Topic: Recommendations for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Country: Liberia
Delegate Name: Jovany Flores
School: Flint Southwestern Classical Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Liberia position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
In being the most recognized international agreement on the use of nuclear energy, The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is an agreement that went into play in 1970 to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology. The main goal of the treaty was to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and potentially complete disarmament in all nations. To evaluate the progress in which the Treaty is moving towards, a conference is scheduled every five years. The next conference to review the treaty is set to be review on the year of 2015. In the Treaty, the only nations recognized in possessing nuclear weapons are the five permanent members of the Security Council.
Liberia, in being one of the many nations to ratify the NPT, also is a signer of the Treaty of Pelindaba. The Treaty is an African agreement to prohibit research, manufacture, development, possession, and etc. of nuclear weaponry on the land of the African continent. In becoming a signer of both treaties, Liberia feels highly upon the complete disarmament nuclear weapons on not only a national, but also an international scale.
For the 2015 Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty Review, Liberia feels that in order to control the spread or have complete disarmament of nuclear weapons, the production and export of Uranium or Plutonium should be restricted to non-weapon related use. In order to have actual results on the situation, the origin of the problem must be controlled and then everything else will follow.
