Topic: Reducing the use of Indiscriminate Weapons in Conflict
Country: Guyana
Delegate Name: Joseph Richards
School: Vicksburg High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Guyana position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
The Disarmament and International Security Committee deals with disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community and seeks out solutions to the challenges in the international security regime. The main problem with indiscriminate weapons is that they are unable to differ between military targets and civilians. Thus, Guyana staunchly supports the ban and decommissioning of nuclear weapons.
As a part of International campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Guyana and ICAN supports the development of a new legal instrument that prohibits the use of nuclear weapons, even if nuclear-armed states refuse to participate. Guyana has already contributed to this goal in signing the Tlateloco Treaty in 1963. This treaty was the first step towards reducing the use of indiscriminate weapons in conflict, as it prohibited the testing, use, manufacturing, production, or proliferation of nuclear
weapons.
Guyana is a member of the humanitarian initiative, an initiative with over 100 governments that have all taken a pledge to “fill the gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons”. This initiative was started because of the lack of progress in nuclear disarmament and is a direct answer to the problem.
While Guyana has remained at peace since it first gained its independence from the British in 1966, our country strives to maintain both the security of the world, and the safety of all the people that live in and outside of our country.
Sources:
(http://www.nti.org/learn/treaties-and-regimes/treaty-prohibition-nuclear-weapons-latin-america-and-caribbean-lanwfz-tlatelolco-treaty/)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana_Defence_Force)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_Initiative)
