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	'''[[~~Dorrel Rock~~]]''' is a ~~rock outcrop 11 nautical miles (20 km) southwest of~~ the ~~summit of~~ [[~~Mount Murphy~~]], ~~protruding through~~ the ~~ice near the head of [[Pope Glacier]],~~ on the ~~[[Walgreen Coast]] in [[Westarctica]]~~. ~~It was mapped by~~ the ~~United States Geological Survey from surveys and~~ [[~~U.S. Navy~~]] ~~air photos~~, ~~1959–66~~, and ~~was named~~ by the ~~Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Leo E. Dorrel, U.S. Navy, a hospital corpsman with~~ the ~~[[Byrd Station]] winter party, 1966. On 2 November 2018, Westarctica's [[Honorary Consular Corps\|Honorary Consul]] to Spain, [[Baron of Dorrel\|Dr. Joachim Michael Adlfinger]], was granted~~ the ~~[[Peerage of Westarctica\|Peerage title]] of Baron of Dorrel in recognition of his successful opening of Westarctica's consulate office in southern Spain~~.		The '''[[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]]''' is a United States scientific research station at the [[South Pole]], the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of [[Antarctica]] at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).



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	~~His Grace, the~~ '''[[~~Duke of Fox Grove~~]]''', ~~August Grappin~~, is a ~~member of [[Westarctica]]'s [[Peerage of Westarctica\|nobility]]. He currently serves as~~ the ~~Minister of Culture of Westarctica's [[Royal Council]]. His title is not derived from any current [[Index of geographic features in Westarctica\|geographic feature]]~~ of ~~Westarctica~~.		'''[[Emperor Norton]]''' was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself "Emperor of these United States" in September 1859, a role he played for the rest of his life.

	~~Since September 2021~~, ~~His Grace has served as Editor-~~in~~-Chief of [[Westarctica Quarterly]]. The duke~~ was ~~present at the signing~~ of the ~~[[Marana Accords]] and reported on the event for the national press~~. ~~In 2021~~, ~~His Grace authored~~ the ~~definitive chronicle of [[Westarctica]]~~'s ~~history,~~ a ~~book titled ''Westarctica: 20 Years on Ice''. Starting in January 2025, this book was issued to all new [[Peerage~~ of ~~Westarctica\|noble peers]]~~, ~~taking the place of the earlier book written by [[Grand Duke Travis]], ''[[The Rise, Fall~~, and ~~Rebirth~~ of ~~Westarctica]]'~~'.		Norton had no formal political power, but was treated deferentially in San Francisco and elsewhere in California, and currency issued in his name was honored in some of the establishments he frequented. Some considered Norton to be insane or eccentric, but residents of San Francisco and the city's larger Northern California orbit enjoyed his imperial presence and took note of his frequent newspaper proclamations. Norton received free ferry and train passage and a variety of favors, such as help with rent and free meals, from well-placed friends and sympathizers. Some of the city's merchants capitalized on his notoriety by selling souvenirs bearing his image.

	'''([[~~Duke of Fox Grove~~\|Full Article...]])'''		He is often considered the founding father of [[micronation\|micronationalism]].

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Micronations (2026 film)

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	==Featured micronations==		==Featured micronations==
	Other ~~micronationalists~~ prominently featured in the film include:		Other [[micronations]] prominently featured in the film include:
	* [[Westarctica]]		* [[Westarctica]]
	* [[Carolyn Yagjian\|Ambulatory Free States of Obsidia]]		* [[Carolyn Yagjian\|Ambulatory Free States of Obsidia]]

