Bruxella
30-03-2008, 22:18
IC:
TO: Fellow Nations
FROM: The Sovereign Kingdom of Bruxella
SUBJECT: Peace and Reconciliation Summit
The Sovereign Kingdom,
Aware of increasing militarism and posturing by states across the NSWorld, seeks to engage our fellow global citizens in meaningful discussion and conclusion of a number of treaties designed to improve the quality and nature of the relations between signatory states, desiring to strengthen existing ties of friendship and to promote new ones. To this end, delegations from any state who truly believes in these ideals, is cordially invited to attend a Summit at the Havensworth Hotel on the Aunesian Isle of Fromago. Please find attached the proposed agenda, logistical and security memoranda.
I greatly look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Yours Faithfully,
J.Alden
The Right Honourable John Alden, MP
Prime Minister of the Sovereign Kingdom
AGENDA
~ Day One ~
0900 - 0930: Delegations arrive, Havensworth Hotel, informal discussions in the Library
0930 - 1200: Convention on Diplomatic Relations - Session One
1200 - 1300: Luncheon
1300 - 1530: Convention on Diplomatic Relations - Session Two
1530 - 1600: Afternoon Tea
1600 - 1630: Joint press session
1630 - 1700: Convention on Diplomatic Relations - Summarising Comments
1700 - 1900: Delegates are invited to explore the facilities of the Hotel prior to dinner
1900 - 2030: Formal Dinner hosted by Prime Minister Alden
2030 - 2230: Evening entertainments and informal negotiations
~ Day Two ~
0900 - 0930: Breakfast
0930 - 1200: Convention for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field - Session One
1200 - 1300: Luncheon
1300 - 1530: Convention for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field - Session Two
1530 - 1600: Afternoon Tea
1600 - 1630: Joint press session
1630 - 1700: Convention for the Relief of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field - Summarising Comments
1700 - 1900: Delegates are invited to explore the facilities of the Hotel prior to dinner
1900 - 2030: Formal Dinner hosted by His Sovereign Majesty the King
2030 - 2230: Evening entertainments and informal negotiations
~ Day Three ~
0900 - 0930: Breakfast
0930 - 1500: Formal Signing Ceremonies & Luncheon
1500 - 1530: Joint press session
1530: Delegates depart
LOGISTICAL & SECURITY MEMORANDUM
The international summit is to be held at the Havensworth Hotel, a stately home on the Island of Fromago, territory formally incorporated as the Aunesian Capital Territory. Located within the heart of the Aunesian archipelago it is the site of the second city of Bruxella - Strando. Delegates should make arrangements to fly into the nearby Strando International Airport - the largest transport hub within the Sovereign Kingdom. The airport is only a brief helicopter or motorcade trip from the hotel. Any delegate wishing to arrive by sea should contact the Foreign Office for further information regarding suitable moorings. Financial assistance may be available to any state unable to meet its travel costs. All costs relating to the hosting of the summit, including full board for delegations shall be borne by the Sovereign Kingdom.
National delegations are required to provide, in advance, details of all those who shall form a part of their delegation. Heads of delegations and their most senior aides shall be accomodated within luxurious 6-star suites within the House proper. More junior members of the entourage shall be accomodated in other parts of the complex. Delegates are guaranteed freedom of movement within the Hotel Complex (subject to security requirements); delegates must retain and display on their person their security passes at all times. Delegations are subject to the normal diplomatic immunities extended by the Sovereign Kingdom, although delegations are requested to refrain from the use of surveillance and monitoring equipment, for the comfort and privacy of all guests. Each delegation shall be assigned a personal Liason Officer by the Foreign Office - they are there to assist with any queries regarding any part of the summit, please do make full use of them.
