Advocates For Abolition And Against Slavery (AFAASA) [IC]

[Arpasia]

Johnny Harris: “Hello, sorry for being late. Where should I sit?”

Johnny Harris: "Where is my assigned seat?"

The secretary-general then points at a table where a small flag of Aursi and the name tag AURSI stood.

[Arpasia]

The people's leader of Cerna Gora in the uniform of a generalissimo flies into the hall..

Greetings! I see that you are discussing possible actions, but for some reason you exclude military options. Why not launch rockets, especially at these poor barbarians without territories? Some may thus be shown that slavery is unprofitable, and they will turn to something more useful. Others cannot abolish this institution by their nature, and their activities in any case must be suppressed in... some possible way.

The secretary-general rolls her eyes before answering his question, "The reason we don't recommend military action is that we are afraid that the slaver nations might take military action themselves in retaliation, we reserve military action for second options only."

[Cerna Gora]

The secretary-general rolls her eyes before answering his question, "The reason we don't recommend military action is that we are afraid that the slaver nations might take military action themselves in retaliation, we reserve military action for second options only."

Aren't they doing it already? After all, where did they get so many slaves from so quickly? I haven't seen an economic crisis so big that so many people would sell themselves into slavery.

[Arpasia]

The secretary-general rolls her eyes before answering his question, "The reason we don't recommend military action is that we are afraid that the slaver nations might take military action themselves in retaliation, we reserve military action for second options only."

Aren't they doing it already? After all, where did they get so many slaves from so quickly? I haven't seen an economic crisis so big that so many people would sell themselves into slavery.

" Well, from what I have heard, the slaver nations are either aware that several members are at war against them, or are entirely oblivious that the nations at war against them are AFAASA members, but for now we should be able to entertain the idea of aiding nations such as Laka Strolistandiler in their campaign." the secretary-general responds.

[Arpasia]

"I would also like to point out that Vyacheslav has a good point, since our primary goal is to not provoke the slaver nations and their allies, so we will try utilizing diplomatic actions first and take it up a notch with more drastic decisions, should they not heed our words. " she then continued.

[Aursi]

Johnny Harris: "Where is my assigned seat?"

The secretary-general then points at a table where a small flag of Aursi and the name tag AURSI stood.

Johnny Harris: "Thank you."

[Aursi]

"I would also like to point out that Vyacheslav has a good point, since our primary goal is to not provoke the slaver nations and their allies, so we will try utilizing diplomatic actions first and take it up a notch with more drastic decisions, should they not heed our words. " she then continued.

Johnny Harris: "Yes, we should try to solve the issue with Diplomacy at first. But if they don't move, then we can take more serious decisions."

[Arpasia]

"I would also like to point out that Vyacheslav has a good point, since our primary goal is to not provoke the slaver nations and their allies, so we will try utilizing diplomatic actions first and take it up a notch with more drastic decisions, should they not heed our words. " she then continued.

Johnny Harris: "Yes, we should try to solve the issue with Diplomacy at first. But if they don't move, then we can take more serious decisions."

"Now, any ideas on how we should take this diplomatic approach?" the secretary-general asked everyone in the room.

[Cerna Gora]

Maybe it's worth promising protection to potential victims of their raids?

Or maybe give them weapons? It might work

Kalash with a triangle engraved on it has long been a symbol of freedom and national pride in many countries.

What do you think about privateering or something like that?

[Gyzantia]

Maybe it's worth promising protection to potential victims of their raids?

Or maybe give them weapons? It might work

Kalash with a triangle engraved on it has long been a symbol of freedom and national pride in many countries.

What do you think about privateering or something like that?

Desonia: "We actually sent a thousand men to protect nations against a slaver nation, but it seemed that they were distracted on a conflict that was caused by the nation's raids, so we decided to pull out of there and deploy them on somewhere important.

Military aid can also help the nations to defend themselves. I guess if you can also send some few soldiers to train them, it can save lives.

But well, my nation is just an observer nation. Its all up on the members to decide on stuff regarding these."

[Aursi]

Johnny Harris: "Yes, we should try to solve the issue with Diplomacy at first. But if they don't move, then we can take more serious decisions."

"Now, any ideas on how we should take this diplomatic approach?" the secretary-general asked everyone in the room.

Johnny Harris: "I think we should talk the CWWB approach. (OOC: I totally didn't make that up.)CWWB Stands for Condemn, Warning, Warning, Battle. If they commit a crime we should first condemn them. Then we should warn them two times if offence is repeated. And if it doens't work, we might declare war on them.”

