CHISTOVODIAN CN DELEGATE DENOUNCES CONDEMNATION.
The Chistovodian Ambassador to the Community of Nations, Zoya Ahuja, responded to the proposal of a condemnation as a "targeted attack" that "did not include a single shred of credible evidence".
17 February 2021 | Misto Myru, Chistovodia
Zoya Ahuja spoke on the Community of Nations floor for over an hour; where she also directly referenced the Community of Nations acquittal of Estmere.
Photo courtesy of Taylor Swift.
As countries declare their intentions to support the jointly proposed condemnation of Chistovodia at the Community of Nations -- IA Res. 86.76 --, the Workers' State gears up its defence against the allegations that it broke international law.
The joint resolution was tabled to the International Assembly by the nations of Aucuria, Nuvania and Satucin: condemning the Chistovodian state for its 'deployed naval vessels and additional aircraft' that were deployed to Maracao following the eruption of the Pico de Sangue volcano. Marco Niemann, the Nuvanian permanent representative, argued that the "claim of innocent passage used as justification for the deployment of vessels from the Chistovodian Navy was a violation of international law".
Chistovodia's own Zoya Ahuja denied these claims, arguing that the vote to condemn is a "purely political statement" and that "all evidence has been ignored." Taking to the Community of Nations today, Ahuja spent over an hour defending the Workers' State. She argued that "Aucuria and Nuvania have ignored the arguments of legal experts. Legal experts in Caldia, in Montecara, in Chistovodia and even in Satucin have stressed that the grounds on which Satucin's argument is made is incredibly flimsy. We have denied the allegations of their argument; the Law of the Sea was never broken. There is no ground to condemn Chistovodia on the basis we broke maritime law."
"To condemn Chistovodia on the grounds of the intent of its actions outside of Satucin's territorial waters is nonsensical. Satucin's control of the straits will become unquestioned because the precedent that will be set is that Satucin has the authority to deny all passage on a basis of intent outside of its waters."
"This is a condemnation that will allow those in the global north to bully their way through when and where international treaties are drawn. And to that we say 'no'."
"Ultimately, Aucuria and Nuvania have played to Allaire's tune and are wasting precious time and money here at the International Assembly in an attempt to score political points across the Asterias."
She then went after the idea that the vote was an orchestrated "litmus test" by 'certain political actors', and a way to "present Chistovodia as a domestic enemy for up and coming political elections in Estmere and Satucin."
Ahuja then went on to display video footage recorded by the Zorasani navy when three Estmerish vessels were filmed undergoing an incursion into Zorasani waters. As this was displayed, pausing the video for the community representatives to see, she scolded individuals in the body for "not condemning an illegal breaching of international law" but were "seriously considering an evidence-less condemnation based purely on 'political motivations'." She turned to the delegates of Coius in particular, and argued that "you are expected to play by the rules of the game they created in this International System, whilst they flip the board if you inquire to do the same thing as them."
"For shame," she added as remarks came to a close. "For shame for wasting this body's time with a poorly executed piece of legalese."
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