Airspace Exclusion Zones shall be established across the local area. These shall be strictly enforced by the Royal Bruxellan Air Force and therefore we request that all relevant flight plans be handed to your personal Liason Officer, to avoid any possible disruption to your journies. Similarly, the entire Havensworth estate shall be established as a secure zone, with the construction of a ten foot security fence, road blocks on all approach roads, the use of intelligence operatives within the local towns and villages and twenty-four hour security provided by both the 31st Airborne Division and the Diplomatic Protection Group of the National Police Service. The Royal Bruxellan Navy is dispatching three carrier battle groups to patrol the waters surrounding the island itself, and all Bruxellan armed forces shall remain on a heightened state of alert for the duration of the summit, and the periods immiediately prior to and after the event.
All persons within the Hotel Complex will be provided with security passes; vetting procedures may be carried out in advance of the event. Delegations are welcome to arrange additional personal security, although the Bruxellan Government requires that only concealed handguns be permitted within the complex itself. Personal Protection Officers can be provided upon request. The Foreign Office welcomes the expression of any concerns by potential delegations, please feel free to contact them in absolute confidence.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Havensworth Hotel.
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The Havensworth Hotel
OOC - READ ME FIRST: I'll provide drafts of these two documents before the conference itself starts, which will be suitably vague and of course only apply to those nations who sign up to them. Anyone is welcome to join, but I'd rather not have anyone attend who is clearly never going sign anything as a matter of course (e.g. Allanea, who doesn't believe in diplomatic immunity) for whatever reason. These documents will roughly be based upon the Vienna and Geneva Conventions, respectively, but streamlined and NSified to make them more appealing to states in NS, where there's no such thing as international law. If you wish to join, please provide a brief IC post below responding to the invitation (you don't need to provide details of delegations, etc. just say you want to come. The above is for RP purposes). I shall establish a new thread for the Summit itself when I've recieved a number of responses. Please feel free to TG me.
Bruxella
30-03-2008, 22:18
The Strando Convention on Diplomatic Relations
The State parties to this convention,
Recalling that peoples of all nations from ancient times have recognized the status of diplomatic agents,
Having in mind the principles of the sovereign equality of States, the maintenance of international peace and security, and the promotion of friendly relations among nations,
Believing that an international convention on diplomatic intercourse, privileges and immunities would contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social systems,
Realizing that the purpose of such privileges and immunities is not to benefit individuals but to ensure the efficient performance of the functions of diplomatic missions as representing States,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
For the purpose of the present Convention, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:
(a) The “head of the mission” is the person charged by the sending State with the duty of acting in that capacity;
(b) The “members of the mission” are the head of the mission and the members of the staff of the mission;
(c) The “members of the staff of the mission” are the members of the diplomatic staff, of the administrative and technical staff and of the service staff of the mission;
(d) The “members of the diplomatic staff” are the members of the staff of the mission having diplomatic rank;
(e) A “diplomatic agent” is the head of the mission or a member of the diplomatic staff of the mission;
(f) The “members of the administrative and technical staff” are the members of the staff of the mission employed in the administrative and technical service of the mission;
(g) The “members of the service staff” are the members of the staff of the mission in the domestic service of the mission;
(h) A “private servant” is a person who is in the domestic service of a member of the mission and who is not an employee of the sending State;
(i) The “premises of the mission” are the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used for the purposes of the mission including the residence of the head of the mission.
Article 2
The establishment of diplomatic relations between States, and of permanent diplomatic missions, takes place by mutual consent.
Article 3
1.The functions of a diplomatic mission consist, inter alia, in:
(a) Representing the sending State in the receiving State;
(b) Protecting in the receiving State the interests of the sending State and of its nationals, within the limits permitted by law;
(c) Negotiating with the Government of the receiving State;
(d) Ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the receiving State, and reporting thereon to the Government of the sending State;
(e) Promoting friendly relations between the sending State and the receiving State, and developing their economic, cultural and scientific relations.
2. Nothing in this Convention shall be construed as preventing the performance of consular functions by a diplomatic mission.
Article 4
1.The sending State must make certain that the agrément of the receiving State has been given for the person it proposes to accredit as head of the mission to that State.
2.The receiving State is not obliged to give reasons to the sending State for a refusal of agrément.
Article 5
1.The sending State may, after it has given due notification to the receiving States concerned, accredit a head of mission or assign any member of the diplomatic staff, as the case may be, to more than one State, unless there is express objection by any of the receiving States.