[New Roma Republic]

Having arrived at the Museum-turned headquarters, Titus Annius Eunapius, Charge D'affaires to AFAASA, walked into the court, looking around, and spied the seat with his nation's flag and name. With him was a small entourage of diplomatic, and in one case military, personnel. The officer with him was Republic Naval officer Trierarchus (O-6) Marcus Fabius Horatius. As a career officer, he made a name for himself as being the subject matter expert in anti-human trafficking and interdiction, two important missions to the Roman government. For this conference, he was sent as Eunapius' Military attaché. Seeing as some of the discussions had already begun, the group made its way to their section, set up, and began to pay attention to the debaters.

[Romanic Imperium]

Having arrived at the Museum-turned headquarters, Titus Annius Eunapius, Charge D'affaires to AFAASA, walked into the court, looking around, and spied the seat with his nation's flag and name. With him was a small entourage of diplomatic, and in one case military, personnel. The officer with him was Republic Naval officer Trierarchus (O-6) Marcus Fabius Horatius. As a career officer, he made a name for himself as being the subject matter expert in anti-human trafficking and interdiction, two important missions to the Roman government. For this conference, he was sent as Eunapius' Military attaché. Seeing as some of the discussions had already begun, the group made its way to their section, set up, and began to pay attention to the debaters.

This is so weird

[Righteousistan]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Theocracy of Righteousistan

Our glorious theocracy is ardently opposed to slavery. Each man is created in God's image, and should have the ability to rise or fall based on his God-given talents. Slavery is morally obscene, and has never been legal in our homeland. Preferred trade relations will be denied to any country that practices slavery, and cultural exchanges prohibited.

[Arpasia]

"Now, any ideas on how we should take this diplomatic approach?" the secretary-general asked everyone in the room.

Johnny Harris: "I think we should talk the CWWB approach. (OOC: I totally didn't make that up.)CWWB Stands for Condemn, Warning, Warning, Battle. If they commit a crime we should first condemn them. Then we should warn them two times if offence is repeated. And if it doens't work, we might declare war on them.”

"Yes, that may work in some ways" she comments, "What do you all make of the Mr. Harris' approach? she then asks to everyone in the room.

[Reorganized Portugal]

Observer Representative Joao Miguel Silva Riveira quietly enters the room. He takes a seat at the table with the small Portuguese flag and the name tag with “PORTUGAL” on it.

[New Roma Republic]

Johnny Harris: "I think we should talk the CWWB approach. (OOC: I totally didn't make that up.)CWWB Stands for Condemn, Warning, Warning, Battle. If they commit a crime we should first condemn them. Then we should warn them two times if offence is repeated. And if it doens't work, we might declare war on them.”

"Yes, that may work in some ways" she comments, "What do you all make of the Mr. Harris' approach? she then asks to everyone in the room.

"It is the position of my government that slaver states are better dealt with through diplomatic and economic pressure than military" replied Eunapius. "It doesn't matter how big your military budgets are, there is no way that all our nations can be at a constant state of war on countless fronts. The supply lines alone would be long and fragile. If we apply diplomatic and economic pressure, we can starve these nations and try to get them to internally change. Afterall, what will stop the new government from going back to slaving, especially after destroying their nation, and leaving them with a need for money to rebuild? Unless the AFAASA wants to keep a continuous presence in slaver states we invade, which the NRI would also be against.

"My military attaché, however, would like me to point out that there is a certain level of military action the NRI is willing to support in, and in fact already partakes in. It is the policy of the NRI to remove recognition of the slaver group as a nation, and designate all slaver states and organizations as terror organizations, pirates, and human traffickers. These designations leave them subject to our harsh anti-piracy and anti-human trafficking polices. Our naval vessels interdict all vessels that are registered to all known slaver states that they come across. Cargo vessels are thoroughly searched for human trafficking.

"To summarize, the New Roman Imperium proposes that instead of directly applying military pressure to every slaver group in the world that we instead apply diplomatic and economic pressure instead, up to and including the interdiction, capture, and if needed, scuttling of all vessels that are registered with slaver nations.

[Sky Reavers]

Brayton X, a short haired black guy with a scar on his face, enters the room and takes his place with a small Sky Reaver flag on the table. Looks like, the discussion had started.

