Hamptonshire
17-01-2005, 08:03
Reykjavík, Republic of Iceland
The ceremony was over. The Charter of Confederation was signed, the diginities had shaken their hands and exchanged their pleasantries. The sun wouldn't appear for weeks but a new dawn had come not more than an hour ago.
Representatives from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Iceland, the newly formed Republic of Greenland, and the Association of North Sea Islands had assembled in Reykjavík to sign the Charter of Confederation. Each nation would become a sovereign unit of the Northern Confederation, the new government that would bind each of the member nations to each other.
The negotiations between the five governments took years to come to fruition. During that time countless compromises had taken place but each government realized that they could not hope to survive in the world without the resources and strenghts of the four others.
When the Republic of Ireland threatened to sign a treaty with France it was only the determination of one man, then British Home Secretary Alan Eckberg Peterson, that brought Ireland back to the table. Now as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom he was the first person to sign the Charter. For the last four years his entire life was dedicated to the ratification of the Charter. Now his dream was realized.
The ceremony was over. The Charter of Confederation was signed, the diginities had shaken their hands and exchanged their pleasantries. The sun wouldn't appear for weeks but a new dawn had come not more than an hour ago.
Representatives from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Iceland, the newly formed Republic of Greenland, and the Association of North Sea Islands had assembled in Reykjavík to sign the Charter of Confederation. Each nation would become a sovereign unit of the Northern Confederation, the new government that would bind each of the member nations to each other.
The negotiations between the five governments took years to come to fruition. During that time countless compromises had taken place but each government realized that they could not hope to survive in the world without the resources and strenghts of the four others.
When the Republic of Ireland threatened to sign a treaty with France it was only the determination of one man, then British Home Secretary Alan Eckberg Peterson, that brought Ireland back to the table. Now as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom he was the first person to sign the Charter. For the last four years his entire life was dedicated to the ratification of the Charter. Now his dream was realized.