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The Charter of the United Federation of Planets



[|The Charter of the United Federation of Planets]

Preamble

We, the intelligent life-forms of the United Federation of Planets determined...

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

Chapter II: Membership

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 counci][|l],

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]

Chapter V: [|The Federation Council]

Chapter VI: [|Specific Settlement of Disputes]

Chapter VII: [|Action...Re... Threats of the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, & Acts of Aggression]

Chapter VIII: [|Star Fleet]

Chapter IX: [|Interplanetary Economic and Social Cooperation]

Chapter X: [|The Economic and Social Council]

Chapter XI: [|Declaration Regarding Non-Self-Governing Regions]

Chapter XII: [|Interplanetary Trusteeship System]

Chapter XIII: [|The Trusteeship Council]

Chapter XIV: [|The Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice]

Chapter XV: [|The Supreme-Secretariat]

Chapter XVI: [|Miscellaneous Provisions]

Chapter XVII: [|Transitory Security Arrangements]

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 [var I us] language texts [Lang Wayg Teksts] 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 where of the representatives [rep re sent at hives=hyvz] of the governments of the United Federation of Planets have signed these Articles of Federation.

Done at the Planet Babel, Stardate 0965 (Standard year 2161)

(Followed by the signature sheets of the original signatory governments)