Ma-tek
06-10-2004, 00:11
NENYA, TUESDAY - The Commonality Executive Council finally concluded their debates on Revision 2c "Regarding Foreign Policy Decisions" (2 d.e.) Thursday, and put the final Revision of Outline 2 "Regarding Foreign Policy Decisions" (2 d.e.) to the vote. The final decision, of course, was a unanimous yes-vote, again displaying the primary strength and weakness inherant in the Executive Council system: unity.
The basic outline of the Revision is based upon the earlier Outline resolution to decide foreign policy for this year, and, as expected, focuses on the situations that merit a response from the Commonality.
The key issues that now warrant a response are:
* misuse/abuse of weapons of mass destruction
* creation of new weapons of mass destruction
* state-sponsored terrorist activities
* state-sponsored criminal activities
* state-sponsored socio-illegal activities inside the Commonality
* state-sponsored illegal activities inside the borders of an ally
* hostility directed at the Commonality or an ally
There are also new definitions of a legal war, namely:
* 'Fear War' - a war fought for the population of a state against a deviantly oppressive government. This method of conflict can only be legal with regard to Commonality-aligned states.
* 'Defensive War' - other side fires first.
* 'Internationally Defensive War' - other side fires first on any state in international waters. This is legally defined as a international piracy prevention co-operation effort, not a war.
* 'Intervention War' - the insertion of Peacekeeper troops into a volatile conflict with the explicit authorization of the state or population (by popular petition) with a legal, valid claim to the territory the combat theatre is based in.
* 'Multilateral War' - the support of allied forces in a legal and just war effort.
* 'Offensive War' - a conflict dependant on the limitation of enemy casualties to non-lethal levels wherever possible. Causes for an 'Offensive War' now legal under ICEL Law vary, but are dependant on the unanimous decision of the entirety of the Crown's Commonality Government.
~ excerpt from Nenya Today broadsheet
The basic outline of the Revision is based upon the earlier Outline resolution to decide foreign policy for this year, and, as expected, focuses on the situations that merit a response from the Commonality.
The key issues that now warrant a response are:
* misuse/abuse of weapons of mass destruction
* creation of new weapons of mass destruction
* state-sponsored terrorist activities
* state-sponsored criminal activities
* state-sponsored socio-illegal activities inside the Commonality
* state-sponsored illegal activities inside the borders of an ally
* hostility directed at the Commonality or an ally
There are also new definitions of a legal war, namely:
* 'Fear War' - a war fought for the population of a state against a deviantly oppressive government. This method of conflict can only be legal with regard to Commonality-aligned states.
* 'Defensive War' - other side fires first.
* 'Internationally Defensive War' - other side fires first on any state in international waters. This is legally defined as a international piracy prevention co-operation effort, not a war.
* 'Intervention War' - the insertion of Peacekeeper troops into a volatile conflict with the explicit authorization of the state or population (by popular petition) with a legal, valid claim to the territory the combat theatre is based in.
* 'Multilateral War' - the support of allied forces in a legal and just war effort.
* 'Offensive War' - a conflict dependant on the limitation of enemy casualties to non-lethal levels wherever possible. Causes for an 'Offensive War' now legal under ICEL Law vary, but are dependant on the unanimous decision of the entirety of the Crown's Commonality Government.
~ excerpt from Nenya Today broadsheet