Eurean Council

The **Eurean Council** (**EC**) (Lungarian: *Eureabürte, EB*; Maldonian: *Counseil eureanée, CE*) is an international organization whose stated goal is to maintain order and uphold democracy in Eurea. Founded in 1950, its membership consists of all fifty sovereign states in Eurea, with a population of approximately 1.28 billion inhabitants.

The Council cannot make binding laws, but may enforce select international agreements that have previously been agreed upon by member states on various topics. The Council does not share the same powers as the Supranational Council (SC), and is considered to be inferior to the SC. The Council also operates the Eurean Court of Human Rights. The Council's primary body is the Committee of Ministers, which consists of foreign affairs ministers from each Eurean country. The Committee of Ministers meets bimonthly in a different Eurean city in order to discuss the state of affairs. Additionally, there is a yearly general assembly of the Council, where Eurean nations send their chief international representative, most often a prime minister or president.

The Secretary-General is the leader of the Eurean Council, elected for a two-year term that can be renewed thrice at each annual general assembly. Each country can propose their own candidate for Secretary-General, and the position is most often filled by senior diplomats or former foreign affairs ministers. The Secretary-General leads the secretariat, which consists of numerous other leadership positions that are also up for election at general meetings.

The headquarters of the Eurean Council is located in Duchenbourg City, which is where the office of the Council's secretariat is located, although Committee of Ministers meetings and general meetings occur in various cities throughout Eurea. Host cities are determined more than a year in advance, with the secretariat being at liberty to choose which cities secure hosting rights through a private bidding process.

## Mission and goals

The statute of the Eurean Council cites that the primary goal of the organization is to "maintain order and uphold democracy throughout the nations of Eurea." Membership is open to any nation within the territory of Eurea that wishes to preserve international harmony, prosperity, democracy, and human rights.

Council members do not transfer some of their national powers to the Council, and instead maintain all their own sovereignty, committing themselves to conventions and decrees agreed upon by the Council. Those conventions and decisions are developed by the member states working together at the Eurean Council. The organization functions as a concentric circle around the common foundations for Eurean co-operation and harmony.

## Institutions

### Secretariat

The Secretariat of the Eurean Council is the supreme leadership of the Council. The secretariat is led by the Secretary-General, seen as the chief diplomat of Eurea. The Secretary-General is elected at the general assembly for a two-year term that can be renewed thrice, amounting to a possibility of a total of six years in the position. Each nation is eligible to propose their own candidate for the position, with each national representative being granted one vote. The first candidate to receive a majority (as of now, 26 votes), becomes the Secretary-General, regardless of how many rounds of voting that takes. Typically, neighboring or allied nations will enact electoral pacts in order to assist their pact's preferred candidate in winning. The Secretary-General is an important international role, and the position is most often filled by prominent diplomats or ministers of foreign affairs.

In addition to the Secretary-General, the Vice Secretary-General is also elected at general assemblies in the same method, and serves the same two-year term that can be renewed thrice. The Vice Secretary-General deputizes the Secretary-General, assuming their duties during any absences, such as when the Secretary-General is on state visits or incapacitated. The position of Vice Secretary-General is often seen as a launching pad for politicians interested in serving as Secretary-General in the future, in senior positions in the national politics of their countries, or in senior positions at the Supranational Council.

Besides the Secretary-General and Vice Secretary-General, there are a number of other positions that make up the Council's secretariat, although most of these positions are filled through appointment by the Secretary-General and do not receive international attention. The secretariat is located in Duchenbourg City, which is where the Council's headquarters is located. Members of the secretariat have their offices in Duchenbourg City.

### General assembly

The general assembly convenes annually for a one-week meeting of the national leaders of each member state. Each year, the national leaders of two observer states are also invited to attend the general assembly as observers. While the general assembly receives the most media attention for the various meetings of the Council, it is in actuality one of the least important. Lasting only a week once-a-year, the general assembly serves primarily to unite the national leaders of each nation and discuss the accomplishments achieved by the Committee of Ministers in the preceding sessions. Additionally, the general assembly has voting powers over the elections of the Secretary-General and Vice Secretary-General, which occur every other year. The general assembly is always held in Duchenbourg City.

Frankenland is the only nation which does not send their head of state or head of government to the general assembly, as Frankenland's head of state and head of government is the collective seven-person Federal Council. Instead, they send the Federal Councillor who leads the Department of Foreign Affairs, making them the only nation to send the same representative to both the general assembly and the Committee of Ministers.