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Articles of Federation
We, the intelligent life-forms of the
United Federation of Planets determined:
To Save succeeding generations from the scourge of
intra-galactic war which has brought untold horror and suffering to our
planetary social systems, and
To reaffirm faith in the fundamental intelligent life-form rights, in the
dignity and worth of the intelligent life-form person, to the equal rights of
male and female and of planetary social systems large and small, and
To establish conditions under which justice and mutual respect for the
obligations arising from treaties and other sources of interplanetary law can be
maintained, and
To promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
And to these ends:
To practice benevolent tolerance and live together in peace with one another as
good neighbors, and
To unite our strength to maintain intra-galactic peace and security, and
To ensure by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods that
armed force shall not be used except in the common defense, and
To employ intra-galactic machinery for the promotion of the economic and social
advancement of all intelligent life-forms,
Have resolved to combine our
efforts to accomplish these aims.
Accordingly, the respective social systems, through
representatives assembled on the planet Babel, who have exhibited their full
powers to be in good and due form, have agreed to these articles of federation
of the United Federation of Planets, and do hereby establish an interplanetary
organization to be known as the United Federation of Planets.
Chapter I
Purposes and Principles
Article 1
The purposes of the United Federation of Planets are:
1. To maintain interplanetary peace and security within the treaty exploration
territory, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the
prevention of threats to the peace, the suppression of acts of aggression, and
to bring about by peaceful means, and employing the principles of justice and
intra-galactic law, adjustment or settlement of interplanetary disputes which
might lead to a breach of the peace;
2. To develop friendly relations among planets based on respect for the
principles of equal rights and self-determination of intelligent life-forms, and
to other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
3. To achieve interplanetary cooperation in solving intra-galactic problems of
economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character; in promoting and
encouraging respect for intelligent life-form rights; and for fundamental
freedoms for all without distinction as to culture, sex, life-form, or religious
belief; and
4. To be a center for coincidence of the actions of all social systems in the
attainment of these common ends.
Article 2
The Federation and its members, in pursuit of the purposes stated, shall act in
accordance with the following principles:
1. The Federation is based on the sovereign equality of all its members;
2. In order to ensure to all of them equal rights and benefits resulting from
membership, all members shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by
them in accordance with these articles of Federation;
3. All members shall settle their interplanetary disputes by peaceful means in
such manner that intra-galactic peace, security, and justice, are not
endangered;
4. In all interplanetary relations, all members shall refrain from the threat,
or use, of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of
any planetary social system, or in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of
the United Federation;
5. All members shall give the United Federation every assistance in any action
taken in accordance with these articles of Federation, and shall refrain from
assisting any planetary social system against which the Federation is taking
preventive or enforcement action;
6. The United Federation shall ensure that planetary social systems which are
not members of the Federation act in accordance with these principles as
necessary for the maintenance of intra-galactic peace and security;
7. Nothing within these articles of Federation shall authorize the Federation to
intervene in matters which are essentially the domestic jurisdiction of any
planetary social system, or shall require the members to submit such matters to
settlement under these articles of Federation; but this principle shall not
prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.
Chapter II
Membership
Article 3
The original members of the United Federation of Planets shall be those
planetary social systems which, having participated in the interplanetary
conference on interplanetary Federation at Babel, or having previously signed
the declaration of the United Federation of Planets of Stardate 0963, sign these
articles of Federation and ratify them in accordance with Article 110.
Article 4
1. Membership in the United Federation is open to any other peaceful planetary
social systems which accept the obligations contained in these articles of
Federation and, in the judgment of the Federation, are capable and willing to
carry out these obligations;
2. The admission of any such planetary social system to membership in the United
Federation of Planets is contingent upon the decision of the supreme assembly
upon recommendation of the Federation council.
Article 5
The Supreme Assembly may suspend the rights and privileges of membership of any
member of the United Federation against which the Federation council has taken
preventive or enforcement action. The Federation council may restore these
rights and privileges of membership at its discretion.
Article 6
Any member of the United Federation which has persistently violated the purposes
contained in these articles of Federation may be expelled from the Federation by
the Supreme Assembly upon the recommendation of the Federation council.
Chapter III
Agencies
Article 7
1. There are established as the principle agencies of the United Federation of
Planets: a Supreme Assembly, a Federation Council, an economic and social
council, a trusteeship council, an interplanetary supreme court of justice, a
Star Fleet combined peace-keeping force, and a Secretariat;
2. Such subsidiary agencies as may be deemed necessary from time to time may be
established in accordance with these articles of Federation;
Article 8
The United Federation shall place no restriction on the eligibility of male and
female life-forms or any member planetary social system to participate in any
capacity under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary agencies.
