Interstellar United Nations

The Interstellar United Nations, also known as the IUN, is a supranational organisation that existed in the Milky Way galaxy in the 31st century. Founded in 3007 by 15 interstellar sovereignties, the Interstellar United Nations aims to maintain interstellar peace and security, maintain friendly relations among interstellar nations, promote and achieve interstellar cooperation and be a center for harmonizing the actions of its members.

The Interstellar United Nations, though nascent, has quickly become the most recognizable symbol for successful inter-species cooperation, and as such has come to have major influence in galactic affairs.

It is based at Starbase Concord, which serves as its official headquarters and is where most of the IUN's bureaucratic organs are located.

Original Members
The IUN was founded in 3007, with a total of 25 interstellar nations as its original members. However, only 15 of them were the IUN's founding members, having signed the original Charter of the Interstellar United Nations on 31 May 3007.
 * Founding members are bolded.

Members which joined in 3008
In 3008, the IUN grew in members, with a total of 13 nations admitted as official members that year. The admission of the El'Aullian Nomads was a controversial issue. It brought up the overriding concern of the security of the El'Aullian Nomads, which became prominent as IUN membership elevated the political standing of the El'Aullian. Additonally, the El'Aullians held no physical territory and has no standing military. Thus, special arrangements had to be made between the El'Aullians and the IUN, and several IUN members offered to give up small portions of their territory, mainly uninhabited and minor systems, in the hopes that the El'Aullians would be able to thrive and flourish. To ensure that the El'Aullians could to thrive in peace, the systems that the El'Aullians occupied were demarcated with warning beacons, and the IUN placed an official order of restricted access on the systems.

Members which joined in 3009
In 3009, the IUN admitted 13 members into the organisation.

Members which joined in 3010
In 3010, the IUN admitted two members.

Structure and Politics
The Interstellar United Nations is a trans-stellar suprantional union. It does however, operate on a hybrid system of supranational and intergovernmental decision-making. Member sovereignties are called to debate, discuss and decide on affairs and decisions that would affect the IUN, and any resolutions passed are enforced by the IUN and complied by all applicable member sovereignties.

The IUN has seven principle decision-making bodies, which are its institutions. They are the Secretariat, the Security Council, Interstellar Parliament, Council of States, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council and the Interstellar Justice Court. The Secretariat serves as the IUN's main administrative and executive arm, while legislative power mainly rests in the Interstellar Parliament and to a certain extent the Council of States. Economic and social policy is deliberated by the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council takes care of trust territories ceded to the IUN under various circumstances such as government incapacity, and the Interstellar Justice Court deals with any possible disputes within the IUN and ensures that any passed resolution is applied uniformly and equally.