Topic: Security Cooperation in East Asia
Country: Australia
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Australia position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
The Pacific Forum CSIS program on Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific is organized around its membership in the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). Formed in 1993, CSCAP promotes regional security through dialogue and collaborative study group projects focusing on policy issues related to security issues of common concern among its 20 member committees (Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, North Korea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam). Pacific Forum CSIS serves as the secretariat for the US CSCAP member committee. The network of officials, media, military, and academic representatives that make up the membership of CSCAP provides Pacific Forum with an opportunity to influence attitudes and debate in the region on a range of foreign policy issues. Our utmost concern for the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons’ use underpins our efforts for effective progress on nuclear disarmament. Italy is committed to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons, in a way that promotes international stability and is based on the principle of undiminished security for all. Italy attaches fundamental importance to the immediate commencement of negotiations without preconditions of a Treaty dealing with fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. Pending the entry into force of such a Treaty, we call upon all concerned States to declare and maintain a moratorium on the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons.
