James Xavier Smith
TNPer
FOREIGN UPDATE IV; LATE JULY
NEWS
The king, Sabastian I, has approved the bill MP Lucas Michael Spencer Windsor-Wessex put forward with Europeia
THE BILL
WHEREAS The Britannian Kingdom and Europeia have engaged in discussion regarding joint cultural activities;
WHEREAS The Brittanian Kingdom and Europeia wish to develop closer ties through increased communication;
NOW, THEREFORE The Britannian Kingdom and Europeia agree as follows:
State Media
(1) Europeia shall by right be able to publish any and all media content developed by or distributed under its state run media outlet, the Europeian Broadcasting Corporation ("EBC"), on the offsite forum of The Britannian Kingdom. Europeia shall for this purpose be provided an area of the forum which must be viewable by all Citizens of The Britannian Kingdom and may not be noticably less in quality than the areas provided to media outlets native to The Britannian Kingdom.
(2) The Britannian Kingdom shall by right be able to publish any and all media content developed by or distributed under its state run media outlet on the offsite forum of Europeia. The Britannian Kingdom shall for this purpose be provided an area of the forum which must be viewable by all Citizens of Europeia and may not be noticably less in quality than the areas provided to media outlets native to Europeia.
Diplomatic Exchange
(3) The Britannian Kingdom and Europeia shall each send a diplomatic envoy to the other. Said envoys will be attached to the Governmental departments in charge of media, communications, or culture for the purposes of observation, training, and cooperation.
(4) In addition to the primary diplomatic envoy, Europeia shall provide training to The Britannian Kingdom regarding the further development of a media and communications infrastructure, regular content creation, as well as other media, communications, and culture ventures to be identified later.
Dispatch Cooperation
(5) The Europeian Governmental Organization charged with voting up dispatches on the NationStates website ("Upvote Squad") shall be obligated to upvote dispatches by The Britannian Kingdom, unless such a dispatch runs directly counter to Europeian Foreign Policy interests.
(6) The Britannian Kingdom shall be obligated to establish a Governmental Organization dedicated to voting up dispatches by Europeia, or shall be obligated to charge an already existing Governmental Organization with said duty, unless such a dispatch runs directly counter to The Britannian Kingdom's Foreign Policy interests.
General Provisions
(7) This Agreement shall take effect when it has been ratified by the duly authorized legislative bodies of both The Britannian Kingdom and Europeia.
(8) Both The Britannian Kingdom and Europeia reserve the right to leave this Agreement with the approval of their duly authorized legislative bodies. In the event of such, the party leaving must notify the other as soon as practicable.