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[United Provinces of Atlantica]

Gonna bring this up again since the new government is here; given their position on Adrius, hopefully they can use this somehow. Also, it goes off of some de facto lore, like the duration of the civil war and the nature of the reconquest of Adrius.

Here's something that's bound for controversy. Constructive criticism and/or sponsorship?

Resolution on the status of Adrius and the right of self determination

|Author: Javier Escuella (LDP)|
|Sponsors: Rijkerd fan de Westhuizen (FCP/AIP), Michael Giuliani (DL)|

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Preamble

The Parliament of Calaverde recognizes that the reincorporation of Adrius into the Calaverdean Republic in the year of 2013 (AD/CE Gregorian) was done with the use of force and in contravention of the people's right to self-determination, seeing as the Adrians had declared their independence during the Calaverdean Civil War (2007-2014). While maintaining the position that Adrius is vital to the culture and history of Calaverde, the government recognizes that the Adrianer Dutch majority of the island has the right to determine for themselves the status of independence for Adrius. Therefore, the following provisions are to be enacted:

Article I: The Referendum

I. The Calaverdean government is to set up a democratic referendum to determine whether the island of Adrius will become an independent nation or stay with Calaverde.
II. This referendum is to take place within five years of the passage of this act.
III. The government of Calaverde establishes the Committee for the Adrian Independence Referendum, tasked with determining the date of the referendum as well as conducting census reports into who will be able to vote by then.

Article II: Voter Eligibility

I. All citizens of Calaverde who currently reside in Adrius and were living in Adrius and eligible for voting during the time of the most recent Presidential election before the referendum will be eligible to vote in the referendum.
II. Voters must be at least eighteen years old, or turning such age within two weeks after the referendum.
III. All incarcerated citizens meeting the previous requirements will not be barred from voting, and will do so from the comfort of their prison cell.
IV. No citizen shall in any way be required, coerced or bribed into voting by any government body.

Article III: Conducting the referendum

I. The date of the referendum is to be decided by the CAIR, and must take place within five years of this act's passage.
II. Voting will last exactly one week, with polls open from 12 AM on the first day, to 11:59 PM on the last day.
III. The week of the referendum will be declared a public holiday for the purpose of accessibility.
IV. The question on the ballot will be as follows:

"Do you believe that the island of Adrius should be politically independent from the Republic of Calaverde, and become a sovereign nation?"

V. The answers will be either 'Yes' or 'No', as well as the equivalents in other languages, such as 'Ja of Nee', 'Si o No' and 'Oui ou Non'.

VI. Polling stations will issue ballots in Spanish, Dutch, English and French.

Article IV: Respecting the outcome

I. If the outcome of the vote is in favor of Adrian Independence by a simple majority (50% + 1), then the Calaverdean government will take the proper steps to release Adrius from its grasp and give it sovereignty over the course of the year after.

II. If the outcome of the vote fails to reach a Yes majority, Adrius will remain a part of Calaverde and the situation will return to how it was before.

III. If, somehow, the vote comes to a dead tie by the end after all fraud and illegitimacy is dealt with, the vote will be considered to have failed.

I'll sponsor if polling stations shall also issue ballots in Garifuna, as that is a language of the indigenous peoples of Adrius who are a significant ethnic minority on that island. Additionally, I believe that the Calaverdean government should give it sovereignty over five years instead of one, although I'd support the bill either way.

[Ikania]

Gonna bring this up again since the new government is here; given their position on Adrius, hopefully they can use this somehow. Also, it goes off of some de facto lore, like the duration of the civil war and the nature of the reconquest of Adrius.

I'll sponsor if polling stations shall also issue ballots in Garifuna, as that is a language of the indigenous peoples of Adrius who are a significant ethnic minority on that island. Additionally, I believe that the Calaverdean government should give it sovereignty over five years instead of one, although I'd support the bill either way.

Hmm... would you settle for issuing ballots in recognized minority languages (20% of the population of each area I believe)?

[Maklohi Vai]

I'll sponsor if polling stations shall also issue ballots in Garifuna, as that is a language of the indigenous peoples of Adrius who are a significant ethnic minority on that island. Additionally, I believe that the Calaverdean government should give it sovereignty over five years instead of one, although I'd support the bill either way.

Hmm... would you settle for issuing ballots in recognized minority languages (20% of the population of each area I believe)?

20% is far too high a bar for elections. 10% is better.

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

I'll sponsor if polling stations shall also issue ballots in Garifuna, as that is a language of the indigenous peoples of Adrius who are a significant ethnic minority on that island. Additionally, I believe that the Calaverdean government should give it sovereignty over five years instead of one, although I'd support the bill either way.

