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OPERATIONAL POLICIES:
Please refer to Charter to see our responsibilities.

1) No Member shall break the conditions set out in the Charter

2) No Member shall fire, with lethal force, unless explicitly warranted on a diplomatic and/or unarmed persons or vessel

3) All actions taken by this Organization may be subject to review by request at the behest of the Security Council

4) All Members shall assist, in any way, the enforcement of the Charter

5) If not required for any assigned duties nor any part in Charter enforcement operations, the Member may do as they please until one of the prior responsibilities occurs and they may be required.

CHARTER:

CHAPTER I: PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES

Article 1

The Purposes herein are:

To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by any means within reason and necessity, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace; To develop friendly relations among nations, worlds and other third party groups based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace and prosperity; To achieve co-operation in solving problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, origin, or religion; and To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of others in the attainment of these ends.

Article 2

The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles.

The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members based off of merit and rank. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter. All Members shall settle their internal disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. All Members shall refrain in their relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state or other entity, or in any other manner inconsistent within the charter. All Members shall give the Organization every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any power against which the Organization is taking preventive or enforcement action. The Organization shall ensure that powers which are not Members act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security. Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the Organization to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter Vll. Requests for intervention are acceptable means for the Organization to intervene and one of the only other reasons besides the invocation of a threat against the principles stated in Article I.

CHAPTER II: MEMBERSHIP

Article 3

The original Members of the Organization shall be the members of which, having participated in the founding of said Organization, or having previously signed the Declaration of Membership, sign the present Charter and ratify it to understand our principles and thus join in enrollment of the Organization.

Article 4

Membership in the Organization is open to all other persons and/or powers which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations. The admission of any such state to membership in the Organization will be affected by a decision of the General Membership Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 5

A Member of the Organization against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Security Council.
Article 6

A Member of the Organization which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
CHAPTER III: ORGANS

Article 7

There are established as principal organs of the Organization: a General Assembly, a Security Council, and a Secretariat. Such subsidiary organs as may be found necessary may be established in accordance with the present Charter.

Article 8

The Organization shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs.
CHAPTER IV: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

COMPOSITION
Article 9

The General Assembly shall consist of all the Members of the Organization. Each Member shall have not more than one representative in the General Assembly.

FUNCTIONS and POWERS
Article 10

The Members of the Security Council may discuss any questions or any matters within the scope of the present Charter or relating to the powers and functions of any organs provided for in the present Charter, and, may make recommendations to the Members of the Organization or to the Security Council or to both on any such questions or matters.
Article 11

The General Assembly may consider the general principles of co-operation in the maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and the regulation of armaments, the forceful intervention by forces to ensure international peace and prosperity, and may make recommendations with regard to such principles to the Members or to the Security Council or to both. The General Assembly may discuss any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by any Member of the Organization, or by the Security Council, or by a state which is not a Member of the Organization and, may make recommendations with regard to any such questions to the state or states concerned or to the Security Council or to both. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the Security Council by the General Assembly either before or after discussion. The General Assembly may call the attention of the Security Council to situations which are likely to endanger international peace and security. The powers of the General Assembly set forth in this Article shall not limit the general scope of the charter.

Article 12

While the Security Council is exercising in respect of any dispute or situation the functions assigned to it in the present Charter, the General Assembly shall not make any recommendation with regard to that dispute or situation unless the Security Council so requests. The Security Council, shall notify the General Assembly at each session of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Security Council and shall similarly notify the General Assembly, or the Members of the Organization if the General Assembly is not in session, immediately the Security Council ceases to deal with such matters.

Article 13

The General Assembly shall initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of: promoting international co-operation in the political field and encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification; (Political Relations) promoting international co-operation in the economic, social, cultural, educational, and health fields, and assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. (General Trading, interacting with the local populace) promoting international co-operation to ensure, without a doubt, that the security and peace of members not be infringed; in addition to the relative promotion of peace towards non-members referenced in article 1.

Article 14

Subject to the provisions of Article 12, the General Assembly may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation, regardless of origin, which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among nations, including situations resulting from a violation of the provisions of the present Charter setting forth the Purposes and Principles of the Organization.
Article 15

The General Assembly shall receive and consider annual and special reports from the Security Council; these reports shall include an account of the measures that the Security Council has decided upon or taken to maintain international peace and security. The General Assembly shall receive and consider reports from the other organs of the Organization.