Chapter IV
The Supreme Assembly
Article 9: Composition
The Supreme Assembly shall consist of all the members of the United Federation
of Planets. Each member shall be entitled to have not more than five (5)
representatives in this body;
Article 10: Functions and Powers
The Supreme Assembly may discuss any questions on any matters within the scope
of these articles of Federation or relating to the powers and functions of any
agencies provided for in these articles of Federation and, except as provided in
Article 12, may make recommendations to the members and the Federation Council
or both on any such questions or matters;
Article 11
1. The Supreme Assembly may consider the general principles of cooperation in
maintaining interplanetary peace and security, including disarmament and the
regulation of armaments, and may make recommendations with regard to such
principles to the members or the Federation Council or to both;
2. The Supreme Assembly may discuss any questions relative to the maintenance of
intra-galactic peace and security put to it by any member or the Federation
council, or a non-member planetary social system in accordance with Article 25
Paragraph 2 and, except as provided in Article 12, may make recommendations with
regard to any such questions to the members, the Federation Council, or the
pleading planetary social system, or to all of them. Any such question on which
action is necessary shall be referred to the Federation Council by the supreme
assembly either before or after discussion;
3. The Supreme Assembly may call situations which are likely to endanger the
interplanetary and intra-galactic peace and security to the attention of the
Federation Council;
4. The powers of the Supreme Assembly as set forth in this Article shall not
limit the scope of Article 10;
Article 12
1. Where the Federation Council is executing the functions assigned to it under
these articles of Federation with respect to any dispute or situation, the
Supreme Assembly shall make no recommendation with regard to that dispute or
situation unless so requested by the Federation Council;
2. The Supreme-Secretariat, with the consent of the Federation Council, shall
notify the Supreme Assembly at each session of any matters relating to the
maintenance of interplanetary peace and security which are under discussion in
the Federation Council, and shall notify the Supreme Assembly, or the members if
the Supreme Assembly is not in session, immediately when the Federation Council
completes its deliberations on any such matters;
Article 13
1. The Supreme Assembly shall initiate studies and make recommendations for the
purpose of:
A). promoting interplanetary cooperation in political fields and encouraging the
progressive development of interplanetary law and its codification;
B). promoting interplanetary cooperation in the economic, social, cultural,
educational, and health fields, and assisting in the realization of intelligent
life-form rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to
culture, sex, language, or religion;
2. The further responsibilities, functions, and powers of the supreme assembly
with respect to matters mentioned in Paragraph 1(b) above are set forth in
Chapters IX and X;
Article 14
Subject to the provisions of Article 12, the Supreme Assembly may recommend
measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation, regardless of origin,
which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among
the planets, including situations resulting from violations of the provisions of
these articles of Federation setting forth the purposes and principles of the
United Federation of Planets;
Article 15
1. The Supreme Assembly shall receive and consider regular and special reports
from the Federation Council; which reports shall include an account of the
measures that the Federation Council has decided upon or taken to maintain
interplanetary peace and security;
2. The Supreme Assembly shall receive and consider reports from the other
agencies of the United Federation on agreed upon regular periods or reporting;
Article 16
The Supreme Assembly shall perform such functions of intra-galactic trusteeship
as are assigned to it under Chapters XII and XIII, including the approval of the
trusteeship agreements for areas which are not designated as strategic;
Article 17
1. The Supreme Assembly shall consider and approve the budget of the United
Federation of Planets;
2. The expenses of the United Federation of Planets shall be borne by the
members as apportioned by the Supreme Assembly;
3. The Supreme Assembly shall consider and approve any financial and budgetary
agreements with specialized agencies referred to in Article 57 and shall examine
the administrative budgets of such specialized agencies with a view to making
recommendations to the agencies concerned;
4. All budgets of, and expenses of the United Federation shall be made and paid
in the common interplanetary credit. The common interplanetary credit shall be
the official medium of exchange within the United Federation treaty exploration
territory;
Article 18: Voting
1. Each member of the Supreme Assembly shall have one (1) vote;
2. Decisions of the Supreme Assembly on important decisions shall be made on a
two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the members present and voting. These
questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of
interplanetary peace and security; the election of non-permanent members to the
Federation Council; the election of members of the trusteeship council in
accordance with Paragraph 1(c) of Article 86; the admission of new members to
the Federation; the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership; the
expulsion of members; questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship
system; and budgetary questions;
3. Decisions on other questions, including the determination of additional
categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirds (2/3) majority, shall be
made by a majority vote of the members present and voting;
Article 19
A member of the United Federation which is in arrears in the payment of its
financial obligations to the Federation shall have no vote in the supreme
assembly if the amount it is in arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the
contributions due from it for the preceding two accounting periods. The supreme
assembly may, nevertheless, permit such a member to vote if it is satisfied that
the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the member.
Article 20: Procedure
The Supreme Assembly shall meet in regular periodic sessions and in such special
sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the
Supreme-Secretariat at the request of the Federation Council or of a majority of
the members of the United Federation;
Article 21
The Supreme Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure. It shall elect its
president for each session;
Article 22
The Supreme Assembly may establish such subsidiary agencies as it deems
necessary for the performance of its functions.