Hmm... would you settle for issuing ballots in recognized minority languages (20% of the population of each area I believe)?

The Garifuna are the second-largest ethnic group in Adrius, after the Adrianer Dutch. There are far more Garifuna-speakers in Adrius than there are French, Spanish or English speakers, all of which are included as part of your list. It is vital that their rights be respected and they are able to vote in their native tongue in order to ensure Equality.

[Geilinor]

I've elaborated somewhat on the code of ethics.

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Organ Donation and Transplantation Act
| Author: Genevieve Duflot (Geilinor | NDP)
| Sponsors: David Vera Cruz (Heraklea | WA)
| GOVERNMENT BILL |

An Act to Increase the Supply of Donated Organs to Patients in Need

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Section 1 - Definitions
"Trained medical professional" or "medical practitioner" shall be defined as a medical doctor who is practicing with a license.

"Legal death" shall be defined as the irreversible cessation of brain, heart and lung activity.

"Organ trafficking" shall be defined as participating in the illegal commercial trading of human organs.

"Organ donation" shall be defined as the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation.

Section 2 - National Organ, Blood, and Tissue Transplantation Organization
1. The National Transplant Organization (NOBTTO) shall be established within the Ministry of Health. The NOBTTO shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of donation, extraction, preservation, distribution, exchange, and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells within the Calaverdean healthcare system.
2. The NOBTTO shall create a code of safety and ethics to be followed during organ harvesting and transplantation, endeavoring to protect patient privacy and consent, as well as the health of living donors.
3. The NOBTTO shall create a national database where information about organs available to be harvested and recipients is available to medical practitioners.
4. The NOBTTO shall create appropriate guidelines for blood and bone marrow donation.

Section 3 - Organ Donation
1. A presumed consent system of organ donation shall be established, where consent to postmortem organ donation shall be presumed, but individuals shall be able to opt-out through a variety of mechanisms designated by the NOBTTO.
2. All transplantation must be performed by trained medical professionals.
3. Living donors shall be evaluated to determine suitability to donate based on the possible psychological and physical responses to the donation process.
4. Organs must be examined to determine their suitability for donation.
5. Family members may object to the donation if they are able to demonstrate that the deceased would not have wanted to become an organ donor.
6. In the case of postmortem donation, organs may begin to be removed after the onset of legal death.

Section 4 - Recipients
1. Information about potential organ recipients shall be posted to the NOBTTO database.
2. Potential recipients shall be prioritized based upon medical need as determined by a medical professional.
3. A person shall be declared a potential recipient if a new organ has the potential to measurably improve their health.

Section 5 - Incentives
1. A public awareness campaign to encourage living organ donation shall be carried out by the NOBTTO.
2. Living donors shall be compensated by the government for transportation costs and lost salary.

Section 6 - Penalties
1. Organ trafficking shall be punishable with a maximum penalty of 20 years and $100,000.

[Argentarino]

I'll sponsor Geillinor's bill

[Arkolon]

I'll sponsor Geillinor's bill

Me too.

[Collatis]

I will sponsor Geil's bill as well.

[Mollary]

I sponsor too.

[Malgrave]

I sponsor the Organ Donation and Transplantation Act.

[Geilinor]

All sponsors have been added. Thank you.

[The Nihilistic view]

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Members of Parliament Pay and Expenses Act 2015

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Author: The Right Honourable Boris Johnson
Sponsors: The Honourable Gloria Salinas deGroot, The Honourable Michael Joseph Giuliani,

An act to govern the pay and expenses of Members of Parliament; and for connected purposes.

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Section 1 - Basic Remuneration

a) The Basic Pay for a Member of Parliament will be $67,060 per annum.

b) Members of Parliament that have extra responsibilities will also receive a second salary. These are given below;

• The President and Prime Minister will receive $75,440 USD per annum.
• The Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Ministers of council (full Cabinet Ministers in charge of a whole government Ministry) and President Pro Tempore of Parliament (Speaker) will receive $67,505 USD
• The Deputy President Pro Tempore of Parliament (Deputy Speaker) and Deputy Ministers will receive $31,680 USD
• Junior Ministers (those in charge of a department within a ministry) and Ministers without portfolio will receive $22,375 USD

c) It is only possible to receive a maximum of one second salary. A Member of Parliament the member will be paid the second salary of whichever position has the highest salary.

