Topic: 2026 – Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles
Country: Slovenia
Delegate Name: Jonah H Beute
Committee: DISEC
Topic A: Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles
Country: Slovenia
Delegate: Jonah H. Beute
School: Grand Haven High School
Having gone through a war for independence from Yugoslavia to become its own nation, Slovenia has become one of the most developed and richest countries from the former Yugoslavia today. With a GDP of $72.97 billion USD, Slovenia has frequently topped the list of former Yugoslavian countries for years now, and is only rising. With this development, Slovenia has joined many groups like NATO and the EU, and in these groups Slovenia has constantly been in support of putting restrictions on and being for the disarmament of ballistic missiles and weapons of such.
With the recent missile strikes in both Iran and Israel, Slovenia has called multiple times for the deescalation of the conflict at hand. Slovenia views peace talks and deescalation as a crucial point in ending the proliferation of ballistic missiles. An example of escalation that has led to conflict is the Iran and Israel conflict, which led to the striking of Iran, which thankfully didn’t escalate further, but it could’ve. Slovenia views these peace talks as the first step towards peace. Slovenia, along with the EU, has also imposed sanctions on Iran after repeatedly exporting ballistic missiles to Russia which is at odds with nearby Ukraine, and therefore, could lead to ballistic missile strikes within Ukraine. So in resolutions, Slovenia would be pushing for clauses and or resolutions based on limiting tensions between countries where tensions are high through peace talks, or if peace won’t work putting sanctions on countries who are currently supplying or using ballistic missiles in warfare.
To persuade countries who currently are using ballistic missiles, Slovenia proposes that peace talks and other diplomatic discourse that could lead to deescalation should be made in order to strengthen the non-proliferation of ballistic missiles. If these peace talks do not work, then Slovenia would not be opposed to putting sanctions on these countries. Though, as stated previously, Slovenia would definitely prefer to use peace talks instead of using threats. Such as sanctions, to preserve peace and to reduce the use of ballistic missiles. So, in a resolution, Slovenia will be looking for talks between countries who currently use ballistic missiles, which could lead to them to stop using them and strengthen relations between countries. But if those talks do not work, then we need to place punishments, such as sanctions, on them to make progress in stopping the use of these weapons.
Multilateral solutions that Slovenia would view as good and can be applied without tampering with scientific research are meetings with countries to either try to convince them to not launch or reduce the use of ballistic missiles. With those countries either agreeing to or stopping the launching of these missiles the scientific research would still continue. Slovenia believes that restrictions on research and development of these missiles should be placed on member states who continue to use them, especially if they are unwilling to cooperate. If this is so, countries can stop the further increased casualties that could become of them if they continue to develop like this. So in a resolution, we would want to see and push for these talks between current countries who are using them in war and possible restrictions on their research if they continue using them after they are requested to stop.
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