Northern Seleyan Confederation Plenary Meeting

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Dame Jacqueline DuMont, Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Empire of Ananto and Kalistan

Thank you to the Ambassador from Likatonia and Lodamun for their Comments.  I will leave the floor open in case Baltusia wishes to amplify or amend the statements, before I put Kalistan's position on the floor, and then we work to try to combine them into something we can all live with.

As I read Lodamun's statement, I will try to rephrase it in a similar format as I restated Likatonia's proposal so we can see where we overlap:

1.  That there shall be a Confederation or Union of Northern Seleyan States, to facilitate

• Closer political union for the protection of systemic stability
  
• Socio-economic leveling across the system
  

2.  The Union will have mechanisms to

• Peacefully resolve internal disputes and collectively address external threats to continental security
  
• Pool resources to attempt to address historic inequality in development
  
• Share power through a permanent council of Member Nations, with a Princeps, or First Among Equals model that regularly rotates
  

3.  That the Union shall be founded upon the principles of

• Equality among all Nations
  
• Sovereignty that recognizes the uniqueness of each participating nation, to include cultural and economic conditions
  
• Internal Stability and external security
  
• Common and mutual benefit for all members
  

Would the Esteemed Ambassador for Lodamun please confirm that our formalization and restatement of their proposal matches both the spirit and the detail of their proposal, and if I need to make any changes, additions or omissions, please tell me, so I can accurate represent the statement of Lodamun?

And additionally, Baltusia, if you wish to express your views, they would be very helpful in getting to know where we all stand and where our interests overlap.