2. If the sending State accredits a head of mission to one or more other States it may establish a diplomatic mission headed by a chargé d’affaires ad interim in each State where the head of mission has not his permanent seat.
3.A head of mission or any member of the diplomatic staff of the mission may act as representative of the sending State to any international organization.
Article 6
Two or more States may accredit the same person as head of mission to another State, unless objection is offered by the receiving State.
Article 7
Subject to the provisions of articles 5, 8, 9 and 10, the sending State may freely appoint the members of the staff of the mission. In the case of military, naval or air attachés, the receiving State may require their names to be submitted beforehand, for its approval.
Article 8
1.Members of the diplomatic staff of the mission should in principle be of the nationality of the sending State.
2.Members of the diplomatic staff of the mission may not be appointed from among persons having the nationality of the receiving State, except with the consent of that State which may be withdrawn at any time.
3.The receiving State may reserve the same right with regard to nationals of a third State who are not also nationals of the sending State.
Article 9
1.The receiving State may at any time and without having to explain its decision, notify the sending State that the head of the mission or any member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is persona non grata or that any other member of the staff of the mission is not acceptable. In any such case, the sending State shall, as appropriate, either recall the person concerned or terminate his functions with the mission. A person may be declared non grata or not acceptable before arriving in the territory of the receiving State.
2. If the sending State refuses or fails within a reasonable period to carry out its obligations under paragraph 1 of this article, the receiving State may refuse to recognize the person concerned as a member of the mission.
Article 10
1.The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State, or such other ministry as may be agreed, shall be notified of:
(a) The appointment of members of the mission, their arrival and their final departure or the termination of their functions with the mission;
(b) The arrival and final departure of a person belonging to the family of a member of the mission and, where appropriate, the fact that a person becomes or ceases to be a member of the family of a member of the mission;
(c) The arrival and final departure of private servants in the employ of persons referred to in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph and, where appropriate, the fact that they are leaving the employ of
such persons;
(d) The engagement and discharge of persons resident in the receiving State as members of the mission or private servants entitled to privileges and immunities.
2.Where possible, prior notification of arrival and final departure shall also be given.
Article 11
1. In the absence of specific agreement as to the size of the mission, the receiving State may require that the size of a mission be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable and normal, having regard to circumstances and conditions in the receiving State and to the needs of the particular mission.
2.The receiving State may equally, within similar bounds and on a non-discriminatory basis, refuse to accept officials of a particular category.
Article 12
The sending State may not, without the prior express consent of the receiving State, establish offices forming part of the mission in localities other than those in which the mission itself is established.
Article 13
1.The head of the mission is considered as having taken up his functions in the receiving State either when he has presented his credentials or when he has notified his arrival and a true copy of his credentials has been presented to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State, or such other ministry as may be agreed, in accordance with the practice prevailing in the receiving State which shall be applied in a uniform manner.
2.The order of presentation of credentials or of a true copy thereof will be determined by the date and time of the arrival of the head of the mission.
Article 14
1.Heads of mission are divided into three classes, namely:
(a) That of ambassadors or nuncios accredited to Heads of State, and other heads of mission of equivalent rank;
(b) That of envoys, ministers and internuncios accredited to Heads of State;
(c) That of chargés d’affaires accredited to Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
2.Except as concerns precedence and etiquette, there shall be no differentiation between heads of mission by reason of their class.
Article 15
The class to which the heads of their missions are to be assigned shall be agreed between States. The procedure to be observed in each State for the reception of heads of mission shall be uniform in respect of each class.
Article 16
1. If the post of head of the mission is vacant, or if the head of the mission is unable to perform his functions a chargé d’affaires ad interim shall act provisionally as head of the mission. The name of the chargé d’affaires ad interim shall be notified, either by the head of the mission or, in case he is unable to do so, by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the sending State to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or such other ministry as may be agreed.
2. In cases where no member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is present in the receiving State, a member of the administrative and technical staff may, with the consent of the receiving State, be designated by the sending State to be in charge of the current administrative affairs of the mission.
