Topic: Recommendations for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Country: Luxembourg
Delegate Name: Tanvi Sharma
School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Luxembourg position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
As the host of the International Conference on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe of 2007, Luxembourg believes that the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty needs to be strengthened in response to recent challenges that have presented themselves. One action that Luxembourg encourages is for the nuclear weapons states to work together to eventually reach nuclear disarmament. Additionally, Luxembourg, as a ratifying state of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, believes that the ratification of this treaty by all states would promote international peace and safety.
In the Middle East, Luxembourg knows that a nuclear-free zone is possible, and also that creating such a zone is a necessary step toward peace in the region. One way to help create a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East is to urge all nations to comply with IAEA safeguards, which would assure the international community that nuclear power is only being used as a source of energy, and not as a potential weapon. Additionally, the distribution of fuel cycle technologies must be prevented, and the ratification of the NPT encouraged.
Luxembourg is of the belief that the best way to prevent nuclear weaponry from entering into the wrong hands is to move toward disarmament, which would leave non-state groups with no weapons to obtain. It is still important, however, to increase protection of existing nuclear weapons.
Luxembourg is confident that the universal ratification and adherence of the NPT is essential in ensuring peace. In order to accomplish this, Luxembourg believes the international community could offer incentives to states that have not ratified the NPT. These incentives could include security and energy support for these countries, which would eliminate any potential dependency on nuclear weaponry.
