Unum Chapter Six

E Pluribus Unum
Author: J Carrell Jones
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Year 6 Month 2 Week 1 Day 1 Hour 12 Minute 37 Second 1 - Earth Date: 06-02-01-01-12-37-01 - Chapter Six

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Year Six
Year 6 Month 2 Week 1 Day 1 Hour 12 Minute 37 Second 1
Earth Date: 06-02-01-01-12-37-01
Chapter Six

Location: Conference Room, UN Building
“Everyone, please be seated.” Jean-Luc Pichon said as he took his seat.
There were twelve delegates from different countries representing different interests. This meeting was the start of Population management. Pichon picked up the booklet that was in front of him. “All, let’s begin. Turn to page 5. I’d like us to review Jurisdiction of Sovereign Nations in the Selection of Persons.”
Everyone turned to that page.
“Within the first paragraph it is established that all member nations of the UN will select and present individuals to the various projects and eventual resettlement. Any questions?”
Pichon gave the delegates the time to read through the first page, of which was written in a dozen different languages. After several minutes it was the representative from the Republic of Fiji, Temo Tavola, who raised a question.
“There is a clause that, let me get this correct, is that the Sovereign nation must submit the process it will use in selecting individuals during different phases of the project?”
Pichon nodded. “Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been tasked to confirm that all nations follow a practice of fairly and equally selecting individuals based on merits, skills, and needs.”
“I see. Then we are not free to choose who we deem worthy?”
Pichon leaned back in his chair. This is where it would begin. The questioning and bickering. Tavola had a point he thought. How can one say ‘pick anyone you want but do it the way we want you to do it.’ “I understand.” He simply said. “However, there will be a vetting process through many stages. The OHCHR would like the process as evenly fair as each nation is capable of doing.”
Tavola said, “Fiji does not have the option of going underground like other nations. Our choices are limited and we insist on selecting who we want to go. Our way.”
“I see. Anyone else?”
Russia, China, and Italy raised concerns.
The evening inched on.

Pichon looked at his watch. Five hours gone, 12 commas moved, a dozen sentences changed. “Okay, what we have now is, ‘all member nations of the UN will present a letter to OHCHR declaring their intent to be fair and select individuals based off of a criteria set forward by the governing leadership of the member nations. The criteria shall be established by the normal and moral practices of the sovereign member nation’s government as it will be consistent with the member nations established constitution and/or standing edict regarding moral, religious, and cultural behavior.’” Pichon let out a low sigh. “We are all in agreement then?” He waited a moment. “Okay then, page 2, please.” And, thus it began. Meeting after meeting, in the many conference rooms, the push-pull play on moving to phase one and then later phases. Economic and Religious freedom were hot button topics. Women’s rights were another. Every nation had an issue, but the OHCHR had been given teeth. It had the power to deny any country’s selection residency passage. It also had the power to expel any individual who violated another resident’s human and civil rights.
After eight months of meetings, conferences, negotiations, and deals the United Nations produced a 1,796-page document – Worker selection, to health care, to economy, to population distribution, to governing body, to democratic elections, to eventual insertion as a member nation. The Sovereign nation of Carhayaken, the first experiment and one of many mega space stations, would be a country in space. Initial population: One Million. Currency: Credits. Distribution of wealth: EQUAL. Within Carhayaken everyone contributed. There would be no Royalty. The privileged, initially, would not exist, though there were no illusions that in the future that could change. Carhayaken citizenship meant one was part of the community, not above it. Previous titles of power and privilege were tossed. You had a skill, learned a skill, or you taught a skill. That was required. Money and fame meant next to nothing.

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