Brayton X: "Greetings, I am Brayton X, leader of Chainbreakers, our faction, focused on cracking down on human trafficking and slavery, and perhaps, this is why I have the honor to represent us here. I overheared about the idea to surpress slavers not only by military force, but also economic and political pressure, and I think, that we should use a combined approach. Economic and political approaches alone will take too much time. And military approach... while it's rather effective at times... I know, because I participated in anti-slaver operations, it can be non feasible in some circumstances. Logistics are indeed an issue and an important one.

So I would like to propse some sort of hybrid warfare wherever military force approach is not effective. We can use extensive espionage methods and infiltrate the slaver network. Maybe... as en example, a fake slave trader, who will sell fake slaves, who are actually agents, intended to investigate, scout, or even prepare and conduct slave escapes or rebellions. This "trader" can also buy the agents back... a rather safe method of spy extraction or relocation to a different place. Slavers are arrogant bastardos and can spill some important information around slaves, thinking of them as furniture. With this, we gain data on possible coups, weak spots, trade routes and such. This can be used to blackmail slavers, or perhaps start a civil war in some slaver country and use the anti-slaver faction as a foothold for the forces. (Logistics problems are at least partially fixed). We may also use this to make competing slavers to infight.

There are many uses of spy network, which will make it possible to know, which pressure should be applied at which time. Enemies are like... constructions. Even small amount of force, applied at the right spot will make an otherwise tough contstruction fall down like a house of cards."

[Arpasia]

"Destroying ships with origins from slaver nations aren't a bad idea at all, but again, I am a bit concerned about the fact that small-scale actions like these still have consequences, and those consequences may be the slaver nations performing attacks on vehicles from AFAASA nations in retaliation. Aside from that, we will try to put the aforementioned proposal to the test to see if there are any reactions from these nations." the secretary-general reacts to the statement given out by Eunapius, she then cleared her throat and moved her head closer to the mic and srips on to the podium, and then she began "As for your proposal, Mr. Brayton, I see that performing acts of espionage using agents undercover as slaves or slave buyers might be a nice tactic, but the problem is how could an agent be able to cope with the disciplinary actions employed by the slave masters? I would think that your proposal involves rigorous and hard training for these agents, and I mean...they might work in some sense, but for me, the most rational conclusion would be utilizing two spies, one would be a slave buyer and another would be a slave. Another possible problem I would like to point out is that if the undercover slave tells another slave that he is a spy working for the AFAASA, he/she might have a hard time keeping quiet about it, and might accidentally blow the undercover slave's disguise. What are your thoughts on this, sir?".

[Sky Reavers]

"Indeed, there are problems with my methods. As with every method, that exists in this world. Now, let's see... I agree, that my method has it's own share of risks. A big one. Slaver disciplinary actions can be indeed cruel. They can even kill random slaves for fun or collective punishment, or do something even worse, something we would not want to make our agents go through. Even best trained of them. Partially, this can be solved by selling these imposters to more pragmatic slavers, who are less likely to kill or maim slaves. Which reduces efficeincy though... still, human lives and dignity are more valuable. At least to us. After all, a fake slave seller can decide to which slaver he wants to sell a spy. A spy guy, who "buys" slaves can also help to trace the slavers, but one should be mindful of spontanous slave rebellions and anti-slaver forces, who might not realize, this is a spy. As for your another problem... most slaves are untrained civilians in distress, who can easily spill the beans. Especially the ones with Stockholm syndrome. Perhaps... he shouldn't reveal himself until the very beginning of a rebellion scenario, or not reveal himself at all. At least until he studies his fellow slaves and knows, who is the snitch if there is any. There usually are...

One may also put tracking and lsitening devices into slave collars or something like that."

[Southeast Marajarbia]

George Edwards walks into the AFAASA Assembly and takes his assigned seat. He drinks a glass of water, and speaks:

George Edwards: “Good evening fellow delegates, I am the assigned Marajarbian representative here to take part in the affairs of the AFAASA on the behalf of the Marajarbian Federation. I’ve been instructed by my superiors in the Marajarbian government to state that Marajarbia wants two things to come of this alliance. The first is that AFAASA learns from the mistakes of the ULIBOR and becomes more successful of an institution. The second is that both AFAASA and the GCN cooperate and pave the way towards a new future for nations and alliances alike. On the subject that is currently being discussed, would it not be in the best interest both military and political wise to determine which slavers would bear more importance before going to spy on them? I’ve received reports of a pretty dangerous Muslim dictatorship known as Sale-Rabat who is more than influential and more of a threat due to their connections with many modern slavers.”

[Tangatarehua]

Kihi Kahurangi took her assigned seat, noting the "TANGATAREHUA" label and the miniature Rehuan flag. She fixed a small earpiece to the side of her head which allowed her to hear the proceedings of the meeting translated into Maori in real time.

