Galactic Diplomacy
!-Note-! -A core part of exopolitics is breaking through the monopoly that some above-government, trans-national factions have over formal liasion with various Et groups. This process, primarily championed by Dr M Salla and Alfred Webre JD, can be seen as a kind of mass C.E.5 catalyst both on an individual [track 2] level and consensus level as demonstrated by what goes on in Mexico. The initiative has come under fire from some in the wider UFOlogy field as it is seen as assuming these entities are 'good' or at least benign. Again this is the type of debate exopolitics avoids simply due to the fact we have little 'real' data. What we do get by at least defining and acting on a new idea is a better interface with the phenomena via which we can then assess just what the best apporach may be and what potential it holds. Otherwise - if it were up the critics - we'd wait endlessly for others to act for us. Failing to engange this issue is no longer an option - time is not with us anymore: in 1947 it may have felt different. !-End-!
The following is from Exopolitics South Africa: Exopoliticssouthafrica.org
Introduction
Galactic
Diplomacy deals mainly with questions like "How do we prepare for
(open) contact?" and "once contact is made, what do we do next?" As an
ever growing number of individuals is experiencing close encounters of
the third kind (contactee) and of the fourth kind (abduction), it is
useful to make a first distinction between 'official contact,' i.e.
with government organisations and contact with individuals / citizens:
- Track One Diplomacy is the official diplomacy as organized by governments.
- Track Two Diplomacy,
also called "Citizen Diplomacy," is the name given to anything that
happens at the non-official level and involves private actors,
including NGOs, etc.
Track One Galactic Diplomacy focuses on representation models with regard to interaction with extraterrestrial
civilisations and organisations. Who can represent who, and in what capacity? What (legal) framework is available
to legitimise such representation, etc. ? It also focuses on the types of agreements that can be made between the
parties involved: bilateral agreements, multilateral agreements, etc., and who would make these agreements.
Track Two Galactic Diplomacy focuses on initiatives that involve non-official channels. Contactees and abductees
can be seen as cases of citizen diplomacy, where extraterrestrials have taken the lead to interact with private
citizens. So-called Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, i.e. contact upon request by private citizens, also qualify
as Track Two Diplomacy.
Track One diplomacy - Official diplomacy
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"Take me to your leader"
- If ET were to land and ask to be taken to 'our leader', who would qualify for that? Who could rightfully claim to
speak on behalf of all the people on Earth? Would it be the United Nations? It would seem like an obvious choice,
but it is not within its jurisdiction to do so! It mainly deals with the relationships between its member states,
where - in a limited amount of cases - the Security Council has the right to intervene in one or more member states
if they are violating the rights of a member state. It does not have the authority to represent its member states in
interactions with any organisation outside of itself.
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Some initiatives are being taken, hoping to bring about a change in the UN treaty in order to allow it to function as
an official channel of representation on behalf of its member states. Previous similar attempts have, however, failed.
The rule on Earth is that each sovereign nation represents itself. (Exceptions exist within the EU, where the
member states have transferred a lot of authority to the EU. But even there, the rule is that the sovereign
states have the default authority in all matters that the EU was not given explicit or implicit jurisdiction).
With regard to Federal States, like, e.g., the US, Germany or Belgium, the matter can be even more complex, as
the legal competence for some subjects can lie on a sub-national level. For a cultural exchange programme, e.g.,
in Belgium, the "cultural communities" (Flemish, French and German) would have the jurisdiction to
sign treaties, and not the national government.
Needless
to say that the current situation is far from ideal, as any
extraterrestrial organisation that wants to enter into negotiations
with the peoples of Earth, would have to negotiate with several dozens
of sovereign countries, and possibly with sub-national entities of some
of those countries. This lack of representational coordination also
manifests at the level of the policies with regard to extraterrestrial
contact, as each country is left to its own devices to come up with its
own policies and strategies. Track One Galactic Diplomacy should
therefore focus on representational models and on ways to harmonise, if
not unify, policies of the sovereign nations with regard to
extraterrestrial matters. It stands to reason that, ideally, the United
Nations be given a role in that.
In this context, it is
interesting to see that the UN held a number of secret meetings with
regard to UFOs and the alien presence in February 2008.
Track Two diplomacy - Citizen diplomacy
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As mentioned
above, Track Two Galactic Diplomacy focuses on initiatives that involve non-official channels. Such contacts
have been going on for decades. Indeed, both "contactees" and "abductees" can be seen as
cases of citizen diplomacy. The first "contactee" stories emerged soon after the "flying
disks" did. People clamed they had been contacted by benevolent, human looking "space brothers,"
who often showed them their ships, and on some occasions even took them for a trip. Unfortunately, several
"contactees" turned out to be hoaxers, and undermined the credibility of the phenomenon as a whole.
