New United Nations
The New United Nations (NUN) was an organization in the 21st century, replacing the United Nations in 2011 (which had collapsed in 2001). In an effort to coordinate combined national space exploration, the NUN created the International Space Agency (ISA) in 2018. The newest alliance first collapsed in 2053 during the Third World War, only to be rebuilt in 2065, in the wake of the Sparon-DeSoto treaty.[1] However, the member states were unable (or unwilling) to commit to the body amongst the turmoil of the post-First Contact times and it would fail to convene for the 2079 session. In spite of its brief re-existence, it was the tool around which the United Earth Space Probe Agency were formed (2067) and from its council chambers came the decision to put the "Earth's ascendancy and safety ahead of national goals," directly leading to the formation of the United Earth Defense Pact. This defense organization would assume many of the governmental responsibilities of the NUN post-2078, primarily through the force of personality of its military leaders.
The NUN would finally be replaced by the new United Earth government in 2130.
In 2036, the NUN declared that "no Earth citizen can be made to answer for the crimes of their race or forebearers".
Agencies
- International Space Agency (ISA) (2018-2069): formed from the assets of the Western Alliance Space Agency; re-constituted and re-purposed as the United Earth Space Probe Agency.
- United Earth Space Probe Agency (UESPA) (2067-23rd century): the department that oversaw the exploration mission of the NUN, administering the dedicated Earth exploration vessels and coordinating their usage with the various science organizations (private & public) that wished to make use of them; it worked closely with the United Earth Starfleet and later the United Federation of Planets Star Fleet, requesting (and sometimes even being given control) starship support for various exploration or scientific endeavors. It would be absorbed into Star Fleet Research and Exploration sometime in the late 23rd century.
- United Earth Stellar Navy (UESN) (2069-2133): The department within the UEDP charged with coordinating the defense efforts of Earth's various space forces, policing and defending near-Earth space; its assets formed the core of the United Earth Starfleet
- United Earth Defense Force (UEDF) (2075-2161): the ground forces of Earth; absorbed into Star Fleet in 2161.
Summary
- Formed: 2011
- Collapses: 2053
- Re-forms: 2065
- Final Convening: 2078
- Supplanted (by United Earth Defense Pact): 2079