CHARTER TWO from AVENGERS 30th ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE (1993) |
BE IT KNOWN...That we, the Avengers, have banded together to protect and safeguard the planet Earth, its inhabitants and resources, from any and all threats, terrestrial or otherwise, which are or might prove to be beyond the power of conventional forces to handle. That we shall brook no interference in the growth of mankind in meeting its rightful destiny. That we dedicate ourselves to the establishment, growth, and preservation of peace, liberty, equality, and justice under law. |
Article One : Organization |
The Avengers is hereby chartered as a peace-keeping force of the security arm of the United Nations answerable only to the Security Council. Headquarters shall be in New York City and there shall be established facilities for the use of the Avengers in the current eleven member nations of the Security Council. |
Article Two : Jurisdiction |
The Avengers, as a group, are enpowered to act as an agency of enforcement on duly recognized and approved missions in all lands, territories and protectorates of member states of the Untied Nations, providing that the threat in question is super-powered, extra-terrestrial, extra-dimensional, sub-terranean, sub-oceanic, or occult, and engaged in invasion, infestation, limited incursion, piracy, enchantment or any flagrant violation of international law not instigated, sanctioned, or abetted by a member nation. |
Article Three : Funding |
Major funding for the major operations of the Avengers - for upkeep of the New York headquarters, transportation, and equipment shall be provided by a grant from the Maria Stark Foundation - Anthony Stark, Director - with the understanding that the Foundation shall have no say in Avengers operations, policy, membership or the deployment of funds within the Avengers organization. The stipends to serving members and active and inactive reserve members shall be drawn from the major pool of United Nations funding. Costs for construction, maintenance, and staffing of subsidiary headquarters shall be absorbed by the host countries. |
Article Four : Operations |
The day-to-day operations of the Avengers shall be governed by a set of by-laws as put forth by the founding members. |
AVENGERS BY-LAWS |
Section One: Policy & operations |
A. All Avengers shall, at all times, endeavor to adhere to the principles of the Avengers Charter and follow the rules and regulations of these by-laws.
1. The by-laws may be amended, when necessary, by the active members of the Avengers. Amendments may be proposed by any active Avenger. Amendments shall become a binding part of these bylaws upon approval by two-thirds of the active membership. B. No Avenger shall be required to surrender knowledge of his or her civilian identity or personal affairs to the membership at large or the United Nations Security Council. C. The Avengers shall be led by a duly elected Chairbeing. It shall be the duty of this leader to coordinate all Avenger activities, whether business or tactical in nature. 1. The position of Chairbeing shall be open to any active member who has passed his/her probationary period (See Section Two - Memberships). |
Section Two : Membership |
A. Recognizing that the membership of the Avengers may be subject to, and, indeed, might profit from change, procedures for the addition of members shall be set forth. B. Candidates for membership must be legal adults, possessing at least one skill, power, ability, or talent which is deemed valuable by majority of the active membership. 1. Membership shall not be denied on account of race, color, creed, sex, or condition of birth or origin.C. The Avengers shall select new members whenever the Chairbeing or two-thirds of the active membership determines that the ranks are not at optimal strength, or when there is a vacancy in the ranks. 1. It shall be the perogative of the Chairmbeing to limit the number of active members.D. Active Avengers shall be the designation given to those Avengers who are full-time members. 1. Active Avengers shall be required to log all individual cases into the main computer file, that the entire membership may benefit from the individual's experience.E. Reserve Avengers shall be the designation given to those Avengers who are part-time members, on-call for special missions or emergency assignments only. 1. Reserve membership shall be limited to those members who have fulfilled an active term of duty of not less than one year, and who wish to cut back their connections with the group.F. Inactive Avenger shall be the designation given to those members who have retired or resigned from active and reserve duty. 1. Any Avenger may resign by simply notifying the Chairbeing of his/her intent and surrendering his/her Avengers identification card, emergency signal device, and any other Avengers-owned equipment.G. Motions for disciplinary action against any active or reserve Avenger may be brought by any other active Avenger.
1 . In the event of such an accusation, the Chairbeing shall convene a board of inquiry, comprising a simple majority of the active membership (minus the accused, if he/she is an active member). |
Section Three : Meetings |
A. The Avengers shall meet regularly, at least once a week, at a time and place to be agreed upon by a simple majority of the active membership. B. Emergency meetings may be called at any time, but emergency meetings shall not be considered a replacement for a regular meeting. C. In the event that an Avengers mission is in progress at the time of a regularly-scheduled meeting, the meeting will be rescheduled. D. A simple majority of the active membership shall be required to make a meeting official.
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Section Four : Punishment of Criminals |
A. Avengers shall leave the punishment of perpetrators of criminal activity to the appropriate agencies of the law. B. The Avengers shall not abridge an accused's right to a fair and speedy trial. C. The Avengers shall abide by the decisions of the law, and will not take upon themselves any aspect of the punishment process. D. In the event that conventional imprisonment proves inadequate for a given criminal, the Avengers shall be allowed to hold said criminal in a manner they see fit, provided that a full report of said methods of imprisonment is given to the proper law enforcement authorities.
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Section Five : Affiliations |
The Avengers shall maintain open and reciprocal relations - including joint limited access to computer data - with the Fantastic Four, Inc., and with the Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-Enforcement Division. |
Section Six : Security |
All Avengers files shall be open to the scrutiny of a special watchdog committee of the United Nations Security Council and no Avenger may refuse to answer any question posed by a member of that committee, other than those that would reveal that member's secret identity or compromise the security of that member's native country. |
Section Seven : Discorporation |
The Avengers organization may be disbanded only by order of the United Nations Security Council for a breach of international security, or by unanimous vote of the entire active membership of the Avengers. In the event of disbanding, all Avengers properties and facilities shall revert to the Maria Stark Foundation and/or Stark International, with the exception of any devices, properties, analysis systems, or data which has any bearing on U.N. Security. Said materials and data shall be immediately turned over to the United Nations Security Council. |
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