Topic: Trade in High-Tech Weapons Systems
Country: Senegal
Delegate Name: Samuel Thorpe
School: Grand Rapids City High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Senegal position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
In a world shaped by sectarian conflict, the weapons used by the combatants makes all the more difference. As powerful nations develop even more extreme weapons, these same weapons fall into the hands of terrorists and nations using them for the wrong purpose. Powerful nations are selling their weapons to these groups with little to no oversight into their activities. Limiting the sale and trade of these high tech weapons systems is a priority for every nation that desires both national and world security and as such is a priority of the United Nations as well. The United Nations must develop tougher safeguards against the sale of weapons to less than reputable third parties. Nations should not be able to freely sell weapons to other parties throughout the world without some oversight.
Trade in any weapons or munitions can be a detriment to global security and safety, but high tech weapons systems can be the most devastating. These weapon systems are the difference in a small rebel group posing little to no threat to an entire nation of terrorists threating the world. This is a global problem affecting nearly all nations, and this should make the trade in high tech weapons systems a serious concern of the United Nations. To solve this problem effectively there must be a coalition between nations affected by the use of these weapons and the powerful nations developing and trading them. The current safeguards against this trade is nowhere near what must be done to make the world a better and safer place.