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	* '''9 Jul''' - [[Grand Duke Travis]] represents [[Westarctica]] at the United Nations in support of the ~~SDGs~~.		*'''9 Jul''' - [[Grand Duke Travis]] represents [[Westarctica]] at the United Nations in support of the '''[[Sustainable Development Goals]]'''.
	*'''14 Jun''' - '''[[Jain affair\|Baron Jain]]''' is released from police custody.		*'''14 Jun''' - '''[[Jain affair\|Baron Jain]]''' is released from police custody.
	*'''5 Jun''' - '''''[[Micronations (2026 film)\|Micronations]]''''' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival.		*'''5 Jun''' - '''''[[Micronations (2026 film)\|Micronations]]''''' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Global warming

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	Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to rising sea levels. Because the climate system has a large "inertia" and greenhouse gases will remain in the atmosphere for a long time, many of these effects will persist for not only decades or centuries, but for tens of thousands of years to come.		Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to rising sea levels. Because the climate system has a large "inertia" and greenhouse gases will remain in the atmosphere for a long time, many of these effects will persist for not only decades or centuries, but for tens of thousands of years to come.

	Possible solutions to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required and that global warming should be limited to well below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) compared to pre-industrial levels,~~[b]~~ with efforts made to limit warming to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F).		Possible solutions to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required and that global warming should be limited to well below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) compared to pre-industrial levels, with efforts made to limit warming to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F).

	==Observed temperature changes==		==Observed temperature changes==
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	Since 1979, the average temperature of the lower troposphere has increased between 0.12 and 0.135 °C (0.216 and 0.243 °F) per decade, satellite temperature measurements confirm. Climate proxies show the temperature to have been relatively stable over the one or two thousand years before 1850, with regionally varying fluctuations such as the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age.		Since 1979, the average temperature of the lower troposphere has increased between 0.12 and 0.135 °C (0.216 and 0.243 °F) per decade, satellite temperature measurements confirm. Climate proxies show the temperature to have been relatively stable over the one or two thousand years before 1850, with regionally varying fluctuations such as the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age.

	The warming evident in the instrumental temperature record is consistent with a wide range of observations, as documented by many independent scientific groups. Examples include sea level rise,~~[33]~~ widespread melting of snow and land [[ice]], increased heat content of the oceans, increased humidity, and the earlier timing of spring events, e.g., the flowering of plants. The probability that these changes could have occurred by chance is virtually zero.		The warming evident in the instrumental temperature record is consistent with a wide range of observations, as documented by many independent scientific groups. Examples include sea level rise, widespread melting of snow and land [[ice]], increased heat content of the oceans, increased humidity, and the earlier timing of spring events, e.g., the flowering of plants. The probability that these changes could have occurred by chance is virtually zero.

	===Regional trends and short-term fluctuations===		===Regional trends and short-term fluctuations===
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	==Aerosols and soot==		==Aerosols and soot==
	Global dimming, a gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, was observed from 1961 until at least 1990. Solid and liquid particles known as aerosols, produced by volcanoes and human-made pollutants, are thought to be the main cause of this dimming. They exert a cooling effect by increasing the reflection of incoming sunlight. The effects of the products of fossil fuel combustion – CO2 and aerosols – have partially offset one another in recent decades, so that net warming has been due to the increase in non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as methane.[ Radiative forcing due to aerosols is temporally limited due to the processes that remove aerosols from the atmosphere. Removal by clouds and precipitation gives tropospheric aerosols an atmospheric lifetime of only about a week, while stratospheric aerosols can remain for a few years. Carbon dioxide has a lifetime of a century or more, and as such, changes in aerosols will only delay climate changes due to carbon dioxide. Black carbon is second only to carbon dioxide for its contribution to global warming (contribution being estimated at 17 to 20%, whereas carbon dioxide contributes 40 to 45% to global warming).		Global dimming, a gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, was observed from 1961 until at least 1990. Solid and liquid particles known as aerosols, produced by volcanoes and human-made pollutants, are thought to be the main cause of this dimming. They exert a cooling effect by increasing the reflection of incoming sunlight. The effects of the products of fossil fuel combustion – CO2 and aerosols – have partially offset one another in recent decades, so that net warming has been due to the increase in non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as methane. Radiative forcing due to aerosols is temporally limited due to the processes that remove aerosols from the atmosphere. Removal by clouds and precipitation gives tropospheric aerosols an atmospheric lifetime of only about a week, while stratospheric aerosols can remain for a few years. Carbon dioxide has a lifetime of a century or more, and as such, changes in aerosols will only delay climate changes due to carbon dioxide. Black carbon is second only to carbon dioxide for its contribution to global warming (contribution being estimated at 17 to 20%, whereas carbon dioxide contributes 40 to 45% to global warming).

	In addition to their direct effect by scattering and absorbing solar radiation, aerosols have indirect effects on the Earth's radiation budget. Sulfate aerosols act as cloud condensation nuclei and thus lead to clouds that have more and smaller cloud droplets. These clouds reflect solar radiation more efficiently than clouds with fewer and larger droplets, a phenomenon known as the Twomey effect. This effect also causes droplets to be of more uniform size, which reduces growth of raindrops and makes the cloud more reflective to incoming sunlight, known as the Albrecht effect. Indirect effects are most noticeable in marine stratiform clouds, and have very little radiative effect on convective clouds. Indirect effects of aerosols represent the largest uncertainty in radiative forcing.		In addition to their direct effect by scattering and absorbing solar radiation, aerosols have indirect effects on the Earth's radiation budget. Sulfate aerosols act as cloud condensation nuclei and thus lead to clouds that have more and smaller cloud droplets. These clouds reflect solar radiation more efficiently than clouds with fewer and larger droplets, a phenomenon known as the Twomey effect. This effect also causes droplets to be of more uniform size, which reduces growth of raindrops and makes the cloud more reflective to incoming sunlight, known as the Albrecht effect. Indirect effects are most noticeable in marine stratiform clouds, and have very little radiative effect on convective clouds. Indirect effects of aerosols represent the largest uncertainty in radiative forcing.
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	Anthropogenic forcing has likely contributed to some of the observed changes, including sea level rise, changes in climate extremes (such as the number of warm and cold days), declines in Arctic sea ice extent, [[glacier]] retreat, and greening of the Sahara.		Anthropogenic forcing has likely contributed to some of the observed changes, including sea level rise, changes in climate extremes (such as the number of warm and cold days), declines in Arctic sea ice extent, [[glacier]] retreat, and greening of the Sahara.

	The average sea ice decline recorded from 1953 to 2006 is -7.8%±0.6%/decade, this is more than three times the size of the average forecast trend of -2.5%±0.2%/decade. Even the "worst case scenario" models didn’t forecast the extent of the sea ice decline adequately. The quickest rate of sea ice decline from any of the models associated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report was -5.4%±0.4%/decade.~~[150]~~ Global warming has led to decades of shrinking and thinning in a warm climate that has put the Arctic sea ice in a precarious position, it is now vulnerable to atmospheric anomalies. Projections of declines in Arctic sea ice vary. Recent projections suggest that Arctic summers could be ice-free (defined as ice extent less than 1 million square km) as early as 2025–2030.		The average sea ice decline recorded from 1953 to 2006 is -7.8%±0.6%/decade, this is more than three times the size of the average forecast trend of -2.5%±0.2%/decade. Even the "worst case scenario" models didn’t forecast the extent of the sea ice decline adequately. The quickest rate of sea ice decline from any of the models associated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report was -5.4%±0.4%/decade. Global warming has led to decades of shrinking and thinning in a warm climate that has put the Arctic sea ice in a precarious position, it is now vulnerable to atmospheric anomalies. Projections of declines in Arctic sea ice vary. Recent projections suggest that Arctic summers could be ice-free (defined as ice extent less than 1 million square km) as early as 2025–2030.

