United Nations of Humanity
The United Nations of Humanity is the international governing body of almost all Earth-descended polities and human-controlled territories in known space. Like its superorganization, the United Spacefaring Sophonts Coalition, the goals of the UNH are to facilitate cooperation and communication among the nations of the human diaspora; maintain peace, safety, justice, and welfare for all beings within its jurisdiction; and ensure the responsible economic, social, cultural, and environmental management of human-inhabited space and the worlds within.
Structure
The UNH as a governing body has no primary seat, as all business is conducted through ansible teleconference: a vastly simpler way to organize representatives across sixty-five thousand cubic lightyears of space. It has four principal organs: the General Assembly; the Economic and Social Council; the International Court of Justice; and the UNH Secretariat. There is a provision in the UNH Charter for the creation of a peacekeeping Security Council when required by dire circumstances, but this provision has only been invoked once in over 800 years of the organization's existence (during the Rimor Contact Incident). Other agencies within the UNH include the International Welfare Oversight Administration (IWOA), the Human Health Organization (HHO), United Nations Aerospace Coalition (UNAC), United Nations Interstellar Habitation Administration (UNIHA), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Non-governmental organizations may be granted consultative status with these agencies to participate in their work.Membership
The UNH of the 30th century is composed of hundreds of member star systems across a sphere of influence nearly ten parsecs in diameter. It is the largest member of the United Spacefaring Sophonts Coalition and one of the two founding members (alongside the Ra'na Interglobal Council). Members of the UNH include the United Sol System, the Centauri Republic, the New Nations of Helios, and the Dogstar Alliance, to name a few.History
Founded in 2210 CE after the independence movements of Mars and the Belt necessitated a reorganization of the original United Nations (now the United Nations of Earth), the UNH served as the international body governing the polities of the Sol system for several hundred years, until its elevation to the level of interstellar governance with the independence of the Centauri Republic in 2500 CE.
Unus Populus ex Plures Mundos
Archive Data
Founded Jan. 5, 2210 CE
31 common territories
Membership
FULL MEMBERS- United Sol System
- Torchlight Commonwealth
- Centauri Republic
- New Nations of Helios
- United Nations of the Muse
- Dogstar Alliance
- Winds of Anemos
- Democratic Federation of Ran
- Pantheon Alliance
- Sovereign Nations of Malina
- Takamagahara Unitary Republic
- Lampetia Collective
- United Nations of Ra
- Thauma-Nereus Union
- Alliance of Shizilu
- United Federation of Ahau
- Libra Commonwealth
- Janus Territory
- Luhman Territory
- Autonomous Territories of CN Leonis
- Chaos-Nyx Territory
- Mora Territory
- Azyren Territory
- Meng Po Territory
- Autonomous Territories of Gliese 65
- Aita Territory
- Mireuk-Seokja Territory
- Palkan Territory
- Zhou-Shang Territory
- Autonomous Territory of Delfosse-Forveille
Yeaaaahhhh ... I love the iconography of the flag - amazing idea. Also congrats for saying that once instant comms are a thing - there is no requirement for a base for the senate/council
World Anvil Founder & Chief Grease Monkey
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Thank you so much!! :D Yeah, teleconference is just a much simpler and efficient method of organizing. Even with the frightful power requirements of the ansibles, it still takes far less energy to instant-Skype than to actually rocket someone across several lightyears!
I have a tough question for you - how is space-time dilation handled across so vast distances.
World Anvil Founder & Chief Grease Monkey
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” - Aesop
That is a very good question, and one I spent a lot of time thinking about! The conclusions I came to are complicated, and depend slightly on whether you're travelling faster than light (with a warp drive) or just communicating (with an ansible). As a matter of fact, you've just reminded me to add these solutions to the warp drive and ansible pages, so thank you! :)