Joint Declaration from the Cross-Straits System
With the conclusion of talks between their collective memberships at Palace Ansemi in Rokkenjima, the Cross-Straits Union and the Cross-Straits Treaty Organization hereby announce the pending creation of the Cross-Straits Community, an institution intended to increase cooperation and correlation between the two bodies. The document establishing the Community, which is included below, was signed this day at Palace Ansemi and has been sent to the legislatures of its various prospective members for ratification. Upon ratification by a majority of those nations, the Cross-Straits Community shall come into being. We, the undersigned Secretaries General of the Cross-Straits Union and the Cross-Straits Treaty Organization, express our hopes that the Cross-Straits Community will succeed in its goals and that it will further the cause of world peace through the coordination it inspires.
-Lìosa Càidh, Secretary General, Cross-Straits Union
-Reginald St. George, Secretary General, Cross-Straits Treaty Organization
Cross-Straits Community Proposal
Part I:Definitions
1. The Cross-Straits Community (CSC) is a term defined as the combined membership total of all Cross-Straits bodies.
2. A Cross-Straits body is defined as any organization included under the provisions of this treaty.
3. The current list of Cross-Strait bodies (not including the CSC) are:
- The Cross-Straits Union (Economic)
- The Cross-Straits Treaty Organisation (Defence)
Part II: Leadership and Administration
4. The Cross-Straits Secretariat shall be the leadership body of the CSC, it shall be led by a Secretary General who shall internationally represent the CSC.
5. The Secretary General shall be elected by the Cross-Straits Community for a term of one year.
6. The Cross-Straits Commission shall be the administration body of the CSC, it shall be led by a Chief Commissioner who shall be the chief administrator of the Community and Commissioners responsible for specific portfolios, the Commissioners shall report to the Secretary General and the membership as necessary. The full list of Commission portfolios shall be:
- Chief Commissioner
- Commissioner of Foreign Affairs
- Commissioner of International Aid and Development
- Commissioner of Defence
- Commissioner of Justice
- Commissioner for Economy and Finance
- Commissioner for the Internal Market and Trade
- Commissioner for Agriculture and the Environment
- Commissioner for Climate Change
- Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
- Commissioner for Home and Cultural Affairs
- Commissioner of Science and Innovation
- Commissioner for Health
- Commissioner for Education and Youth
7. Members of the Cross-Straits Secretariat and Cross-Straits Commission shall be regarded as representatives of the CSC and not any one nation.
Part III Powers and Obligations of the Cross-Straits Community
8. Cross-Straits Community member states agree to maintain active embassies with each other and to have their ambassadors present themselves promptly (within 24 hours) upon receipt of an official summons by another members government.
9. Cross-Straits Community member states agree to settle disputes arising between them by peaceful means when at all possible using the Secretariat or Commission as a mediator if required.
10. There shall be held annually a Cross-Straits Summit to which all CSC members shall be invited, the venue shall be determined by the CSC membership. An emergency summit may be held following a request from a CSC member or the CS Leadership.
11. This document may be amended by vote of the CSC's membership, whether to alter this provisions herein contained or to define additional Cross-Straits bodies as the membership sees fit. A vote of this nature shall require a two thirds majority.
Part 4 Miscellaneous
12. The Cross-Straits Community and other Cross-Straits bodies shall be headquartered at the Cross-Straits Union Complex, Ashinxao, Azukishima Prefecture, Rokkenjima.