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Principality of Corvinia

BULLETIN NO. 26
June 24, 1998

Five nations sign treaty repudiating espionage

Responding to the recent spate of scandals involving the "infiltration" of other nations by micronational citizens under false pretenses, the leaders of five micronations have collectively enacted a treaty outlawing the practice, and requiring the signatories to take steps to punish any "maverick" spies and infiltrators among their own ranks.
As reported in Bulletin no. 24, the Principality of Corvinia has already made such actions a crime under Corvinian law.
The treaty arose from an idea offered by HCH the Prince, in discussion with the monarchs of Triparia and Falkenberg. The document reads as follows:


Convention for the Repudiation
of
Espionage Activities Between Nations

Whereas we, the Ministers Plenipotentiary and Legal Representatives of our respective Nations, having deemed the practice of espionage and other covert activities by one Nation against another reprehensible and contrary to the peace and stability of relationships between Nations; and,

Whereas we do further condemn and otherwise repudiate such activities perpetrated by individual Citizens within any given Nation, acting of their own individual accord or as an instrument of National Policy of Subversion;

Therefore, we, the said same Ministers Plenipotentiary, having been empowered by our respective Nations, do hereby pledge and otherwise bind our Nation to the following Articles of Convention for the Repudiation of Espionage Activities Between Nations:

Article 1.
The Nations that shall become a party to and supporter of this Convention are of the collective opinion and belief that acts of espionage and subversion, either covert or overt in nature, are a destabilizing factor in the peaceful and friendly relationships between Nations.

Article 2.
The Signatory Nations hereto are pledged upon their Honor and collective conscience to denounce the practice and refrain from the use of covert operations and the employment of agents for the purpose of undermining, compromising, damaging or destroying the security, honor, stability, prestige and/or reputation of any Nation, regardless of circumstance or status of relationship.

Article 3.
The Signatory Nations hereto further denounce all acts of espionage and subversion as aninstrument of national policy, both on an individual and collective basis.

Article 4.
The Participating Nations to this Convention are pledged to formally notify the other parties hereto immediately upon discovery of such covert or overt activities directed towards a Signatory Nation.

Article 5.
Should any Citizen of a Signatory Nation hereto be suspected or revealed as being a party to such reprehensible activities, and having petitioned for Citizenship in another Nation under an assumed name or under other false pretenses, the Parties to this Convention pledge that the said suspected individual shall be charged with the High Crime of Treason and be subjected to trial according to the due process of law as established within the individual's Nation of Citizenship.

Article 6.
The failure of a Signatory Nation hereto to implement the provisions of Article 5 hereto may subject that Nation to Sanctions or other Punitive Actions deemed appropriate by the other Party Nations hereto.

Article 7.
In recognition of the fact that Mercy alone can temper Justice, the provisions as set forth in Article 5 hereto shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date a Nation subscribes to this Convention in order to provide a reasonable period of time for its Citizens to voluntarily cease and desist from any act of espionage or subversion in which they are currently and otherwise presently engaged, and in accordance with the widely accepted principle that no ex post facto law shall be construed as Just.

Article 8.
Should any Nation who is a party to this Convention subsequently adopt a policy contrary to the Articles contained herein, said Nation will be required to specifically notify all other Parties hereto of the intent to withdraw from the Convention not more than seven (7) days subsequent to the adoption of said policy. Such withdrawal shall be effective not less than seven (7) nor more than fourteen (14) days subsequent to said notification.

Article 9.
It is understood by the Signatory Nations hereto that this Convention does not prohibit nor otherwise restrict them, as an individual Nation, from entering into separate similar agreements between itself and other Nations.

We, the Ministers Plenipotentiary of our respective Nations, upon the affixing of our signature hereto, pledge the compliance thereof to the Articles and Provisions contained herein freely and without any form of duress or compromise.

For the Kingdom of Falkenberg:
(Signed & Sealed)
HSH, Prince Joshua von Falkenberg
Royal Minister for Foreign Affairs
June 16, 1998

For the Sovereign Principality of Corvinia:
(Signed & Sealed)
HCH, Prince Peter I Ravn of Corvinia
Defender of the Islands, Protector of the Public Weal,
Keystone of the Realm and Grand Raven
June 17, 1998

For the Principality of Nova Arcadia:
(Signed & Sealed)
HRH, Prince Steven-Frederick
Head-of-State
June 17, 1998

For the Grand Duchy of Grognardia:
(Signed & Sealed)
HRM, Grand Duke Christopher of Grognardia
Head-of-State
June 19, 1998

For the Kingdom of Triparia:
(Signed & Sealed)
Aaron Goldstein
Foreign Minister
June 21, 1998



As analyzed by the Foreign Ministry, the Convention, while stricty speaking not binding Corvinia to any more stringent legal measures than was already the case with Rescript no. 8, should have the added effect of marking a common position among the signatory nations. Hopefully, this should put a damper on such behaviousr in the future.
"The message is: infiltration and subversion are unacceptable behaviour, and any misguided patriot who thinks he'll please the Prince by espionage or sabotage is going to regret it dearly," according to one advisor to HCH.

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