- WHEREAS terrorism has produced widespread loss of human life and damage throughout the Vexillium;
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WHEREAS this group of nations, whose
representatives have signed this charter, is concerned as to what direction
terrorism may head in the future;
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WHEREAS these same nations wish to protect their
citizens and establish vex-wide legislation on this threat;
We, the Nations whose signatories have assembled
in this City of Newton, on the 14th of January 301, do establish an
Anti-Terrorist Organization, or ATO, to allow the fruitful interaction of our
ideas, to produce binding legislation in all of our nations concerning terrorism,
and to monitor the evolution of the terrorist scene on the Vexillium, and which
shall be internally governed by the principles contained in this Charter:
1.The Anti-Terrorist Organization, or ATO, as it
shall from now on be called, shall be defined as a free union of several nations
of the Vexillium, in order to:
a)
Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas for combating terrorism;
b)
Establish international laws, binding in all of our member states,
concerning terrorism.
c)
Monitor the evolution of terrorism vex-wide.
2. ATO shall have a General Assembly, which
shall convene annually, for a period of 15 days, in the ATO offices in Newton,
and which shall establish new regulations and international laws concerning
terrorism. Delegations from each of the nations will comprise:
a)
A Leader and Spokesperson of the delegation.
b)
A representative of the government of the country.
c)
A representative of the police forces of the country, especially those
specialized in combating terrorism.
d)
Any other delegates the state believes should be useful for the
delegation, such as experts in sociology, explosives, or intelligence, to name a
few.
The General Assembly shall have a Chairman and a
group of Vice-Chairmen, to perform the tasks of giving speaking time to each of
the delegations, and the like. These shall be named by the Executive Council.
Only the spokesperson of a delegation shall be allowed to intervene, expressing
the input given by the other members of the delegation. Legislation and other
proposals put forward to the General Assembly shall be approved only by a
majority vote.
3. ATO shall have a permanent Executive Council,
consisting of an Ambassador from each of the member states, and which shall
enforce the decisions taken by the General Assembly. The purpose of the
Executive Council is to define the best way to answer to situations as they
come, in the spirit of the regulations and legislation passed on the last
General Assembly.
4.The Executive Council shall establish, as it
wishes, Advisory Committees, composed from experts in particular fields of study
linked to terrorism combat, with the function of informing the Executive Council
of recent developments in their fields, submitting a monthly report. Already
established by this charter shall the:
a)
Advisory Committee on Policing Activities.
b)
Advisory Committee on Sociology
c)
Advisory Committee on Intelligence.
A Chairman, elected by the Executive Council,
shall head each Advisory Committee, and he shall include in his Advisory
Committee the members he sees fit.
5. There shall exist an Internal Court, where
the Ambassador of a member nation can bring cases forward, if it is believed to
have occurred a violation of the spirit of this Charter, such as one of the
components of ATO acting on areas that were under the jurisdiction of another
body. The Justices serving in the Internal Court shall be appointed by the
Executive Council.
SIGNED, IN THIS CITY OF NEWTON, IN THIS DAY THE
14th OF JANUARY 301, BY: