CONSTITUTION of the NEW HUMANITY ASSOCIATION
Article 1.
Denomination and Headquarters
The Association named “NEW HUMANITY”, designated with the acronym “N.H.”, is constituted under the auspices of the “Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere” (P.I.M.E.) with headquarters in Milan (Italy), in accordance with art. 36 of Civil Code.
The Association headquarters are in Rome, 11 Via Guerrazzi (Italy), with a regional head office in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), P.O. Box 48.
Branch offices may be established in Italy and abroad.
Article 2.
Aims and Objectives
The Association “N.H.” is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation, that intends to develop activities of cooperation between peoples, pledging to promote peace, solidarity and development, with particular attention to the most vulnerable and neglected part of the population, with dialogue and respect for the diversity of peoples, cultures and religions.
In order to achieve this goal N.H. takes care of:
n the realisation of human development projects and of educational, cultural, and socio-economic programs in response to the requests, needs and emergencies of various countries and peoples, in collaboration with local social forces.
n sending of volunteers from any country, including youth who intend to give alternative civil service.
n the promotion and organisation in Italy and abroad of information, education and formation activities in order to realise aims and objectives.
In N.H. Association converge initiatives of international cooperation for development connected with the activities of “P.I.M.E.” and of other similar organisations.
Article 3.
Rationale
The Association is inspired by Christian principles and by “P.I.M.E.” constitutions, placing itself at the service of those who, with valid motivations and attitudes, are willing to develop one of the above indicated activities, fully accepting the spirit, aims and objectives of the Association.
Article 4.
Criteria for Evaluation, Acceptance and Execution of Intervention Programs.
For the evaluation, acceptance and execution of programs of intervention in favour of developing countries and peoples, the Association adopts the following criteria:
a) Participation. The Association pledges that each program of intervention be prepared and carried out by agreement and in collaboration with the local population.
b) Beneficiaries. The Association considers not pertinent the programs that are not directly and immediately destined to the development of the local population, or where financial gains or individual interests of privileged groups are prevailing. In particular, whenever possible, for the realisation of its programs it will try to provide materials and necessary equipment that are available in the same developing countries.
c) Coordination. The Association intends to develop its activities in harmony with the general plan of human promotion drawn from agencies of local development and from Italian and international public institutions, associations, agencies and organisations.
Article 5.
Membership: Admission, Resignation and Expulsion.
Members are those who participate in the formation of the Association and persons who subscribe to the ideals of the preceding articles and collaborate with the Association for the achievement of its goals and those whose written application, accompanied by payment of the admission fee, is accepted by the Board of Directors.
Every member is free to leave the Association at any moment, having given communication to the Board of Directors.
Membership is lost through death or expulsion. Expulsion comes from a deliberation of the Board of Directors in the event of behaviour that is contrary to the ends of the Association. The expelled member may appeal to the next Members’ Assembly against the deliberation of the Board of Directors.
Article 6.
Organs of the Association
The organs of the Association are:
a) The Members’ Assembly
b) The Board of Directors
c) The President of the Board of Directors
d) The Vice-president of the Board of Directors
e) The Auditors of accounts
All membership offices are without fiscal remuneration.
Article 7.
Members’ Assembly
The Assembly is constituted by all the members of the Association.
They have the right to vote if they have paid in full their membership fee. All the members are bound by the resolutions of the Assembly, be they absent or in dissent.
The convocation of the Assembly should take place at least once a year and whenever the President of the Board of Directors deems opportune, or under the request to the President of he Board of Directors by at least one third of the members of the Association or by the majority of the Board Members. The convocation of the Assembly of the members takes place through the written communication of the President of the Board of Directors sent to all the members, to their residence according to the membership list, eight days before the meeting.
The Assembly of the members is presided by the President of the Board of Directors or, in his absence, the Vice President or, in his absence, the person elected by the Assembly.
The Assembly of the members deliberates about the approval of the budget, about the appointment of the members of the Board of Directors, about the appointment of the Auditors, about the alteration of the Deed of the Association and of the Statute and about whatever is proposed by the Board of Directors or its competence by Law or by Statute.
Each member may delegate, in writing, another member to be his representative in the Assembly. Every member has the right to one vote and may not represent more than one other member.
The deliberations are adopted by the majority as mentioned in Article 21 of Civil Code.
Article 8.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is composed of five to eight persons, chosen from the members, according to the deliberation of the Assembly with regard to the election while creating the association for the first time, successively by the Assembly. These remain in office for three years and may be re-elected.
The Board of Directors will elect from among themselves the Secretary and Treasurer.
In case of dismissals or resignations of Board members the Board of Directors provides the substitution by co-optation. The co-opted members remain in office until the first Assembly and following the ratification by the same until expiration of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors meets each time that the President deems necessary or when it is called by three of its members. Invitation to the convocation is in writing or by telegram, according to norms of the Law.
The Board of Directors is presided by the President, or in his absence or impediment, by the Vice President.
The Board of Directors is invested with ample powers for the ordinary or extraordinary management of the Association.
It is its concern to present the annual budget and financial statements, to deliberate banking operations and financing according to the Statutes and Laws.
In the voting of resolutions of the the Board of Directors, the effective presence of the majority of its members is needed besides the vote in favour by the majority present. In case of parity in the vote the deciding vote is that of the President.
Article 9.
President of the Board of Directors
The President of the Board of Directors is elected from among the members of the Board of Directors; the first time in the act of establishing the Association, successively by the Board Members. The duration of the term is for three years and is renewable.
It is the concern of the President of the Board of Directors to deal with the legal representation of the Association in relation to third parties, in court and in administrative settings.
In urgent cases the President may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors, subject to successive ratification.
Article 10.
Vice President of the Board of Directors
The Vice President of the Board of Directors is elected from among the members of the Board; the first time in the act of ion of the Association, successively by the Board Members.
The term has a duration of three years and is renewable.
The Vice President of the Board of Directors exercises all the powers of the President in case of absence or impediment on the part of the latter or being delegated by the same.
Article 11.
Auditors
The Auditors are three persons, not necessarily members of the Association, whose term is for three years and whose members are eligible for re-election.
They have the duties of auditing according to the Laws and they have the right to participate in the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Assembly.
Article 12.
Patrimony
The patrimony of the Association is constituted by the fees of the members, paid annually to the Association, according to the modality decided by the Board of Directors, by the contributions of “P.I.M.E.” and of the volunteers participating in the initiatives of the Association, by contributions of corporations and non-profit organisations, by legacies and donations, by the proceeds and profits of incidental commercial activities or by other forms of self-financing, and by every income admitted by Laws in force and accepted by the Association.
Article 13.
Financial Management
The financial management of the Association begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 of each year.
At the end of each year the Board of Directors will present the annual statement of accounts and the budget for the following year to be approved by the Members’ Assembly before March 31.
Article 14.
Duration of the Association
The duration of the Association is unlimited.
Article 15
Dissolution
The dissolution of the Association is decided by the Assembly, which can appoint one or more liquidators, determine their powers and establish the inherent procedures of the allocation of the Association patrimony, in full respect of the arrangements foreseen by articles 30 and following of the C.C. and, otherwise, to “P.I.M.E.”.
Article 16.
As for anything that is not covered in these Statutes it has to refer to the Laws that regulate the matter in question.
Cagnasso Francesco
Zanchi Gian Battista
Vianello Gian Franco
Fabio Mussi
Carlo Tinello
Registered at Rome on 10-May-1996