International Union

The **International Union** **(IUN)**, also known as the Gregorian Union in name preference, is an intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The IUN was headquartered on international union in BFF City, and has other main offices in Giunone, New ROFL City, Gossion and Nuzikhat.

## History

The IUN was established after the Great Circum War with the aim of preventing future wars, succeeding the rather ineffective Global Peace Consortium. On 19 April 1946, 17 governments met in Giunone for a conference and started drafting the IUN Charter, which took effect after its adoption on 11 June 1945, when the IUN began operations. Pursuant to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining international peace and security, protecting human rights, delivering humanitarian aid, promoting sustainable development, and upholding international law. At its founding, the IUN had 19 member states; with the addition of **Iedrain** in 1962. Membership is now 29, with only 6 observer-states, representing almost all of the world's sovereign states.

## Mission

The organization's mission to preserve world peace was complicated in its early decades by a cold war between **Rivetania** and the **People's Republic of Roflica** (aka the now defunct East Roflica) and their respective allies, which would continue until 2013 when LOL-LOL Land declared its independence from the PRR. Its missions have consisted primarily of unarmed military observers and lightly armed troops with primarily monitoring, reporting and confidence-building roles. IUN membership grew significantly following the addition of New Roflica in 2021. By the 1960s, the IUN's budget for economic and social development programmes far outstripped its spending on peacekeeping. After the collapse of the PRR, the IUN shifted and expanded its field operations, undertaking a wide variety of complex tasks.

## Subsidiaries and Funding

The IUN has 5 principal organs: the General Assembly (serving as main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ), the Security Council (charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new IUN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the IUN Charter), the Economic and Social Council (responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization, specifically in regards to the IUN's specialised agencies, functional commissions, and regional commissions under its jurisdiction), and the IUN Criminal Court of Justice (settling disputes between states in accordance with international law and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues).

The IUN's chief administrative officer is the secretary-general, currently LOL-LOL Land politician and diplomat Gabriel Houghton, who took office on 12 February 2018, and about to serve his fifth year in his term. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states.

## General Assembly composition

* Type: Principal organ
* Legal status: Active
* General Assembly president: **Max Cooper (ULR)**

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## Security Council composition

* Type: Principal organ
* Legal status: Active
* Security Council President: **Bryant Sanders (UOK)**
* Permanent members: **Rivetania, Senesia, ULR, New Roflica, Sapia**
* Non-permanent members: **Sylindra, Avalon, Prutan, Frala, LOL-LOL Land, Kaspieria, UOK**

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