Mr. Kofi Annan 
Secretary General  
United Nations 
New York, NY 10017  

Please consider this letter a formal request to begin the process of application for The Principality of New Utopia to join The United Nations. New Utopia, a constitutional monarchy, has existed since September of 1996, and has 314 citizens at this time, but we look forward to having many more join us in the very near future.  

New Utopia is a new country in the Caribbean. It is comprised of three submerged islands on which will be constructed large platforms forming a base upon which to build the newest most beautiful city/state in the world.  

We claim as our national territory the area of the Caribbean bound on the north by 19 degrees 15 minutes North Latitude (19.25 degrees North Lat.), the southern boundary located at 18 degrees 15 minutes North Latitude (18.25 degrees North Lat.). The eastern boundary being 83 degrees 30 minutes West Longitude (83.5 degrees West Long.) and the western boundary at 84 degrees 30 minutes West Longitude (84.5 degrees Long.).  

Our new country is not within 100 miles of any other nation's boundaries, therefore we beg the United Nations for their support and protection, while we are in the crucial development and construction phase of our new country, which is to begin in April 1998.  

We have studied the Convention on the Law of the Sea as of 16 November 1994; the Rio Declaration, and Agenda 21, all of which are in keeping with the philosophies and Constitution of New Utopia.  

We pledge to support and assist in every way possible the United Nations and all other member nations.  

Sincerely,  

(signed) 
Richard Stephen Balch 
Secretary of State  

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