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I. Mutual Recognition
- The signatory nations of this agreement herein agree to recognise the governments of each nation party/privy to this agreement and its articles in accordance with the constituting document and laws of each state.
- That signatory nations of this agreement herein agree to recognise the territorial sovereignty of each nation party/privy to this agreement and therefore agreement to undertake no operations within each other's territories without the express knowledge and/or permission of the government of the nation in which said operations are to be undertaken or have been undertaken.
II. Scope and Limitations
- The signatory nations of this agreement agree that this agreement shall govern the sharing of intelligence of all forms unless specified differently between signatory nations.
- The signatory nations of this agreement agree that the scope and limitations of this agreement shall govern the intelligence-sharing relationships of the signatory nations and their respective apparatus only and shall not govern the intelligence-sharing relationships of signatory nations and non-signatory nations if information/data obtained through the structures and mechanisms of this agreement are not the subjects.
III. The General Council
- There shall be a supreme body of the Common Intelligence Sharing Agreement (CISA) or "Cyclops", herein referred to as the General Council.
- The General Council is herein defined as the official meeting of the signatory nations of the agreement.
- The General Council, as the supreme body of the CISA or "Cyclops Programme", shall be empowered to:
- Votes related to the ascension of a nation into the agreement shall be conducted via a unanimous vote of the active members of the General Council.a. Approve and/or deny a nation's ascension/ratification into the agreement.
b. Amend the articles of the agreement.
c. Exclude a nation from ascending/ratifying into the agreement on the basis of whether a signatory nation believes that a nation's ascension would jeopardise and/or compromise the operational effectiveness of the agreement and the agencies/entities party to it.
d. Suspend a signatory nation from the structures and mechanisms of the agreement on the basis of a breach of its core principles.
e. Determine the scope and limitations of information sharing between the signatory nations.
f. Determine the scope and limitations of information sharing between the agreement as a whole and third parties. - Votes related to the suspension of a signatory nation or the exclusion of a third party/non-member shall be conducted via a 2/3 majority vote of the active members of the General Council.
IV. Third Parties
- The signatory nations of this agreement herein agree to not reveal the existence of this agreement, its structures and its mechanisms to any third-party entity unless it is related to matters surrounding ratification/ascension.
- The signatory nations of this agreement herein agree to not share or reveal information/data obtained via this agreement, its structures and mechanisms to any third-party entity without the permission of the General Council.
- The signatory nations of this agreement herein agree that should the agreement as a whole seek to establish an information-sharing relationship with a third-party entity, the scope and limitations of such an agreement shall be determined by the General Council via a unanimous vote of the active signatory nations.
V. Ratification, Withdrawal and Exclusion
- Ratification/Ascension to this agreement shall be decided by the General Council with the ascending nation having been invited by a signatory nation to begin the process of ascension/ratification.
- A nation is only recognised as a formal signatory nation of the agreement via a unanimous vote by the active members of the General Council.
- A signatory nation may withdraw from the agreement without due reason, but herein recognises its obligation to inform the General Council of its withdrawal from the agreement within a reasonable time.
- The General Council may exclude nations from ascending/ratifying this agreement on the basis that the nation's ascension/ratification would jeopardise and/or compromise the operational effectiveness of the agreement and the agencies/entities party to it.
- A signatory nation may be suspended from the structures and mechanisms of this agreement on the basis of a breach of its core principles. A "breach" of the core agreements of this treaty shall constitute the following:a. Sharing information/data obtained via the agreement and its structures and mechanisms with a nation which has been excluded from ascending to the agreement.
b. Sharing information/data obtained via the agreement and its structures and mechanisms with a nation which is not a signatory nation of the agreement.
c. Voiding the sovereignty of a signatory nation by conducting operations within the said nation without the expressed permission of the national government of the territory in question.
VI. Disputes and Amendments
- Disputes arising out of either the ratification of the treaty or among member states within the operation of the treaty shall be resolved via an independent Arbitrator appointed by the General Council, and the rulings made by the said Arbitrator shall be viewed as final and binding.
- Amendments to the agreement shall be the responsibility of the General Council and shall require a 2/3 majority vote of all active (not suspended) signatory nations