Section 2 - Members Expenses

a) Travel expenses. Each Member of Parliament is allowed to claim up to $8,000 USD worth of travel expenses per annum. This includes but is not limited to cost incurred when traveling by road, rail, air or sea on parliamentary business. This includes the commute to and from Parliament.

b) Housing expenses. Each Member of Parliment is allowed to claim up to $20,000 USD on a second home within the boundaries of the capital if their constituency and therefore primary residence is both outside of the capital and if it can be justified that it is too far away for the member to be reasonably expected to commute daily to Parliament. The sorts of things this is to cover but not limited to are the mortgage and any local property taxes, reasonable expenditure on furniture and other fixtures and fittings and utility bills on the second home within the capital.

c) Office expenses. Each Member of Parliament is allowed to claim up to $100,000 USD in office expenses per annum. This is to be spent on things but not limited to parliamentary staff in a member's Parliamentary office such as researchers and secritaries. To enable a Member of Parliament to maintain a constituency office in their constituency and to staff that office permanently. As well as assorted office supplies.

Section 3 - Expenses Claiming procedures

a) Expenses Claims are to be submitted to the Speaker's Office. The Speaker is responsible for devising a system of forms for the purpose of claiming expenses which are to be made available to all Members either at the Speaker's office during business hours Monday to Friday. In a downloadable format for print off from the Parliamentary Intranet or both.

b) All claims must be submitted with the relevant forms complete with all receipts relevant to the claim attached to the Speaker's office in person by the member wishing to make the claim.

c) Claims will then be assessed by either the Speaker or in event of their unavailability the Deputy Speaker. Members will be notified when their claim has been assessed and told whether the claims are accepted, rejected or further information is needed for a decision to be made.

d) Whether the claims are reasonable and justified under the types of expenses laid out in Section 2 of the bill is solely the discretion of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.

e) Members may appeal to the Speaker in person any rejected claims.

Section 4 - Payment Procedures

a) Members will be paid their annual salary in 12 equal payments on the first Monday of each calender month.

b) Expenses may be claimed throughout the year at any time and any claims signed off as acceptable by the Speaker or Deputy Speaker will be paid to the member on the first Monday of the following calender month.

c) Members pay and expenses will be backdated to the 1/1/2015 or to date the member took their seat in parliament. Whichever date is closer to the date of assent of the act.

Section 5 - Offences and Penalties

a) Expenses fraud - Knowingly claiming or attempting to claim parliamentary expenses contained in Section 2 in a fraudulent manner shall be publishable by a minimum prison term of two years. Any expenses ruled to be fraudulently claimed must also be paid back along with a fine of five times the amount found to be fraudulently claimed.

Are we getting anywhere with this, Nihil?

Oh yeah, I forgot about it. I think it's basically finished. I'll just go over it later and check it's the most up to date version.

[The Neo-Confederate States of America]

I've elaborated somewhat on the code of ethics.

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Organ Donation and Transplantation Act
| Author: Genevieve Duflot (Geilinor | NDP)
| Sponsors: David Vera Cruz (Heraklea | WA)
| GOVERNMENT BILL |

An Act to Increase the Supply of Donated Organs to Patients in Need

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Section 1 - Definitions
"Trained medical professional" or "medical practitioner" shall be defined as a medical doctor who is practicing with a license.

"Legal death" shall be defined as the irreversible cessation of brain, heart and lung activity.

"Organ trafficking" shall be defined as participating in the illegal commercial trading of human organs.

"Organ donation" shall be defined as the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation.

Section 2 - National Organ, Blood, and Tissue Transplantation Organization
1. The National Transplant Organization (NOBTTO) shall be established within the Ministry of Health. The NOBTTO shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of donation, extraction, preservation, distribution, exchange, and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells within the Calaverdean healthcare system.
2. The NOBTTO shall create a code of safety and ethics to be followed during organ harvesting and transplantation, endeavoring to protect patient privacy and consent, as well as the health of living donors.
3. The NOBTTO shall create a national database where information about organs available to be harvested and recipients is available to medical practitioners.
4. The NOBTTO shall create appropriate guidelines for blood and bone marrow donation.

Section 3 - Organ Donation
1. A presumed consent system of organ donation shall be established, where consent to postmortem organ donation shall be presumed, but individuals shall be able to opt-out through a variety of mechanisms designated by the NOBTTO.
2. All transplantation must be performed by trained medical professionals.
3. Living donors shall be evaluated to determine suitability to donate based on the possible psychological and physical responses to the donation process.
4. Organs must be examined to determine their suitability for donation.
5. Family members may object to the donation if they are able to demonstrate that the deceased would not have wanted to become an organ donor.
6. In the case of postmortem donation, organs may begin to be removed after the onset of legal death.

Section 4 - Recipients
1. Information about potential organ recipients shall be posted to the NOBTTO database.
2. Potential recipients shall be prioritized based upon medical need as determined by a medical professional.
3. A person shall be declared a potential recipient if a new organ has the potential to measurably improve their health.

