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UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY BUILDING, APOLLO, LUNA
OCTOBER 19TH 2451
The year is 2451 and for the past few centuries, the many nations that make up the Human race have been enveloped in a period of unrivalled prosperity as they have spread across the Orion Spur and colonized many hundreds of worlds.
Following the appearance of a new species of unidentified viral growth across the frontier colony world of Hestia, an independent and small but growing power in the furthest reaches of the Orion Spur, an urgent session of the United Nations General Assembly has been called in-order to decide what the international response to this potential crisis should be. This new species has shown immense potential for disruption to both economic and civil function as it has spread across several portions of Hestia's equator regions and has been noted to be an immensely invasive species, effecting much of the native flora on the planet. Although as of now no negative effects have been reported for Hestia's human population, the Orion Health Organization in cooperation with Hestian authorities have been working day and night to observe for any signs of this not being the case.
It is 2:56 Mare Tranquillitatis Time in the major urban center of Apollo on Luna, a city with a population of over seventy five million in its greater metropolitian area and home to the headquarters of the United Nations largely due to its close proximity to Earth and Luna's official status as a colony of the United Nations rather than any single nation state. At the United Nations Assembly Building, a massive complex of many dozens of buildings both large and small in nature, the last delegations of the UN's member states have begun filtering into the Assembly Hall, a grand room comprised of what could possibly be hundreds of long rows of seats to host every single one of the UN's member delegations if need-be and the Hall only being finished when one described the grandeur of the complete map of the Orion Spur which could be seen carved into the ceiling of the Assembly Hall.
At the very front of the Hall sat the General Secretary who's podium could also be used by any head of state or ambassador in the event of an international announcement that needed to be made, while at the back stood a large pair of fine wooden doors from which the delegations would both enter and exit the Hall, the symbol of the UN carved into each door as fine as the map of the Spur was on the ceiling.
Sitting at the second row from the front of the Hall would be several members of the Australasian delegation to the UN, with Australasia's Chief Ambassador, Chloe King leading the delegation. Though historically Australasia had little interest in the frontiers of the Orion Spur, in recent years it had taken on a growing role among many of the Spur's newest colonial states, and with the Confederation of Hestia in-particular it had become a primary trading partner of, leading to the inevitable priority that the government now had to investigate and eradicate the growth that was beginning to effect the largely rural planet.
With all of the member states that had declared their interest in attending in attendence, the large wooden doors of the back of the Hall would close over, and this session of the General Assembly would begin. Due to the irregular and sudden nature of this session, not all member states were required to attend, and instead only member states who had a specific interest in the situation on Hestia would be required to attend. As such the Assembly Hall was not at its peak capacity, however was still quite full nonetheless. The loud sounds of converse among the many hundreds of delegates within the room would quickly quiet down as the General Secretary entered the Hall from a second, smaller door at the front of the room, leading up to the podium at the front of the Hall, looking over all of the rows where the delegations were now seated.
For the past several years the UN General Secretary position had belonged to a prestigious Siriusian politician of Korean-descent by the name of So Tae-Yeon, known for his ability to compromise and settle intense international debates, to this day he has remained quite popular among the delegates of the UN's many member states, far more so than his Canadian predecessor at the very least. Standing behind his podium now, he looked out to the many dozens of delegations that were seated before him and begun his introduction to the session which had now officially started.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the delegations. I thank you all for coming on such short notice. As you have all been undoubtedly been informed by now, the ongoing situation on Hestia has deteriorated and the growth of this new species, which is still yet to be identified has increased. As such I called this urgent session of the General Assembly in-order to discuss a coherent, agreeable and with hope effective international response to this emerging situation."
The rest of the General Secretary's introduction speech would carry on much the same as this, simply setting the stage for the inevitable discussion that the delegates would have, the speech ending and the General Secretary leaving the Hall, his Under Secretary announcing that the floor was now open to any proposals from delegates.
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