The first abductee stories seem to have emerged from the sixties onward.
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They came to prominence with the
release of Whitley Strieber's Communion, and gained scientific credibility when well respected academics
started investigating the subject.
In the cases of contactees ("close encounters of the third kind") and abductees ("close
encounters of the fourth kind") the extraterrestrials have taken the initiative to interact with private
citizens. A more recent phenomenon are the so-called Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, i.e. contact upon
request by private citizens. These include cases of telepathic communication and channeling, but also cases of
UFO manifestations. Unfortunately, again, a number of "channels" turn out to be quite unreliable,
and threaten to undermine the credibility of those who make serious attempts. Among the people and institutions
who undertake serious attempts, we can mention:
Extraterrestrial organisations and civilizations
Both
contactees and abductees are often told about all kinds of galactic
organisations. Little is known for sure at present about these
organisations. Most information comes from contactees, abductees,
channellers and remote viewers, which makes the information less
reliable as it is, at best, hearsay from involved parties who may lack
objectivity. Still, when comparing the different stories, there seems
to be a minimum of corresponding information. Still, the following
should be considered speculation.
Political organisations:
- (United) Federation of Planets: In the Federation, a multitude of
civilisations work together towards common goals, combining their different skills to optimal advantage.
Most of them are of a humanoid lineage, which goes back to the days of its inception. The Federation was
founded in the early stages of the Galactic Wars, as an alliance of Lyran races. As the war progressed,
new allies joined. All of those still are members of the Federation: civilisations from the Lyra constellation,
from the Andromeda Constellation, from the Pleiades and Hyades open clusters, from Iumma [Wolf 424], Procyon,
Tau Ceti, Alpha Centauri, and Epsilon Eridani, all of which are of Lyran/Pleiadian heritage. They were joined
by a number of non-physical races, by some Sirian groups, as well as by some Orion organisations, and by
various civilisations from a parallel universe such as the Koldasians, and the Dal. It even got some
unexpected members when some worlds with reptilian inhabitants joined, wanting to free themselves from
submission by the Orion and Draconian Empires. When the Orion Wars ended, many more civilisations joined the
organisation. Nowadays the Federation also has a lot of co-operation agreements with the Empires. Most of
these are of a scientific nature and focus upon research in astronomy, physics and astrophysics,
mathematics, medicine, architecture, technology, etc.
- Draconian Empire: the Draconian Empire originated on Thuban (Alpha Draconis),
and consists mainly of various groups of reptilian and dinosaur-like species, but humanoid worlds have joined,
too, some forcefully, some willingly. Its most important members are based in Alpha Draconis, Epsilon Bootes,
Zeta II Reticuli, Polaris, Rigel (Orion), Bellatrix (Orion), Capella (Alpha Aurigae), Ursa Maior. It works
closely together with the Orion Empire, with whom it shares a common agenda.
- Orion Empire:
the Orion Empire is one of two famous (or infamous) empires in our part
of the Galaxy, the Draconian Empire being the other. The Orion Empire
is more recent than the Draconian Empire. It was established soon after
the Vegans engaged in space exploration, and encountered reptilian
civilisations with whom they shared a common agenda of colonisation,
imperialism, and service to self. It consists of a mixture of reptilian
and humanoid civilisations. Nowadays, the Greys form the majority of
these reptilian civilisations, whereas most of the humanoid
civilisations are of Vegan descent. Approximately one in every six
worlds in the Orion constellation has a reptilian population.
- The Alliance:
in more recent times, there has been a resurgence of aggressive
colonisations, by some Grey and Reptilian groups. This had led to a
schism within the Federation. The Federation still tends to stick to a
non-intervention rule. The breakaway group partially disagrees. They
state that non-intervention only works when nobody intervenes. If
another party does, however, intervene, then standing by and letting
them intervene makes you an accomplice to their intervention by
allowing it to happen. So they advocate counter-intervention and even
pre-emptive counter-intervention in those cases where others are
intervening, or are about to do so. This breakaway group contains
members of Arcturus, Korender, Procyon, Alcyone and others. Some
authors refer to this breakaway group as ' the Alliance.'
Apart
from these political organisations there would also be economical
organisations, as well as spiritual organisations, based on different
spiritual orientations. Information about these organisations is often
contradictory.
For more information read Michael Salla's "Report on the Motivations and Activities of Extraterrestrial Races" and the Hyperbase.
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