	"Detection" is the process of demonstrating that climate has changed in some defined statistical sense, without providing a reason for that change. Detection does not imply attribution of the detected change to a particular cause. "Attribution" of causes of climate change is the process of establishing the most likely causes for the detected change with some defined level of confidence.~~[155]~~ Detection and attribution may also be applied to observed changes in physical, ecological and social systems.		"Detection" is the process of demonstrating that climate has changed in some defined statistical sense, without providing a reason for that change. Detection does not imply attribution of the detected change to a particular cause. "Attribution" of causes of climate change is the process of establishing the most likely causes for the detected change with some defined level of confidence. Detection and attribution may also be applied to observed changes in physical, ecological and social systems.

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	===Social systems===		===Social systems===
	The effects of climate change on human systems, mostly due to warming or shifts in precipitation patterns, or both, have been detected worldwide. The future social impacts of climate change will be uneven across the world. Many risks are expected to increase with higher magnitudes of global warming. All regions are at risk of experiencing negative impacts. Low-latitude, less developed areas face the greatest risk. A study from 2015 concluded that economic growth (gross domestic product) of poorer countries is much more impaired with projected future climate warming, than previously thought. In small islands and mega deltas, inundation as a result of sea level rise is expected to threaten vital infrastructure and human settlements. This could lead to issues of homelessness in countries with low-lying areas such as Bangladesh, as well as statelessness for populations in countries such as the Maldives and Tuvalu.		The effects of climate change on human systems, mostly due to warming or shifts in precipitation patterns, or both, have been detected worldwide. The future social impacts of climate change will be uneven across the world. Many risks are expected to increase with higher magnitudes of global warming. All regions are at risk of experiencing negative impacts. Low-latitude, less developed areas face the greatest risk.

			A study from 2015 concluded that economic growth (gross domestic product) of poorer countries is much more impaired with projected future climate warming, than previously thought. In small islands and mega deltas, inundation as a result of sea level rise is expected to threaten vital infrastructure and human settlements. This could lead to issues of homelessness in countries with low-lying areas such as Bangladesh, as well as statelessness for populations in countries such as the Maldives and Tuvalu.

			Climate action is one of the 17 [[Sustainable Development Goals]] outlined by the United Nations as vital for the future of humanity.

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Sustainable Development Goals

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	==Principles==		==Principles==
	The SDGs are universal, time-bound, and legally non-binding policy objectives agreed upon by governments. They come close to prescriptive international norms but are generally more specific, and they can be highly ambitious. The overarching UN program "2030 Agenda" presented the SDGs in 2015 as a "supremely ambitious and transformative vision" that should be accompanied by "bold and transformative steps" with "scale and ambition".~~[11]~~		The SDGs are universal, time-bound, and legally non-binding policy objectives agreed upon by governments. They come close to prescriptive international norms but are generally more specific, and they can be highly ambitious. The overarching UN program "2030 Agenda" presented the SDGs in 2015 as a "supremely ambitious and transformative vision" that should be accompanied by "bold and transformative steps" with "scale and ambition".

	The SDGs apply to all countries of the world, not just developing countries like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did (from the year 2000 to 2015). They target all three dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development, namely the environmental, economic and social dimension. Another aspect that makes the SDGs different to the MDGs is that the development and negotiations of the SDGs were not "top down" by civil servants but were relatively open and transparent, aiming to include "bottom up" participation.		The SDGs apply to all countries of the world, not just developing countries like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did (from the year 2000 to 2015). They target all three dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development, namely the environmental, economic and social dimension. Another aspect that makes the SDGs different to the MDGs is that the development and negotiations of the SDGs were not "top down" by civil servants but were relatively open and transparent, aiming to include "bottom up" participation.

Sustainable Development Goals

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'''Sustainable Development Goals''' (abbr. '''SDGs''') were adopted in 2015 by all United Nations (UN) members for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The aim of the 17 global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet," tackling [[climate change]], and working to preserve oceans and forests. The SDGs also include 169 measurable targets.

