User:Etzan/United Nations Elections

Hey guys! I created a page for the United Nations, and I realized that there are several key positions we should fill. The UN in modern Sporewiki times probably acts very much like it does now: As a peacekeeping organization that attempts to keep the Orion's Spur and nearby sectors from falling into anarchy. It mediates disputes, enforces the treaty that put an end to the Colonial Wars, aides in economic cooperation, organizes coalitionary responses to alien threats, etc. It also represents humanity as a whole on the galactic stage, despite humans going off and representing themselves. In short, it's acquired new powers since its inception in 1945, but it still fails to instill in humans and near-humans a sense of unity.

I thought it would be fun to hold elections to decide who would hold the office of Secretary General, the de facto spokesman, representative, and leader of the United Nations, and by extension, humanity. Candidates are voted upon in the General Assembly from its constituent nations (generally, the candidates are civil servants, diplomats, etc with little previous fame).

Simple, right? Well, there's a slight complication. Any permanent member of the Security Council (list on the UN page) can wield its veto in opposition of a candidate's nomination. This means that if there's a candidate on the floor from a nation they don't like, they can effectively singlehandedly block their nomination and eliminate them (please be respectful with this power). This means that Secretary Generals tend to come from "middle" nations that nobody really has a problem with.

For simplicity's sake, I'm going to make it so that the candidates are fronted by the General Assembly, not the Security Council (that would be a mess). This means that really any character can be nominated by anyone, though once they're elected they have to abandon their allegiance to their country of origin, which means that they can't hold an office within said country.

I'll open voting in a little bit, but submit characters! These can be former statesmen, diplomats, civil servants, former representatives to the United Nations, fronted by their home nations or running independently, etc. They don't have to have their own page and their own, though that would be preferred, especially if they're going to go on to become humanity's representative on the world stage. The more interesting and detailed the character, the better!

Tell us something about them, their background, what they've done, what they stand for, why they're running for world leader, so we don't just vote on them blindly. I'll open the voting in another blog.