1. Any person who meets any endorsement and influence requirements determined by law may apply to become a member of the Security Council.
2. Once an application has been submitted, the Security Council may nominate that applicant by a majority vote. The Regional Assembly may confirm a nominated applicant by a majority vote. If the Security Council does not nominate an applicant or does not act on them within thirty days, the Regional Assembly may appoint the applicant by a two-thirds majority vote.
3. Nominations remain in effect until revoked by majority vote of the Security Council.
4. The Security Council will monitor the region's security and report on it to the public, and enforce decisions of the Regional Assembly to remove the Delegate.
5. The Regional Assembly may establish a line of succession by a majority vote. The line of succession must always include the Vice Delegate and all current Security Council members, and must always place the Vice Delegate first. If a new member is admitted to the Security Council, they will be automatically added at the end of the current line of succession. If a member is removed from the Security Council, they will be automatically removed from the line of succession.

1. Any laws regulating the Security Council or its activities must be listed in this chapter.
2. In this chapter, "Council" means the Security Council.
3. In this chapter, the serving Delegate means the person holding the constitutionally-mandated elected office of Delegate or, in the case of a vacancy in that office, the person who has assumed the duties of that office.

Section 5.1: Requirements and Admission
4. Any person with an account on the regional forum and a nation in The North Pacific may apply to join the Council, as long as their nation satisfies any influence and endorsement requirements for membership. Any applicant who does not meet the appropriate requirements, or who ceases to meet them, is automatically rejected.
5. Security Councilors must meet the same influence and endorsement requirements as applicants to the Council, and may be suspended or removed if they fail to do so.
6. The influence requirement is a Soft Power Disbursement Rating within The North Pacific greater than or equal to 182,500, or an influence rank within The North Pacific greater than or equal to Apprentice, whichever is lower. The endorsement requirement is at least 500, or 50 percent of the serving Delegate's endorsement count, whichever is lower.
7. By a two-thirds majority vote, the Security Council may exempt nations who have expended their influence in service to the region from any influence requirements to join the Council or to remain a member. Exemptions granted in such a manner remain valid until the exempted nation regains the required influence level.

Section 5.2: The Delegate and Vice Delegate
8. The serving Delegate is responsible for maintaining an endorsement count that exceeds that of any other nation in The North Pacific.
9. The Vice Delegate is responsible for maintaining a minimum endorsement count at least that of the WA Delegate's endorsement count, minus one-fifth of the total number of WA nations in the region.
10. If the Delegate or Vice Delegate is below this level, they must promptly act to gather sufficient endorsements to meet or exceed the requirement.
11. If the Delegate or Vice Delegate nation ceases to exist, voluntarily departs The North Pacific, or resigns from the World Assembly, their office will be considered vacant.
12. If the Vice Delegate is temporarily unavailable, the Council may task one of its members with performing the duties of the Vice Delegate. The Council may hold a confirmation vote, but is not required to do so.
13. During any period when serving as acting Delegate, the Vice Delegate will be considered absent from the office of Vice Delegate.

Section 5.3: Suspension and Removal
14. Whenever any Council member fails to meet the influence or endorsement count requirements to maintain their position without being granted an exemption, the Vice Delegate must promptly warn them. If the Council member does not come into compliance within eight days of the warning, the Vice Delegate must suspend them.
15. Suspended Council members will remain on the line of succession, but may not assume the duties of the Delegate or Vice Delegate if either position is vacated, nor may they participate in any votes conducted by the Council.
16. The Vice Delegate must promptly remove members of the Council whose member nations no longer exist, voluntarily depart The North Pacific, or resign from the World Assembly outside the needs of a NPA sanctioned mission.
17. The Vice Delegate must report any suspension or removal of a member of the Council to the Regional Assembly.
18. Suspended members that fail to come back into compliance within 45 days from the start of the suspension will be removed from the Security Council.
19. If a suspended member of the Council comes back into compliance with the endorsement and influence requirements, the Vice Delegate must promptly reinstate them.
20. If a Councilor's continued membership in the Council poses a security risk to The North Pacific, the Council may, by majority vote, request that the Regional Assembly vote on removing that Council member.
21. The Speaker's Office must submit any such request from the Council to an immediate two-thirds majority vote of the Regional Assembly.

