Topic: North Korea
Country: Kuwait
Delegate Name: Alex Zheng
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Kuwait position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
The situation regarding the Kim regime of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has escalated. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea withdrew from the Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Arms in 2003, and as of 2006 the Kim regime began testing of nuclear arms. In early 2017 the DPRK began testing its ballistic missile capabilities. The first steps to a lasting peace have been achieved by the Trump – Kim summit, although much was said and promised, the United States has halted unilateral war games with South Korea in exchange for dismantling of certain key missile facilities. Amid this progress, as of April of 2018 the USA has maintained sanction and the DPRK has treated to return to its nuclear program. Furthermore, the egregious human rights record of the North Korean Regime must addressed.
The State of Kuwait recognizes the importance of healthy, bilateral international relationships, we have good relations with both the anti-communist west and the communist east. We have expelled the North Korean ambassador as well as 4 diplomats from Kuwait City in mid September as a response to the DPRK’s latest ICBM test in early September of 2017. As a non-nuclear state, Kuwait believes that weapons of mass destruction have no place in the modern world. Because of past experiences with Iraq and Iran we understand the importance of nuclear weapons for the purpose of deterrence, but the dangers posed by mutually assured destruction are far too great to justify nuclear arms as a means of deterrence. Furthermore, as of this year Kuwait along with other gulf states have stopped renewing work visas for North Korean migrant workers. We will try to create a nuclear free zone that encompases the middle east, as well as modernize the Non Proliferation Treaty. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has an abominable human rights record, ranging from forced labor camps to the three generation policy, the DPRK has a egregius humanitarian crisis. By not renewing visas for several thousand North Korean migrant worker we hope that the DPRK will devote less state assets to weapons of mass destruction and more resources towards the betterment of the DPRK’s own citizens.
The State of Kuwait suggests that the UN broker a formal end to the Korean War. Following that, a withdrawal of troops from the demilitarized zone, as well as dismantlement of the North Korean forward artillery positions facing South Korea to be supervised by United Nations weapons inspectors. We also encourage of a withdrawal of United States and all other foreign troops from the Korean peninsula. We will also push for a halt in North Korean production of weapons grade nuclear material as well as a gradual dismantlement of current nuclear arms. Kuwait will push for loosened sanctions against the North Korean regime granted that they follow through on their end of the bargain.