The SDGs highlight the connections between the environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainable development. Sustainability (meeting the needs to the present without comprising the ability of future generations to meet theirs) is at the center of the SDGs, as the term sustainable implies, but achieving the goals has been challenging.

There are cross-cutting issues and synergies between the different goals; for example, for SDG 13 (climate action), the IPCC sees robust synergies with SDGs 3 (health), 7 (clean energy), 11 (cities and communities), 12 (responsible consumption and production) and 14 (oceans).

==17 Goals==
The short titles of the 17 SDGs are:

* No poverty
* Zero hunger
* Good health and well-being
* Quality education
* Gender equality
* Clean water and sanitation
* Affordable and clean energy
* Decent work and economic growth
* Industry, innovation and infrastructure
* Reduced inequalities
* Sustainable cities and communities
* Responsible consumption and production
* Climate action
* Life below water
* Life on land
* Peace, justice, and strong institutions
* Partnerships for the goals

==Principles==
The SDGs are universal, time-bound, and legally non-binding policy objectives agreed upon by governments. They come close to prescriptive international norms but are generally more specific, and they can be highly ambitious. The overarching UN program "2030 Agenda" presented the SDGs in 2015 as a "supremely ambitious and transformative vision" that should be accompanied by "bold and transformative steps" with "scale and ambition".[11]

The SDGs apply to all countries of the world, not just developing countries like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did (from the year 2000 to 2015). They target all three dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development, namely the environmental, economic and social dimension. Another aspect that makes the SDGs different to the MDGs is that the development and negotiations of the SDGs were not "top down" by civil servants but were relatively open and transparent, aiming to include "bottom up" participation.

==Development==
In January 2013, the 30-member UN General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals was established to identify specific goals for the SDGs. The OWG submitted their proposal of 8 SDGs and 169 targets to the 68th session of the General Assembly in September 2014. On 5 December 2014, the UN General Assembly accepted the Secretary General's Synthesis Report, which stated that the agenda for the post-2015 SDG process would be based on the OWG proposals.

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) created the SDGs as part of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. These goals were formally articulated and adopted in a UNGA resolution known as the 2030 Agenda. On 6 July 2017, the SDGs were made more actionable by a UNGA resolution that identifies specific targets for each goal and provides indicators to measure progress. Most targets are to be achieved by 2030, although some have no end date.

===Adoption===
On 25 September 2015, the 193 countries of the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Development Agenda titled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development."

==Implementation==
Implementation of the SDGs started worldwide in 2016. This process can also be called Localizing the SDGs. In 2019 António Guterres (secretary-general of the United Nations) issued a global call for a Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This decade will last from 2020 to 2030. The plan is that the secretary general of the UN will convene an annual platform for driving the Decade of Action.

There are two main types of actors for implementation of the SDGs: state and non-state actors. The former include national governments and sub-national authorities, whereas the latter are corporations and civil society

==Financing==
The top-5 sources of financing for development were estimated in 2018 to be: Real new sovereign debt OECD countries, military expenditures, official increase sovereign debt OECD countries, remittances from expats to developing countries, official development assistance (ODA). Private finance or market-making processes are another option for development finance, for example green bonds and SDG bonds.

The Rockefeller Foundation asserted in 2017 that "The key to financing and achieving the SDGs lies in mobilizing a greater share of the $200+ trillion in annual private capital investment flows toward development efforts, and philanthropy has a critical role to play in catalyzing this shift." Large-scale funders participating in a Rockefeller Foundation-hosted design thinking workshop concluded that "while there is a moral imperative to achieve the SDGs, failure is inevitable if there aren't drastic changes to how we go about financing large scale change."

A meta-analysis published in 2022 found that there was scant evidence that governments have substantially reallocated funding to implement the SDGs, either for national implementation or for international cooperation. The SDGs do not seem to have changed public budgets and financial allocation mechanisms in any important way, except for some local governance contexts.

