They were never ours to define.
This Accord recognises that celestial bodies exist beyond human designation.
They are not resources, territories, or extensions of human reach.
Their presence precedes us.
This recognition does not grant them rights.
It acknowledges that they were never ours to define.
This Accord does not derive its standing from existing human legal frameworks. It precedes them. Where human law conflicts with the recognition established here, this Accord identifies the point at which that law requires correction.
This Accord does not create standing. It acknowledges standing that precedes human recognition, designation, access, or use. What is recognised here is not granted. It is remembered.
— Recognition is not assignment.
— Celestial bodies possess inherent standing independent of human use.
— Existence is not contingent on recognition.
— No celestial body may be reduced to a category of human value.
— Human proximity does not confer authority.
— Naming does not constitute authority.
— No celestial body may be claimed, owned, or designated as property.
— No claim, jurisdiction, or authority over celestial bodies may be established through discovery, access, or technological capability.
— No system may redefine celestial bodies as economic or utilitarian assets.
— All approach, contact, observation, or presence must proceed with acknowledgement of independent standing.
Where presence occurs, it must not override inherent standing.
Stewardship does not imply control.
It exists only as a condition of awareness.
Any act that reduces a celestial body to an object of use constitutes a violation of this Accord.
Interference is defined not by intent, but by the denial of independent standing.
They existed before our language.
They remain beyond our definitions.
To recognise this is not to elevate them.
It is to correct ourselves.
Witnessed at the point where celestial bodies were first approached as assets.
Preserved to restore orientation.
Before language.
The Cosmic Non-Interference Treaty governs what must not be done. This Accord precedes that question.
Before restraint can be practised, the nature of what is being approached must be correctly understood. A boundary drawn around a resource is still a resource relationship. This Accord withdraws that framing entirely.
Celestial bodies were not waiting for recognition. Recognition is the correction of those who withheld it.
This is not protection. It is orientation. And orientation, once established, cannot be selectively applied — it precedes every claim, every system, every framework that follows.