Topic: Re-Evaluating the Chemical Weapons Convention
Country: Chile
Delegate Name: Cooper Reitenour
School: Vicksburg High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Chile position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
Chemical warfare is a major crime in many nations. Chemical weapons will burn, paralyze and possibly kill any human they come into contact with. This is possibly one of the most inhuman ways of war. The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) has been in effect since 1997. There goal is the prohibit the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons. All but 4 UN members have ratified the CWC. the CWC has so far declared the destruction of 90% of Chemical weapons but is working to demolish all of them.
Chile is strongly against chemical weapons. Chile recently co-hosted the OPCW (organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons) and has ratified the CWC. In the opening of the meeting the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alberto van Klaveren Stork stated that chile is fully against chemical weapons and the implementation for them. Chile believes that all chemical weapons should be destroyed and and chemical warfare is a crime. To destroy the chemical weapons they take them to a supervised destruction facility. Again chile is strongly against chemical weapons and chemical warfare and will persecute those with them in their country
I look forward to talking to the other members of the CWC to see there takes on chemical weapons. I Also am Looking forward to talking the the country's that have not ratified the CWC to see why they have not yet done it and to see their side of chemical warfare and if they ever will ratify the CWC.
