Topic: Security Cooperation in East Asia
Country: Nigeria
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The imminent threat of increasing political unrest regarding militaristic capabilities and nuclear reaches in east Asia affects diplomatic and economic relations to most countries around the world, including the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This issue has the potential to produce violence and the advancement of nuclear arsenals, both of which Nigeria seeks to avoid.
As a strong advocate of nuclear weapon prohibition and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, Nigeria urges necessary pressure and diplomatic efforts to encourage the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to accept a peaceful resolution regarding the current crisis. North Korea's accelerated nuclear weapons development program poses the most pressing threat to international peace. The proliferation of these weapons of mass destruction additionally create risk throughout the world and Asia if transferred to non state actors, especially terrorist organizations.
Also being a signatory of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty and the African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty, Nigeria pushes for a larger number of countries to agree with the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty, especially the ones possessing nuclear weapons. We support a weapons free world in regards to nuclear capabilities and advise for urgent and necessary negotiations about this crisis.