Chapter V
The Federation Council
Article 23: Composition
1. The Federation Council shall consist of eleven (11) members of the United
Federation. The United Nations of the planet Earth, the Planetary Confederation
of 40 Eridani, the United Planets of 61 Cygni, the Star Empire of Epsilon Indii,
and the Alpha Centauri Concordium of Planets shall be permanent members of the
Federation Council. The Supreme Assembly shall elect six (6) other members of
the United Federation to be non-permanent members of the Federation Council, due
regard being especially paid, in the first instance, to the contribution of the
members to the United Federation to the maintenance of interplanetary peace and
security and to the other purposes of the Federation, and also to equitable
geo-galactic distribution;
2. The non-permanent members of the Federation Council shall be elected for a
term of two (2) session periods. In the first election of non-permanent members,
however, three (3) shall be elected for a term of one (1) session period. A
retiring member shall not be eligible for immediate re-election;
Article 24: Functions and Powers
1. In order to assure prompt and effective action by the United Federation of
Planets, its members confer on the Federation Council primary responsibility for
the maintenance of interplanetary peace and security, and agree that in carrying
out its duties under this responsibility the Federation Council acts on their
behalf;
2. In discharging these duties the Federation Council shall act in accordance
with the purposes and principles of the United Federation. The specific powers
granted to the Federation Council for the discharge of these duties are laid
down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and XII;
3. The Federation Council shall submit regular and, when necessary, special
reports to the Supreme Assembly for its consideration;
Article 25
The members of the United Federation agree to accept and carry out the decisions
of the Federation Council in accordance with these articles of Federation;
Article 26
In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of interplanetary peace
and security with the least diversion of the Federation's life-forms, and
economic resources for armaments, the Federation Council shall be responsible
for formulating, with the assistance of Star Fleet Headquarters staff referred
to in Article 47, plans to be submitted to the members of the United Federation
for the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments;
Article 27: Voting
1. Each member of the Federation Council shall have one (1) vote;
2. Decisions of the Federation Council on procedural matters shall be made by an
affirmative vote of seven (7) members;
3. Decisions of the Federation Council on all other matters shall be made on an
affirmative vote of seven (7) members including the concurring votes of the
permanent members, provided that, in decisions under Chapter VI, and under
Paragraph 3 of Article 52, a party to the dispute shall refrain from voting;
Article 28: Procedure
1. The Federation Council shall be so organized as to be able to function
continuously. Each member of the Federation Council shall, for this purpose, be
represented at all times at the seat of the Federation;
2. The Federation Council shall hold periodic meetings at which each of its
members may, if it so desires, be represented by a member of its government or
by some other specially designated representative;
3. The Federation Council may hold meetings at such places other than the seat
of the Federation as in its judgment will facilitate its work;
Article 29
The Federation Council may establish such subsidiary agencies as it deems
necessary for the performance of its functions;
Article 30
The Federation Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the
method of selecting its governor;
Article 31
Any member of the United Federation which is not a member of the Federation
council may participate, without vote, in the discussion of any question brought
before the Federation Council whenever the latter considers that the interests
of the member are specifically affected;
Article 32
Any member of the United Federation which is not a member of the Federation
council or any planetary social system which is not a member of the United
Federation of Planets, if it is a party to a dispute under consideration by the
Federation Council, shall be invited to participate, without vote, in the
discussion relating to the dispute. The Federation Council shall lay down the
conditions as it deems just for the participation of a planetary social system
which is not a member of the United Federation of Planets.
Chapter VI
Pacific Settlement of Disputes
Article 33
1. The parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely to endanger
the maintenance of interplanetary peace and security, shall, first of all, seek
a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration,
judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other
peaceful means of their own choice;
2. The Federation Council shall, when it deems necessary, call upon the parties
to settle their disputes by such means;
Article 34
The Federation Council may investigate any dispute, or any situation that might
lead to interplanetary friction or give rise to a dispute, in order to determine
whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the
maintenance of interplanetary peace and security;
Article 35
1. Any member of the United Federation may bring any dispute, or any situation
of the nature referred to in Article 34, to the attention of the Federation
Council or the Supreme Assembly;
2. A planetary social system which is not a member of the United Federation of
Planets may bring to the attention of the Federation Council or the supreme
assembly any dispute to which it is a party if it accepts in advance, for the
purposes of disputes, the obligation of pacific settlement provided in these
articles of Federation;
3. The proceedings of the Supreme Assembly in respect to matters brought to its
attention under this Article will be subject to the provisions of articles 11
and 12;
Article 36
1. The Federation Council may, at any stage of a dispute of the nature referred
to in Article 33 or of a situation of like nature, recommend procedures or
appropriate methods of adjustment;
2. The Federation Council shall take into consideration any procedures for the
settlement of the dispute which have already been adopted by the parties;
3. In making recommendations under the Article the Federation Council should
also take into consideration that legal disputes should as a general rule be
referred to the interplanetary supreme court of justice in accordance with the
provisions of the statute of the court;
Article 37
1. Should the parties to a dispute as referred to in Article 33 fail to settle
it by means indicated in that Article, they shall refer it to the Federation
Council;
2. If the Federation Council deems that the continuance of the dispute is in
fact likely to endanger the maintenance of interplanetary peace and security, it
shall decide whether to take action under Article 36 or to recommend such terms
as it may consider appropriate;
Article 38
Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 33 to 37, the Federation council
may, if all the parties to any dispute so request, make recommendations to the
parties with a view to a pacific settlement of the dispute.