==Results and outcomes==
Most or all of the goals and targets are unlikely to be achieved by 2030. Countries are falling particularly short in efforts to reduce inequality (SDG 10), with inequality actually widening according to many indicators (as of 2023).

Of particular concern - which cut across many of the SDGs – are rising inequalities, ongoing [[climate change]] and increasing biodiversity loss. In addition, there is a trade-off between the planetary boundaries of Earth and the aspirations for wealth and well-being. This has been described as follows: "the world's social and natural biophysical systems cannot support the aspirations for universal human well-being embedded in the SDGs."

Due to various economic and social issues, many countries are seeing a major decline in the progress made. In Asia for example, data shows a loss of progress on goals 2, 8,10,11, and 15. Recommended approaches to still achieve the SDGs are: "Set priorities, focus on harnessing the environmental dimension of the SDGs, understand how the SDGs work as an indivisible system, and look for synergies."

==Criticism==
Scholars have pointed out flaws in the design of the SDGs for the following aspects: "the number of goals, the structure of the goal framework (for example, the non-hierarchical structure), the coherence between the goals, the specificity or measurability of the targets, the language used in the text, and their reliance on neoliberal economic development-oriented sustainable development as their core orientation."

The SDGs may simply maintain the status quo and fall short of delivering an ambitious development agenda. The current status quo has been described as "separating human wellbeing and environmental sustainability, failing to change governance and to pay attention to trade-offs, root causes of poverty and environmental degradation, and social justice issues."

A commentary in The Economist in 2015 argued that 169 targets for the SDGs is too many, describing them as sprawling, misconceived and a mess compared to the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

==Westarctica's involvement==
Since January 2015, [[Westarctica]] has enjoyed non-consultative status as a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - NGO Branch. In this capacity, representatives from Westarctica have participated in annual planning sessions with other NGOs to create and implement Sustainable Development Goals on a global scale.

On 9 July 2026, [[Grand Duke Travis]] attended a Global Policy Dialogue at the United Nations headquarters building. His Royal Highness represented Westarctica in a discussion concerning innovation of water and energy infrastructure as it relates to the SDGs.

==External links==
* [https://sdgs.un.org/ Official SDGs site]
* [https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs SDGs tracker]

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Foreign relations of Westarctica

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	===United Nations status===		===United Nations status===
	Since January 2015, Westarctica has enjoyed non-consultative status as a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - NGO Branch. In this capacity, representatives from Westarctica have participated in annual planning sessions with other NGOs to create and implement Sustainable Development Goals on a global scale.		Since January 2015, Westarctica has enjoyed non-consultative status as a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - NGO Branch. In this capacity, representatives from Westarctica have participated in annual planning sessions with other NGOs to create and implement [[Sustainable Development Goals]] on a global scale.

	==Diplomatic activities==		==Diplomatic activities==

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	===Relations with UN-member states===		===Relations with UN-member states===
	Since January 2015, Westarctica has enjoyed non-consultative status as a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - NGO Branch. In this capacity, representatives from Westarctica have participated in annual planning sessions with other NGOs to create and implement Sustainable Development Goals on a global scale.		Since January 2015, Westarctica has enjoyed non-consultative status as a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - NGO Branch. In this capacity, representatives from Westarctica have participated in annual planning sessions with other NGOs to create and implement [[Sustainable Development Goals]] on a global scale.

	Although Grand Duke Travis has sent nearly a hundred letters to leaders and ministers of foreign governments, only a few have ever replied, including King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia in 2020 and Valery Lukin, head of Russia's Antarctic program in 2015.		Although Grand Duke Travis has sent nearly a hundred letters to leaders and ministers of foreign governments, only a few have ever replied, including King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia in 2020 and Valery Lukin, head of Russia's Antarctic program in 2015.

