Although the previous meeting had used climate issues as its public pretext, in terms of both scale and importance, it should really have counted as a United Nations General Assembly.
It involved all member states, reviewing, supervising, and examining the proposed motions, agendas, standards, and other matters.
Simply put, it was a meeting where each country made its position clear.
That was also why, before Tver spoke, his speech had already been distributed to the ambassadors of every member state.
For this sort of meeting, each country generally knew where things stood before the meeting even began. The meeting itself was more about unifying opinions.
It was just that Tver had not played by the usual rules, or rather, his unexpectedly forceful attitude had left those ambassadors bewildered, which was why the goal had not been achieved at the last meeting.
Of course, Tver and the Wizards' Confederation had achieved their own goal.
After a month, whether quickly or slowly, these countries had finally discussed the matter and reached a result. Naturally, it was time to move into the next stage of the meeting.
Drafting the specific terms of the resolution.
Only this time, the meeting laid bare the United Nations, or rather, the distribution of voice and power in this world.
The only ones who could sit at the conference table were the five permanent members of the Security Council, along with the ten non-permanent members elected by the United Nations General Assembly.
To put it more harshly, the only ones who could bargain at the conference table were the five permanent members. The other ten members were there to vote.
As for the other countries that did not even have voting rights, generally speaking, countries affected by the matters under discussion would be invited to participate and offer their suggestions.
Whether those suggestions would be accepted depended on the mood of the permanent members.
However, this particular meeting involved every country, so they had specially prepared a large conference hall.
At the center of the hall was a large conference table, with only seven sections of seats arranged around it. They were for the five permanent members, the United Nations Secretary-General representing neutral coordination, and Babajide and Tver representing the magic world.
Around the conference table were two gently curved long tables, five seats on each side, prepared for the ten council members with voting rights.
Surrounding those long tables, filling the rest of the hall, were over a hundred seats belonging to the other countries.
"You moved faster than I expected." Looking at the orderly arrangement, Tver could not help sighing with some feeling.
He truly was not being sarcastic. At the United Nations, unless great powers were fighting and throwing vetoes at one another, even mediation for a war between smaller countries taking half a month could already be considered efficient.
And now, a decision involving every country in the world had actually reached a preliminary consensus within one month.
Tver swept his eyes around the room.
Almost every country had taken part in this meeting. In other words, these countries had tacitly accepted the forceful attitude he had expressed at the previous meeting, and that would also be the main tone of this one.
The few countries that had not come were understandable. Those countries had tiny populations, and their number of wizards might even be in the single digits. Whether they participated or not would not make much difference.
"That's all thanks to your 'reminder' last time. How would these people dare waste time now?" the Secretary-General replied with a smile.
Seeing these slow-moving countries act so quickly made him look forward even more to the role wizards might play in the United Nations.
Tver looked up and saw that Babajide was surrounded by ambassadors from various countries, especially many from smaller nations, all speaking to him with eager enthusiasm.
Whether it was for magic, potions, or a desire for an Auror bodyguard, building a good relationship with Babajide, the leader of the wizarding world, was definitely something they did not want to miss.
But Babajide was no ordinary figure. He kept up the polite exchanges the entire time, and even though he did not know them personally, and did not even know the specific details of their governments, he was still able to speak with everyone smoothly and without a single leak.
Only after the Secretary-General urged them did the ambassadors reluctantly take their seats.
Tver and Babajide also met the other five most important ambassadors at the conference table.
This time, however, Babajide was taking the lead. Tver chose to sit in the assistant's seat, beside the prematurely balding British Deputy Ambassador.
Before coming, Tver had already learned some information from the national leaders he had interacted with before.
Or rather, he had learned their attitude toward this meeting.
In reality, whether this world was at peace or in conflict, every country's ultimate goal was economic development.
No country would start a war out of boredom. Even if a national leader wanted to do so, the entire system of the country would not allow such impulsive action.
Only interests mattered. From beginning to end, it was all about interests.
As for whether the appearance of wizards and the magic world would become a new point of growth for each country's interests, that was something they needed to consider for themselves.
But no matter what, their most basic requirement was that wizards must not interfere with the existing economic, political, and military order.
That was also why, even though Tver had acted so forcefully, they ultimately chose to return to the conference table.
Wizard neutrality, and the protection of all people and countries from attacks by dark wizards, were their shared needs.
Even if wizards were not directly under their jurisdiction. Even if wizards needed to intervene in the management of certain government departments. Even if…
Wizards would possess a slightly higher social status.
Based on that, Tver could naturally leave those dry negotiations over specific terms to Babajide without worry.
He was not a nanny, and there was no way he would take everything onto himself. Besides, when it came to understanding the Wizards' Confederation, Babajide could throw him several Diagon Alleys behind.
If Tver got himself involved in a meeting where every minor detail had to be haggled over, he would only be asking for trouble.
So after the Secretary-General's brief opening remarks, the people at the conference table began summarizing and discussing the conditions Tver had mentioned before, one by one.
First, the International Confederation of Wizards would have jurisdiction over Joint Operations Offices worldwide. Local governments could not, in a private capacity, bypass the Confederation to command the wizards and staff of the office.
Next, Aurors would have the responsibility to protect high-ranking government officials. The actual list and quota would need to take the specific circumstances of the local government and Ministry of Magic into account, and could only be implemented after review by the Confederation. Governments could not forcibly require Aurors to protect officials not included on the list.
Second, when countries took hostile military action, they would need to follow a standardized declaration of war procedure, or have the action supervised by that country's Joint Operations Office to ensure there was no dark wizard interference.
…
There were all sorts of items. Tver flipped through the thick stack of documents and saw at least several hundred regulations listed there.
Of course, among them were adaptive changes made according to the differences in each country's political system and institutions.
Tver understood this point. At most, it would mean setting up something like a Party branch inside the Joint Operations Office. As long as it did not affect its actual functions, it was fine.
Moreover, Babajide handled these matters in perfect order.
The reason he had only brought Tver, this salted fish, along was entirely because before coming, he had already mentally prepared himself to deal with every possible situation.
Even if they encountered a difficult problem, he only needed to release Tver for a round of threats, and these ambassadors would not dare tear things apart completely.
At that thought, Babajide and Tver, each harboring his own little calculations, exchanged a glance. Both saw extreme satisfaction in the other's eyes.
Just as planned!
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