Chapter VII
Action with Respect to Threats of the
Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression
Article 39
The Federation Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace,
breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations to
maintain or restore interplanetary peace and security;
Article 40
In order to prevent aggravation of the situation, the Federation Council may
call upon the parties concerned to comply with such provisional measures as it
deems necessary or desirable. Such provisional measures shall be without
prejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the parties concerned. The
Federation Council shall take into account any failure to comply with such
provisional measures;
Article 41
The Federation Council may decide what measures short of the use of armed force
are to be employed to give effect to its decisions, and may call upon the
members of the United Federation to apply such measures. These may include
partial or complete interruption of economic relations, inter-planet radio and
space travel, and severance of diplomatic relations;
Article 42
Should the Federation Council consider that measures under Article 41 would be
inadequate or have proved to be inadequate, it may take such action by armed
force as necessary to maintain or restore interplanetary peace and security.
Such action may include demonstrations, blockades, and other operations by Star
Fleet combined peace-keeping forces;
Article 43
All members of the United Federation in obligation to the maintenance of
interplanetary peace and security, agree to make available to Star Fleet, on
call of the Federation Council, armed forces, assistance and facilities,
including rights of passage, necessary for the maintenance of interplanetary
peace and security;
Article 44
When the Federation Council has decided to use force it shall, before calling
upon a member not represented on it to provide armed forces in fulfillment of
obligations assumed under Article 43, invite that member to participate in the
decision of the Federation Council relating to the employment of contingents of
the member's armed forces;
Article 45
In order to enable the United Federation to take urgent military measures, all
members so capable, shall assign contingents of their armed forces to Star Fleet
to be employed as a single peace-keeping force of the United Federation of
Planets. All contingents so assigned, and for the duration of their assignment,
shall hold full faith and loyalty to the United Federation of Planets and the
protection of the purposes and principles of these articles of Federation;
Article 46
Plans for the application of Star Fleet armed forces shall be made by the
Federation Council with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee of Star
Fleet Headquarters;
Article 47
1. There shall be established within Star Fleet a Military Staff Committee to
advise, and assist the Federation Council on all matters relating to the United
Federation's military requirements for maintaining interplanetary peace and
security;
2. The Military Staff Committee shall consist of the chiefs of staff of the
permanent members of the Federation Council, or their representatives. Any
member of the United Federation may be invited to provide representation on the
Military Staff Committee where its responsibilities requires the participation
of that member in its work;
3. The Military Staff Committee, with the authorization of the Federation
council, shall establish a Star Fleet as the armed, peace-keeping, forces of the
United Federation of Planets. It shall be responsible for the establishment and
maintenance of all facilities of Star Fleet, including armed ships, Starbases,
and training facilities;
4. The Military Staff Committee shall be responsible under the Federation
council for the strategic direction of Star Fleet armed forces, and the other
armed forces of the members when required for the maintenance on interplanetary
peace and security;
Article 48
The action required to carry out decisions of the Federation Council for the
maintenance of interplanetary peace and security shall be taken by Star Fleet,
using such contingents as appropriate to the specific action;
Article 49
The members of the United Federation shall join in affording mutual assistance
in carrying out the measures decided upon by the Federation Council and in
assisting Star Fleet in the performance of its duties and obligations;
Article 50
If preventive or enforcement measures against any planet are taken by the
Federation Council, any other planet, whether a member of the United Federation
or not, which finds itself confronted with special economic problems arising
from the carrying out of these measures shall have the right to consult with the
Federation Council with regard to the solution of its problems;
Article 51
Nothing in these articles of Federation shall impair the inherent right of
individual or collective self-defense against armed attacks occurring to members
of the United Federation, until the Federation Council has taken measures
necessary to maintain interplanetary peace and security, and Star Fleet forces
can be brought into action. Such actions taken by members of the United
Federation in their self-defense shall be immediately reported to the Federation
council.
Chapter VIII
Star FLEET
Article 52
1. There is established a Star Fleet as the armed peace-keeping forces of the
United Federation of Planets. It shall initially be comprised of contingents
assigned to it by members of the United Federation under Article 43 until such
time as facilities, recruitment, and training obviates the necessity of drawing
upon the armament of any member, except as provided in Article 49;
2. The operations and actions of Star Fleet shall at all times be under the
direct cognizance of the Federation Council and the Military Staff Committee
which shall also prepare and approve the budget for Star Fleet operations;
3. Initial expenditure is authorized under these articles of Federation for the
establishment of a Star Fleet Headquarters and two (2) Starbases to be equitably
located within the boundary of the United Federation of Planets and outside of
any possible conflict with the territorial Federation Council shall review and
approve such other expansions of starbases and other facilities as shall seem
appropriate from time to time in the maintenance of interplanetary peace and
security;
4. Initial expenditure is also granted under these articles of Federation for
the establishment of a Star Fleet academy for the purpose of training officers
and personnel for Star Fleet duty. The standards for training such officers and
personnel shall be determined by the Military Staff Committee and approved by
the Federation Council;
Article 53
1. Initial expenditure is granted under these articles of Federation for the
design, procurement, and operation of fourteen (14) heavy cruiser type of
starships to provide the nucleus of Star Fleet's peace-keeping armed forces.