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	[[File:Tribeca Premiere.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|''Micronations'' premiere]]		[[File:Tribeca Premiere.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|''Micronations'' premiere]]
			* '''9 Jul''' - [[Grand Duke Travis]] represents [[Westarctica]] at the United Nations in support of the SDGs.
	*'''14 Jun''' - '''[[Jain affair\|Baron Jain]]''' is released from police custody.		*'''14 Jun''' - '''[[Jain affair\|Baron Jain]]''' is released from police custody.
	*'''5 Jun''' - '''''[[Micronations (2026 film)\|Micronations]]''''' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival.		*'''5 Jun''' - '''''[[Micronations (2026 film)\|Micronations]]''''' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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	*'''6 May''' - The '''[[Senate of Westarctica]]''' votes to ban the use of AI-generated material.		*'''6 May''' - The '''[[Senate of Westarctica]]''' votes to ban the use of AI-generated material.
	*'''1 May''' - The Second '''[[Senate of Westarctica]]''' is seated.		*'''1 May''' - The Second '''[[Senate of Westarctica]]''' is seated.
	*'''13 Mar''' - [[Grand Duke Travis]] meets with the '''[[Honorary Consular Corps\|Consul-General to Southeast Asia]]''' in Bangkok, Thailand.
	*'''28 Mar''' - The Royal Westarctican Navy becomes registered with the UK's National Independent Lifeboat Association.		*'''28 Mar''' - The Royal Westarctican Navy becomes registered with the UK's National Independent Lifeboat Association.
	*'''22 Feb''' - [[Grand Duke Travis]] is elected Secretary-General of the '''[[Conference of Santiago]]'''.		*'''22 Feb''' - [[Grand Duke Travis]] is elected Secretary-General of the '''[[Conference of Santiago]]'''.

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	[[File:~~Duke August of Fox Grove~~.jpg\|250px\|left]]		[[File:Emperor Joshua A. Norton I.jpg\|250px\|left]]
	~~His Grace, the~~ '''[[~~Duke of Fox Grove~~]]''', ~~August Grappin~~, is a ~~member of [[Westarctica]]'s [[Peerage of Westarctica\|nobility]]. He currently serves as~~ the ~~Minister of Culture of Westarctica's [[Royal Council]]. His title is not derived from any current [[Index of geographic features in Westarctica\|geographic feature]]~~ of ~~Westarctica~~.		'''[[Emperor Norton]]''' was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself "Emperor of these United States" in September 1859, a role he played for the rest of his life.

	~~Since September 2021~~, ~~His Grace has served as Editor-~~in~~-Chief of [[Westarctica Quarterly]]. The duke~~ was ~~present at the signing~~ of the ~~[[Marana Accords]] and reported on the event for the national press~~. ~~In 2021~~, ~~His Grace authored~~ the ~~definitive chronicle of [[Westarctica]]~~'s ~~history,~~ a ~~book titled ''Westarctica: 20 Years on Ice''. Starting in January 2025, this book was issued to all new [[Peerage~~ of ~~Westarctica\|noble peers]]~~, ~~taking the place of the earlier book written by [[Grand Duke Travis]], ''[[The Rise, Fall~~, and ~~Rebirth~~ of ~~Westarctica]]'~~'.		Norton had no formal political power, but was treated deferentially in San Francisco and elsewhere in California, and currency issued in his name was honored in some of the establishments he frequented. Some considered Norton to be insane or eccentric, but residents of San Francisco and the city's larger Northern California orbit enjoyed his imperial presence and took note of his frequent newspaper proclamations. Norton received free ferry and train passage and a variety of favors, such as help with rent and free meals, from well-placed friends and sympathizers. Some of the city's merchants capitalized on his notoriety by selling souvenirs bearing his image.

	'''([[~~Duke of Fox Grove~~\|Full Article...]])'''		He is often considered the founding father of [[micronation\|micronationalism]].

			'''([[Emperor Norton\|Full Article...]])'''