Cursing can be heard as the Ilharessa ambassadoress, along with her three proteges, come rushing into the room in a flurry of skirts and rattling papers.
"Sorry we're a bit late! We got held up because of an important communication," Velnayanis says as she heads for her seat, directing the proteges to grab her a copy of the proposal.
Stash Kroh wrote:[
Recognizing the existence of many remote societies who have been discovered over the years living on various continents, islands and far off planetary systems without any prior knowledge of intelligent life living among them,
Velnayanis could only raise an eyebrow. "If they are not intelligent, then how can they have a society? Or do wolfpacks count as civilizations now?"
1. Forbids member nations and their citizens from claiming property within the area the isolated society is secluded to -- no matter the size or extensiveness of the homeland;
"Not even property granted to them as a result of the... Girl, hand me the twenty-second resolution." Velnayanis then scowled at the paper one of her proteges hands her. "No, not the one on pollution! Hand me the one on diplomats!" She then snorts derisively at the ruffling of papers before the correct one is handed over. "The Diplomat Protection Act, specifically negotiations to choose the building that would be the diplomatic station? Does this also prevent the establishment of military bases inside a nation that is, technologically, incapable of defending itself against an invading power that
doesn't have to worry about obeying this law?"
3. Demands that upon contact with a isolated society, this document, the WA Doctrine of First Contact be explained to the first contacted, translated for understanding (if necessary) and clarified on any clause that an inhabitant does not comprehend;
The ambassadoress facepalmed. "You mean to tell me that someone from my nation has to waste their time in trying to get every group of wild animals we run across to understand this document? And what kind of damage do you think it will have to societies that have never had personal freedoms granted by their governments when you have to explain the concept to them? This article alone causes a potential wherein the law contradicts itself."
5. Encourages member nations to refrain from intruding, or conducting any activity that leads to an inhabitant’s scientific awareness of civilization outside of their society -- however, understands that this sort of paternalization is not universally agreed upon or necessary in some circumstances;
"This contradicts number 3, in that the above one requires you to make them scientifically aware of an
entire organization of nations while this one tries to have you avoid making them aware of
any other nations. Will you make up your mind on which you want already?"