These cruisers shall be capable of extended duration patrol of intra-galactic
range, with weaponry appropriate to such class of starships. They shall be
provided with fire-power superior to that now employed by any member of the
United Federation, and appropriate to the tasks expected of them;
2. Expenditure is also granted under these articles of Federation for the
procurement and construction of such lesser classes of space forces as shall be
required to support Star Fleet operations and the heavy cruiser class of
starships. These may be, but not necessarily limited to, types such as scouts,
destroyers, transports, re-supply, shuttlecraft, and survey ships;
Article 54
1. The training of base personnel and ship complements shall include all fields
of science and technology as well as the military arts in Star Fleet. It is the
intent of these articles of Federation that Star Fleet shall be used to conduct
missions of scientific exploration and investigation within the treaty
exploration territory whenever its services are not required in the maintenance
of interplanetary peace and security;
2. Star Fleet Headquarters and the Federation Council shall be at all times kept
informed of the activities undertaken, or contemplated, for the scientific
exploration and investigation of the treaty exploration territory. Any ship so
employed shall be detached from military fleet duty and re-assigned as a
non-military scientific unit of the United Federation.
Chapter IX
Interplanetary Economic and Social
Cooperation
Article 55
With a view to creating conditions of stability and well-being which are
necessary for peaceful relations among planetary social systems based on respect
for the principles of equal rights and self-determination of all intelligent
life-forms, the United Federation of Planets shall promote:
A). higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and
social progress and development;
B). solution of interplanetary economic, social, health, and related problems;
and interplanetary cultural and educational cooperation; and
C). universal respect for, and observance of, intelligent life-form rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to culture, sex, language,
or religion;
Article 56
All members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action in cooperation
with the United Federation for the achievement of the purposes and goals set
forth in Article 55;
Article 57
The various specialized agencies, established by interplanetary agreement and
having wide interplanetary responsibilities as defined in their basic
instruments in economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related
fields, shall be brought into relationship with the United Federation in
accordance with Article 63;
Such agencies thus brought into relationship with the United Federation are
hereafter referred to as specialized agencies;
Article 58
The United Federation shall make recommendations for the coordination of the
policies and activities of the specialized agencies;
Article 59
The United Federation shall, where appropriate, initiate negotiations among its
members concerned for the creation of any new specialized agencies required for
the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in Article 55;
Article 60
Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of the United Federation as
set forth in this Chapter shall be vested in the Supreme Assembly and, under the
authority of the Supreme Assembly, in the economic and social council which
shall have for this purpose the powers set forth in Chapter X.
Chapter X
The Economic and Social Council
Article 61: Composition
1. The economic and social council shall consist of eighteen (18) members of the
United Federation as elected by the Supreme Assembly;
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, six (6) members of the economic and
social council shall be elected each session for a term of three (3) session
periods. A retiring member shall be eligible for immediate re-election;
3. At the first election, eighteen (18) members of the economic and social
council shall be chosen, the term of office of six (6) members so chosen will
expire at the end of one (1) session period, and the terms of six (6) other
members at the end of two (2) session periods in accordance with arrangements
made by the Supreme Assembly;
4. Each member of the economic and social council shall have one (1)
representative;
Article 62: Functions and Powers
1. The economic and social council may make or initiate studies and reports with
respect to interplanetary economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and
related matters and may make recommendations with respect to any such matters to
the Supreme Assembly, to the members of the United Federation, and to
specialized agencies concerned;
2. It may make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and
observance of, intelligent life-form rights and fundamental freedoms for all;
3. It may prepare draft instruments with the rules prescribed by the United
Federation;
4. It may prepare draft instruments for admission to the Supreme Assembly, with
respect to matters falling within its competence;
5. It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United
Federation, interplanetary conferences on matters falling within its competence;
Article 63
1. The economic and social council may enter into agreements with any of its
agencies referred to in Article 57, defining the terms on which the agency
concerned shall be brought into relationship with the United Federation. Such
agreements shall be subject to approval by the Supreme Assembly;
2. It may coordinate the activities of the specialized agencies through
consultation with and recommendations to such agencies and through
recommendations to the Supreme Assembly and to the members of the United
Federation;
Article 64
The economic and social council may take appropriate steps to obtain reports
from the specialized agencies. It may make arrangements with the members of the
United Federation and with the specialized agencies to obtain reports on the
steps taken to give effect to its own recommendations and to recommendations on
matters falling within its competence by the Supreme Assembly;
Article 65
The economic and social council may furnish information to the Federation
council and shall assist the Federation Council upon its request;
Article 66
1. The economic and social council shall perform such functions as fall within
its competence in connection with the carrying out of the recommendations of the
Supreme Assembly;
2. It may, with the approval of the Supreme Assembly, perform services at the
request of members of the United Federation or as may be assigned to it by the
Supreme Assembly;
Article 67: Voting
Each member of the economic and social council shall have one (1) vote;
Decisions of the economic and social council shall be made by a majority of the
members present and voting;
Article 68: Procedures
The economic and social council shall set up commissions in economic and social
fields and for the promotion of intelligent life-form rights, and such other
commissions as may be required for the performance of its functions;
Article 69
The economic and social council shall invite any member of the United Federation
to participate, without vote, in its deliberations on any matter of particular
concern to that member;
Article 70
The economic and social council may make arrangements for representatives of the
specialized agencies to participate, without vote, in its deliberations and in
those commissions established by it, and for its representatives to participate
in the deliberations of the specialized agencies;
Article 71
The economic and social council may make suitable arrangements for consultation
with non-governmental and intra-planet organizations which are concerned with
matters within its competence. Such arrangements may be made with planetary
organizations after consultation with members of the United Federation
concerned;
Article 72
1. The economic and social council shall adopt its own rules of procedure,
including the method of selecting its director;
2. The economic and social council shall meet as required in accordance with its
rules, which shall include provision for the convening of meetings on the
request of a majority of its members.
