Topic: 2026 – Verification of Disarmament
Country: India
Delegate Name: Ben Stuart
DELEGATE: Benjamin Stuart
COUNTRY: Republic of India
COMMITTEE: Disarmament & International Security Committee
TOPIC: Verification of Disarmament
Disarmament and non proliferation agreements are delicate at the best of times which makes it essential to have strong methods to verify disarmament. If these tenuous understandings are broken it could be detrimental to the rest of the world.
India has fraught relationships with some countries, most notably Pakistan and is eager to lower tensions. It advocates for confidence building measures. These include the sharing of nuclear information, hotlines, informing before missile tests, and allowed surveillance flights over certain facilities. Confidence building measures have been used previously in bilateral agreements between India and Pakistan and between the United States and Russia.
Of course confidence building measures aren’t enough to ensure disarmament. India is open to alternatives such as third party inspection. If the organizations selected are strictly objective and unbiased they could prove a boon to disarmament. India in the past however has been a victim of unfair non-proliferation treaties. Without proper vetting of third party organizations India would be wary.
Overall India feels there are a variety of solutions to the all important issue of verifying disarmament. India looks forward to discussion with the Disarmament & International Security Committee.
