a general call for the maintenance of peace and international security, environmental protection, respect for human rights and social and mutually beneficial economic development of the world. The second part is a declaration in a contractual style that the governments of the peoples of the World Forum have agreed to the Charter.
- Article I sets forth the purposes and responsibilities of the World Forum, including the important provisions of the maintenance of international peace, order, and stability.
- Article II describes the functions of the World Forum.
- Article III defines the criteria for membership in the World Forum.
- Article IV provides for amendments of the Charter.
- Article V provides for ratification of the Charter.
Charter Provisions
In this chapter of the article, you find the full text of the Charter of the World Forum as of 19 March 2017.
Article I - The Mandate
Section A - Purpose
- The purpose of the World Forum shall be to maintain peace, order, and stability in the world. The member states of the World Forum shall take collective action to ensure that all threats to the peace, order, or stability among them are suppressed.
- The purpose of the World Forum shall be to facilitate the development of cordial relations amongst the the nations of the world.
- The purpose of the World Forum shall be to create an era of peace and prosperity for all states to be able to foster social, economic, and environmental development.
Section B - Responsibilities
- The World Forum shall serve as a framework, facilitating multilateral discussion and agreements aiming for adopting broad consensus-based suggestions for national legislation.
- The World Forum shall serve as a channel for consolidating our separate resources in times of great need.
- The World Forum shall monitor the fulfilment of adopted agreements and suggest new issues to be brought up before the assembled nations.
- The World Forum shall provide an international arbitrary court to settle national and international disputes that are voluntarily submitted, and to help the Forum, should the need for arbitration arise.
Article II - The Functions
Section A - The Assembly
- The World Forum shall have an organ—the Assembly—which shall serve as a forum of discussion and adopt policy recommendations for member states of the World Forum.
- Each member state of the World Forum shall hold one seat in the Assembly, giving equal representation to all member states.
- The member states shall respectively decide who shall represent them at the Assembly.
- The Assembly shall be able to appoint officers by a simple majority vote.
- Observers may speak at Assembly meetings, but shall not have a vote.
Section B - The Committees
- The World Forum shall have expert committees reporting directly to the Assembly. These committees shall monitor the fulfilment of adopted agreements and suggest issues for discussion in the Assembly.
- By a simple majority vote in the Assembly, committees may be formed, merged, separated, or dissolved. The rules for committee membership shall be determined by the Assembly.
- The officers of each committee shall be decided by a simple majority vote in the respective committees.
- Observers may speak at committee meetings, but shall not have a vote.
Section C - The Court
- The World Forum shall have a court—the International Court—which shall settle national and international disputes that are voluntarily submitted and to help the Forum, should the need for arbitration arise.
- If a party fails to comply with a decision of the International Court, the other party or parties may have recourse to the Assembly, where a recommendation may be made.
- The Assembly, through a simple majority vote, shall appoint Justices, the amount of which shall be also be specified by the Assembly.
- The Assembly shall also determine the length of time that a Justice shall serve.
Article III - Membership
Section A - Accession
- The founding member states of the World Forum shall be those who participated in the conference in Grovne and had ratified this Charter.
- All future member states of the World Forum shall be those who ratify this Charter and are approved by a two-thirds majority of current member states in the Assembly.
- States and non-state entities shall be able to have observer status by means of a simple majority vote in the Assembly.
Section B - Suspension
- Should a member state be in violation of the tenets of this Charter, a member state may make a motion in the Assembly to suspend said state, depriving the state of all of its membership privileges.
- A member state shall only be suspended if a two-thirds majority of member states in the Assembly vote in favour of such.
- There shall be a second vote to determine the length of such suspension, which can only pass with two-thirds majority approval from the member states. The Assembly may specify a length or suspend indefinitely until a two-thirds majority vote to lift the suspension.
- The member state in question shall not be able to participate in the process nor be able to vote on the matter of expulsion unless called upon to do so by two-thirds of the Assembly. The member state in question shall not be able to participate in the process and vote in the second vote.
Section C - Expulsion
- A member state may be expelled from the World Forum if it has persistently violated the purposes of this Forum as explained in this Charter.
- A member state shall only be expelled if a two-thirds majority of member states in the Assembly vote in favour of such.
- The member state in question shall not be able to participate in the process nor be able to vote on the matter of expulsion unless called upon to do so by two-thirds of the Assembly.
Section D - Termination
When a member state deems it necessary, it shall submit a notice of its intent to terminate its membership in the World Forum. Fourteen days after such notice was submitted, the member state shall be able to terminate its membership in the World Forum.
Article IV - Amendments
Amendments to the Charter of the World Forum shall be made after it is adopted by a two-thirds majority in the Assembly and ratified by two-thirds of the member states.
Article V - Ratification
The Charter shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional procedures of the signatory states.
External links
- Charter of the World Forum