Civcraft UN Charter

Preamble: The United Nations of Civcraft do hereby ordain and establish the principles under which the United Nations shall operate. Firstly, the UN shall ensure that players who seek only to destroy the property of innocents are stopped. Secondly, the UN shall provide a forum within which member nations can debate, discuss, and resolve issues of diplomacy. Thirdly, the UN shall help to set up and run organizations within the UN deemed worthwhile by the international community.

Article I: Terms of Entry

1. All nations wanting to join the UN must meet the following requirements:

a. They must agree to uphold the Charter and the resolutions of the UN.

b. The General Assembly must vote in favor of admission by a simple majority.

c. The Secretary General must approve the new member.

Article II: Inactivity

1. A nation will be considered inactive if the member nation does not participate in votes for one month and if its delegation does not post in General Assembly threads for one month.

2. A member nation can reactivate itself by participating in a vote.

3. Inactive member nations are not included in the quorum.

Article III: Delegation

1. Each member nation may send as many delegates as they wish to send, but each member nation has one vote in the General Assembly.

2. Delegates must be recognized by the head of state of the nation which they represent.

Article IV: Leaving the UN

1. Nations may withdraw from the UN at any time.

2. Any resolutions passed by member nations prior to that nation’s leaving will still apply once that nation has left. Any resolutions passed after that nation has left will not apply, including pending resolutions.

Article V: Secretary General

1. The Secretary General shall be responsible for implementing resolutions and managing the /r/civcraftun subreddit.

2. The Secretary General shall be selected by instant-runoff voting among the delegates of the General Assembly.

3. The Secretary General is responsible for posting a thread tagged [Nominations] one week prior to voting. In this thread, nominations will be posted. If no nominations are accepted by the time of the vote, then the Secretary General will continue to serve as long as no nominations are accepted.

4. The Secretary General serves for one month unless the situation described in Article V Section 3 arises. He may not serve consecutive terms.

5. The Secretary General may be removed by a vote of no-confidence by the General Assembly. Such votes must gain 2/3 support.

Article VI: Amendment

1. The Charter may be amended by the approval of 2/3 of the General Assembly and the approval of the Secretary General.

2. Amendment threads operate in the same manner as discussion threads, as described in Article VII.

Article VII: General Assembly Procedures

1. All potential resolutions must first have threads on /r/civcraftun tagged [Discussion].

2. These threads must exist for at least two days prior to voting.

3. In order to proceed to voting, a quorum must be taken by the original poster of the [Discussion] thread. If not more than 1/3 of the General Assembly replies, barring the inactivity of member states, then the resolution will not proceed to a vote.

4. Votes shall be carried out in threads tagged [Vote].

5. It shall be the responsibility of the Secretary General to tally the vote, put the resolution into the subreddit wiki, and enact the resolution.

6. If a nation abstains or votes nay to a resolution, that nation is not required to uphold that particular resolution.

Article VIII: Standards of Discussion

1. All comments in [Discussion] threads on /r/civcraftun must be respectful and relevant to the resolution being discussed.

2. All comments not following the general guidelines set forth in Article VIII, Section 1 shall be removed.

Article IX: Punitive Measures

1. The General Assembly may bar a delegate from participating in discussions if, by a 2/3 vote, the General Assembly approves of the barring. Barring a delegate from participating does not necessitate the approval of the Secretary General.

2. The General Assembly may ban a nation from the United Nations if 2/3 of the General Assembly approves of the banning, and the Secretary General approves of the banning.