Topic: 2026 – Verification of Disarmament
Country: Mongolia
Delegate Name: Yassmin Aboelezz
Disarmament & International Security Committee (DISEC)
Mongolia
Verification of Disarmament
Yassmin Aboelezz
Verification of disarmament ensures that a state is complying with an agreement regarding the use of different forms of weapons. There are currently treaties among certain countries for verification of disarmament (nuclear/chemical/biological), but are all non-binding. However, through the United Nations, VERTIC (Verification Research, Training and Information Centre) a London-based non-profit (NGO) trains groups to verify nuclear and chemical disarmament (“VERTIC – the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre”). Verification of disarmament affects countries with high amounts of weapons that are seeking non-proliferation. Similarly, as a part of being in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), verification is an essential step to ensuring the path to decreasing the creation and use of weapons of multiple forms (“How Is the Ban Treaty Verifiable?”). VERTIC is constantly making progress with nations in the non-proliferation of ballistic missiles and support through research and analysis on verification regimes and implementation in a series of openly available publications. For example, in an article published February 5th, 2026 by VERTIC, Caroline Higgins reports on a new project funded by the Consortium to reduce nuclear dangers in China. Currently, VERTIC is working to promote transparency with China regarding their nuclear weapon stockpiles (“VERTIC – the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre”).
Mongolia stands against the use of weapons and the verification of disarmament. Mongolia is a member of both the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). We ratified the NPT in 1969, later Mongolia was accepted to the TPNW on March 10, 2022 (“Mongolia’s Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status | United Nations Platform for Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones”). We place an importance on verification of disarmament and promoting the increase of such to other states.
Mongolia has taken multiple measures to ensure disarmament and extend such opportunity to other states. In the declaration of Mongolia, as of 2000, Mongolia has pledged not to station or transport nuclear weapons. Similarly, as of June 2015, resolution 60 was adopted aimed at strengthening the nuclear weapon free zone status further. On June 9-10, 2022, the Mongolian non-governmental organization “Blue Banner” organized a regional gathering of scholars and experts in Ulaanbaatar to discuss the importance, challenges and prospects of NWFZ development. The UN was represented by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) showing the importance of verification for disarmament to the state of Mongolia (“Mongolia’s Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status | United Nations Platform for Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones”).
Mongolia supports the furthering of The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to involve more countries and take further steps ensuring verification of disarmament through NGOs such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA works with member states to promote safe nuclear technologies and verify the non-proliferation of weapons such as ballistic missiles (“VERTIC – the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre”). This solution would work toward promoting more incentives for countries that take extra steps to ensure disarmament. Incentives could include, but are not limited to, promoting exports, reduced tariffs on international trade, stronger allyships, etc. Mongolia complies with the verification of disarmament and has taken multiple steps to ensure it. Therefore, this solution would promote that further and fully aligns with Mongolia’s goals regarding nuclear disarmament and the verification of such.
Mongolia supports the verification of disarmament and has taken multiple measures such as joining the NPT and later the TPNW. Similarly, we promote solutions that further these programs to ensure transparency and the non-proliferation of ballistic nuclear weapons. Cooperation is essential to verifying disarmament. Weapons of all kinds have caused dangers and harm to citizens throughout the world, it is essential to decrease that as much as humanely possible via collaboration and a shared goal.
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