Chapter XI
Declaration Regarding
Non-Self-Governing Regions
Article 73
Members of the United Federation which have assumed responsibilities for the
administration of regions whose intelligent life-forms have not yet attained a
full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of
the inhabitants of these regions are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the
obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of interplanetary peace
and security established by these articles of Federation, the well-being of the
inhabitants of these regions, and, to this end:
A). to ensure, with due respect for the cultures of the intelligent life-forms
concerned, their political, economic, social, and educational advancement, their
just treatment, and their protection against abuses;
B). to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations
of the intelligent life-forms, and to assist them in the progressive development
of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances
of each region and its intelligent life-forms and their varying stages of
advancement;
C). to further interplanetary peace and security;
D). to promote constructive measures of development, to encourage research, and
to cooperate with one-another and, when and where appropriate, with specialized
interplanetary bodies with a view to the practical achievement of the social,
economic, and scientific purposes set forth in this Article; and
E). to transmit regularly to the Supreme-Secretariat for information purposes,
subject to such limitations as security and statutory considerations may
require, statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to
economic, social, and educational conditions in the regions for which they are
respectively responsible other than those regions to which Chapters XII and XIII
apply;
Article 74
Members of the United Federation also agree that their policy in respect of the
regions to which this Chapter applies, no less than in respect of their
metropolitan areas, must be based on the general principle of
good-neighborliness, due account being taken of the interests and well-being of
the rest of the Federation territory in social, economic, and commercial
matters.
Chapter XII
Interplanetary Trusteeship System
Article 75
The United Federation shall establish under its authority an interplanetary
trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such regions as may
be placed there under by subsequent individual agreements. These regions are
hereinafter referred to as trust regions;
Article 76
The basic objectives of the trusteeship system, in accordance with the purposes
and principles of the United Federation as laid down in these Articles of
Federation, shall be:
A). to further interplanetary peace and security;
B). to promote the political, economic, social, and educational advancements of
the inhabitants of the trust regions, and their progressive development towards
self-government or independence as may be appropriate to the particular
circumstances of each region and its intelligent life-forms concerned, and as
may be provided by the terms of the trusteeship agreement;
C). to encourage respect for intelligent life-form rights and for fundamental
freedoms for all without distinction as to culture, sex, language, or religion,
and to encourage recognition of the inter-dependence of the intelligent
life-forms of the galaxy; and
D). to ensure equal treatment in social, economic, and commercial matters for
all members of the United Federation and their nationals, and also equal
treatment for the latter in the administration of justice, without prejudice to
the adjustment of foregoing objectives and subject to the provisions of Article
80;
Article 77
1. The trusteeship system shall apply to such regions in the following
categories as may be placed there under by means of trusteeship agreements:
A). regions now held under mandate;
B). regions which may be detached from alien social systems as a result of
interplanetary war; and
C). regions voluntarily placed under the trusteeship system by social systems
responsible for their administration;
2. It will be a matter for subsequent agreement as to which regions in the
foregoing categories will be brought under the trusteeship system and upon what
terms.
