Jydsken-Østveg
Established Nation
ON THE ANTARCTIC REGION
Lena Johansson, EF Representative for the Scanlaw and Free Peoples of the North (SKÅNSKELAG)
«Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to call attention to what I see as a slow motion crisis scenario. There is currently an Antarctic Region in the far south that is administered by the European Forum as a Mandate. While the end of the Mandate System has certainly been a cause for concern, there is a process of elections and referendums to settle the administration of these regions. There lies in the waits a problem though. The Antarctic Region is home to a population of roughly five hundred people, none of which are native, none of which reside there for any longer than several months at a time, and really have no business for having a referendum. This is because the Antarctic Region is a barren land of snow and ice. Mining is not even of realistic nature in this region because the cost of tunneling through so much ice with no idea have what one might find is simply uneconomic and uninteresting. I have found that this problem is unique in that the end of this international governance system will open the gateway to military bases, pollution, and of course a series of claims which may only end up resolved in war. Rather than invite ourselves into a new crisis scenario, I urge the governments party to this European Forum to act now. The Antarctic Region is seen as of great importance scientifically, and of course strategically. We should not allow this region to fall into chaotic expeditions and outposts for claims. Instead, I urge the European Forum to find a solution before the Christmas break and thereby avoid a mad rush to the south.»
«My own Government has promised to avoid any potential rush southward so long as progress is made in this chamber. Our suggestion is to indefinitely extend the Antarctic Mandate separate from the EF Mandate system. Doing so will prevent chaos, but also allow for limited disruption to the current work being done there by climate scientists, biologists, and others.»
Lena Johansson, EF Representative for the Scanlaw and Free Peoples of the North (SKÅNSKELAG)
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«Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to call attention to what I see as a slow motion crisis scenario. There is currently an Antarctic Region in the far south that is administered by the European Forum as a Mandate. While the end of the Mandate System has certainly been a cause for concern, there is a process of elections and referendums to settle the administration of these regions. There lies in the waits a problem though. The Antarctic Region is home to a population of roughly five hundred people, none of which are native, none of which reside there for any longer than several months at a time, and really have no business for having a referendum. This is because the Antarctic Region is a barren land of snow and ice. Mining is not even of realistic nature in this region because the cost of tunneling through so much ice with no idea have what one might find is simply uneconomic and uninteresting. I have found that this problem is unique in that the end of this international governance system will open the gateway to military bases, pollution, and of course a series of claims which may only end up resolved in war. Rather than invite ourselves into a new crisis scenario, I urge the governments party to this European Forum to act now. The Antarctic Region is seen as of great importance scientifically, and of course strategically. We should not allow this region to fall into chaotic expeditions and outposts for claims. Instead, I urge the European Forum to find a solution before the Christmas break and thereby avoid a mad rush to the south.»
«My own Government has promised to avoid any potential rush southward so long as progress is made in this chamber. Our suggestion is to indefinitely extend the Antarctic Mandate separate from the EF Mandate system. Doing so will prevent chaos, but also allow for limited disruption to the current work being done there by climate scientists, biologists, and others.»