General Convention
on
Intermicronational Protocol

Initial and preliminary draft of document structure - June 14, 1998

Emendations and comments

PREAMBLE

The High Contracting Parties,

Proclaiming their sincere desire that peace and amity may prevail among peoples,

Recalling that every nation, great or small, has a moral duty to seek a state of international harmony and peace, insofar as this does not threaten this nation's security or internal harmony,

Believing it necessary nonetheless to develop a set of provisions whereby nations may seek to ensure the aforesaid international harmony and peace,

Expressing their conviction that nothing in this Convention can be construed as legitimizing or authorizing any act of aggression or any other use of force inconsistent with the ultimate duty of seeking peace,

Reaffirming that the provisions in this Convention must be fully applied by the signatories, without any adverse distinctions based on the nature or origin of the transgression or the causes espoused by or attributed to the Parties to the disputes,

Have agreed on the following:

PART I : General Provisions

I:1 General principles and scope of application

I:2 Definitions and terminology

What exactly is a "flame post", etc.?

I:3 Beginning and end of application

Legal requirement - when does this take effect, and for how long?

I:4 Legal status of the Parties to a dispute

I:5 Appointment of Adjudicating Powers and of their substitute

I:6 Qualification of Adjudicators

I:7 Provision for meetings to resolve issues of interpretation

PART II : Basic structure of application

II:1 General application of provisions

Who gets it, and from whom?

II:2 Prohibited acts

The nitty-gritty

II:3 Duty of signatory governments to enforce Convention

II:4 Sanctions authorized towards transgressors

II:5 Application and duration of sanctions

II:6 Provision for periodic reassessment of sanctions

II:7 Possibility of appeal to general assembly of signatories

PART III : Supplementary protocols

"modular" subscription to clauses

This Part would be where we stick the stuff that is less likely to pass general muster - the stuff that not everybody is willing to sign. Part II _must_ apply to all signatories, Part III can be signed as "a la carte" Convention protocols.

PART IV: Closing articles

IV:1 Signature

IV:2 Ratification

IV:3 Accession

IV:4 Entry into force

IV:5 Denunciation

An exact description of the circumstances applying when one of the signatory parties decides to denounce the Convention, that is, to state that it no longer intends to abide by the provisions of the Convention. Usually, there is a period of up to one year before the denunciation takes effect, during which the Convention remains in force.

IV:6 Notification

IV:7 Registration