Although she was fluent in English, she lacked the confidence to listen to the entire meeting in that language, preferring instead to weigh the issues in her native tongue rather than risk missing nuances due to errors in her own abilities to parse and translate the global lingua franca.

Tangatarehua was an observer in the AFAASA and was an also an observer of ULIBOR, although she was aware that the Most Honourable Rangatira had not ruled out full membership of the AFAASA the way he had ruled out full membership of ULIBOR.

Slavery was an abhorrent practice, but her own nation was not without advocates who proposed bringing it back. Worse yet, she was aware of isolated ongoing cases of illegal slavery within Tangatarehua often at the hands of morally unscrupulous nobles.

Nevertheless the Rangatira had made the nation's position on international slavery clear: Tangatarehua was strongly opposed to the recent rise in the slave trade and would not be doing business with any participating nation. Though the constitution stated that the nation could never join a military alliance or engage in any kind of military action, the Imperial Government it seemed were now willing to stretch the limits of interpretation as far as possible in order to ensure that Tangatarehua would find itself on the right side of history regarding the issue of modern slavery.

[Southeast Marajarbia]

George Edwards: “I believe that progress in the fight against slavery could be done through increased production and trade of goods between member states of an anti-slavery alliance. By implementing both free trade and continued manufacturing, that could help slow the slaver scum down even more. The various slaver markets seen over these past couple of months primarily use slavery for economic reasons, so strengthening the AFAASA economy could work out well.”

[Laka Strolistandiler]

Fifth Marquise of Lennoxburg, Lord Lieutenant of Norseland, William Von Maydenberg, LC, CB, KCIE: We would like to humbly invite all present to attend the incoming duel of our queen and one of the slaver’s leaders. While we understand that you believe that violence is hardly an answer to the issue of enslavement, we assure that you are either going to witness a glorious victory or a noble sacrifice.

[Allanea]

Official Message from the Free Kingdom of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

In light of recent global events, the spread of slaver activities and human trafficking, and the advent of new anti-slavery organizations such as the Advocates For Abolition and Against Slavery, the Free Kingdom's legislature has passed a new legislative package authorizing the development of new methods of international cooperation against slavery.

First, while the Free Kingdom will not, at the present, join AFAAS, we would like to issue a statement of a complete and unrestricted moral support of their mission. We would like to call on all AFAAS members who have not yet done this to sign the Amistad Declaration on Slavery and the Rights of Man.

On a more practical matter, the Free Kingdom legislature has authorized the creation of an interministry organization under the name of Abolitionist Knowledge Directorate (AKD). This AKD will be technically under the purview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but will include professionals from the Ministries of War, Finance, Justice, and Colonial Affairs as well.

The primary purpose of the AKD shall be to disseminate the institutional and academic knowledge Allanea has accumulated over many years of anti-slavery operations on a range of topics that may prove to be useful to anti-slavery nations and abolitionist activists:

• Kinetic action in anti-slavery operations – the use of military force to liberate enslaved persons or other captives held in plantation facilities, slaveships, labor camps, prisons, etc. We will provide professional information to armed organizations around the world interested in such operations.
  
• Medical and psychological assistance to formerly enslaved persons – many FEPs have suffered terribly while in captivity, and some have been the victims of awful physical and psychological abuse. AKD personnel work with medical and military authorities in youjr organization to develop the skills and doctirne necessary to provide the necessary aid.
  
• Economic and professional assistance to formerly enslaved persons – FEPs often have difficulties transitioning back into free life. We believe that it is ideal to provide FEPs with several different channels of transition assistance, including development grants, professional education, low-interest business loans, etc. AKD personnel will work with welfare agencies and charity organizations to develop and disseminate best practices in this efield.
  
• Debriefing formerly enslaved persons – FEPs often possess information about slaver modes of operation and the functioning of slaver societies that they themselves are not positioned to fully understand or evaluate. AKD and Ministry of War personnel will assist your organization in providing debriefing protocols that collect the needed information without further exacerbating the FEP's mental trauma.
  
• Developing and deploying information technology to assist formerly enslaved persons – AKD will provide grants, networking information, and institutional knowledge necessary to improve FEPs access to information technology.
  
• Collecting information on anti-slavery and post-liberation recovery operations – AKD will deploy researchers to learn from partner organization experience and improve our own understanding of the needed solution.

Ambassador Richard Tighe has been appointed Director of the AKD.