Section 5.4: Reckless Endorsement Gathering
22. The serving Delegate may eject or ban any nation in The North Pacific for reckless endorsement gathering that meets all of the following criteria:

• It is not in the Council or holding the office of Delegate or Vice Delegate.

• It has been reported to the Delegate as a possible threat to regional security by the Council.

• It has continued actively gathering endorsements after two warnings against gathering endorsements sent at least two days apart from each other.

• It has more endorsements than 50 fewer than the Vice Delegate's required minimum endorsement count, or 75 per cent of the Delegate's endorsement level, whichever is least.
  

23. The serving Delegate may eject or ban any nation in The North Pacific for reckless endorsement gathering that exceeds the Vice Delegate's required minimum endorsement count.
24. Nations banned for reckless endorsement gathering must remain banned at least until they update outside The North Pacific.
25. Unless a delegacy emergency is in effect, any Council member who exceeds the Vice Delegate's endorsement count while the Vice Delegate is above the required minimum for their position must stop seeking endorsements until they have fewer than the Vice Delegate.

Section 5.5 Disclosure of Security Council Information
26. Private Security Council records that reach one year of age will be relocated to the appropriate Declassified Archive visible to residents.
27. Information eligible for declassification will be reviewed by the Vice Delegate and the Security Council. The review will redact any information that fits any of the below definitions:

• Real-life information about any NationStates player from which there is a risk of inferring that player's real-life identity and which has not willingly been disclosed to the public, including, but not limited to, an individual's name, IP address, physical address or location, phone number, place of employment or education, appearance, social media accounts, and other knowledge about a player, unless the player in question provides explicit consent for this information not to be considered private.

• Real-life information about any NationStates player for which there exists a reasonable real-life expectation of privacy or discretion, including, but not limited to, health status, both mental and physical; financial status; personal tragedies; changes in personal status such as marriage, divorce, pregnancy, birth, or death; and other similar information, unless the player in question provides explicit consent for this information not to be considered private.

• Information that, upon being made public, would jeopardize any ongoing military or intelligence operations; or jeopardize the security of units and agents participating in them, or be harmful to the diplomatic interests, military interests, or security of The North Pacific.

• Information that, upon being made public, would jeopardize Security Council operations in response to threats and attempted coups.

• Comments made by previous members of the Security Council who are not able to consent to their comments being made public.
  

28. At any time a citizen may request the release of any private record from the Security Council through the Vice Delegate.
29. The Vice Delegate will retrieve the information and present it for a review to the Security Council. The Security Council will have 14 days to review the compiled information for any information that should be deemed classified and redact said information. Once the 14 days has elapsed, the information requested will be presented as is, with the exception of Real-life information.
30. The Vice Delegate will present the requested information, including indicators of redacted information.
31. Residents who do not receive this information for any reason not specifically designated in any laws or regulations or information they feel may have been redacted incorrectly may file a request for review from the Court, where the Vice Delegate may present evidence that addresses any claim that the release of the information meets one or more of the acceptable criteria for classification. This evidence does not need to include the redacted information itself, simply evidence as to why the information should remain redacted.
32. Information appropriately not disclosed will be accepted as classified by a two-thirds vote of the Court sitting as a three-member panel.

Article 1: Chair of the Council
1. The Vice Delegate, as Chair, is responsible for running the day-to-day business of the Council in accordance with all applicable laws and policies.
2. The Chair may designate another person in the Line of Succession to serve as Acting Chair. This member will assume the duties of the Chair immediately upon the Chair's announced unavailability.
3. If any duty of the Chair has not been performed within 48 hours, the authority to do so will extend to the Acting Chair.
4. If no Acting Chair has been designated, or if the Acting Chair is absent or unavailable, the highest listed available person in the Line of Succession will serve as the Acting Chair as needed.
5. In the event of a vacancy or absence in the office of the Vice Delegate, the highest listed available person in the Line of Succession will become the Acting Vice Delegate and the Acting Chair.

