Topic: 2024-Indiscriminate Weapons
Country: Venezuela
Delegate Name: Marcos Calderon
For a very long time, indiscriminate weapons have been used by many different countries. They are weapons that cannot be a specific military target and/or their effects cannot be controlled.
Venezuela uses indiscriminate weapons on many occasions such as protests, raids on groups, crime, and intimidation.
For Venezuela, indiscriminate weapons are extremely necessary and important. Tear gas is one of our most used indiscriminate weapons based on how many protests we experience per year, especially during the election period. We also use tear gas for raids on homes that we believe are a threat to our president, Maduro. Many of the houses we decide to raid are the ones who willingly protest against our views and we see that as a clear threat to this great nation of ours. We believe that there should not be international laws to strengthen the prevention of indiscriminate weapons. It should be up to us how we use indiscriminate weapons and when we should try to prevent them. There is absolutely no need to make international laws for them.
We are in agreement to accelerate the removal of landmines in areas to prevent any fatal causes. We believe the best way to get rid of them is to use extreme heat or to simply explode the landmines. As of right now, we should just review the use of indiscriminate weapons in warfare with new technology and make sure nothing crosses the line. New technology can be dangerous but if we make sure nothing is taken out of hand, then we will suffer no problems.
Overall, we believe that there are truly no big problems with the use of indiscriminate weapons, and although there are aftereffects, we believe those are better to deal with than not having indiscriminate weapons. We cannot express how important we have these weapons with the problems that go on in our country yearly.
Works Cited
“NIGHTS OF TERROR: ATTACKS AND ILLEGAL RAIDS ON HOMES IN VENEZUELA” https://www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Venezuela-Nights-of-Terror-Briefing-ENG.pdf
