MTO Act

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The Senate of Elwynn and Hurmu hereby resolve to ratify the General Membership Treaty of the Micras Treaty Organization:

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Treaty of General Membership to the Micras Treaty Organization

1. There is an organization, called the Micras Treaty Organization, which shall consist of all signatory members of this Treaty. All member nations may send one representative to the General Assembly.

1a. For purposes of votes within the General Assembly, any vote cast as equivalent to "Abstain" shall not be counted as a vote in the affirmative or the negative, but simply a recognition that the representative was present and voted.

2. Nations wishing to join the organization must be approved by the General Assembly with at least a 1/3rd plurality. If rejected, a nation may reapply in 3 months.

2a. Members may be expelled from the organization by the General Assembly with a 3/4th (75.0%) majority.

3. The organization's day to day operations are headed and overseen by a chairman known as the Secretary-General which shall be a permanent position once appointed by the General Assembly. The Secretary-General oversees the General Assembly.

3a. The specific powers of the Secretary-General are to: declare votes passed or failed, remind representatives of proper procedure, set temporary voting and debate procedures to last in emergencies until cancelled by 1/4 of the Assembly at anytime, keep debate relevant to the topic, serve as spokesman for the Micras Treaty Organization but not for its members and moderate the MTO's online forums.

3b. The General Assembly may elect an official known as the Deputy Secretary, subject to all the same election and removal procedures as the Secretary-General, whom shall be vested with the responsibility of assisting the Secretary-General. Should the Secretary-General be unavailable or unable to fulfill his/her duties the Deputy Secretary shall stand in for the Secretary-General, until available, or a new one is elected.

4. At any time the General Assembly may hold a vote of no confidence and remove the current Secretary-General. A simple majority (50%+1) is needed to remove a Secretary-General and elect a new one. This vote is managed by the representative who proposed it.

5. The Parties to this treaty hereby establish the Common Court (“CC”, “the Court”) as an independent and free court of justice and law.

5a. The Court shall have the power to interpret the Treaties and Conventions of the Organization.

5b. The Court shall consist of a panel of three jurists independent of the government of the participatory States, elected by the signatory nations of this treaty. The election shall be overseen by the Secretary-General. The Jurists of the Common Court need not be national representatives.

5c. Disputes within a nation about a treaty or convention are dealt with by the concerning nations' internally established court.

6. Nations may leave at any time, but must give public notice of their intent to leave this treaty for it to be recognized. Upon leaving this treaty the departing nation is removed from all other treaties dependent upon this one.

7. This treaty may be amended by the General Assembly with a 3/4th (75.0%) majority.