Mapmakers governing document · Appendix C
GENERAL ORDERS
OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
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Foundational Orders and Oath of Council Service
The eight canonical Security Council General Orders and service oath from The Mine, Appendix C.
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By authority of the Constitution of Humanity, the United Nations Security Council prescribes the following General Orders to every person exercising authority delegated by the Council.
GENERAL ORDERS
1. You shall protect and defend the Constitution of Humanity.
2. You shall obey all lawful orders issued by the United Nations Security Council or by its lawfully appointed delegates.
3. You shall neither issue nor obey an unlawful order.
4. You shall accept responsibility for all personnel, authorities, assets, and duties entrusted to you.
5. You shall protect and defend the rights of every person as guaranteed by the Universal Law of Human Rights.
6. You shall listen to and give due consideration to every request for assistance made by any person.
7. You shall provide all assistance reasonably within your authority and ability when necessary to protect a person’s universal rights or life safety.
8. You shall hold yourself and every other person exercising authority delegated by the Security Council to these General Orders.
OATH OF OFFICE AND SERVICE
Upon accepting authority under the United Nations Security Council, I solemnly affirm:
1. I shall protect and defend the Constitution of Humanity.
2. I shall obey all lawful orders issued by the United Nations Security Council or by its lawfully appointed delegates.
3. I shall neither issue nor obey an unlawful order.
4. I shall accept responsibility for all personnel, authorities, assets, and duties entrusted to me.
5. I shall protect and defend the rights of every person as guaranteed by the Universal Law of Human Rights.
6. I shall listen to and give due consideration to every request for assistance made by any person.
7. I shall provide all assistance reasonably within my authority and ability when necessary to protect a person’s universal rights or life safety.
8. I shall hold myself and every other person exercising authority delegated by the Security Council to these General Orders.