La Conferencia de Altéa

[Zanz]

Anong Chavalit, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Dovani

Friends, I must begin *cough* by addressing that I appear to have offended our Kalistani counterparts, which was not my intent.

Our com-*cough cough*-plaint against the regionalism espoused by our Kalistani friends is not that they threaten us, but that they are asking instead for all the rest of the world to pay no heed when they act within the domain they seem to believe belongs to them. We fear for those in Baltusia who would be left without recourse should Kalistan decide to act upon its whims with no...

*cough cough cough* I am so sorry, I didn't realize we'd let people smoke in here. *cough cough ahem*

... with no room for complaint from the world which must leave each region to its own. That is our fear. And it is our fear that our own region will be parceled up by the powers in this room in such a way that our own Kalistan might someday make us our own Baltusia, with no recourse for us. That is our fear.

Instead, we thin-*cough*-k that this group must focus itself, rather than on splitting up the world to the powers in each corner, on bringing the world closer together in cooperation as equals. Surely Kalistan and Luthori are strong enough that they can win support for their respective efforts in a fair marketplace of ideas, not only in a zero-sum game where the deck is stacked against smaller states like my own.

But I *cough cough cough*... But I digress. We have seen sufficient argument for the day, I think. We are of course very open the the idea of a renewed world body, perhaps the Terran League as has been suggested by the Thallerist gentleman from Deltaria. It would please us instead to simply have a general assembly alone and leave it at that, one vote for one nation, simple democracy - but we will let others hash out the particulars.

There are some particulars I myself would like to pro-*cough*-pose on behalf of my nation.

My staff have distributed two draft proposals - we hope that they serve the aims of this group. On the first, the Romulo Fund, we seek unanimous approval from the body. It is an attempt to create an organization which can serve all the world in times of desperation, and at very small cost to each of us individually. On the second, the OSCD, we expect only a few nations may find the agreement relevant, as many of you are fortunate to not have had, in living memory, to battle the forces of extremism on the ground. For those states which have, we hope we can find common ground and support one another going forward. We wish all assembled here peace, and again thank our gracious *cough cough* Egelian hosts.

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The King Romulo I of Egelion Fund for Recovery in the Wake of Disaster (Romulo Fund)

The representatives of all nations attending the Conference of Altéa, on behalf of those nations, assembled in an effort toward peace:

NOTING the shameful prevalence of suffering and devastation across Terra left in the wake of disasters both natural and human-made;

RECOGNIZING the expense and difficulty borne by nations and the human beings therein when attempting recovery after such disasters;

RECOGNIZING that such expense and difficulty are themselves the cause of further suffering and therefore of radicalization;

ABHORRING suffering where ever it occurs, and RECOGNIZING that, to defeat extremism, suffering must be eradicated at any opportunity;

THEREFORE RESOLVE:

1. A fund shall be created, named in honor of Romulo I of Egelion for his beneficent organization of this conference, whose monies shall be made available to any state which suffers disaster, whether natural or human-made, with no expectation of repayment.
   
2. The fund shall be comprised of annual contributions of 0.25% of the gross domestic product of each nation attending this conference. Should a nation suffer disaster and draw from the funds, it shall be exempted from the annual contribution until such time as it has recovered in its own estimation enough to contribute once more.
   
3. The fund shall be administered by an apparatus to be administered on Whale Island which shall be staffed by representatives from all nations who wish to supply them.
   

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The Organization for Stability and Cooperation in Democratization (OSCD)

We, the undersigned representatives of our respective nations, on behalf of those nations:

UNITED in our shared commitment to staving off the capture of states by extremist movements;

RECOGNIZING the importance of collective knowledge sharing, monitoring, and mutual aid in staving off such movements;

RECOGNIZING the benefit of cooperation across international bounds on matters such as trade and diplomatic normalization;

THEREFORE RESOLVE:

1. An agreement is created between our nations and any which wish to join hereafter whose purpose is to serve as an amicable bond between nations who have overcome or are overcoming extremism and must at all times be alert and combat its ascent.
   
2. Signatories pledge, when requested, to provide to other signatories the following aid:
   • Assistance in conducting elections, including but not limited to election monitoring;
     
   • Expertise and advice in counter-extremist political strategy and policing;
     
   • Whatever reasonable aid may be delivered so that democratic processes are strengthened and extremists made ineffectual
     
3. Signatories pledge to maintain normal diplomatic relations, including consular services, and further pledge friendship and good will toward one another;
   
4. Signatories pledge to maintain cordial economic relations, lowering barriers toward trade and investment so far as is reasonably possible.
   

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