Article 78
The trusteeship system shall not apply to regions which have become members of
the United Federation of Planets, relationship among which shall be based on the
respect for the principle of sovereign equality;
Article 79
The terms of trusteeship for each region to be placed under the trusteeship
system, including any alteration or amendment, shall be agreed upon by the
social systems directly concerned, including the mandatory power in the case of
regions held under mandate by a member of the United Federation, and shall be
approved as provided for in Articles 83 and 85;
Article 80
1. Except as may be agreed upon in individual trusteeship agreements, made under
Articles 77, 79, and 81, placing each region under the trusteeship system, and
until such agreements have been concluded, noting in this Chapter shall be
construed in or of itself to alter in any manner the rights whatsoever of any
social systems or any intelligent life-forms or the terms of existing agreements
to which members of the United Federation may respectively be parties;
2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be interpreted as giving grounds for
delay or postponement of the negotiation and conclusion of agreements for
placing mandated and other regions under the trusteeship system as provided for
in Article 77;
Article 81
The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include the terms under which the
trust region will be administered and designate the authority which will be
exercising the administration of the trust region. Such authority, hereinafter
called the administering authority, may be one or more social systems of the
United Federation itself;
Article 82
There may be designated, in the trusteeship agreement, a strategic area or areas
which may include part or all of the trust region to which the agreement
applies, without prejudice to any special agreement or agreements made under
Article 43;
Article 83
1. All functions of the United Federation relating to strategic areas, including
the approval of the terms of the trusteeship agreements and of their subsequent
alteration or amendment, shall be exercised by the Federation Council;
2. The basic principles set forth in Article 76 shall apply to the intelligent
life-forms of each strategic area;
3. The Federation Council shall, subject to the provisions of the trusteeship
agreements and without prejudice to security considerations, avail itself of the
assistance of the trusteeship council to perform those functions of the United
Federation under the trusteeship system relating to political, economic, social,
and educational matters in the strategic areas;
Article 84
It shall be the duty of the administering authority to ensure that the trust
region shall play its part in the maintenance of interplanetary peace and
security. To this end the administering authority may make use of volunteer
forces, facilities, and assistance from the trust region in carrying out the
obligations towards the Federation Council undertaken in this regard by the
administering authority, as well as for the local defense and the maintenance of
law and order within the trust region;
Article 85
The functions of the United Federation with regard to trusteeship agreements for
all regions not designated as strategic, including the approval of the terms of
the trusteeship agreements and their alteration or amendment, shall be exercised
by the Supreme Assembly;
Chapter XIII
The Trusteeship Council
Article 86: Composition
1. The trusteeship council shall consist of the following members of the United
Federation:
A). those members administering trust regions;
B). such of those members mentioned by name in Article 23 as are not
administering trust regions; and
C). as many other members elected for three (3) session periods by the Supreme
Assembly as may be necessary to ensure that the total number of members of the
trusteeship council is equally divided between those members of the United
Federation which administer trust regions and those which do not;
2. Each member of the trusteeship council shall designate one (1) specially
qualified intelligent life-form to represent it therein;
Article 87: Functions and Powers
The Supreme Assembly and, under its authority, the trusteeship council, in
carrying out their functions, may:
A). consider reports submitted by the administering authority;
B). accept petitions and examine them in consultation with the administering
authority;
C). provide for periodic visits to the respective trust regions at times agreed
upon with the administering authority; and
D). take these and other actions in conformity with the terms of the trusteeship
agreements;
Article 88
The trusteeship council shall formulate a questionnaire on the political,
economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of each trust
region, and the administering authority for each trust region within the
competence of the Supreme Assembly shall make a periodic report to the supreme
assembly upon the basis of such questionnaire;
Article 89: Voting
Each member of the trusteeship council shall have one (1) vote;
Decisions of the trusteeship council shall be made by a majority of the members
present and voting;
Article 90: Procedure
1. The trusteeship council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the
method of selecting its director;
2. The trusteeship council shall meet as required in accordance with its rules
which shall include a provision for the convening of meetings on the request of
a majority or its members;
Article 91
The trusteeship council shall, when appropriate, avail itself of the assistance
of the economic and social council and of the specialized agencies in regard to
matters with which they are respectively concerned.
Chapter XIV
The Interplanetary Supreme Court of
Justice
Article 92
The interplanetary supreme court of justice shall be the principle judicial
instrument of the United Federation of Planets. It shall function in accordance
with the appended statute, which is based upon the statute of the Tribunals of
Alpha III, and forms an integral part of these Articles of Federation;
Article 93
1. All members of the United Federation are 'ipso facto' (default) parties to
the statute of the interplanetary supreme court of justice;
2. A social system which is not a member of the United Federation may become a
party to the statute of the interplanetary supreme court of justice on
conditions to be determined in each case by the Supreme Assembly upon the
recommendation of the Federation Council;
Article 94
1. Each member of the United Federation undertakes to comply with the decisions
of the interplanetary court of justice in any case to which it is a party;
2. If any party in a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it
under a judgment rendered by the court, the other party may have recourse to the
Federation Council, which may, if it deems necessary, make recommendations or
decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment;
Article 95
Nothing in these articles of Federation shall prevent members of the United
Federation of Planets from entrusting the solution of their differences to other
tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence or which may be concluded
in the future;
Article 96
1. The Supreme Assembly or the Federation Council may request the interplanetary
supreme court of justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question;
2. Other bodies of the United Federation and the specialized agencies, which may
at any time be so authorized by the Supreme Assembly, may also request advisory
opinions of the court on legal questions arising within the scope of their
activities.