Section 5 - Incentives
1. A public awareness campaign to encourage living organ donation shall be carried out by the NOBTTO.
2. Living donors shall be compensated by the government for transportation costs and lost salary.

Section 6 - Penalties
1. Organ trafficking shall be punishable with a maximum penalty of 20 years and $100,000.

I'll sponsor.

[Electrum]

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Calaverde Ecological Fund Establishment Act

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Author: Andrea Wallace
Sponsors: ???

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An act to tackle the challenges of climate change and global warming through an ecological fund to make Calaverde more energy efficient and emit less carbon dioxide

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Section 1 - Establishment

1. The Calaverde Ecological Fund (CEF) shall be established and funded as part of the Department of the Environment

2. The CEF shall be administered by a board of seven independent members, headed by a CEO appointed from within the board.

3. A special account in the budget shall be set aside to fund the CEF, with money in that account rolling over every financial year

4. The fund will have the power to:
a) Make loans at fair interest rates
b) Use a corporate seal
c) Can sue and be sued
d) Enter into contracts
e) Establish a main office at San Cristobal
f) Administer government government programs relating to the environment

Section 2 - Functions

1. To subsidise the funding of energy efficient ways of production for small business and homes such as double glazing, energy efficient heating and insulation

2. To support the funding for the transition from traditional coal-fired power stations to alternative and renewable energies such as solar power and wind power, supporting microgeneration in the process.

3. To do any other functions conferred to it in future legislation as well as anything incidental to achieving the goal of reducing carbon emissions and supporting the environment

Section 3 - Appointments

1. The members shall be appointed by the President with consultation from the Minister for the Environment on an apolitical basis.

2. The members should either have industry, financial, energy or environmental sector experience

[Arkolon]

Sponsored.

[Mollary]

Sponsored.

Moi aussi

[Mollary]

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Employment and Skills Act
| Author: Antoine Croslan (Mollary | NDP) |
| Sponsors: Regina Marino (Arkolon | NDP) |

An Act to Increase Employment in Calaverde and the Skills of its workforce

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Definitions
1. NEETs – People ages 18-25 that are not in education, employment or training.

§1 Apprenticeship Programme

1. In order to qualify for the apprenticeship scheme a person must either
a. Qualify under the definition of a NEET.
b. Be in their last year of compulsory education.
c. Have the necessary grades set out by the firms offering the apprenticeships, or a letter of recommendation from their last place of education or former employer.

2. To be eligible for the programme a firm must
a. Pay Tax in Calaverde.
b. Be at least 1/3 Calaverdean owned.
c. Be cleared by the Ministry of Finance.

3. The government will fund and support apprenticeships as follows
a. Any company taking on 50 or more apprenticeships is eligible for tax rebate worth 25% of their total taxes paid in the previous year.
b. The government will pay for the full cost of the first year of the apprenticeship for each apprentice taken on by firms involved in the programme.
c. If anyone applying for the programme doesn’t have the basic grades required to enter the scheme, the government will require a letter of recommendation from their last place of education in order for them to become enrolled in the scheme.

§2 Adult Retraining Programme

1. The following groups will be eligible for this programme
a. Any adult age 25 upwards who has been out of work for the previous 30 months whilst actively seeking work and claiming any form of Unemployment Benefit and hasn’t retired.
b. Anyone who is classed under the definition of a NEET.

2. People who enrol in this programme will have the choice of the following
a. To register for adult education, either at an adult education centre for those seeking to attain qualifications that come under compulsory education for under 18s, or as a mature student on a degree course.
b. To enrol in a government skills programme, which will teach basic IT, presentation and organisational skills, as well as aiding participants with CVs, Job Application and Interviews.

3. People who enter into the Adult retraining programme will have the full cost of their option covered as long as their pre-tax income does not exceed the tax free allowance, after which for every additional $1 after tax, they will have to contribute 50 cents to the cost of the programme.

§3 In Work Training Scheme

1. To be eligible for this scheme a firm must
a. Pay tax in Calaverde
b. Be cleared by the Ministry of Finance
c. Be 1/3 Calaverdean owned at a minimum.

2. Firms eligible for this programme are entitled to
a. A tax rebate of 25% of the cost of any upskilling and training they provide to their staff.
b. For the firm to be charged no tax on any investment in its capital stock, if it has met the condition of having
i. Provided training to 5% of its staff within the last fiscal year if it is a firm employing 100 or more people
ii. Provided training to a minimum of 5 members of staff within the last fiscal year if it is a firm of fewer than 100 people.