Article 17
The mission and its head shall have the right to use the flag and emblem of the sending State on the premises of the mission, including the residence of the head of the mission, and on his means of transport.
Article 18
1.The receiving State shall either facilitate the acquisition on its territory, in accordance with its laws, by the sending State of premises necessary for its mission or assist the latter in obtaining accommodation in some other way.
2. It shall also, where necessary, assist missions in obtaining suitable accommodation for their members.
Article 19
1.The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission.
2.The receiving State is under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the mission against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impairment of its dignity.
3.The premises of the mission, their furnishings and other property thereon and the means of transport of the mission shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution.
Article 20
1.The sending State and the head of the mission shall be exempt from all national, regional or municipal dues and taxes in respect of the premises of the mission, whether owned or leased, other than such as represent payment for specific services rendered.
2.The exemption from taxation referred to in this article shall not apply to such dues and taxes payable under the law of the receiving State by persons contracting with the sending State or the head of the mission.
Article 21
The archives and documents of the mission shall be inviolable at any time and wherever they may be.
Article 22
The receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the mission.
Article 23
Subject to its laws and regulations concerning zones entry into which is prohibited or regulated for reasons of national security, the receiving State shall ensure to all members of the mission freedom of movement and travel in its territory.
Article 24
1.The receiving State shall permit and protect free communication on the part of the mission for all official purposes. In communicating with the Government and the other missions and consulates of the sending State, wherever situated, the mission may employ all appropriate means, including diplomatic couriers and messages in code or cipher.
2.The official correspondence of the mission shall be inviolable. Official correspondence means all correspondence relating to the mission and its functions.
3.The diplomatic bag shall not be opened or detained.
4.The packages constituting the diplomatic bag must bear visible external marks of their character and may contain only diplomatic documents or articles intended for official use.
5.The diplomatic courier, who shall be provided with an official document indicating his status and the number of packages constituting the diplomatic bag, shall be protected by the receiving State in the performance of his functions. He shall enjoy person inviolability and shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention.
6.The sending State or the mission may designate diplomatic couriers ad hoc. In such cases the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article shall also apply, except that the immunities therein mentioned shall cease to apply when such a courier has delivered to the consignee the diplomatic bag in his charge.
7.A diplomatic bag may be entrusted to the captain of a commercial aircraft scheduled to land at an authorized port of entry. He shall be provided with an official document indicating the number of packages constituting the bag but he shall not be considered to be a diplomatic courier. The mission may send one of its members to take possession of the diplomatic bag directly and freely from the captain of the aircraft.
Article 25
The fees and charges levied by the mission in the course of its official duties shall be exempt from all dues and taxes.
Article 26
The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. The receiving State shall treat him with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on his person, freedom or dignity.
Article 27
1.The private residence of a diplomatic agent shall enjoy the same inviolability and protection as the premises of the mission.
2.His papers, correspondence and, except as provided in paragraph 3 of article 28, his property, shall likewise enjoy inviolability.
Article 28
1.A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of:
(a) A real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission;
(b) An action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as executor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State;
(c) An action relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside his official functions.
2.A diplomatic agent is not obliged to give evidence as a witness.
3.No measures of execution may be taken in respect of a diplomatic agent except in the cases coming under subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this article, and provided that the measures concerned can be taken without infringing the inviolability of his person or of his residence.
4.The immunity of a diplomatic agent from the jurisdiction of the receiving State does not exempt him from the jurisdiction of the sending State.
Article 29
1.The immunity from jurisdiction of diplomatic agents and of persons enjoying immunity may be waived by the sending State.
2.Waiver must always be express.
3.The initiation of proceedings by a diplomatic agent or by a person enjoying immunity from jurisdiction shall preclude him from invoking immunity from jurisdiction in respect of any counterclaim directly connected with the principal claim.
4.Waiver of immunity from jurisdiction in respect of civil or administrative proceedings shall not be held to imply waiver of immunity in respect of the execution of the judgement, for which a separate waiver shall be necessary.
