Topic: Korean Peninsula
Country: Sudan
Delegate Name: Kevin Mersol-Barg
School: Roeper School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Sudan position papers GLIMUN 2007 committees
Sudan is a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and therefore, we strongly believe that this treaty brings all nations together to thwart the dangers nuclear proliferation represents. We look at the tremendous destruction done by the atomic weapons that the United States dropped on Japan in the 1940s and sincerely hope that such events never occur again. For that reason, we strongly oppose any nuclear weapon program on the Korean peninsula.
Now that nuclear weapons are on the Korean Peninsula through the actions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Sudan has great concern that South Korea will also try to obtain nuclear weapons in order to deter their neighbor. Because North Korea’s neighbor, China, also has nuclear weapons, it is imperative that the United Nations reinforce the tenets of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
We applaud recent developments through the six party talks that have resulted in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) having a strong role in regulating the nuclear program of the DPRK, but DPRK’s sovereignty is still respected. Sudan strongly encourages the DPRK to dismantle its nuclear weapon program and return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. We recognize the DPRK’s right to have non-military grade nuclear enrichment for the purpose of energy production and economic development. Sudan anticipates that the DPRK’s cooperation with the IAEA will benefit the Korean peninsula by stabilizing relationships, decreasing the desire for nuclear proliferation and potentially creating energy and economic opportunities for the Korean peninsula and beyond.
