Topic: Recommendations for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Country: Turkey
Delegate Name: Janea Wilson
School: Roeper School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Turkey position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
Recommendations on the 2015 nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Republic of Turkey
The Roeper School
Janea’ Wilson
The nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) is the only accord that creates a commitment to disarmament. It became an international law in 1970 and all but four countries in the United Nations have agreed to the treaty. The main purpose of the 2015 NPT conference is to decide whether it will become an international law. Turkey does not choose to build any nuclear, chemical or biological weapons; as such actions would sever our agreement to the European Union’s nonproliferation. Although Turkey is in a contentious region, we choose not to engage in violence. There is a dedication to a nonproliferation regime making these type of laws important to the economy. Turkey does have an interest with nuclear technology, but there is no plan to use the technology violently. Nine nations have nuclear weapons, but over thirty others have the ability to hastily acquire them. With technology advancing, it is becoming more necessary and urgent for laws like the nuclear non-proliferation treaty to be enforced.
To make the NPT as effective as possible, nations should not have nuclear weapons available to the military. Having such weapons as an option will allow the militaries to believe they are acceptable to use, going against all nonproliferation options. One problem with the NPT is that there are not direct government-to-government agreements, and rules will not be firmly enforced. However, not many rules will be broken because the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be monitoring the compliance of the NPT.
In conclusion, the NPT will need to specify how much action a country can take with nuclear technology without becoming a threat to security. Additionally, the NPT needs to be clear that countries do not need to lie about what they plan to do with the technology.