Article 30
A diplomatic agent shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal, except:
(a) Indirect taxes of a kind which are normally incorporated in the price of goods or services;
(b) Dues and taxes on private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission;
(c) Estate, succession or inheritance duties levied by the receiving State;
(d) Dues and taxes on private income having its source in the receiving State and capital taxes on investments made in commercial undertakings in the receiving State;
(e) Charges levied for specific services rendered;
Article 31
The receiving State shall exempt diplomatic agents from all personal services, from all public service of any kind whatsoever, and from military obligations such as those connected with requisitioning, military contributions and billeting.
Article 32
1.The receiving State shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permit entry of and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes, and related charges other than charges for storage, cartage and similar services, on:
(a) Articles for the official use of the mission;
(b) Articles for the personal use of a diplomatic agent or members of his family forming part of his household, including articles intended for his establishment.
2.The personal baggage of a diplomatic agent shall be exempt from inspection, unless there are serious grounds for presuming that it contains articles not covered by the exemptions mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article, or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the law or controlled by the quarantine regulations of the receiving State. Such inspection shall be conducted only in the presence of the diplomatic agent or of his authorized representative.
Article 33
1.The members of the family of a diplomatic agent forming part of his household shall, if they are not nationals of the receiving State, enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in articles 26 to 32.
2.Members of the administrative and technical staff of the mission, together with members of their families forming part of their respective households, shall, if they are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State, enjoy the privileges and immunities specified in articles 26 to 32, except that the immunity from civil and administrative jurisdiction of the receiving State specified in paragraph 1 of article 28 shall not extend to acts performed outside the course of their duties. They shall also enjoy the privileges specified in article 32, paragraph 1, in respect of articles imported at the time of first installation.
3. Service Staff and Private servants of members of the mission shall, if they are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State, be exempt from dues and taxes on the emoluments they receive by reason of their employment. In other respects, they may enjoy privileges and immunities only to the extent admitted by the receiving State. However, the receiving State must exercise its jurisdiction over those persons in such a manner as not to interfere unduly with the performance of the functions of the mission.
Article 34
1.Except insofar as additional privileges and immunities may be granted by the receiving State, a diplomatic agent who is a national of or permanently resident in that State shall enjoy only immunity from jurisdiction, and inviolability, in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of his functions.
2.Other members of the staff of the mission and private servants who are nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall enjoy privileges and immunities only to the extent admitted by the receiving State. However, the receiving State must exercise its jurisdiction over those persons in such a manner as not to interfere unduly with the performance of the functions of the mission.
Article 35
1.Every person entitled to privileges and immunities shall enjoy them from the moment he enters the territory of the receiving State on proceeding to take up his post or, if already in its territory, from the moment when his appointment is notified to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or such other ministry as may be agreed.
2.When the functions of a person enjoying privileges and immunities have come to an end, such privileges and immunities shall normally cease at the moment when he leaves the country, or on expiry of a reasonable period in which to do so, but shall subsist until that time, even in case of armed conflict. However, with respect to acts performed by such a person in the exercise of his functions as a member of the mission, immunity shall continue to subsist.
3. In case of the death of a member of the mission, the members of his family shall continue to enjoy the privileges and immunities to which they are entitled until the expiry of a reasonable period in which to leave the country.
4. In the event of the death of a member of the mission not a national of or permanently resident in the receiving State or a member of his family forming part of his household, the receiving State shall permit the withdrawal of the movable property of the deceased, with the exception of any property acquired in the country the export of which was prohibited at the time of his death. Estate, succession and inheritance duties shall not be levied on movable property the presence of which in the receiving State was due solely to the presence there of the deceased as a member of the mission or as a member of the family of a member of the mission.
Article 36
1. If a diplomatic agent passes through or is in the territory of a third State, which has granted him a passport visa if such visa was necessary, while proceeding to take up or to return to his post, or when returning to his own country, the third State shall accord him inviolability and such other immunities as may be required to ensure his transit or return. The same shall apply in the case of any members of his family enjoying privileges or immunities who are accompanying the diplomatic agent, or travelling separately to join him or to return to their country.
