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WFR 1c - Membership

Current version as passed with WFR 14 on 13 May 2022

Section A - Purpose

This resolution regulates the conditions and procedures of accession, suspension and expulsion of members and observers of the World Forum. It shall further define the procedure on how a member or observer can terminate its relations to the organization.

Section B - Definitions

  1. Founders of the World Forum shall be those, who participated in the 2017 Grovne Conference and have ratified the Charter.
  2. Members shall be those states, who ratify the Charter and are approved by a simple majority vote in the Assembly.
  3. Applicants shall be those states, who apply for membership in the World Forum.
  4. Observers shall be those states or non-state entities, who are approved by a simple majority vote in the Assembly.
  5. Observer applicants shall be those state or non-state entities, who apply for observership in the World Forum.
  6. An application is a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly informing them about the state’s or non-state entity’s desired accession to or their desired promotion within the World Forum.
  7. A promotion is the process of an observer becoming a member.
  8. A violation of the tenets of the Charter is persistent, if the violation concerns Art. III, Subsection 2 c-f of the Charter or if the violation lasts for more than two years. The two years start running at the day of the first report of said violations to the Assembly.
  9. A notice is a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly informing them about the state’s or non-state entity’s desired termination of their representation at or their demotion within the World Forum.
  10. A demotion is the process of a member becoming an observer.

Section C - Accession, Promotion

  1. After receiving an application for accession to the World Forum, the Speaker of the Assembly shall initiate the approval process. The applicant or observer applicant may send an envoy to the Assembly to observe the further process.
  2. The approval process is open for five days. During this time, the members can debate about and vote on the application. The applicant or observer applicant becomes a member or observer of the World Forum by receiving a simple majority in the Assembly.
  3. At the end of the approval process, the Speaker of the Assembly shall notify the applicant or observer applicant of the approval vote results. The applicant must ratify the Charter before being granted full membership rights.
  4. The norms laid out in subsections 1-3 shall be applied accordingly, when the Speaker of the Assembly receives an application for promotion.

Section D - Suspension, Expulsion

  1. Members in violation with the tenets of the Charter may be deprived of all their membership privileges (suspended) upon a motion by a member in the Assembly or upon a verdict of the International Court.
  2. A member’s suspension upon a motion requires a two-thirds majority in favour of the motion in the Assembly.
  3. The duration of the suspension is to be determined by a vote, which also requires a two-thirds majority. In case of a suspension upon a motion, it takes place after the successful motion. If after two rounds of voting, a two-thirds majority cannot be reached, a simple majority suffices.
  4. The member, who shall be suspended, may not participate in the process unless the Speaker of the Assembly or the International Court allows it to do so. Either can limit, in which parts of the process said member may or may not participate.
  5. Members in persistent violation with the tenets of the Charter may be expelled from the World Forum upon a motion by a member in the Assembly or upon a verdict of the International Court. For the expulsion upon a motion, subsections 2 and 4 apply accordingly.

Section E - Termination, Demotion

  1. After receiving a notice, the Speaker of the Assembly announces the member’s or observer’s intent to terminate its ties to or its demotion within the World Forum to the Assembly.
  2. The termination or demotion takes effect fourteen days after the notice has been received by the Speaker of the Assembly, yet not sooner than the first day of the following month.