Article 6 of the Alliance Charter

Article 6 of the Alliance Charter (abbreviated A6) is the sixth official article of the Alliance Charter.

Section 1.	Alliance Council
P1.01	The Alliance Council serves as the roleplay leadership of the Alliance, and is responsible for overseeing all roleplay and Alliance events between member states.

P1.02	The Vice President of the Alliance serves as the Director General of the Alliance Council, and bears ultimate responsibility for the effective management and operation of all of the activities of the Council’s other members.

P1.03	In addition to the Vice President, the Speaker of the Alliance is a member of the Alliance Council in their role as overseer of the General Assembly, and so are the directors of the Alliance’s four Agencies, defined in the next Section.
 * C1.03(a)	Any commissioners who serve under a given director are represented by that director on the Alliance Council, and it shall be that director’s responsibility to ensure that they update the Council on all the official activities of any commissioners under him and brings their concerns to the Council in a timely manner.
 * C1.03(b)	The Alliance Council is operated separately from the Executive Council, and its structure may be modified by an Act of the Senate if a majority of voting Alliance members so desire.

Section 2.	Alliance Agencies
P2.01	The four Alliance Agencies are defined as follows: P2.02	Each agency is limited to coordinating international roleplay in its respective area of influence, and agency directors may propose only voluntary agreements between member states, although the exact form of those agreements (and the method of their formulation) shall be left to individual directors. P2.03	Agencies (or their subunits) may also organize Alliance-wide events. All such events shall be governed by the provisions of Section 5 of this Article.
 * C2.01(a)	The Alliance Cultural Agency (hereafter ACA; formerly the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sport) is responsible for all roleplay focused on the arts, culture, and sports. It is headed by the Director of Culture.
 * C2.01(b)	The Alliance Public Services Agency (hereafter APSA; formerly the Ministry of Education, Health and Infrastructure) is responsible for all roleplay focused on education, health, and safety. It is headed by the Director of Public Services.
 * C2.01(c)	The Alliance Infrastructure Agency (hereafter AIA; formerly the Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Transport) is responsible for all roleplay focused on transportation and utilities (including energy, water, and waste). It is headed by the Director of Infrastructure.
 * C2.01(d)	The Alliance Economic Agency (hereafter AEA; formerly the Ministry of Finance and Information) is responsible for all roleplay focused on commerce, information, trade and communication, and is responsible for proposing the annual Alliance budget in the General Assembly. It is headed by the Director of Economics.
 * C2.02(a)	Such voluntary agreements include, but are not limited to: treaties, cooperative ventures between member states, programs dedicated to particular areas of an agency’s remit, and other such programs.

P2.04	All agency directors shall be directly elected from among the members of the Alliance by the membership at large, according to the election procedures contained in Article 2 of the Charter. Directors shall serve terms no longer than twelve (12) months, and shall not be bound by any term limits.
 * C2.04(a)	All agency directors are responsible for maintain and updating their agencies wiki page(s)