Article 16

The General Assembly shall perform such functions with respect to the international co-operation and local boundaries and laws..
Article 17

The General Assembly shall consider and approve the budget of the Organization. Any expenses of the Organization shall be borne equally by the Members as apportioned by the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall consider and approve any financial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agencies referred to in Article 57 and shall examine the administrative budgets of such specialized agencies with a view to making recommendations to the agencies concerned.

VOTING
Article 18

Each member of the General Assembly shall have one vote. Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security, the election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, the election of the members of the Economic and Social Council, the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordance with paragraph 1 © of Article 86, the admission of new Members to the Organization, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions. Decisions on other questions, including the determination of additional categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirds majority, shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.

Article 19

A Member of the Organization which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. The General Assembly may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.

CHAPTER V: THE SECURITY COUNCIL

COMPOSITION
Article 20-23

The Security Council shall consist of up to three members and these shall be permanent members of the Security Council. The General Assembly shall elect three other Members of the Organization to be non-permanent members of the Security Council in the first instance to the contribution of Members of the Organization to the maintenance of international peace and security and to the other purposes of the Organization, and also to equitable geographical distribution. The non-permanent members of the Security Council shall be elected for a term of two months to one year. A retiring member shall not be eligible for immediate re-election. Each member of the Security Council shall have one representative.

FUNCTIONS and POWERS
Article 24

In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the Organization, its Members confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf. In discharging these duties the Security Council shall act in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the Organization. The specific powers granted to the Security Council for the discharge of these duties are absolute. The Security Council shall submit annual and, when necessary, special reports to the General Assembly for its consideration.

Article 25

The Members of the Organization agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with the present Charter.
Article 26

In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources, the Security Council shall be responsible for formulating plans to be submitted to the Members of the Organization for the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments, unless in a status of strife or combat.

VOTING
Article 27

Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote. Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of four members. Decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of four members including the concurring votes of the permanent members; provided that, a party to a dispute shall abstain from voting.

PROCEDURE
Article 28

The Security Council shall be so organized as to be able to function continuously. Each member of the Security Council shall for this purpose be represented at all times at the seat of the Organization. The Security Council shall hold periodic meetings at which each of its members may, if it so desires, be represented by a member of the government or by some other specially designated representative. The Security Council may hold meetings at such places other than the seat of the Organization as in its judgment will best facilitate its work.

Article 29

The Security Council may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.
Article 30

The Security Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
Article 31

Any Member of the Organization which is not a member of the Security Council may participate, without vote, in the discussion of any question brought before the Security Council whenever the latter considers that the interests of that Member are specially affected.
Article 32

Any Member of the Organization which is not a member of the Security Council or any state which is not a Member of the Organization, if it is a party to a dispute under consideration by the Security Council, shall be invited to participate, without vote, in the discussion relating to the dispute. The Security Council shall lay down such conditions as it deems just for the participation of a state which is not a Member of the Organization.

Article 33

Nothing in the present Charter precludes the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as are appropriate for regional action provided that such arrangements or agencies and their activities are consistent with the Purposes and Principles of the Organization. The Members of the Organization entering into such arrangements or constituting such agencies shall make every effort to achieve pacific settlement of local disputes through such regional arrangements or by such regional agencies before referring them to the Security Council. The Security Council shall encourage the development of specific settlement of local disputes through such regional arrangements or by such regional agencies either on the initiative of the states concerned or by reference from the Security Council, and may act as a force intermediary if needed. This Article in no way impairs the application of Articles 34 and 35.

Article 34

The Security Council shall, where appropriate, utilize such regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action under its authority. But no enforcement action shall be taken under regional arrangements or by regional agencies without the authorization of the Security Council, with the exception of measures against any enemy state, as defined in paragraph 2 of this Article, provided for pursuant to Article 107 or in regional arrangements directed against renewal of aggressive policy on the part of any such state, until such time as the Organization may, on request of the Governments concerned, be charged with the responsibility for preventing further aggression by such a state. The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 of this Article applies to any state or power in which has been an enemy of any signatory of the present Charter. And or any hostile or aggressive power that threatens the provisions of Article I

Article 35

The Security Council shall at all times be kept fully informed of activities undertaken or in contemplation under regional arrangements or by regional agencies, as well as organization members, for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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