Green Protection Agency Recognition of Neutrality Agreement

Proclamation of Neutrality of the Green Protection Agency

 * The duty and interest of the member states of the Green Protection Agency (henceforth GPA) require that the GPA in sincerity and good faith pursue friendly and impartial conduct toward all other nations, maintaining a strict stance of political neutrality.


 * Therefore we hereby declare that the GPA is legally bound to its neutrality, and must exhort and warn member states to avoid any and all acts or proceedings which may in any manner contravene this agreement and thereby violate the neutrality of the GPA.


 * Furthermore, we do agree that any member nation of the GPA committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any other nation or otherwise breaking the terms of this treaty does render itself liable for punishment; and further, that this punishment will be delivered without delay, restraint, or reserve by the officers of the GPA in formal prosecution against the accused member nation.

GPA Recognition of Neutrality Agreement

 * We, the undersigned alliances of nations (henceforth Assenters) do hereby duly recognize the neutrality of the GPA, and do agree to the following convention:

Article 0: Definitions


 * Assenters - Any undersigned alliance
 * Belligerent - Any nation that undertakes hostile action against a member of the GPA.
 * Hostile action - An actual, attempted, or threatened attack, invasion, or endeavour to inflict harm upon the targeted nation, or its citizens, territories, or properties.

Article 1: Prevention of Aggression


 * The citizens, territories, and properties of the GPA member states are inviolable.  GPA member shall not violate the citizens, territories, and properties of any Assenters

Article 2: Neutrality


 * GPA member states shall be considered neutral in any conflict, save for those in which a Belligerent has taken hostile action against a GPA member state.

Article 3: GPA Defense


 * The fact of a GPA member state resisting, even by force, hostile acts against, or attempts to violate the neutrality of, a  GPA member state by a Belligerent shall not be regarded as a hostile act.

Article 4: Non-Agression Pact


 * (A) GPA member states are forbidden to initiate, or cause another nation to initiate, hostile action against another nation.
 * (B) Assenters are forbidden to initiate, or cause another nation to initiate, hostile action against any GPA member state.

Article 5: Illicit Aid


 * (A) GPA member states are forbidden to knowingly provide financial, military, or technological aid to non-GPA member states that, are involved in a conflict with another nation.
 * (B) Assenters are forbidden to knowingly provide financial, military, or technological aid to Belligerents.

Article 6a - Freedom of Trade


 * GPA member states and Assenters are not called upon to forbid or restrict the import or export of any resource. Subject to the restriction in Article 6b, all members have the right to determine their own trading patterns within their own alliance's rules and regulations.

Article 6b - Sanctions


 * 1. The GPA shall not use sanctions on any Assenter, unless those sanctions are applied in response to a hostile act in accordance with Article 3, nor shall the GPA use sanctions on non-Assenters with the intent of hindering trade by Assenters.
 * 2. Assenters shall not use sanctions on any GPA member, nor shall Assenters use sanctions on non-GPA nations with the intent of hindering trade by  GPA members.
 * 3. Subject to Article 6b ii), Assenters are not restricted in their use of sanctions on any other nation.
 * 4. Subject to Article 6b ii), the loss of a trade by a GPA member as a result of sanctions placed by an Assenter shall not be classed as a hostile act unless the sanctioned nation belongs to the GPA.
 * 5. Subject to Article 6b i), the loss of a trade by an Assenter as a result of sanctions placed by a GPA member shall not be classed as a hostile act unless the sanctioned nation belongs to the Assenting alliance.

Article 7: Violators


 * Any nation found in violation of this convention shall be subject to punishment in the form of restitution to the nation or nations harmed by said violation. The amount of the restitution shall be commensurate with the degree of harm caused. If the offending nation cannot or will not reimburse the victims, then the burden of providing restitution shall fall to the alliance to which the offending nation belongs (i.e. the GPA or the appropriate Assenter). Any assenting alliance (including the GPA) reserves the right to discipline violating nations beyond this treaty inaccordance with their own laws and regulations.

Article 8: Enactment


 * Every measure of restriction or prohibition taken in regard to the matters referred to in the preceding articles must be impartially applied to all applicable nations.

Assenters
GPA Shay - President

CON Hebrin - Director of Confederation CON Boudreaux - Director of Confederation CON Danielins - Director of Confederation CON

NpO November Alliance Council: Ericadia RandomInterrupt The Mighty Pump QueenAzra

OSF CmdrChobo - Commanding General

NATO President Zamboanga Vice President Liberal_Extinction Secretary of State Tmwest70 Senate Leader Pameshlu

NPO Dilber - Emperor 10th Alliance Council of the New Pacific Order: USBR Frawley Kiarou Scell Sir Paul

GGA BearerofTruth - Holy Triumvirate and Chief Protector of the Realm Bilrow - Holy Triumvirate and Chief Protector of the Realm Uther the Other - Holy Triumvirate and Chief Protector of the Realm Aldbeign - Elder Statesmen Kevin the Great - Elder Statesmen Emperor Noodla - Minister of Foreign Affairs

GATO Octavian - Assembly Chairman Jsims8 - Deputy AC for Foreign Affairs BenPG - Minister of Foreign Affairs

UEC Representative - Dante of Avalon Title - Secondary Director

CIS KasMage - High Chancellor of the CIS Descendant - Minister of External Affairs of the CIS Spakistan - Minister of Defense of the CIS

ONOS King Arthur II - Godfather Heavyd18 - Boss Nimrod - Underboss Dannyjbixby - Deputy Capo of Foreign Affairs

BTA Voronov - Co. Premier of the BTA BTA co-premire MD MaherShallalChashBaz - Minister of Foreign Affairs for the BTA

PAW Lady Destra nos Thiendrel - Queen of the Alliance

Viridian Entente Egore - Lord of the Entente Forsberg - Minister of Defense King David - Minister of Foreign Affairs

LUE Kamichi - Co-Leader Denial - Co-Leader Sonicandfffan - Minister of Foreign Affairs Anomaly - Minister of Defense Klosterdev - Minister of Internal Affairs HD30 - Minister of Internal Affairs mq3eleven - Minister of Communications

CDS iLLUSi0N - Prime Minister Shadow Slayer - Minister of Foreign Affairs Seraku - CDS diplomat to Green Trading Sphere