Pelasgia
Established Nation
ABOLITION OF THE E.F. MANDATE SYSTEM
- for self-determination, good government, and international justice -
-designed by Antonios Antoniou -
- for self-determination, good government, and international justice -
-designed by Antonios Antoniou -
PREAMBLE
Recognizing the right of all peoples to self-determination, not merely as a nominal value, but as a substantive reality including the power to control their own society, economy, culture, and policy, both domestic and foreign;
Further recognizing that the EF Mandate System was established in a world dominated by the ashes of several great wars of the previous century, including the Meridian Sea War, and that the System, as adopted, was intended as a stepping stone to the achievement of self-determination by all administered territories;
Noting that the circumstances which led to the creation of the EF Mandate System have long since passed, the ashes of the previous century subsiding and giving birth to a new, different world, with vastly different needs and realities;
Stressing that many territories require aid in achieving self-determination and that some peoples may use their right to self-determination to choose to remain subject to a greater whole or to a more advanced power;
THE NATIONS OF EUROPE, assembled in a Forum through their duly empowered Delegates, do hereby decide, decree, and ordain as follows:
ABOLITION OF THE MANDATE SYSTEM
- All territories currently constituted as European Forum Mandates ("EF Mandates" or "Mandates") shall be freed from that regime, which shall itself lapse and be abolished irrevocably;
- All territories formerly constituted as Mandates shall be either granted independence or shall be subjected to an existing Nation in an arrangement to be determined by the former Mandate and the controlling power;
- For further clarity, "arrangement" as contemplated in the previous article may mean annexation, suzerainty, protectorate, territory status, federation, or any other form of control that the two entities might agree upon;
- The choice between the two former options shall be effected by the people of each Mandate in a referendum, which shall be carried out by the local authorities without undue delay, and, at no event, no later six (6) months after the adoption of this motion;
- All foreign nationals resident in a Mandate shall be allowed to either choose the new nationality of the former Mandate or of their own country of origin, and they shall not be harassed if they choose to remain in or prevented from leaving the former Mandate;
- In the event that a former Mandate chooses independence, all foreign military forces shall leave no later than six (6) months after the conclusion of the referendum; if a former Mandate chooses subjection to an existing Nation, the controlling Nation shall decide which, if any, foreign forces may remain in the former Mandate's territory;
- No discrimination of any kind may take place against the residents of a former Mandate following its independence or subjection to control following the effecting of this new status, based on any protected characteristic such as ethnicity, religion, origin, or class.
CONCLUSION
The recent events in Thrakia and Philistaea have convinced the European Forum that the Mandate System, whatever its merits and noble intentions, is no longer capable of meeting its stated objectives. Wishing to avoid needless bloodshed, exploitation, instability, and overall inefficiency in the international order, the European Forum is determined to abolish the Mandate System forever, and to replace it with more permanent, effective, and stable arrangements.
The member states are invited to vote on the motion.
The recent events in Thrakia and Philistaea have convinced the European Forum that the Mandate System, whatever its merits and noble intentions, is no longer capable of meeting its stated objectives. Wishing to avoid needless bloodshed, exploitation, instability, and overall inefficiency in the international order, the European Forum is determined to abolish the Mandate System forever, and to replace it with more permanent, effective, and stable arrangements.
The member states are invited to vote on the motion.