Topic: 2026 – Verification of Disarmament
Country: Sudan
Delegate Name: Anna Behrens
Verification is the process of checking if a state, who claimed to have disarmed their weapons, did disarm their weapons. This applies to biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. In addition to those it also applies to weapons that are easier to conceal such as missiles,guns, and aircraft. Trust is essential to verification and verification is essential to disarmament. But trust is fragile and so are verification agreements when that trust is broken. In 2010, a verification inspector from IAEA put an infected USB drive into an Iranian nuclear enrichment facility. This damaged and disabled computers controlling centrifuges. That incident also ended verification in Iran. But verification can also be successful, like the United States of America and Russia’s START treaties that enable each other to verify each other’s facilities. Verification and Disarmament affects all nations with militaries, but impacts countries with weapons of mass destruction the most. Most recently, regarding verification of disarmament, the UN passed resolution A/C.1/80/L.59, which established a group of scientific and technological experts on nuclear disarmament verification.
Sudan agreed to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 that established verification due to the previous conflict Sudan was involved in. Sudan is involved in other verification programs, the CPA is just one verification program Sudan is a part of. Sudan has signed and ratified agreements on verification of disarmament such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Going forward Sudan hopes to create more international verification of disarmament resolutions and agreements.
Sudan is largely a supporter of international verification of disarmament agreements. Sudan plans to work with other nations on an agreement, like such. Sudan is hesitant about verification agreements regarding their internal conflicts from external nations or organizations. Sudan will be more cautious regarding resolutions such as those. Sudan firmly believes that in order to achieve peace from a verification of disarmament agreement, rebel groups should also get verified. Sudan suggests that DISEC members work together to create resolutions that strengthen verification of disarmament internationally with a clear framework for doing so. In conclusion, Sudan will be hesitant to support certain resolutions regarding verification of disarmament over internal affairs from external parties, but will be a strong supporter of binding, international verification of disarmament resolutions that include more established rebel groups.
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