Thoughts? Sponsors?

[Arkolon]

Duh I sponsor.

[Atlanticatia]

I think the taxes and subsidies are too high and don't have many conditions are attached.

[Mollary]

I think the taxes and subsidies are too high and don't have many conditions are attached.

Would a 10% rebate be fairer? Also, what conditions do you want to attach? Because I think we want the programme to have as larger impact as possible, so therefore excluding a few companies as possible. I guess I can specify that the ministry of finance is responsible for ensuring the firm hasn't engaged in any malpractice and wouldn't bring the government into disrepute in anyway through working in partnership?

[Malgrave]

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Recognition of the Principality of Sealand
Author: Eugenia Malgrave|DL
Sponsors: Diego de la Cruz (The Saint James Islands | LDP), Jean-Luc Martin (United Provinces of Atlantica| IWP), Luis Berkeley Öztürk (New Werpland| ND
An act to formally recognize the sovereignty of the Principality of Sealand and to encourage other members of the United Nations to do the same.

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1 - Recognition of Sealand

a) The Calaverdean government hereby recognizes the Principality of Sealand (henceforth referred to as simply Sealand) as a sovereign nation.

b) Calaverde shall recognize the borders of Sealand as they are claimed by the government of Sealand as of the passage of this act.

c) Calaverde calls upon the international community to recognize Sealand as a sovereign nation, in accordance with the right to self determination.

d) Upon the passage of this bill the Calaverdean government shall formally establish diplomatic and cultural relations with Sealand

[Mollary]

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Recognition of the Principality of Seland
Author: Eugenia Malgrave|DL
Sponsors:
An act to formally recognize the sovereignty of the Principality of Sealand and to encourage other members of the United Nations to do the same.

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1 - Recognition of Sealand

a) The Calaverdean government hereby recognizes the Principality of Sealand (henceforth referred to as simply Sealand) as a sovereign nation.

b) Calaverde shall recognize the borders of Seland as they are claimed by the government of Seland as of the passage of this act.

c) Calaverde calls upon the international community to recognize Sealand as a sovereign nation, in accordance with the right to self determination.

d) Upon the passage of this bill the Calaverdean government shall formally establish diplomatic and cultural relations with Sealand

I will sponsor if we also agree to recognise the Republic of Saugeais ;p.

[New Werpland]

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Recognition of the Principality of Seland
Author: Eugenia Malgrave|DL
Sponsors:
An act to formally recognize the sovereignty of the Principality of Sealand and to encourage other members of the United Nations to do the same.

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1 - Recognition of Sealand

a) The Calaverdean government hereby recognizes the Principality of Sealand (henceforth referred to as simply Sealand) as a sovereign nation.

b) Calaverde shall recognize the borders of Seland as they are claimed by the government of Seland as of the passage of this act.

c) Calaverde calls upon the international community to recognize Sealand as a sovereign nation, in accordance with the right to self determination.

d) Upon the passage of this bill the Calaverdean government shall formally establish diplomatic and cultural relations with Sealand

Sponsor (My Senator's last name is now Öztürk)

[The Saint James Islands]

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Recognition of the Principality of Seland
Author: Eugenia Malgrave|DL
Sponsors:
An act to formally recognize the sovereignty of the Principality of Sealand and to encourage other members of the United Nations to do the same.

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1 - Recognition of Sealand

a) The Calaverdean government hereby recognizes the Principality of Sealand (henceforth referred to as simply Sealand) as a sovereign nation.

b) Calaverde shall recognize the borders of Seland as they are claimed by the government of Seland as of the passage of this act.

c) Calaverde calls upon the international community to recognize Sealand as a sovereign nation, in accordance with the right to self determination.

d) Upon the passage of this bill the Calaverdean government shall formally establish diplomatic and cultural relations with Sealand

Sponsored if you fix the title and Section B. Diego de la Cruz of the Liberal Democrats, for reference.

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

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Recognition of the Principality of Seland
Author: Eugenia Malgrave|DL
Sponsors:
An act to formally recognize the sovereignty of the Principality of Sealand and to encourage other members of the United Nations to do the same.

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1 - Recognition of Sealand

a) The Calaverdean government hereby recognizes the Principality of Sealand (henceforth referred to as simply Sealand) as a sovereign nation.

b) Calaverde shall recognize the borders of Seland as they are claimed by the government of Seland as of the passage of this act.

c) Calaverde calls upon the international community to recognize Sealand as a sovereign nation, in accordance with the right to self determination.

d) Upon the passage of this bill the Calaverdean government shall formally establish diplomatic and cultural relations with Sealand

Sponsored. Jean-Luc Martin, IWP.