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New World Union|Regional Embassy Standards & Policy Act of June 2021 (Enacted December 2021)

Regional Embassy Standards & Policy Of June 2021
RESP June 2021

Written By: The democratic nation of unovia, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Co-Written By: FNU, President of New World Union (at the time of writing)
Endorsed By: Austrovik-Germania, President of New World Union (at the time of enactment)

What this Policy will do: It will establish official Regional Embassy Standards & Policies. These standards & policies will be based on the following elements, which will be explained in more detail below.

Standard I-Support for Democracy
Standard II-Freedom of Speech
Standard III-No Affiliation With Raiders
Standard IV-A Region With Growing Population of at least 10 Members or plans for active growth if less
Standard V-An Active Regional Government, Founder, & Population

These five elements will determine our overall policy.

-Standard I-
Support for Democracy
All Embassies must demonstrate support for Democracy. Elements of their Region may be undemocratic, but they must be democratic overall. Regions that do not have a “Regional Government” but have important members that act as a community still qualify as Democratic. Embassies that follow this standard should have the following pieces in their Support for Democracy.

A system for choosing & replacing the Government through free & fair elections.
Active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics & civil life. In democratic Regions where there is a distinction between citizens & non citizens, there should be a process for non citizens to become citizens. All citizens should have equal access to basic Regional functions.
Protection of human rights for all citizens.
A standard of “Rule of Law” within their Region. This can include a Supreme Court of some sort or a practice of deciding disputes.

-Standard II-
Freedom of Speech
All Embassies must demonstrate support for Freedom of Speech. The Freedom of Speech must be supported by the Region. Their RMB must be free of censorship, but at the same time, comments should not be derogatory toward any Nation in the Region. The Freedom of Speech Standard should also be consistent with NationStates practices and policies.

-Standard III-
No Affiliation With Raiders
All Embassies must demonstrate that they have either never had an affiliation with raiders or have had a past affiliation with raiders but have since renounced their affiliation. Embassies in their networks should be expected to follow this same practice.

-Standard IV-
Growing Population
All Embassies must have a growing population of at least 10 Nations in their Regions. Embassies that do not have a population of at least 10 Nations must have a plan to grow their Regional Population to meet the minimum of 10 Nations. Regions that do not show this minimum will be maintained on an Official Regional Watch List by the Foreign Affairs Department, and if they do not make efforts to achieve the minimum over time, they will be removed officially from the Network. If they arrive on the list, then take actions to achieve the “10 Nation Minimum”, they will be removed from the Official Regional Watch List.

-Standard V-
Active Regional Government and/or Founder, & Population
All Embassies must have an active Regional Founder and/or Regional Government. They must also have an active Regional Population that continues to make a stable Region. Embassies do not have to have an active Founder, but they must at least have an Active Regional Government that can step in and act as a representative of their Region. The Regional Population must be active in some way. These ways can be either through the RMB, Discord, Regional Website, or in more than one way. If they are active on their Discord or Regional Website, they must have a link to the active location if on an offsite location on their WFE.

Regions with no Regional Government but they have important members of the Community still apply in this standard.

-Enactment-
This Policy will be enacted following a Regional Vote and after the next Embassy Review. Any pending Embassies during the vote and review will remain pending until after the vote and review. 51% of Voters must approve for enactment to occur.

-Written June 17th, 2021
Enacted December 18th, 2021-

The democratic nation of unovia

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