2. In circumstances similar to those specified in paragraph 1 of this article, third States shall not hinder the passage of members of the administrative and technical or service staff of a mission, and of members of their families, through their territories.
3.Third States shall accord to official correspondence and other official communications in transit, including messages in code or cipher, the same freedom and protection as is accorded by the receiving State. They shall accord to diplomatic couriers, who have been granted a passport visa if such visa was necessary, and diplomatic bags in transit, the same inviolability and protection as the receiving State is bound to accord.
4.The obligations of third States under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article shall also apply to the persons mentioned respectively in those paragraphs, and to official communications and diplomatic bags, whose presence in the territory of the third State is due to force majeure.
Article 37
1.Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State. They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State.
2.All official business with the receiving State entrusted to the mission by the sending State shall be conducted with or through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or such other ministry as may be agreed.
3.The premises of the mission must not be used in any manner incompatible with the functions of the mission as laid down in the present Convention or by other rules of general international law or by any special agreements in force between the sending and the receiving State.
Article 38
A diplomatic agent shall not in the receiving State practise for personal profit any professional or commercial activity.
Article 39
The function of a diplomatic agent comes to an end, inter alia:
(a) On notification by the sending State to the receiving State that the function of the diplomatic agent has come to an end;
(b) On notification by the receiving State to the sending State that, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 9, it refuses to recognize the diplomatic agent as a member of the mission.
Article 40
The receiving State must, even in case of armed conflict, grant facilities in order to enable persons enjoying privileges and immunities, other than nationals of the receiving State, and members of the families of such persons irrespective of their nationality, to leave at the earliest possible moment. It must, in particular, in case of need, place at their disposal the necessary means of transport for themselves and their property.
Article 41
If diplomatic relations are broken off between two States, or if a mission is permanently or temporarily recalled:
(a) The receiving State must, even in case of armed conflict, respect and protect the premises of the mission, together with its property and archives;
(b) The sending State may entrust the custody of the premises of the mission, together with its property and archives, to a third State acceptable to the receiving State;
(c) The sending State may entrust the protection of its interests and those of its nationals to a third State acceptable to the receiving State.
Article 42
A sending State may with the prior consent of a receiving State, and at the request of a third State not represented in the receiving State, undertake the temporary protection of the interests of the third State and of its nationals.
Article 43
1. In the application of the provisions of the present Convention, the receiving State shall not discriminate as between States.
2.However, discrimination shall not be regarded as taking place:
(a) Where the receiving State applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively because of a restrictive application of that provision to its mission in the sending State;
(b) Where by custom or agreement States extend to each other more favourable treatment than is required by the provisions of the present Convention.
Article 44
The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Sovereign Kingdom of Bruxella.
Article 45
The Sovereign Kingdom of Bruxella shall inform all states party to this convention of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession.
Article 46
The original of the present Convention, of which the English and Esperanto texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Sovereign Kingdom of Bruxella, who shall send certified copies thereof to all party states.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.
Franberry
31-03-2008, 21:57
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Official Statement of the Federal Republican Duchydom of Franberry to The Sovereign Kingdom of Bruxella
The Federal Republican Duchydom of Franberry extends its feelings of gratitude towards the gracious invitation of the Sovereign Kingdom of Bruxella. We shall be sending the Minister for Foreign Affairs, External Trade, Cult and International Fishery, Hector de Buenpaso, to attend the summit being hosted by your nation. The Diplomatic Mission of the Federal Republican Duchydom of Franberry in the Sovereign Kingdom of Bruxella shall accompany him and his assistants. We find that your cause to better the conditions of the soldier on the field of battle and off it, is a most noble and gentlemanly cause, which we shall do our best to back if it stays true to its convictions. If the treaty does indeed match or even go beyond our expectations we will sign and ratify it, and we hope that this is the case in real life.
¡Orden y Progreso!
Dios guarde a Vuestra Honorabilidad,
His Most Democratic Excellence,
President of the Federal Republican Duchydom of Franberry,
Geoli Joolitan