Article 2: Voting
1. Except as otherwise allowed in this procedure, all votes of the Council will take place within the Council subforums of the official regional forum.
2. No vote may begin while discussion is ongoing without a seconded motion to vote, or before the end of a minimum discussion period. Discussion on a topic is considered ongoing if at least two posts have been made in that thread within the last 24 hours.
3. Unless otherwise stated in this procedure, the minimum discussion period for a topic is 3 days, and the minimum voting period is 4 days.
4. Voting may be extended at the discretion of the Chair.
5. If an absolute majority is reached during any vote, the Chair may end the vote early at their discretion.
6. The Chair must publicly announce the result of any Council vote which was not publicly conducted, unless explicitly permitted elsewhere in this procedure to do otherwise.

Article 3: The Nomination of a Member to the Security Council
1. The Council may nominate by majority vote any applicant who meets the minimum influence and endorsement requirements.
2. Members of the Council may pose questions to applicants to assess their trustworthiness, reliability, and other issues of fit with the Council.
3. The minimum discussion period for any applicant is two days after they have addressed the last question posed to them by a member of the Council . The minimum voting period is three days.

Article 4: Citizenship Applications
1. Members of the Council and the Vice Delegate will discuss citizenship applicants who may constitute a security risk. Such discussions may be initiated by the Vice Delegate or any concerned member of the Council.
2. By majority vote, the Council may formally deem a nation to be a security risk, and recommend appropriate action to be taken in the case that such a nation applies for citizenship. Such recommendations are not binding on the Vice Delegate.

Article 5: Endorsement Gatherers
1. In the interest of protecting the region's ability to fight a rogue delegate, the Council will encourage nations of The North Pacific to exchange endorsements with one another.
2. In the interest of protecting the delegacy from rogue elements, the Council will observe and report on nations whose endorsements exceed 50 fewer than the Vice Delegate's required minimum endorsement count or 75 percent of the Delegate's endorsement count (whichever is lower), exceed the endorsement count of multiple Council members, or are otherwise notably high or rapidly growing; who are endorsed by a particularly unusual group of nations; or who otherwise raise suspicions or concerns.
3. In consultation with other members of the Council, these nations should be greeted in a friendly manner, informed of the nature of democratic governance in TNP, and asked whether they seek the delegacy.
4. Nations who seek the delegacy should be encouraged to join the forum and become involved with our government as a path to achieving it. Nations who do not seek the delegacy should be advised as appropriate on methods to control their endorsement count in a safe manner.
5. The Council member who contacts a highly endorsed nation must keep the Council informed of any subsequent replies, or the lack thereof. Nations who do not respond or whose responses are aggressive, dismissive, or otherwise worrying should be regarded as potential security risks to The North Pacific.

Article 6: Other Threats
1. The Council may discuss other threats to the security of The North Pacific at its discretion and may establish informal responses as appropriate.
2. To make an official report or recommendation regarding a threat, whether it be to the Vice Delegate, the Delegate, the Regional Assembly, or to any other body, the minimum discussion period is four days and the minimum voting period is four days.

Article 7: Immediate Threats
1. Council votes on immediate and pressing threats to regional security, including official reports and recommendations, may be kept private for as long as the Chair determines that public release would escalate the immediacy or danger of the threat.
2. At its discretion, the Council may hold formal discussions and voting on such matters outside of the official regional forum.
3. Once the danger has passed, the Chair is required to publicly report all private votes and their results.

Article 8: Access by Non-Members
1. If the Vice Delegate is a member of the Security Council, they may cast a vote on matters before the SC. Otherwise, they may only vote to break a tie.
2. The Chair may grant access to Council forums as appropriate to non-members, such as the Delegate if they are not a member already. The Chair may revoke a non-member's access rights at any time, and the Council may do so by majority vote.

Article 9: Disclosure
1. Individual members of the Council may disclose their own statements from the private areas of the Security Council subforum and discord channels.
2. Statements which include the remarks of other members, or former members, of the Council must have the agreement of all involved parties prior to disclosure.