NationStates Jolt Archive

L'ambassade virtuelle a été inaugurée très officiellement mardi lors d'une cérémonie à Genève à laquelle ont participé le ministre d'Etat aux Affaires étrangères de cet archipel de l'Océan indien Abdulla Shahid et le directeur général de l'ONU à Genève Sergei Ordzhonikidze. Un représentant de la mission à Genève sera chargé de faire vivre son avatar, son personnage virtuel, lien interactif avec les internautes.Les Maldives ont ainsi pris de vitesse la Macédoine, les Philippines et la Suède qui ont annoncé leur intention d'ouvrir prochainement des représentations cybernétiques.

Selon les représentants de l'archipel des Maldives, le monde virtuel pourrait être utilisé par les petits pays comme un moyen "de participer de manière significative aux affaires internationales".

"L'ambassade virtuelle nous offre une autre voie pour fournir des informations sur le pays, proposer notre point de vue sur les affaires internationales, et pour interagir avec nos partenaires dans la communauté internationale", a déclaré le ministre d'Etat pour les Affaires étrangères des Maldives.


For those of you who don't understand French, what it's saying basically is that the Maldives government hopes this will allow the country to be more active on the international stage, and for more people to learn about it. The embassy was launched with an official ceremony attended by the Maldives' Foreign Affairs Minister and the UN top representative in Geneva.

Macedonia, the Philippines and Sweden will also be opening official embassies in Second Life.

The article can be found here:
http://www.tdg.ch/pages/home/tribune_de_geneve/info_express/high_tech/depeches_hi_tech/(contenu)/81165
(I can't put it in url tags due it it containing parentheses.)

I suddenly see pictures of Second Life Kinkos seeing political refuge from U.S. and German prosecution by running their avatars to the Maldives Embassy.

I suddenly see pictures of Second Life Kinkos seeing political refuge from U.S. and German prosecution by running their avatars to the Maldives Embassy.

LOL. That didn't occur to me. :D

Now... I wonder whether those embassy grounds are sovereign Maldives territory, or whether they officially still belong to Linden Lab. :p

if two of the Nations go to war in RL are they at war in second life

Macedonia, the Philippines and Sweden will also be opening official embassies in Second Life.
:confused:
My country, opening an embassy in Second Life??? Wait, what is Second Life??

if two of the Nations go to war in RL are they at war in second life
To the self-replicating Bouncing Ball turrets!

:confused:
My country, opening an embassy in Second Life??? Wait, what is Second Life??
It's an online game, which a lot of people play.

www.secondlife.com is probably the website.

Sweden will also be opening official embassies in Second Life.

Apparently, we've nothing worse to throw away tax money on.

if two of the Nations go to war in RL are they at war in second life

I don't think embassies can be at war, so presumably no. ;)

:confused:
My country, opening an embassy in Second Life??? Wait, what is Second Life??

This (http://secondlife.com/whatis/).

I took an interest in it recently because seven of the twelve political parties / candidates taking part in the presidential election over here had established heaquarters in Second Life. Ségolène Royal even made a short video (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzc14_segolene-message-secondlife) to officially launch her virtual HQ. It's been very busy, with a lot of people going there to debate.

The BBC also owns an island in Second Life, and Reuters has a building there.

WAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Human stupidity in action...

WAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Human stupidity in action...
Not really, at all.

It means that they can reach a whole load of people, all for absolutely no cost whatsoever. Kind of handy for the Embassies of several poor nations. Oh and Sweden also.

Not really, at all.

It means that they can reach a whole load of people, all for absolutely no cost whatsoever. Kind of handy for the Embassies of several poor nations. Oh and Sweden also.

They could have just put a country on NationStates.

They could have just put a country on NationStates.
Doesn't reach nearly the same amount of people, nor will it get the same level of press coverage.

Not really, at all.

It means that they can reach a whole load of people, all for absolutely no cost whatsoever. Kind of handy for the Embassies of several poor nations.

Indeed. It was a strange but fairly smart idea.

Here are some articles in English:
France 24 (http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070522181911.9nj7dnu6&cat=null)
Metro UK (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=50255&in_page_id=34)
News.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21780232-7486,00.html) (Australia)
The Second Life Insider (http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/05/23/the-maldives-virtual-embassy/) (one of the many SL-based media)

You can apparently visit the embassy by going here (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Diplomacy%20Island/204/95/22/).

Not really, at all.

It means that they can reach a whole load of people, all for absolutely no cost whatsoever. Kind of handy for the Embassies of several poor nations. Oh and Sweden also.
A whole lot of people... who have access to the internet and play Second Life :rolleyes:

go go gadget human stupidity.

so who wants to have a good embassy siege? :p

so who wants to have a good embassy siege? :p

LOL. I'm sure you could get one started. :D

Have you got an avatar?

I LOVE Madlibs

I went there (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Diplomacy%20Island/204/95/22/) last night. There was no-one there... but the embassies of the Philippines and of Macedonia are already under construction right next to it. Sweden's embassy will be opening on May 30th, but I don't know where.

Well I suppose it gives them somewhere to live when sea level rises due to global warming mean the actual Maldives disappear.

Oooh, lets get the Solomons to have an embassy!

What the hell is so attractive about this game?

I don't know, I have never used it (though the Front National war sounded pretty funny).

I don't know, I have never used it (though the Front National war sounded pretty funny).

The graphics sucks and I lagged badly.

So....if they open up an Embassy on second life, does that mean they'll get some of their soldiers to open up accounts on Second Life to protect it?

And with some imagination...

Oooh, the future of warfare, nations will be conquered and occupied solely by their online army representations.

:p

So....if they open up an Embassy on second life, does that mean they'll get some of their soldiers to open up accounts on Second Life to protect it?

And with some imagination...

Oooh, the future of warfare, nations will be conquered and occupied solely by their online army representations.

:p

and then Hackers would own the entire world! :D

Virtual nukes anyone?

and then Hackers would own the entire world! :D

Virtual nukes anyone?

Bah. Chinese script kiddies would own it. With their advanced 5th generation scripts, before you know it, all the mines, forests, fisheries and farms will be owned by them.

Bah. Chinese script kiddies would own it. With their advanced 5th generation scripts, before you know it, all the mines, forests, fisheries and farms will be owned by them.

Bah, they wouldn't even need scripts. They own most of those in real life, they'd just set up their accounts legitimately and heere we go again.

Well I suppose it gives them somewhere to live when sea level rises due to global warming mean the actual Maldives disappear.

The Maldives is pretty much screwed, we'll be underwater in 50 years time. Not much of patriot usually, but it's sad to have to live with the knowledge that soon my country will be no more. :(

This looks like a job for...
THE PATRIOTIC NIGRAS

Second-Life is lame, those countries should start up WoW guilds and help me do molten core.

Second-Life is lame, those countries should start up WoW guilds and help me do molten core.

War on Warcraft!