Chapter XV
The Supreme-Secretariat
Article 97
The Secretariat shall be comprised of a Supreme-Secretariat and such staff as
the United Federation may require. The Supreme-Secretariat shall be appointed by
the Supreme Assembly upon the recommendation of the Federation Council, and
shall be the chief administrative officer of the United Federation;
Article 98
The Supreme-Secretariat shall act in that capacity in all meetings of the
Supreme Assembly, of the Federation Council, of the economic and social council,
and of the trusteeship council, and shall perform such other functions as are
entrusted to the Secretariat by these bodies. The Supreme-Secretariat shall make
a periodic report to the Supreme Assembly on the work of the United Federation
of Planets;
Article 99
The Supreme-Secretariat may bring to the attention of the Federation Council any
matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of interplanetary peace
and security;
Article 100
1. In the performance of their duties the Supreme-Secretariat and the staff
shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other
authority external to the United Federation of Planets. They shall refrain from
any action which might reflect on their positions as interplanetary officials
responsible only to the United Federation;
2. Each member of the United Federation undertakes to respect the exclusively
interplanetary character of the responsibilities of the Supreme-Secretariat and
the staff and shall not seek to influence them in the discharge of their
responsibilities;
Article 101
1. The staffs shall be appointed by the Supreme-Secretariat under regulations
established by the Supreme Assembly;
2. Appropriate staffs shall be permanently assigned to the economic and social
council, the trusteeship council, and, as required, to other bodies of the
United Federation. These staffs shall form a part of the Secretariat;
3. The paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and in the
determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing
the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Due regard shall
be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geo-galactic
basis as possible.
Chapter XVI
Miscellaneous Provisions
Article 102
1. Every treaty and every interplanetary agreement entered into by any member of
the United Federation after these articles of Federation come into force shall
as soon as possible be registered with the Supreme-Secretariat and published by
him;
2. No party to any such treaty or interplanetary agreement which has not been
registered in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of this Article may
invoke that treaty or agreement before any body of the United Federation;
Article 103
In the event of a conflict between the obligations of the members of the United
Federation under these articles of Federation and their obligations under any
other interplanetary agreement, their obligations under these articles of
Federation shall prevail;
Article 104
The United Federation shall enjoy in the territory of each of its members such
legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the
fulfillment of its purposes;
Article 105
1. The United Federation shall enjoy in the territory of each of its members
such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfillment of its
purposes;
2. Representatives of the members of the United Federation and officials of the
organization shall similarly enjoy such privileges and immunities as are
necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the
organization;
3. The Supreme Assembly may make recommendations with a view to determining the
details of the application of Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article or may propose
conventions to the members of the United Federation for this purpose.
Chapter XVII
Transitory Security Arrangements
Article 106
1. Pending the coming into full force of such special agreements referred to in
Article 43 as in the opinion of the Federation Council enable it to begin the
exercise of its responsibilities under Article 42, the parties to the
declaration of the Federation shall consult with one another and the other
members of the United Federation with a view to such joint action on behalf of
the organization as may be necessary for the purpose of maintaining
interplanetary peace and security;
2. Nothing in these Articles of Federation shall invalidate or preclude action
in relation to any social system which has been an adversary of any signatory to
these articles of Federation, taken or authorized as a result of that war by the
governments having responsibility for such action;
Article 107
Amendments to these articles of Federation shall come into force for all members
of the United Federation when they have been adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote
of the members of the Supreme Assembly and ratified in accordance with their
respective statutory processes by two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the United
Federation, including all the permanent members of the Federation Council;
Article 108
1. A general conference of the members of the United Federation for the purpose
of reviewing these articles of Federation may be held at a date and place to be
fixed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members of the Supreme Assembly and by a
vote of any seven (7) members of the Federation Council. Each member of the
United Federation shall have one (1) vote in the conference;
2. Any alterations of these articles of Federation recommended by a two-thirds
(2/3) vote of the conference shall take effect when ratified in accordance with
their respective statutory processes by two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the
United Federation including all the permanent members of the Federation Council;
3. If such conference has not been held before the tenth regular session of the
Supreme Assembly following the coming into force of these articles of
Federation, the proposal to call such a conference shall be placed on the agenda
of that session of the Supreme Assembly, and the conference shall be held if so
decided by a majority vote of the members of the Supreme Assembly and by a vote
of any seven (7) members of the Federation Council.
Chapter XVIII
Ratification and Signature
Article 109
1. These Articles of Federation shall be ratified by the signatory governments
in accordance with their respective statutory processes;
2. The ratifications shall be deposited with the government of the United
Nations of the Planet Earth, which shall notify all of the signatory governments
of each deposit as well as the Supreme-Secretariat of the organization when he
has been appointed;
3. These Articles of Federation shall come into full force upon the deposit of
the ratifications by the United Nations of the Planet Earth, the Planetary
Confederation of 40 Eridani, the United Planets of 61 Cygni, the Star Empire of
Epsilon Indii, the Alpha Centauri Concordium of Planets, and by a majority of
the other signatory social systems. A protocol of the ratifications deposited
shall thereupon be drawn up by the government of the United Nations which shall
communicate copies thereof to all the signatory governments;
4. The governments signatory to these articles of Federation which ratify it
after it has come into force will become original members of the United
Federation on the date of the deposit of their respective ratifications;
Article 110
These Articles of Federation, of which the various language texts are equally
authentic, upon the coming into full force of the United Federation of Planets,
shall be transferred by the United Nations to the organization for permanent
deposit in its archives. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by
the Supreme-Secretariat to the governments of all the signatory social systems.
In faith whereof, the representatives of the governments of the United
Federation of Planets have signed these Articles of Federation.
Done at San francisco, (11 Oct 2161)
(Followed by the signature sheets of the original signatory governments)
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