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Charter of the League of IDU Nations

We, the nations of the International Democratic Union in convention assembled:

Desiring to preserve the global community of nations and peoples from the scourge of war,

Dedicated to the cause of fostering and upholding the civil, social, cultural, economic, environmental, and political rights fundamental to all human beings,

Determined to ensure harmonious relations and fruitful cooperation between nations,

Believing firmly in the value of international dialogue so as to achieve these above goals,

Hereby establish and enshrine this Charter of the League of IDU Nations.

1. The League of IDU Nations, abbreviated as LIDUN, shall be an international body comprising as members the governments of all recognized International Democratic Union states. All LIDUN member states hereby pledge to endeavor to comply with all applicable LIDUN resolutions which are enacted at present or may be enacted in future.

2. The delegates of each member state of the League shall sit on the organization’s four committees of the whole: namely, the Economic and Development Council; the Political and Human Rights Council; the Social, Cultural, and Scientific Council; and the Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council. Each delegate shall have the right to cast one vote on the procedural and substantive measures being adopted by the Council. Each Council shall operate according to standard parliamentary procedure, while a quorum of two-third of delegates present shall be required to conduct formal business. The adoption of resolutions of each Council shall require a simple majority of all delegates voting, except where specified otherwise within the Charter, while no delegate shall be denied the right to abstain on procedural or substantive motions.

3. The Economic and Development Council shall be charged with producing resolutions expressing the formal will of the international community on subjects pertaining to economic development, trade and commerce, and the alleviation of poverty, as well as resolutions directing such LIDUN specialized agencies as the Council may establish and place under its own remit.

4. The Political and Human Rights Council shall be charged with producing resolutions expressing the formal will of the international community on subjects pertaining to the understanding and interpretation of human rights, instances of breaches of human rights, and the general practice of politics at the national and subnational level, as well as resolutions directing such LIDUN specialized agencies as the Council may establish and place under its own remit. The Political and Human Rights Council may also appoint (or charge the Secretary-General with appointing) Special Envoys or Special Rapporteurs with the duty of investigating the condition of specific human rights worldwide, or instances of suspected breaches of human rights.

5. The Social, Cultural, and Scientific Council shall be charged with producing resolutions expressing the formal will of the international community on subjects pertaining to the preservation and recognition of cultural heritage, environmental conservation and the prevention of climate change, global crime prevention and criminal justice, and the practice and furthering of the social and natural sciences, as well as resolutions directing such LIDUN specialized agencies as the Council may establish and place under its own remit.

6. The Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council shall be charged with producing resolutions overseeing the operations and internal affairs of the League of IDU Nations, including setting the membership dues and biannual allocation of funds for the organization, regulating the organization’s membership as described in Article 11 of the Charter, establishing new specialized agencies of the League, and overseeing the operations of the League and its Secretariat.

1. On the passage of the biannual budget, a two-thirds majority of voting members in favor of the budget shall be required for enactment. Should the Council be unable to pass a budget with the required majority, the previous biennium’s budget shall remain in place.
2. LIDUN shall have the authority to require dues from its members, and the Budgetary and Internal Affairs Committee shall decide a formula to set such dues based on factors such as national wealth, contributions to international peacekeeping operations, and other factors which the Council may find relevant. Should a member state fail to pay such dues in full for a period of three consecutive years, unless a temporary waiver of dues is approved by the Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council, the member state’s voting privileges shall be suspended until all dues owed are paid.
   
3. The Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council is charged with establishing or dissolving specialized organizations within LIDUN, which shall be placed under the remit of one of the four committees of the whole for the purposes of overseeing and regulating the agencies’ operations. These specialized organizations, as well as the permanent organs of the League, may employ such staff as are necessary in order to fulfill their mandates, to be collectively referred to as the League Secretariat.
   

7. One member state’s delegation shall be selected to serve as President of the League of IDU Nations by an exhaustive ballot of all member states, for a term of one year. No member state may serve as President of LIDUN for more than two consecutive terms. Upon the commencement of the President’s term, the delegation serving as President shall nominate an individual to serve as Secretary-General of LIDUN for the duration of the member state’s presidency, who shall serve as the ceremonial head of the League of IDU Nations and shall use the influence of their office to pursue the goals of the League. The President shall also serve as Chair of the Security Council, and may settle any ties within that Council.

8. The chief decision-making body of LIDUN on all matters of international security and other issues of global import shall be the Security Council. Upon the commencement of their term, the President shall nominate a slate of 14 member states from among the states of greatest influence and those held in the highest esteem as peace brokers to serve as members of the Security Council, alongside the President, for a term of one year. This slate shall be approved by a simple majority vote of the Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council; should the slate be rejected, the President shall be charged with submitting an alternate slate, until the Council votes in favor of the slate. By a two-thirds majority, the Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council may also approve its own slate to the Security Council, provided that the President’s initial slate failed to garner a majority.

9. The Security Council shall have the authority to enact binding resolutions and sanctions, as well as order the deployment of League Peacekeepers. All substantive business introduced to the Council shall first require the approval of a majority of members of the Inner Council of the Security Council. The Inner Council shall comprise the President of the Security Council and four members of the Security Council elected from within its membership by its members on the basis of their great influence.

10. The Security Council shall oversee the deployment of League Peacekeepers, troops and police contributed on a temporary basis to the League for the purposes of ensuring peace and enforcing ceasefires in conflict zones and zones at risk of conflict. The Security Council shall establish regulations for the mandate of each peacekeeping mission, including the mission’s size, its duties, and the duration of its mandate, subject to potential re-authorization by the Security Council. All votes to deploy or extend the authorization of a peacekeeping mission shall require a two-thirds majority of all voting Security Council members.

11. All states within the IDU which possess international recognition and a permanent population are eligible to become member states of LIDUN, provided a two-thirds majority of the voting members of the Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council vote in favor. The Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council may also, by a two-thirds majority, transfer membership in the League between two governments laying claim to the legitimate representation of the same geographic area. The League may not expel any member, yet any member state may withdraw from the League by stating its intent to withdraw to the Secretary-General.

12. All League business may be conducted at any location in which a quorum of members may be established. The Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council shall have the authority to designate permanent locations to host LIDUN business. Any location in which LIDUN business is being conducted shall be considered international territory, and the Budgetary and Internal Affairs Council may set regulations for conduct within the bounds of this territory.

13. The Budgetary and Internal Affairs Committee may enact amendments to this Charter by a two-third majority of all states voting.