Central Pact Treaty

**Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between the Vozhddom of Nyeznakomka, Vozhddom of Raschka, Vozhddom of DnyetovRus and Kaizerreich of Wolfenstaat, June 11th 2020.**

The Contracting
Parties, reaffirming their desire for the establishment of a system of
Elysian collective security based on the participation of all Elysian
states irrespective of their social and political systems, which would
make it possible to unite their efforts in safeguarding the peace of
Elysia; mindful, at the same time, of the situation created in Elysia by
 the ratification of the Poddolitsa agreements, which envisage the formation
of a new military alignment in the shape of "Central Elysian Union". The neccesities for creating foreign milittary alliances increased
the danger of another war and constitutes a threat to the national
security of the peaceable states; being persuaded that in these
circumstances the peaceable Elysian states must take the necessary
measures to safeguard their security and in the interests of preserving
peace in Elysia; guided by the objects and principles of the Charter of
the International law; being desirous of further promoting and
 developing friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance in accordance
with the principles of respect for the independence and sovereignty of
states and of noninterference in their internal affairs, have decided to
 conclude the present Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual
Assistance and have for that purpose appointed as their
plenipotentiaries:

who, having presented their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

## Article 1

The
 Contracting Parties undertake, in accordance with the Charter of the
International Law, to refrain in their international relations
 from the threat or use of force, and to settle their international
disputes peacefully and in such manner as will not jeopardize
international peace and security.

## Article 2

The
 Contracting Parties declare their readiness to participate in a spirit
of sincere cooperation in all international actions designed to
safeguard international peace and security, and will fully devote their
energies to the attainment of this end.

The
 Contracting Parties will furthermore strive for the adoption, in
agreement with other states which may desire to cooperate in this, of
effective measures for universal reduction of armaments and prohibition
of atomic, hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction.

## Article 3

The
 Contracting Parties shall consult with one another on all important
international issues affecting their common interests, guided by the
desire to strengthen international peace and security.

They
 shall immediately consult with one another whenever, in the opinion of
any one of them, a threat of armed attack on one or more of the Parties
to the Treaty has arisen, in order to ensure joint defence and the
maintenance of peace and security.

## Article 4

In
 the event of armed attack in Elysia on one or more of the Parties to
the Treaty by any state or group of states, each of the Parties to the
Treaty, in the exercise of its right to individual or collective
self-defence in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United
Nations Organization, shall immediately, either individually or in
agreement with other Parties to the Treaty, come to the assistance of
the state or states attacked with all such means as it deems necessary,
including armed force. The Parties to the Treaty shall immediately
consult concerning the necessary measures to be taken by them jointly in
 order to restore and maintain international peace and security.

Measures
 taken on the basis of this Article shall be reported to the Security
Council in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the International Law. These measures shall be discontinued immediately
the Security Council adopts the necessary measures to restore and
maintain international peace and security.

## Article 5

The
 Contracting Parties have agreed to establish a Joint Command of the
armed forces that by agreement among the Parties shall be assigned to
the Command, which shall function on the basis of jointly established
principles. They shall likewise adopt other agreed measures necessary to
 strengthen their defensive power, in order to protect the peaceful
labours of their peoples, guarantee the inviolability of their frontiers
 and territories, and provide defence against possible aggression.

## Article 6

For
 the purpose of the consultations among the Parties envisaged in the
present Treaty, and also for the purpose of examining questions which
may arise in the operation of the Treaty, a Political Consultative
Committee shall be set up, in which each of the Parties to the Treaty
shall be represented by a member of its Government or by another
specifically appointed representative.

The Committee may set up such auxiliary bodies as may prove necessary.

## Article 7

The
 Contracting Parties undertake not to participate in any coalitions or
alliances and not to conclude any agreements whose objects conflict with
 the objects of the present Treaty.

The
 Contracting Parties declare that their commitments under existing
international treaties do not conflict with the provisions of the
present Treaty.

## Article 8

The
 Contracting Parties declare that they will act in a spirit of
friendship and cooperation with a view to further developing and
fostering economic and cultural intercourse with one another, each
adhering to the principle of respect for the independence and
sovereignty of the others and non-interference in their internal
affairs.

## Article 9

The
 present Treaty is open to the accession of other states, irrespective
of their social and political systems, which express their readiness by
participation in the present Treaty to assist in uniting the efforts of
the peaceable states in safeguarding the peace and security of the
peoples. Such accession shall enter into force with the agreement of the
 Parties to the Treaty after the declaration of accession has been
deposited with the Government of the Nyeznakomkan Vozhddom.

## Article 10

The
 present Treaty is subject to ratification, and the instruments of
ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Nyeznakomkan Vozhddom.

The
 Treaty shall enter into force on the day the last instrument of
ratification has been deposited. The Government of the Nyeznakomkan Vozhddom shall notify the other Parties to the Treaty as each instrument
 of ratification is deposited.

## Article 11

The
 present Treaty shall remain in force for twenty years. For such
Contracting Parties as do not at least one year before the expiration of
 this period present to the Government of the Nyeznakomkan Vozhddom a
 statement of denunciation of the Treaty, it shall remain in force for
the next ten years.

Should
 a system of collective security be established in Elysia, and a General
 Elysian Treaty of Collective Security concluded for this purpose, for
which the Contracting Parties will unswervingly strive, the present
Treaty shall cease to be operative from the day the General Elysian
Treaty enters into force...

Done
 in Vishevats on June 11, 2020, in one copy each in the Rus, Raskii, Ras and Staaten languages, all texts being equally authentic. Certified
 copies of the present Treaty shall be sent by the Government of the Nyeznakomkan Vozhddom to all the Parties to the Treaty.

In witness whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and affixed their seals.