Section 3.	Subunits of Agencies
P3.01	Agencies may contain such subunits as are deemed useful or necessary for their operation. The following specific agency subunits are recognized: P3.02	Agency subunits may be headed by commissioners, who are responsible to the director of the agency to which their subunit belongs, and shall be appointed by the responsible director on the advice and consent of the President. P3.03	Agency directors may propose new subunits of their respective agencies through bills in the Senate, outlining the purpose of said subunits, and specifying whether they will have commissioners or not.
 * C3.01(a)	The Alliance Games Institute (AGI), headed by the AGI Commissioner, is responsible for organising the Alliance Games. It is a subunit of the ACA.
 * C3.01(b)	All sports leagues, both present and future share forum space within the Sports Commission. They are subunits of the ACA
 * C3.01(c)	AIN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (AINESCO) is responsible for all Alliance-wide educational and scientific exchange and collaboration programs. It is a subunit of the APSA.
 * C3.01(d)	APOLI (Alliance Police Institute) is responsible for coordinating public safety and international law enforcement across the Alliance's member states. It is a subunit of the APSA.
 * C3.01(e)	The Alliance Broadcasting Organisation (ABO) is responsible for Alliance-wide broadcasting, and cooperation between member states' TV networks. It is a subunit of the APSA.
 * C3.01(f)	The AIN Statistics Institute (AINSI), headed by the AINSI Commissioner, is responsible for compiling statistics and demographical data on the member states of the Alliance. It is a subunit of the AEA.
 * C3.01(g)	The Alliance Trade Organisation (ATO) is responsible for coordinating trade between member states and any corporations based within. It also facilitates corporate activity and cooperation with the Alliance Bank to support economic development and growth across the world. It is a subunit of the AEA.
 * C3.01(h)	The Alliance Bank Institute serves as a global support bank. It provides emergency loans and financial support for countries in need, including providing restructuring support and funding to increase economic growth, among other related services. It is a subunit of the AEA.
 * C3.01(i)	The Alliance Humanitarian Aid Organisation (AHAO) is responsible for distributing humanitarian aid to member states in need.
 * C3.01(j)	The Alliance Space Organisation (ASO) is responsible for organising the Alliance Space program and space activities between member states. It is a subunit of AIA.
 * C3.01(k)	The Cartographic Institute (CI) is responsible for mapping across the Alliance. It is a subunit of AEA.
 * C3.02(a)	All commissioners shall be responsible for maintaining their respective subunits and ensuring that any events managed by the same are run effectively. They shall have the assistance and oversight of their responsible director when necessary.
 * C3.02(b)	Immediately after a general election has ended, all commissioner offices shall be open to new appointments. If an incumbent commissioner wishes to retain their office, and no other members express a desire to take said office, the responsible director may simply reappoint the incumbent without opening applications for said office. Otherwise, an application thread shall be posted for that office, and the President and the responsible director shall appoint whichever applicant they believe to be the best for that office.
 * C3.02(c)	If there is no incumbent commissioner, the head of subunit shall be assumed to be the director of the parent agency.

P3.04	Any agency subunits which are not headed by commissioners are directly managed by their responsible director, unless said director decides to appoint a commissioner. A Director is not obliged to fill every, or any, commissioner offices.

Section 4.	General Assembly
P4.01	The General Assembly is a hub for member states to cooperate, create economic zones and military agreements and serves as a meeting place for governments.

P4.02	The General Assembly has no roleplay leadership. The Speaker of the Alliance oversees it in a strictly non-roleplay capacity as a dedicated moderator.

P4.03	All member states have equal membership in the General Assembly, and new member states are automatically granted membership therein upon the approval of their applications to join the Alliance.

P4.04	The General Assembly has no legislative powers and cannot pass any laws, treaties, or resolutions which are binding on all member states.
 * C4.04(a)	Any treaties or other agreements proposed in the General Assembly must be strictly voluntary, but may be proposed by any single member state, or by a group of several member states.
 * C4.04(b)	In accordance with the ban on roleplay with real-life countries, the General Assembly is prohibited from debating and/or voting on possible reactions to real-life events.

Section 5.	Events
P5.01	With the exception of any events organized by individual member states, all Alliance-wide events are organized by agencies of the Alliance or their subunits, and the organization and running thereof are the responsibility of the director(s) responsible for the relevant agency/agencies or the commissioner(s) of the relevant subunit(s) (hereafter referred to as the event organizer).

P5.02	All events which are hosted by a specific member state shall have their host selected by a reasonable measure, decided specifically for each individual event, and after the end of a bidding period of a reasonable length, wherein any member states interested in hosting the event may post bids for said event. The requirements for valid bids, and the length of the bidding period, shall be decided by the event organizer in advance and posted in whichever forum is most appropriate for the event. P5.03	Member states do not need to propose ideas for new events in the Senate, although they may do so if desired. All such proposals, if made, should be presented formally as proposals (as defined in Article 4 of the Charter), not as bills or motions.
 * C5.02(a)	Events whose host is automatically decided, such as by being awarded to the previous winner, are exempt from the requirements of this paragraph.

Source
Article 6 of the Alliance Charter