Refugia FA Statements
Per the Refugia Revised Statutes 6(b), the Councillor of Foreign Affairs is required to post a statement in dispatch form before calling any embassy opening or closure to a vote. This limit on the FA Councillor's power was put in place to prevent rogue Councillors from letting their personal politics override those of the region, and to follow the core tenet of Refugia that Member States are ultimately in charge of the region's development.
Councillor Sylh Alanor
Statement on the Environmental Protection Council
| Author: | Sylh Alanor |
|---|---|
| on | 22/6/2020 |
| Poll: | Link |
| For: | 6 |
| Against: | 1 |
| Abstain: | 0 |
An’eth’ara,
One of the most important elements to the position of Foreign Affairs Councillor is that of maintaining and updating our embassies over time. Per the Refugia Revised Statutes, before opening or closing any embassy, the FA Councillor must make their case to the collected Member States and call a referendum. It is in that responsibility that I write this.
The Environmental Protection Council (henceforth the EPC) has long been one of our most ideologically-aligned embassies, with their founder Greenwaters frequently visiting our region to update us on important and pressing news stories about the environment. This active and engaged friendship is one of the things that has historically set our alliance with the EPC apart from other allied regions.
Unfortunately, as is clear to see from the above tag, Greenwaters has ceased to exist, and every other major nation within the region has fled. Currently, a puppet nation from another of EPC’s embassy regions is holding position to keep the region itself from disappearing entirely. I have been watching this develop over the past several weeks and have reached the point of accepting that the region is, barring a miracle, dead.
I hereby activate my power per RRS 6b to call a referendum on the closure of our embassy with the Environmental Protection Council.
Dar'eth Shiral,
Sylh Alanor
Foreign Affairs Councillor, Refugia
Statement on Taiwan
| Author: | Sylh Alanor |
|---|---|
| on | 30/6/2020 |
| Poll: | Link |
| For: | 3 |
| Against: | 1 |
| Abstain: | 2 |
An’eth’ara,
While drafting the previous dispatch calling for an embassy closure, we received an embassy request from the region of Taiwan. Unfortunately, given the speed with which our polls run and the list of things that needed to take precedence (namely, our elections and the closure), the request expired before I could put it up for a vote.
As stated in their WFE, Taiwan is environmentally friendly, feminist, anti-imperialist, and anti-fascist, all goals that we as Refugi share. Furthermore, their regional tags show them to be LGBT-friendly and casual.
Though they are small, the region is positive and their leader, Kuan Yin, posts articles and discussion points pertinent to their regional interests. Given the involvement shown by Kuan Yin and the positive, inclusive messaging of the region, I hereby activate my power per RRS 6b to call a referendum on the establishment of an embassy with Taiwan.
Dar'eth Shiral,
Sylh Alanor
Foreign Affairs Councillor, Refugia
Statement on The Leftist Assembly
| Author: | Sylh Alanor |
|---|---|
| on | 3/10/2020 |
| Poll: | Link |
| For: | 18 |
| Against: | 0 |
| Abstain: | 0 |
An’eth’ara,
The Leftist Assembly is a region we had an embassy with for a while during the original incarnation of Refugia. They’re a large region with a lot of nice people and constant activity, and they share a lot of our regional drives, such as environmentalism and interest in social matters. During the time we held an embassy with them, they maintained an active diplomat within Refugia.
Though they moved their embassy to New Refugia when that region was created, they haven’t approached us to re-establish the embassy with Refugia until now. Refuge Isle and I have spent time in their community and gotten to know them, and I think that they’d be a wonderful fit for us, and I hope that we can re-establish communications with them and build up a friendship.
I hereby invoke my ability per RRS 6b to call a referendum on the establishment of an embassy with The Leftist Assembly once the current one has ended.
Dar'eth Shiral,
Sylh Alanor
Foreign Affairs Councillor, Refugia
Statement on The Embassy
| Author: | Sylh Alanor |
|---|---|
| on | 8/11/2020 |
| Poll: | Link |
| For: | 10 |
| Against: | 3 |
An’eth’ara,
The Embassy was Refugia’s first embassy, having opened on February 4, 2019. The Embassy is an embassy collector region, having been sending requests to every new region since its founding in 2015. At the time of writing this, they have 4,185 embassies, and only five nations. They don’t look at the region they’re requesting an embassy from, and they don’t remain in contact. In our 21 months of contact with them, we've never once received a message.
As Refugia has grown larger and more stable, and made a wide variety of friends on Nationstates, we no longer have a need to keep unnecessary embassies with people who have no interest in us. Especially those who would prefer us as little more than a trophy on their shelf.
I hereby enact RRS 6b to call a referendum on the closure of our embassy with The Embassy.
Dar'eth Shiral,
Sylh Alanor
Foreign Affairs Councillor, Refugia
Statement on Yggdrasil
| Author: | Sylh Alanor |
|---|---|
| on | 19/11/2020 |
| Poll: | Link |
| For: | 10 |
| Against: | 3 |
An’eth’ara,
Yggdrasil is an ancient region (originally founded in 2003). They label themselves as environmentally friendly, and are based around an Old Norse theme along with their sister region Valhalla. They’ve had an active embassy with Forest for seven years, currently have another with India, and had one with Canada for many years as well.
Yggdrasil recently came into the Alstroemerian Commonwealths collective (previously known as the Iwakusphere), a group of regions owned by Vandoosa. While the rest of the Commonwealths, notably those founded by Vandoosa, are generally silly and based around anime memes and raiding, Yggdrasil plans to maintain relative autonomy in its own affairs and is historically defender-aligned in gameplay, but has moved to a neutral/uninvolved stance. Their government is still active and relatively unchanged from before being inducted into the Commonwealths as well. They’ve stated outright that they plan to maintain the same cultural outlook they’ve had in the past.
I’ve been hanging out in the Alstroemerian Commonwealths server for the last week or two and they generally seem harmless and even fun most of the time. I think Yggdrasil, at least, can be good friends to Refugia for the foreseeable future, and I’d like to see us give them a chance.
I am hereby invoking RRS 6b to call a referendum on opening an embassy with Yggdrasil.
Dar'eth Shiral,
Sylh Alanor
Foreign Affairs Councillor, Refugia